Nov. 25, 1905.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
448 
V. S. Governnveivt Ammynitioiv Test. 
Accuracy test of Krag-Jorgensen .30-Caliber Cartridges held at Springfield Armory by order of 
the Ordnance Department, United States Army. 
TESTED — Ammunition of all the American Manufacturers. 
CONDITIONS— 10 and 20 shot targets, muzzle rest. 
10 and 20 shot targets, fixed rest, 
DISTANCE- 1 ,000 yards. 
OFFICIAL^ REPORT: U. S. Cartridges excelled all others. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., 
LOWELL, MASS., V. S. A. 
A^encie^: 497-503 Pearl St., 35-43 Park St.. New York. 
114-116 Market St., San Francisco 
c: 
WESTERN TRAP. 
Ondnnatl Gun Club. 
Nov. IS was cloudy and dark, the air was smoky, and it was 
difficult to sec the targets, so that shooting was stopped by 
4 o’clock. Most of the regulars are away in ditlerent parts of this 
or other. States after Bob \Vhite, and the attendance to-day was 
small, only ten men shooting in the Clements trophy contest. 
Harig was high with 46 from 19yds. Keplinger, from 16yds., was 
second with 44, and Herman third with 43. Randall talked less 
and shot more to-day, and got into the four-hole with 42. Not 
much practice shooting was done. Hardy shot at 5 pairs and 
broke 4. Supt. Cambell says there will he something doing on 
Thanksgivin,g' Day, and the boys better be on hand. Randall says 
there, is the' best of quail hunting around Mason, O., where he 
resides when not breaking targets at the club grounds, but un- 
fortunately 'few birds are found. The world’s “champeen, Fred 
Gilbert, will be at the grounds on Nov. 26, and menibers are 
urged to come out and bring their, friends to welcome him. It is 
probable that a team match will be shot between the Goshen Gun 
Club , and Cincy on that day. . 
On. Nov. 12 the following scores were made m the Ackley 
trophy contest: 
Miles, 16 8 8 14—30 
H Sunderbruch, 16 . 10 9 11 — 30 
Harig, 19 HU 16—38 
Howe, 16 .8 8 15 — 31 
Colonel, 16 4 2 2 — 8 
Bleh, 20 14 14 16—44 
Bonser, 17 14 12 16 — 42 
Dick, 16 10 12 14 — 36 
Gross, 17 14 9 12 — 35 
Davies, 16 11 6 14 — 31 
Baldwin, 16 11 8 12 — 32 
An effort is being made by Supt. Arthur Gambell to form a 
league of clubs in Ohio cities for the purpose of engaging in a 
senes of team contests. The following conditions to govern these 
matches, give a clear idea of his scheme, and he invites cor- 
respondence on the subject from all interested. Some such thing 
is necessary to keep the interest in the sport alive, and to pro- 
mote more fraternal relations between the trapshooters of the 
State. An addition to the plan, as outlined, which would be of 
value, would be to provide a medal for each member of the 
winning team. A portion of the money set aside for refreshments 
might well be used for this purpose: 
Teams shall be composed of ten men, either expert or amateur, 
who are in good standing with their club, and who reside within 
fifteen miles of the club with' which they enter. 
'Under no circumstances can a contestant compete with two 
cl vibs. 
Each team entering shall post $50 at the first contest, and $10 
per team at every other contest. 
Nine contests will be held alternately with each club. The 
team having .the. highest average to take the entire purse. 
Names of probable contestants must be furnished each club 
thirty days before the first shoot. Should any club desire to 
challenge a contestant they must do so ten days before a contest 
takes place. 
A committee of five, appointed by the competing clubs shall 
make rules, conditions and decide all disputes, etc. 
A tournament is to be given at each contest, the number of 
targets, division of money, etc., to be decided by the committee. 
Two cents will be charged for targets, one cent of which is to 
be used for the proper entertainment of all competitors at these 
shoots. The races will be at 100 targets per man. 
To-day’s scores: 
Clements trophy, 50 targets, handicap: 
Harig, 19 
Keplinger, 16 
Herman, 18 
Randall, 16 
Williams, 17 
Match, 100 targets: 
Crippen 
45 
Tuttle, 16 
37 
,44 
Miles, 16 
36 
,43 
lones, 16 
33 
,42 
Du Bray, 16 
31 
,40 
Mieninger, 16 
26 
,79 
Brier 
73 
Ohio Notes. 
The principal event at the shoot of the Cleveland Gun Club on 
Nov. 11 was the fifth contest for the Bowler and Burdick cup, 
emblematic of the amateur championship of northern Ohio, at 100 
targets. The conditions were not favorable to high scores, a 
strong wind affecting the flight of the targets. Tryon won the 
cup with 88. The cash prizes were won by Doolittle and Mack 
with 86 and 81 respectively. Spencer and Wallace 74 each, 
Hopkins 66, Kople 65, Freeman 63, Board 61, Williams 53. 
The Indianapolis Gun Club proposes to make a strong effort to 
land the next G. A. FI. There may be other clubs which could 
handle this big event, but there is certainly no club in the country 
which could do it any better or which has better grounds and 
club house facilities. 
Ihe Northern Kentucky Gun Club, of Bellevue, Ky., has elected 
the following officers: Geo. Dameron, 'President; Barney Forstner, 
Vice-President; George Frost, Secretary; Chas. Cunningham, 
Treasurer; Alfred Cowling, Captain. The club has well equipped 
grounds at the East Newport Ball Park. 
Wilson Howard, Chas. Dingier, Irvin - Terwillinger, Jarnes 
Ilarrod and Beech Graham, of Wapokoneta, started for Maine 
on Nov. 12 on a hunt for big game. At Detroit a number of 
sportsrrien from Ada, joined them, and they continued their 
journey in a special car. They will be gone several weeks. 
The attendance at the fall tournament of the Youngstown Gun 
Club on Nov. 9 was smaller than expected, owing to bad weather, 
v.'ind and snow. The Youngstown team — Ewalt 23, Atkinson 22, 
Shaner 22, Seaborn 22, Tully 5 — 104 — won a silver cup offered as a 
trophy, defeating a team from Cleveland — Rice 22, Allen 21, James 
20, Wallace 20, Cramer 17 — 100. H. P. Shaner was high gun with 
157 out of 170; Rice second, 152; Ewalt third, 149; Atkinson fourth, 
146; Seaborn, 143. Thirteen men shot the entire programme. 
At the annual shoot' of the/ Fourtownships Gun Club, held at 
New Lebanon, Nov.- 15, Charles .W-^ Piatt won the cup with a 
score of 25 out of ■ 34. The menibers of the club represent the 
townships of Jackson, Perry, Jefferson and Madison. The match 
is at 25’targets, with a handicap of extra targets to shoot at, and 
the winner holds the 'trqphy until the next annual contest. B. W. 
Troutman was second with 19 out of 32; A. Wooden, 16 out of 34; 
O. .F. Efmel,-' 13i- out , 'of S?; ,G. Poffenberger. 5 out of 
37. Sara Arnold, of Earraersville, held the trophy the 
past year. After the trophy shoot eight sweeps at 10 
targets each, were shot; 60 cents entrance, three moneys in 
each. Brandy was high with 56 out of 70; Piatt, 62 out of 80; 
Troutman, 49 out of 70; Wooden, 29 out of 60; Rike and Heikes, 
19 and 16 out of 20 respectively; Ermel, Ganvey and Weaver shot 
at 10 each and broke 5, 4 and 2. In a match at 25 targets Heikes 
defeated Carr, 18 to 16. In a second match Carr turned the 
tables on Heikes and won, 24 to 23. Shooting at 12 pairs, Heikes 
broke 23, Rike 20, and Brandy 19. Troutmann broke 12 out or 8 
pairs. As a closing event, Rike and Heikes shot at 15 pairs each, 
the latter winning, 22 to 21. 
A few facts about the Indianapolis Gun Club may be pretty 
good reasons why Indianapolis would be a nice place tor the next 
G. A. H., the banner trap event of the year, and which Dayton, O., 
Chicago, 111., and Nashville, Tenn., would like to get. The facts 
are from a reliable source, and are susceptible of proof: The club 
lias a membership equal to that of the allied clubs of Chicago; 
more members than Dayton, Columbus and Nashville combined, 
with Colorado Springs added. Flotel accommodations ample and 
all located within three blocks of the Traction Terminal station, 
and none more than five blocks from the Union Station. The 
street car company will give a written guarantee that the time- 
table submitted and asked for by the club will be granted, and 
adhered to. The club invites sportsmen to let their wants be 
known through the papers, and if they can “deliver the goods” 
they will retire from the firing line and support the city and club 
that can. 
In Other Places. 
We note that when the Canadian gun clubs desire to hold a 
tournament, they announce that the American Association rules 
will govern. 
The Baton Rouge, La., Gun Club has announced through its 
secretary, that, though the club has had a prosperous season, the 
weekly shoots will be abandoned until next spring. iVlany of the 
members are so much engaged with business that they cannot 
shoot on week days, and on Sundays they will find the recreation 
of watching the flight of the mallard or following the setter as he 
scents the Bob White in the cover. The tabulated scores, made 
for the past summer will soon be ready for publication. 
Jacob Breitenstein, who for many years conducted a sporting 
goods store at Warsaw, 111., dropped dead from heart disease on 
Friday last while in the act of sweeping out his store. 
The clubs known as the Neighbors, of Aldan, Pa., will hold a 
carnival in the shooting line on Thursday, Nov. 30. The leading 
attraction will be big, fat turkeys. 
Ihe Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club has about perfected arrangements 
for the middle of January tournament. There will be a $500 and 
a $200 guarantee, and all are invited to shoot at live birds. Com- 
mencing Nov. 26, there will be live-bird shoots held every other 
Saturday. 
The last heard of E. Arnold and Ed. O’Brien they were busy 
holding a shooting tournament at Lamed, Kans. 
Since a visit by a “Tramp” to the town of Lacon, 111., there has 
been a gun club with twenty-five members organized. Lacon is 
situated on the Illinois River, where the ducks do congregate, and 
as the town is full cf hunters and all have guns the members will 
meet and try their skill at lively flying clay targets on Thanks- 
giving Day. 
Much interest has been awakened through the advent of team 
shooting in the districts of New Merico and Southwest Texas. 
Manchester, la.. Gun Club reports a successful shoot as being 
held last Wednesday at their club grounds. Mr. Morrell Hamblin 
won first honors, missing but 8 out of 160 targets. 
The Kendrick, Idaho, Gun Club is raising a purse of $150 with 
which it is intended that they should purchase pheasants for 
stocking purposes. 
The Greenville, O., Gun Club is keeping up the regular weekly 
shoots. 
Much interest is being taken by the members of the Houghton, 
Mich., Gun Club in their weekly events. Likewise there are 
many spectators who are interested in the success of their friends. 
I.ast week the wind was strong, facing shooters, yet scores were 
fairly good. J. H. Flee won the cup event, with J. J. Lealand a 
tie.. F. I. Cairns won the handicap match. 
Fred Gilbert was reported as doing the oil fields of Philadelphia 
with a shotgun. 
Shooting for a cup by the members of the Montana gun clubs 
has been started, and the first shoot, held last Sunday, at Butte, 
brought together tlie very best shots of the big cities. The ar- 
rangement centered into being that each straight score of 25 
targets counts a point. Four strings of 25 were shot. Mr. Cowan 
made three straights, while Coyne, Confarr, Nickey and Walker 
made two. Then Matthewson, Loody, Nell, Borg and Coyne 
made one. The next shot will be held Dec. 3. 
There was plenty of sport at the gun club grounds, Tucson, 
Ariz., Thursday last, and a large crowd was in attendance. Henry 
Steinfeld was head man, as he made 17 out of 20 on doubles. The 
Thanksgiving shoot will be the largest ever held in the Territory. 
It was stated in a programme issued by the Hamilton Gun Club 
that “Tlie referee would tell you just what had happened.” 
A gun club at Chihuahua, N. M., has for its first officers; 
Edward Cuilty, President; Gen. J; M. De la Vergne, 'Vice-Presi- 
dent; Lieut. Rafael I. Alvarez, Secretary, and Francisco C. 
Terrazas, Treasurer. 
There will be a big turkey shoot on “turkey” day at Salt Lake 
City, Utah. 
M. D. Wehorrie won the first shoot of the Will County Gun 
Club shoot on Sunday last. Scores: John Fenolio 76 per cent., 
H. Peel 88, M. D. W. Larrie 93, J. Liess 64, Dr. McGarm 68, P. 
C. Pell 86, Dr. Kingston 71, H. Clark 70, J. Startz 68, R. Bruce 
85, Dr. McGuinnis 66, Tim Pell 87. 
A new gun club is to be organized at West Alexander, O. 
All the gun clubs centering in the territory adjacent to Dayton, 
Ohio, are about to be organized into a league. The members 
met at the N. C. R. headquarters and were much encouraged with 
their success. 
The Mishawoka Gun Club, South Bend, Ind., will hold a shoot 
Nov. 28. 
Last Sunday there was an interesting shoot held by the local 
shooters at Ladd, 111. 
Lexington, Mo.,\ is reported to have such a splendid park for 
shooting purposes that there is a prospect of the State shoot being 
held there next year. 
The officers of the Canon City, Colo., Gun Club are: N. F. 
- Carrier, President-; T. M. 'Harding, Jr., Vice-President, and A. A. 
Rarker, Secretary. 
Bound Brook Gun Club. 
Bound Brook, N. J., Nov. 16. — The State championship shoot 
to-day was a success. Mr.- Bissett, of South River, N. J., defeated 
Mr. Fleming, of Newark, by a score of 46 to 27 out of 60 blue- 
rocks. Mr. Welles won high professional average, breaking over 
ICO straight, which is the record for the grounds. Messrs. Bis- 
sett and Markley, of Easton, Pa., tied for high amateur average, 
breaking 140 each out of 150. Mr. Markley won the gold badge 
in the shoot-off. Mr. Pleiss, of Easton, won the silver medal for 
second high average, Messrs. Evans and Truax tied for third. 
Mr. Heath, a trade representative, deserves credit for his assist- 
ance in the office. Mr. Frank Butler made a presentation speech. 
Mr. Crow, of Newton, won the Ithaca hammerless gun. 
Events : 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
7 
8 
Broke. 
Elliott 
18 
19 
18 
17 
19 
22 
2£ 
138 
Fanning 
18 
18 
19 
19 
20 
23 
24 
141 
Welles 
18 
19 
20 
20 
20 
25 
24 
146 
Butler 
13 
16 
11 
16 
18 
22 
23 
119 
Apgar 
18 
17 
19 
19 
19 
23 
24 
139 
J Rleiss 
17 
16 
19 
19 
19 
21 
24 
135 
Markley 
17 
19 
17 
19 
21 
24 
24 
140 
Truax 
18 
14 
18 
18 
18 
25 
23 
134 
Richter 
19 
18 
13 
17 
16 
22 
21 
126 
Dr. Matthews 
17 
13 
16 
16 
16 
21 
23 
120 
Dr Lucky 
11 
19 
18 
16 
14 
23 
20 
121 
Glover 
19 
18 
17 
20 
19 
25 
24 
142 
Crieff 
19 
IS 
18 
19 
20 
23 
20 
141 
Evans 
19 
18 
16 
19 
19 
23 
20 
134 
Woodward 
17 
16 
15 
17 
17 
24 
Crow 
:... 14 
14 
14 
15 
IS 
17 
22 
114 
Bissett 
18 
17 
19 
16 
20 
25 
25 
140 
Fleming 
13 
12 
14 
15 
17 
19 
14 
104 
Giaister 
17 
14 
10 
16 
10 
19 
17 
102 
M H R 
17 
19 
Dr Pardoe 
21 
Stelle 
20 
Du Four 
18 
Gillespie 
15 
Event 6 was the championship contest between Messrs. F. C. 
Bissett, of South River, N.. J., and John J. Fleming, of Newark, 
N. J., for the E. C. trophy, emblematic of the individual cham- 
pionship of the State of New Jersey. Scores, 60 targets, follow: 
J J Fleming..... 27 F C Bissett 46 
Sbeepshead Bay Gun Club. 
S'HEEPSHEAD Bay, L. I., Nov. 14. — There was a good attendance 
of visitors,, the trade being well represented by Messrs. Butler, 
Welles, Glover and Schneider. The scoring was irregular, even 
among the known experts. Schortemeier scored 16 twice, and 
Sim did so once. 
These three straight 
scores were 
the only 
ones made during 
the shoot. Scores: 
Events : 
1 
2 , 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
Targets : 
15 
15 
16 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
Crater 
12 
12 
11 
11 
11 
8 
11 
14 
W elles 
....: 14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
6 
14 
13 
is 
Schurtell 
11 
6 
9 
10 
Suydam 
7 
10 
12 
8 
16 
11 
13 
13 
Glover 
14 
12 
13 
14 
13 
14 
11 
Schorty . '. 
14 
13 
15 
13 
15 
10 
11 
13 
Creamer 
8 
13 
8 
14 
13 
11 
10 
10 
Bergen 
9 
10 
9 
14 
10 
7 
9 
Dreyer 
11 
9 
9 
13 
11 
5 
10 
8 
Crater 
10 
11 
13 
Bissing 
8 
12 
11 
12 
is 
13 
ii 
Butler 
9 
10 
13 
14 
11 
14 
is 
Klenk 
11 
6 
9 
9 
10 
Schneider 
13 
13 
13 
10 
13 
ii 
ii 
Slim 
10 
11 
15 
10 
6 
9 
11 
13 
13 
13 
11 
Tallman 
3 
Blane 
- . . 
, . 
is 
Nov. 16. — The attendance was small in number. “Twenty-Bore” 
fSchortemeier) did not compete for the medal. Carolan was the 
winner of it. Handicap applies to the first event only. Scores: 
Events: 12 3 Events: 12 3 
Targets: 25 25 25 Targets: 26 25 25 
Ep Carolan, 13 25 17 13 Twenty-Bore, 0 20 2122 
Champfonshlp of Delaware. 
WiLMENGTON, Del., Nov. 14, — On the ground? of the Wawaset 
Gun Club to-day, in a contest for the championship of Delaware, 
Mr. Wm. M. Fpord successfully defended his title to the cham- 
pionship of Delaware against the onslaught of Mr. James T. 
Skelly, who has been shooting in championship form during 
some months past. The contest was at 100 targets, and each of 
the renowned contestants scored 85 and tied, hence at this stage 
each was equal to the other. In the shoot-off at 25 targets, Mr. 
Foprd broke 22 to Mr. Skelly’s 20, and won. The targets had 
swift flights, which accounts for the low scores. 
It is credibly stated that Mr. A. B. Richardson, of Dover, ex- 
champion of Delaware, will challenge Mr. Foord to defend his 
title, and that the contest will be held either on the grounds of 
the Wawaset Gun Club, or on the grounds of the Wilmington Gun 
Club. 
Mr. Skelly steadied down and shot better as the match pro- 
gressed in the 100-target part, as the scores herewith will show: 
Foord 23 21 21 20—85 Skelly 21 20 22 22—85 
In the shoot-off at 25 targets, Mr. Foord dropped but 3, while 
Mr. Skelly dropped 6. 
The race was close, as was expected, in view of the small dif- 
ference in scores of Messrs. Foord and Skelly in recent shoots. 
In the first 100-bird race, at Dover, they tied on 80,' Mr. Foord 
winning in the shoot-off. In a race held at the Aurora Gun Club 
some time later, Mr. Skelly made a score of 97 against 89 for 
Mr. Foord, the race being, at 100 targets. At the previous cham- 
pionship race at the Wawaset grounds, Mr. Skelly broke 89, Mr. 
Foord 90. At a later shoot on the same grounds, for a purse, 
Mr. Skelly broke 91, while Mr. Foord broke 88. In the past 
five shoots at a total of 500 targets, Mr. Skelly has broken 451, 
wbtie Mr- foo^d has brolcep, 441. ' 
