FOREST AND STREAM 
[Aug. 25 , 1906 . 
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Class B, 88 to 94 per cent.: 
I. T Squier. 
..48 
R O Heikes. 
....43 
1 A R Elliott. 
.48 
T B Barto. 
....42 
F C Riehl. 
..46 
C A Young. 
....41 
1 F Mallory. 
..46 
CO Le Compte. 
....41 
R Merrill . 
.45 
E O Bower. 
....41 
L C Willard.. 
..44 
C Gottlieb . 
....40 
J S Young. 
.44 
F E Mallory. 
....37 
L. S German. 
..43 
Class C, 88 per cent. 
and 
under: 
Ed Voris . 
..46 
T A Marshall. 
....36 
P Schlicher . 
.45 
C E Cook. 
....34 
C P> Adams. 
.45 
C T Mo wry. 
...33 
T Purmeister . 
.41 
II W Heikes. 
....32 
S I Mallory. 
.39 
S S Tohnston . 
II S McDonald . 
,.39 
Mrs S S Tohnston... 
....32 
Missouri Stale G. F. Assn. Tournament. 
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 17.'—The past week has been 
a busy one at^ the old shooting park known the world 
over as Elliott’s Blue River, for the twenty-ninth annual 
tournament of the Missouri State Game and Fish Pro¬ 
tective Association has been held there. Starting on 
Monday and lasting five days, the popping of guns has 
been constant from morning until dark. The attendance 
has been so large that with two target traps and one set 
of live-bird traps, the events could not be finished until 
the evening shadows gathered as the sun went down. 
The programme was a very interesting one, and on 
the first day there were eighty names entered in the 
different events. This shows that there is plenty of in¬ 
terest in the shooting game in the west, and in Mis¬ 
souri. even considering that there are only two towns 
that hold this annual event. It is possible that the 
crowd would have been much larger had not the Denver 
shoot interfered, with its attraction of added money com¬ 
ing on the following week; however, Bob Elliott was sat¬ 
isfied and did not wish for any more work to fall on his 
shoulders as secretary. 
The weather conditions have been good, with the ex¬ 
ception of the heat, and that may be expected at this 
time of the year. It was a little out of season for live- 
bird shooting, but if you think they were a soft lot, then 
take a look at the scores and see if there were not a 
large number of them strong enough of wing to evade 
two loads of 7, chilled, and live to be cooped some other 
day. 
There were no ties to shoot off, as old Missouri State 
medal and interstate championship were won without a 
tie. Th.e same set of Fulford traps and the underground 
system of loading that we used to hear so much about 
are in use here. Then again, you old pigeon shooters 
will remember Ed. Hickman, and when you learn that 
he had full charge of all the refereeing and scoring, you 
will know that it was well done. Now, on this day, the 
gold watch day, there was a struggler that brought 
to the front the good ones from St. Louis, as when the 
last bird had been trapped, it was found to be a tie be¬ 
tween Mermod and Baggerman on 24 out of the 25. On 
the shoot off, miss-and-out, Mermod was the first to 
drop out on the 16th round. 
As to the target part of the somewhat lengthy pro¬ 
gramme, on Monday, the practice day, there were forty 
men present, eager to see just how Bob was going to 
throw them. Five events of 20 targets each was the 
order of shooting, and that all worked like clock-work, 
with perfect weather, as will be seen when the well-known 
Riehl, Gottlieb and Huff made a score of 97 each. Most 
of the contestants were up in the 90, while Maxwell and 
Huntley made 96 for the amateurs. All present went to 
town feeling pleased with the conditions and the sur¬ 
roundings, and with a confidence that during the week 
everything would be fair sailing. 
There was a large gathering of shooters, and before 
the entries had closed for the day some eighty men had 
tested their skill at the mud pies. Along with the strug¬ 
gle for supremacy as to who could make the highest 
total score, the interest for this day was centered in the 
last event of 25 targets, there being a special prize of an 
Ithaca shotgun. The event was not finished until the 
following morning, when it was a tie between Sheldon, 
of Kansas City, and Ilcod, of Columbus, Kans. The 
shoot-off was short, as Dr. Sheldon lost 2 and Hood 
1 out of the first, and the gun went to the popular young 
shooter from the nearby Sunflower State. 
Some wonderful^ scores were made during the day, as 
Heer, Huff and Klein each made 172 out of 175. It was 
this over-night hold-over that was bad for Russel. He 
made a jrand total of 168 straight, and when shooting 
his last 7 targets, lost the 3 that stopped his longest run 
of his lifetime, as he had finished the last shoot he at¬ 
tended with a straight. 
The scores were for the most part so very good that 
the reader is referred to the detailed report of same 
herein published. 
Wednesday was almost a repetition of the first, save 
that there was a little delay on account of a passing 
shower. Billy Heer. the cyclone shooter, had a little the 
best of the “push,” as he let only 2 get away from him. 
Among the very high class amateurs present, Mr. 
Thomas, of Missouri, showed 145 out of the 150. There 
were several special prizes during the week. The dia¬ 
mond shirt stud for this day was won by Huntley, with 
97 out of the last 100, after he shot out Clay, 24 to 22 
out of 25. 
There seems to be a demand for a variety in target 
shooting, and when there is a programme issued by Bob 
Elliott, there is most likely to be much evidence of his 
handicaps, and so on Thursday, the 100-target event for 
the amateur championship was a sure enough feature 
with the Elliott sliding handicap. This turned out to 
be a hot one, and the large totals were remarkable— 
Mr. Thomas, by keeping up his very steady work, 
smashed them just the same from the 20 yd. line as he 
had been doing from the 16. It will be a long time 
before his 74 out or 75 from the 20 peg will be equalled 
on these grounds, where those same trees and the smoke¬ 
stack form the background. 
You know, that somewhere in the programme T. Bill 
will be found at the top, so this was his day, and he 
topped the travelers with 146. 
O. N. Ford was high amateur, 146, having nosed out 
Thomas by one target. It is remarkable how close the 
boys keep in this game, as for instance, Heer, Huff and 
Freeman each made 144. Your attention is called to the 
scores for this day, as for the last 100 the traveling men 
shot at 16yds., while the amateurs were handicapping 
themselves from the 16 to the 20 peg, and the best scores 
were mostly made from the latter distance. 
This practically closed the State events, and several of 
the shooters left for their homes, some of them express¬ 
ing a desire to arrange their affairs preparatory to the 
trip to Denver. 
The last day was a remarkable one for high scores, and 
possibly never were such scores rolled up. At 140 targets 
there was Heer with 137, and he had as partners one of 
the old boys, McMurchy, and T. Bill Crosby, with his 
other new gun. 
O. N. Ford topped all with 140 straight. C. H. Hood 
made 136 and Guy Ward, II. Taylor and Veach, 135. 
Spencer. Huff and" Kahler made 136 each. All got in 
the money, and ate it up, so that there were no big 
winners. 
At the close of the 140-target programme, the team race 
was started. Tom Marshall and Harvey McMurchy were 
chosen as captains, and they chose sides, putting in all 
those present who would take part. Marshall’s team 
looked to be the strongest, and so it turned out, yet 
if the shoot was to be shot over again, there might be a 
reversal of the scores. 
The business meeting was held on Tuesday night. 
Very little business was transacted, save that of the 
reading of the minutes of the last meeting, auditing the 
treasurer’s report, selecting a place for the next meeting, 
and electing officers. What money there was in the 
treasury was spent for prizes for this year, and the 
Association starts out for a basis for the coming year of 
charging no dues or fees to members or clubs. This, as 
stated by some, would draw a large crowd of shooters. 
Alex. Mermod, in behalf of the St. Louis Trapshooters’ 
Association, made a request for the next annual tourna¬ 
ment, and same was voted without objection. 
The officers for the next year were elected, viz.: Alex. 
Mermod, President; F. E. Rogers, Vice-President, and 
Jimmy Bell, Secretary and Treasurer. Now, these men 
are all tournament promoters, and there should be some¬ 
thing worth the attention of the shooting public, as the 
new association promises a new park and everything 
up to date. 
Shooters present and taking part for the most part in 
the target tournament proper were: The only Dave 
Elliott, Kansas, City, M'o.; H. Anderson, Salina, Kans.; 
R. Dougherty, Santa, Mo.; E. E. Hairgrove, Kansas 
City, Mo.; John Slttsher, Lexington, Mo.; C. A. Young, 
Columbus, O.; F. C. Riehl, Alton, Ill.; H. Kahler, 
Davenport, la.; W. H. Vietmeyer, Chicago, Ill.; W. J. 
Rand and Chris. Buliver, El Paso. Texas; W. H. Clay, 
C. G. Spencer, F. E. Rogers, C. H. McNichols, A. D. 
Mermod, Wm. Baggerman, St. Louis, Mo.; W. E. Sul¬ 
livan, W. A. Tussan, C. F. Breckline, Walter Howe, 
A. D. McDonald, Alva Wilson, J. J. Van Wyck, A. C. 
Holmes, C. Kopt, C. W. Tufelt, T. F. Norton, J. G. 
Sheldon. Kansas City, Mo.; George Mackie, Scammon, 
Kans.; Walter Huff. Macon, Ga.; T. J. Hartman, Deer 
Creek, Okla.; Ed. O’Brien. Florence, Kans.; W. Hood, 
Columbus, Kans.; L. G. Scranton, Wier City, Kans.; 
H. C. Gragg, Topeka, Ivans.; W. H. Martin, Ottawa, 
Kans.; W. A. Smith, Glenwood, Mo.; T. II. Thomas, 
Pleasant Hill, Mo.; W. R. Crosby, O’Fallon, Ilk; A. 
Dixon, Joplin, Mo.; J. A. Nichols, Memphis, Mo.; Chas. 
Hagerman, Los Angeles, Cal.; R. R. Barber, Paulina, 
la. ; H. D. Freeman, Atlanta, Ga.; Guy Ward and P. 
C. Ward, Walnut Log, Tenn.; J. S. Davis, Lees Sum¬ 
mit, Mo.; D. Holland, Macon, Mo.; H. G. Taylor, Mek- 
ling, S. D.; Russell Klein, Spirit Lake, la.; Wm. Veach 
and J. H. Bauer. Falls City, Neb.; W. G. Lythe, Atch¬ 
ison, Kans.; Chas. Highfell, Potter, Ivans.; E. P. Pring- 
bane, Phoenix, Mo.: W. Peterson, Pleasanton, Ivans.; 
Tesse Webb, Tulsa, I. T.; Frank Hodge, Olathe, Ivans.; 
W. Essig, Plattsburg, Mo.; Rider Walker, Julius Dim¬ 
mer, St. Louis; Harvey McMurchy, Syracuse, N. Y.; 
Elmer E. Shaner, Pittsburg; Louis Erhart, Fred Quimby, 
Oliver Winans, of East Alton, Ill. There were many of 
the old Kansas boys, like Smith, Stockwell, Thomas 
Glassner and such, who did not shoot any targets. 
The scores in detail are all herein set out, and follow 
for each day: 
Preliminary day, five 20-target events: 
D Elliott . 
.ss 
Hartman . 
.84 
Anderson . 
.90 
( )’Brien . 
.96 
R Dougherty . 
.95 
Hood . 
.95 
Hagerman . 
- Norton . 
.84 
1 [airgrove . 
.92 
Maxwell . 
.96 
.95 
Ford . 
.94 
Riehl 
.. .97 
.93 
. 95 
.87 
Kahler . 
Huntley . 
Vietmeyer . 
.88 
Martin . 
.83 
Clayton . 
.87 
Slusher . 
.82 
Rand . 
.9(1 
Freeman . 
Gottlieb . 
.97 
McGee . 
.85 
Voliver . 
.92 
Holmes . 
.92 
Clay . 
.92 
Harlan, Sr. 
.68 
Mackie . 
.90 
Harlan, Ir. 
.54 
Huff .:. 
.97 
Marshall . 
.94 
Aug. 14, First Day. 
The opening live-bird event was at 20 pigeons, $5 
entrance, optional sweep of $10 extra; open to amateurs 
only of the State of Missouri, so far as the medal was 
concerned. 
This was the famous old Missouri team medal that has 
been in existence for twenty-nine years. It was a great 
honor to win it. The winner turned up in Mr. Glassner, 
a business man of Kansas City, as he was the only 
Missouri man with a straight score. 
Event 1 had scores as follows: 
Slusher .22100222021210011111—15 
Young .22222222002022222222—17 
Vietmeyer .02121112011211221112—18 
Freeman . 22122222011122012122—18' 
Clayton . 22222222210222201202—17 
Hairgrove .12101011012011210212—15 
Kahler .22222002020222222222—16 
Hartman .21200102120122121000—13 
Taylor .21221212012120121222—18 
Mermod .21212122220121020222—17 
Anderson .•.. .21022121212122221020—17 
Holmes .11220121121111201101—17 
Baggerman .12001221022122212222—17 
R Dougherty .00221201011022122122—15 
Hill .22222222222022221220—18 
Wells .22122221222122212222—20 
Smith .02210221221221221221—17 
Harlan, Jr.22121120120021212100—15 
Harlan, Sr.20122120221022102212—16 
F Dougherty .22021202212021212002—15 
Seeben .02212022202120200221—14 
Glassner .22222121212212212121—20 
Guy Ward .22212220012212002120—15 
Ford .22012212202212212102—17 
P C Ward.22121222210212222122—17 
Gray .22102221022122122102—17 
Veach .11211121112111212122—20 
Clay .22222222222222222202_19 
Peterson ..21221201202212121212—16 
Sullivan .21220212012021021212—16 
Breckline .22221221222212201210—18 
Target scores first day: 
Events: 1 23456789 10 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 25' Brk. 
D Elliott . 13 14 19 13 12 19 14 14 19 21 158 
Anderson . 14 14 19 14 13 IS 13 14 18 23 165 
R Dougherty . 13 14 19 14 13 18 13 14 16 '22 157 
Hairgrove . 13 14 14 15 12 19 10 13 16 21 147 
Slusher . 13 13 18 14 9 17 10 13 16 20 143 
Young . 13 14 20 15 14 19 14 14 17 25 165 
Sherman . 15 13 15 14 11 17 12 14 18 20 154 
Riehl . 14 15 19 15 15 19 14 13 19 23 166 
Kahler . 12 15 18 15 15 20 14 14 19 24 166 
Vietmeyer . 14 13 16 12 13 17 11 13 18 22 149 
Clayton . 11 13 18 13 13 20 13 15 19 21 166 
Rand . 14 15 18 15 12 19 14 11 18 23 159 
Gottlieb . 15 15 18 14 11 20 15 13 20 24 165 
Bulwer . 14 13 17 14 13 19 13 15 18 22 158 
Clay . 15 15 19 15 15 20 13 15 16 24 167 
Ford . 13 12 18 15 14 19 15 14 16 24 160 
Marshall . 12 13 17 14 14 16 9 12 20 22 149 
Huntley . 15 15 19 14 12 20 13 14 18 23 163 
Maxwell . 13 14 20 15 14 18 14 13 19 20 160 
Heer . 15 15 20 15 15 20 14 15 18 25 172 
Mackie . 13 13 19 15 6 13 10 11 20 24 144 
Huff . 15 15 19 15 15 19 15 15 20 24 172 
Hartman . 9 13 17 13 15 18 14 13 19 23 154 
O’Brien . 15 15 19 14 15 20 14 14 18 20 164 
Hood . 14 15 20 15 14 20 13 12 20 25 168 
Scranton . 15 13 17 15 13 19 14 15 19 22 162 
Morton .14 13 15 12 11 16 11 12 16. 
Spencer . 15 14 18 15 15 20 15 15 20 24 171 
Rogers . 13 15 16 14 12 20 14 14 20 22 160 
M A Smith.14 14 19 15 14 19 19 11 13 21 154 
Thomas . 10 15 17 15 13 20 14 14 20 24 162 
Crosby . 13 15 18 15 15 19 15 15 20 24 169 
McNichol . 15 14 17 15 15 20 13 15 19 24 165 
Dixon . 12 13 10 15 14 18 13 14 17 24 158 
Nichols . 13 15 18 14 12 20 13 14 18 22 159 
Smith . 12 12 16 11 8 16 11 12 14. 
Hagerman . 12 13 19 12 13 17 11 15 18. 
Barber . 14 14 19 15 13 20 15 14 18 23 165 
Freeman . 15 15 20 13 12 19 15 11 20 23 162 
Guy Ward . 14 15 19 12 11 20 13 15 20 22 161 
P C Ward. 8 15 19 15 13 19 12 14 19 21 155 
Mermod . 15 15 20 14 15 20 14 15 18 22 168 
McKisson . 11 13 13 12 11 17 11 13. 
Lufelt . 14 13 IS 15 13 17 10 11. 
Holland . 14 15 18 18 13 20 13 13 . 
Taylor . 15 15 19 14 15 19 13 15 20 24 169 
Kline . 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 22 172 
Veach . 13 15 18 13 13 19 14 15 15 23 163 
Baur . 15 14 16 15 13 19 13 12 18 16 158 
Lytle . 9 14 17 14 11 19 11 9 14. 
Highfill . 9 14 12 14 13 15 14 8 17. 
Baggerman . 15 12 15 14 12 15 15 12 15 .. 
Ivopp .14 14 16 15 14 19 14 11 19. 
Dougherty . 14 13 18 15 13 20 . 
Holmes . 14 14 20 14 14 20 13 15 20 18 162 
Van Wyck . 11 14 15 13 7 16 11 8. 
Wilson . 20 15 13 19 13 12 18. 
McDonald . 11 12 IS 13 14 20 13 13 IS 21 153 
Rymer . 12 14 19 13 12.1 
Peterson . S 12 17 15 15 17 14 12 18. 
McGrew . 10 18 17 .. 8 17 .. 10 19. 
Howe .14 10 .. 18.1 
Hodges .10 17 10 14.. 
Tesson .14 IS 11 15 16. 
Sullivan ..13 16 13 11 17. 
Reagan .12 16 12 14 18.' 
Cosby . 8 19 11 10 16. 
Kouner . 15 20 12 .1 
Williams . 12 20 13 13 17 . 
Aug. 15, Second Day. 
Wednesday morning, Ed. Hickman started the traps 
a-going for the shoot of the interstate amateur live- 
pigeon championship. This was at 25 birds, and shot 
under the Elliott handicap — when shooter kills 5 birds 
he goes back a yard. This puts the shooter to some 
disadvantage when he gets back to 32yds., but is very 
just. Mr. Veach, of Falls City, Neb., was the only man 
to get all the birds save Chas. Young, who started at 
31yds. and shot the last 15 at 33yds. The scores in full 
follow: 
Slusher, 2S .1022010222122012221220021—19 
Mermod, 28 1222121122211221122102222—24 
Taylor, 28 .2122212212011221202212212—23 
Clayton, 28 .1221212212122012212210202—22 
Baggerman, 28 .2212211122122120121201212—23 
Kahler, 28 .2200122122100221122212002—19 
Meyers, 2S .22221222212221202202w 
