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U. M. C. ARROW SHELL 
THE AMATEURS’ FAVORITE AT DENVER. 
The Western Handicap at Denver, one of the largest tournaments ever held, 
again demonstrates the superiority of U. M. C. Shells. 
PRELIMINARY MATCHES. 
Harry G. Taylor wins the Amateur Average for the first two days at the Western 
Handicap, score 292-300, W. W. Shemwell being second with 291-300, both using 
U. M. C. Shells. 
PRELIMINARY HANDICAP. 
W. W. Shemwell wins First Prize, shooting 97 per cent. 
Messrs. Maryott, Thompson, Fisher, Keller and Wooley tied for second place 
with 96.per cent. These six amateurs all used EE M. C. Shells. 
WESTERN HANDICAP. 
Three shooters tied for first place in the main event. The two amateurs, G. G. 
Pickett and R. Thompson, used U. M. C. Shells. 
More shooters used EJ. M. C. Shells than any other make. Quality tells. 
\/. M. C. Shells are the Amateurs’ Choice . 
THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., Bridgeport, Conn., U. S. A. 
Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City. 
T rapshooting . 
If you want your shoot to he announced here 
send a notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Sept 3—Fall River, Mass.—Labor Day shoot of West- 
port Factory G. C. A. W. Lewis, Sec’y. , 
Sept. 3.—Phillipsburg, N. J.—Alert G. C. Labor Day 
target tournament. Edward F. Markley, Chairman, 
Easton, Pa. „ „ _ , _ 
Sept. 3.—Lowell (Mass.) R. and G. C. Labor Day tourna¬ 
ment. E. J. Burns, Sec’y. 
Sept 3.—Auburn (N. Y.) G. C. annual Labor Day tour¬ 
nament. Added money. Post and Hudson Mgrs. 
Sept 3.—Englewood, N. J.—Pleasure Gun Club Labor 
Day shoot. C. J. V\ estervelt, Sec’y. 
Sept. 3.—Olean (N. Y.) G. C. Labor Day shoot. F. F 
Mason, Sec’y. „ „ T , _ 
Sept. 3.—Springfield (Mass.) G. C. Labor Day tourna 
ment. C. L. Kites, Sec’y. 
Sept. 3-4.—Muncie, Ind.—Magic City G. C. annual tour 
nament. First day, targets; second day, sparrows 
j ^ Wachtel Sec*y. 
Sept. 3-4—Lynchburg, Va.—Virginia Trapshooters’ Asso 
SephTe.—Arnold’s Park, la.—Budd & Whitney, Mgrs. 
Des Moines, la. TT 
Sept. 7-S.—Atlantic City, N. J.—Seaside Gun Club. Harry 
Johnson, Sec’y., Pacific and Albany Avenues, At¬ 
lantic City, N. J. tat, 
Sept. 6.—Newton (Ill.) G. C. tournament. J. A. Batman 
SephAlO.—Los Angeles, Cal.—The Interstate Associa 
tion’s Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, under the 
auspices of the Los Angeles Gun Club; $1,000 added 
money. Elmer E. Shaner, SecVMgr., Pittsburg, Pa 
Sept. 10-11.—Indianapolis (Ind.) G. C. fall tournament 
Wm. Armstrong, Sec’y. . _ 
Sept. 11-12.— Scammon, Kans.— The Missouri and Kansas 
League of Trapshooters’ tournament. Dr. C. B. 
Clapp, Sec’y, Moberly, Mo. 
*Sept. .12.—Brownsville (Pa.) Rod and Gun Club. 
Sept. 12-13.—Marshalltown (la.) G. C. amateur tourna¬ 
ment. 
Sept. 12-13.—Sistersville, W. Va.—West Virginia G. C. 
second annual target tournament; $100 added. E. O. 
Bower, Mgr. 
Sept. 13.—Hartford, Conn.—Consolidated Gun Club As¬ 
sociation of Connecticut, under auspices of Colt Gun 
Club. Dr. D. C. Y. Moore, Sec’y, South Manchester. 
Sept. 13-14.—Columbus (O.) G. C. fall tournament. Fred 
Shattuck, Sec’y. 
Sept. 18-19.—Sistersville, W. Va.—West Virginia G. C. 
second annual target tournament; $10 added. E. O. 
Bower, Mgr. 
•Sept. 19.—Pittsburg.—Greater Pittsburg Gun Club. 
Sept. 21-22.—Bradford (Pa.) G. C. green corn shoot. R. 
S. Pringle, Sec'y. 
Sept. 22-23.—St. Louis Sportsman’s Shooting Park tour¬ 
nament. 
Sept. 25-27.—Cincinnati (O.) G. C. tournament. Address 
Arthur Gambell, Station P, St. Bernard, U. 
Sept. 29.—Newport, R. I.—Aquidneck G. C. tournament. 
C. M. Hughes, Sec’y. 
Oct. 1-3.—Louisville, Ky.—Kentucky Gun Club tourna¬ 
ment. J. C. Bourne, Sec’y. 
Oct. 2-4.—Des Moines, la.—Hopkins Brothers’ shoot. 
E. N. Hopkins, Mgr. 
Oct. 5-G.— Louisville, Ky.— Kentucky Trapshooters’ 
League fourth annual live-bird championship, under 
auspices of Jefferson County Gun Club. Frank 
Pragoff, Sec’y K. T. S. L. 
Oct. 9-11.—Yazoo City (Miss.) G. C. tournament. T. C. 
Pepper, Sec’y. 
Oct. 17-18.—New Jersey State Sportsman’s Association 
autumn tournament. W. R. Hobart, Sec’y. 
Nov. 6-7.—Kansas City, Mo.—Missouri and Kansas 
League of Trapshooters’ tournament. Dr. C. B. 
Clapp. Moberly, Mo. 
Nov. 13-15.—Omaha, Neb., G. C. target tournament. G. 
W. Loomis and H. S. McDonald, Mgrs. 
•Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters’ League. 
Secretary Chas. M. Hughes informs us that the Aquid¬ 
neck Gun Club, of Newport, R. I., will hold an all-day 
tournament on Sept. 29. 
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Secretary R. S. Pringle writes us that on Sept. 21-22 
the Bradford, Pa., Gun Club will hold a green corn 
shoot, and that he will mail programmes to all who 
apply for them. 
Secretary Edward Winslow writes us that the Mont¬ 
clair, N. J. Gun Club will hold its opening shoot for 
the fall season on the morning of Labor Day, Sept. 3. 
There will be canvas for protection in case of rain. 
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The Penn Gun Club, of Norristown, Pa., will hold a 
Labor Day shoot on the Jeffersonville grounds, Sept. 3. 
Shooting will begin at 10 o’clock. The programme con¬ 
sists of' ten events at 15 and ten events at 20 targets, 
$1.50 and $2 entrance. Mr. J. W. Detweiler is the Sec¬ 
retary. 
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For the English Hotel cup, Aug. 25, at the shoot of 
the Indianapolis Gun Club, Mr. Geo. Bowen defeated Mr. 
Thomas Parry, by a score of 89 to 85. This is the last 
contest for this trophy for the season of 1905-1906. Those 
who have qualified will shoot in a 100-target contest to 
determine the winner of the $50-prize and the holder of 
the cup for a year, Sept. 10-11. 
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The ninth annual tournament of the Magic City Gun 
Club, Sept. 3 and 4, at Muncie, Ind., has a programme 
of eleven events the first day: 15, 20 and 25 targets, 
$1.50, $2 and $2.50 entrance, class shooting, 40, 30, 20 
