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WESTERN TRAP. 
In Other Places. 
Wilmington, O., held a shoot Oct. 25, for the benefit of 
the Clinton county shooters. There were ten events, all 
on the Jack Rabbit system, and a good time was re¬ 
ported. 
Having made high average at the late shoot of the 
Red City Gun Club, Rockland, Ill., J. Graham, Long 
Lake, Ill., has now a good chance to own the diamond 
medal. Alex. Sance, Caprcn, Ill, won the rifle on a 
perfect score. Mr. Knussell, Ottawa, won the pipe, and 
Tom Maluna, of the home club, the pipe holder. 
The premier event of the season at Boise, Idaho, was 
won by the youngest member of the club, Sherman John¬ 
son. Scores by per cent.: Sherman Johnson 85, G. M. 
Anderson 84, J. G. Gray 84, E. H. Moberly 81, Al. 
Alderman 76, R. W. Farris 73, C. J. Johnson 70, A. I. 
Lewis 68, T. P. Stewart 44. 
Joe Brashaw, Homer, Ill., writes that the shoot held 
there Oct. 23 and 24 was a good one, and that the sports¬ 
men had a time of it shooting and fishing. They were 
all loud in their praise of the grounds. 
Sol. Glahn, of Clarence, Md., shot at 25 targets and 
broke 4, and then thought he should not pay the secre¬ 
tary of the club for those fie missed. 
F. T. Wilcox, J. S. Carr, Joseph Lopp, William Hea- 
man, Stephen Curtis, T. M. Buckley and Peter M. Giles, 
of Le Roy, N. Y., were visitors at Batavia, to participate 
in a bluerock shoot. 
The Marion, Ind., boys are still shooting regularly on 
Tuesday. \\ m. Park wen the miss-and-out. Harry 
Creviston won the walking match, and Chas. Creviston 
the handicap with a straight score, and he is being con¬ 
gratulated by his host of friends. 
Wednesday afternoon members of the Vincennes, Ind., 
Gun Club met at their park. The first prize was won by 
Wm. II. Moore, 78 out of 100. Second prize went to 
John Jennings and the third to James Hughes. 
The Valley Beagle Club, Martin’s Ferry, W. Va., 
report the loss of several thousand pigeons by theft. 
The club house door was broken and the guilty ones 
are under suspicion. 
The Sunset Gun Club, of Eldora, la., is holding regu¬ 
lar shoots and report an improvement in scores. 
The Will County Gun Club, Joliet, Ill., held an im¬ 
portant business meeting last Friday night. 
Members of the Danville, Ill., Gun Club are scouring 
the country for spring chickens, with which to feed then 
guests at the tournament. 
Shooters at Vincent, la., have organized a gun club. 
At the practice shoot at Des Moines, la.. Mr. Lay¬ 
man made the very good score of 99 out of 100, French 
94, Budd 88, McCown 84, Pettit 80; Kline 46 out of 50, 
McDonald 63 out of 75. 
The Cass County Gun Club held a shoot last Thurs¬ 
day at Virginia, Ill., under the management of Jesse King 
and- James Meade. The best score was 85 out of 90, made 
by Ed. Scott, the well-known Jacksonville shot. 
The fall tournament of the Manito Gun Club was held 
at the grounds south of town last Thursday. A good 
attendance was reported. 
The Glenwood, la., Gun Club held a shoot Friday last 
with shooters present from Tabor, Henderson, Emmet- 
son, Silver City and Council Bluffs. A. S. Edwards, of 
Glenwood, was high with 90 per cent. 
The shoot held by Dr. Cook last week at his home. 
New London, la., was a successful one. The wind was 
high and scores good. O. N. F'ord, Central City, la., 
was high amateur with 187; Spencer and Kline, for the 
experts, with 183. Sam Nau won high score for the tri¬ 
county badge, 171. Dr. Cook won the tri-county indi¬ 
vidual championship with 47 out of 50. Many prizes were 
distributed, and it was the best little shoot held this 
year in that vicinity. 
W. H. Mankev won the first general average, with J. 
G. Gray a close second, at the Boise, Idaho, shoot on 
Wednesday last. Al Alderman won the Eastman Taylor 
medal, J. Gi Gray the Fowler medal. W. H. Williamson 
won the Lewis loving cup with 175 out of 200. This 
was the last shoot of the season, and at 200 targets the 
scores were: F. M. Eastman 167, J. G. Gray 170, Al. 
Alderman 164, W. II. Williamson 169, A. S. Garber 163, 
W. H. Mankey 168, O. If. H. Moberly 168. 
Two members of the, Pierz Gun Club, Little Falls, 
Minn., intending to go hunting, rigged out a boat and 
cart to convey same, yet when they were about to start, 
early the next morning, they were surprised to find it 
located on top of a machine shop, to which was attached 
a card, “The Pierz air ship.” 
The Berwyn, Ill., Gun Club held its annual meeting 
at the home of President C. J. Becker. The club was 
found to be in good financial condition. The club pre¬ 
sented the trophy to Mr. Victor J. Redmond, one of the 
youngest of the members. Arrangements were made for 
a trophy for the ladies, and the boys under sixteen, dur¬ 
ing the coming year. 
Youngstown. O., Gun Club held a successful tourna¬ 
ment last week. The weather was bad—strong wind. W. 
IT. Heer was on hand and made high average, 162 out of 
170. E. J. Root was high, 151; R. W. Ewalt second, 149. 
Youngstown won the team shoot over Brookfield, Kins¬ 
man and Sharon. Scores, 170 targets: Heer 162, W. H. 
Stevens 152, E. J. Root 151, R. W. Ewalt 149. H. G. 
Smith 147, J. Seaborn 138, W. II. Osborn 124, G. R. 
Cole 130, D'. Jarrett 94. .1. D. Elliott 88. At 130: L. 
Wallis 99, Hughes 99, Armstrong 97, Carley 88, Court- 
wright 80. 
Another gun club has been organized at Oquawka, Ill. 
Incorporators: Walter Schramm, W. B. Eaton and A. 
L. Phillips. 
There was a good attendance at the Quincy, Ill., tour¬ 
nament last week. At 200 targets, Chas. Spencer scored 
196, H. W. Freeman 193, Frank Riehl 184, Cadwallader 
182, F. Le Noir 178, H. W. Yietmeyer 175. Amajeurs: 
F. Rodgers 196, G. W. Mackey 194, Holland 189, Huntley 
188, Ford 187, Clay 182, Stroop 182, C. Bickmore 175, 
Giese 17l, Constance 171, Goelz 170, Gash 170, Walker 
164, Shoop 164, Zimmerman 164, C. A. Nichols 160. 
At W’oodstock, III.. H. E. Billings won the powder 
trophy over Messrs. Ingersoll and Taylor, who fell short. 
Mr. Billings is proud of his trophy, as it is a handsome 
one. 
Lee Barkley was high, gun at the Danville, Ill., shoot, 
losing 5 in 150. Other scores were: Riehl 137. Lamme 
126, Barkley 145, Fitzsimmons 126, Cadwallader 135, Clark 
137, Freeman 136, Rogel 127, Boswell 123, Le Noir 135, 
Huntley 127, McKinley 123, Kinningham 122, Carson 123, 
Smith 126, Heffey 133, Bell 136, Lee 128, Cameron 115, 
Thompson 108, Blessing 116, Haas 101, Dawson 114. 
A. \Y’. Miles, Lexington, Mont., has donated a 850 re¬ 
peating gun for a trophy, to be shot for during the 
coming year. There will be ten contests at 50 targets 
each. All shooters will be handicapped. 
There are now four clubs at Fort Wayne, Ind., and 
they are shooting team matches every Sunday. Last con¬ 
test, five men, 25 targets each. Broadway Club beat 
Fort Wayne by 3 targets; Score 90 to 87. The Independ¬ 
ents were not much ahead of the Corner Rod and Gun 
Club, as the score was 80 to 78. The standing of the 
clubs to date is as follows: Fort Wayne won 4 lost 1; 
Broadway won 4 lost 1; Independents won 1 lost 4; 
Corner Rod and Gun won 1 lost 4. 
The regular shoot of the Rock Island, Ill., Gun Club, 
held at the watch tower last Thursday, was not well 
attended owing to disagreeable weather. 
Ducks are reported as being by the thousand on top of 
thousands on the fresh-water ponds of California. 
Shooting at the Fort Collins, Colo., Gun Club was 
an enjoyable affair—said to be the best ever held there. 
Dr. C. M. Smith made the best average. Myles Maryott 
won second. Mayer also won a special prize, as did E. 
B. House. The contestants from outside the city were: 
Chas. Plank, Jack Frazer, TI. Money, Denver; A. N. 
McCreary, J. C. Johnson. Loveland; Walter Brandos, 
Grant Drayton and Jack O’Grady, of Evans. 
D T. Patton was high gun at the Golf Club, Des 
Moines, la., shoot, held last Saturday. There is to be a 
change in the location of the traps for mutual benefit. 
The Missoula Mont., Gun Club held a shoot last 
Thursday, at which a number of outside shooters took 
part. The day was a fine one, and the scores made were 
large. First event: Drumgoole took first, 20 straight; 
Sargent second, Nell Coyne, Kinkel and Ritchie third. 
Next event. Moody and Woodworth first, Sargent second, 
and several got in on third. 
Competing at 50 clay targets at Spencer Park, Logans' 
port, Ind., last Monday, Northstine scored 45, Miller 38, 
Enyart 35, Holloway 33, YVirwahn 29, Freeman 28, White 
28. Stoll 6. 
Last meeting of the Detroit. Mich., Gun Club was con¬ 
spicuous, as Sipe won A medal; also, Randall won Class 
B, and Cartwright Class C medals. Scores at 25 targets: 
Sipe 18, Knott 12, Terry 11, Bogg 3, Davis 20, Butter- 
