FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. io, 1906. 
748 
WESTERN TRAP. 
Wedding Bells. 
When the Indians meet at their next anual pow-wow 
there will be sadness in the camp, because of the absence 
of the much-beloved papoose, Maude. Those of the tribe 
and their friends who have in the past met at West 
Baden. Lake Okoboji, etc., will remember well, the 
chief of the papooses, the one who assisted in all enter¬ 
tainments. Whether seated at the piano, rendering a 
vocal selection, or leading the dance, she was the life 
of the social event. 1 he following cards will ‘show you 
that our Tom has lost a daughter and that the ranks ot 
the papooses will be thinned to that extent at the next 
tribal gathering: 
“Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Alvin Marshall invite you to 
be present at the marriage of their daughter, Maude 
Cabeen, to Mr. William Thomas Kester, Saturday after¬ 
noon, Oct. 27, 1906, at three o’clock, First Presbyterian 
Church, Keithsburg, 111.” .. , . . 
“At home after Dec. 15, 4956 Michigan avenue, Chicago, 
ln AH the shooters who ever had the pleasure of meeting 
Miss Maude will join in wishing her long life and 
happiness. Let Us hope that the loss to the tribe will 
be her gain. Mr. Kester is to be congratulated upon 
his capture of the flower of the flock. She is the only 
child of the high chief of the tribe, and in giving her 
up Chief Long Talk will be very lonesome when he 
returns to his cabin on the banks of the father of waters, 
after his regular pilgrimages to all parts of the country. 
In Other PI aces. 
The final shoot of the Elizabeth City Gun Club, Nor¬ 
folk, W. Ya., was held Sunday week. Dr. II. M. Ilai-ris 
won the pin for the high score for the season, and will 
hold it up to next spring. 
Good scores made on the preliminary day at the 
Hopkins and Allen shoot, Des Moines, Iowa. lhere 
was a good attendance, even Fred Gilbert was with the 
boys once more. Scores at practice: McDonald shot 
at 150, made 134; McKeeer, 100, 87; Asher, 100, i9; 
McDonald. 75, 53; Maxwell, 160, 128; Hopcher 135, 93; 
King, 135, 85; Magill, 50, 22; Layman 75 67; French 100, 
81- Budd 50, 42; Kline, 50, 45; Hautley 25, 24; Smith, 
25, 16. , , 
Newton Lewis w'as the most successful marksman at 
the Wilmington, Ohio, Gun Club on last luesday with 
102 out of 125 targets shot at. 
Shooting for the first time this season at Des Moines, 
Iowa, Fred Gilbert has come to himself, as he went mo 
the regular tournament and missed but five out of 200. 
Spencer lost 6 and Kline 7. , 
The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club held the first meet 
of the season on the new grounds Sunday last. _ 1 he 
scores show that any man not making 20 out of 25 was 
not a good shot on this day. 
George Lucas, James Dilby, Chas. Blaid, Owen Brislen, 
Tohn Murray, S. Hildebrand and Edward Walters took 
part in a shoot at 50 targets each at Electric Park, 
Cambridge, Ohio. 
Creston, Iowa, Gun Club will hold a shoot Nov. 8 
and 9. , 
C. A. Thorpe, of Geneva, Neb., held a tournament for 
the benefit of the neighboring shooters on \\ ednesday 
of this week. 
Last Thursday evening the Lebanon, Pa., Gun Club 
held a reception and banquet for the benefit of the 
visitors who were in the city preparatory to the opening 
of the two-days’ tournament. 
The first meeting of the New Albany, Ind., Shotgun 
Club was held last Wednesday at Charlestown Road. 
The members fancied that target shooting would limber 
them up for the coming duck season. 
The Tabasco Gun Club, Marysville, Colo., gave a very 
enjoyable duck stew on last Sunday, where they en¬ 
tertained many of the citizens of Sutter county. 
The Manistee, Mich., Gun Club was organized on 
Tuesday last by electing F. A. Eddie, president; R. S. 
Babcock, vice-president; C. B. Jentolf, secretary; J. D. 
Bertrand, treasurer; Alex Wyless, Jr., the captain. Some 
of the members are R. H. Lee, Ward Leonard, L. D. 
Rich, F. W. Grimes, Harry Gephart, J. A. King, II. H. 
Whipple, J. J. Hubbell, Jr., R. M. Hoffman, R. R. 
Walters. 
The Wayne Gun Club Fort Wayne, Ind., has won 
the championship of the city by a win of five times to 
one lost. The Broadways were second. Shooting at 
125 targets, five men each club: Corron Rod and Gun 
Club 48, Broadway 81, W ayne 89, Independents 88. Ft. 
Wayne can well boast of having all other towns in 
Indiana beaten on the number of gun clubs. 
Columbus, Ind., Gun Club held the last shoot of the 
season on last Saturday, and the following were awarded 
the three high guns: George Schwartz Ivoeph, Elmer 
W. Rogers and William C. Western. 
On Wednesday of this week some twenty ‘members or 
more of the Pique, Ohio, Gun Club will meet and 
organize. 
There was a large attendance at the Dayton, Ky., 
Gun Club shoot last Sunday. Shooting at 75 tafgets: 
Hill 71, Snyder 53, Jones 46, King 17. At 60: Luverne 
38, Sampson 51, Hartman 44, W. Covey 35. At 50: 
Cowling 39, Jasper 14. Ulrick 27, Higdon 22, Phelps 3b, 
Le Compte 43, Pop 13,- R. Trimble 47 Ed. Trimble 50, 
FI. Miller 20. Jacob Schneck won^ the Gould trophy 
from Cowling with 41 out of 50 to Cowling’s 39. 
The club at Paw-Paw, Mich., has adopted by-laws and 
constitution, and will at once put in traps and begin 
smashing clay pigeons. 
The IFale’s Corner Gun Club, at Milwaukee, Wis., will 
hold live-bird shoots during the winter. All marksmen 
are invited to attend. 
The five gun clubs of Hardin county, Iowa, have 
joined in purchasing a trophy which will be shot for by 
the teams of the various clubs. About Thanksgiving 
Day the club will hold the first shoot with five-men 
teams. 
Mr. J. A. Colotnb, of Donaldsonville, La., was a visitor 
at the Belle Alliance Club on last Sunday, and was 
beaten by Mr. G. W. Rebby, who made the highpst 
score. 
Mishamoka, Ind., Cun Club held a shoot Sunday last. 
Among those who attended were Henry Kolb, John 
Klopfenstein^ Fred Greenleaf, Robert Bangay and Fred 
Everett, of Goshen. Ernest Beebe and Leman Shuts, of 
Klondike, were among those who were winners, together 
with Y\ ill Roseworne, Melon Howard and George and 
J. Eberhart, of the home club. 
Flambo Range, Davenport, Iowa, was the meeting 
place for the East End Club on last Sunday. There 
were many present, including Harry Kahler, the expert. 
Shoot for the powder cup is as follows: H. Hagaman 
20, Money Hagaman 20, H. Gottschalk 19, C. Floare 19, 
Cramer 14, Ben Gerts 11, E. Rusch 17. 
An interesting day’s sport was engaged in at the 
Twin City Gun Club traps Sunday week. IF. Baker, of 
Pekin, won class A. and not only the shell company 
trophy, but the powder cup as well. A1 Randall, of 
llartonville, won the class B trophy, but did not keep 
up to Bobby Baker with his 105 out of 125. A few years 
ago and this same Baker would make the best of the 
shooters toe the mark. 
The Kenosha, Wis., Gun Club’s house, situated in 
the western part of the county, was burned, being the 
work of incendiaries. The club will, no doubt, soon re¬ 
build as the loss does not fall upon an individual, but 
shared alike with all members. 
Members of the Trenton, Ohio, Gun Club faced the 
score on Sunday last and shot at 50 targets each. As 
the wind was very strong the scores were low. Clark 
made the best score for the trophy, and is now in the 
lead for the season. Scores: Clark 43, Kerr 42 Schoen- 
feldt 41, Harvey 40, Barron 38, Jones 37, D. Smith 37, 
Heckman 35. 
In the trophy event of the Pastime Gun Club, Detroit- 
Michi, Kittleberger, \\ hitmore and Gordon were high 
guns. Scores at 25 targets: Tolsma 19, Kittleberger 20, 
Becker 11, Find'ey 15, Andrews 19, Johnson 20, Schasboile 
16, Whitmore 23, W. Gordon 17, Stork 15. 
Opening live-bird shoot at Hobs’ Corners Club, near 
Milwaukee, W is., was well attended. John Johnson, of 
North Cape, and Harry Ludington scored 16 out of 17 
and were high. Other shoots will be held the third 
Sunday of each month. Scores at 7 birds: Miller 4, 
Stanley 6, Maldington 7, Johnson 7, Thomas 2, -Schubring 
5, Haan 6, Ludington 7, FI. Schubring 5, Waltze 3, 
Wushan 3, Scheule 3, Dr. Healey 2. 
A Kansas journal, commenting on the home product, 
W . H. Heer, says, “At first meeting, Mr. Heer appears 
to be rather quiet, a better acquaintance finds under his 
cloak of reserve a geniality that cannot be equalled 
among the many good fellows of the shooting fra¬ 
ternity. He has demonstrated that he has a thorough 
knowledge of guns from butt plate to the sight.” 
Wolf, Jr., was the high man at the last semi-monthly 
shoot of the Grane Gun Club, Detroit, Mich.. Sunday 
last. Kuster won B, and Mertens C medals. Scores at 
25 targets:' Brinkman 7, Fraulman 10, Kuster 12. Fritch 
11, Schmidt 5, Weise 20, Lowen 16, Wolf Sr. 16, Wolf, 
Jr. 19, Mertens 13. 
The Corona, Colo., Gun Club is composed of F. M. 
Baird, president; F. A. Perkins, vice-president; C. M. 
Scoville, secretary; G. F. Dear, treasurer; H. A. Prizer, 
II. K. Stohl, J. L. Davis, E. P. Newdon, George Austin, 
W m. Gray, John Triola and W. C. Barth. 
Members of the Council Bluff, Iowa, Gun Club met 
last Sunday for a practice shoot, something they were 
badliy in need of, owing to having a match with a club 
from Tabor. 
Members of the Springfield, Ohio, Gun Club met last 
Saturday and took a limbering up. At 25 targets: 
Poole 21, Strong 20, Winkby 22, Smith 6 Henderson 24. 
All hough the day was dark and cold and a' strong 
wind blew across the traps, there was a good turn-out 
at the tri-weekly shoot of the Livingston, Mont., Gun 
Club last Friday. Brooks now leads with one point. 
Mr. Confar is shooting for targets only. Scores 'at 
25 targes: Gemmett 20, H. Jando 23, Chaneleck 15, J. 
O. Miles 19, Duff 16, Proter 19. 
A brisk southwest wind that crossed the traps at the 
Indianapolis Gun Club grounds Thursday, on the oc¬ 
casion of the sparrow shoot, caused the lowest scores 
ever made on these historic grounds. Jennings was 
high man witli 82 out of 120 shot at. You must guess 
what the little “beggars” were doing when one w m. 
Heer missed 29. lhe attendance was poor, owing to 
the bad weather. Scores at 120 live sparrows: S. H. 
Young 74, Jennings 82, Crawford 78, Franklin 75, Heer 
71, James 78, Dan Smith 70, Miles 64. 
The Paw-Paw Rod and Gun Club, not' contended with 
shooting targets only as a pastime, has contracted for 
a million or more brook trout to be placed in the east 
branch of the river. 
The Swansea Gun Club, of Belleville, Ill., was lately 
the guest of the Tannhauser Club, of St. Louis, lhe 
Belleville boys report a royal good time, and all unite 
in praise of their entertainment. 
The Goodland, Ind., Gun Club held its seventh county 
shoot last week. The high scores at 200 targets were: 
Brown 184, Peck 174, Mullen 172, Ilamston 164, Parks 
162, llener 160, Spinney 157, Grass 152, Launne 144. 
Shooters of Cowgill. Mo., have organized a gun club 
with fifteen members. At the first shoot the high score 
wass: Retly and Craig 20 out of 25. On the second 
shoot it was: Cawley 19, Petree IS. Shoots will be held 
on Tuesdays and Fridays. 
New Straitsville, Ohio, Gun Club is now holding weekly 
shoots. At 50 targets the last score made was: Marlow- 
43, Rush 45, Watkins 29, Kessler 32, Borry 29, Sherer 36, 
Newman 36, Switzer 26. 
On the opening day of the McLean County Gun Club, 
Bloomington, Ill., the best scores were: Barkley 194, 
Riehl 188, Le Noire 184, Freeman 164, Vietmeyer 164. 
Amateurs: Clark 193, Young 190, Shepardson 183, O. 
Peru 182, IFantley 181, Stoner 176, Barton 175, Mc¬ 
Donald 174. 
A number of the best shots in the State of Kansas met 
at Hutchinson last Thursday. Shooting at 100 targets: 
A. Brien 95, Plank 73, Adams 73, Hixon 71, Gottlieb 71, 
Elliott, 90, Hugh 89. Ramen 86 Mrs. Butler 85, McCrea 
83, Butler 80, Arnold 76. Shooting at 10 live birds: 
Arnold 10, Rankin 10, Elliott 10, Downs 10. O’Brien 10, 
Adams 9, Butler 9, Gottlieb 8, Plank 8, Hixon 7. 
The Ellendale, N. D., Gun Club held a shoot Nov. 1, 
at which valuable prizes were distributed. 
Members of the old Metropolitan Gun Club. St. Joseph, 
Mo., are coming to the front of late. Sunday last the 
attraction was a live-bird shoot, to which the shooters 
generally were invited. 
^High winds which prevailed last Friday at Topeka, 
Kan., interfered with the high scores and caused many 
to stay away. Scores made: Gragg shot at 70, scored 
51; Usher, 27; Ilungote, 75, 31; Hazen, 75, 39; Marple, 
50, 26. On last Wednesday, Homer Gragg, C. T. Marple, 
L. liisco, and C. E. Morton went to Valley Falls and 
took part in the shoot held there. Owing to high winds 
on that day, s.cores more not large. 
The members of the Columbus, Ohio, Gun Club held 
a shoot last week, and the evening was spent socially. 
An oyster supper and music was the attraction. Scores 
at 10 targets each: FI. E. Smith 10, Roller 8. Tieshinger 
8, Lacy 10, Holt 5. Sillbach 3, Darby 9, G. M. Smith 7, 
Roger 5, J. H. Smith 9, Wagoner 8, Welles 3, Romick 5, 
Barnhart 3, Hedges 7, Whisner 3, Shattuck 8, Brown 5. 
The gun club at Carrolton, Mo., held their shoot 
Wednesday last, with cold weather. At 25 targets: James 
16, McFall 11, F. Horn 20, I.. Weber 12, Fawks 14, Shea 
18, G. Horn 15, W. Weber 15. 
Crescent Athletic Club. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 3. —The opening shoot of the 
season, held by the Crescent Athletic Club, on the 
grounds at the country house. Bay Ridge, was favored 
with pleasant weather. Dr. S. P. Hopkins scored the 
first win for the November cup with a score of 24 out 
of a possible 25. Messrs. O. C. Grinnell. W. C. Damron, 
Dr. Keyes and Raynor were second with 23 each. 
To qualify for the monthly cups, a member must 
shoot in at least three weekly contests for it. The best 
three scores of each contestant count in the monthly cup 
contests. Scores: 
Shoot for November cup, 25 targets: 
IF. 
. B. 
T. 
H. 
B. 
T. 
Dr S Hopkins., 
,. 6 
18 
24 
J H Ernst. 
4 
17 
21 
O C Grinnell.... 
.. 1 
22 
23 
C A Lockwood... 
2 
19 
21 
W C Damron... 
.. 4 
19 
23 
II B Vanderveer. 
3 
17 
20 
Dr Keyes . 
...2 
21 
23 
Capt Woods . 
3 
16 
19 
Dr Raynor . 
.. 5 
18 
23 
W W Marshall... 
5 
10 
15 
T W Stake. 
,. 5 
17 
22 
Trophy shoot, 
15 
targets, 
handicap: 
Dr Hopkins .... 
.. 4 
11 
15 
T H Ernst. 
2 
11 
13 
W W Marshall . 
,. 3 
12 
15 
H B Vanderveer 
.1 
11 
12 
O C Grinnell... 
,. 0 
13 
13 
Capt Woods .... 
.1 
11 
12 
YV C Damron... 
.. 2 
11 
13 
Dr Raynor . 
3 
8 
11 
Shoot-off. same conditions: W. W. Marshall 15, Dr. 
Hopkins 15. 
Shoot-off, same conditions: Dr. Hopkins 14, Marshall 
13. 
Trophy shoot, 25 targets, 
Marshall . 5 20 25 
Vanderveer . 3 22 25 
Damron . 4 23 25 
Raynor . 5 20 25 
Woods . 2 24 25 
handicap: 
Hopkins . 6 21 25 
Grinnell . 1 23 24 
Lockwood . 2 22 24 
Ernst . 4 14 19 
Shoot-off, same conditions: Woods 25, Marshall 23, 
Damron 23, Raynor 22, Hopkins 21, Vanderveer 20. 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets: 
Damron .2 13 15 Hopkins . 4 10 14 
Keyes . 1 15 15 Marshall . 3 10 13 
Woods . 1 14 15 Raynor . 1 10 11 
Grinnell .0 14 14 Lockwood . 1 10 11 
Ernst . 2 12 14 C A Sykes. 2 13 15 
Shoot-off, same conditions: Woods 15, Keyes 15, Sykes 
14. Damron 12. 
Shoot-off. same conditions: Keyes 15, Woods 7. 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 
Ravnor . 
.. 5 
19 
24 
Hendrickson .. 
... 4 
17 
21 
Stake . 
.. 5 
19 
24 
Lockwood .... 
... 2 
17 
19 
.. 1 
21 
99 
... 3 
18 
Grinnell . 
.. 1 
21 
22 
Damron . 
... 4 
12 
16 
Keyes . 
2 
20 
22 
Marshall ...... 
... 5 
10 
15 
Trophy shoot. 
15 1 
handicap: 
Marshall . 
. 2 
12 
15 
Ernst . 
... 2 
11 
13 
Keves .. 
.. i 
13 
14 
kaynor . 
... 3 
10 
13 
Stake . 
.. 3 
10 
13 
Woods . 
... 1 
11 
12 
Damron . 
2 
11 
13 
Lockwood _ 
... 1 
10 
11 
Daniel M. Lefever 
We are informed that the famous inventor, gun manu¬ 
facturer and trap shot, Daniel M. Lefever, died at Syra¬ 
cuse, Oct. 29, at the age of seventy-one years. Few 
sportsmen in America were better known or had a larger 
circle of friends and acquaintances than had “Uncle 
Dan.” He had been identified with the manufacture and 
improvement of guns through three or four generations, 
and was conspicuously identified with the introduction 
and improvement of the breechloader. During the War 
between the States, a period antedating the existence of 
many active sportsmen of the present day, he was active 
in the gun making industry. One of his greatest achieve¬ 
ments. all circumstances considered, was the manufacture 
of 200 long range special rifles for the Federal Govern¬ 
ment. They were designed for the sharpshooters of the 
army, whose special mission was the shooting of officers 
and pickets at ranges beyond the scope of the regular 
service rifle. They used either round or conical balls. 
He was among the first to manufacture the so-called 
hammerless lock of shotgunts. In the late 70s, he en¬ 
tered into partnership with John Nichols, under the firm 
style of Nichols & Lefever: but some time afterward 
he took over the business to himself. The many modern 
improvements which he made on shotguns and shotgun 
appliances would fill quite a long list. Besides being a 
manufacturer of esteemed skill and renown, he was a 
shooter of rare attainments. 
