FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 29 . 1906 . 
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■THE DUPONT TROPHY-—FOR INTERSCHOLASTIC COMPETITION. 
.We are informed by Secretary R. T. Gowan, that the 
sixth annual tournament of the Raleigh Gun Club will 
be held on Oct. 16 and 17, and that $150 will be added. 
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In a sweepstake at 25 live birds, at Bryn Mawr, Pa., 
Sept. 22, Davis, Stout and Maine tied on 21, while Long 
scored 20, Sommers 19, and Burk 18. In the shoot-oft 
at 15 birds, L. Maine, of Ardmore, killed straight and 
won first. 
In the final shoot of the Tri-County League, at Leb¬ 
anon, Pa., Sept. 20, Chester won by a score of 422 out 
of a possible 500. The other two members of the League 
were Lancaster, 413, and Lebanon, 420. The beautiful 
Dupont trophy thus goes to Chester. 
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The regular monthly handicap shoot of the Clearview 
Gun Club, Philadelphia, held on Sept. 22, resulted in a 
tie between Dr. Slaughter, J. A. Umholtz and \V. I. 
Letford, each of whom, with the aid of added targets, 
scored the limit, 25. W. H. Carl and S. C. Freed, scratch 
men, scored 24 each. 
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The eastern Connecticut championship was won at 
the tournament of the Norwich, Conn., Shooting Club, 
Sept. 22, by Mr. Harry Metcalf, of Rockville, Conn., 
with the excellent score of 95 out of 100. 1 he new 
champion is only eighteen years old, which, in a way, 
reverses the old saw which holds that as the old rooster 
crows the young one learns. 
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We are informed by Secretary W. R. Hobart, 440 Sum¬ 
mer Ave., Newark, N. J., that “The autumn tourna¬ 
ment of the New Jersey State Sportsman’s Association, 
for which the dates claimed are Oct. 17 and 18, will be 
held under the auspices of the Smith Gun Club, of 
Newark, at the grounds on Bloomfield avenue, near 
city line.” 
The Secretary of the Wawaset Gun Club, W. M. Foord, 
writes us that the Delaware Trapshooters’ League will 
hold its fall tournament on the grounds of the Wawaset 
Gun Club, under the auspices of the Blue Ball Gun Club, 
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 11, on which date there will also 
be contests for the individual State championship and 
the five-man team championship. 
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The first of a shooting series, for the championship 
of Westchester county and a handsome silver trophy, 
was shot at West Chester, Pa., on Sept. 22. Six-man 
teams from Avondale, Coatesville and West Chester com¬ 
peted. Avondale won by a narrow margin. The scores 
follow: Avondale—Sharpless 21, Cox 20, Gray 18, Mat- 
son 19, Roser 18, McKelvey 24; total 120. West Chester— 
Regester 21, Ferguson 21, Mace 18, Hemeiright 21, Eachus 
17, Bennett 21; total 119. Coatesville—Long 20, Minnher 
20, Irwin 20, Happusett 16, Coffurad 13, default 12; total 
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The programme of the Kentucky Trapshooters’ League 
fourth annual pigeon tournament, Sept. 28 and 29, under 
the auspices of the Jefferson County Gun Club, Louis¬ 
ville, has two events on the first day, the first at 10 
pigeons, entrance $7.50, handicaps 26 to 34yds., three 
high guns; the second event, the Brewers’ Exchange 
handicap, is at 25 pigeons, entrance $20, four high guns, 
handsome sterling trophy to the winner. On the_second 
day, the first event is a 10 -bird contest, similar to that 
of the first day. The second event is the ICentucKy 
State championship, 25 pigeons, entrance $16.25; 30yas. 
rise, open only to members of the League; moneys di¬ 
vided 30, 25, 20, 15; and 10 per cent, to club; diamond 
trophy to winner. Shooting will begin at 9 o’clock. 
Ammunition, prepaid, and marked in owner’s name, and 
sent in care of Pragoff Bros., will be delivered on the 
grounds free of charge. Bernard Waters. 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 22.—The attendance was 
light. The weather was fine. Hunter and Wildhack tied 
for high gun of the afternoon. Parry, Wildhack and 
Hunter each made straights. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 
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. 17 
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. 20 
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Habich . 
. 15 
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Southern . 
. 13 
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B II Moore . 
. 13 
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Daggett . 
. 16 
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Dickman . 
. 17 
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Beck . 
. 11 
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Wheeler . 
. 18 
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.Anderson . 
. 17 
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Secretary. 
WES TERN TRAP. 
In Other Places. 
The members of the Oakland Gun Club, Detroit, 
Mich., held a hot contest last Sunday. Mr. W. E. 
Morris came out after a long absence and showed that 
he was still in line. All agreed that it would take but 
little practice to get him into good form. Newton did not 
forget- his gun this time and broke his portion. Scores 
at 25 targets: Krisling 20, Staunch 18, Earl 13, W. E. 
Morris 18, Judick 17, Bur 12, Johnson 11, Pellman 14, 
Gamble 10, Hartford 11, Newton 18, Lovy 12. 
The Beatrice, Neb., Gun Club held their first shoot 
since the reorganization on last Wednesday. . 
The Capital City Gun Club, Little Rock, Ark., gave 
its first shoot at the park, Friday last. There will be 
shoots held weekly, beginning at 3 P. M. The members 
were enthusiastic, but they show lack of practice. L. C. 
Blair shot at 100, broke 21; A.. B. Poe, (50), 25; Mr. 
Cardwell (50) 23, Paul Litzke (100) 59, John Cherry (50) 
22, Mr. Schafer (25) 14. 
Wednesday last the Thurman, la., Gun Club held a 
club shoot, with results as follows: At 10 targets: C. 
Baldwin 6 , W. L. Baldwin 6 , Dan Nichols 7, Clarence 
Otis 8 , J. W. Hostetter 7, T. Dunkin 6 , C. Eyler A 
Guy Caster 5, A. O. Baldwin 9, P. S. Proctor 6 , Al. 
Williams 7. 
A novelty in outdoor amusements was that of the 
Venitian Carnival of the Omaha, Neb., Rod and Gun 
Club.. The feature was the pageant of illuminated boats. 
All the boats, as' well as the park,- were strung with 
Chinese lanterns. When the water festivities had ended, 
the crowd was entertained with music and dancing, which 
was kept up until midnight. 
The Eveleth, Minn., Gun Club he’d its trophy shoot 
lastFriday, which had been postponed on account of rain. 
The scores at 50 targets were: Class A—Harwood 42, 
Rohrer 38, Warn 35, Dormer 26, Shapiro 26, Moore 16. 
Class B—Bullen 37, Cans 23, Robb 24. 
Wittenberg, Wis., Gun Club held its practice shoot 
last Sunday. Chas. Schwertfeger was high in first 
event with 13 out of 25. In the afternoon, with twelve 
shooting, Eddie Puchmer was the top man with 16. 
Such old-timers as Schneider and Glaubitz had ah off 
day. The shooting of the Misses Ward and Van Strat- 
tum was about up to their average. 
Doings at the Chicago Heights Gun Club are frequent 
and enthusiasm prevails At last meet P. Caster shot at 
100 and broke 82, S. Worthing (50) 42, A. Anderson (138) 
73, C. Treff (100) 48, G. Merricus (75) 29, • Wm. Heising 
(100) 46, F. Merricus (137) 40. 
Trapshooting is now one. of the pastimes of the Coun¬ 
try Club at Des Moines, la. A trap has been put in 
place and a house erected, and the prospects are that 
this will be the popular sport until the ducks arrive in 
the late fall. 
The Hawkeye Gun Club, Grand Rapids, la., held its 
shoot last Monday. The programme was 30 targets eacn. 
Some fair scores were made, the best being that ot 
Charles Pierce with 22. 
Witsell won the last shoot held at the Bridge Cit> 
grounds, Logansport, Ind., with a score of 109 out ol 
130. Nothstine second, 55 out of 70, Fred Freeman 53 
out of 78, Sample 130 out of 180. There were twenty 
shooters present, and many spectators looked on. The 
day was fine, and the traps worked nicely. 
- The annual meeting of the Houghton, Mich., Gun 
Club was held Friday night, and the following officers 
were elected: President, R. M. Edwards; Vice-Presi¬ 
dent, Henry Kimpell: Secretary, John M. Vivian; Assist¬ 
ant Secretary, Arthur Hodge; Field Captain, F. 1. 
Cairns; Executive Committee: J. H. Rice, John Pryor 
and J. J. Lealand. All «hor-ts will be held at Portage 
Lake, not on the old grounds. 
