Oct. 6, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
555 
targets: Knott 12, Randall IS, Carter. 21, Davis 16, Mc¬ 
Ginnis 13, Sefie 10, Stenton IS, Cartwright 15, Butterfield 
7, W ood 23, Reed 21. 
The Orlando Gun Club, Jacksonville, Fla., has some 
excellent marksmen, and improvement is noticed in the 
weekly practice. Capt. Joant won a gold scarf pin as a 
prize this past week. 
Information has been received that the Berwick Rod 
and Gun Club, Mt. Carmel, Pa., numbering about eighty 
sportsmen, has decided not to shoot any quail this season. 
All sportsmen in that part of the country are requested 
to join the movement. 
Members of an outing club at Springfierd, O., indulged 
in trapshooting, and J. Sheets was high gun, after win¬ 
ning in the shoot-ofl on a tie with W. U. Schooley. 
Score on tie 7 to 4 out of 10. 
The East End Gun Club, Davenport, la., held regular 
shoot at the club grounds last Sunday. Before a large 
crowd, Harry Hageman was the winner with 22 out of 25, 
standing at 21yds. The next shoot will occur Oct. 7. 
Eureka Gun Club, Bradford, O., held a match last 
Saturday at which W. H. Somerson and John Jones won 
prizes. The club now can boast of sixty members, and 
there are prospects of building a club house on the 
river this fall. 
At the Cravvfordsville, Ind., shoot. Lee Barkley made 
208 out of 215. L. H. Reed 207, F. Le Noir 206. 
Members of the Marion, Ind., Gun Club are very 
enthusiastic over the prospects for the tournament, to be 
held Oct. 9 and 10. this club claims to be the best in 
the State, although it has been organized but a few 
weeks. 
At the shoot held at ICendallville, Ind., at 400 targets. 
Brown 382, W illard 372, 'larney 371, Shepardson 364, 
Bruck 329, Anderson 327, Hanagan 322, Barkly 382, Stan- 
nard 372, Voung 353, Clancey 32S. 
There will be something doing at Rockford, Ill., on 
Oct. 14 and 15, when there will be trapshooting galore 
on the good grounds so generously provided by T. 
J. Mulaney. 
The Boise, Idaho, Gun Club proposes having a tourna¬ 
ment during the fair to be held there this month. At 
the shoot held Thursday, J. G. Gray won the medal 
on 25 straight, while William Schultz won the Fowler 
trophy with 45 out of 50. J. G. Gray shot at 125 and 
broke 47, William Schultz (.100) 88, B. S. Eastman (125) 
107, Adelmore (75) 64, H. Bayhouse (125) 105. F. M. 
Eastman (125) 102, Wm. Tatrow (75) 57, C. Aldaman 
(125) 87, R. A. Martin (50) 2S. 
Capt. Hardy, the ride expert, was one of the attractions 
at the Council Bluff, la., state fair. 
Members of the West Duluth, Minn., Rod and Gun 
Club are this week busy with live game. Their pros¬ 
pects are good for large bags, as ducks and grouse are 
reported plentiful. Targets will have the go-by until the 
snow has passed away next spring. 
The directors of the Sherman, Tex., Gun Club met 
and decided upon a site for the 1 construction of a lake. 
This will be seven miles west of the city, and will cover 
sixty-five acres. 
The North End Gun Club, of Port Huron, Mich., held 
its shoots Tuesday last for the trophy. At 20 targets: 
Merburg 17, Pilkey 16, Schroor 17, Luck 17, Hazelwood 
19, Kimball 15, Rumells 12. 
The Tulso, I. T., Gun Club has secured new grounds 
north of town, and will hold the first shoot of the season 
on Friday next. 
Capt. W. IT. McFadden, of the Industry Gun Club, 
Muncie, Ind., is pushing the club’s interest, and will 
not be content unless all the members turn out and shoot 
regularly. 
The Eureka Gun Club, Bradford, O., held a match last 
Saturday, during which W. H. Lamerson and John 
Jones walked off with the prizes. The club is flourishing 
these fine days, and improvements will be made in the 
club’s property. 
Word comes from Downs, Kans., that the nimrods are 
about to revive the gun club, and to that end will en¬ 
deavor to perfect a permanent organization. 
Members of the gun club at Bloomington, Ill., are 
disappointed in the ruling of the Attorney : General that 
prairie chickens may be killed legally in Illinois, Tuly 
1, 1907. 
Members of the Victor Gun Club, Cripple Creek, Colo., 
keep up the weekly shoots, though a number of the 
shooters are away on their annual hunts. 
Sunday last week, the first big shoot of the Mishawaka, 
Ind., Gun Club was held at their park. S. F. Greenleaf, 
an expert, was present and made some good scores, as 
did President Rosewarne and J. C. Eberhart, Jr. Ernest 
Beebe, former President Hansenro, Harry Doll and 
others took part. This club is now booming a tourna¬ 
ment for latter part of October. A meeting to be held 
Monday night will determine the matter. 
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