Dec. 15, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
959 
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The Winchester Team. 
The exhibitions of the Winchester teams at Shreve¬ 
port, La., were, witnessed by large .and appreciative 
crowds. Mr. V. L. Fulton was in charge of the traps 
and grounds, and everything went along very smoothly 
both days. T. Bill ran the first 99 straight and* missed a 
slight left-quartcrer that a gust of wind toot: away up in 
the air. When Bill missed this, his last bird, the crowd, 
which had been watching him breathlessly, issued a long- 
drawn-out moan, and some observing youth yelled out in 
a shrill voice, “There, now, the old big fat fellow missed 
one.” Of course, everybody had to stop and laugh at 
this. Bill looked as though nothing had happened, and 
stood waiting until the laugh was over and the rest could 
shoot their remaining target. “Top” made a fine Indian 
head, and was generously applauded. When it was con¬ 
cluded he walked over and picked up his Winchester 
repeating shotgun. Some one in the crowd asked what 
he was going to do now. An old gentleman who was 
very much astonished at the sketch drawn by rifle bullets, 
remarked, “Why, he is going to kill the Indian, of 
course.” John Boa shot in fine style, also breaking 99. 
Some one suggested that John had tied.T. Bill. John 
swelled up, looked around, and remarked, "No, you 
mean T. Bill tied me.” Mrs. Topperwein was not feeling 
very well, and her Dead Shot colleague Hatcher kindly 
took her place when the Winchester team shot the black 
powder exhibition, and assisted in making the fine score 
of 48 out of 50, as follows: Crosby 10, Hawkins 10, 
Taylor 10, Hatcher 9, Boa 9. Messrs. John Jenkins, 
John Skannel, and E. D. Chadwick assisted Mr. Fulton 
in making everything pleasant, and agreeable for the 
team. The scores were: Crosby 99, Hawkins 97, Boa 99, 
Taylor 94, Mrs. Topperwein 91; total 480 out of 500. 
The second day there was a much larger crowd than 
upon the first, for the work of the team had been voiced 
around, and every one seemed eager to witness the ex¬ 
hibition. The wind was a little stronger also, and in 
consequence, the targets were a trifle more erratic. Bill 
described the method of shooting at one high jumping 
target as follows: “Get about a foot ahead of it, a foot 
over it, pull the trigger and trust to luck and the 
referee. If you hit it, just smile and look pleasant. If 
you miss it, don’t say a word, for you have gotten just 
what you expected.” 
In the fancy exhibition, Mrs. Topperwein hit 14 marbles 
thrown in the air, without a miss, with her .22 automatic 
rifle, and Top smashed 10 apples, thrown two at a time, 
with his left hand, using the ’92 model ,32cal. Winchester 
lever action repeating rifle. Silent John Taylor, whose 
night-time name is Noisy the Crook, was the bright star 
in the target exhibition, breaking the remarkably fine 
score, under the prevailing conditions, of 98. Taylor 98, 
Hawkins 97, Crosby 96, Boa 94, Mrs. Topperwein 89; 
total 474. 
Harold Money, of the Winchester Co., broke 97. For 
the powder men Fluff and Hatcher tied on 94. For the 
local boys Chadwick broke 92. 
At Monroe, La., the Winchester team furnished a fine 
exhibition of shooting to the lovers of firearms and 
marksmanship, at this place. A cross wind made the 
targets jump quite a little, and interfered in some degree 
with the shooting. The old reliable T. Bill made 99 for 
the tenth time, out of the last seventeen days’ shooting 
(100 ‘ each day). Certainly a wonderful performance. 
Many ladies were present, pnd they were particularly 
enthusiastic over Mrs. Topperwein’s work, both at the 
trap and- in the exhibition of fancy shooting. The scores 
were: Crosby 99, Hawkins 98, Boa 97, Taylor 92, Mrs. 
Topperwein 89; total 475. 
Money broke 96. For the powder men Huff broke 96, 
and Hatcher 95. With the Winchester factory loaded 
Nublack shells the team broke 48—Hawkins 10, Crosby 
10, Hatcher 10, Boa 9, Taylor 9. 
At Vicksburg, Miss., the Winchester team ran into a 
whole day tournament gotten up in honor of their visit. 
The programme called for 200 shots. The scores will be 
reported by Secretary Bradfield, of the Vicksburg Gun 
Club. The team made the following scores out of 100 
each shot at. 
Crosby . 
Hawkins . 
Taylor . 
Boa . 
Mrs. Topperwein 
99 
98 
197 
96 
96 
192 
96 
95 
191 
..92 
91 
183 
85 
89 
174 
468 
469 
937—1000 
Of course, Crosby won high average with 197, Hawkins 
and Money tied for second awith 192; Taylor and Huff 
191, Hatcher 190, Borden 189. North and Hayes tied for 
high amateur average with 184, Bradfield second with 
177. * 
At Yazoo City, Miss., after a day’s rest, the Winchester 
team started off by breaking the entire string of 125 
straight. Of course, applause and congratulations were 
in order, as this was the finest shooting that had ever 
been done in the State of Mississippi. The Blackbird 
trap broke down after the team had finished 250 shots 
with a total of 245 scored. Experts had to be put down, 
and the slow pulling caused many misses. John Taylor 
was the only one who was able to weather the storm, 
and he made a great score of 100 straight. The scores 
follow: Taylor 100, Hawkins 99, Crosby 97, Mrs. Topper- 
wein 96, Boa 94; total 486. 
For the powder men Huff broke 98. 
J. Mowell Hawkins. 
Craterdale Rod and Gun Club. 
Middletown, N. J., Nov. 27. —The appended scores 
were made at the first shoot of the Craterdale Rod and 
Gun Club. The shooting grounds are on the club’s 
immense game preserve, where there is plenty of game 
and fine trout fishing. The club now has sixty members. 
There are two fine club houses, with about sixty sleep¬ 
ing rooms, a fine trap house and five expert traps. 
Following are the totals made at 100 targets: G. Crater 
Gefford 81, P. F. Ferguson 80, R. L. Hatty 62,’ Arthur 
Bertram 58, Frank McCalluter 59, W. R. Mace 59. 
New York Athletic Club. 
Travers Island, N. Y., Dec. 8.—Because of the 
amateur championship, scheduled for the Travers Island 
grounds on Dec. 12, the shooters who were present tp-day 
took every opportunity to practice for the big event, 
although they also had another event of considerable im¬ 
portance to decide. This was the club championship 
match at 100 targets, the finals to be shot Dec. 15, at the 
same number of targets. Gus E. Greiff was high gun 
to-day with 83 breaks. All shot at scratch. George 
Piercy broke 89, C. F. Moffett 88, and F. Howard 88; 
but as these gentlemen are not members, their scores did 
not count. F. A. Hodgman landed the December cup, 
second leg, with a total of 46. In this event Moffett 
scored 46. Piercy 42, and Howard 39, they shooting 
along with members for practice. The scores of all 
follow: 
Club championship, 100 targets: 
G E Greiff. 
.83 
E F Crowe....... 
.72' 
F G Pelham.... 
.82 
F A Hodgman... 
.69 
R S Gales. 
.77 
F Vilmar . 
.67 
C Billings . 
Dr Held . 
E H Kniskern.. 
.73 
December cup, 
50 targets: 
IF. 
T. 
H. 
T. 
F A Hodgman.. 
.. 6 
46 
E F Crowe . 
.... 4 
39 
F <1 Pelham.... 
.. 6 
46 
1 YV Hibbard. 
.... 4 
37- 
R S Gales. 
.. 0 
45 • 
T Henderson .... 
.... 0 
36 
G E Greiff. 
.. 0 
43 
G R Hibbard_ 
.... 0 
32 
C .Billings . 
. . 2 
43 
F A Kniskern... 
.... 0 
31 
F Vilmar . 
..10 
43 
Dr Held . 
.... 6 
31 
W R Hearne.... 
.. 0 
'44 
Trophy event, 
25 
targets: 
G Piercy . 
.. 0 
25 
C' Billings . 
.... 0 
21 
C F Moffett. 
.. 0 
23 
T Henderson. 
.... 0 
21 
G E Greiff. 
.. 0 
23 
G R Hibbard ... 
.... 0 
21 
F A Hodgman. 
.. 0 
23 
T W Hibbard . 
.... 0 
19 
W R Hearne.... 
.. 0 
23 
Trophy event, 
25 
targets: 
Dr Held . 
.. 3 
24 
F G Pelham. 
.... 3 
20 
F A Hodgman.. 
.. 2 
24 
R S Gales. 
.... 0 
19 
F Howard . 
.. 0 
23 
T Henderson .... 
.... 0 
19 
G Piercy . 
.. 0 
2? 
G E Greiff. 
.... 0 
18 
C F Moffett.... 
.. 0 
21 
F Vilmar . 
.... 5 
17 
C Billings . 
.. 1 
21 
E F Crowe. 
2 
.14 
Trophy event, 
25 
targ 
et.s: 
G Piercy . 
.. 0 
24 
R S Gales. 
.... 0 
21 
C Billings . 
.. 0 
23 
J Henderson .... 
.... 0 
21 
G E Greiff. 
.. 0 
21 
C Moffett. 
.... 0 
19 
Trophy event, 
25 
targets: 
F Vilmar . 
.. 0 
21 
E F Crowe. 
.... 0 
20 
R S Gales. 
.. 0 
21 
Dr Held . 
.... 0 
18 
