22 
FOREST AND STREAM 
July 5, 1913 
“A WILMINGTON EXPERT.” 
Shooters’ Wives at the Traps. 
About a month ago, at the suggestion of a young 
lady, whose brother had taught her trapshooting, the 
Du Pont Gun Club, of Wilmington, Del., inaugurated a 
school for women shooters. 
Its immediate success was most surprising and satis¬ 
factory to the projectors. 
Every Thursday afternoon from twenty-five to forty 
women, mostly wives or friends of male members of the 
club, meet at the grounds, where volunteer instructors 
teach them how to smash the elusive clays. 
Most of the women use 20-gauge guns, although a 
few use the regulation 12 -gauge with a 2 %-dram load. 
Practice in pointing an empty gun at stationary tar¬ 
gets is first given, then a loaded gun is used. 
The next step is shooting from No. 3 post at 35-yard 
straightaways; then shooting at similar targets in squad 
formation, changing positions every five shots. 
Finally, the shooter graduates at 50-yard targets at 
unknown angles, and, behold, the woman trapshooter. 
To stimulate progress a 20-gauge double-barrel shot¬ 
gun, donated by the Fox Gun Company, of Philadelphia, 
has been offered to the first new shooter breaking fifteen 
out of twenty-five of the 35-yard targets. 
Thursday, May 8 , the fourth week’s shoot of the 
Women’s Department, the gun would surely have been 
won except for a strong wind, which baffled the inex¬ 
perienced shooters. As it was, one broke 14, another 
13 and a third 12—certainly splendid work by women 
who fired a . shotgun for the first time four weeks 
previous. 
The club is receiving congratulations from shooters 
everywhere who have learned of this innovation. All ex¬ 
press the conviction that the plan will spread over the 
ountry rapidly. 
1 he woman trapshooter is in harmony with the spirit 
of the times, and her advent marks an important step 
forward. 
Trapshooting will doubtless soon overtake golf as a 
social recreation, and men who have felt selfish in giv- 
ing up Saturday afternoon to a recreation that took them 
away from home, will now find added zest in the com¬ 
petition of their own wives and daughters. 
Bryden G. C. Tournament. 
Th e registered tournament held under the auspices of 
the Bryden Gun Club was a success, despite a fierce gale 
during- the early afternoon. The clear background gave 
the shooters ample opportunity to show their skill. 
A long table was placed in the club house, where 
dinner was served to all shooters gratis by the gun club. 
Harry Styers was the caterer. 
It is a case of “We’ll all be back next year.” Lloyd 
K. Lewis was given the chair at the head of the table 
as the honorary figure among the guests, and casting his 
usual smile across the table among the shooters. V. 
Oliver, of Philadelphia, high amateur for the day, oc¬ 
cupied the opposite end. Fully one hundred people took 
dinner. E. T. Sobers, of Bethlehem, served as toast¬ 
master. 
Fifty-three shooters participated, of whom thirty-eight 
shot the whole program. J. Mowell Hawkins led the 
professional field with 147. IT. H. Stevens landed second 
with 146, and Neaf Apgar third with 144. High amateur 
honors went to V. Oliver with 145. A. S. Heil and E. H. 
Adams tied on 142 for second. A. J. Mengel, of Reading, 
landed third honors with 140 out of his quota. Griffith 
followed close with 135, and Marberger and Englert with 
134. This was going some. 
Peacock, ITepner, Brown, Silfies and Steele seemed 
to have a class of their own to-day. John C. Bitterling 
went below his usual average, having trouble with his 
eyes. Fred Ziegler, a chum of A. S. Heil, broke some 
to-day. F. D. Miller, one of the new-timers, was going 
m event 6 , when he broke straight in that heavy gale. 
Noisy John Englert couldn’t get a straight to-day, but 
never fell below 13. Heil went straight in four events, 
seemed to take in the whole show with his friend 
I. M. Ziegler. John Haines was on the job with 118 
to lus credit. A. K. Ludwig, the busy individual in the 
office, wore a smile—no kicks coming. J. McClister, the 
man who recently changed that lady’s name at the 
Bryden Plorseshoe Works, asisted in the offie. Congratu¬ 
lations, John. 
Heavy-Weight Sovers shot in the pro. squad ahead 
of Englert, so there was plenty of noise. Has any one 
seen Mr. Lewis’ rooster? 
Petrie, another new one, scored 96. Hausman, of 
Easton, went straight in event 6 , scoring 130. Well done, 
Harvey. 
Pluck pushed Griffith to the top-notch in three events. 
Wood arrived too late to enter the full program. 
Another booster was W. G. Young, of Easton. Well, 
who is the Reading champion? Ed. Adams, of course. 
We never knew there vas any better of late. 
The real stuff came from Reading, a full squad— 
Mengel, Adams, Marberger, Miller and Jones. We thank 
them for their support, even though they gobbled third 
and second honors. We could not do without them. 
W. S. Behm, one of their number, was greatly missed, 
possibly changed a lady’s name to-day. John says it’s 
too hot to do anything like that in summer time. 
A. Walker landed on 131 to-day. Englert says he 
shoots them in the next country. Oliver ran straight in 
six events—going some, boys. 
Much praise for the success of the tournament is due 
Granville E. Brown, president of the club, who worked 
very deliberately for three months previous to make it 
such a splendid success. 
Capt. Geo. Silfies was on the job all day hustling 
squads, scoring and making the day pleasant for the bovs. 
The boys all greeted their old friend Pratt from Phil¬ 
adelphia, who shot the full program. About 6,195 targets 
were trapped during the day without a hitch. 
G A Kramer. 
... 117 
P2 
G R Kline. 
122 
G W Steele. 
.... 113 
R D Thomas . 
.. 91 
*J M Hawkins. 
, .. )4( 
1 Haines . 
.. 118 
E C Jones. 
. . 118 
R Peacock . 
.. 125 
Pi Hausman . 
G R Silfies. 
.. 123 
G W Young. 
G E Brown. 
.. J.S . 
H E Keiper . 
... 127 
W G Ilepner. 
.. ’24 
.1 Griffith . 
*E W Moorehouse... 
.. 128 
A J Mengel. 
F D Miller . 
.. 128 
*.T F Pratt . 
*L R Lewis. 
.. 129 
V Oliver . 
E F Sobers. 
.. 115 
A Renner . 
J L Englert. 
.. 134 
E H Adams . 
... 142 
*N Apgar . 
.. 144 
J J Marberger. 
*H H Stevens. 
.. 146 
H Y Yost.. 
J C Bitterling. 
..111 
H Ihm (751. 
Wm Richards . 
.. 110 
H Porter .. 
F M Ziegler. 
. 130 
H Plolden (151.. .. 
3 
A S Heil. 
.. 142 
\V F Banks (151 ... 
c 
O Miller . 
W G Wood (601.... 
. . . 47 
F Bush . 
.. 
E Ehle (30) . 
Luddy. 
Jersey City G. C. 
Jersey City, N. J., June 28. —This was closing day 
at the Jersey City Gun Club, and there will be nothing 
more doing until next October, when we will all get on 
the job again for a busy season. Wynne was high gun 
for the day with an average of 83 per cent., and Dixon 
was next with SO per cent. Wynne also won the first 
take-home prize and Dr. Moller won the second one 
after a spirited shoot off with Kearney. The scores 
follow: 
Events: 12345678 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Wynne . 23 20 22 20 20 17 23 22 
Dr Moeller . 19 17 19 16 21. 
Alpers . in 15 8 11 . 
Kearney . 19 19 20 21 17 15 .. .. 
Dixon . 22 ^0 20 18 19 22 .. .. 
Williams . 17 21 12 14 17. 
PTetherington . 18 18 21 17. 
Slater . 10 12 13 16 9. 
Harvey . 14 15 16 18 20 17 .. .. 
Jones . 16 14 13 19. 
Pdack . 16 18 18 17. 
“DEAD.” 
Fulton G. C. 
Fulton, Mo., June 24.—The first annual tournament 
of the Fulton Gun Club was held to-day. 
Some of our visitors were from nearby towns, com¬ 
ing in automobiles through heavy mud; but their sport¬ 
ing blood was up, and they came just the same. A 
large crowd was promised, but weather conditions kept 
them away. 
Many thanks to our professional friends, who were 
present, and we hope to have conditions next year that 
will bring out a large crowd, and trust others conditions 
will only be as favorable as those under our future ar¬ 
rangements. 
A feature of the shoot was the nice work done by 
Master Harold Boyd, of Smithsville, Mo., who broke 31 
out of 45. This youngster is only twelve years old, and 
a coming professional. 
We were not behind, but rather ahead, in having a 
head with us in the genial person of Mr. J. L. Head, of 
Moberly, Mo., who relieved us of all the head-work, and 
not wishing to be guilty of treason, we thank this well- 
known gentleman for his kindness, and hope to see his 
smiling face in the near future. 
We will be in on the Interstate money next yar, as 
well as a nice local purse, and make it attractive to even 
the distant shooter. Three of the professionals got hung 
on the same peg. Scores follow: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. 
Broke 
R A Moore..., 
... 150 
119 
T W Kester .... 
75 
60 
J W Barre- 
... 150 
144 
J I< Boyd. 
150 
125 
M L Barr ... 
... 150 
124 
A V Doerreis... 
150 
90 
F A Gengrich. 
,.. 150 
116 
G T Yancey. 
60 
49 
*A Mermod .. 
... 150 
139 
1 C Adams. 
60 
41 
*J S Day. 
... 150 
Ml 
Dr R Lockridge 
60 
44 
*A Killam .., 
... 150 
139 
L B Stevenson. 
60 
50 
*C G Spencer. 
... 150 
.44 
S R Barnett. 
60 
40 
G Nicolai .... 
... 151 
137 
E H Smith. 
60 
49 
*D G Barstow. 
... 1 50 
137 
T E Higbee. 
60 
50 
1 A Melton ... 
.. 2 50 
127 
1 T Tibbs. 
30 
17 
A C. Briglet.., 
... 150 
132 
Harold Boyd. 
. 45 
31 
L T Frank..., 
... 150 
128 
M T Baysinger 
15 
11 
Owing to 
heavy 
rains, 
many out-of-town 
shooters 
were prevented from coming on account of bad roads, 
and the heavy clouds and electrical display led those 
from neighboring towns to believe there would be no 
shoot, but notwithstanding all this, a large crowd wit¬ 
nessed the shoot. 
Indianapolis G. C. 
Indianapolis, Ind., June 21.—The Indianapolis Gun 
Club held its weekly target shoot at its grounds to-day 
with weather conditions ideal for shooting. Good scores 
were made. Edmonson, with 92, had the field, closely 
followed by Parry with 91. There was a great race for 
third place, and it resulted in a tie between Hofer, Viet- 
meyer and Fuller with 86 each. 
The club will ho’d an all-day target tournament on 
July 4 with an attractive program of ten 15-bird events, 
Jackrabbit system. Everybody is invited and a good 
day’s outing is assured. The scores, 100 targets per man: 
Edmonson . 
. 92 
•Hymer . 
. 84 
Parry . 
. 91 
Alig . 
. 82 
Hofer . 
. 86 
Britton . 
. 79 
*Yietmeyer . 
.’86 
Neighbors .... 
.72 
Fuller . 
. 86 
Wilson . 
.(70) 58 
Lewis . 
. 85 
‘Professionals. 
Spring City G. C. 
Waukesha, Wis., June 22.—Following is the result 
of the regular shoot of the Spring City Gun Club held at 
Waukesha Beach to-day. Paul Kimball was the star of 
the day, breaking 99 targets without a miss, missing the 
100th target, which was a stiff right angle target. The 
score: 
Shot at. Broke Shot at. Broke 
Kimball . 
. 100 
99 
Wolf . 
.... 75 
48 
Muck’estone 
. 175 
157 
Geis . 
.... 50 
44 
Knight . 
. 75 
63 
Reinke .... 
.... 50 
31 
. 75 
63 
.... 25 
21 
Machus . 
. 100 
79 
Koch .. 
. 25. 
19 
Dr. Machus shot a 20-gauge Winchester. Muck’e- 
stone scored a win on the Toll trophy. 
H. E. White, Sec’y* 
