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July 12, 1913 
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Bradford G. C. 
At Bradford, Pa., on July 29 and SO, you will, if you 
go, enjoy some good shooting. It will be the annual 
tournament. July 28, practice day, 100 targets in events 
of 20 , with 40 cents entry for each event, will limber you 
up. Full regular program, 200 targets, ten events of 20 
targets each; entrance $1.90 per event; $50 added money. 
Rose system of money division, 5, 3, 2, 1 . 
On July 29 a special trap will throw targets for a two- 
man protection match; $1 per team for first entry, and 
70c. for re-entries, unlimited. This will be 20-targets 
events from the 18yd. line. First team to win $25 cash. 
Second team, $15. Ties to be shot off miss-and-out. Each 
perfect or high score is entitled to a shoot-off. One man 
may enter in more than one team. 
On July 30, a special trap will throw 10 pairs of 
doubles. First entry, 50 cents; re-entries, 35 cents, un¬ 
limited. First, $12.50 cash; second, $7.50. Ties shot off, 
5 pairs. 
The officers of the Bradford Gun Club are: L. E. 
Mallory, Jr., President; C. D. Ilenline, Vice-President; 
Secretary and Treasurer, A. W. Vernon. Tournament 
Committee: L. E. Mallory, Jr., C. D. Ilenline, A. W. 
Vernon, G. A. Bodine, R. S. Pringle. 
Birminghim G. C. 
There was shooting on the grounds of the Birming¬ 
ham Gun Club on July 4, and also on Saturday, July 5, 
the regular shooting day. On Friday, E. M. Cromwell 
shot high with 94 breaks in nis 100 and a run of 41. 
C. J. Broyles was in second place with 90. 
On Saturday, Gentry Hillman was high with 97 
out of 100- Mrs. Garl again broke 91 out of her 100. 
The program for the Alabama State shoot, to be 
held in Birmingham, will soon be out. 
Scores were made as follows on Saturday, 100 
targets: 
G Hillman . 
... 97 
Lee Moody ... 
76 
J Fletcher . 
... 93 
Blatock . 
64 
Mrs O L Garl. 
... 84 
Podget . 
-(50) 
43 
J )ick Leland . 
... 84 
O 1. Garl . 
-(50) 
42 
E M Cornwell . 
... 84 
C J Barr. 
....(50) 
42 
M Pitt . 
... 83 
Stephans . 
....(50) 
39 
Participant. 
Cleveland G. C. 
Cleveland, O., July 5. —The Independence Day 
championship shoot of the Cleveland Gun Club was held 
yesterday at Shooting Park and was somewhat of a con¬ 
test, when you consider the weather conditions. The 
shooting started at 1 P. M. About 12 o’clock the rain 
began to fall, and it looked as if the heavens had opened 
up, and everything looked as if the shoot was off; but 
after a let-up, the shooters began to come, and by 2:30 
twenty-three had showed up, and the band began to 
play. The championship contest was open to all com¬ 
ers. The first championship trophy was presented by 
Mr. Geo. T. Freeman, which was a beautiful sterling 
silver prize. The club awarded two cups—one for second 
and one for third high in Classes B and C, which helped 
the men who broke less than 90 per cent. 
The race for high honor was a good one. Dr. A. F. 
Brown and Geo. W. Radclitfe each broke 94 out of 100, 
and Radclitfe won the shoot-off by one bird. The other 
two cups were won by Dr. M. D. Stepp and Hansen, the 
doctor breaking 87, which was high, as 90 per cent, shoot¬ 
ers were barred from winning the trophy, and the same 
conditions prevailed in Mr. Hansen’s class. All con¬ 
testants breaking over 80 per cent, were barred from 
winning class C trophies. 
The closing event of the day was a two-man team 
race, which was won by the Burns brothers, who did 
some fine shooting in both contests. 
Event No. 1, semi-annual trophy, 100 targets, 16yds.: 
Brown . 
. 94 
Hansen . 
80 
Radcliffe ... 
. 94 
Hartman . 
79 
. 92 
79 
Dibble . 
. 91 
77 
G Burns .... 
. 91 
Rowley . 
75 
Genner . 
. 91 
Thorp . 
75 
Stepp . 
. 87 
Tobey . 
72 
Ledgett .... 
. 86 
Beckley . 
72 
Kramer . 
. 85 
Gonley . 
72 
Hutchcroft 
. 83 
Rock . 
72 
. 82 
70 
Freeman ... 
. 81 
Two-man 
team race, 50 
targets per team: 
F Burns ... 
. 24 
Freeman . 
...21 
G Burns ... 
. 22—46 
Rowley . 
... 19—40 
Genner .... 
. 22 
Stepp . 
...23 
Hutchcroft . 
. 22-41 
Hartman . 
... 16- 
-39 
Tobey . 
. 22 
Hopkins .... 
. IS—40 
The regular weekly club shoot was very much put out 
of commission, as the v/eather conditions were such that 
the cars were put out of running time, which made the 
attendance small; but those who did come saw Brother 
George Burns break 50 straight, and make a score of 97 
out of 100, which was going some in a storm. It is time 
for Mr. Doolittle and friend Blakeslee to take notice 
that George is on deck. 
Semi-annual trophy, 50 targets, 16yds.: 
Brown . 48 Rockwell . 40 
G Burns . 47 Redwing . 40 
Wallace . 43 Williams . 39 
Stepp . 43 Thorp . 35 
Annual 
trophy, 50 targets, 
16yds.: 
G Burns .. 
. 50 
Freeman 
Brown .... 
. 48 
Williams 
Stepp . 
. 48 
Wallace 
Redwing .. 
. 45 
Thorp .. 
Rockwell . 
. 44 
43 
42 
39 
35 
Pastime G. C. 
Detroit, Mich. — The last regular club shoot was 
fairly well attended, and the weather was ideal, but the 
shooting was very poor. Even the classy ones failed to 
come across with any showing—one of those unaccount¬ 
able days when everything goes wrong. 
In the 25-target club race, Mrs. Vogle and Shu¬ 
maker broke 24 each and tied for high in Class A; 
Messrs. Ilartwick, McIntosh and Fingle each received 22 
in Class B, while G. Hartford came through with 21 in 
class C. 
Day Tristem went straight in the 15-target trophy 
race and was alone. The summary: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Stoneliouse 
.... 100 
80 
Whetmore 
.... 70 
58 
Krause .... 
.... 100 
58 
Tristem .... 
.... 70 
59 
Finzle . 
_ 100 
81 
Hartwied .. 
.... 70 
62 
Bromley .. 
.... 100 
77 
A Hartford 
.... 70 
55 
Winslow ... 
.... 100 
74 
J Hartford . 
.... 70 
54 
De Saskso 
.... 100 
82 
F Hartford 
... 70' 
58 
Conely . 
_ 100 
79 
Weise . 
.... 70 
52 
McIntosh .. 
82 
Church .... 
.... 75 
36 
Schaberle .. 
.... 100 
73 
Miss Ball . 
.... 45 
20 
Shumaker .. 
.... 100 
86 
Blanchard . 
.... 45 
9 
Owens . 
.... 100 
75 
Roe . 
.... 30 
17 
Mrs Vogle 
.... 100 
85 
E Hartford 
.... 30 
18 
Vogle . 
.... 100 
66 
F Winslow 
.... 30 
24 
Stark . 
.... 100 
78 
Harvey .... 
.... 30 
10 
Besancon .. 
.... 100 
65 
Chase . 
.... 25 
20 
Hartweek .. 
.... 100 
62 
Vernier .... 
.... 25 
17 
Knepper ... 
.... 100 
80 
Slattery .... 
.... 25 
11 
Hadley .... 
.... 100 
65 
Lang . 
.... 25 
12 
Robertson . 
.... 100 
72 
C Heller .. 
.... 25 
11 
Braddock .. 
.... 100 
84 
A Heller .. 
.... 15 
8 
Urgerhard . 
.... 100 
47 
Wildman .. 
.... 15 
5 
Talsma _ 
.... 85 
67 
Captain. 
Plymouth G. C. 
Plymouth, Mass., July 4.—The Plymouth Gun Club 
held its regular shoot to-day at the club grounds, Castle 
Hill, under conditions that made good scoring an utter 
impossibility. The strong wind which prevailed, taking 
the targets as soon as they appeared, made them per¬ 
form various and sundry stunts. 
The scores in the regular 25-target event were as 
follows: Free Mantcr 18, W. Caswell 18, Douglas 18, 
Wadsworth 17, E. Caswell 17, Robbins 15, Shaw 15. 
Pilgrim. 
The Curious Tadpole. 
If a tadpole cannot get to the top of the 
water when it is at the time of life when it 
is breathing by means of its gills, like a fish, 
it will not become a frog. It will then always 
be a tadpole. 
Keep a tadpole in cold water and in the 
dark or away from the light and it will be years 
getting to be a frog. Left to the course of 
nature, says Browning’s Magazine, the tadpole 
becomes a frog in from six to eight weeks, al¬ 
though it will have been two years arriving at 
that chance to change into the mature frog. 
The tadpole’s mouth is so tiny that it would 
be difficult to insert a pinhead into it, yet it 
has horny jaws and a sharp, biting beak, with 
three rows of teeth on the upper jaw. A hood 
grows down and incloses the gills on the right 
side, leaving them open like a spout on the left 
side. 
At this stage of its transformation the tad¬ 
pole breathes like a fish, taking water through 
the gills into the mouth and spouting it out 
on the left side. Its tail is what the tadpole 
feeds on by absorption of the white corpuscles 
of the blood during the molting and mouthing 
epoch in its life, when it is fasting. When it 
is ready to eat again, the tail and the horny 
beak are gone, the wide mouth of the mature 
frog having taken the place of the latter. 
There are forty species of frogs, only one 
of which is in South America. Australia has 
no frogs. Of all those forty species only one 
is edible—the Rana esculenta —and nowhere is 
this one more plentiful than in America, al¬ 
though that eminent naturalist, St. George 
Mivart, declares that the edible frog is unknown 
in America. 
A frog that is common in France will mew 
like a cat if its thigh is squeezed and emit the 
odor of garlic. For this it has to go through 
life bearing the name of Pelobates fuscus. Most 
species of frogs will not take anything in the 
way of food that is not a live, moving thing 
or something with the semblance of life, and 
will starve to death among a million creatures 
if none obliges the frog by moving. 
