214 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Aug. i6, 1913. 
The Western Handicap 
Omaha, Neb., August 5-8 
By A. MUNGTHOSE PRESENT 
you that Mr. C. A. Gunning, of Longmont, Colo., was 
the winner of the eighth Western Handicap. Mr. Gunn¬ 
ing used a Remington pump gun, U. M. C. shells and 
Ballistite powder.” 
* 
The registered tournament of the Greenwich Gun 
Club, originally planned for Sept. 1, 1913, has been 
postponed to Sept. 6. This change is made because 
of the registered tournament at Hartford on Sept. 1. 
The Alert Gun Club, of Phillipsburg, N. J., have 
now completed their arrangements for the annual Labor 
Hay tournament, Sept. 1. Phillipsburg is situated along 
the best road running through this section of Hew 
Jersey for automobiles, and any one desiring to attend 
and come here in an automobile will find the very best 
roads in the State; also trains arrive and leave this point 
every hour for all points in the East. So that shooters 
can come and go the same day. A program can be had 
from Edwward F. Marklev, Manager. 
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Determined that their 1913 shall keep step with the 
progress made by each of their six former tournaments, 
the Westy Plogans to a man are putting forth their best 
efforts to make this year’s shoot a record-breaker. An 
extensive campaign of publicity is on, and in every sec¬ 
tion of the country attractive window cards are being 
posted in gun club houses, sporting goods stores and 
other conspicuous places. The Westy Hogans are known 
far and wide; in fact, there is scarcely a trapshooting 
tournament of any importance at which the Westy Hogan 
shoot is not discussed. Members of the organization are 
scattered over the entire country, and none of them 
ever loses an opportunity to “boost” the shoot. 
W. G. Beecroft. 
Anaconda G. C. 
Anaconda, Mont., Aug. 3.—The regular monthly 
shoot of the Anaconda Gun Club was held to-day. Six 
events of 25 targets each were shot. The first four 
events, 100 targets, counted for the Panama-Pacific ex¬ 
position prizes. O’Neill was high with 95, and Drum- 
goole and Goddard tied with 94 each. Of the 800 tar¬ 
gets shot at for these prizes Drumgoole leads with 719, 
Goddard is second with 708 and Gemmet is third with 671. 
The fifth event was for the Twohy medal. Smith, 
Willoughby and Drumgoole went straight, and in the 
shoot-off at 15 targets Smith won with 13. The sixth 
event was for practice only. 
Before the regular program started Munn and Drum¬ 
goole shot for the individual challenge medal at 50 
targets a man. Drumgoole won with 46 to Munn’s 45. 
All the events in the following scores are for 25 targets: 
Evenst: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Goddard . 
. 23 
25 
21 
25 
23 
23 
C FI Smith . 
. 22 
22 
22 
24 
25 
22 
Willoughbv . 
. 21 
20 
22 
22 
25 
19 
McDermott . 
. 24 
21 
25 
22 
20 
22 
Brillhart . 
23 
20 
25 
24 
19 
Munn . 
16 
23 
24 
24 
20 
Gemmett .. 
. 17 
20 
20 
22 
22 
24 
Mathewson . 
. 19 
18 
20 
21 
20 
22 
Neil . 
. 19 
24 
22 
25 
24 
O’Neill . 
25 
23 
25 
23 
22 
Drumgoole . 
. 23 
25 
23 
24 
25 
20 
Roach . 
20 
18 
18 
21 
20 
Hudson .. 
24 
23 
23 
23 
Da Pont G. 
C. 
Wilmington, 
Del., Aug. 9.- 
-The 
Class 
A 
chal- 
lenge cup was successfully defended by A. H. Lobb. 
R. P. Willis, holder of the Class B cup was defeated by 
Stanley Tuchton. 
A. H. Lobb has been challenged for the Class A cup 
by A. B. Richardson. Richardson has challenged W. M. 
Foord for the 18yd. Du Pont cup, which he won at the 
recent Eastern Handicap, the shoot to take place on 
Sept. 20, at the Westy Hogan tournament, Atlantic City, 
N. J. The scores made to-day were: 
Stanley Tuchton and A. B. Richardson each scored 
90 out of 100, which was high for the day. 
Class A challenge match: A. II. Lobb 45, W. G. 
Wood 40. 
Class B challenge match: S. Tuchton 44, R. P. 
Willis 42. 
Other scores were: Richardson 24, V. du Pont 23, 
Jarrell 23, Crawford 19, Ross 19, Leedom 23, Taggart 17, 
Miller 19, Reybold 11, Lobb 21, Clawser 11, Tuchton 22, 
Tomlinson 19, Wood 20, Willis 23, Marsden 20, D. S. 
Wood 20, Neely 18, Carlon 19, Kaighn 20, Ort 14. 
Norfolk—Portsmouth G. C. 
Portsmouth, Va , Aug. 9.—Enclosed find scores made 
at the weekly shoot of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Gun Club, 
held Thursday, Aug. 7, 50 targets per man: Edmonds 44, 
Dr. Byrd 42, Richardson 39, Goodloe 38, Davis 38, Capt. 
Easton 33, Borrowdale 33, Ballance 32, Cook 25, Talbot 
25. W. T. E., Sec’y. 
The eighth annual Western Handicap tournament 
is history, and interesting history, at that, as it went a 
long way in restoring to Omaha, at least, much of the 
enthusiasm that was rife in that city a quarter of a 
century ago, when, through the efforts of the Omaha 
Gun Club, it was the shooting center of the country. And 
before reviewing the great handicap just closed, by way 
of interesting preliminary, let me add, somewhere along 
in 1890, trapshooting was about as dead a sport, not only 
in Omaha, but the country over, as a popular sport ever 
becomes, but about ten years ago, however, the game 
was vigorously revived, and that, too, almost wholly 
through the influence of this self-same time-honored old 
body, exerted by one of his old day officers. Will D. 
Townsend, ably assisted by Frank Lovering, the present 
club manager, J. H. Hale and A. H. Frye, two of the 
organization’s livest members, and by continued energy 
II. D. Gibbs whistling a new song to Elmer Shaner. 
Elmer seems to sympathize with Hank. 
it has been kept in a flourishing condition, and it prom¬ 
ises to remain so, thanks to the last big handicap, for 
years and years to come. 
In those halcyon days to which I have alluded, I must 
confess, however, much larger crowds assembled at its 
weekly shoots, and more targets were smashed and more 
pigeons killed in a day than there has been at any time 
since, save in the last several years, in a month. 
The period to which I allude was back in 1887-8, when 
Johnny Hardin and II. A. Penrose were at the head of 
a sporting goods house in Omaha. They were both hustl¬ 
ing business men, crack shots and ardent followers of all 
kinds of out-door sports. They were doing a magnifi¬ 
cent business, and weekly shoots and frequent tourna¬ 
ments, held under their almost individual auspices, were 
invariably tremendous successes. The time-honored old 
Omaha Gun Club at that time was about at the zenith 
of its glory. It had a large membership composed of the 
most prominent professional and business men of the 
city, and as they were all practically enthusiastic follow¬ 
ers of the field, it required but precious little inducement 
to interest them in the friendly competitions at the trap, 
and it is pleasing to note this sport, through the enter¬ 
prise of Messrs. Townsend and Lovering and the club, 
is coming back again. 
In those days almost all of the club members at¬ 
tended the regular shoots, while the crowd of onlookers 
who generally assembled on the ground on these occa¬ 
sions frequently ran up into the hundreds. The rivalry 
among the shooters was always at fever heat, and the 
average scores made then were as good, if not better, 
than those made by the shots of to-day. I have seen 
Frank Parmelee, who has always, it seems, occupied a 
premier position among the crackeriack shots of the 
YVest, up to the past few years, and John Petty, Hal 
Penrose, John Hardin, Tom Cotter, Billy Brewer, Spike 
Kennedy, Billy Townsend, W. II. S. Hughes, Fred Blake, 
Goodley Bruckner, Johnny Thompson, Dick Mertz, D. T. 
Stubbs, Clark Ellis and a score of others ran their kills 
up into the 90s in every 100 live birds or artificial targets 
shot in which they participated. In the 25-target shoots, 
which were the regular club shoots, Parmelee, Petty, 
Penrose and Hardin frequently licked the platter clean as 
ever did the famous Jack Spratt and his wife. None of 
this quartet ever fell short of 23. 
It is exceedingly pleasant to note, as mentioned 
above, that just now, although confined strictly to targets, 
trapshooting promises to continue here as one of the lead¬ 
ing and most healthful divertisements of the day. 
Perchance a bit of history in connection with Omaha’s 
leading shooting club, the Omaha, may prove interesting 
to the devotees of the hammerless who were assembled 
here. This club was organized over forty years ago, and 
was originally styled the Omaha Sportsmen’s Club. It 
was in the good old days, when Yank Hathaway, Dr. 
George Miller, Judge B. E. S. Kennedy, John Petty, G. 
H. Collins, George Hoagland, Byron Reed, John Collins, 
Dr. Peabody, John Withness, Howard Kennedy, Dick 
YVithnell, Henry Homan, Al. Patrick, George Ellis, 
Coodley Bucker, \V. H. S. Hughes, Mr. Sackett, from 
Council Bluffs, Mr. Preston, J. J. Hardin and a number 
of others, whom I cannot now just recall, were the 
active factors in the organization. This club was the 
most prominent in the whole Western country for a long 
series of years. Its members won the individual and 
team championships almost invariably, and its fame 
spread throughout the country. Notwithstanding that at 
various periods the honored old body has lapsed into al¬ 
most innocuous desuetude, a semblance of the organiza¬ 
tion has always been maintained, and to-day it is as 
strong, although not numerically as large, as it ever 
was in its history. 
Now for the Handicap. The big event virtually 
opened on Monday, Aug. 4. which was styled practice 
day, when there were three 100 straight scores made by 
Lester German, of Aberdeen, Md.; Bill Crosby, of O’Fal¬ 
lon, Ill., and Bart Lewis, one of the newer crop of 
phenoms, from Auburn, Ill. There was also one 99 
and seven 98 scores made, all of which goes to show 
that the shooters were going some in their preps. There 
were oodles of 97 and 96 scores. The 99-man was J. S. 
Day, the Peters Cartridge Co. irrepressible. 
It was an ideal day for the sport, and general man¬ 
ager Elmer E. Shaner, and his puissant aides, Fred. C. 
Whitney and Marshall Sharpe, never were in better vim. 
In fact, these three geeks are in a class by themselves. 
PRACTICE DAY, AUG. 4. 
While there were but eighty shooters at the firing 
points on practice day, they made up in quality and en¬ 
thusiasm for a lack of numbers. The scores of practice 
day follow: 
*F G Bills . 
. 94 
F Weatherhead . 
. 86 
*F K Eastman.. 
. 93 
L L Suits . 
. 77 
S A Huntley ... 
. 97 
R Weatherhead .. 
. 90 
T C, Ness . 
. 89 
F Bendel . 
. 96 
Wm Wettleaf ... 
. 87 
II A Moeller. 
*L S German.... 
.mo 
C E Burbank. 
. 96 
II E Snyder. 
. 96 
1 , M Byram. 
. 77 
G Cooper . 
. 97 
H T Rebhausen.. 
. 87 
V H Green. 
. 84 
T Den . 
. 90 
*D D Gross . 
. 91 
M K Neville . 
. 86 
*D G Barstow... 
. 98 
G K Mackie. 
. 96 
W Wilson . 
. 96 
H Dixon . 
. 96 
G Grubb . 
. 91 
II ]'. 1 homas. 
. 97 
E W Niehart.... 
. 88 
*G YV Maxwell.... 
. 98 
F D Wade. 
. 89 
(ieo Rogers . 
. 94 
*C G Spencer- 
. 98 
*H W Kahler.... 
. 97 
*\V R Crosby- 
.100 
( R Parker . 
. 91 
A B Robertson. 
. 94 
II E Ilalbleit .... 
. 88 
*Geo Carter . 
. 93 
*1 N Price . 
. 84 
Nick Arie . 
. 90 
M Kneussl . 
. 96 
*Ed O’Brien .... 
. 96 
Wm Bowman .... 
. S9 
T F Caldwell.... 
. 94 
t A (’running. 
. 92 
C II Sewart. 
. 96 
B E Moritz. 
. 94 
Pat Cairns . 
. 95 
1 C Norris.. 
. 93 
Ike Arnold . 
. 90 
W A Nashold..., 
. 94 
Mark Arie . 
. 97 
Wm Ridley .. 
. 97 
*0 R Dickey. 
. 91 
*Art Killam . 
. 98 
*Ed Banks . 
. 92 
*T F. Dickey.. 
. 98 
G M Reddick... 
. 91 
*Fred Gilbert .... 
. 95 
C I. Waggner... 
. 91 
F M Carey. 
. 80 
*T G Day. 
. 99 
E Hendrick . 
. 92 
Bart Eewis . 
.100 
F. S 1 filler . 
. 87 
W S Hoon. 
. 97 
( T Simonson... 
. 92 
C B Eaton. 
. 98 
F Boedfeld . 
. 75 
T II Severson.... 
. 90 
T Zausman . 
. 93 
E A Reitz. 
. 95 
*W H Heer .... 
. 98 
M Thompson ... 
. 91 
T R Graham. 
. 96 
A W Williams .. 
. 82 
C G Gallatly .... 
..(40) 32 
*L Erhardt. 
. 89 
FIRST DAY, 
, AUG. 5. 
Tuesday, the opening day, saw something over one 
hundred shooters on the firing line, and Billy Ileer, the 
Guthrie, Okla., crack, was the king pin of the bunch. 
He atomized 149 out of his 150 targets, which is about 
as close an escape as a perfect score can make. Heer 
was in great form, quick on the trigger, and powdering 
every one of his targets. Lester German was again in the 
big grab for honors, breaking 48 out of 50 in the doubles. 
Best amateur in the regular events was J. C. Norris with 
148, while S. A. Huntley was the best amateur in the 
doubles with 46. 
The day was a most enioyable one, everything going 
off like clock-work, and all the gunners in their best form. 
In the afternoon, however, a high east wind militated 
greatly against big scores, and yet, nevertheless many 
were made; in fact, they were away above the average. 
