Aug. 16, 1913. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Northern Kentucky Gun Club. 
The registered tournament, held on Aug. 7 and 8, 
was one of the best ever given by the club. The credit 
for the success of the event is due largely to the efforts 
of H. R. Irwin, manager, who put in much time and 
work in the arrangements of details, and also acted as 
reception committee on the days of the shoot. Two 
new Ideal-Leggett traps were installed for the occasion. 
The traces of the flood have been entirely hidden by Dame 
Nature, and once more the eye looks upon a broad 
expanse of green turf. Between the traps a shelter 
tent was erected, and this was comfortably filled with 
spectators each day. The presence of many of the fair 
sex was a pleasing feature of the tournament. A North¬ 
ern Kentucky dinner was served in the club house each 
day, the shooters forgetting their troubles at the traps 
in the enjoyment of the good things provided. The 
weather was good on both days, although an over¬ 
abundance of humidity caused some discomfort. L. J. 
Squier was in charge of the office, which is equivalent 
to saying that no shooter had any cause for complaint 
at the way the financial end of the shoot was handled. 
The program consisted of ten 15-target events each 
day, Squier money-back system, settlement being made 
at the end of each day, thus not obliging the shooters 
to take part on both days, in order to receive the 
benefits of the system. 
On the first day a 50-target handicap, special, was 
shot, the prize being a Stevens trap gun. On the 
second day there was a 25-target special for a case of 
shells. 
The attendance of shooters averaged over 50 each 
day. Among the visiting shooters were C. E. Fultz and 
A. N. Doris, Charleston, \Y. Ya.; C. B. and H. T. 
Strother, Winchester, Kv.; W. E. Green, W. H. Hall 
and J. A. Simpson. Maysville, Ky.; R. D. Morgan, 
Greeley, Neb.; T. G. Barstow, St. Kouis, Mo.; O. S. 
Lawrence, Louisville. Ky.; Harry U. Kirby, Hutchin¬ 
son, Kans.; R. Davis, Baris, Kv.; T. H. Clay, Jr., 
Austerlitz, Kv.; C. L. Wheeler. Lexington, Ky.; R. N. 
Hoover, Bandette. Minn.; J. B. Lallance, Huntington. 
W. Va.: J. N. Shropshire, Cvnthiana, Ky. Many of 
the nearby Ohio cities were also represented, and there 
was a very good turnout of the local shooters. Taken 
altogether, the club is to be congratulated upon the 
success of the shoot, and the cordial reception ex¬ 
tended to the visitors by Manager Irwin was fully 
appreciated, and will be remembered when the next 
tournament is announced. 
FIRST DAY. 
The conditions on Thursday were about perfect, a 
little too warm for comfort in the afternoon, but with 
not enough wind to deflect the targets from their course 
and a number of good scores were recorded. Fifty-three 
shooters were present, the local men being fairly well 
represented, though not in the force which had been ex¬ 
pected. The shoot was started about on schedule time, 
9:30. and proceeded smoothly to the finish.' A halt was 
called for dinner, served in the club house, so that all 
might enjoy one of the Northern’s famous meals with¬ 
out interruption. The program called for ten 15-target 
events, and a special at 50 targets. The latter was a 
handicap event, distance being based on scores made 
in the regular events—141 and better at 20yds.; 136 to 
140, at 19yds.; 131 to 135, at 18yds.; 126 to 130, at 17yds.; 
125 and under at 16vds. In the regular events, W. G. 
Green was high with 147, and W. H. Hall, both of 
Maysville, Ky., was second with 146; third place was 
filled by W. R. Chamberlain, professional, with 145. 
Then came Medico, a local shooter, tied with C. A. 
Young, professional, on 143. The special event had 
twenty-three entries, and was hotly contested. At the 
finish five men were tied on 47. Strother, Hall, Gas- 
kill, Morgan and L. Bittner. In the shoot-off at 25 
targets, Strother and Gaskill dropped out, leaving the 
other three tied on 23. As it was getting late and the 
light failing fast, these three settled the_ tie among 
themselves, L. Bittner getting the prize, a Stevens Trap 
Gun. C. D. Coburn. W. G. Green and F. M. Edwards 
finished second on 46 each. Arthur Gambell was in the 
last squad to finish, and had a chance to win or could 
lose two targets and be in the tie, but conditions de¬ 
veloped which threw him out of his stride, and he 
dropped 4 targets. The money-back purse amounted to 
$176.50; the losses totaled $82 50 in sums ranging from 
5 cents to $6.80, leaving a surplus of $94.00, which was 
divided into six moneys, $28.20 to first, $18.80 to second, 
$14.10 to third. $12.22 to fourth, $11.28 to fifth, and $9.40 
to sixth. The scores follow: 
*W R Chamberlain., 
.. 145 
C E Fultz. 
... 124 
H R Irwin. 
...124 
A N Dairs. 
... 132 
A H Sunderbruch.. 
,.. 138 
A M Hoover. 
... 137 
*C. A Young. 
... 143 
W R Randall. 
... 138 
*0 S Lawrence. 
,.. 120 
Rav Gaskill . 
... 137 
B S Cooper. 
... 131 
E G Oskamp. 
... 118 
C D Coburn. 
... 138 
<. Langsdorf . 
... 130 
C L Moeller . 
... 133 
W C Nothstine. 
.. 140 
J E Walters. 
... 131 
A L Empry. 
... 104 
J 7 C Coburn. 
... 140 
I A Simpson. 
... 142 
T H Clay. Jr. 
.. 130 
W G Green. 
... 147 
J B Lallance, Jr. 
... 136 
W TI Hall. 
... 146 
H F Strother . 
... 138 
E Bittner . 
... 138 
*R L Trimble. 
... 139 
W H Bailey. 
... 125 
A Gambell . 
.. 129 
A C Blair. 
.. 138 
M H Johnson . 
... 129 
Tas Ward . 
... 129 
B N Shropshire. 
... 136 
L Bittner . 
.. 136 
J E Schreck . 
.. 138 
C L Wheeler. 
... 137 
E T Bruns. 
... 142 
F C Dial. 
... 117 
G W Dameron. 
,.. 134 
*C O T.e Compte_ 
.. 129 
A B Shobe. 
... 141 
K D Morgan. 
... 138 
J A Penn . 
... 131 
1 a Francis . 
... 128 
F M Edwards. 
... 136 
T B Clements . 
.. 115 
H E Furnas. 
.. 139 
*T G Barstow. 
.. 118 
V B Smith. 
.. 128 
Medico . 
... 143 
G II Hessler. 
.. 134 
J N Shropshire. 
... 135 
Special event. 50 
targets: 
Yds. 
Tot’l. 
Yds. 
Tot’l. 
C D Coburn ... 19 
46 
E Bittner . 19 
44 
F T Coburn... 
.. 19 
45 
L Bittner . 
. 19 
41 
Lallance . 
.. 19 
44 
Edwards . 
. 19 
46 
Strother . 
.. 19 
47 
Wheeler . 
. 19 
43 
Schreck . 
42 
Morgan . 
. 19 
47 
Shobe . 
45 
. 18 
47 
Sampson . 
.. 20 
45 
B Shropshire .. 
. 18 
42 
< >reen . 
.. 20 
46 
. 17 
45 
Hall . 
.. 20 
47 
Irwin . 
. 16 
22 
Chamberlain . 
.. 20 
42 
Empey . 
. 16 
36 
Hoover . 
.. 19 
45 
Bailey . 
. 16 
41 
Gaskill . 
.. 19 
47 
Shoot-off: 
Strother . 
. 21 
Morgan . 
. 23 
Hall . 
23 
Bittner . 
23 
Gaskill . 
92 
SECOND DAY. 
Friday, get-away day, dawned with the sun hidden by 
black clouds, which threatened a continuance of the 
heavy rain of the night. But gradually the sky cleared, 
and before noon the sun was once more in evidence. 
') fie weather was hot, a high degree of humidity making 
it excessively uncomfortable on the firing line. A few 
of the shooters were obliged to leave the night before, 
but their places were taken by new comers, and the 
number of contestants was about the same as on Thurs¬ 
day. The program was a repetition of the first day’s, 
except that the special event called for 25 instead of 50 
targets. Shooting began on time, but was not finished 
until nearly 0 o’clock, as the shooters were rather slow 
in taking their places. Perhaps they were excusable, 
for the weather was net of the kind which encourages a 
display of much energq. Scores were not so high as on 
Thursday, owing somewdiat to the poor light in the 
morning, which made it hard to locate the targets 
quickly against the Ohio hills. Maysville, Ky., again 
carried off the honors, W. G. Green winning high 
average on 144. Bob Hoover and C. D. Coburn tied for 
second on 143, and J. A. Simpson and F. J. Coburn were 
third with 141 each. \V. II. Hall, Maysville, Ky., who 
was second high man on Thursday, fell down in his 
third and ninth events, and finished in fourth place 
with Sunderbruch, II. T. Strother and J. Schreck on 
140. The duties of manager spoiled H. R. Irwin’s 
chances, as he shot up to form in only two events. How¬ 
ever. he made a straight record with the visitors, and 
they’ll all be glad to come again. A. N. Davis, Charles¬ 
ton, W. Ya., went straight in the first three events, and 
dropped but 4 in the first 90, which is some shooting 
for one handicapped by the loss of an arm. C. E. Fultz, 
a former member of the Cincinnati Gun Club, now a 
resident of Charleston, W. Va., received a warm wel¬ 
come from his old friends. His score did not look like 
those of the old days at St. Bernard, and clearly showed 
that he has done little trap shooting since he left the 
Queen City. Doc Edwards’s favorite number seemed to 
be 13, and be broke only the hoodoo in four events. 
Kid Randall kept pegging away, but was not in trim, 
going out with only a trifle over 88 per cent. I. Schnei¬ 
der and A. C. Kuball, of the Westwood Gun Club, took 
part in the program, and shot a very good race, getting 
into the money a gratifying number of times. Capt. 
G. W. Dameron was net in shape to do his usual good 
work, and had a few bad events, which put him out of 
the first class. T. H. Clay did not travel his gait by 
considerable, if there had been a championship cup up 
fewer targets would have escaped. Harry Kirby, for¬ 
merly a well-known Ohio amateur, now of Hutchinson, 
Kans., was renewing acquaintances. He’s just the same 
good fellow as of old, but his scores show some lack 
of practice, as they’re not so high as in former days: 
Bobs is one of Cincinnati’s coming shooters, if he has 
not already arrived. Young, and with no tournament 
experience, his score to-dav of over 95 per cent., is re¬ 
markable, and promises well for his trapshrooting future. 
The special at 25 targets, handicap based on scores 
made in the regular events, was not very well patronized. 
It was not started until late, and many of the shooters 
had to leave for their trains. Only fifteen entered, three 
being professionals. There was no call for a shoot-off, 
as C. Strother won on 24 from 19yds. This score was 
tied by C. A. Young, professional, from 20yds. H. 
Strother was second with 23 from 19yds. The prize was 
a case (500) of loaded shells, winner’s choice. Bobs 
shot in this event from 20yds., and broke 20. Before the 
close of the special event, Cashier L. J. Squier was 
ready, and rapidly settled with the winners, as well as 
with ’those entitled to the money-back benefit. The 
money-back purse amounted to $163.50; the losses totaled 
$78.50, leaving a surplus of $85, which was diveded 
into six moneys, 30, 20, 15, 13, 12 and 10 per cent. W. 
G. Green receiver first money, $25.50; Bobs, Hoover and 
C. D. Coburn divided the next three moneys, getting 
$13.60 each; J. A. Simpson and F. J. Coburn divided 
fourth and fifth moneys, $9.35 each. Scores: 
*W R Chamberlain.. 
.. 129 
V 
B Smith. 
... 121 
H R Irwin. 
.. 122 
G 
II Hessler. 
... 133 
A H Sunderbruch .. 
.. 140 
C 
E Fultz. 
... 125 
*C A Young. 
.. 142 
A 
N Davis. 
... 135 
*0 S Lawrence. 
.. ns 
A 
M Hoover. 
... 143 
D H Willy. 
.. 51 
W 
R Randall. 
... 133 
C D Coburn . 
.. 143 
R 
Davis . 
... 30 
C I. Moeller. 
.. 112 
R 
Cole . 
... 104 
T E Walters. 
.. 115 
C 
O Le Compte.... 
... 125 
F T Coburn. 
.. 141 
W 
C Nothstine. 
... 135 
H Kirby . 
.. 127 
R 
D Morgan. 
... 132 
C B Strothers. 
.. 139 
T 
A Simpson. 
... 141 
T H Clay, Jr. 
.. 119 
W 
G Green. 
... 144 
H T Strother. 
.. 140 
W 
II Hall. 
... 140 
*R L Trimble. 
.. 133 
C 
S Rvbolt. 
... 137 
A Gambell . 
.. 130 
F 
C Dial. 
... 116 
M H Johnson. 
.. 132 
Bobs . 
... 143 
J B Lallance, Jr. 
...136 
1 as Ward . 
... 135 
J E Schreck. 
.. 140 
L 
R Myer. 
... 51 
E T Sampson. 
.. 126 
A 
C Kuball. 
... 112 
R H Bruns. 
.. 131 
T 
Schneider. 
... 125 
G W Dameron. 
.. 129 
B 
N Shropshire.... 
... 117 
A B Shobe. 
.. 138 
T 
N Shropshire. 
... 127 
J A Penn. 
.. 123 
T 
G Barstow. 
... 128 
F M Edwards. 
.. 132 
B 
S Cooper. 
... 13 
II E Furnas . 
.. 128 
A 
1. Empey. 
... 34 
The 
Western Handicap 
At Omaha, Neb., Aug. 5-7, brings 
MORE HONORS FOR 
Tie for Second Place in 
THE WESTERN HANDICAP 
C. H. Ditto, Keithsburg, 111., 19 yds., 99 x 100 
Tie for Second High Professional Score 
F. K. Eastman, Des Moines,la., 19 yds., 97 xlOO 
Tie for Third High Professional Score 
F. G. Bills, Chicago, Ill., 22 yds. ) 
D. G. Barstow, St. Louis, Mo., 20 “ \ x 
The High Professional Score in 
THE PRELIMINARY HANDICAP 
Geo. L. Carter, Lincoln, Neb., 19 yds., 98 x 100 
On the Second Day, Aug. 6, Mr. D. G. Barstow 
RAN THE 16-YDS. PROGRAM STRAIGHT 
Mr. Barstow also made Long Runs of 
141 and 107 Straight 
Mr. Barstow and Mr. Ditto and 
Mr. Eastman shot Mr. Bills shot 
“INFALLIBLE” “E. C.” 
Write for booklets describing these 
two Standard Smokeless Powders 
HERCULES POWDER CO. 
Wilmington, Delaware, U. S. A. 
Special event, 
*W Chamberlain 
*C A Young.... 
*0 S Lawrence. 
C D Coburn.... 
Bobs . 
J Schreck . 
A B Shobe. 
C Strother . 
25 
targets. 
handicap: 
20 
22 
II Strother . 
20 
24 
Sunderbruch ... 
20 
18 
C Rybolt . 
20 
21 
Ward . 
20 
20 
II Hessler . 
19 
21 
Morgan . 
19 
22 
A Gambell . 
19 
24 
19 
19 
19 
18 
18 
18 
17 
23 
22 
22 
22 
18 
21 
22 
Birmingham G. C. 
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 9.—Nineteen shooters were 
at the weekly shoot of the Birmingham Gun Club. 
Gentry Hillman was high for the day with 94 breaks, 
with Dr. Sellers and H. C. Ryding in second place with 
91. Tom Cassity and Dick Leland were the professionals 
present. The scores at 100 targets follow: 
Gentry Hillman 94, J. Fletcher 91, H. C. Ryding 91, 
Dr. Sellers 91, E. M. Cornwell 89, F. Jones 85, Tom 
Cassity 85, Gay 85, C. J. Broyles 82, Dick Leland 78, 
R. Baugh 78, Lee Moody 74, Blalock 72, C. Burr 68, 
Mrs. Garl (75) 60, Tyler 4S, Bonham (50) 40, Garl (50) 
40, V. Prowell (25) 22. 
