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FOREST AND STREAM 
Sept. 20, 1913.- 
D« Pont G. C. 
The man who knows a good thing when it comes up 
and shakes hands with him, better had get out his shoot¬ 
ing irons and mileage book (or, if he has not the latter, 
he can borrow one from Bill Joslyn) and streak for that 
place on the Brandywine where they make powder that 
breaks and friendships that don’t break. On Sept. 27, in 
the year of our Lord 1913, will be pulled the fall open¬ 
ing of Du Pont Gun Club. Besides aerosaucer exter¬ 
minating, the program includes “activities” along less 
strenuous lines—perhaps, among others, a crab supper, 
spiced by Snuff Taylor, under personal management of 
no less a personage (we have yet to see a greater) than 
Edward Banks, whose cheery disposition and damfine 
eyes have made Hercules know his strength. Speaking 
of damfine eyes, one Ralph Razee will Razee Ilelle with 
a Remington rifle, doing high and lofty tumbling acts 
as well as breaking glass balls while crawling on one 
hand and two knees on the bottom of the Brandywine 
(Du Vont press agent please copy), and by the way, 
Ward Hammond, whose smile is worth the price of ad¬ 
mission—and there ain't no charge ter get in at Wil¬ 
mington—violates scripture in that he covets—not his 
neighbor’s house, nor yet his ass, but something far 
greater—he is said actually to covet the State champion¬ 
ship, but recently won by Bill Colfax, more popularly 
known as the infant prod, and he’s right—from the man 
who’s a replica of the original Hercules, only that Here, 
first held a club and was said to be a knocker, while big 
Jim Skelley lives to boost and be kind to his friends. 
And so far as our news hunter could find, every shooter 
likes Jim, even when they don’t shoot his powder. Then, 
these prizes. The conditions governing the contests are 
as follows: 
Five classes—A, B, C, D and E. Spoon events to be 
held three times each month, and one spoon to be shot 
for in each class. Contests at 25 targets in events of 10 
and 15 over any two traps. Ties to be shot, off the 
following week, or on the day of the contest at the 
option of the interested shooters. Winning one spoon 
raises the contestant to the next higher class. After 
shooting in three spoon events and not winning a spoon, 
the shooter is again placed in the next lower class. 
Winning two spoons in any one class places the contest¬ 
ant permanently in the next higher class. Contestants 
in Class A are permitted to win but two spoons during 
a calendar month. 
Sent. 13. — At the Du Pont Gun Club to-day the Frank 
I, . Connable cup contest was substituted for the Coleman 
du Pont spoon event. This was done owing to the fact 
that a number of the members will be in Atlantic City 
next Saturday, which is the scheduled day for the Con¬ 
nable cup match. The shooting during the early part of 
tlie afternoon was difficult owing to the strong wind, 
which accounts for the low scores. 
A. B. Richardson and H. P. Carlon were high men in 
this event, each scoring 22 out of 25, which was good 
shooting at that time of the day, as the targets were 
tricky. They each shot from the 22yd. mark. In the 
shoot-off at the same distance, Richardson won with a 
score of 22. while Carlon’s score was 17. 
In addition to shooting in the Connable cup contest, 
a squad composed of W. S. Colfax, Jr., T. B. McHugh, 
J. H. Minnick, S. Tuchton and A. B. Richardson shot 
poor, owing to the heavy clouds which covered the sky 
during the afternoon, and this, in addition to the wind, 
was too much of a handicap for many of the contestants, 
who fell below their average. 
Shot at. 
Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Clinton . 
... 100 
SS 
Craig . 
.... 75 
39 
Day . 
... 100 
96 
Lloyd . 
.... 50 
29 
Lovell . 
... 100 
79 
Disser . 
.... 75 
45 
Sweeney, Sr. 
... 50 
35 
P Ruehlman 
.... 60 
31 
La Boiteaux. 
61 
R Carson .. 
.... 50 
29 
C Rybodt . 
...100 
92 
A Kuball .. 
.... 25 
16 
j Nocheck .. 
... 50 
30 
Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters’ League. 
Canonsburg, Pa., Sept. 9.—With just one little per 
cent. H. G. Gillespie, of Butler, won the president’s cup 
for the best season's average made at the five shoots 
given under the auspices of the Western Pennsylvania 
Trapshooters’ League this year. Gillespie’s percentage 
of breaks at the traps during the monthly league tour¬ 
neys was a fraction over 92 per cent. George E. Painter 
finished the smallest sort of a fraction less than 92 per 
tent. It was a difference of two rocks of the 725 
targets each man has shot at in league competion this 
season. 
The last shoot was held Sept. 9 at Canonsburg with 
an attendance of seventy-two who shot through the pro¬ 
gram. Painter was high with 141: Dr. Aber was second 
with 139; West and Barson had 138 each, and Hickman 
DU PONT GUN CLUB SPOON. 
too one Ted Doremus—he doesn’t allow us to call him 
Ted, but w>e take liberties with anyone when they arc far 
enough away, and Ted’s down among the Mormon 
temples, where everyone wants to marry Du Pont 
Smokeless and become a monogamist; but, of course, as 
Mark Twain said: "If it weren’t for a difference of 
opinion, there would be no horse racing.” So Ted’s 
coming home, so that his opinion may not prevent some 
of the Smith family from shooting some other brand of 
bird killer. Just what the aforesaid sales manager is to 
do in the way of “specialties” has not been divulged, but 
may be he will “announce” the moving pictures. “Will 
Tom Marshall please tell us who these are?” Speaking 
of feed—Charlie White (not the chap that threw us down 
on lunch at the Eastern, but a real caterer) will furnish 
fuel for the stoke hole, and you’ll be safe in bringing a 
good left and right hoist or Bill Joslyn will beat you to 
it As the song says, “That wasn’t all” we heard about 
this shoot, but it’s enough to draw your wallet on the 
ticket agent for a hold up to Wilmington. 
So many inquiries are received regarding the popu¬ 
lar spoon events at the Du Pont Gun Club, Wilmington, 
Del., that we are glad to print the following explana¬ 
tion : 
When the Du Pont Gun Club was formed, nearly 
three years ago, those at the head of it realized that to 
keep up the interest and enthusiasm, it would be neces¬ 
sary to provide suitable and attractive prizes and 
trophies for the successful contestants. 
Since its organization, this club has been making trap¬ 
shooting history. For nearly three years it has been the 
largest trapshooting club in the world—its membership 
now numbering nearly 700; more targets have been 
thrown from its traps—nearly a million and a quarter— 
than from the traps of any other club in a similar length 
of time: and to-day the regular weekly Saturday shoots 
are the best attended of those of any club known. It is 
seldom that less than fifty gunners are out of a Saturday 
afternoon, and often the number exceeds one hundred. 
What is the reason of the success of the Du Pont 
Club will be asked by many, who will tell you that 
numerous gun clubs find it hard to survive even the 
first year of their existence. 
In the columns of this paper we have endeavored to 
chronicle, from time to time, such items as would be of 
interest to the trapshooting fraternity, among which 
have been the events at the Du Pont Club, with cuts 
of their various trophies, and the conditions governing 
the contests for same. The most recent is the Frank L. 
Connable cup, and the Eugene Du Pont challenge cup 
contests. 
When the club was formed, it was exceedingly for¬ 
tunate in securing from Mr. Coleman Du Pont, presi¬ 
dent of the Du Pont Powder Company, a donation of 
five sterling silver spoons, suitably engraved, to be used 
as prizes at the regular shoots every alternate week. 
This offer to be in effect for a period of five years. 
Already about 350 of the spoons have been won, and as 
they are high class pieces of silverware, the spoon events 
are very popular, and are really the best events the club 
has for keeping up interest. Beginning Sept. 1 the club 
has decided, by an appropriation from its own funds, to 
donate five similar spoons one additional Saturday each 
month, thus giving the shooters three opportunities each 
month of winning spoons. 
Practically every member who takes an active interest 
in the affairs of the club now possesses one or more of 
a race at 100 targets per man. with the result that Rich¬ 
ardson was high with 95. J. B. McHugh and J. H. 
Minnick each broke 94. W. S. Colfax, Jr., broke 93. 
8 . Tuchton broke 83. This squad, together with a num¬ 
ber of the Du Pont Gun Club members, will attend the 
Westv Hogan shoot at Atlantic City this week. 
Tlu scores in the Frank L. Connable cup contest 
follow, 25 targets per man: 
A. H. Lobb during the afternoon distinguished him¬ 
self by breaking 97 out of 100, with a run of SG straight 
D S Wood. 
Yds. 
. 20 
T’l. 
16 
II P Carlon. 
Yds. 
22 
T’l. 
22 
L I. Jarrell. 
. “0 
18 
A B Richardson 
22 
92 
C M Ross. 
. 20 
12 
T II Minnick.... 
99 
is 
S T Newman... 
92 
15 
T R MacMullen. 
is 
16 
W A Toslyn_ 
92 
16 
W B Smith, Jr. 
20 
19 
1 W Cann. 
. is 
16 
C D Prickett.... 
IS 
17 
O V Ort. 
. 18 
10 
E R Jenks. 
16 
IS 
\Y T Highfield. 
. 18 
19 
C C Mammele.. 
16 
14 
S Tuchton . 
. 20 
20 
Dr Lewis . 
16 
15 
1 B McHugh.. 
22 
18 
V du Pont. 
16 
16 
I Turner . 
99 
18 
R S Wood . 
20 
19 
A H Lobb. 
. 22 
20 
Marsden . 
16 
17 
W G Wood.... 
22 
9 
F P Ewing. 
16 
23 
Gun Struck By Lightning. 
Ithaca, N. Y., Aug. 27. — Editor Forest and Sir,yin: 
We hand you herein a picture of a gun struck by light¬ 
ning. The gun was sent us by H. H. Carey, of George¬ 
town Del., who wrote that the gun was standing in a 
137. Natty Carl Moore, the Hercules Hercules, was top 
pro with 139. 
The Class II shooters were topped by Cotter and 
Henry who tied with 127. Denman, Duffy and Anthony 
each had 118, leading the Class C shooters. Ullery, 
Wolford and Sheppard led Class D with 107 each. 
McKeesport team beat Herron Hill one point up, 
winning to-day with 412. Butler was second with 402. 
Herron Hill was third with 401. 
Aber with 139, Hickman 137 and Bradshaw with 136 
made McKeesport’s 412 T he Butler score was made by 
i lillespie 136, Young 134, and Davis 132. On the Herron 
Hill squad were Painter 141, King 131, and Cochran 129. 
Scores: 
M D Ullery. 10i 
1 W MacMeans. 117 
*C B Smith. 9S 
W R Hill. 123 
*T C Garland.120 
C F Moore.139 
*G E Painter. 141 
G Cochran . 129 
A IT King. 131 
H E Brooks, Jr. Ill 
C W Peterson. 126 
D Donley . 84 
L Meyers . 126 
J K Lawson.128 
W Murphy . 108 
A1 Murphy . 105 
\\ B Hubbs. 104 
Wrn Hubbs. 109 
L Lautenslager . Ill 
N M Beck.122 
A S Anthony.118 
C L Wolf. 80 
T N Grail. 95 
H Fiber .115 
W H Denman.118 
F Hill . 90 
T Slater . 120 
D W Baker.126 
R C Bradshaw.136 
C B Ashpaugh. 96 
S F Barson. 13S 
F D Smith.125 
F F Cotter. 127 
B Wolford . 107 
W Hickey .120 
W Zimmerley . 113 
closet in his house, and during a thunder shower was 
struck by lightning, with no damage to the house or 
to anything else except the stock of the gun. It is the 
first instance of the kind that has come to our attention. 
Ithaca Gun Co. 
Westwood G. C. 
J. S. Day was high gun at the weekly shoot on Sept. 
14 with a score of 96, which was remarkably good work 
under the hard conditions which prevailed. The wind 
was blowing half a gale across the traps, and caused the 
targets to soar in a most puzzling manner. C. Rvbolt 
was second with 92. Day’s score included a run of 67 
straight. At the conclusion of the regular events. Day 
shot at 13 pairs of doubles, breaking' 18. The light was 
E Y Ord. 109 
W W Buck. 11J 
Ad Hickman . 137 
Dr A Haber. 139 
J F Calhoun.130 
A II Ripby. 125 
Dr W C Heisey. 126 
*L J Squier.121 
R J West. 138 
J I Morrison. 129 
* fames Lewis . 130 
1 I) Duffy. 11S 
H A Woods. 121 
N T A Calhoun. 110 
H L Born. 121 
A W Whalen. 94 
W E Hodgson. 92 
D D Matthews. 131 
Ed Mills . 
W A Henry- 
T E Sheppard . 
S Granger . 
I T Bartram - 
F E Meredith ... 
Dr J H Humes 
George Seifert . 
S Balser . 
S Werling . 
J Conley . 
Dr R B Greer.. 
M Davis . 
H G Gillespie.. 
D M Young.... 
S G Purvis .... 
T B Bickertcn .. 
J H Bruff . 
100 
127 
107 
125 
128 
116 
106 
113 
72 
59 
120 
115 
132 
136 
134 
113 
88 
122 
