NOV. 22, 1913. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Louisiana State Championship in which event he ran 
up tlie aoove total, lo "Bob” Morris, a Monroe man 
and a new shooter, belongs the honor of winning, that 
championship as he started out with three 24s ana 
hmsned strongly with a 22, thus making his winning 
total 94 — one good enough to win in most any com¬ 
pany. Speaking of new shooters, there was another 
Monroe man who has only just taken up trapshooting 
but who gave signs of knowing where to point when 
the clay pigeon had "taken wing,” and that young 
man’s name is Fred McCaleb of Monroe, a trapshooter 
whom the other Louisiana men in the game will do 
well to keep their eyes on. 
The Louisiana Handicap, a 50-target affair on the 
program for the first regular day of the shoot, was 
won by the veteran J. A. Blunt of Greensboro, Ala., 
after a tie with J. N. Kraemer of Alexandrie, La., on 
44. Twenty yards was the handicap limit and Mr. 
Blunt by reason of his many good showings in other 
handicap events was given 19 yards, while Mr. Kraemer 
had 16- On the shoot-off Mr. Blunt won with 18 to 13. 
The pulling off of this tournament by so young a 
club as the Monroe Gun Club ought to act as a tonic 
to other organizations, not only in the State of Louisi¬ 
ana but in the many other states of the Union. The 
Monroe Gun Club has only been regularly organized 
for about four months, although it has done some shoot¬ 
ing at targets during the past in a spasmodic and un¬ 
organized way. Two weeks prior to the shoot the 
club tore up its old traphouse, installed three new 
traps and built a shootinghouse and shed for the pro¬ 
tection of its members and their guests from sun and 
storm. It also secured for this tournament a valuable 
lot of prizes and cash in the shape of added money, 
and now says that when it holds the next state shoot, 
whenever that may be, it will add $1,000 in cash to the 
purses as against the $500 added this time. All of 
which goes to show that the Monroe Gun Club is a 
very healthy youngster, and that it has the right men 
at its head. Its officials are: J. T. Austin, president, 
M. Michie, secretary-treasurer, and J. B. Bradley, field 
captain, and these three officials have the cordial co¬ 
operation of every member of a live organization. 
The scores which follow tell the balance of the 
story of this shoot except that they don’t make any 
excuse for the comparatively poor showing made by 
the club’s president, Mr. Austin, whose mind was 
not on the present business, but rather was busied 
even when at the score completing details for the 
camphunt to take place the two days immediately fol¬ 
lowing the shoot, so that the hunt should be all the 
success he had determined it should be. (That the 
hunt was successful goes without saying it, and some 
day in the near future I hope to be allowed the 
privilege of telling some of the incidents of a trip 
which was beyond the shadow of a doubt one of the 
very pleasantest I ever participated in.) 
On practice day H. J. Borden was high profes¬ 
sional with 144 ex 15; Luther Wade and D. G. Barstow 
were tied for second on 139, while T. Hercules Fox 
tcok third place with 133. R. V. Fletcher was high 
amateur with 125; J. G. (or “Uncle Joe”) Bell next 
with 124, J. T. Austin and J. W. Kilbourne tieing for 
third place on 121. The above scores with one or two 
exceptions show that the wind on practice day helped 
materially to break up the scores of the contestants, 
and made the shooting rather a problem if straight 
scores were desired. 
Notes of the Shoot 
His Chicago brother shooters, and his many 
friends in the trapshooting world, will be surprised, 
as I was when I saw him, to learn that “Uncle Bill” 
Cutler took in part of the second day of the regular 
program and ground out 92 out of 100 in the Louisi¬ 
ana State Championship event. “Uncle Bill’s” totals 
for each 25 were 21, .24, 22 and 25, not a target of the 
last string escaping but being ground into dust. 
Mrs. J. T. Austin and Mrs. S. E. Bourke, showed 
that they could not only handle a shotgun, but could 
point that same weapon with an accuracy seldom at¬ 
tained by ladies without a lot more practice than 
either of the two Monroe ladies have had. Mrs. 
Austin broke 21 out of 25, and Mrs. Bourke 17. 
R. L. Morris, Jr., better known as Bob to every¬ 
body so far as I know, entertained all the visiting 
shooters to a most delightful dinner at his wonderful 
home in Monroe City, one of the old-time residences 
there. That I missed something far out of the ordi¬ 
nary is one thing sure, judging from what the boys 
told me afterward, but it was a case where work had 
to come before pleasure—if I wanted to go on the 
camphunt with the rest of the boys. 
And speaking about that camphunt: Everybody 
was invited, and the grand total of the guests which 
filled the three houseboats and two launches was in 
the neighborhood of 36. with four more to join us at 
our destination, forty miles from Monroe, up the lovely 
Ouachita river. It was a splendid time—but I am not 
going to spoil a story of that trip which I am planning 
to write in the near future, by telling any of the many 
joyous episodes of the four days on the Ouachita (I 
just love to spell that name). 
Somebody once said that Tom Cassetty of the U. 
S. Cartridge Co., “couldn’t hit a balloon.” That can¬ 
not be said with truth now, for Tom showed what 
he could do with balloons when the daylight fire¬ 
works sent up from the center of the Fair Grounds 
passed high over the trapshooting field on the last 
day of the shoot! 
Sag Harris of the W. R. A. Co., made an efficient 
and pleasing cashier. Can more be said? Fred Whit¬ 
ney of the same company, who is known as “Chief 
Quick Figure” among the Indians, could not have 
made a single dent in Sag’s work. 
H. D. Gibbs of the U. M. C. Co., of course gave 
an object lesson in breaking targets on the first day 
of the regular program, and was only a short way 
behind n>an Barstow, of the Hercules Powder Co., on 
the last day when Dan busted up 297 targets out ol 
300 shot at. 
“Oom Paul” Chaudet of the Peters Cartridge Co.’s, 
New Orleans house was the same as _ ever, steady, 
accurate, unruffled by any mishap, and in fact set an 
excellent example to many a younger and more im¬ 
pulsive opponent. 
Homer Clark of the Western Cartridge Co., was 
not always in his best form, but he did nor so poorly 
1st Day 
2nd Day 
J. W. Kilbourne .1st Day 
. ■ 2nd Day 
*T. Cassetty .1st Dav 
2nd Day 
J. G. Bell .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*G. B. Cragg .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*Saml. Ivey .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*D. G. Barstow .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*H. J. Donnelly .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*L. I. Wade .1st Day 
2nd Day 
R. V. Fletcher .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*H. J. Borden .2nd Day 
2nd Day 
*L. P. Chaudet .1st Day 
2nd Day 
J. K. Warren .1st Day 
2nd Day 
W. W. Cocke .1 st Day 
2nd Day 
J. A. Blunt .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*Ed. Banks .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*H. D. Gibbs .1st Day 
2nd Day 
‘Homer Clark .1st Day 
2nd Day 
R. L. Morris .1st Day 
2nd Day 
T. J. Austin .1st Day 
2nd Day 
*J. H. Fox . 1st Day 
2nd Day 
Fred McCaleb .1st Day 
2nd Day 
J. R. Wooten .1st Day 
2nd Day 
S. E. Bourke .1st Day 
2nd Day 
J. B. Bradley .1st Day 
Alex. Mermod .1st Day 
2nd Day 
1st Day 
2nd Day 
W. D. Hill .1st Day 
2nd Day 
J. N. Kraemer .1st Day 
2nd Day 
W. D. Wadley .1st Day 
2nd Day 
E. M. Pringle .1st Day 
2nd Day 
J. M. Key .1st Day 
2nd Day 
W. A. Bragg .1st Day 
2nd Dav 
R. W. Dodd .1st Day 
2nd Day 
J. M. Houston .1st Day 
2nd Day 
alter all when one comes to figure that he only lost 
. 3 out of 300 shot at from 16 yards. Many people 
can lose that number in 100! 
High professional average was won by PI. D. Gibbs 
with 294 x 300 targets shot at from 16 yards. Dan 
Barstow was a close second with a total of 292. Homer 
Clark was third, with his score of 287. 
High amateur average was won by J. K. Warren 
of Birmingham, Ala., with the excellent total of 285. 
Next to him was W. W. Cocke of New Orleans, with 
274, and J. A. Blunt was third with 271. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
No. 
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No. 
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No. 
Num. 
Num. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
6 
9 
10 Shot »t Broke 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
100 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
200 
l6 
14 
13 
II 
13 
67 
67 
l6 
13 
13 
14 
10 
66 
66 
18 
17 
18 
14 
19 
17 
18 
15 
17 
19 
I 72 
238 
15 
12 
15 
14 
17 
18 
73 
73 
l6 
vs 
17 
I.S 
15 
17 
12 
11 
15 
151 
224 
l6 
16 
15 
l6 
17 
80 
17 
16 
17 
18 
19 
19 
18 
19 
15 
19 
177 
257 
17 
17 
18 
19 
15 
86 
15 
16 
18 
14 
15 
17 
18 
16 
18 
17 
162 
248 
17 
20 
19 
19 
19 
94 
20 
20 
• 20 
19 
20 
20 
20 
20 
19 
20 
198 
292 
18 
19 
20 
17 
20 
94 
18 
19 
l6 
19 
20 
19 
20 
20 
19 
19 
189 
283 
19 
18 
19 
18 
20 
94 
19 
19 
l6 
18 
20 
20 
14 
19 
20 
l6 
181 
275 
17 
18 
19 
20 
18 
92 
18 
16 
18 
18 
19 
18 
17 
19 
15 
18 
176 
238 
20 
19 
18 
18 
18 
93 
20 
19 
20 
18 
18 
19 
19 
18 
18 
19 
188 
281 
l6 
20 
18 
16 
18 
88 
18 
19 
20 
20 
17 
18 
19 
19 
17 
19 
186 
274 
■9 
20 
19 
19 
19 
96 
19 
20 
18 
19 
19 
18 
20 
18 
19 
19 
189 
285 
17 
16 
18 
20 
18 
18 
89 
17 
19 
19 
17 
19 
19 
18 
19 
20 
185 
274 
17 
16 
l6 
17 
18 
84 
18 
19 
19 
20 
20 
19 
20 
18 
17 
17 
187 
271 
18 
20 
19 
18 
16 
9i 
19 
16 
l6 
17 
19 
20 
io 
19 
18 
18 
181 
272 
20 
19 
20 
20 
20 
99 
19 
20 
20 
20 
19 
20 
19 
19 
19 
20 
195 
294 
18 
19 
20 
19 
20 
l8 
96 
287 
18 
20 
19 
19 
19 
19 
19 
20 
20 
191 
l6 
19 
18 
17 
15 
85 
18 
17 
18 
20 
20 
18 
18 
16 
12 
17 
174 
259 
l6 
13 
14 
13 
17 
73 
18 
17 
18 
20 
20 
18 
18 
16 
12 
17 
174 
247 
18 
19 
19 
18 
17 
9i 
15 
19 
17 
19 
19 
19 
20 
19 
17 
19 
183 
274 
18 
18 
20 
15 
20 
9i 
13 
14 
15 
is 
18 
13 
18 
19 
14 
17 
156 
247 
13 
12 
17 
15 
10 
18 
67 
l6 
18 
l6 
13 
17 
14 
20 
20 
17 
169 
226 
15 
15 
IS 
15 
9 
16 
69 
IS 
l6 
18 
13 
13 
l6 
15 
13 
17 
152 
221 
l6 
15 
12 
l6 
15 
72 
19 
18 
20 
18 
19 
94 
269 
18 
l6 
19 
19 
17 
17 
13 
20 
18 
18 
175 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
100 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
200 
14 
12 
17 
12 
15 
l6 
70 
19 
18 
19 
18 
19 
l6 
19 
18 
19 
181 
251 
IS 
8 
17 
8 
14 
62 
15 
l6 
17 
18 
16 
17 
17 
15 
12 
15 
158 
220 
14 
15 
10 
16 
11 
l6 
66 
14 
14 
is 
17 
13 
10 
17 
17 
l6 
149 
215 
17 
15 
12 
14 
18 
76 
15 
12 
19 
17 
18 
14 
19 
13 
14 
17 
158 
234 
19 
19 
l6 
IS 
17 
19 
IQ 
20 
17 
18 
179 
179 
5 
8 
6 
8 
11 
38 
13 
15 
14 
18 
14 
74 
12 
IS 
IS 
12 
16 
70 
REMARKS:—Louisiana Plandicap, October 31, won by J. A. Blunt, with 44 x 50, after shoot off with J. N. 
Kraemer, October 31, 1913. Louisiana State Champion ship, won by R. L. Morris of Monroe; score 94 x 100, 
November 1, 1913. 
“Professionals. 
EDWARD BANKS. 
Changing the Handicap 
Pittsburgh, Pa., November 15 , 1913- 
Editor Forest and Stream :—In view of the agitation at the present time concerning changes 
in the trap shooting rules, it would seem to be in order to call attention to the resolution adopted 
by the Directors of The Interstate Association at their annual meeting in 1912 , inviting the pre¬ 
sident, or some duly accredited representative, of the several State Associations and prominent Gun 
Club organizations to deliberate with them at their annual meeting in 1913 , and give them the 
benefit of their views on trap shooting. Interested parties will kindly note that the 1913 meeting 
will ’be held on the 4 th day of December, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at the office of the Asso¬ 
ciation with the Corporation Trust Company, 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey. 
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION, 
E. Reed Shaner, Secretary. 
