February 7, 1914. 
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Nemours (Ladies) Trapshooting Club. 
Wilmington, Del., January 29, 1914. 
A clear beautiful sky and a delighttully warm atmos¬ 
phere with no wind brought out many visitors and 
shooters to the traps this atternoon. 
Mrs. Thomas Starr King one of the- best field shots 
in Delaware made her hrst appearance at the traps 
today. With a little practice she will soon be shooting 
blue rocks quite as well as she does snipe. 
Among the visitors at the club this afternoon were Mr. 
Walter Huff and Mr. Joseph terry, two well known 
shooters from Georgia. These gentlemen were most en¬ 
couraging and made many helpful suggestions to the 
ladies. 
Miss Hammond was high in the legular event, scoi 
ing seventeen breaks out of twenty-five. 
in the iiooklover’s Contest (Handicap Event) Miss 
Alice Riley, Miss Jennie P. Hirst and Mrs. Harry 
• Stidham tied, but in the shoot off Miss Riley won and 
became the possessor of the third book in the contest, 
■ entitled "Roosevelt’s Trilling Experiences in the Wilds 
■of Africa.” 
Miss Hirst who has been sojourning in .Florida for 
several weeks celebrated her return to-day by making a 
run of twelve straight. 
Scores with handicaps follow: 
Score. 
Hdcp. 
Total. 
Mrs. 
Riley . 
.... 7 
-4 
21 
Mrs. 
Stidham . 
.... 13 
12 
25 
Mrs. 
King . 
.... 7 
Miss 
Hammond . 
.... 17 
7 
24 
Miss 
Riley . 
14 
2b 
Miss 
Carson . 
•... 13 
9 
22 
Miss 
Moody . 
.... 14 
P) 
22 
Mrs. 
Wilson . 
.... 5 
T 7 
22 
Mrs. 
Joslyn . 
...■ 13 
8 
21 
Miss 
Hirst . 
. . . . l6 
'5 
2S 
BLUE BIRD. 
Rockford Gun Club. 
Rockford, 111 ., January 28, 1914. 
We have a new gun club organized the 5th of 
(December, 1913, and at the present time have about 
eighty-five members, with more coming in every week. 
We shoot every Tuesday afternoon. YVe limit the club 
shoots to fifty targets. 
The officers of our club are: R. C. Bourland, presi¬ 
dent; Walter Green, field captain; George Dobler, sec¬ 
retary and treasurer. 
Almost the entire membership is made up of doctors, 
lawyers, professional and business men. 
The following score is the result of our last shoot: 
C. B. Helm .". 
. 46 
F. M. Smith . 
34 
A. B. Tucker . 
. 45 
H. Noben . 
34 
W. D. Stannard 
. 45 
F. Brown . 
30 
G. W. Smith .. 
. 43 
A. M. Burr . 
30 
Geo. Dobler ... 
. 41 
H. C. Kellogg . 
30 
F. Schoonmaker 
. 41 
R. C. Bourland . 
29 
F. Savage . 
. 41 
Chas. Helm . 
28 
J. A. Green ... 
. 40 
T. E. Armstrong _ 
28 
A. Haines . 
. 40 
W. B. Helm . 
27 
R. C. Maynard 
. 40 
C. W. Ferguson - 
2 \ 
J. H. Sabin _ 
. 38 
C. E. Phelps . 
25 
W. H. Ziock ... 
- 37 
H. Fox . 
20 
H. R. Truesdell 
. 36 
E. E. Smith . 
20 
W. C. Sparks .. 
. 36 
J. H. Calkins . 
18 
G. J. Boehland 
. 35 
T. A. Smith . 
i( 
T. L. Bidlack ... 
. 35 
W. H. Armour . 
13 
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