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FOREST AND STREAM 
and the first shoot win be on February 21st wneu this 
club will journey out tnrougn tne orange Mountains 
and lock horns with the orange Gun olub and we 
want a good turn out ot members on tnat day so that 
we will nave plenty to pick the five high scores from 
as the high five will constitute the team for the day. 
The winning club of this series ot shoots will be pre¬ 
sented with a nne silver trophy donated by the Du 
Pont Powder Go. So get busy boys and help the 
Jersey City Gun Club to bring home the bacon. 
Herron Hill Gun Club. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., February 7 , 1914 . 
Good scores and a large held ol gunners marked the 
shoot held yesterday in Honor of Fred A. Stone, whc, 
for the past" two weeks has been playing at the Nixon 
in “The Lady of the Slippey." The tournament, a 100- 
bird handicap race, was staged on the Davis Island 
grounds of the Herron Hill Cun Club, and the winner 
was presented with a gun that was put up as a prize 
by Mr. Stone himself. The only thing that marred 
the event was the inability of the •'Scarecrow” to be 
present, owing to the illness of Mrs. Stone. 
Mr. Stone is known wherever trap is pulled to the 
fraternity of shooters. He is an excellent shot at the 
traps, and is a big game hunter as well, and is popu¬ 
lar with the gunners the country over. 
The Stone Trophy was won by Norwood Johnston, 
shooting from scratch, with a string of 93 clay birds. 
R. J. Humbert and E. J. Gillespie ran Johnston hard. 
The scores: 
Broke. 
Hdcp. 
Total. 
Norwood Johnston . 
93 
R. J. Gumbert . 
10 
9 i 
E. N. Gillespie . 
91 
George E. Painter . 
89 
D. W. Baker . 
. 89 
89 
J S. Conley . 
. 86 
3 
89 
H. W. Stewart . 
10 
90 
J. E. Wampler . 
. 85 
5 
90 
*C. F. Moore . 
90 
* 11 . T. Borden . 
9 i 
Judd H. Bruff . 
. 81 
8 
89 
A. D. Hickman . 
. 83 
5 
85 
L. Lautenslager . 
6 
86 
*S. S. Schall . 
82 
B. F. Dunn . 
12 
86 
R. P. Tannehill . 
12 
8S 
C. K. Nichols . 
10 
84 
Frank Mellon . 
9 
84 
A H. Aber . 
3 
3.3 
George Seifert . 
10 
83 
‘James Lewis . 
80 
Dock Lane . 
12 
80 
*J. C. Garland . 
76 
W. IT. Denman . 
. 58 
15 
73 
E. R. Springer . 
4 
7 i 
P. N. Grail . 
9 
' 7< i 
*W. A. Staving . 
67 
H. E. Brooks, Jr. 
. 52 
12 
64 
H. J. Goodrich . 
10 
40 
‘Professionals. 
Handicapping Trapshooters. 
Havana, Cuba, February 4, 1914. 
The article in your issue of 31st ult., has greatly in¬ 
terested me, because as member, field manager and sec¬ 
retary of local gun clubs the question of handicap in our 
local shoots has been the “pons asinorum” of my trap¬ 
shooting days. At the close of each season I have 
fancied that'I had found out the defects of the various 
systems adopted—distance handicap, added birds based 
on previous performances, Chicago Gun Club system, 
etc., etc., and have enthusiastically advocated or in¬ 
vented something new for the coming season, which 
ulterior experience proved to be j'ust as faulty as its 
predecessors. And I am still in the wood, notwithstand¬ 
ing Mr. Von Lengerke’s suggestion of added birds, 
giving our 60 per cent, friend 30 and our 80 per cent, 
friend 10. Why fix the limit at 90? Suppose we have 
in our club some three or four “cracker-jacks” who 
rarely go below 90 and sometimes go “straight,” what 
chance has our 60 per cent, friend with 30 added birds? 
Ir would seem to me more logical to give our 60 per 
cent, friend 40 and our 80 per cent, friend 20, but then 
it would be only reasonable that our 90 per cent, friend 
should have 10 and there we are again! 
Then there is the question of our 40 per cent, friend, 
whose scores vary from 25 per cent, to 55 per cent., and 
who only turns up once in a while when he has nothing 
better to do. Is it right or just that such a member 
seeing the prize or prizes announced should by a stroke 
of luck make a score of say 50 take away the honors 
from our 80 or 90 per cent, members who by force of 
practice and the corresponding expense have attained 
to those marks? 
Please understand that notwithstanding the foregoing 
observations, I am perfectly convinced that handicapping 
in order to give the poorer shots “a chance” is abso¬ 
lutely necessary to club or inter-club trapshooting life, 
but I sincerely wish that some more experienced person 
than myself would turn the search-light of his intelli¬ 
gence upon this nebulous question which has preoccu¬ 
pied the attention of many field captains and handicap 
committees. 
Trapshooting in Cuba opens March 1st, and the latch¬ 
string is out to and of our American brethern who may 
happen to visit the island. 
J. N. O’CONNOR. 
New York A. C. 
Pelham Manor, February 7, 1914. 
Arthur T. McManus was the principal winner at the 
Travers’ island traps of the New York Athletic Club 
yesterday. The youthful shooter has been doing very 
little practice this winter. He, however, was ir: ex¬ 
cellent form, and managed to take four of the regular 
■fixtures. 
Monthly Cup—Twenty-five Clay Birds (Handicap).—IT. 
IT. Duden, 3—24; G. F. Pelham, 3—23; A. E. Ranney, 
2—23; J. 1 . Brandenburg, 4—23; A. J. McManus, 4—22; 
C. VV. Berner, 5—22; R. R. Debacher, 0—21; F. A. 
Baker, 5—21; T. Lenane, Jr., 0—20; W. B. Ogden, 
0—19; Dr. De Wolfe, 4—19; A. W. Currie, 5—18; C. 
H. Voorhees, 0—15; W. N. Cushing, 0—11; W. Floyd, 
o—10. 
Club Trophy—Twenty-five Clay Birds (Handicap).—A. 
J. McManus, 5—25; R. R. Debacher, 4—25; A. E. 
Ranney, 2—25; G. F. Pelham, 3—24; F. A. Baker, 5—24; 
C W. Berner, 5—23; Dr. De Wolfe, 3—22; H. IT. 
Duden, 4—22; J. I. Brandenburg, 4—22; W. B. Ogden, 
0—20; T. Lenane, Jr., 3—19; W. N. Cushing, 0—19; A. 
W. Currie, 6—19; C. H. Voorhees, 0—18; W. Floyd. 
0—16. 
Shoot-off—A. J. McManus, 4—25; R. R. Debacher, 
4— 23; A. E. Ranney, 1—22. 
Accumulation Cup—Twenty-five Clay Birds (Handi 
cap).—A. J. McManus, 4—25; T. Lenane, Jr., 3—25; J. 
I. Brandenburg, 5—25; R. R. Debacher, 4—23; G. F. 
Pelham, 3—23; C. W. Berner, 5—23; F. A. Baker, 4—23; 
A. E. Ranney, 1—22; PI. H. Duden, 4—22; W. B. 
Ogden, 1—21; A. W. Currie, 6—21; Dr. De Wolfe, 2—20; 
C, H. Voorhees, 0—20; W. Floyd, o—15; W. N. Cush¬ 
ing, 0—15. 
Shoot-off—A. J. McManus, 4—25; J. I. Brandenburg, 
5— 23; T. Lenane, Jr., 2—22. 
Travers’ Island Trophy—Twenty-five Clay Birds (Hand¬ 
icap).—A. J. McManus, 4—25; A. E. Ranney, 2—24; G. 
F. Pelham, 2—23; W. B. Ogden, 1—23; A. W. Currie, 
6— 23; J. I. Brandenburg, 5—23; T. Lenane, Jr., 2—22; 
IT. IT. Duden, 4—22; R. R. Debacher, 3—21; C. W. 
Berner, 4—21; F. A. Baker, 4—21; Dr. De Wolfe, 2—17; 
W. Floyd, 0—15; C. H. Voorhees, 0—14; W. N. Cush¬ 
ing, 0—13. 
Scratch Shoot—One Hundred Clay Birds.—A. E. Ran¬ 
ney, 87; G. F. Pelham. 82; W. B. Ogden, 81; R. R. 
Debacher, 79; T. Lenane, Jr., 78; H. H. Duden, 76; J. 
I. Brandenburg, 75; F. A. Baker, 71; C. W. Berner, 70; 
Dr. DeWolfe, 67; C. R. Voorhees, 67; W. N. Cushing, 
56; A. W. Currie, 60; W. Floyd, 55; A. J. McManus, 82. 
High Handicap Prize—One Hundred Clay Birds.—A. 
J. McManus, 17—99; R- R- Debacher, 15—94; A. E. Ran 
ney, 7—94; J. I. Brandenburg, 18—93; G. F. Pelham, 
11—93; H. H. Duden, 15—91; T. Lenane, Jr., 11—89; C. 
W. Berner. 19—89; W. B. Ogden, 5—86; F. A. Baker, 
18—89; A. W. Currie, 23—83: Dr. DeWolfe. 11—78; C. IT. 
Voorhees, 0—67; W. N. Cushing, 0—56; W. Floyd, 0—55. 
Distance Handicap; Twenty-five Clay Birds.—A. E. 
Ranney (19 yards), 21; T. Lenane, Jr. (17), 19; A. J. 
McManus (17). 18: Dr. DeWolfe (18), 18; C. H. Voor¬ 
hees (19), 18; H. H. Duden (17), 17; C. W. Berner (16), 
17; G. F. Pelham (18), 16; A. W. Currie (16), 16; .1. I. 
Brandenburg (16), 14; W. Floyd (19), 14; W. N. Cushing 
(19), 13; W. B. Ogden (19), 13; Jb. A Baker (16), 11; 
R. R. Debacher (17), 10. 
Trophy Shoot; Twenty-five Clay Birds (Handicap).— 
C H. Voorhees (5), 25; T. Lenane, Tr. (2), 24; G. F. 
Pelham (2), 22; W. Floyd (5), 21; F. A. Baker (4), 21; 
R. R. Debacher (3). 20; W. B. Ogden (1), 20; Dr. De¬ 
Wolfe (2), 20; C. W. Berner (4), 19; A. J. McManus 
(4), 19; A. E. Ranney (2), 18; W. N. Cushing (3). 17; 
A. W. Currie (6), 17; IT. H. Duden (4), 17; J. I. Bran¬ 
denburg (5), 17. 
Trophy Shoot; Twenty-five Clay Birds (Handicap).—H. 
H. Duden (4), 23,; T. 1 . Brandenburg (5), 22; T. Lenane. 
Jr. )2), 20; Dr. DeWolfe (2), 20; W. N. Cushing (5), 20; 
F. A. Baker (4), 20; W. B. Ogden (1), 18; A. W. Cur¬ 
rie, (6), 18; R. R. Debacher (3), 17; C. W. Berner 
(4). 17 - 
Variety Cup; Twenty-five Clay Birds (Scratch').—Dr. 
DeWolfe. 13; R. R. Debacher, 12; W. N. Cushing, 11; 
W. B. Ogden, 11: F. A. Baker, 9; J. I. Brandenburg. 
8; C. W. Berner, 7; T. Lenane, Jr., 6. 
New Rochelle Yacht Club. 
New Rochelle, February 7, 1914. 
G. P. Granbery won two of four events today. A fresh 
northwest wind made accurate shooting a matter of ex¬ 
treme difficulty. Making forty-two out fifty in the 
scratch event and took a leg on the Accumulation Cup 
with a net score of twenty-three. 
D. Giriat was the winner in the monthly cup com¬ 
petition of fifty birds, while after a shoot-off A. E. 
Black won in the scratch event of twenty-five birds. 
The scores follow: 
Scratch Event (Fifty Birds).— G. P. Granbery, 42; B. 
R. Stoddard, 37; H. H. Todd, 29. 
Scratch Event (Twenty-Five Birds).—G. P. Gran¬ 
bery, 21; B. R. Stoddard, 15; A. E. Black, 21; II. H. 
Todd, 14. Shoot-off won by Black. 
Monthly Cup (Fifty Clay Birds).—G. P. Granbery (6), 
40; B. R. Stoddard (8), 41; A. E. Black (12), 46; H. 
H. Todd (12), 42; D. Giriat (8), 49; F. N. Wilson (0), 
32; J. Wilcox (0), 32; W. H. Sykes (0), 32; J. P. 
Donovan (8), 44. 
Accumulation Cup (Twenty-Five Clay Birds).—G. P. 
Granbery (2), 23; B. R. Stoddard (1). 20; A. E. Black 
(5), 17; D. Giriat (4), 21; F. N. Wilson (0), 16; J. 
Wilcox (0), 14; W. H. Sykes (0), 19; J. P. Donovan 
(1), 21. 
February 8, 1914. 
D. Giriat was the only shooter at the traps of the 
New Rochelle Yacht Club yesterday who won more 
than one event. A strong wind tested the skill of Miss 
Jessie Thorpe and she turned in a full score in a 
twenty-five clay pigeon handicap event with an allow¬ 
ance of five. The summaries: 
Ten Clay Pigeons (Scratch). —J. P. Donovan, 6; Mis3 
Jessie Thorpe, 3; G. P. Granbery, 7; A. Chandler, 9; 
T IT. Davis, 6; B. R. Stoddard, 6. Won by Mr. 
Chandler. 
Fifteen Clay Pigeons (Scratch).—J. P. Donovan, 9; 
Miss Jessie Thorpe, 4; G. P. Granbery, 10; A. Chandler. 
9; T. IT. Davis, 8; B. R. Stoddard. 8; D. Giriat, 13. Won 
by Mr. Giriat. 
Monthly Cup. Twenty-five Clay Pigeons (Handicap).— 
J. P. Donovan (4), 21; Miss Jessie Thorpe (5), 25; G. 
P. Granbery (3), 21; A. Chandler (4), 24; T. H. Davis 
(0) 16; B. R. Stoddard (47, 22; D. Giriat (4), 17; C. 
A. Marsland (4), 25. Won by Mr. Marsland. 
Accumulation Cup, Twenty-five Clay Pigeons (Handi¬ 
cap).—J. P. Donovan (2), 19; Miss Jessie Thorpe (5), 
22; G. P. Granbery (1), 19; A. Chandler (4), 21; T. H. 
Davis (0), 17; B. R. Stoddard (1), 16; D. Giriat (4) 
21; C. A. Marsland (s), 17. Won by Mr. Giriat on 
shoot-off. 
Sweepstakes, Twenty-five Clay Pigeons (Handicap).— 
J. P. Donovan (4), 21; Miss Jessie Thorpe (5), 22; A. 
Chandler (4), 17; T. H. Davis (0), 17; B. R. Stoddard 
(4), 23; D. Giriat (4), 21; C. A. Marsland (7), 22; J. 
A Mahlstedt (6), 18. Won by Mr. Stoddard. 
Larchmont Yacht Club. 
Larchmont, February 8, 1914. 
Directed by a northwest wind, clay pigeons twisted and 
spun at various angles today, but shooters at the traps 
of the Larchmont Yacht Club showed splendid qualities 
and excellent scores prevailed. On a percentage basis 
honors for the day were gained by Ralph L. Spotts, 
whose average was 90.5. H. Sanford was second with 
90 per cent. The summaries: 
Monthly Cup, Twenty-five Pigeons (Handicap).—T. J. 
McCahill (3), 24; A. L. Burns (0), 21; A. G. McManus 
(3) . 22; A. B. Jones (3), 25; A. W. Fitzgerald (3), 20; 
A. W. Allison (2), 25; H. Sanford (o), 21; R. L. Spotts 
(0), 24; R. K. Spotts (5), 17; W. B. Short (3), 21; 
D. F. McMahon (1), 21; T. Lenane, Jr. (0), 20; W. E. 
Ferguson (3), 23; C. W. Berner (5), 23; H. H. Duden 
(4) , 21. Won by Mr. Allison on shoot-off. 
Visitors’ Trophy, Twenty-five Clay Pigeons (Handi¬ 
cap).—T. J. McCahill (3), 24; A. L. Burns (2), 23; A. 
G. McManus, (3), 22; A. B. Jones (3), 22; A. W. Fitz¬ 
gerald (5), 20; A. W. Allison (2), 25; H. Sanford (o), 23; 
R. L. Spotts (0), 22; R. K. Spotts (6), 22; W. B. 
Short (3), 24; D. F. McMahon (0), 19; T. Lenane, Jr. 
(3), 21; W. E. Ferguson (2), 25; C. W. Berner (5), 
19: H. IT. Duden (3), 23. Won by Mr. Allison on shoot- 
off. 
Take Home Trophy, Twenty-five Clay Pigeons (Handi¬ 
cap).—T. J. McCahill (3), 25; A. L. Burns (1), 22; A 
G. McManus (3), 24; A. B. Jones (3), 25; A. W. Fitz¬ 
gerald (4), 20; A. W. Allison (3), 25; S. Sanford (o), 
24; R. L. Spotts (0), 25; R. K. Spotts (6). 20; W. B. 
Short (1). 22; D. F. McMahon (0), 23; T. Lenane, Jr. 
(1), 18; W. E. Ferguson (2), 20; C. W. Berner (3), 25; 
II. II. Duden (4), 20. Won by R. L. Spotts. 
Accumulation Cup, Fifty Clay Pigeons (Handicap).— 
T. J. McCahill (4), 44; A. L. Burns (4), 45; A. G. 
McManus (6), 45; A. B. Jones (6), 42; A. W. Fitzgerald 
(10), 43; A. W. Allison (5), 44; H. Sanford (0), 43; R. 
L Spotts (o). 44; R. K. Spotts (10), 35; W. B. Short 
(6). 39; D. F. McMahon (2), 47; T. Lenane, Jr. (*), 37; 
W. E. Ferguson (6), 47; C. W. Berner (10), 43; II. H. 
Duden (6), 43. 
One Hundred and Twenty-five Clay Pigeons (Handi¬ 
cap).—T. J. McCahill (13), 117; A. L. Burns (7), 111; 
A. G. McManus (15), 112; A. B. Jones (15), 117; A. \V. 
Fitzgerald (24), 103; A. W. Allison (12), 120; H. Sanford 
(o), 113; R. L. Spotts (0), 113; R. K. Spotts (27), 94; 
W. B. Short (13), 106; D. F. McMahon (3), no; T„ 
Lenane, Jr. (6), 96; W. E. Ferguson (13). no; C. W. 
Berner (23), no; H. IT. Duden (17), 107. Won by A. W. 
Allison. 
One Hundred and Fifty Clay Pigeons (Scratch).—T. 
J. McCahill, 128; A. L. Burns, 124; A. G. McManus, 
112; A. B. Jones, 119; A. W. Fitzgerald, 95; A. W. 
Allison, 127; H. Sanford, 135; R. L. Spotts, 136; R. K. 
Spotts, 83; W. B. Short, 115; D. F. McMahon, 131; T. 
Lenane, Jr., 107; W. E. Ferguson, 118; C. W. Berner, 
105; H. H. Duden, 113. Won by R. L. Spotts. 
Take Home Trophy, Twenty-five Clay Pigeons (Hand’ 
icap).—A. L. Burns (2), 24; A. W. Fitzgerald (5), 25; 
A. W. Allison (4), 22; H. Sanford (1), 17; R. L. Spotts 
(0), 19; D. F. McMahon (1), 24; C. W. Berner (6), 23. 
Won by Mr. Berner on shoot-off. 
White Plains Gun Club. 
Eighteen shooters faced the traps at the White Plains 
Gun Club’s regular shoot held at the Gedney Farms 
Hotel, White Plains, yesterday. A stiff wind blowing 
across the traps kept the shooters busy trying to find 
the targets, which at times were very difficult to hit. 
T. H. Lawrence was high gun for the day with 76, Dr. 
Martin and Tom Davis tied for second honors with 74 
each, while Pop Ward took third place with 69. After 
the shoot was over a meeting of the club was held. J. 
H. Finch was elected field captain, and Dr. C. F. 
Healy was selected as a member of the board of gov¬ 
ernors to fill the vacancy caused by Z. C. Offutt 'eaving 
New York. Final arrangements were made for the 
White Plains Handicap shoot, which is to be held on 
Thursday. February 12. The scores: 
E. R. Pardee, 12—63—75; T. H. Lawrence, 8—75—84; 
Dr. C. F. Healy, 16—41—57; C. H. Hadlock, 16—64—80; 
Dr. G. IT. Martin, 4—74—78; R. P. Ray, 12—43—57, June 
Houghton, 40—32—72; M. Bond, 20—56—76; Mrs. F. 
Rodgers, 32—48—80; E. Carpenter, 4—68—72; J. H. Finch, 
8—60—68; F. Rodgers, 12—48—60: E. F. Ward, 4—60—73; 
Tom Davis, 8—74—82; Prof. Hill, 8—67—75; Guy Ward. 
4—67—71; T. Core, 12—56—68; T. De Nyse, 12—48—60 
FROM WILMONT, MINNESOTA. 
All those hunting in this country are told to 
keep off my land. All those I catch on it will be 
fined for it, as there was one colt shot by a 22 
rifle which was examined by the doctor. 
LAMKO WAALKENS. 
