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the 20yds. mark. W'm. Ridley gave the winner a close 
rim and finished only one behind, with H. Snyder but 
two less. Fred Bills and Geo. Crosby tied on 86; Geo. 
Grubb and Fred Caldwell 84. The scores: 
Ed Jenkins .T3 
Fred Bills .S6 
Art Killam . 80 
Geo Maxwell .80 
Fred Caldwell . 84 
Del Gross . 
H Snyder . 88 
Guy Cooper . 78 
G W Nicolai . 90 
V H Green . 68 
G K Maekie .72 
H Dixon . 81 
L Erhardt . 64 
Tay Graham .83 
E Houghton .81 
Chas Ditto .79 
Ed O’Brien . 83 
\Vm Ridley . 89 
E W I’arner.86 
W’m Goeller .83 
W' Baggerman .76 
Fred Call .68 
Ross King .82 
F Luther . 73 
Geo King . 68 
H Slferman . 68 
E T Gibbs . 79 
Geo Grubb .84 
Geo Crosby . 86 
R D Morgan .84 
Shooting the whole program, including the handicap 
of 100 targets, a grand total of 575 blue rocks, Fred 
Bills, the Chicago expert, topped all his pards with 
526; Ed O’Brien, the old short-grass shooter, accounted 
for 519: then came on the new shooter for this class 
who is generally known in Illinois as “Jay,” with 514; 
last, but not the least attractive shooters was the well- 
known one-arm.ed man, who is endeavoring to break in 
a new gun, and he made 491. 
These “show me” Missouri fellows were to the 
front in one, two, three order, and Nicolai made 518, 
Dixon 513 and Snyder 511, with the Iowa crack, Ridley, 
fourth. 
And now we must call your attention to something 
that you will more than likely not read about in the 
FonEST AND Stream for the next twelve months, viz., 
that of the Great Western Amateur Handicap at ^ live 
pigeons with an entrance of $16.25, purse divided and 
guaranteed as follows; First, $125, second $100, third 
$75, fourth $50. 
Many of the readers must eall to mind that in 1902 
the last grand American live-bird event was patted off 
here, and it was such a large affair and attraeted so 
mueh attention, that it virtually stopped pigeon shoot¬ 
ing in nearly all States, and the Interstate Association 
was compelled to pass it up. 
The shooters were handicapped by distance accord¬ 
ing to their known ability by the following well-known 
committee: Geo. R. Maekie, Scammon, Kans.; V. H. 
Greene, Kansas City, Mo.; J. W. Harlan, Kansas City, 
Mo.; Wm. Baggerman, of St. Louis, Mo. G. W. 
Schroeder was on the committee, but whatever happened 
neither he nor Dan Bray, Dick Linderman, nor any 
of the old-timers from the great State of Nebraska were 
present, which was regreted, for they on many occasions 
made all other State teams take notice. 
Geo Nicolai did not miss his last bird, but a much 
older shooter, F. N. Cockrell, did, else there would have 
been another tie for the gold watch; as it was Hough¬ 
ton got in with 24 after having lost one early in the 
race. This man Houghton lives in the far away north 
country, but the handicap committee had evidently 
heard from him, as he had to go to the 32yds. mark. 
Another 32yds. man, after going ten straight was dis¬ 
posed to withdraw after being scored lost on an im¬ 
perfect gun. The shoot-off was settled at the end of 
the 5th round, as Houghton got a little behind a fast one. 
The scores; 
F N Cockrell, 30... 
.... 23 
W Baggerman, 330 
...21 
Dr F M Plank, 30.. 
.... 21 
E J Gibbs, 28. 
R B Elliott, 30 ... 
.... 22 
Geo King, 29. 
...15 
R W King, 29. 
.... 17 
M Thompson, 31_ 
...23 
Geo Nicolai, 32. 
.... 24 
L Tucker, 30. 
...21 
Ed Jenkins, 30 _ 
....17 
G H Davi's, 29. 
...19 
R Thompson, 32.... 
.... 22 
Eugene Howe, 30_ 
...21 
Geo Grubb, 31 . 
.... 18 
A F Rickmers, 30.. 
...21 
Chas Ditto, 31. 
.... 21 
B F Eaton, 30. 
...21 
V H Greene, 30. 
.... 21 
A E Thomas, 30_ 
...18 
G K Maekie, 31_ 
.... 21 
F Luther, 28. 
...18 
H Dixon, 31. 
.... 20 
C Freel, 30 . 
...17 
H E Snyder, 32_ 
_w. 
Guy Cooper, 28. 
...23 
E S Houghton, 32.. 
.... 24 
Jesse Wells. 27. 
...22 
J W Harlan, 29 .... 
.... 21 
G Stockwelf, Tr. 29. 
...22 
J H Harlan, 29. 
.... 18 
A Ellet, 27 . 
...18 
W Ridley, 31. 
.... 19 
F Miller, 29. 
...21 
J T Roth, 31. 
.... 20 
E E Hairgrove, 30... 
...23 
Shoot-ofT 
Nicolai . 
902’?2 
Houghton . 
.11110 
Glenwood Country Club. 
Glenwood, L. I., Feb. 15.—A number of ties added 
to the interest here to-day. Scores follow: 
Silkworth cup, 15 targets, handicap; J. C. Jackson, 
(2) 47, C. W. Berner (2) 47, W. Silkworth (0) 46, D. 
Edgar .Smith (3) 45 H. J. Hornung (7) 43, L. E. K. 
White (5) 37, J. S. Crosby (4) 36, J. L. Bergen (4) 34, 
H. Berner (3) 31. 
Sweepstakes, 25 clay birds, handicap: Silkworth (0) 23, 
Hornung (7) 23 White (5) 22, C. W. Berner (2) 23, 
Smith (3) 21, Crosby (4) 21, Bergen (6) 20, H. Berner 
(3) 17. Shoot-off: Silkworth 23, Hornung 15. 
Sweepstake, 25 clay birds, handicap: J. S. Crosby (5) 
23, C. W. Berner (2) 23, Smith (4) 22, Silkworth (0) 22, 
Hornung (8) 22, White (6) 20. Shoot-off: Berner 22, 
Crosby 20. 
Sweepstakes, 25 clay birds, handicap: Silkworth (0) 2.3, 
Hornung (7) 23, Crosby (4) 21, Smith (3) 21. 
Sweepstakes, 25 clay birds, handicap: Tackson (3) 
25, J. I. Bergen (4) 22, Crosby (4) 20. 
Sweepstakes, 25 clay birds, handicap: Jackson (0) 21. 
Bergen (4) 20, Crosby (4) 17. 
New York State Association. 
The New York State Sportsmen’s Association could 
net have made a better selection in choosing a president 
than the one made at their regular annual meeting held 
in Syracuse in June of 1912, when they named B. V. 
Covert, of Lockport, who was at that time president of 
the Buffalo. Audubon Club. C. F. Lambert was elected 
secretary-treasurer, .ind no more enthusiastic sportsman 
or capable official could have been named. 
With such men at the head, assisted by other mem¬ 
bers and clubs of the New York State Association, sit¬ 
uated in every part of the State, the coming annual 
meeting and tournament is an assured success. Shooters 
will gather from every corner of the State for this tour¬ 
nament to test their skill, in friendly competition at the 
traps under the auspices of the Buffalo Audubon Club, 
on June 9, 10, 11 and 12. The first day will be practice 
day, and each succeeding day will be reserved for reg¬ 
ular State-wide competition. 
The moneys will be divided under an equitable sys¬ 
tem, which will insure as fair a division as is possible. 
The Squier money-back system will apply to each in¬ 
dividual day’s performance, by which means amateurs 
who are not so adept at the sport as some of the others 
will be fully protected. 
It will be the aim of the management to cater par¬ 
ticularly to the SO and 85 per cent, shooters, who are in 
reality the backbone of the sport, and cannot, under 
ordinary circumstances, break even. 
The Audubon Club is very fortunate in having a 
corps of shooters who are always able to hold their 
own in the fastest company, as evidenced by the splendid 
record of Messrs. Wright and Covert at the Pinehurst 
midwinter tournament, held at Pinehurst, N. C., the latter 
part of January. Wright was high gun over all amateurs 
and professionals, with the splendid performance of 572 
dead out of a total or 600 targets shot at, being 6 targets 
to the good over the next high man. Twice he had 
scores of 98 out of lOO and two runs of over 75 without 
a miss. W'right is at present champion of the State of 
New York._ and will be ealled upon to defend his title 
at the coming tournament. Covert did not shoot quite 
so brilliantly as Wright, excepting in the preliminarv 
handicap event, when from the 18yd. mark he smashed 
95 out of the 100, being a tie with that sterling shot, 
Allen Heil, of Allentown, Pa. 
In the shoot-off at 25 targets to decide the winner 
of the beautiful trophy and purse. Covert showed the 
stuff he is made of by breaking straight, while his op¬ 
ponent scored 22. 
Besides the sweepstakes events at the coming tourna¬ 
ment, there will be a merchandise_ event, at which prizs 
amounting to over $1000 will be distributed to the lucky 
winners. In this event, as in all others, the management 
will make a supreme effort to protect the poorer shooters. 
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