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FOREST AND STREAM 
April 26, 1913 
Parker Gun Victories in 1912 
' I 'HE highest official average for the season of 1912 at both Single 
and Double Targets was made with Parker Guns. 
As on every previous occasion, the bona fide Championship of 
America was won with a Parker Gun, Mr. W. R. Crosby scoring 
198 X 200 targets at 18 yards rise. Same man, same gun, made the World’s 
Record, scoring 98 x 100 targets at 23 yards, which is a truly wonderful 
performance. 
Small bore Parker Guns are recognized as the Standard Game Guns of America 
and are gaining in popularity every season with the most progressive sportsmen. 
For full information regarding guns in gauges from 8 to 28, address 
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Messina Springs Gun Club, 
SYR.'irt;sE, N. Y., April 17.—^The first handicap reg- 
istered Squier money-back tournament of Messina 
Springs Gun Club was held at Syracuse to-day tiirought 
out over fifty shooters for program. Total for the day, 
sixty-six. This proves that if gun clubs wish to draw 
•out the shooters, the way to do it is handicap every one. 
Not until the last gun was fired was anybody able to 
^11 who was going to be at the top and get the money. 
This is something that has not taken place in some time, 
because heretofore all the really good gunners got the 
money and the shoots were not well attended. 
Results show the advantage of handicapping shoot¬ 
ers so as to make clay bird shooting popular. No mat¬ 
ter how much money a man has, he likes to. have a 
fighting chance for it. The entry would have' been a 
great deal larger if the weather had been warmer. 
Other gun clubs should do something toward giving 
every shooter an equal chance. 
High amateur gun went to E. Snook with 133 out 
of 150 from 20yd. line. His roll of green for this ex¬ 
cellent effort amounted to $19.50. C. L. Frantz, on same 
mark, took second with 12S, and carried away geld total¬ 
ing $14.60. A. C. Denning came into next high lucre 
with 126 from ISyds., and was handed $9.75. 
High up in the wads-for-professional siniters of the 
dried clay, was old Brother Neaf Apgar, who with all 
the other selling talk artists shot from 16yds. Neaf 
robbed the quarries of 142 rocks. Harry Stevens cleared 
the ambient atmosphere of 1-38 black smudges, while 
good ole McMurchy smote to destruction 135 aero- 
saucers. 
Nine thousand two hundred and ninety-five rocks 
were pulled and every shooter went away satisfied that 
he had a fair shake. 
Yards. 
Shot at. 
Broke. 
Mdse. 
G H Pumpelly . 
. 20 
150 
118 
19 
T E Clay. 
. 20 
150 
122 
24 
G M Phillips. 
. 20 
150 
122 
19 
W E Corfield. 
. 20 
150 
113 
23 
A W Meagher. 
. 20 
150 
121 
19 
W E Hookway.. 
. 19 
150 
120 
23 
Geo H Mann. 
. IS 
1.50 
103 
E A Wadsworth . 
. 19 
150 
119 
S H Loomis . 
. 19 
150 
122 
20 
R Hunter . 
. 18 
150 
124 
19 
C L Frantz. 
. 20 
150 
128 
24 
H W Smith. 
. 20 
150 
117 
15 
R G Wheeler. 
. 20 
150 
116 
19 
E Snook . 
. 20 
150 
133 
18 
J Montgomery . 
. 19 
150 
111 
18 
T T .Scott. 
150 
100 
i> Wadsworth . 
150 
123 
99 
A C Dennins:. 
150 
126 
23 
J S Conley. 
150 
129, 
21 
A M Tones. 
150 
108 
22 
1 Weiss . 
150 
lOO 
17 
H Pandergast . 
150 
112 
16 
JJ E l^illis . 
150 
118 
20 
Marvin . 
150 
103 
17 
1 ^ Flan.im. 
150 
1991 
23 
M T Reddy. 
150 
120 
D Houseman . 
150 
113 
S ]^owIer . 
150 
108 
G W Parker. 
150 
97 
19 
D Colwell . 
150 
115 
21 
F Earnshaw . 
... 17 
150 
93 
17 
A T Davenport . 
150 
117 
23 
H T Mallery. 
... 16 
150 
105 
24 
G W Sherman. 
... 16 
150 
88 
21 
G Hunter, Jr. 
... 16 
150 
115 
Frank Delts . 
150 
108 
Stillwell . 
... 19 
150 
109 
16 
Pierce Shane . 
... 18 
150 
93 
19 
C T Dailey. 
150 
112 
23 
B F Fellows, Jr. 
... 18 
150 
106 
20 
N Apgar . 
... 16 
150 
142 
Geo Hassam . 
... 16 
150 
131 
W D Darton. 
... 16 
150 
134 
FT McMurchy ... 
... 16 
150 
135 
II Stevens . 
... 16 
150 
138 
A Sauers . 
120 
64 
J Wildner . 
150 
118 
2i 
II Conners . 
150 
110 
13 
J Buell . 
150 
114 
C W Hobbie. 
15 
12 
T Breen . 
60 
35 
ie 
M Windhauser . 
60 
44 
17 
Geo Bartoo . 
19 
Windhauser, Jr. 
20 
B T O’Grady. 
75 
60 
21 
H Mills . 
45 
25 
20 
T Lundy . 
GO 
39 
20 
L J vSanford . 
21 
Dr Pendergast . 
20 
A J L Pendergast. 
20 
L Casse . 
30 
is 
Dr W M Pendergast.... 
19 
F Steves ... 
19 
Ed Auen . 
15 
Ben Auen . 
99 
E W .Snook. 
30 
i7 
15 
Geo. R. Gunn was 
cashier, 
and, as 
always. 
per 
formed his duties in a manner pleasing to all. The 
gunners of Syracuse and vicinity extend their most 
cordial thanks to Mr. Gunn. W. E. Hookway. 
Sea Side Gun Club. 
Bridgeport, Conn., April 19. — The last shoot of the 
winter series v/as held by the Sea Side Gun Club to¬ 
day, and there was something doing from the firing 
of the first gun. A northwest gale made it a day of 
low scores, but with several of the season’s events to 
be decided by the results of the day, it kept every¬ 
body on edge all the afternoon 
Principal interest was centered in the President’s 
and the handicap cup events, no one having won the 
second leg in either of these events, except President 
Lyon,- who had won a leg three times, but being the 
donor of the cup and not caring to win it himself, he 
withdrew, leaving the other seven winners to shoot off 
in a 25-targets event. Wilson, scratch, and Adams' with 
2 handicap tied at 24 each in the shoot-off, and in the 
next trial Adams won by one target with his 2 handi¬ 
cap. In the handicap cup event. Senior, scratch, Kel¬ 
logg, 1 handicap, and Adams, 2 handicap, tied at 25, 
Kellogg winning out in the shoot-off by one bird, 
giving him the cup, he having previously won a leg 
in this event. 
The Island Brook cup was won by Blatz, he being 
the only one having won two legs in this event. 
The high gun trophy for the season, scratch event, 
,S00 targets, was won by Wilson with a total score of 
736. Senior was second with 732. 
The high gun trophy for the season, handicap, 800 
targets, went to E. Lewis with a total score of 739 
actual breaks out of 689. 
The two-man team race was won by Senior and 
Southey with a score of 720 out of 800. 
The first shoot of the summer program will be held 
May 10. 
Following are the scores of to-day: 
President’s cup, 
, 50 
targets, handicap: 
Senior . 
.. 0 
43 
E Lewis . 
..1 
41 
Billings . 
.. 6 
48' 
Kellogg . 
.3 
40 
W Smith . 
.. 3 
42 
Cate . 
. 0 
39 
Fox . 
.. 2 
42 
Lyon . 
. 0 
39 
Hall . 
.. 1 
42 
R Lewis . 
.1 
39 
Southey . 
0 
41 
Blatz . 
9 
37’ 
Adams . 
.. b 
41 
Vanstone . 
. 0 
36 
Sterling . 
.. 3 
41 
Hubbard . 
. 7 
36 
Handicap cup. 
25 targets 
Senior . 
.. 0 
24 
Sterling . 
.1 
21 
Adams . 
.. 2 
24 
Billings .. 
. 3 
21 
Kellogg . 
... 1 
24 
Flail . 
. 0 
20 
Wilson . 
.. 0 
23 
Lyon .. 
. 0 
19 
Cate . 
.. 0 
22 
Blatz .. 
. 1 
19 
W Smith . 
... 1 
22 
Hubbard . 
. 3 
19 
Vanstone . 
.. 0 
21 
R Lewis . 
. 1 
18 
E Lewis . 
... 0 
21 
Fox . 
. 1 
17 
Southey . 
... 0 
21 
Kellogg won the shoot-off. 
Island Brc ok cup, 25 targets, handicap: 
Hubbard .... 
. 3 
25 
Cate . 
E Lewis .... 
. 0 
22 
Adams . 
Kellogg . 
. 1 
22 
Hall . 
Blatz . 
.1 
22 
R Lewis .. 
. 0 
21 
I’anstone ... 
.0 
21 
Wilson . 
. 0 
21 
W Smith . 
Sterling . 
.1 
21 
Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters’ League. 
The first tournament of the Western Pennsylvania 
Trapshooters’ League will be given under the auspices 
of the United Gun Club, Pitcairn, Pa. To reach shoot¬ 
ing grounds, take Pennsylvania Railroad or Ardmore 
Express _ Trolley to Pitcairn. Shooting grounds are 
within sight of depot. No sweep entrance is charged. 
The entrance fee is for targets only. The league donates 
the money. In 1909 the League paid $720 average money; 
in 1910, $950: in 1911, $594.30; in 1912, $890. Of those 
shooting in four shoots a year 90 per cent. won. This 
year all who shoot in four of the five shoots should share 
in the average moneys, because there will be several 
more moneys to the class. There will be $20 added to 
each shoot, and $100 added to season’s purse. The sea¬ 
son's purse should be about $200. You have a chance 
to win. Four handsome solid gold fobs have been pur¬ 
chased for the winners of the season’s average. To each 
class is assigned a trophy. The five high guns in each 
class will shoot off for these—100 targets per man. The 
president’s cup, donated by L. Lautenslager, goes to the 
contestant making the highest season’s average. The 
program consists of ten 15-target events, $3 entrance, 
open to all amateurs. The League donates one-half of 
this entrance to establish a purse, to which will be 
added $20. 'This purse to be equally divided among four 
classes—A, B, C, and D. One to five shooters, two 
moneys, 3, 2, point division; six to ten shooters, three 
moneys; 3, 2, 1; 11 tO' 15 shooters, four moneys—4, 3, 2, 1^ 
16 to 20 shooters, five moneys, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1; 21 to 25 
shooters, six moneys—6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. To insure the most 
equitable division of the average money, one-fourth of 
the amateurs shooting through the program shall con¬ 
stitute a class. For example, if forty-eight shoot through, 
the twelve high men shall constitute class A; the ne.xt 
twelve, Class B; the next twelve, Class C, and the ne.xt 
twelve, Class D. An equal amount of money, an equal 
number of contestants of equal shooting ability. Lunch 
will be served on the grounds; also loaded shells for 
sale on grounds. Price of targets included in all en¬ 
trances. This tournament is registered with the Inter¬ 
state Association. Further information relative to the 
tournament will be cheerfully furnished by J. A. Penrod, 
Pitcairn, Pa. Guns and ammunition forwarded by ex¬ 
press, prepaid, and sent to M. D. Salyards, Pitcairn, Pa., 
will be delivered at the shooting grounds without charge. 
Mark your own name on the box goods are sent in. 
