Aug. 3, 1912 
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Northern Kentucky Gun Club. 
July 28 was not an ideal day for trapshooting, the 
sky was covered with heavy clouds most of the time, 
causing a very poor light, and drifting smoke made a 
background against which it was extremely difficult to 
see the targets; then, too, there was a strong wind blow¬ 
ing across the traps which made the targets do all sorts 
of unexpected stunts which kept the shooters guessing. 
The shoot was the best attended of this season’s series 
of monthly money-back tournaments, over twenty men 
facing the traps during the shoot. Among the out-of- 
town shooters present were: A. C. Blair and H. 
Humston, of Xenia, Ohio; F. Fuchs and G. A. Beard, 
of Evansville, Ind.; W. Green and W. H. Hall, Mays- 
ville, Ky.; Ed Cain and Ike Brandenburg, of Dayton, 
Ohio; L. Bittner, H. Hessler and C. Davis, _ of Mt. 
Healthy, Ohio, and Stickles, of Hamilton, Ohio. The 
office work was in charge of Mr. Lamb, and John 
Braunagle acted as referee and scorer. Shooting began 
about 11 o’clock, and was continued until after five, a 
couple of special events being shot after the regu ar 
program was finished. 
The program consisted of ten 15-target events, money 
divided 4, 3, 2, 1, Rose system in the first five and per¬ 
centage, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent in the last five. The 
moneyback purse amounted to $39.50, and there were 
ten shooters with total losses of $44.95, in sums rang’ng 
from 31 cents to $9.52. All losses were guaranteed by 
the club, so that no one was out anything. 
High score was made by Stickles, 143; second lv'gh 
amateur was W. Green with 140, and Hammerschmidt 
got in third place with 137. C. O. Le Compte, pro¬ 
fessional, was second high man for the day with 141. 
The special handicap event was won by L. Bittner from 
17yds., with only one miss; Capt. G. Dameron came 
second, one target behind him, and Green and Hammer¬ 
schmidt tied for third place. 
The last event of the afternoon was at 50 pairs of 
doubles, with four entries. W. R. Chamberlain, of 
Columbus, did very nice work, breaking 84, a remark¬ 
able' score under the hard conditions prevailing when 
this event was shot. His nearest competitor was T. S. 
Day, with 81; Le Compte broke 76, and G. A. Beard, 60. 
Day is getting into trim for his match with Freeman 
for the E. C. cup on Aug. 24, and will put up a good 
race. 
Programs for the club’s registered shoot, to be held 
on Aug. 15 and 16, are in the mails. There will be ten 
15-target events each day, with a special at 25 targets. 
A large crowd is expected, as many of the shortcrs in 
this section are working hard to qua'ify for the Po t 
*C O Le Compte. 
F Fuchs . 
G A Beard . 
W Green . 
W H Hall . 
A C Blair . 
H Humston . 
Cain . 
Black . 
Professionals. 
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The scores fo'low: 
141 
II Hessler . 
... 131 
120 
I. Bittner . 
... 125 
123 
Johnson . 
... 103 
140 
Stickles . 
... 143 
133 
Dameron . 
131 
Richards . 
... 125 
106 
Frohliger . 
... 119 
127 
*Holaday . 
... 136 
111 
Hammerschmidt ... 
... 137 
120 
C Davis 
134 
Special event, 25 targets, entrance $1.25, three moneys, 
50, 30 and 20 per cent., handicap yards: 
Green, 20 . “* * — • 
Stickles, 20 . 
Dameron, 19 . 
Hammerschmidt, 19 
Blair. 18 . 
Hessler, 18 . 
Hall, 18 . 
21 
19 
23 
21 
20 
19 
20 
L Bittner, 
Beard, 16 . 
Dr Gould, 17 
Richards, 17 .. 
Fuchs, 16 . 
Humston, 16 .. 
24 
19 
14 
21 
20 
18 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, N. J., July 28.—Appended are the scores 
ri ui 3 j r tn‘ monl; hly shoot of the Hudson Gun 
Elub, held to-day. The day was cool and pleasant for the 
game, with a stiff wind blowing across the traps, making 
the targets a little hard to get. J. E. Smith was high 
g ? 1 L w,th J an avera » e °f 91 per cent., having a straight run 
of 44, and being the best performance at our grounds for 
some time past. M. Wynne was the runner-up with an 
average of 89, and W. Roach finished in third place 
with 83. 
Our next shooting date will be on Aug. 11, and 
everybody is welcome to come out and use our traps. 
A full line of the standard trap loads are for sale at the 
grounds at popular prices. 
Targets: 
.J Williams .. 
W Hutchings . 
R Perry ..’ [ n 
C von Lengerke . 
W Buckman . 
Dr O’Brien . 
W Raymond . 
W £, oach . 19 21 20 23 19 
M Wynne . 23 18 22 22 22 
J K e ' le Y ,. 13 20 21 18 19 
J E Smith . 22 23 22 24 
J Whitley . 18 15 18 14 Vi 
T. H. K. 
25 25 25 25- 25 
19 20 19 19 2i 
18 20 18 19 21 
11 14 18 . 
19 18 19 18 18 
19 13 16 17 . 
16 21 22 17 15 
18 14 21 18 19 
Capt. Bogardus Retires. 
Capt. Andrew H. Bogardus, famed for forty years 
as the champion all-around gun shot of the world, an¬ 
nounced his retirement this week, and will handle a gun 
no more. He is now in his eightieth year, and has been 
a prominent figure before the public since 1868, when he 
first began to attract attention by his wonderful dexterity 
with a rifle. Capt. Bogardus was born in New York 
city, and commenced to shoot at the age of fifteen. He 
came to Illinois in 1856, and settled near Petersburg. He 
found ideal hunting conditions in the timber land of 
that district and this gave him ample opportunity to 
develop his talent with a gun. His first public appear¬ 
ance was in 1868, in St. Louis, when he entered a pigeon 
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shooting contest. Although this was the first trap¬ 
shooting in his experience, his skill won him first 
money. He was immediately matched with George 
Stanton, of Detroit, for $200 each, 50 birds to be killed 
by each. Capt. Bogardus, shot 46 and his opponent but 
40. This match was followed by hundreds of others the 
Central Illinoisan meeting all of the crack shots of the 
world, soon earning and holding the title of champion 
of the world. A large box is required to hold the badges, 
trophies and prizes of various kinds won. This collec¬ 
tion is one of the most remarkable of the kind in the 
world. During the visit of the late of King of England 
to the United States in the early 70s, Capt. Bogardus 
piloted him to the hunting grounds of Livingston county 
and other places, where the royal sportsman sought game 
and was his host on many fields. Capt. Bogardus also 
traveled for many years with the leading circuses of the 
country, giving a daily exhibition of his skill with the 
rifle. Of late years he was with Buffalo Bill. He was 
accompanied for a lime by his sons, who have also at¬ 
tained fame as marksmen, l'or the past few years, Capt. 
Bogardus has operated shooting galleries in his home 
city of Lincoln and various public parks of central 
Illinois. Ill-health decided him to retire. His decision 
will be learned with regret by friends all over the world. 
Canandaigua Sportsmen’s Club. 
Syracuse, N. Y., July 26.—An even dozen marksmen 
faced the traps at Lakeside Park to-day at the weekly 
shoot of Canandaigua Sportsman’s Club. One event, 
styled a “Jack Rabbit,” or a near approach to actual 
hunting conditions, created much amusement, and sev¬ 
eral shooters “grassed” their birds with regularity with 
the first or second barrel. Van Wormer was high gun 
for the silver spoon; Stoddard second, a cut-glass dish, 
and Eiseline third. 
The club will send a squad to 1 the Rochester Gun 
Club’s tournament, and also to the Holland Gun Club’s 
tournament at Batavia next month, when extra mer¬ 
chandise and trophy cup events will be competed. The 
Watts L. Richmond trophy, sanctioned by the New York 
State Sportsman’s Association as the western New York 
championship at inanimate targets, will be contested for 
at Batavia on Aug. 14. 
Scores of to-day follow: Van Wormer (15) 49, Stod¬ 
dard (6) 47, Eiseline (13) 43, Kibbe (13) 41, Barringer (15) 
38, Mason (0) 37; Stoddard 39, Mason 38, Richie 34, 
Cayward 33, Potter 27, Chesebro 16, Mason 14, Elliott 9, 
Van Wormer 7, Eiseline 6, Lacy 5. W. J. Kibbe. 
