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FOREST AND STREAM 
Aug. 31, 1912 
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Great Scores Made With 
SHELLS 
“steel where steel belongs” 
In Challenge Match for £. C. Cup 
at the Cincinnati Gun Club, August 24, 1912, H. D. Freeman, 
holder, and J. S. Day, challenger, contested for this trophy, em¬ 
blematic of the WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP, with the 
following result: 
Singles Expert Rules Doubles TOTAL 
Day - - - 98 48 42 188 out of 200 
Freeman - 97 44 42 183 “ “ 200 
Both shot Peters P Shells, and both scores exceeded any ever made with other makes 
of ammunition in the history of this cup, which has been in competition since 1896 . 
Peters Shells will outshoot all others under any conditions 
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Greenwich Gun Club. 
Greenwich, Conn., Aug. 24. —Following are the re¬ 
sults, of shoot held at Island Beach. Event No. 2, for 
leg on Du Pont trophy, was won by J. H. Finch. (The 
Du Pont trophy has now been shot for five times, and 
no one has won more than one leg.) Quite a number 
are expected to shoot here Labor Day, and from re¬ 
ports so far, there will be as many at the fall tourna¬ 
ment, Sept. 14, as shot here July 4. Programs will be 
shot both days, rain or shine. 
786. 
t —Singles^, 
,—Doubles—, 
25 25 25 25 15 
Shot at. 
Broke 
C Martin . 
. 20 16 24 15 .. 
24 
14 
F F Rogers. 
.17 18 17 15 .. 
48 
41 
1 H Finch . 
. 22 22 24 23 .. 
48 
26 
Miss L M Boles. 
. 13 14 15 16 .. 
G Luke . 
. 18 19 16 .. 11 
P A Raymond. 
. 21 23 .. 13 
20 
i9 
H Thomas . 
. 9. 
B G Saunders . 
. 19 12 6 11 10 
J. IT. 
Finch, 
Capt. 
Du Pont Gun Club. 
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 18.—J. H. Minnick, with a’ 
straight score of 25, v.on the Du Pont spoon event in 
Class A, at the Du Pont Gun Club’s grounds yesterday. 
H. W. Bush and Stanley Tuchton tied at 23 in Class ft. 
W. Anderson, Jr., won Class C by breaking 24 out of 
25 targets, and J. A. MacMullen was the victor in 
Class D, with a score of 20. Minnick was also high 
man for the day, making the remarkable score of 99 out 
of 100. Other high men were: W. M. Hammond 95, 
J B. McHugh 93,_ W. A. Joslyn 93, W. Edmanson 92. 
The results in the challenge matches were: Class A— 
E. A. W. Everitt (holder), 41; J. H. Minnick (chal¬ 
lenger), 49. Class B—Clyde Leedom (holder), 36: Star,, 
ley Tuchton (challenger), 45. Class D—J. A. MacMullen 
(holder), 36; Albert Bird (challenger), 27. 
Other scores were: W. Edmanson 21, N. K. Smith 16, 
H. W. Bush 23, Thorpe Martin 20, Clyde Leedom 22, 
W. C. Wood 23, H. P. Carlon 20, J. A. MacMullen 20, 
T. E Doremus 18, J. H. Minnick 23, J. B. McHugh 
22, W. A. Joslyn 23, W. M. Hammond 24, F. P. Ewing 
10, F. A. W. Everitt 23. J. W. Mathews 11, L. L. jar. 
rel! IS, Dr. H. Betts 18, Stanley Tuchton 23, W. H. 
Hitchcock 20, J. W. Anderson, Jr., 24, T. W. Mathew 
son 22, A. Bird 17, George A. Pierce 12, Dr. A. Pater¬ 
son 21, J. H. Thomas 15, Dr. E. W. Kraiker 14. 
Aug. 24.—Twenty marksmen took part in the weekly 
shoot of the Du Pont Gun Club to day. The principal 
event was the shoot for the F. L. Connable trophy. H. 
W. Bush, shooting from 20yds., was the winner with 22 
out of 25. 
In a shoot for the Class B challenge cup, Mr. Bush 
also defeated the holder, Stanley Tuchton, by a score 
of 42 to 40. J. A. MacMullen, the holder of Class D 
challenge cup, was challenged by Albert Bird. MacMul¬ 
len won, the score being 36 to 34. H. L. Worthington, 
cf Rising Sun, Md., was a visitor. He shot in several 
events. 
The scores in the Connable cup contest, out of a 
possible 25, were: 
Hdcp. Brk. 
Hdcp. Brk. 
H 
W Bush... 
.. 20 
22 
S T Newman.. 
.. 18 
14 
1 
Anderson, T 
r. 20 
21 
R Whitworth . 
.. 18 
16 
W 
A Joslyn.. 
.. 22 
20 
W Hitchcock. 
.. 20 
15 
W 
Edmanson 
.. 21 
10 
T H Stademan 
.. 16 
14 
H 
P Carlon... 
92 
10 
Dr IT Betts... 
.. 18 
13 
R 
L Conner... 
.. 18 
19 
R P Choate... 
.. 18 
18 
C 
Leedom ... 
.. 20 
20 
T Mathewson. 
.. 20 
12 
S 
F Tuchton. 
.. 20 
17 
L C Lyon. 
.. 20 
18 
J 
H Minnick. 
.. 22 
17 
F P Ewing.... 
.. 18 
15 
Twenty-five targets: W. Edmanson 23, W. A. Jos¬ 
lyn 24, H. W. Bush 22, H. L. Worthington 24, IT. P. 
Carlon 22 S. J. Newman 14, R. L. Conner 19, J. W. An¬ 
derson, Jr., 21, S. F. Tuchton 17, R. Whitworth 16, T. 
W. Mathewson, 21, Clyde Leedom 22, F. P. Ewing 15, 
W. H. Hitchcock 16, T. H. Stadleman 14, Dr. H. Betts 
13, L. C. Lyon 18, R. P. Choate 18, J. H. Minnick 23. 
Dayton (Ohio) Sharpshooters. 
The club, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, organ¬ 
izations of riflemen in the country, will hold its fiftieth 
annual king medal shoot on Sept. 11 and 12. The range 
is located four miles south of the city on the Ohio 
Electric Line, and is probably the best equipped range 
in the State, barring that at Camp Perry. The shooting 
is all at 200yds., on seven targets, installed in a large 
cement pit, with telephone connections with the firing 
points. There will be $100 in gold added in the per¬ 
centage events, and several special trophies have also 
been donated. On the first day there will be six 
matches, with ten moneys in each—17, 13, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 
4, 3 and 2 per cent, of entrance money, respectively, 
with $5 added to first money in each match, and $5 
added for best total of three tickets in each match. The 
first three matches begin at 9 A. M., and close at 12:30 
P. M. No. 1. on targets 1, 2 and 3, off-hand, 200yds., 
German ring, 12in. black bullseye, %in. rings, three shots, 
possible 75. No. 2, on targets 4 and 5, bench rest, 12in. 
black and 12in. white bullseye, %in. rings, three shots, 
possible 72. No. 3, targets 6 and 7, muzzle rest, 12in. 
white bullseye, %in. ring, three shots, possible 72. The 
last three matches begin at 1 P. M. and close at 5:30. 
No. 4, targets 1, 2 and 3. off-hand, conditions and prizes 
same as in No. 1. No. 5, targets, 4 and 5, bench rest, 
conditions same as in No. 2. Match No. 6, targets 6 
and 7, muzzle rest, same conditions as in No. 3. 
On the second day there will be four matches, in 
addition to the regular monthly cup and annual king 
events. These latter will be shot on targets 6 and 7, and 
are open to members only. Prizes, a $20 king medal 
and merchandise. There will be no bench rest matches 
on (his day. Match No. 7, on targets 1, 2 and 3, off-hand, 
conditions and moneys same as in Match No. 1. Match 
No.- 8, targets 4 and 5, muzzle rest, same conditions as 
in match No. 2, except that both targets will have the 
12in. white bullseye. Matches Nos. 9 and 10 will begin 
at 1 P. M. and close at 5:30, and are under same con¬ 
ditions as Nos. 7 and $ respectively. 
Pligh-power ammunition and palm rest are barred. 
Any sight except telescopic allowed, and any trigger pull. 
All ties must be shot off, one shot to decide. If again 
tied, then another until settled. Contestants can win 
hut one prize in each match, except added money. 
The president’s special, a silver cup donated by D. 
D. Bergk, for two highest scores on record in the muz¬ 
zle and bench rest percentage matches both days. Sec¬ 
retary’s special, silver cup, donated by Chas. W. San¬ 
der, for two highest scores on record in offhand matches 
both days. These are epen to all. Silver cups donated 
by the Schwind Realty Company and Frank G. Meyer, 
open only to club members. Hand-painted loving cup, 
donated by W. R. Wallaston, for most 24s recorded in 
the muzzle, bench and membership matches on both 
days. 
The committee on arrangements "Consists of D. D. 
Bergk, J. C. ITahne, Gustav H. Sander C. W. Sander 
and A. Schwind. 
All riflemen are cordially invited to be present and 
participate, and help make this Golden Jubilee a succf?» 
Colonial Revolver Club. 
Scores made at regular weekly shoot of Colonial Re¬ 
volver Club, Aug. 17: 
Target revolver or pistol, slow fire, in 10-shot scores, 
possible 100: 
C C Crossman . 
. 96 
85 
91 
88 
89—449 
W C Ayer. 
. 92 
90 
84 
96 
85—447 
E A Krondl. 
. 97 
87 
91 
86 
84—445 
\V L Schrader . 
. 91 
88 
85 
89 
90—443 
G C Olcott. 
. 90 
89 
82 
90 
88—438 
Paul Frese . 
. 84 
91 
90 
83 
81—429 
T E Bunding. 
. 87 
85 
82 
88 
86—428 
T. M Rumsey. 
. 82 
SO 
84 
79 
86—411 
E A Stosberg . 
. 81 
79 
83 
84 
80—407 
Ayer used revolver, balance pistols. 
Military revolver, rapid-fire, in 5-shot scores, pos¬ 
sible 250 per string of 25 shots: 
W C Ayer.184 141 F G Ingalls.162 143 
G C Olcott.171 13- 
Pocket revolver, timed fire, in 5-shot scores, pos¬ 
sible 250 per string of 25 shots: R. J. Russell 188, 175, 
183, 200. 
Rifle balls, 50 per man: Crossman 36, Ingalls 19, 
Schrader 18, Olcott 18, Bunding 17. 
Shotgun scores, figures in parentheses denote number 
shot at: Crossman (75) 55, Russell (50) 34, Bunding (50) 
32, Ingalls (25) 17. 
Secretary. 
Forest and Stream may be ordered from any news¬ 
dealer. Ask your dealer to supply you regularly. 
