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FOREST AND STREAM 
Sept. 7, 1912 
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Great Scores Made With 
SHELLS 
66 steel where steel belongs" 
In Challenge Match for E. 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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Massachusetts State Trapshooting Association. 
The second annual tournament of the Massachusetts 
State Trapshooting Association will be held on the U. S. 
M. A. A. grounds, Beverly, Mass, Sept. 12-14. There 
will be $400 in prizes. Targets 2 cents each. Shooting 
begins at 9:30 A. M., rain or shine. Practice before 
and after program if time permits. All shooting, 16yds., 
unknown angles. Popular brands of ammunition for sale 
on grounds. Interstate rules to govern. Referee’s de¬ 
cision final in all cases. Contestants are requested to 
make entry for the day. Money will be returned for 
events not shot in. Trade experts are cordially invited 
to attend and to shoot for targets only. Dinner served 
at the United Shoe Machinery Co.’s restaurant, or at 
the new club _ house. All guns and shells shipped 
to the United Shoe Machinery Co., Beverly, Mass., in 
care of W. R. Hurd, 2d, express prepaid, and arriving 
not later than Sept. 11, will be delivered at the grounds 
free of charge. 
The program for practice day will include five 20- 
target events. For Day one, ten 15-target events; five- 
man team event for State championship. Second day, 
same program, with individual State championship. 
Money will be divided Rose system in regular pro¬ 
gram, ratio cf points, 5, 3, 2, 1. Optional sweepstakes, 
percentage system, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent., class 
shooting. Ten entries and under, three moneys, 50, 30 
and 20 per cent. To be eligible for the Squier money- 
back system a contestant must compete in all regular 
program events. 
The optional _ sweeps are separate from the regular 
program, and it is optional with the contestant whether 
or not he makes entry for them. The Squier money- 
back system does not apply to the optional sweeps. 
target. Mr. Arrant’s score in the championship match 
was 97 out of 100. Messrs. Corman and W. M. Armis- 
tead, of Philadelphia, with Major T. K. Mclllroy, of 
Ohio, motored from Philadelphia and shot during the 
afternoon. Mr. Armistead made several good scores, 
being cne shooter to make a straight. The other for¬ 
tunate contestants making perfect scores of 25 were: J. H. 
Minnick, W. Edmanson, of Newport, and Clyde Leedom. 
Several good scores on 100 targets were made, J. H. 
Minnick leading the field with a 95 on his second 100 and 
93 in his first. W. Edmanson made 92, Dr. Steele and 
W. M. Hammond S9, H. P. Carlon 86, R. F. Willis 84. 
This was Mr. Willis’ first shooting over the Du Pont 
Gun Club traps. 
The Du Pont Gun Club is planning for a “fall 
opening” on Sept. 14. A new classification of shooters 
will be made effective on that date. Special features will 
be introduced, including several merchandise prize events 
This shoot, coming just prior to the Westy Hogan event 
at Atlantic City, will give those who contemplate taking 
in the “city by the sea” tournament a chance for some 
good practice. 
A number of shooters from the South will stop off 
on their way to the Hogan shoot and take part in the 
different matches. 
Following are the scores: W. Edmanson 23, R. F. 
Willis 20, Dr. S. Steele 22, T. E. Doremus 20, J. A. 
MacMullen 21, S. J. Newman 24, W. F. Jensen 18, 
Clyde Leedom 25, J. H. Minnick 24, Harry Reed 17, 
T. W. Mathewson 17, H. P. Carlon 23, Dr. E. Q. Bul¬ 
lock 19, J. W. Anderson. Jr,, 23, Thorpe Martin 20, S. 
Tuchton 21, D. Lindsay 20, Albert Bird 14, W. B. Smith, 
Jr., 15, C. A. Stephens 19. W. J. Arrants 18, Z. H. 
I.ofland 19, W. M. Armistead 22, T. K. Mcllroy 11. 
Du Pont Gun Club. 
It was "spoon” day at the Du Pont Gun Club, Sept. 
2, and the Coleman du Pont trophy spoons were well 
won with exceptional scores. W. M. plammond was the 
winner in Class A, breaking 24 out of 25. Clyde Fee- 
aom won in Class B with 25 straight. S. J. Newman 
with a score of 24 out of 25, carried off the Class C 
trophy spoon, and J. A. MacMullen with 21 out of 25, 
won in Class D. 
The most interesting match of the afternoon was that 
between J. A. MacMullen (holder) and D. E. Q. Bul¬ 
lock, (challenger) for the 1912 Class D cup. The race 
was exciting from start to finish. The Doctor, who has 
been shooting remarkably well, won by a score of 36 to 32. 
Another event of^ interest was the struggle between 
W. G. Wood, of Guyencourt, and the local “shooting 
star,” J. H. Minnick, for the 1912 Class A cup. In the 
first string of 25 targets, Minnick went straight, while 
Wood dropped one, a difficult right-quartering bird. 
The second left no room for doubt as to the real class 
champion, and Minnick retains his hold on the cup. 
He made the splendid score of 49 out of 50, to Wood’s 45. 
Among the visitors who took part in the shooting 
were W. J. Arrants, champion of the Chesapeake City 
Gun Club, and C. A. Stevens, of the same organiza¬ 
tion, who lost out in their recent club race by one 
Akron A. S. B. Gun Club. 
Akron, O., Aug. 24. —The regular shoot of the 
Akron Artificial Steel Bird Gun Club was held at Mr. 
Thresher’s private shooting park, Wednesday afternoon, 
and although it rained all the afternoon, the following 
took part in this exceedingly interesting game of field 
shooting at actual birds on the wing, although they are 
made of steel. Their great speed and unsurpassed kill¬ 
ing qualities create intense excitement and develop the 
highest degree of skill among those who practice suf¬ 
ficiently to get on to the erratic flights, such as out- 
goers, incomers, right and left ascending and descend¬ 
ing angles, and yellow hammer flights. No wonder the 
scores are low. 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. 
Broke 
Bittner .. 
. 50 
40 
Shafter .. 
. 50 
9 
Thresher . 
. 50 
30 
Smoke ... 
. 25 
6 
Ilermon . 
. 50 
19 
Novice ... 
. 25 
5 
Bonfey ... 
. 50 
11 
Bittner ... 
. 25 
17 
Keiser ... 
. 50 
10 
Thresher . 
. 25 
16 
The continued downpour of rain broke up the game 
at this time, and everybody hastened to cover. Our 
club is contemplating opening up a shooting parlor for 
winter evening practice. If we do this, we will use .44- 
caliber shotguns with brass shells loaded with less than 
a dram of smokeless powder and %oz. of No. 8 shot at 
2Cyds. rise, for “indoor wing shooting.” 
Tracy City Gun Club. 
Tracy City, Tenn., Aug. 14.—’Twas a big event and 
most enjoyable. W. M. Griffith and W. K. Bowling 
tied for top with 151 out of 160, with W. P. Lea in 
place with 144. 
Scores: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
C E Werner... 
. 160 
139 
Dr G 1) Ifayes. 
160 
123 
W M Griffith... 
. 160 
151 
L M Hines .... 
160 
133 
W F Campbell.. 
, 160 
141 
W T Tossi. 
160 
142 
W I Stoner ... 
, 160 
124 
W K Bowling.. 
160 
151 
() I^othe . 
, 160 
130 
H T Bowers. 
100 
72 
G T Linn . 
. 160 
117 
E W Wepf . 
100 
60 
B Marugg . 
. 160 
86 
W Tidman . 
100 
54 
W I* Lea . 
, 160 
144 
Ed Hampton ... 
100 
64 
Dr Lasater _ 
. 160 
124 
E C Norvell.... 
100 
79 
R Hall . 
, 160 
142 
R B Roberts.... 
100 
85 
W R Lea . 
. 160 
123 
1 C Henley. 
100 
78 
A A Gunter. 
, 160 
136 
L G Henderson. 
100 
76 
Sam Werner ... 
. 160 
124 
E B Finney ... 
100 
57 
E W Patterson, 
. 160 
134 
Professionals 
P B Plummer.. 
. 140 
135 
E T. Moss. 
140 
133 
C O Le Compte 140 
134 
Porter . 
140 
130 
Columbia Gun Club. 
Columbia, Mo., Aug. 29.—The following is the score 
made by members of the Columbia Gun Club to-day: 
Trophy shoot, 50 targets: E. F. Heidman 41, win¬ 
ner of trophy; I. C. Adams 39, Dr. E. II. Smith 37, L. 
B. Stevenson and George Reeder 35 each, M. J. Dorsey 
34, J. L. Stephens 31, S. R. Barnett 30 J. M. Long and 
Jack Daily 29 each, J. C. Holloway 28. W. E. Dailey 
25, J. S. Rollins 24, J. E. Gillespie 22, Dr. H. I. Bragg 
20, Eugene Gauss 18, W W. Garth, Jr., 15. 
Twenty-five targets: W. J. Perry 20, Ben Elley 15, 
M. L. Young 14, A. Pickett 10, O. G. Heidman and B. 
G. Clark 9 each, H. II. Banks 7, L. Kreutz 3. 
Doubles, 24 pairs: Dr. R. L. Lockridge 34, I. C. 
Adams 28, W. J. Perry 26, J. C. Holloway 22, George 
Reeder 16. 
Doubles, 12 pairs: E. T. Heidman 15, M. J. Dorsey 
14, Dr. E. II. Smith and W. E. Daily 9. 
Dr. R. Lockridge. captain, did not shoot for trophy, 
but broke 43 out of 50. 
Dr. R. L. Lockridge, Sec’y. 
Meadow Springs Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 31.—Charles H. Newcomb 
visited the Meadow Springs Gun Club yesterday to the 
tune of 99 out of 100 aerosaucers, shooting a wonderful 
race. His miss was due to an unusually gyratic target. 
H. H Sloan, with 90, was second, and was credited 
with one point in the yearly prize point test. 
Turner and Wylie, aided by their handicaps, tied 
for the club dipper with straight scores, but on the 
shoot-off Wylie won with 25 straight. Wylie also got 
a win on the Harvey trophy along with Renner. In 
the yearly prize point shoot, Turner and Wylie were 
each awarded five points, Letford got four. Pierce three, 
Renner two and Gerber and Sloan one apiece. 
