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said. “We welcome yon to our city and our homes. If 
any of you are out a little late or should digress a bit, 
Just remember that I am judge; call me up day or 
night.” 
Now, Mr. McKenzie spotted Chief Heap Talk, and 
called him to respond for the shooters. So our Tom 
thanked the Tudge and the good people of Colorado for 
their hospitality, knowing of no place he would sooner 
be at the present moment than in Denver upon the 
great shooting ground at Overland Park. Our Tom 
could not refrain from a little diversion as to Shaner’s 
bald head. So he was called out to greet the boys. 
Mr. Shaner said he was passing through on his way 
home from the Pacific Coast Handicap, and could not 
pass without a “look in.” He referred to the big shoot 
he conducted here six years ago, when there were 311 
men entered, and thought most of the men here were in 
at the Berkley shoot, and with the hope that the best 
man would win. he bid us all godspeed. 
Mr. McKenzie explained the rules and told the trap¬ 
pers, pullers, referees and scorers to get busy, and Mr. 
Gannon opened the ball with the first gun, and Bill 
Crosby followed, and soon it was bang, bang, heap bang, 
from fifty odd guns, and the great Denver shoot of 1912 
was on. 
As the popping kept up, it was seen that some great 
scores would be the result, and SO' it proved. The o'd- 
timer from O’Fallon was at the top, as usual, with 189. 
He was in “hot” company, as E. W. Varner ran 184 
straight and wound up with 197, having as a pariner, 
H. C. Kirkw'ood. of Chicago. Those with 195 were J. S. 
Day, C. G. Spencer, B. J. Stark, H. G. Taylor, J. C. 
Norris, W. A. Waddington and R. H. Bruns. 
Second Day, Sept. 11. 
The attendance was increased somewhat, while but 
few dropped out with sore shoulders. When the time 
came for the sun to appear in the east Old Sol did not 
show through the hazy fog, and it looked unfavorable for 
trapshooting. The oldest inhabitant came to our rescue 
and told the facts in the case that the haze was the 
forerunner of a fine day; and he was right, the day was 
perfect, nothing to prevent making 200 straight only 
failure to pull the trigger at the right time. This was 
proven by the scores made. 
In the amateurs we find they did the professionals 
quite for like numbers. So here we have it: R. H. 
Bruns 200, R. A. King 197, S. A. Huntley 197. A. Hill 
196, C. B. Plank 195, H. Dixon, W. A. Waddington, 
Nick Arie and W. A. Brown 194. Many more were 
above the 95 class. 
Chas. G. Spencer led the gang of representatives with 
197, with John W. Garrett as his running mate. T. Bill 
and “Happy Ed.” came on strong with 196; George Max¬ 
well and Kirkwood 195; Clancy 194, J. S. Day 193. 
Did you see that 200 made by young Bruns? He is 
a young fellow from Brookville, Ind. He says he is 
twenty-one and has been shooting for two years. He 
closed the day with an unfinished run of 241. C. B. 
Eaton, the steady shot from Missouri, let only two little 
saucers reach the ground in the form they left the trap. 
R. A. King had a bad half hour in last 20 and finished 
with 197. 
Third Day, Sept. 12. 
The program called for 100 targets, in five strings 
of 20 targets each, with a separate event money divided 
per cent, system, 40, 30, 20 and 10, not high guns. Some¬ 
thing novel for handicaps, eh? The other 100 consisted 
of 50 pairs* of doubles, each 20 to constitute a race, with 
the money divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 
Much interest was centered in both events and both 
turned up winners that broke all records. Where one 
Bill Crosby stood at 23yds. and made 98, there was 
record-smashing. The way the little saucers go to dust 
show that T. Bill has caught on, as he used the same 
three-dram load that he does at 16yds. Mr. Whitney, 
from Anthony, Kans., came on in great form, and tied 
the high man with 98 from the 19 peg, and Bruns from 
21vds. showed some “busting” ability, and lined out 97. 
There were so many other good scores that you must 
study the table. 
The double shooting brought to the shooting world 
another great performer, making a world’s record. Wm. 
Ridley, one of Iowa’s best, lost but 4 out of the 100—a 
great total of 96. There is another Iowa “feeler” that 
will bear watching, being no other than S. A. Huntlev 
from the corn State of Iowa. He surprised all with 95. 
H. Kahler seemed to catch on with his borrowed gun, 
and was not far behind with 92. Fred Gilbert kept his 
record good by leading all the men in his class with 91. 
while J, S. Day came on with 90. 
There were some good pots won in the sweeps, some 
of them being as much as $33.50. Look the scores over 
and see what your friends did. 
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As shown below, every event on the program of this big shoot was 
won with Winchester goods, and in addition W. R. Crosby hung 
up a new World s Record by breaking 98 x 1 00 targets from the 
23 yard mark in the Preliminary Handicap. 
Preliminary Handicap: Won by Harry 
Whitney with “Leader” Loaded Shells. 
High for All Targets: Won by Chas. 
G. Spencer with “Leader” Loaded Shells 
and a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. 
Denver Handicap: Won by C. B. Eaton 
with “Leader” Loaded Shells. 
High Amateur for All Targets: Won 
by S. H. Huntley with a Winchester Re¬ 
peating Shotgun. 
At the Westy Hogan Shoot 
High Amateur for the Three Days: 
W. H. Buckwalter and Mr. Bowen shooting 
Winchester Guns and Winchester Shells tied 
with another shooter on 431 targets. 
Atlantic City Cup: Won by A1 Heil 
with Winchester Shells. Score 1 44 x 150. 
Won by A1 
Score 91 x 
Double Championship: 
Heil with Winchester Shells. 
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Longest Run of the Tournament: 
Made by J. M. Hawkins. Score 1 25 straight. 
Mr. Hawkins shot Winchester Shells and 
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R R Skinner. 
1st Day. 
. 190 ‘ 
2d Day. 
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3d Day. 
89 
Total. 
460 
P Bergerson . 
.... 157 
172 
86 
417 
W A Brown. 
.... 191 
194 
93 
488 
J H Hillman. 
. 179 
177 
83 
439 
W J Coats. 
.... 169 
168 
82 
419 
S A Huntley. 
.... 194 
197 
98 
489 
W T Tashe. 
. 193 
185 
95 
473 
J A Blount. 
.... 188 
189 
98 
465 
Kit Carson . 
.... 186 
179 
365 
J K Warren. 
. 190 
188 
92 
470 
F Nelson . 
.... 178 
181 
92 
451 
C M Hoeriter. 
.... 190 
191 
91 
472 
E R Alexander_ 
. 190 
182 
93 
475 
J W Montgravie. 
.... 173 
173 
88 
437 
C C Holzworth. 
.... 191 
191 
90 
472 
S Sarcander .'. 
. 188 
179 
94 
461 
Joe Beil . 
.... 181 
178 
89 
448 
Dan Bray . 
.... ISO 
175 
94 
449 
N Franklin . 
. 154 
170 
85 
409 
A A Chab. 
.... 163 
170 
91 
434 
G A Schroeder. 
.... 169 
171 
93 
433 
W H Shelton. 
. 175 
180 
89 
444 
R E Brown. 
.... 171 
185 
95 
451 
W S Hoon. 
.... 191 
191 
99 
481 
W H McCrary. 
. 177 
175 
89 
441 
J S Dodds. 
.... 173 
171 
93 
447 
W Weitleaf . 
.... 192 
192 
96 
480 
J Kohrer . 
. 19° 
193 
97 
482 
V O Heubner. 
.... 150 
159 
82 
391 
W Ridley . 
.... 184 
190 
97 
471 
C D Plank. 
. 193 
195 
93 
481 
II B Hubbard. 
.... 189 
173 
89 
451 
Riley Thompson _ 
.... 176 
181 
97 
454 
W H Shemwell_ 
. 162 
188 
93 
443 
E H Mitchell. 
.... 167 
173 
90 
430 
A M Mastin. 
..., 180 
183 
96 
459 
Wm Veach . 
. 184 
194 
91 
469 
W A Leach. 
.... 176 
188 
88 
452 
C B Eaton. 
.... 195 
198 
97 
490 
E C Little . 
. 175 
176 
90 
441 
F Klingsburg . 
.... 173 
178 
81 
432 
H E Snyder. 
.... 195 
190 
96 
481 
T H Clay, Tr. 
. 187 
180 
93 
460 
T M Elder. 
.... 188 
196 
96 
480 
E W Arnold. 
.... 190 
177 
96 
463 
H Dixon . 
. 194 
194 
98 
486 
W E Eads. 
.... 184 
181 
93 
468 
F Luther . 
.... 174 
175 
85 
434 
R Scheldknecht .... 
. 184 
182 
94 
460 
T A Kunkle. 
.... 173 
178 
81 
432 
G T Rankin. 
.... 175 
ISO 
84 
439 
T Hufford . 
. 175 
187 
89 
451 
F F Slocum,. 
.... 192 
189 
96 
477 
Wm Peck . 
.... 184 
182 
91 
487 
A Olson . 
. 185 
179 
95 
459 
W H Cowan. 
.... 176 
169 
92 
437 
1 C Deim. 
.... 184 
1S4 
93 
461 
H E Hutton . 
. 166 
171 
337 
A II Goering. 
.... 180 
183 
97 
460 
'll Kahler . 
.... 176 
179 
93 
448 
H O gel vie . 
. 188 
184 
95 
467 
W Watkins . 
.... 180 
182 
91 
462 
F Plum . 
.... 182 
171 
90 
453 
A McKinnis . 
. 171 
181 
89 
440 
M F Hostler.. 
.... 180 
185 
85 
450 
Dick Linderman .... 
.... 171 
183 
93 
457 
1 P White. 
. 188 
190 
92 
470 
W K Neville. 
.... 180 
167 
80 
427 
W H Anderson . 
.... 185 
182 
96 
463 
E E Bittison . 
. 180 
179 
87 
436 
H J Rebhauser .. 
J W Strider. 
.... 192 
189 
100 
481 
M Skeen . 
.... 193 
194 
97 
484 
G A Gunning. 
. 185 
180 
98 
463 
.... 175 
185 
84 
443 
T F Sharp. 
.... 197 
192 
99 
488 
