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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July i, 1911. 
Y OU know mallards-wisest and wariest of all 
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of creation. 
A mallard shot is generally a 1 mg shot, and long 
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it on a towering pair of mallards he does not ques¬ 
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screw compensates for a year’s wear by a trifling 
turn that you make yourself with a screwdriver. 
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When writing say you saw the advertisement 
in “Forest and Stream.” 
Colo.; L. J. Squier, Pittsburg; Walter Huff, Macon, Ga.; 
George F. Lord. Wilmington; C. W. Phellis, Hunting- 
ton; W. D. Stannard, Chicago; L. S. German, Aberdeen, 
Md.; W. Fred Ouimby, New York; W. E. Keplinger, 
I. H. Keller, L. R. Meyers, H. t). Freeman, H. W. 
Cadwallader, C. A. Young. F. E. Rogers, E. F. Fors- 
gard, H. L. King, N. L. Richmond, Woolfolk Hender¬ 
son, O. J. Holaday, W. R. Chamberlain, J. S. Day, 
Neat Apgar. A. F. Hebard, J. W. Wall, J. M. Barr, 
L. \\ . Cumberland, Burton Call, R. O. Heikes, W. 
Heer, P. A. Marshall, Ed. Graham, George W. Max¬ 
well, IT. II. Stevens, George Lyon, Paul North, Charles 
A. North. H. E. Wirians, Homer Clark, A. H. Durston, 
II. McMurchy. Ad. Roll, Fred. Shattuck, W. D. Blood. 
W. E. Grubb, G. R. Lewis, H. H. Snow, W. B. Darton. 
OFFICE FORCE. 
Manager, Elmer E. Shaner, Pittsburg, Pa.; Assistant 
Manager, R. Shaner. Cashier, F. W. Whitney, Des 
Moines, Ta. Compiler of Scores, B. Elsesser, York, Pa. 
Clerks: D. H. Eaton, Cincinnati, O.; T. S. Chalfont, 
and E. Jansen, both of Wilmington, Del. Managers of 
traps: Charles A. North and II. E. Winans. 
Notes. 
For ten Grand Americans F. W. Whitney has met the 
trapshooters of the country at the cashier’s window, and 
he knows them all, and they know him. A Grand 
American with any one else in that position would seem 
strange. He has no equal in the gentle art of separating 
the shooter from his money, and making him smile dur¬ 
ing the process. May he live long. 
B. Elsesser, “Bernie” for short, and to his friends, held 
the responsib'e position of compiler of scores for the 
sixth time. All shooters know what the compiler has 
to do, and a few' may realize the skill which is required 
to bring everything out right, so that the purses shall be 
divided accurately, and the w'ork done promptly. In 
this work he has few equals and no superiors. 
“Pop” Ileikes is one of the oldest professionals in the 
game, and one of the most popular. The first Grand 
American Handicap was won by him with a score of 94 
from the 22yd. mark. 
T.ester German is building up a reputation as a shooter 
which bids fair to eclipse the name he won in the base¬ 
ball game as pitcher of the New York Nationals. Win¬ 
ning the professional championship on a score of 198, 
and the double-target championship on a score of 89, is 
about all the honor one man ought to ask for in any 
one week. 
L. J. Squier, inventor of the money-back system, which 
is becoming more popular every week, is some shooter 
also, as well as a figurer who cannot be beaten; he 
broke nearly 92 per cent, on the first three days at 300 
targets, and these included two handicaps. The “Just 
Right” cashier’s sheet was designed by him, and though 
Luther says the name is “always left,” the club shoot 
cashiers are beginning to think the first name is correct. 
Fred Shattuck, who won the G. A. H. in 1909. is 
making good in the professional ranks, and is doing 
some nice shooting. Ask him how he does it. There’s 
?. reason. 
Among the former winners of the G. A. H. who were 
present at this year’s event were: R. O. Heikes. 1900; 
F. E. Rogers, 1900; J. J. Blanks, 1907; Fred Harlow, 
1908; Fred Shattuck, 1909. 
Wm. Ridley, of What Cheer, la., is somewhat of a 
shooter, as the scores will show. He was in the money 
more than once. 
Did the traps work well? Here’s the answer: Prac¬ 
tice dav, morning, 10,720; afternoon, 10,140; Tuesday, 
20th, 20.7S0; Wednesday, 21st, 33.300; Thursday, 22d, 
38.400; Friday, 23d, 28,500; total. 153,940. 
The chair presented to Cashier Whitney was not of the 
mission style, but it was comfortable, and the cashier 
rnjoyed it immensely. Manager Lon Fisher received 
his thanks. 
Wonder when Lon Fisher will start mining for lead. 
There ought to be enough to pay well. 
Harvev Dixon, of Oronogo, Mo., the winner of the 
G. A. IL, is probably one of the happiest men in the 
country to-day. He has at last won the big event, and 
that is what he has hoped to do for many years. He is 
an amateur who shoots because he loves the sport, and 
is quite well known. He was formerly a farmer, but 
discovered some valuable mines on his farm that made 
him independently wealthy, and he devotes a good 
share of his time in the enjoyment of his favorite sport. 
A. J. Hill was the heavy-weight of the tournament, 
tipping the scales at 386 pounds. lie resides at Dawson. 
Ga., and has only been interested in trapshooting for a 
couple of years. He is a good shot, as may be seen by 
the work he did here, and any shooter who visits Daw¬ 
son may be sure of the glad hand and a warm welcome 
from “Wee Andy.” 
The Cincinnati clubs were very well represented at the 
G. A. IT. Among those present were J. A. Payne, G. 
W. Dameron, C. B. Woodbury, E. T. Sampson, A. M. 
Yoige, M. Johnson. R. Irwin, and E. Barker. 
Shooters’ menu—Powdered bird shot on the shell; 
broiled gun swab; smokeless powder salad with gun oil 
dressing'; clay pigeon on toast; automatic ice cream with 
hammerless cakes and fruits for dessert. This was sug¬ 
gested by a Neil House waiter. 
Charlie North is nothing if not polite. When he called 
through the megaphone, “Gentlemen, will you kindly 
please come to the cashier and please kindly get your 
money,” it brought a bunch. 
Mrs. Topperwein had a mascot; it was a little pointer 
puppy, which she carried around in a megaphone. 
Ask Hans Blanks to tell about getting to Columbus 
with Henderson. Dodds and P. C. Ward. Hans says it 
was a - - of a trip. 
John II. Lowe and Randolph Jaques, of Macon, Ga.. 
are two comers. This is their first season in the game, 
and the latter breaks 92 in a Grand American, while 
the former gets SO. Tliey^ organized the Edgewood Gun 
Club at Macon, and propose to stay in the game. 
Henry Jones, a popular young capitalist, of Macon, 
Ga., has only been shooting for about four months, vet 
he gets into the kind of competition one finds at the 
G. A. H. and scores 97. Watch him. He says he is 
going, to keep in the game, and if he does, he’ll make 
some of them sit up and take notice. 
Chas. I). Hunt, of Columbus, Ga., never attended a 
shoot until last season, and he made a fine showing 
here. In the Jirst 80 he lost but one, and finished with 
the score of 97, which ought to be good enough to win, 
one would think. 
if. B. McKinnon, of Brunswick. Ga., is not a 99 per 
cent, shooter at the traps, but he is a 100 per cent, true 
sportsman and made many friends during the shoot. 
Ed. Sampson said it reminded him of a tournament on 
the Cincinnati grounds—it was so different. 
Fritz Gilbert says he would rather face the wildest 
clay bird than another moving picture machine. 
Charlie was badly out of form at this tournament. 
He was trying out a new gun, and there were an awful 
lot of misses in it. Then some one asked him if he 
knew how much the 10s paid, which was rubbing it in. 
Sam Leever car. shoot just as well as he can play ball, 
and that Is saying a good deal. He scored 97 in the 
G. A. H., which was well up to the top, but not quite 
high enough to capture the trophy. 
Some one asked Shaner if there was any money 
coming back. Elmer looked a little disgusted, and said, 
“No. Go to the Westy Hogans if you want any money 
back. This is a classy shoot.” Well, that was rather a 
hard one, but the Westy Hogans will thrive on such 
food as that, and they propose to have some class to 
their shoot, too. Take it in during September, and you 
will always go. 
Watch out for the moving pictures of the G. A. H. 
and pick out Elmer as he posed before the machine. 
The system of running a big tournament by sections 
is a good one, and its efficiency was demonstrated on 
Tuesday. The time at which the last squad in each 
section finished the 100 targets was taken, and it was 
seen that onlv a few minutes separated the first and the 
last squad. The first was through at 4:25; second and 
third at 4:26; fourth at 4:27, and the fifth at 4:35. This 
:s pretty nice work, and shows the perfect working of 
the tournament machine which Mr. Shaner has con¬ 
structed. 
Over two hundred shooters scored 90 or better in the 
G. A. H. There were thirtv-three scores of 90; thirty- 
three of 91; twenty-nine of 92; thirty-five of 93: twenty- 
one of 94: twenty of 95: eighteen of 96; nine of 97; f-ur 
of 98, and one of 99. The purse was divided into fifty 
moneys, and 95 was the lowest score to get in. 
Squad 25—Spencer, Lyon. Henderson, German and 
Kirkwood—made the squad record on Friday in the 
sixth and seventh events, missing but two targets out of 
the total of 200. Lyon dropped one in the sixth, and 
Kirkwood missed one in the seventh. 
Max Kneussl made a run of 102 on Friday. 
Speedway Gun Club. 
Newark. N. J.. June 20. — Fifteen shooters faced the 
traps at the Speedway Gun Club to-day, all determined 
to win a leg on the handsome Smith gun, presented to 
the club by Louis Colquitt. Owing to a business engage¬ 
ment, Mr. Colquitt could not be there to make up 
handicaps, etc. This prize shoot was therefore postponed 
to next Tuesday. 
Wm. Trowbridge was high with a fraction over S7 
per cent. Carl von Lengerke was second with 81kR 
while John Erb finished a close third with 81 1-3 per cent. 
Shot at. 
Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Dr P Moeller... 
200 
157 
Wm Trowbridge 175 
153 
P. Shanley, Tr... 
200 
15S 
Tohn Erb .. 
... 150 
122 
T E Wheaton... 
275 
180 
1 F Murphy 
... 100 
66 
IT Keller . 
150 
111 
Wm Stengel 
... 125 
70 
Tohn Bay . 
150 
53 
S Nevill .... 
... 25 
10 
Peter Bay . 
275 
186 
R Bercaugh 
... 75 
4ft 
\\ m Hassinger. 
200 
155 
II Smith ... 
... 75 
50 
C von Lengerke 
200 
163 
ECHOES. 
Capt. Wheaton did not do himself justice. His pet 
gun was out of kilter, so he shot five different ones. He 
shot a single sticker for the first time, and to use his 
own expression, “It ain't so bad at that.” 
Pete Bay is making a first-class shot of his “kid,” and 
his attention to the boy took the “ting” out of his own 
shooting. 
Bill Hassinger kicked up an awful dust with his new 
“single,” and vnu should see that fourteen-year-old boy 
of his shoot. We will all be heading the “introduction” 
with his name pretty soon. 
New Yorkers can readily get to the Speedway Club. 
Take Penn. R. R. to Market street, Newark, then 
Springfield avenue car going west—takes about forty 
minutes. 
Redfield Gun Club. 
Redfield, S. D., June 17.—Tile two-day tournament 
finished here to-day was held under pleasant weather 
conditions, and resulted in a number of high scores. 
Potter White was high gun with 291 out of 300; A. J. 
French ground up 287 out of 300 and A. R. Chezik took 
third with 283. II. G. Taylor took first professional 
with 290 out of 300, with Geo. Kreger following with 2S5. 
The program was at 150 targets each day, all except 
one shooting through. 
1st 
Day. 
A W Chapin... 135 
A R Chezik..... 141 
G MacConnochie 128 
Dr E Giltner... 1°4 
Geo Swartz .... 110 
A I? Robinson.. 88 
Tohn Smith .... 109 
II F. Johnson... 128 
Professionals: 
R R Barber.138 
Geo Kruger. 144 
2d 
1st 
2d 
Dav. 
Day. 
Dav. 
126 
F 
M 
ormon . 
... 74 
97 
144 
Torn 
Null ... 
... 123 
134 
133 
F 
1 )orlge . .. 
... 108 
106 
1 or i 
F 
F 
Slccum. 
... 139 
113 
Poter 
White. 
... 146 
145 
99 
A 
1 
French.. 
... 142 
145 
90 
E 
W 
Fiske... 
... 127 
120 
117 
138 
H 
r, 
Taylor.. 
... 146 
144 
141 
H 
w 
Vietmeyer 137 
136 
