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[July 22, 1911. 
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Cincinnati Gun Club. 
North River Gun Club. 
The money-back tournament of the club was held on 
July 16. with a much smaller attendance than had been 
expected. The weather was partly responsible for this, 
as the sky was covered by heavy clouds which threatened 
a downpour at any minute, and many of the locals would 
not risk getting caught in a rain. Early in the after¬ 
noon there was a strong wind which made the targets 
very erratic in their flight, and kept the scores down. 
Later in the day the wind died away, and the shooters 
made better scores. The program consisted of ten 15- 
target events, entrance $1.40 in each. In the first five 
events the purse was divided Rose system, 5, 3, 2, 2, and 
in the last five, per cent, system, 35, 30, 20 and 15 per 
cent. Shooting began at about 12:JO, just after dinner, 
which was served in the club house, and everything 
went off smoothly, the last squad finishing at 3:55. The 
office was in charge of G. C. Lambert, who is becom¬ 
ing quite an expert in this line of work, and who had 
the money ready for the winners within a few minutes 
of the finish of the last event. John Braunagle. the old 
ground superintendent at St. Bernard, was referee and 
scorer. Among the out-of-town shooters present were: 
O. S. Lawrence, Corydon, Ky.; Link and Walker, 
Hamilton, Ohio.; Ed. Cain and Ike Brandenberg, Day- 
ton, Ohio; T. J. Donald and T. E. Donald, Felicity, 
Ohio. High average was won by E. Cain with a score 
of 138, or 92 per cent.; second money went to T. J. 
Donald on 132. Heilman was way out of form, and 
made a score such as he has not put up since his first 
trials at the trap. Irwin has not quite got the hang of 
his new gun, but he does not intend to have it altered 
in any way at present; he did well in several of the 
events, and did not have to call on the money-back 
purse for a very large amount. Secretary Connelly made 
a very poor start, the wind was blowing hard at the 
time, but he picked up after that and tied for fourth 
high. "Ike” does not shoot enough to put up his old- 
time scores; a few years ago we always looked for his 
name near the top, still he got into the money often 
enough, so that he came within 10 cents of winning back 
his entrance. T. J. Donald shot a consistent pace all 
the way through, good enough to land in second place. 
Link got in third place with a couple of others. When 
the Hamilton club was doing business, some years ago, 
lie was considered a hard one to heat, and only needs 
practice to get back into shape again. Burns is one of 
the most enthusiastic shots we have in these parts, and 
in a long race he can show the way to some of the 
older ones; he promises to become one of the best 
trap shots in this vicinity. Dr. Bird had hard luck in 
a couple of events, and lost the place he usually oc¬ 
cupies in the club shoots. Pope has fallen off in his 
attendance at the practice events of the club, and his 
score to-day shows that he has not been very regular; 
he used to do much better when the club first opened 
these grounds. Schreck tied for third place, and might 
have had that honor to himself but for a streak of 
hard luck it, the last event. At that he won out for 
the day, and the money-back owed him nothing. Ham¬ 
mersmith was way off, his duties as manager taking so 
much of his time that he could not really get down to 
business when on the firing line. Then, too, the small 
attendance rather got on his nerves, for he had worked 
hard to have this shoot a big one, and was disappointed. 
The money-back purse amounted to $35.20; the losses 
were $24.40, leaving a surplus of $10.80, which was di¬ 
vided 60 and 40 per cent! to the high guns. There were 
eight shooters who failed to win back their entrance, 
their losses ranging from 10 cents to $8.25. 
The club wishes the trapshooters to remember their 
registered tournament to be held on Sept. 14 and 15. 
Arrangements are being made to make this one of the 
most enjoyable shoots which has been held in this lo¬ 
cality for many years, and it is up to the shooters to 
give the club officials their support. In addition to the 
features given by the club, the Interstate Association 
will add $100 to the purse, so that the chances for good 
financial returns ought to appeal to the good shots, and 
the money-back feature should bring out a good crowd 
of the amateurs who do not habitually travel with the 
90 per cent, class. Make a note of this date and plan 
to come. 
Center Gun Club. 
Center, Mo., July 13.—The Center Gun Club met 
yesterday for their regular shoot. A good number were 
present, as well as the following visitors: Messrs. Joe 
Beshears and Baz Hays, of Hannibal G. C., and Martin 
Barr, of Perry G. C. 
A strong breeze made the shooting bad, but afforded 
a relief from the terrible heat of the past week. Re¬ 
sults follow: 
Shot 
Shot 
at. 
Brk. 
at. 
Brk. 
Beshears . 
.. 125 
98 
Birney .. 
.150 
129 
Hays . 
.. 125 
106 
Fannin . 
.125 
106 
Barr . 
.. 100 
84 
. 75 
38 
Cauch . 
.. 115 
89 
Anderson 
. 75 
54 
C Tippett . 
.. 100 
67 
Leake ... 
. 25 
11 
H Tippett _ 
.. 100 
78 
Yager ... 
. 75 
54 
Dunlop . 
.. 125 
88 
Graves .. 
. 25 
8 
W. P. 
Birney, Sec’y. 
Charlotte 
sville 
and 
University 
Gun Club 
Below you will find scores made at the weekly prac¬ 
tice of the Charlottesville and University Gun Club 
Thursday, July 13: 
Cunningham . 
.21 
Harrison . 
23 
Lile . 
.21 
Burgess . 
Smith . 
.25 
Waddell . 
. 18 
Rea . 
. 24 
Andrews . 
. 23 
Dinwiddie . 
.21 
Yates . 
.15 
George . 
.23 
Sloan . 
. 20 
Bruffey . 
.25 
Eleven shooters faced the traps of the North River Gun 
Club, at Edgewater, N. J., on Saturday afternoon, July 
15. The last event was for the Gilhuly prize, and McGill 
with his handicap of 3 birds won, with Hall one bird 
behind. 
The secretary, in some way unexplained, has lost his 
gun. A liberal reward will be given by the club to the 
finder, upon its return. No questions asked. 
Frank Hall was high gun, making an average of 89 
per cent., which under the conditions was good. The 
wind caused the targets to jump and cavort about, 
making it necessary to use judgment each shot. 
McGill and Johnson are shooting at a good clip just 
now. A match between the two has been mentioned, 
but McGill hasn’t figured the odds out to his satisfaction 
as yet. 
Dalton broke 45 straight, which is his record with the 
new pump. The scores follow: 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Dalton . 7 10 12 13 20 20 25 22 18 20 20 
Welzmiller .12 13 10 13. 
Hall . 12 . 18 24 22 25 21 24 24 
Fleming . 8 8 11 11 18 15. 
McGill . 12 10 11 .. 23 23 20 22 . 
Medler . 11 8 14 14. 
Tohnson . 8 14 14 .. 21 18 20 22 18 .. .. 
Wynne . 10 13 14 .. 21 23 23 20 . 
Brown . 13 11 12 .. 16 22 . 
Slater . 14 12 .. 19 20 22 . 
Ropes.19. 
Vice-Pres. 
Arms and Ammunition Chat. 
II. L. David, of Philadelphia, Pa., winner of the sixth 
Eastern Handicap, used a Baker gun. U. M. C. shells 
and Du Pont powder. His score was 96 out of ICO. 
At Roanoke, Va., July 4, E. H. Storrs won high pro¬ 
fessional average with 178 out of 180. He used Peters 
factory loaded shells. With the same ammunition, Bart 
Lewis won high professional average at Belleville, Ill., 
breaking 288 out of 300. 
A great many expert shots are improving their scores 
since they have begun using Robin Hood powder. There 
are no slow fire cartridges in a box: in fact, they are 
aptly termed "The kind with the kill.” The special and 
particular claim for the Robin Hood powder is the 
elimination of the “kick,” this wasted force being con¬ 
verted into a propelling power made possible through a 
special formula. It is claimed that there is absolutely 
no corrosion from either Robin Hood, Peerless, Rapidite 
dense or Eclipse, near smokeless. All reliable dealers 
handle the goods of the Robin Hood Ammunition Co. 
At the annual shooting festival of the New York 
Schuetzen Corps at Union Hill. N. J., the ring target 
match was won by A. Hubalek, of Brooklyn, N. Y., 
and the bullseye target match by George Schlicht, of 
Guttenberg, N. J., both shooting Stevens rifles at 200yds. 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Shooting under favorable conditions, scores were gen¬ 
erally good at the Gun Club last Saturday. In the 
trophy event Jones, at 18yds., broke 49 out of 50 and 
scored his second win. Ogden with 47 was the runner- 
up. In the practice events Smoke was best with 95 per 
cent, of the 60 targets shot at, while Carter got 93 per 
cent, of his 100. Siwel and Edmonson had straight 20s, 
and Jones 
and Partington, 
25s. Scores: 
Practice: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Fayette ... 
.100 
85 
Edmonson 
. 80 
71 
Tones . 
. 60 
54 
Partington 
. 80 
69 
Ogden .... 
. 60 
55 
Carter _ 
. 100 
93 
... 100 
92 
. 40 
24 
Hymer ... 
. 60 
54 
Smoke .... 
. 60 
57 
President' 
s cup: 
Yds. 
T‘l. 
Yds. 
T‘l. 
Fayette ... 
. 20 
46 
Ogden _ 
. 18 
47 
Siwel . 
. 20 
37 
Partington 
. IS 
44 
Ilymer ... 
. 20 
37 
Edmonson . 
. 16 
41 
Carter _ 
. 20 
42 
Roberts .. 
. 16 
34 
Jones . 
. 18 
49 
Smoke .... 
. 18 
39 
Badger Gun Club. 
Milwaukee, Wis., July 16. —Attendance light because 
of a large number of our members taking advantage of 
the fine brand of weather at present prevailing to rus¬ 
ticate and enjoy the innumerable charms of good old 
Wisconsin’s out of doors. 
It is expected that a number of our enthusiasts will 
be entered for the registered shoot to be held under 
the auspices of the Sheboygan Gun Club, Aug. 5. 
Shot at. Broke. 
C Hoyer . 50 38 
Mauch . 50 26 
Leidel . 100 80 
Shot at. Broke. 
E Hoyer . 
. 100 
92 
*Siefken .. 
. 100 
95 
Shlemway 
.100 
93 
Wegner .. 
.100 
93 
*Professional. 
Lake Poygan Gun Club. 
Chicago, July 8. —The Lake Poygan Gun Club held its 
annual election of officers at the Union Hotel yesterday 
and the following were selected to act for the co.ming 
year: President, Judge George Iversten; Vice-President, 
lohn J. Ilealy; Treasurer and Secretary, S. A. Goss; 
Board of Directors: Judge George Kersten, Gustave 
Fuetterer and S. A. Goss; Auditing Committee: Henry 
Mayer, Otto Runde, Jr., and Gottfried Mayer; Member¬ 
ship Committee: S. A. Goss, Frank Staar, and Walter 
Magnus. The club has about fifteen miles of shooting 
grounds along Lake Poygan in Wisconsin, about thirty 
miles north of Oshkosh. 
