July 29, 1911.] 
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Lorain Gun Club. 
Lorain, O., July 20. — The first big registered shooting 
tournament of the Lorain Gun Club, held yesterday at 
its range west of the city, under the rules of the Inter¬ 
state Association, and the Squier money-back system, 
was the most successful gun match ever held in this city. 
Thirteen cities of Ohio and Pennsylvania were rep¬ 
resented—Columbus, Sandusky, Dayton, Elyria, Toledo, 
New London, Norwalk, Ilicksville, Gabon, Cleveland 
and Bellevue being the Buckeye State entrants, and 
Bedford and Pittsburg the Pennsylvania cities. 
H. E. Smith, of Columbus, was high gun among the 
amateurs, breaking 143 out of 150. George Volk, of 
Toledo shot a close second with 141 out of 150. N. E. 
Campbell, of Gabon, was third with 139. 
Of the thirteen representatives of the Lorain Club, 
Secretary J. P. Traxler was high. He scored 123 birds 
out of 150, while Barney Black finished second with 121. 
Gran Freeland broke 113 out of 135 shots. 
In the professionals, R. O. Heikes, of Dayton, who 
now holds the State record, upheld his skill yesterday 
by pulling down first money. He broke 143 out of 150, 
thus tying the score made by H. E. Smith, of Columbus, 
amateur. J. R. Taylor, of Columbus, was second with 
140 birds. C. A. North, of Cleveland, third, with 129. 
W. R. Chamberlain, who managed the tournament, was 
fourth, breaking 128 targets. 
Spectators at the tournament were pleased with the 
shooting, and many ladies turned out to witness the 
events. 
The entire meet was a decided success, and the 
weather was ideal. The success of the shoot was largely 
due to J. P. Traxler, secretary of the local club. The 
scores: 
P G McCarthy. 
. 110 
G F Round. 
.... 112 
Geo Volk . 
. 141 
(' R Nichols . 
.... 90 
F B Herbster. 
J99 
F Donahue . 
.... 109 
A Ledgett . 
. 124 
W A Magoon . 
.... 101 
Tohn Diest . 
. 133 
II S Showalter. 
.... 100 
Wm Webster . 
. 138 
Dr W C Hall. 
.... 101 
C E Maxwell. 
. 132 
F Scott . 
.... 100 
C D Hinline . 
. 137 
A Kuebler . 
.... 131 
W Bricker . 
. 120 
A T Weikel . 
.... 82 
O Heyman . 
. 129 
II P Shanafelt. 
.... 99 
F Bricker . 
. 113 
C B Russell. 
.... Ill 
F H Zinn. 
. 120 
H Hirth . 
.... 135 
T A Penn. 
. 133 
V E Campbell. 
.... 139 
B E Black, Tr. 
. 121 
H D Smart. 
.... 124 
T P Traxler. 
. 123 
H E Smith. 
.... 143 
G C Maxwell. 
. 135 
G Canalos . 
.... 98 
T C Krupp. 
. 114 
W Freeland . 
.... 106 
Leroy Burton . 
. 133 
*G Freeland . 
.... 113 
G Wagner . 
. 91 
*1 A Connolly. 
.... 72 
T L Wadsworth. 
. 106 
*E G Gilbert. 
.... 85 
C D Manahan . 
. 134 
Professionals: 
R O Heikes. 
T R Taylor. 
.... 140 
*L P Squier. 
. 101 
C A North. 
.... 129 
\\ R Chamberlain_ 
. 128 
*Shot at 135 only. 
Arms and Ammunition Chat. 
More than fifteen clubs were represented at the first 
annual State trap shoot at Wellington, Mass., July 18-19. 
Horace G. Kirkwood made high average, 291 out of 300. 
He used U. S. Black shells. 
As the result of its decision to use the .45cal. Colt 
automatic 1911 pistol in the United States Army, the 
Government has recently placed with the Colt’s Patent 
Fire Arms Co. an initial order for 30,262 pistols at ap¬ 
proximately $17 each, or over $514,000. It is eventually 
expected that a purchase of over 100,000 pistols will be 
made. 
The new Lefever Arms Co. catalogue, with its many 
hints to sportsmen, has just been issued, and is yours for 
the asking. It is very handsome and worthy of a place 
in your gun library. 
Guy Chenault, who won the Arkansas State cham¬ 
pionship at Little Rock, on July 13, with 47 out of 50 and 
24 out of 25, used Peters shells. 
\Volf Henderson won high average at Coropolis, Pa., 
against 61 shooters. He used a Lefever gun and Peters 
shells. 
The new Marlin catalogue, with its 122 pages of in¬ 
formation, has just been received. There are many 
reasons why you should look over the catalogue before 
the shooting season opens. 
Holland Gun Club. 
Batavia, N. Y., July 22. —The first three events to-day, 
a handicap race for the Western Cartridge Co. trophy, 
a handsome watch fob, was won by Watson with 42 out 
of 50 from 18yds. Event No. 4 was from 16yds. 
Events: 
Targets: 
Watson, 18. 
Tomlinson, 20 .. 
Gardiner, 20 . 
Winchester, 19 ... 
Leonard, 16 . 
O K Farnham, 16 
12 3 4 
15 15 20 25 
13 12 17 22 
11 10 18 22 
9 12 17 20 
6 8 12 13 
9 9 12 .. 
9 5 11 .. 
Chas. W. Gardiner, Sec’y. 
Another Encomium. 
The following resolution, presented by Mr. J. Frank¬ 
lin Meehan, was adopted by the Pennsylvania State 
sportsmen’s Association at its annual meeting held at 
Du Bois, Pa May 17, 1911: 
\\ hereas, It is an accepted truth that, union, organ¬ 
ization and harmony in any public or private move¬ 
ment is necessary to secure success, and 
W hereas, J1 he Interstate Association has inaugurated 
ce ( rtam conditions relative to registered tournaments, and 
W hereas, A section of such conditions requires a club 
to be a member in good standing of some State organ¬ 
ization, and 
“Whereas, By such condition, only responsible clubs 
can hold registered tournaments, thus thoroughly pro¬ 
tecting the true sportsmen; now be it 
“Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that a 
vote of thanks and approbation be tendered the said 
Interstate Association for the good work it has ac¬ 
complished in the matter of registered tournaments, and 
that the secretary of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s 
Association be directed to- send to the secretary of the 
Interstate Association a copy of this resolution.” 
Bernard Elsesser, Sec’y. 
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Assn. 
Meadow Springs Gun Club. 
Duality and not quantity fired away at the bluerocks 
burled from the Fifty-seventh and Lancaster avenue traps 
recently, and it required marksmen with keen eyes and 
a steady arm to get up among the high guns for the 
Meadow Springs prizes. There were two- events on the 
card, the principal one being the club 50-target prize 
shoot and a 50-bird test, which helped round out the 
century of blue rocks for the afternoon. The club event 
called for a handicap rise and a dead bird added handi¬ 
cap. Henry was the high gun in this test. Henry shot 
from an 18yd. rise, and having one target credited to 
him, he totaled 43 for the event by breaking 42 of his 
half century of marks. This enabled him to beat out 
Clegg for first prize by two birds. Clegg also stood back 
at 18yds., and had one target added to his score, but only 
succeeded in breaking 40 of his flyers. 
Hogan, who won the high gun honors for the day by 
breaking 85 of his century of birds, finished in a tie 
with Wills for third place in the club race with 40 breaks. 
Hogan smashed 40 of his 50 birds, while Wills cracked 
38, but he having a handicap of 2, reached the 40 march. 
Scores: 
Henry .. 
Clegg ... 
Sloan ... 
Keenan . 
Hogan . 
Murdock 
Soley ... 
Wills 
MacAIonan 
Willis .... 
Chandler . 
Jackson .. 
Fish . 
Puff . 
Dr Pierce 
Club event. 
Yds. II 
T. 
Total 
7 13 .. .. 
18 
1 
43 
63 
6 13 7 11 
18 
1 
41 
78 
9 14 7 12 
19 
0 
39 
81 
8 11 6 10 
16 10 
38 
73 
7 14 10 14 
19 
0 
40 
85 
8 11 10 13 
18 
1 
36 
78 
8 12 6 11 
16 
3 
39 
76 
7 11 10 10 
16 
3 
33 
71 
5 9 .. .. 
16 10 
36 
50 
6 9 10 14 
18 
2 
40 
79 
6 13 5 .. 
16 
3 
39 
63 
7 10 .. .. 
16 
3 
37 
54 
5 9 .. .. 
16 12 
31 
45 
7 5 .. .. 
16 
0 
20 
32 
16 
3 
37 
37 
S. S. While Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa.. July 15.—Frank S. Cantrell, Jr., 
was the star of the monthly shoot of the S. S. White 
Gun Club yesterday afternoon at Holmesburg Junction, 
making the best net score on the four events at 25 
targets each, and winning a spoon, his 90 being one 
better than Harry Kahler and three ahead of Jesse 
Griffith. The club spoon was won by E. Ford, who 
also secured a credit on the Frank M. Eames trophy. 
W. B. McKean was given a spoon as runner-up, besides 
which he was high in Class B, William B. Severn tak¬ 
ing the honors in Class A. J. F. Pratt, in Class C, 
and C. C. Watson in Class D, the latter also getting 
a leg on the Monitor cup. 
The attendance was hardly up to the usual mark of 
the White shoots, and the scores also fell short of what 
might be expected of shooters of the caliber of the 
contestants, although conditions favored big totals. Can¬ 
trell was about the only one to make anything like a 
respectable score, getting two straights, the only ones 
of the day. Aside from this, the most consistent shoot¬ 
ing was done by C. C. Watson, who broke 83 by clever 
work. 
Clearview Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa., July 15.—The monthly target test 
of the Clearview Gun Club brought out two Class A 
men, eight shooters who are rated as B ability, two of 
the Class C and seven visitors. Good scores ruled for 
the day, but to Peltz went the honors of the club, for 
of his 45 blue rocks he broke 45. Forsythe, a visitor, 
tied Peltz’s score, but he was not eligible to compete for 
the club’s prizes. 
Scores: 
Class A: 
Peltz . 
23 22—45 
Fisher . 
.... 21 21—42 
Class B: 
Ferry . 
21 20- 41 
Bilhartz .... 
.... 20 17—37 
Redman . 
20 19—39 
Elwell . 
.... 16 19-35 
l.etford . 
21 17—38 
Bonsall . 
.... 17 IS—35 
McCullough . 
IS 20—38 
Malone . 
.... 6 15—21 
Shettsline . 
19 18-37 
Jones . 
.... 9 7—16 
Class C: 
21 17—3S 
_13 14—27 
Visitors: 
Forsythe . 
22 23—43 
F Bevan ... 
.... 10 10—20 
IS 21—39 
. 5 6—11 
Jackson . 
15 16-31 
Fort Garry Gun Club. 
Winnipeg, Man., July 13.- —Nashold won the Inter¬ 
national championship, held here yesterday and to-day, 
breaking 4S out of 50 targets. This was event 3, on reg¬ 
ular program. Chezik and Slocum, tied for second with 
47. Thomson won the Dominion championship with 47. 
The American ten-man team won the international team 
shoot. French won event 8, at 10 pairs, with 17, the 
first day, and 14 the second, followed closely by Turner 
with 16 and 14. 
A Western Challenge Trophy. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Lovers of trapshooting in the East like to know some¬ 
thing of the interest that has been aroused in this best 
of many sports, through the recent introduction in the 
Pacific Northwest of what is known as the Pacific In¬ 
dians Challenge Trophy. This is a solid gold diamond- 
set trophy donated to the Indians by that well known 
amateur and premier shot, Mr. E. J. Chingren, of 
Spokane. 
The idea in starting this medal was to bring back to 
the game in some measure the degree of personal in¬ 
terest that it needs and has lacked in recent years. It 
represents a contst at 100 targets, shot in 80 singles and 
10 pairs, can only be won for a period of ninety days, 
and is subject to challenge at any time by any sports¬ 
man in good standing, on thirty days’ notice. 
Being first won a year ago by the writer, it was not 
made a challenge trophy until on the occasion of the 
recent Pacific Indian shoot at Eugene, Ore. Then, in 
the open contest, there were twenty-three entries, and 
subsequently Mr. Barkley, the winner, was tendered 
fourteen different challenges before the end of the meet. 
Eleven of these were decided then and there, Mr. Barkley 
defending the medal twice. He made the three remark¬ 
able scores of 99, 98 and 97, shooting in invincible form. 
But this did not deter Messrs. J. A. Forbes, of Van¬ 
couver, B. C., and W. A. Hillis, of Portland, from 
immediately filing challenges, and these pending races 
are the talk of the North Pacific shooting world. 
In the contests held at Eugene, the degree of interest 
shown was indeed remarkable. Each day there was a 
crowd of perhaps 500 people present, and most of these 
represented people who had never before witnessed a 
shooting contest and would not then have come but for 
the announcement of an individual challenge match. 
Moreover, that cultured crowd, many being young men 
and women students of the University of Oregon, after 
having a jolly good time in the open events, laughing 
and chatting at ease, became rigid with interest when 
the challengers lined up, and probably never did they 
follow with keener enthusiasm any of their own college 
field contests. 
Already we have shot in these contests 5,300 targets, 
and before the end of this year, this medal will have 
created more shooting and general interest, and receive 
more mention from the press, than all other tournaments 
of the year in the district. 
All of which is cited with the view to bearing out 
what we in the Northwest believe to be a fact—that in¬ 
dividual matches are the one thing needed to place trap¬ 
shooting where it belongs as in fact the premier Ameri¬ 
can outdoor sport. It is the long string of fine trophies 
that have made and kept the annual Northwest tourna¬ 
ment until now the classic event of the year on this 
coast. It is the one premier event that called four 
hundred marksmen together in the Grand American 
Handicap at Columbus the other day, and just so it is 
the one big race that makes the Interstate meets the 
success that they are. The oft-repeated statement that 
trapshooting lacks personal interest to the person be¬ 
hind the firing line—in short, is not spectacular enough— 
falls flat the moment two men face the score in a race 
for individual honors, and this, it seems to me, is what 
we who have the game at heart should strive to bring 
about. 
Also, from the standpoint of the newspaper man, the 
mere publication of the tabulated scores of a shooting 
tournament is a good deal like a Chinese puzzle to the 
average reader, and even the enthusiast rarely does more 
than glance at the totals. But give the story of a per¬ 
sonal contest by events, as of a fight by rounds or a 
ball game by innings, and the layman will follow the 
text eagerly; knowing which fact the sporting editor is 
glad to give liberal space to the story, thus placing 
trapshooting in parallel column with other sports. 
The writer well recalls how as a boy he spent some 
hard earned dimes to buy the sporting papers and 
follow the challenge matches for the several trophies of 
national consequence, for which the then famous pro¬ 
fessionals kept up a constant fight. Trapshooting was 
then a live and vital issue even in the far corners of an 
Illinois farm. But somehow, with the very proper 
abandonment of live-bird shooting, these contests passed 
also, and this has led many to believe that ours is not 
a self-sustaining sport. It is the opinion of some of us, 
however, that target shooting as we have it to-day can 
easily be vindicated as a better sport of much more gen¬ 
eral interest, than pigeon shooting ever was, and that 
the re-introduction of individual matches will go far 
toward bringing this about. F. C. R. 
North River Gun Club. 
Eight men came out Saturday afternoon. July 22, to 
the club’s grounds, at Edgewater, N. J. ' Our old 
friend Dr. Moeller, from Nyack, was with us and shot 
at a good pace all the afternoon. After the shooting was 
over it was found that Wynne was high gun for the day, 
breaking 90 per cent, of his targets. Frank Hall, who 
was high last week, had to shoot a load he was not 
accustomed to, and his scores are low in consequence, 
the scores: 
Targets: 15 15 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Moeller . 12 9 12 .. 16 20 20 20 20 18 
Lindquist ..'. 14 14 14 .. 19 20 19 24 21 21 
Skinner . 12 13 14 .. 14 16 20 15 22 
Goodwille . 6 4 11 .. 15 14 15 17 16 .. 
McGill . 11 10 10 .. 21 21 24 20 .. .. 
Wynne . 11 15 18 .. 22 24 23 23 22 .. 
Hall . 13 10 18 14 21 22 19 22 22 .. 
Welzmiller . 18 .. 16 18 21 23 21 
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