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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Sept. 16, 1911. 
Live Bird Shoot at Ryland, Kentucky. 
The first of the series of live-bird shoots for the 
Crystal Lake Gun Club’s handicap trophy was held on 
Labor Day. The heat made the birds rather sluggish, 
although there was a fair number of fast ones, and the 
draw distributed these pretty evenly among the shooters. 
Late in the afternoon a heavy squall of wind, lasting a 
few minutes, passed over the grounds, and was the 
cause of several hard-hit birds being scored “dead out.” 
The regular program included two events at 10 birds 
each, and two events at 25 birds each. These were fol¬ 
lowed by several miss-and-outs, which kept things mov¬ 
ing until after 5 o’clock. In the last miss-and-out all 
started at 28yds., moving back one yard after each kill, 
use of one barrel only. The first ten bird event had 
eight entries, Schreck and Hammerschmidt dividing 
first rponey on perfect scores, with Walker one bird be¬ 
hind. The second event found Walker and Rowe in 
first place with 10 each. Then came the opening event 
in the series for the trophy. This resulted in a tie on 
2,1 between Rowe, Walker and Osterfeldt. Hammer¬ 
schmidt also killed 23, but was not entered for the 
series, and so did not go into the shoot-off. The tie 
was decided in the next event, the first 10 birds to be 
counted. Walker missed his second bird and lost his 
seventh dead out, while Rowe and Osterfeldt killed 
straight, and were still tied. They agreed to settle by 
the score in the next 10 birds of the event. Osterfeldt 
lost his second bird dead out, and missed his fourth 
and withdrew after his eighth bird, as Rowe had killed 
his ninth bird and could not be tied. The latter wenc 
straight again, thus winning the first leg in the trophy. 
Out of 70 birds shot at Rowe killed 66, and made runs 
of 29 and 30 straight. 
The trophy is a large sterling silver loving cup, in¬ 
scribed "Crystal Lake Gun Club—Handicap Trophy—- 
Ryland Ky. On the other side are engraved the words, 
“Won by-, Sept. 4, 1911,” space being left for the 
name of the winner on a line with the date. The names 
of future winners will also be engraved on the cup. The 
conditions are: 810 entrance for the series, birds extra; 
start from handicap distance, the winner of one event to 
go back one yard in the next event; winner of two 
events to go back two yards, at which distance he will 
finish the series. Handicaps 26 to 34yds. Trophy be¬ 
comes the property of contestant winning three contests. 
Winner of each event receives a small silver gold-lined 
loving cup, engraved with the name of the club and the 
date of the contest. During the day, Hammerschmidt 
shot at 91 birds, killing 83; Schreck killed 80 out of 89; 
Payne 78 out of 90; Walker 66 out of 86, and Osterfeldt 
61 out of 70. In the last event Schreck was shooting in 
live-bird form, and went out with a score of 24. His 
fourteenth bird was killed clean, but was carried over the 
boundary by the windstorm, which was at its height. 
Rowe went straight in this event, getting most of the 
birds with the first barrel, a fine exhibition of snappy 
work. Payne also struck his gait in this event, his tenth 
bird being the only one to get away. For a while 
Parker looked like a sure winner, for, after losing his 
first bird, he went straight until his fourteenth and 
fifteenth birds, both hard hit, were carried over the 
boundary by the wind, and his chance was gone. 
Walker was not in his best form, though he has so far 
recovered from the attack of rheumatism as to finish with 
the leaders. Sharp faced the traps for the first time, and 
killed 10 straight from 30yds., making some fine stops 
with his second barrel. His third bird dropped just 
over the boundary. The next shoot of the series will 
be held on Oct. 12. The grounds at Ryland are ad¬ 
mirably located for live-bird shooting. They are four¬ 
teen miles from Cincinnati, on the Kentucky Central 
Railroad, in the beautiful Licking River valley, and form 
part of a private preserve. At the shoot to-day, R. H. 
West, Jr., filled the office of referee, scorer and cashier 
to everyone’s satisfaction, except possibly his own, as 
he was prevented from taking active part in the sport by 
the duties of these positions. A fine dinner was served 
in the club house at noon. 
The following events were at 10 birds each, $5 entrance, 
divided 60 and 40 per cent.: 
No. 1. 
Hammerschmidt, 32 . 2221222222—10 
Schreck, 32 .2222221222—10 
Walker, 32 .2121221011— 9 
Schuler. 27 .2*11101121— 8 
Rowe. 30 .2222001111— 8 
Osterfeldt. 31 .0120121212— 8 
Payne, 32 . 0020122222— 7 
Robbins, 2S .0222220202— 7 
Stone, 28 . 
No. 2. 
2220222211— 9 
21222122*2— 9 
1111111111—10 
1011112012 — 8 
2111111121—10 
22222110 * 1 — 8 
1022211111— 9 
2022012111 — 8 
12201120*2— 7 
Event No. 3, trophy event, 25 birds, $12.50 entrance, 
divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent.: 
II Rowe, 30 .2112111222222210121*22221—23 
Schreck, 32 .021*212222022122122020201—19 
Walker, 32 .21210*2212212121222221212—23 
Hammerschmidt, 32 .2222212202121222221222202—23 
Osterfeldt, 31 .222121221*221221202222222—23 
Stone, 28 .220201*122202210101122210—18 
Payne, 32 .22122212102012*2101222121—21 
Schuler, 27 .1211021011222021122222212—22 
Robbins, 28 .1121221101221110*02102101—19 
Brown, 29 .2222*21111111202222102122—22 
Parker, 29 .0222111112121**1111001222—20 
Event No. 4, 25 birds, $12.50 entrance, 50, 30, 20 per 
cent.: 
Rowe, 30 .2212111111121221211211211—25 
Schreck, 32 .1211121112121*12212212222—24 
Walker, 32 .101211*2221211122*2121222—22 
Hammerschmidt, 32 .2201122112002212212221122—22 
Osterfeldt, 31 .11112121222*202221w 
Stone, 28 .20211011 w 
Payne, 32 .1111112120211122211111222-24 
Schuler, 27 .*01112111222210*220110211—19 
Robbins, 28 .lllOOOw 
Sharp, 30 .12*1122222w 
Shoot-offs, 10 birds, each: 
Rowe .2212111111—10 1212212112—10 
Osterfeldt .1111212122—10 2*202221w 
Walker .10121*222— 9 . 
Miss-and-outs, 
34yds.: 
, $2, back 
one yard 
for each kill; limit 
Ham’rschmidt, 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 3. 
No. 4. 
32..20 —1 
121112—6 
1221112—7 
111110-5 
Payne, 32 . 
Parker. 29 _ 
_21110—4 
....11121—5 
212* —3 
0 —0 
21210 -4 
111111—6 
Robbins, 28 .. 
....21221—5 
211220—5 
2110 —3 
Schreck, 32 ... 
Sharp, 30 . 
... .12212—5 
....20 1 
112121—6 
1121222—7 
0 
*VVest, Jr, 29... 
....11121—5 
110 —2 
011110—4 
Walker, 32 .... 
*Re-entered. 
....'BO —2 
121210—5 
2222210—6 
Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, 111., Sept. 2.— This was a beautiful day for 
outdoor sports, and with the combination of ideal 
weather, the finest shooting park in the country and the 
traps working perfectly, it is to be regretted that there 
is not more interest shown, especially by more of our 
own members, who really are the ones who should come 
out and do their part to instill new life and action into 
our club. 
With the beautiful grounds and equipment we have 
and the large number of trapshooters in Chicago, we 
should have fifty to sixty shooters at all of our weekly 
shoots, and we would have them if each and every mem¬ 
ber would be a booster, be proud of the fine club of 
which you are a member, and talk it up to your friends, 
and then bring them out, but don’t forget that you are 
the one who should be the first to get a move on and 
come out, for we need you all, and the other fellow 
wants to see and meet you here. 
We certainly hope to see more interest shown by the 
members of the club, and if you have the interest of the 
club at heart you will show it by coming out and taking 
part in the shoots, which is the one thing on which the 
sucess of the club depends. Now don’t wait for the 
other fellow to make a move first, but come yourself, 
and this means you. 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 5 
Targets: 
25 
50 
50 
25 12p 
] B Barto, 24 . 
. 21 
48 
39 
.. 21 
C W May, 20 . 
39 
28 
18 13 
W S Cutler, 21 . 
42 
34 
19 10 
T G Parker. 16 . 
. 12 
31 
Mrs Cutler, 19 . 
. 15 
40 
31 
18 .. 
L R Killer, 21 . 
. 24 
47 
36 
23 .. 
W A Davis, 21 . 
. 24 
38 
41 
24 16 
W F De Wolf. 21 . 
. 17 
41 
26 
O L Tosetti, 2l . 
. 22 
41 
38 
24 16 
E S Graham, 21. 
. 23 
49 
41 
23 20 
On Thursday, Aug. 
31, the 
following shooters 
made 
scores as follows: 
Targets: 
25 
25 
25 
25 25 
W S Cutler . 
. 21 
19 
21 
19 17 
W A 1 )avis . 
. 21 
21 
28 
22 20 
O L Tosetti. 
. 21 
21 
21 
24 21 
Mrs Davis . 
. 16 
20 
18 
( V Hall. 
. 16 
15 
Dr W A Bruette. 
. 11 
12 
17 
Miss Walker . 
. 7 
5 
Miss M Bruette . 
. 4 
H L Tilton . 
. 5 
Sept. 3.—Seventeen 
shooters 
tried their 
skill on the 
firing line to-day, and most of them found that they 
had to go after the targets quickly, in order to put up a 
fair score, as the stiff wind, which blew into the faces of 
the shooters, kept the targets on the jump. 
Young led the field by a comfortable margin, tying 
Killer in the practice event, where he broke 23 out of 
25; he broke 47 out of 50 in event No. 1, and 43 out of 
50 from 22yds. in the handicap event, also leading in 
both events on doubles. Flewelling and Thwaite tied 
with scores of 44 in event No. 1. De Wolf was next in 
line with 43 breaks. 
The honors in event No. 2 were divided by Dr. Bosler 
and Stemmer, each breaking 41 targets, the former get¬ 
ting his from 21yds., while Stemmer stood on the 19yd. 
line. Flewelling and Killer each broke 23 in an extra 
25-target event, Kumpfer scoring 21, while O. M. George 
broke 20. Dr. Mundt and Coley both made their debut 
at the traps to-day. Scores, the * event being practice: 
Events: * 1 
Targets: 25 50 
J S Young, 21 . 23 47 
W W Flewelling, 16. 19 44 
II Thwaite, 21 . 19 44 
Dr C D Wescott, 16. 19 39 
H E Dickerman, 16 . 39 
W F De Wolf, 18. 16 43 
Dr A G Bosler, 21. 40 
C F Stemmer, 19 . 40 
L R Killer. 16 . 23 .. 
J W Killer, 16. 13 30 
L Meisner, 16 . 14 34 
F M Meisner, 16 . 11 28 
O M George, 16 . 17 31 
Dr C W Sanford, 16. 23 
Dr G H Mundt, 16. 
L T Coley, 16 . 
L Kumpfer, 16 . 20 .. 
2 3 4 5 6 
50 25 12p lOp 25 
43 .. 19 15 .. 
35 20 ;; " 21 
37 .. 13 .. .. 
34 
41 
41 
23 .. 
35 
14 ., 
, .. 15 
34 
20 .. 
, 17 
21 
11 .. 
.. 12 
9 .. 
21 .. 
9 .. 
Sept. 4.—The annual tournament at Hammond, Ind., 
and the big wrestling match were two attractions which 
kept many of our shooters froming coming to our park 
to-day, but those who were here had a pleasant after¬ 
noon. Fred Bills might have done a little better had 
it not been that he was a little nervous, which, he 
claims, generally affects him when a large crowd of 
shooters and spectators are watching. As it was, he 
broke only 123 out of 125 single targets and scored 20 
at 12 pairs. 
Northcott was shooting a brand-new gun and did 
splendid work with it, considering that he has done 
hardly no shooting for the past year. He broke 94 out 
of the final 100 he shot at, and scored one 25 straight 
fiame, three 24s, one 23 and three 22s in his day’s work. 
Better come out regularly, Northcott; you enjoy the 
sport, and we all enjoy your company. 
Davis scored one straight frame and broke 91 out of 
his first 100. 
De Wolf broke 46 out of his first 50, but had one bad 
frame, which pulled down his total on the 100. 
O. M. George was highly pleased to break 16 and 17 
with his new 30-gauge, which he shot part of the time. 
Events: 
Targets: 
F G Bills. 
W P Northcott 
W A Davis ... 
O Kausche .... 
E Wibley . 
W F De Wolfe 
O M George... 
W F Merkle.. 
Mrs Flagg _ 
123456789 10 11 
25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 12p 
24 .. 24 25 25 25 . 20 
23 25 22 24 22 24 21 19 22 24 18 
.. .. 23 21 22 25 21 . 19 
.... 17 22 19 17 . 
.... 15 11 8 12 . 
.. .. 22 24 18 21 . 21 15 
.... 16 21 19 17.16 10 
. 20 .. .. 
. 10 . 
W. F. Merkle, Supt. 
Mattatuck Rod and Gun Club. 
'1 he sixth and final registered tournament of the 
Western Connecticut Trapshooters’ League, series of 1911, 
under the auspices of the Mattatuck Rod and Gun Club, 
on Sept. 4 was an unqualified success, being favored 
with perfect weather and a large gathering of prominent 
trapshooters, both professional and amateur, from New 
York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut 
and other States. 
Eighty-five shooters faced the traps, and more than 
12,000 largets were thrown during the day. 
High professional average was captured by the veteran 
shooter, J._ A. R. Elliott, with a score of 138 out of a 
possible 150. L. IT. Bradley, of Hartford, tied Mr. 
Elliott for high general average and won the high ama¬ 
teur average wilh 138. A large gallery of spectators, 
including many ladies, was in attendance all day, and 
seemingly enjoyed the sport and the opportunity to 
get out into the open. 
The^ Du Pont trophy for members of Mattatuck Rod 
and Gun Club was won by Irving Cornwell; score 81 
cut of 90. 
The Du Pont Connecticut amateur trophy was won by 
C. Vanstone of Bridgeport. This trophy was given for 
competition among the shooters of Connecticut, to be 
shot for at each of the six tournaments of 1911. The 
high average winner at each tournament to be con¬ 
sidered the winner of a leg, and the greatest number of 
legs to constitute a winner of the trophy. L. H. Bradley, 
of Hartford, and C. Vanstone, of Bridgeport, were tied 
with two each, and the tie being shot off, Mr. Van¬ 
stone won out. 
The Western Cartridge Co. trophy for League mem¬ 
bers only, shot for under the same conditions as the 
Du Pont trophy, except the high score on the team race 
to count as a leg, went to L. H. Bradley, of Hartford, 
after shooting off a tie with W. W. Rice, of New 
Haven, they each having two wins to their credit. 
The Western Connecticut Trapshooters’ League trophy 
for members making the high aggregate score for the 
whole series of six tournaments went to W. W. Rice, 
score 796. C. Vanstone being second with a score of 791. 
Shot at. Broke Shot at. Broke 
L H Bradley.... 
, 150 
138 
B Crane . 
. 150 
111 
H E Metcalf... 
. 150 
137 
R McFetridge.. 
. 150 
110 
B M ITigginson 150 
135 
H Ridge . 
. 150 
110 
W W Rice. 
150 
134 
Dr C C Smith. 
. 150 
no 
M Hepburn .... 
150 
133 
R Bennett .... 
. 150 
109 
T Draher . 
150 
132 
W Olmstead .. 
. 150 
109 
W A Gregory... 
150 
131 
W Thompson.. 
. 150 
109 
C Van Stone... 
150 
131 
E H Bailey_ 
. 150 
109 
Dr Bishop . 
150 
131 
C Hull . 
. 150 
109 
L C Wilson.... 
150 
131 
E Plumb . 
. 150 
108 
S P Senior. 
150 
129 
R H Smith. 
. 150 
108 
R Cate . 
150 
127 
P Fitzhenry .... 
. 150 
107 
Dr McElligott.. 
150 
125 
S Hirschberg .. 
. 150 
106 
A Chamberlain. 
150 
124 
W F Alcorn... 
. 150 
106 
D M Barclay... 
150 
124 
R Hollister . 
. 150 
106 
F. Kelley . 
150 
124 
C Bennett .. 
. 150 
105 
E W Dann. 
150 
124 
C Plancon . 
. 150 
102 
E G Southey... 
150 
124 
T Clarkson . 
. 150 
101 
E Hart . 
150 
123 
G Ailing . 
. 150 
100 
I Cornwell . 
150 
123 
H Pritchard ... 
, 150 
97 
W B Smith. 
150 
123 
T B Robertson., 
. 150 
99 
Dr Wales . 
150 
123 
J Bagrie . 
, 150 
95 
P Bnrnes . 
150 
122 
G McDonald ... 
, 150 
91 
R Lewis . 
150 
122 
E W Miller. 
, 150 
S9 
W E Day. 
150 
122 
W B Judd. 
, 150 
87 
C IT Dalev. 
150 
122 
D Adams . 
150 
79 
TT M Tudd. 
150 
122 
S Wakeman ... 
, 150 
70 
C Sherwopd .... 
150 
121 
J Halpin . 
120 
94 
H Sherman .... 
150 
121 
Jas Bagrie . 
120 
89 
F C Iloagland.. 
150 
120 
L H Sanborn... 
120 
66 
C Probst . 
150 
119 
T Lvnch . 
90 
76 
I. S Ferris. 
150 
119 
C Templeton .. 
75 
46 
W B Lvon. 
150 
119 
H T Hurd. 
75 
40 
C Osborne . 
150 
118 
R B Penn. 
45 
18 
F R Lewis . 
150 
117 
C Hollister .... 
45 
18 
E T Smith. 
150 
117 
G Miller . 
30 
16 
C B Cutter. 
150 
116 
J Hesselman.... 
30 
14 
W Burnes . 
150 
115 
W R Brown. 
30 
7 
S Gustafson. 
150 
113 
T N Standish... 
30 
3 
C A Holmes.... 
150 
112 
T J O’Neill. 
15 
11 
Professionals 
TAR Elliott... 
150 
138 
F E H Sheldon. 
150 
120 
T S Fanning.... 
150 
133 
W R Clark. 
150 
117 
< i Darton . 
150 
125 
Sikeston Gun Club. 
Sikeston, Mo..—Out of 50 pigeons the following scores 
were made on Tuesday, Sept. 5: Dr, D. E. Sawyer 44, 
Dan McCoy 43, W. H. Tanner 39, Clem Marshall 32. 
Wm. IT. Tanner, Sec’y. 
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