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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Sept. 23, 1911. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
The annual tournament was held on Sept. 14 and 15. 
The affair was a success so far as it was possible for the 
committee to make it so, but the weather conditions 
could hardly have been worse, and of course this had a 
bad effect on the attendance, even the local men refusing 
to enthuse to the point of standing on the firing line 
clad in rain coats, and shooting at targets in a downpour. 
Messrs. H. S. Connely, E. Hammerschmidt, Dr. R. Lee 
Bird and J. A. Payne, the tournament committee, deserve 
credit for the excellent manner in which every detail of 
the shoot was carried out, and for their efforts to pro¬ 
vide entertainment for the visitors. The field force was 
experienced in their work, and as a consequence every¬ 
thing moved smoothly, and there were no complaints 
from the contestants. John Braunagel, former ground 
superintendent at Bernard, acted as referee and scorer, 
giving perfect satisfaction. Luther J. Squier had charge 
of the office work; in fact, he attended to all the details 
of this end of the tournament, writing squad sheets, 
compiling scores, etc. It is scarcely necessary to men¬ 
tion that the work was kept up to the minute, and that 
no shooter had to leave the grounds without settling, 
as happens in too many cases. Promptness in paying 
winnings is one of the things that keeps the shooters 
good-natured. Everybody goes away happy when Luther 
handles the cash. He knows the game from A to Z, and 
is competent to settle any question arising under the 
rules. 
The club grounds are located at Rosedale, Ky., on the 
banks of the Licking River, amid beautiful natural sur¬ 
roundings, and in pleasant weather it is altogether a de¬ 
lightful place to enjoy a day’s sport. It is easy of access, 
being only 35 minutes’ ride from Fountain Square, Cin¬ 
cinnati, with good car service. 
The trade was represented by some of the best known 
experts in the country, viz.: Rolla O. ITeikes, J. R. 
Taylor, C. O. Le Compte, T. A. Marshall and Woolfolk 
Elenderson. L. T. Spinks was also present a part of the 
first day. Among the visiting amateurs were L. M. 
White, Detroit, Mich.; T. J. Donald and T. E. Donald, 
Felicity, O.; R. H. Bruns, Brookville, Ind.; J. A. Penn 
and Ed. Cain, Dayton, O.; Lon Fisher, Columbus, O.; 
W. N. Wise, Noblesville, Ind.; O. H. Nutt, Beaver, O.; 
Wm. Shattuck, Coal Grove, O.; J. N. Shropshire, Cyn- 
thiana, Ky., and W. E. Gordon, Mobile, Ala. 
The tournament was given under the money-back sys¬ 
tem, registered with the Interstate Association. The pro¬ 
gram on each day was the usual one of ten 15-target 
events, with total entrance of $14, and $1 extra for the 
money-back purse, to which the Association added $100. 
Special events were provided each day. The optional 
sweeps did not prove popular with the shooters and had 
no entries. 
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 13, the visitors and locals 
were given a chance to polish up a bit before getting into 
the fight for the prizes. The day was cool and pleasant, 
with a light, incoming wind, which ocasionally made the 
targets soar, to the discomfiture of the unlucky shooter. 
Five 20-target events were shot, W. Henderson making 
high score of 95, and J. A. Payne getting in second 
place on 90. The entrance was $2, divided 40, 30, 20 and 
10 per cent., class shooting. Scores: 
*Le Compte . 
. 85 
*Henderson . 
... 95 
White . 
. 83 
Hammerschmidt ... 
... 87 
Pavne . 
. 90 
*Finkelmeier . 
... 4 '> 
. 86 
. 70 
Dr "Bird . 
... 77 
09 
... lu 
Johnson . 
. 85 
First 
Day. 
Thursday, the opening day of the tournament, dawned 
fairly pleasant, though somewhat cloudy, and with a de¬ 
cidedly lower temperature than for several days. But 
just about the time when intending shooters should have 
taken the cars for the grounds, it began to rain, and 
for nearly two hours there was a heavy downpour, which 
kepi many of the local men from starting. The rain 
then let up, but heavy clouds still covered the sky, and 
made a poor light for shooting. About noon a bank of 
black clouds appeared in the north and soon spread over 
the entire sky, forming a background against which the 
targets showed up with startling distinctness, looking 
like white disks painted on jet canvas. The wind also 
began to rise, squad 1 in event 6 getting the benefit of 
the perfect background without being bothered much by 
the wind. Squad 2 in this event got the first of the ap¬ 
proaching storm, the wind increasing, blowing directly 
toward the shooters, and causing the targets to soar, and 
some rain falling. It was also so dark as to make the 
targets almost impossible to see. Just as squad 2 fin¬ 
ished the event, the storm burst in its full fury, and 
drove everyone to cover, delaying the shooting for half 
an hour. It cleared up the latter part of the afternoon, 
and at night the prospects were good for a fine finish 
day. 
Squier started the ball rolling at 9:50, and at 3:30 the 
regular events were finished. At the close of the fifth 
event, Cain and Nutt led the amateurs with 71 each. 
W. N. Wise and T. J. Donald were next with 70 each, 
and Dameron had 5 down. The finish found these 
positions changed a little, Nutt having secured a lead 
of one target over Cain, T. J. Donald doing the same 
trick with Wise, and Dameron tying with the latter, 
while R. H. Bruns, who was 7 down in the first half, 
climbed into third place for the day. The professionals 
did fine work, that of J. R. Taylor being especially 
worthy of mention. He missed his third target and 
then went straight, scoring 149, with a run of 147. Pop 
Heikes missed only 6 during the day, giving him second 
place, and Henderson, who was tied with him in the 
first half of the program, finished third, two targets be¬ 
hind. 
The special event for the day was for a Stevens trap 
gun, 25 targets, $1.25 entrance, handicaps 16 to 21yds. 
The handicaps were based on the scores made in the 
regular events, and were placed by Dr. R. Lee Bird, 
J. A. Payne and E. Hammerschmidt. The event had 
twenty-five entries and resulted in a tie on 24 between 
M. J. Welch, 18yds., and Ed. Cain, 20yds. The shoot-off 
was close, and the result was in doubt up to the last 
shot. Cain led off, and dropped his third target, 
Welch obligingly did likewise; then Cain scored to the 
tenth bird, which he missed, and Welch followed suit. 
The thirteenth target escaped Cain’s load, and Welch 
refused to take any advantage of his opponent, so he also 
missed. After this Cain smashed ’em until the twenty- 
first and was one target to the good, as Welch had lost 
his fifteenth and eighteenth birds. Welch still had a 
chance to tie, but failed to connect with his twenty- 
fourth target, which gave Cain a lead of two, and the 
latter dropped his last target, winning the gun by one 
target. The event was finished at 4:30, and the shooters 
hastily packed up and left for the city. It was a very 
pleasant surprise to the local shooters to have Pop 
ITeikes, John Taylbr and T. A. Marshall present. They 
were unexpected guests, and most welcome ones. The 
Honorable Tom seemed to have troubles of his own 
to-day, and was not quite so generous a contributor to 
the hilarity of the occasion as usual, even the charms of 
“crack-a-loo” failed to arouse much enthusiasm in his 
breast. 
Charlie Le Compte was most consistent in his work 
at the traps, seven 12 s in succession, looked like some 
one had doctored his loads. 
The dinner served in the club house was a feature 
that everyone enjoyed, and they all did ample justice to 
the good things. 
Arthur Gambell came over for a short call, to see the 
boys and greet his old friends. Time was when Arthur 
used to get on the firing line and make them all go 
some to beat him; but he’s quit the game, and poses 
as a spectator. 
Woolfolk Henderson was a little off to-day; that is, 
for him; most of us would be tickled to get through 
with only 8 misses, but he is generally good for a 
higher score. 
Second Day. 
Friday proved to be the limit for bad weather. Dur¬ 
ing the night the mercury climbed 20 degrees, and the 
air was full of moisture, making any exertion most un¬ 
comfortable. Early in the day the prospects seemed good 
for pleasant weather, in accordance with the Weather 
Clerk’s prediction, but rain began to fall about 10 o’clock 
and showers were frequent during the morning. About 
12:30 a heavy wind and downpour of rain, accompanied 
by the most severe electrical display which has been 
had in this section for years, drove everyone into the 
club house, and kept them prisoners for over half an 
hour. It rained continuously until late in the afternoon, 
so that shooting was very disagreeable work instead of 
a pleasant sport. Squier got things started at 9:30, and 
the regular program was finished at 3:20. The shooting 
dragged somewhat, as it was hard work to get the squads 
started to the firing line in the rain. There were a few 
new men entered to-day, among them J. G. Francis, A. 
M. Turrell and O. D. Maddox, of Harrison, O., and T. 
S. Day, a professional, of Midland, Tex. The Harrison 
bunch shot in only a few events owing to the rain. The 
scores were not quite so good as on Thursday, although 
a few of the shooters did better. At the half-way post, 
Johnson, Hammerschmidt and “Grump” were tied with 
4 down each, Cain being second with 5 misses. Bruns 
was down 7, and Fisher, Nutt, Bird and Shropshire eacr» 
had 8 misses. In the last half of the program some 
changes in leadership were made: Fisher, from fourth 
place, forged to the front, tying with Bruns, who climbed 
out of third place, for high amateur score on 139. Grump 
finished in second place, with Shropshire, who was in 
the fourth class. Johnson dropped from his place with 
the leaders and finished third. Hammerschmidt, one of 
the first flight, divided fourth place honors with Wise 
and Nutt on 136. 
The professionals did not show up quite so well as on 
Thursday, though they occupied the four high places 
for the day. Taylor spoiled his chance of adding materi¬ 
ally to his run of Thursday, when he dropped two 
targets in his first event, and the best he could do was 
to finish fourth. W. Henderson was high man with 145, 
including a run of 86 , made in the first six events. J. 
S. Day was close after him and got second with 144. 
Then came Pop Heikes with 143, his hard luck in the 
first event spoiling his chances for first place. The 
special events had only eleven entries, as most of the 
shooters were anxious to get back to the city between 
showers. In the first event Cain and Bird divided first 
on 25 straight, and in the second, Shattuck, Nutt and 
Connely tied on 24. 
Luther Squier had all moneys paid out within thirty 
minutes of the close of the regular events. 
On the first day 4620 targets were trapped, including 
those in the special, and on Friday, 4890, a total of 9510. 
The money-back nurse was made up as follows: Tar¬ 
gets first day, $39.45; extra entrance, $21; targets second 
day, $43.65; extra entrance, $22; added money $100; 
total $226.10. Total losses $89.45; surplus, $136.64, divided 
among the nine high guns. Twelve of the shooters 
failed to win their entrance, and were reimbursed in 
sums ranging from $1.35 to $16.40. 
J. R. Taylor was high professional for the two days 
with 291. R. O. Heikes »nd W. Henderson tied for 
second on 287. C. O. Le Compte third with 257. 
The amateurs were headed by O. H. Nutt with 276. 
R. H. Bruns 275, E. Cain 273, and Lon Fisher 271. 
The moving pictures of the 1911 Grand American will 
be shown in Cincinnati next month at McFee’s Theater 
on Vine street. Mac was formerly superintendent of 
the club, and has a host of friends among the shooters, 
all of whom will be on hand when he runs the G. A. H. 
film. 
First 
Second 
Day. 
Day. 
Total 
O H Nutt . 
. 140 
136 
276 
R H Bruns . 
. 136 
139 
275 
E Cain . 
. 139 
134 
273 
Lon Fisher . 
. 132 
139 
271 
E Hammerschmidt . 
. 134 
136 
270 
W N Wise . 
. 134 
136 
270 
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M II Tohnson. 133 
T Donald . 134 
G Dameron . 134 
J Shropshire . 121 
J A Payne . 129 
Wm Shattuck . 124 
H S Connely . 120 
T J Donald' . 135 
M I Welsh. 129 
R Lee Bird . 125 
J A Penn. 124 
L M White. 123 
H R Irwin. 120 
J Schreck . 104 
A Voige . 104 
A M Turrell 
O D Maddox 
137 
270 
132 
266 
128 
262 
138 
259 
128 
257 
132 
256 
135 
255 
120 
255 
121 
250 
124 
249 
124 
248 
115 
238 
113 
233 
125 
229 
121 
225 
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Professionals: 
T R Taylor. 
. 149 
142 
291 
R O Heikes. 
. 144 
143 
287 
W Henderson . 
. 142 
145 
287 
C O Le Compte. 
. 121 
136 
257 
T A Marshall. 
. 126 
129 
255 
L T Spinks . 
. 44 
The special event on 
the first dav was 
for a 
trap gun, 
and was at 25 targets, 
handicap 16 to 
21 yds., 
entrance 
$1.25: 
Yds. 
T’l. 
Cain . 
. 20 
24 
Fisher . 
. 19 
22 
Nutt . 
. 20 
22 
E Barker .. 
. 18 
21 
Payne . 
. 18 
20 
Bameron .. 
. 19 
18 
Tohnson ... 
. 19 
22 
Connely ... 
. 16 
16 
Voige . 
. 16 
20 
Shropshire 
. 16 
21 
Schreck 
. 16 
21 
Professionals: 
Heikes .... 
. 20 
24 
Taylor . 
. 20 
19 
Shoot-off, 
25 targets 
Cain . 
. 20 
20 
Yds. T’l. 
Bird . 17 19 
Welsh . 18 24 
Penn . 17 20 
Irwin . 17 23 
Shattuck . 17 20 
White . 17 21 
Wise . 19 23 
Ilammerschmidt 19 21 
T T Donald. 19 18 
T E Donald.... 19 22 
Le Compte . 18 £1 
Spinks . 20 22 
Welsh . 18 19 
On the second day two specials were shot, 25 targets 
each, $2.50 entrance each, four moneys, divided 25, 25, 
25, 25 per cent., class shooting: 
