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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec. g, 1911. 
1911 Grand American Hn.ndicn.p 
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The Greatest Trap-Shooting Event of the Year, Won With 
At Columbus, Ohio, June 22, 1911, by a record score 
90 out of 100 from 20 yards 
Mr. Harvey Dixon, of Oronogo, Mo., handicapped on the 20-yard line, and shooting PETERS Factory Loaded Shells, purchased by him 
out of the regular stock of the Columbus Gun Club, won the most coveted honor in the trap-shooting world, together with the Inter-State 
Association Trophy and the $1,000 purse. The score of 99 from 20 yards in the Grand American has never been equaled. 
It pays to use PETERS SHELLS—the kind having "Sleet buhere sleet belongs.” 
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY - - - CINCINNATI, OHIO 
New York: 98 Chambers Street. T. H. KELLER, Manager New Orleans: 321 Magazine Street. E. F. LECKERT, Manager 
San Francisco: 608-612 Howard Street. J. S. FRENCH, Manager 
Western Connecticut Trapshooters’ League. 
As the hunting season is closed, we begin to turn 
our thoughts toward the planning of our trapshooting 
season of 1912. It may be of interest to the many readers 
of your paper who are lovers of the sport of trapshooting 
to know of the success of the Western Connecticut 
Trapshooters’ League this last season. This League was 
formed in February last through the efforts of the Pah- 
ciuioque Gun Club, of Danbury, who took the initiative 
for the reason of the Interstate Association not register¬ 
ing any tournament held by any club unless they be¬ 
longed to a league or State association. We formed the 
League, with six clubs—Pahquioque, of Danbury; Bethel; 
New Haven, Mattatuck, of Waterbury; Seaside, of 
Bridgeport, and Hillside, of Long Hill. 
When you consider that only three of the clubs of the 
League—Danbury, Bethel and New Haven—have held a 
tournament in the last few years, and that the Bridge¬ 
port and Long Hill clubs had never held one before, they 
being just organized, it shows what an organization will 
do to create interest in the sport. The first thing the 
League did was to arrange a date for each club to hold 
its tournament, starting May ], and closing on Labor 
Day. We registered all the tournaments with the Inter¬ 
state Association, and they gave the League $150 to use 
as they say fit for the interest of the sport. 
The League offered a sterling silver trophy for the 
high score for the six tournaments, also had a five-man 
team race at each, which creates more interest than any¬ 
thing a club can do, and every club will do their ut¬ 
most to get the shooters out. The Du Pont Powder 
Co. gave the League a sterling silver pitcher, to be 
known as the Du Pont Connecticut amateur trophy, open 
to any shooter in Connecticut. The Western Cartridge 
Co., gave us a gold fob. These with the fine list of 
prizes each club offered, made it very interesting, as the 
prizes were arranged so the 80 and 70 per cent, shooters 
had a look in, which they do not have at most tourna¬ 
ments. 
Sweepstakes were eliminated as much as possible, four 
of the clubs not having any. Each club had the full 
charge of the tournament held under its auspices, only 
complying with the rules of the League and the Inter¬ 
state Association, and having any profit or loss accruing 
from same. By doing this, each club tried to outdo the 
other, and the prizes the different clubs offered were 
never equaled before. Mr. Shaner says our League 
was the most successful of any in the United States, 
there being an average attendance of 90 shooters: Bridge¬ 
port having 116, Danbury 110, Bethel 86, Waterbury 85, 
New Haven 80, Long Hill 65. We had shooters from all 
over the country, and all said the old Nutmeg State was 
the liveliest trapshooters’ nest in the country. The most 
important thing an association of this kind has to do 
is to see that the_ game laws are enforced, and that 
proper legislation is passed for the protection of our 
fish and game. This last session of our Legislature 
would have deprived us of our few weeks’ sport afield 
by putting a close season on game birds, if it had not 
been for the concentrated action of this League. The 
House of Representatives passed it, and the Senate 
killed it by a unanimous vote. The season was short¬ 
ened two weeks by taking one week off from each end 
of the former season, making six weeks to hunt instead 
of two months, which I believe is a step in the right 
direction, to have six weeks of good hunting instead of 
two months with nothing to hunt. 
The New York State Sportsmen’s Association and the 
Springfield Fish and Game Association are doing good 
work, and if all associations of this kind would adopt 
such a plan as New York, there would be great results 
come from it. The more publicity given these matters, 
the sooner the public will realize we mean business. 
The Western Connecticut Trapshooters’ League will 
hold its annual meeting on the third Monday in January, 
and I am sure that we shall receive good reports as to 
what has been accomplished by the formation of this 
organization of sportsmen in Connecticut. 
E. H. Bailey, Pres. 
Hudson Gun Club. 
The Hudson Gun Club held its bi-monthly club shoot 
Dec. 3, with an attendance of twenty-two shooters who 
took part in the several events that were carded. The 
day was cold, and with the sky overcast, made a very 
poor background to shoot targets in, consequently some 
“bum” scores were returned by shooters that can do 
much better, and there were no records broken by any 
of the shooters that took part in the day’s program. 
There was a triple tie for high gun honors, Lou 
Schorty and Dave Engle each breaking 80 per cent, of 
their targets, which enabled them to keep in the van 
with the popular trade representative, H. S. Welles, who 
also broke 80 per cent. 
Several of our members that have not been regular at¬ 
tendants of our shoots for several months past, showed 
up this morning, and got busy on the firing line. Well, 
their scores certainly showed that they were away from 
the game, and it will take some time before they get 
back where they left off. 
We hold our next shoot on Dec. 17, and we invite all 
shooters that like the game to 
come out 
and 
pay us 
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Targets: 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
T Williams . 
.... 14 
15 
16 
14 
19 
12 
H S Welles . 
.... 17 
21 
21 
20 
19 
22 
D D Engle . 
.... 23 
23 
18 
22 
20 
20 
T Putney . 
.... 21 
15 
17 
18 
21 
17 
T Williams. Tr. 
.... 15 
14 
11 
11 
W Raymond . 
.... 14 
12 
17 
11 
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R Young . 
.... 20 
19 
18 
19 
12 
T, H Schorty . 
.... 23 
20 
17 
22 
18 
20 
C Brewer . 
.... 13 
7 
10 
8 
15 
G Flaccus . 
.... 9 
7 
11 
12 
W O’Brien . 
.... 14 
19 
22 
16 
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W C Bucknam . 
.... 13 
11 
13 
15 
B Bcversdoft .. 
.... 13 
16 
10 
16 
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14 
G F Hutchings. 
.... 16 
13 
14 
19 
19 
19 
T Kellv . 
.... 16 
14 
18 
18 
17 
G Ruprecht . 
6 
7 
10 
10 
W Rauchfuss . 
6 
6 
11 
12 
C Durkey . 
.... 12 
14 
17 
15 
12 
i2 
1 Whitlev . 
.... 15 
15 
16 
18 
15 
1 McNally . 
6 
7 
9 
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W Pitt . 
.... 11 
16 
12 
11 
F Schuman . 
15 
19 
17 
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visit. 
T. H. IC, Sec’y. 
Genesee Gun Club. 
High wind, low scores, great enthusiasm and a big 
crowd, marked the opening shoot of the rejuvenated 
Genesee Gun Club at Utica, on Thanksgiving Day. The 
program called for four 10-target, six 15-target, and one 
20-target events. Jerome Defee, of Chadwicks, was high 
gun for the day with 129 out of ]50, beating out Sim 
Glover and Briggs, the two professionals present. W. E. 
Corfield got second honors with 128, and G. H. Pumpelly, 
from Owego, toted away third money with 113. 
The ever helpful professional was represented by Sim 
Glover, of Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., and J. H. 
Briggs, of U. M. C.-Remington Co. If the regular 
weekly shoots run as successfully as did this event it 
augurs well for a big season at the Riverside traps. 
Events: 123456789 10 11 
Targets; 10 15 15 10 15 20 10 15 10 15 15 
Glover . 10 14 12 9 12 18 7 11 10 9 12 
Briggs . 9 10 10 6 9 13 7 10 5 12 9 
Pumpelly . 8 11 12 8 12 17 8 13 7 13 13 
Lawrence . 8 12 11 8 14 15 8 9 5 11 12 
Debee . 6 14 12 11 14 18 9 12 8 13 12 
Davidson . 9 1112 8 .... 8 11 7 12 10 
Banker . 7 10 12 9 10 14 7 10 8 10 .. 
H Warner . 6 12 9 6 12 13 6 12 5 13 .. 
Corfield . 8 14 13 10 14 17 9 13 8 10 12 
M Warner . 6 10 10 9 11. 
Brayton . 4 9 9 6 . 
Bennett . 7 9 11 7 10 14 6 9 .. 11 10 
Ebenbeck . 6 12 9 7 10 13 8 .. 6 10 12 
Wheeler . 6 13 13 S 11 15 7 12 7 .. 
Brunner . 13 8 12 13 7 . 
Wilcox . 12 7 13 15 6 11 7 10 13 
Bills . 8 10 14 6 10. 
G Tones .13 15 8 11. 
Siedsma .12 16 8 11 5 12 11 
Loughlin . 14 8 10 7 12 11 
Quincy Gun Club. 
The Quincy Gun Club, of Quincy, Cal., has been or¬ 
ganized, and a constitution and by-laws adopted. For 
some time there have been meetings of trapshooting en¬ 
thusiasts at Quincy, and several impromptu. shoots have 
been held with the idea of creating interest in this sport. 
Hereafter contests will be held under standard rules, and 
tile club will be entitled to participate in trapshooting 
contests with other clubs The officers elected were: 
President, F. D. Walsh; Vice-President, B. E. Hart; 
Seeretarv, E. M. Cameron; Treasurer, J. D. McLaugh¬ 
lin; Field Captain, J. W. Braden. The gunners are 
almost all inexperienced, and the scores being made are 
not high ones, but are fast being improved. At a recent 
shoot the following scores resulted out of a possible 25: 
B. E. Hart 22. J. W. Braden 19. G. H. Stephen 19, H. II. 
Waterhouse 13, A. W. Gray 18, F. D. Walsh 16, E. M. 
Cameron 17, H. P. McBeth 17, A. Koonter 13. 
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