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[Dec. 30, 1911. 
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Highland Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 23.—That great outdoor sport 
known as hewing the Christmas tree, was so popular here 
to-day that shooters w'ere scarce. 
First honors were picked by Jesse Griffith, who took 
home a fine nucleus for a poultry farm. He made 76 
out of 80, beating Geo. S. McCarthy by one target. 
These were the classy shooters, but in the other classes 
there were some pretty good scores. Sidebotham-got 73 
in Class B; Pratt 72 in Class C, and Harkins 69 in Class 
D. The high guns in each class were rewarded with a 
dressed hog, a turkey going to the second man, and 
chickens to third and fourth. Scores: 
Class A. 
Griffith . 
. 76 
Tansey. .. 
. 73 
McCarty . 
. 75 
Crothers, 
Jr. 
. 70 
Class 
B. 
. 73 
. 62 
... 71 
. 61 
T F Meehan. 
. 65 
Class 
C. 
Pratt . 
. 72 
Bierie 
. 58 
Perry . 
. 66 
Davis .... 
McCarty, Jr . 
. 61 
Class 
D. 
. 69 
. 48 
. 59 
. 41 
T Meehan . 
. 59 
Firth .... 
. 36 
Borda . 
. 48 
Lindley . 
. 31 
Lee . 
. 48 
Visitors. 
Crooks . 
. 70 
Richards 
. 62 
Newcomb . 
. 70 
The Du Pont Gun Club. 
Wilmington, Del., Dec. 23.— One more would have 
made a near half hundred at the traps here to-day. The 
expert traps were the popular thing. John T. Skelly 
took a fall out of Eugene du Pont and trimmed him to 
the whiz of 2 birds— 72 to 70 finally. 
Just to show the spirit of the merry mule tied and the 
good-will string, Skelly doubled up with Du Pont and 
took on a couple of ex-State champs—Billy Foord and Ed. 
Banks—and, signs of old Santa Claus, they walloped 
the championship timber by 12 scaling pieces of mud— 
142 to 130 was the number. 
Brother Slear, the McCutcheon of one of the sporting 
papers, furnished souvenirs in the form of prints of 
his cartoon of the first birthday shoot at Du Pont. 
Perfect scores of 25 straight w'ere made by Eugene du 
Pont, J. H. Minnick, J. B. McHugh, of Wil mington; 
W. Edmanson, of Newport, and Mr. Slear. 
D. Eindsay, of Providence, Md., challenged N. K. 
Smith for Class B cup. Mr. Smith retained his hold on 
the cup, winning by a score of 43 to 39. In a team race 
between J. W. Anderson, Jr., and I. Turner against 
W. J. Highfield and W. M. Hammond, the former pair 
won, 39 to 36. 
The winners in the Coleman du Pont trophy spoon 
event for the day were: Class A—Eugene du Pont, 26 
straight; Class B—David Eindsay, 24 out of 25; Class C— 
Tie between W. J. Highfield and J. W. Anderson, Jr., 
20 out of 25—Class D—F. A. Wardenburg, 17 out of 25. 
The Highfield-Anderson tie will be shot off Dec. 30. 
W. M. Hammond was successful in shooting off a tie 
from the previous week’s shoot. He won a spoon in 
Class B—23 out of 25. 
A turkey shoot will be held on New Year’s day on the 
Du Pont grounds. 
The scores in detail yesterday were: I. Turner 21, 
E. F. Slear 25, W. Edmanson 21, T. Doremus 21, W. 
A. Joslyn 22, D. J. Dougherty 23, N. K. Smith 19, S. 
Tuchton 20, J. B. McHugh 20, F. W. Mathewson 23, J. 
B. Grier 16, E. du Pont 25, B. Peyton 15, W. J. High¬ 
field 20, D. J. Grier 20, T. W. Mathews 18, N. W. Ham¬ 
mond 23, H. C. McClane 12. S. G. David 18, J. A. 
Campbell 16, J. H. Minnick 19, F. A. Wardenburg 17, 
W. A. Jordan 10, S. J. Newman 18, Guy Lambert 8, 
W- A. Casey 14, T. W. Keithley 21, H. P. Carlon 21, 
R. S. Robison 11, E. C. Harrington 19, William Foord 
22, H. H. England 16, Ed. Banks 20, J. T. Roberson 
22, J. R. Lynam 16, W. E. Smith 20, Dr. S. C. Rumford 
19, J. T. Skelly 24, Wm. Neely 5. L. D. Willis 21, J. W. 
Anderson. Jr., 20, W. S. Gavan 20, D. Lindsay 24, E. H. 
Lambert 9, C. V. Ferriday 13, W. B. Smith 15, W. G. 
Wood 23. 
Northern Kentucky Gun Club. 
A few shooters were at the grounds on Dec. 23 to take 
part in the events at white fliers scheduled for the day. 
The day was cloudy, and the mist rising from the river 
made the birds difficult to see. Among the lot were a 
few fast ones, but on the whole, they were a very ordi¬ 
nary lot. Emil Hammerschmidt was high man with 10 
straight, and 14 total in the two events. He also made 
high score in targets, breaking 39 out of 45. This is his 
first time at the traps for over three months. Voige 
still sticks to his 20-gauge, and made some fine kills, 
drawing several hard ones. Irwin was second with a total 
of 13. The tri-State shoot at white fliers scheduled for 
New Year’s Day promises to be well attended. The 
trophy is well worth fighting for, and the chance for 
financial returns will bring a number of shooters who 
are willing to take a risk. Shooters of Indiana, Ohio 
and Kentucky are eligible to compete for the trophy, and 
all can get in for the purses. Don’t forget the date, 
Jan. 1, 1912, and come early, as the sport starts at 9:30. 
Supt. Taggert will furnish the “eats,” and everyone will 
be satisfied with this part of the program. 
Event 1, 10 white .fliers, enfranee $2.50, 30yds.: 
Walkler . 9 Dameron . 9 
Emil . 10 . Voige . 7 
Irwin . 8 
Event 2, 5 white fliers, 30yds.: 
Irwin . 5 Emil . 4 
Luverne . 4 Dameron . 3 
The following scores were made at clay targets: 
Targets: 25 20 TI. Targets: 25 20 Tl. 
Emil . 21 IS — 39 Dameron . 21 
Irwin . 12 13—25 Al . 9 .. 
Marine and Field Club. 
Bath Beach, Dec. 23. — The four events here to-day 
brought out good scores and more than the usual num¬ 
ber of shooters. The final leg on the December cup 
brought P. R. Towne’s total to 255 out of 300, his handi¬ 
cap was 20. J. M. Knox won take-home trophy (5—23). 
Towne won scratch trophy shoot with a straight 25, and 
with handicap won the special 50 target event with 47. 
Monthly cup, handicap, 300 targets: 
P R Towne. 20 255 I M Knox. 54 200 
C B Sayre. 80 254 fe H Loth. 0 175 
T Emanuel, Jr. 16 243 C B Ludwig. 12 162 
C M Camp. 30 221 
Take-home trophy, 25 targets, handicap: 
J M Knox...-. 5 23 C M Camp. 2 18 
P R Towne. 1 19 D Hopkins . 0 18 
C B Sayre. 4 18 
Trophy shoot, 25 targets, scratch: 
P R Towne. 25 Dr Hopkins . 19 
C M Camp. 23 j M Knox. 18 
C B Sayre...,. 19 
Special shoot, 50 targets, handicap: 
P R Towne. 2 47 C B Sayre. 8 38 
C M Camp. 4 46 J M Knox. 10 36 
Dr Hopkins . 6 44 
Speedway Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J.. Dec. 19. —There must be a Jersey 
championship floating around in the upper ether again, 
from the string of champs and contenders who turned 
out at the practice shoot here to-day. Some of the 
champs, ex, present and possible, didn’t shoot up to 
form, but then it was only midweek practice, and called 
for no great effort. 
Events: 1234567S9 10 11 
L Colquitt . 25 23 19 .. 24 .. 22 .. 22 .. .. 
John Bey . 11 17 19 .. 22 .. 10. 
Peter Bey . 11 13 15 .. 16 .. .. 17. 
J H Cummings. 5. 
W Hassinger . 17 20 .. 22 .. 20 .. 23 21 21 
1 Thompson . 23 .. 21 .. 20 .. 19 .. .. 
N Apgar . 25 .. 21 .. 24 .. 23 .. 
Tas Wheaton .15 .. 21 .. 14 .. 14 .. 
Geo A OKI, Jr.13 .. 16 .. 17 .. IS .. 
Sheppard . 17 .. 17 .. 21 24 19 21 
Wm Neville. 7. 
John Halley .13. 
W Stengel .17 .. 18 
Larchmont Y. C. 
Despite the cloudy weather and a rather poor back¬ 
ground, the irapshooters of the Larchmont Yacht Club 
did some close work on Christmas Day in the nine con¬ 
tests decided. Dr. R. J. Held, with a handicap of 9, 
shooting against nine others in the 100-target match, re¬ 
turned the score of 98, Stuart Scott being the runner-up 
