FOREST AND STREAM 
159 
*F. Gilbert . 
180 
Chas. Adler . 
180 
O. L. Lighler . 
. 200 
179 
Art. J. Frunk . 
. 200 
178 
Geo. G. Pratt . 
. 200 
177 
T. W. Jones . 
17s 
A. F. Diehn . 
. 200 
175 
A. F. Johnson . 
172 
E. II. Beadle . 
172 
J. C. Buzzell . 
. 200 
169 
T. T. Bumes . 
169 
F. J. Fiedler . 
168 
Geo. Welch . 
167 
II. B. Johnson . 
166 
F. Long .. 
166 
M. H. Forney . 
. 200 
l6l 
R. Laufle . 
159 
A. M. 'Gage . 
I -io 
A. Peterson . 
IS 4 
Chas. Sweeney . 
145 
Pahquioque Gun Club. 
The third registered tournament of the Western Con¬ 
necticut Trapshooters’ League, held Saturday under the 
auspices of the Pahquioque Gun Club, of this city, was 
a record for the club and the league, and also a record 
for any one-day tournament held in ithe east, with 134 
shooters taking part, this being a larger number than 
■took part in the Eastern [Handicap shoot. The day was 
ideal and the conditions perfect for good scores, as the 
three Leggett traps were working finely. Except for 
the bad lot of targets which the club was unfortunate 
in getting, a good many breaking when released, and 
which delayed the club in finishing as soon as was 
expected, everything ran as smoothly as a clock. 
The tournament started promptly at 8:30 o’clock with 
a squad of the Pahquioque’s crack marksmen. They cer¬ 
tainly sustained the reputation of the club, as they 
won the league team race and all finished at the top of 
the list, each averaging over ninety per cent. The crack 
of the .guns was continuous from the start until dark¬ 
ness oame and it was impossible to see the pigeons. The 
regular program was finished in good season. The spe¬ 
cial event started at six o’clock, and the last man fin¬ 
ished only when it was too dark to see the target until 
it got to the sky-line. It was nearly nine o’clock when 
the officials left the club house, a tired lot, but well 
pleased with the most successful tournament ever held 
by the club. Approximately 20,000 targets were trapped 
of the three sets of traps, and this shows there had to 
be some system to carry out the program. 
The club never had a classier lot of shooters and the 
competition was keen from start to finish, as one could 
not pick the winner until all had finished. The Paleface 
Shooting Association, of Boston, sent a team, and it 
was as fine a bunch of sportsmen as one would wish to 
meet, and they certainly could shoot. They had L. S. 
Davis, New England champion, he winning it last week 
at Portland, Me.; also J. L. Snow, E. A. Staples, Bos¬ 
ton, Mass.; J. McArdle, Lakewood, R. I., and S. W. 
Putnam, of 'Fitchburg, Mass., last year winner at 
Danbury. 
Then there were Dr. G. H. Martin, of New York, of 
the N. Y. A. C.'; H. O. Allyn, T. PI. Lawrence, H. PI. 
Shannon, of White Plains, a bunch hard to beat; L. C. 
Remsen, of Mt. Kisco, who is shooting at a fast clip; 
H. L. Dickerman, of Chicago. The Connecticut boys 
were up against a stiff proposition to keep the honors 
here, and they made them go, as Davis, McArdle, Allyn 
J. H. Finch, of Greenwich; C. Howard Raley, H. San¬ 
ford, of Danbury; Bradley, of • Hartford, Chamberlain, 
of New Haven, Van Stone and Kellogg, of Bridgeport, 
where all bunched very closely at the end of the first 
round of twenty-five targets. Davis went straight, with 
McArdle and Kellogg two down, Daley three and Allyn 
four. Davis kept his lead and finished with 144, with 
McArdle 143. Allyn 142, Finch 141, and -Daley, Sanford, 
Bradley, Chamberlain, Snow, Van Stone, Kellogg and 
Putnam 138. 
There was a nice race for professional honors, with 
W. II. Hammond of the Hercules Powder Company a 
winner with 143; Dr. E. M. Funk, of the Liberty 
Cartridge Company, a close second, with 142; H. H. 
Stevens, 141; Jack Fanning, 140, and W. Brown, formerly 
with the Liberty Cartridge 'Company, 140. Each of the 
five high “pros” won a Danbury hat. 
The shooting which attracted 'the most attention of 
the spectators, which was the largest number ever seen 
on the grounds, was 'that of several women. It was a 
very interesting race and a crowd followed them as 
they went from one trap to another. Miss Laura Bolles, 
of. 'Greenwich, was high score with 115, winning firsi 
prize, a cut glass dish; Miss Jessie Thorpe was second 
with 106, winning the second prize, a silver mesh bag; 
Mrs. 'Henry Sanford third with 101, she winning a 
bottle of perfume. This was Mrs. Sanford’s first ex¬ 
perience at a tournament and she did remarkably well. 
Mrs. G. H. Martin was fourth with 97, she winning a 
silver vanity case; Mrs. F. F. Rodgers, fifth, 98, prize a 
woman’s hat; Mrs. Hessian, sixth, 66, prize a woman’s 
outing hat. 
The event in which the most interest centered for 
Connecticut shooters was the Connecticut state cham¬ 
pionship. This was the closest contest on record, as 
there were several possibles with Stanley Kellogg, of 
Bridgeport, a favorite, with only one down on his first 
fifty. R. Hollister, the 1909 champion, was another who 
was only four 'down, and Dr. C. C. Smith with three 
down. Five men from Danbury bad a good chance, 
Gregory, Sanford, Daley, Olmstead and Stevens, 
Gregory and Sanford being the runners-up. Chamber- 
lain, of New Haven, was another who had a fighting 
chance, and Finch, of Greenwich. When the next two 
events were finished it was found that Dr. C. C. Smith, 
J. Finch and L. H. Bradley had tied on 94 out of 100. 
with iR. Hollister, H. Sanford and W. A. Gregory 92 
with Van Stone and Kellogg 92, Daley, Olmstead -and 
Onamberlain 91, Stevens 90. 
The 'Shooit-off was a nice one, Bradley and Finch tyin°- 
on twenty-five and Smith losing one. In the next 
Leon S. Davis, High Average Gun for the Day, Surrounded by a Bevy of the Prettiest and Most 
Expert of New England’s Trap Shooters. 
shoot-off Finch won by one target, Bradley losing hi? 
last bird. Finch was presented with the Stevens trophy. 
For the Pahquioque Club championship Gregory and 
Sanford tied on 93 out of 100. They will shoot off at a 
future date. The Wilson trophy goes .to winner. 
The long run was won by L. S. Davis, of Boston, 
with 75 straight. Mr. Davis got a long run prize from 
the Hercules Powder Co. also. The long run for the 
club member was won by W. A. .Gregory with 44. 
The Ridgefield championship was won by C. Cornen, 
he breaking 132 out of 150, and holding the cup for one 
year. It has been won by three different shooters, 
E. Storer in 1912; J. Finch in 1913, and C. Cornen in 
1914. A shooter has got to win it three times to own it. 
The fine secret prizes attracted lots of attention. 
These were for the shooters coming nearest to a certain 
percentage to be picked by the cashier and opened 
at end of- shoot. The percentages were 50 per cent., 
55 per cent., 60 per cent., 66 per cent., and 74 per cent. 
D. Bierce, of Sharon, won nearest to 50 per cent., with 
78-150; G. W. Derrick nearest to 55 per cent., with 82- 
150; Mrs. F. F. Rodgers nearest to 60 per cent, with 
91-150; Walter Thorpe nearest to 66 per cent, with 100- 
150, and Dr. P. U. Sunderland nearest to 74 per cent, 
with m-150. The prizes were one year’s subscription 
■to National Sportsman. 
The special league prizes brought a close run. In the 
Da Pont ‘Connecticut amateur trophy, R. D. Cate has 
won the first two “legs.” J. H. Finch, of Greenwich, 
won the “leg” here with 141-150. 
In the Parker Bros, trophy for the high total score 
for the four tournaments, L. Bradley is high with 404, 
Cate 401, Chamberlain 398. 
Liberty Cartridge Co. trophy for the longest run at 
any of the four tournaments, Stanley Kellogg is high 
with 67, made at Danbury. 
.Western Connecticut Trap Shooters’ League trophy for 
high score on team race L. H. Bradley is high, win¬ 
ning two. “legs,” one at 'New Haven and one 'at Dan¬ 
bury, with 94-100. 
Stevens Arms Co. trophy for the high total score on 
team race—L. H. Bradley 275-300. 
Hercules Powder Co. trophy for the high soore on 
special event—R. A. Lewis was the winner of “leg” 
with 25 straight. 1C. Fox won at New Haven and Van 
Stone at Long Hill. 
.The team race was interesting for the league cham¬ 
pionship, New Haven winning at Long Hill; Bridgeport 
at New Haven. The Danbury team won on their own 
'grounds by ten -targets, 458, to Bridgeport, 448; New 
ITaven, 439, and Hartford, 414. This gives each club 
a leg, the last leg will be shot at Bridgeport, August 22 
The prize was $10 in gold for the “leg.” 
For the teams outside of the league the Paleface boys 
were easy, winners, making ‘the fine score of 464 out 
of 500, which is a record for any club in Connecticut, 
they beat Danbury six birds. The second team was 
V V hlt ?n, lam . s > Wlth 456; Mt. Kisco, 427, and Ridgefield, 
416. The .prizes were five Danbury hats. 
In the Special Distance Handicap ’there was 37 en- 
tries, the scores being very close until R. A. Lewis, 
® ncl g' e P, ort > S°t a straight, winning the $20 in gold. 
H. Sanford and D. Hall tied on 24, Sanford getting the 
$10 'in gold and Hall the cut glass dish. There were 
four tied at 23—J. H. Finch getting chafing dish; J. Mc¬ 
Ardle, silver chocolate pot; M. Hepburn, cut glass 
spoon tray; W. B. Leigh, silver sugar and cream. 
There were six tied on 22—A. Brickner, J. L. Snow, E. 
A. Staples, E. Downs, Dr. Martin and F. F. Rodgers. 
Dr. Martin won a cheese dish; J. L. Snow, cigars; A. 
Brickner, soft hat. 
The club was congratulated on all ‘sides on the effi¬ 
cient manner the 'tournament was conducted, every detail 
being looked after by E. H. Bailey, the secretary, who 
had charge of the preliminary arrangements, and W. G. 
Olmstead, the captain of the club. W. E. Day, E.. FI. 
Bailey and James Bowman kept the wheels moving, 
and as fast as one squad was finished another was 
ready to take its place. They were assisted by the 
other members. George Ginn, of the Winchester Arms 
Co., had charge of the office, and T. Deans was squad 
sheet writer. Several of the professionals and others in 
attendance said it was the best conducted tournament 
they ever attended. 
The greatest drawing card was the list of prizes the 
club offers each year. They were on display in the 
club house; every one seeing them said they were the 
finest and most useful prizes they ever saw at a tourna¬ 
ment. There was 130 prizes in all. Every shooter got 
something, the high guns having their choice. 
The results of the different events were as follows: 
High 
Gun 
Averages. 
L. Davis . 
144 
J. W. Lockport. 
.. 118 
J. McArdle . 
M 3 
A. Hull . 
.. 118 
FI. 0 . Allyn . 
142 
C. FI. Phelps . 
. 118 
J. If. Finch . 
141 
T. C. Phelps . 
117 
C. Howard Daley. 
138 
T. R. Talcott . 
.. 117 
Henry Sanford . 
138 
Miss Laura Boles_ 
.. IIS 
L. H. Bradley . 
138 
N. S. Thompson _ 
■ 115 
A. L. Chamberlain_ 
138 
Dr. E. B. Van Saun.. 
. . 114 
1 . L. Snow . 
138 
T. W. Sterling. 
. . 114 
C. Van Stone . 
138 
J. Clarkson . 
. . 114 
S. T. Kellogg . 
138 
C. Eddv . 
. . 114 
S. W. Putnam. 
138 
C. L. Traver . 
W. G. Olmstead. 
137 
A. B. Brickner. 
. . 113 
F. J. Ham Tr 
C. C. Smith . 
137 
F. E. Stover. 
E. A. Staples. 
137 
F. B. Smith. 
Dr. G. II. Martin. 
136 
Dr. Currie . 
S. Senior . 
136 
Dr. Sunderland . 
M. E. D i oke rm-a n. 
135 
T. TT. Miller . 
III 
C. W. Stevens . 
134 
L. Crissey . 
H. M. Judd . 
134 
C. T. Scott . 
L. C. Remsen . 
134 
A. O. Bierce . 
R. H. Smith . 
133 
Miss Tess'ie Thorpe... 
. 106 
E. G. Southey . 
133 
R. J. Downs. 
W. W. ‘Wynne. 
133 
W. FI Conklin 
C. Cornen, Jr. 
132 
Geo. Bloomer . 
C. B. Cutler . 
132 
E**erl Lawrence . 
W. II. Lyon . 
132 
H. J Mills 
H. K. Curtis . 
132 
D. H Hall 
E. L. Hatch . 
132 
Mrs. Sanford . 
F. F. Rodgers. 
131 
F. R. Racback. 
I<. lirlol lister . 
130 
Walter Thorpe. 
If. F. Sherman . 
n8 
H. H. Shannon. 
■ns 
Mrs. Dr. Martin. 
■ 97 
