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FOREST AND STREAM 
Three gunners broke 40 rocks scratch. They were G. 
J. Corbett, G. H. Martin and A. L. Burne. In the 
shoot off tor the trophy, the winner was G. H. Martin, 
who had a full score of 25 targets. Five gunners tied 
for the championship prizes. They all had 98 out of 
too targets. The winner of the shoot off was Dr. De- 
Wolfe, who broke 25 straight. J. Williams, Jr., won 
the visitor’s cup. 
The scores: 
Name Handicap Total 
Dr. G. H. Martin . 8 08 
C. W. Berner . 16 g 6 
G. J. Corbett . 8 08 
Dr. DeWolfe . 16 08 
A. W. Church . 12 98 
B. M. Huggins . 24 95 
A. L. Burns . 4 cu 
J. S. James . 8 94 
W. R. Delehanty . 24 94 
R. J. Held . 12 04 
R. L. Muller . 20 04 
D. F. McMahon . 4 Q4 
G. F. Pelham . 16 93 
J. G. Batterson . 24 92 
W. B. Ogden . 12 92 
H. H. Stevens . 0 92 
C. W. Billings . 8 91 
Conrad Stein . 12 90 
N. Apgar . o 90 
H. S. Wells . o 88 
J. H. Vanderveer . 8 87 
D. E. Elderg . 20 86 
W. M. Hammond . 0 83 
J. Williams, Jr. 0 83 
J. Fanning . o 81 
P. Von Boeckman . o 81 
J. M. Jones . 20 79 
J. Haas . o 77 
L. Levering . o 77 
C. S. Healey . 0 76 
A. W. Currie . 16 73 
J. L. Martin . 24 69 
A. Chandler . 12 68 
A. Stear . o 67 
J. W. Hessian . o 67 
J. S. Lawrence . o 60 
S. Holland . 0 56 
Dupont Trap Shooting Club. 
Wilmington, Del., Oct. 31.—To-day was to all intents 
and purposes, as far as the winning of prizes was con¬ 
cerned, a “Dol Richardson Day” at the Dupont Trap¬ 
shooting Club, for that very popular devotee of the art 
of breaking clay targets about cleaned up everything in 
sight. 
The big event of the afternoon was third and last of 
the final contests for the Frank L. Connable Sterling 
Silver Loving Cup trophy. This handsome prize, valued 
at more than $100, has been in competition in elim¬ 
ination contests for more than a year. Each month 
a handicap contest at 25 targets would be held for it, 
and those who were fortunate enough to win it one or 
more times during the year qualified for the finals. The 
finals consisted of three contests, each at 50 targets per 
man, shot under a distance handicap and each shooter 
was allowed to pick his two best scores out of the 
three final contests as his effort in determining the 
final permanent ownership of the trophy. Richardson 
easily led the field with a score of 45x50. 
The history of the finals—Eligibles: A. B. Rich¬ 
ardson, 89; J. B. McHugh, 87; Wm. Foord, 86; T. W. 
Mathewson, 84; H. T. Reed, 81; xR. P. Willis, 75; 
xxEugene Dupont, 41; xxj. W. Mathews, 22; xxxWalter 
I omlinson; xxxS. A. Reis, (x) Indicates did not shoot 
in last match; (xx) Indicates did not shoot in first and 
last match; (xxx) Indicates did not shoot in any of the 
matches. 
Right after this match, the same two shooters got 
together and shot off a tie for a Coleman duPont spoon, 
which has been hanging fire for several months. Here 
again Richardson triumphed, and this time in rather 
easy fashion, Minnick getting but 19 to Richardson’s 
23. About thirty contestants enjoyed the sport during 
the afternoon, but this was a very small turnout, due 
probably to the fact that the hunting season is on and 
to the shoot which was scheduled to take place at the 
Yacht Club to-day. 
A. B. Richardson, 93x100; H. S. Crawford, 73; H. E. 
Gaighn, 88; T. W. Baker, 69x75; William Coyne, 62; 
William Swayne, 64; Vic Dupont. 55; W. H. Neely, 
53; Walter Huff, 47x50; W. S. Colfax, 44; J. W. Ander¬ 
son, Jr., 41; H. P. Carton, 39; J. H. Minnick, 84x100; 
J. W. White, 57X75; D. R. Rutter, 38x50; Dan 
Dougherty, 37; E. R. Jenks, 36; M. H. Wilson, 35; 
Clyde Leedom, 37; E. E. Handy, 35; Stanley Tuchton, 
23; H. White, 23; J. B. McHugh, 20; T. W. Mathew¬ 
son, 21: C. F. Beck, 19; J. W. White, 15; E. C. Ferri- 
day, 15; Dr. A. Patterson, 14; B. Cowling, 10; Earl 
Jackson, 8. Stanley Tuchton and J. W. Robertson shot 
in the 19-yard event with a squad of Connable cup en¬ 
trants and the former scored 37x50 while the latter 
scored 41x50, getting his last 25 straight. Scores at 
doubles: I. Turner 12x24; H. P. Carton, 15; J. H. 
Minnick, 14; Vic Dupont, 13; E. E. Handy, 15; Clyde 
Leedom, 18; E. R. Galvin, 15. _ 
Special Proposition 
For Your Thanksgiving Day Shoot 
Have a “Forest and Stream” Handicap.— Fifty 
targets and charge entrance fee of $1.50, includ¬ 
ing targets. Keep 50 cents to cover cost of tar¬ 
gets, send us one dollar for each entry. We will 
give a handsome silver cup to the winner. 
And .will give every entrant a three months’ 
subscription to Forest and Stream. AH entrants, 
at present subscribing, will have subscription 
extended three months. This event will be popu¬ 
lar, as Forest and Stream 'is the trapshooters’ au¬ 
thority. This means a prize for every one, win 
or lose. 
“A DAY OF BLOOD.” 
That is quite a graphic description given by 
Edward H. Forbush, state ornithologist, of the 
opening of the hunting season. He characterizes 
it as a day of “blood and fire.” And he is right. 
The Gazette has seen many hunting seasons 
open but never one like that which fell on Colum¬ 
bus Day, 1914. It was a day on which every¬ 
thing conspired to make “blood and fire” a fit¬ 
ting characterization. It was a holiday. The 
woods were dry as powder. Most of the 60,000 
odd hunters in this commonwealth had an oppor¬ 
tunity to go forth because of the holiday. 
Doubtless hundreds who had never hunted be¬ 
fore were prompted to do so. In addition, the 
fine weather on a day when about everybody 
loafed, induced hundreds, yes thousands, to seek 
the country. No wonder things became strange, 
weird and unusual. 
No wonder Mr. Forbush was led to write as 
follows: 
“In many towns the banging of guns sounded 
like the celebration of Fourth of July. Not only 
were the pheasants and game birds killed, but 
song birds, ducks and poultry. Aliens who should 
pay $15 for a license were out with a $1 hunter’s 
license, and seemed to think that it gave them 
a right to shoot everything that moved.” 
Opening seasons when the woods were as dry 
as on the 12th of this month have been before, 
but they did not fall on a holiday. The woods 
did not burst into dire conflgration, nor the gut¬ 
ters run with the 'blood of barnyard fowl. Yet 
the hunters were out. But it must be admitted 
that the Forbush word-picture of the 1914 season 
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ALL TRAP-SHOOTING RECORDS BEATEN! 
The Three Big Events of the ( 1914 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP 
1914 GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP TOURNAMENT ] 1914 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, Single Targets 
Dayton, O., Sept. S-12 ( 1914 AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, Double Targets 
- Were Won With - 
Shells 
The Famed (g> Brand :: QUALITY COUNTS and the Cg) Brand Means SHOOTING QUALITY 
Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., was the victor in each of these great races, and in all of them he used PETERS SHELLS, 
made with “steel where steel belongs.” His performance stands without a parallel; no individual shooter and no make of ammunition has 
ever before won ALL of the world s greatest trapshooting honors, a fact which in itself is a marvelous tribute to Mr. Henderson’s marks¬ 
manship and the QUALITY of his ammunition. But in addition to this he established a new WORLD’S AMATEUR RECORD, 98 out 
of 100 from 22 yards. 
MR. HENDERSON’S Scores Were As Follows: 
The Race of Champions for 
Amateur Championship of the United States, Single Targets, 99 ex 100 from 16 yds. 
Amateur Championship of the United States, Double Targets, 90 ex 100 from 16 yds. 
Grand American Handicap, 98 ex 100 from 22 yds. 
HIGH AVERAGE FOR ALL TARGETS, 565 x 600, Was Won by MR. S. A. HUNTLEY, Using PETERS SHELLS 
Including 200 from 22 yards, 200 from 18 yards, 100 from 16 yards and 50 pairs 
The Peters Cartridge Co. 
NEW YORK: 60-62 Warren St., T. H. Keller, Manager 
SAN FRANCISCO: 583-585 Howard St., J. S. French, Mgr. 
NEW ORLEANS: 321 Magazine St., Lee Omohundro, Mgr. 
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