FOREST AND STREAM 
[Jan. 30 , 1909 . 
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There is every probability that the protests in respect 
to certain scores will be passed upon by the Interstate 
Association on Wednesday of this week, and that there¬ 
fore the annual averages of the trapshooter will be pub¬ 
lished in the near future. 
Secretary Fred Shattuck writes us that the Columbus 
Gun Club is open for shooting every day in the year 
except Sundays. Two regular shoots weekly, Wednesday 
and Saturday afternoon of each week. Special tourna¬ 
ments throughout the year. 
The South End Gun Club, of Camden, N. J., defeated 
the Haddonfield Gun Club in a ten-man team contest 
at Camden, on Jan. 2.S. A thick fog and a drizzle of 
rain were unpleasant weather conditions. The totals, 
out of a possible 150, were 181 to ISO. 
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Secretary-Manager Elmer E. Shaner writes us as fol¬ 
lows: “Kindly announce in the trap department of 
Forest and Stream that the Interstate Association’s 
fourth Eastern Handicap Tournament will be held at 
Buffalo, N. Y., July 20, 21 and 22, under the auspices of 
the Buffalo Audubon Club.” 
The spring tournament of the Mountain View Gun 
Club, Troy, N. Y., has been fixed for April 23-24. At 
the club shoot, Jan. 23, Valentine distinguished himself 
by scoring straight in a 25-target practice event, and 
48 out of 50 for the Albany cup, thereby winning a leg, 
shooting from the 18yds. mark. 
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Tournaments registered with the Interstate Associ¬ 
ation in the week ending Jan. 23 are as follows: May 
12-13, Montpelier, Vt., Gun Club, Dr. C. H. Burr, Sec’y. 
May. 23-24, Fargo, N. D., Gate City Gun Club, Louis 
Jensen, Sec’y. May 21, New Haven, Conn., Gun Club, 
M. E. Thompson, .Sec’y. 
A challenge for a home-and-home series of matches has 
been issued by the Yale Gun Club to the Crescent 
Athletic Club, of New York. The first match, it is 
suggested, is (o take place on the Crescent grounds, at 
Bay Ridge, on March 13. That date, it is understood, 
is acceptable to the Crescents. The second contest is 
to be held at New Haven, after April 1. The Crescents 
contemplated the sending of a challenge to the Boston 
Athletic Association this week for a home-and-home 
series, the first contest to be held at Boston, Feb. 20; 
the second contest to be shot on a date fixed upon there¬ 
after. 
The Jersey City Gun Club offers an attractive pro¬ 
gramme for its Lincoln Birthday shoot, Feb. 12, com¬ 
mencing at 10 o’clock. Nine 20-target events are pro¬ 
vided, $ 2.00 entrance, and one 20 -target merchandise 
event, $1.00 entrance. Rose system will govern the 
division of the purses. High averages, $7, $5 and $3. 
The last five events will constitute an optional sweep, 
high guns, .$2.00 entrance. Lunch and shells obtainable 
on the grounds. Ship shells to John Weippert, 1123 
Communipaw avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Take Plank 
road trolley car direct to grounds, situated east of 
Hackensack River. Mr. J. Lewis, Bergen square, Jersey 
City, is the secretary. 
The main event, the Midwinter Handicap, of the Pine- 
hurst tournament, was won by Mr. Plarry T. Edwards, of 
Union City, Tenn., on Jan. 23, after shooting off a tie 
with Mr. R. G. Stockley, of Wilmington, N. C. Each 
scored a total of 92. In the shoot-off Stockley scored 21 
to 20. Messrs. C. W. Billings and E. W. Reynolds, of 
New York, tied for second on 91. In the professional 
class Messrs. Fred Gilbert and J. A. R. Elliott tied on 
94. High amateur average was made by Mr. J. S. Olds, 
of Chicago, 95.6 per cent.; second, C. Newcomb, of I’hil- 
adelphia, 94.6; third, D. A. Upson, of Cleveland, 94 
per cent. Of the professionals, Messrs. W. B. Darton, 
George L. Lyon and Fred Gilbert were high with 96 2-3, 
95 1-3 and 94 1-3 per cent, respectively. 
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At the shoot of the Orange, N. J., Gun Club, Jan. 23, 
Mr. Raymond D. Unger, of Newark, won the Wickes 
cup, a quarterly handicap contest shot for on two 
Saturdays of each month, the conditions being 20 singles 
and five pairs at each shoot, a total of 180 targets. 
Unger’s score was 131, Mr. Merrick R. Baldwin being 
second with 126, and Mr. Abram Mosler third with 121. 
Baldwin shot from scratch; Unger had a handicap of 
four, and Mosler IS. A cup for the season beginning 
in November and ending on April 24, will be offered by 
Mr. Charles C. Castle, of Nyack, N. Y., a former resi¬ 
dent of East Orange. .A return match with the Mont¬ 
clair Gun Club will be shot on the home club’s grounds. 
Eagle Rock avenue and A'alley Way, West Orange, on 
Tan. 30. 
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From the Pinehurst Outlook we clip the following: 
"If you were to try and find a trapshooter who did not 
know J. T. Skelly you would, without question, have to 
travel in foreign lands and toward the setting sun, for 
no man is better or more favorably known among fol¬ 
lowers of this sport. Though a young man, Mr. Skelly 
has been identified with the powder business so long that 
the general impression exists that he was born with a 
cake of Du I^ont in his mouth, and at the traps he has 
always ranked with the Class A men, his average on 
the 80 per cent. mark. For a number of years past Air. 
Skelly’s various duties have made it impossible for him to 
give the time necessary to keep up with the “procession” 
on the firing line, but he has made it a point to keep in 
close touch with the social side and his genial face is 
always welcome when the crowd gathers at evening to 
shoot the match again. 
Bernard Waters. 
Boston and Vicinity. 
Charlie Sadler, of the B. A. A., welcomed a little 
son last week. 
The Hub’s favorite trap reporter, B. H. F. Lucy, was 
honored with a purse of gold recently as a mark of 
esteem from his friends in the local shooting world. 
Disappointing game conditions at his favorite South¬ 
ern preserve sent J. C. Todd, of Newburyport, Mass., 
scurrying to Pinehurst, where he shot a consistent race 
for a newcomer in the trap game. His better than 80 
per cent, was noted with satisfaction by Boston friends, 
even while they one and all regretted his defeated ex¬ 
pectations of good quail shooting. 
A party from Boston, consisting of prominent shoot¬ 
ers and their wives, will surely attend the Eastern 
Handicap at Buffalo. 
The Marblehead Gun Club held a well attended meet¬ 
ing last week, when F. P. Caswell was elected President, 
I. S. Freeto, Treasurer, and W. C. Chapman, Secretary. 
Change of grounds with a view to improving the 
shooting conditions is under consideration. 
The Palefaces have voted to give a big shoot in .April 
at 500 targets on three consecutive days, distance handi¬ 
cap, with a good guarantee for the three high guns. 
V\'atch for particulars, as there is to be .$500 added money. 
Flenry L. Edgarton, of Willimantic, furnished a prime 
excuse for his non-appearance at the New' A'ear’s shoot. 
Rheumatism is bad enough, but to he confined to bed 
on the date of a tournament after ordering shells sent out 
is ta.xing the agony heap. 
Henry Powers leaves shortly for .Atlantic City, where 
he has accepted a position at the Chalfonte and will be 
handy for the W'esty Hogan annual. 
Boston was favored with trade visitors the past week 
as follows: E. P. Wilkin and Geo. Darton, of the U. M. 
C. Co.; J. H. Cameron, of the Winchester Co., and Fred 
Quimby, of the Du Pont Co. 
Geo. Beattie and Dave Fletcher, of Hamilton, Can., 
sampled Wellington conditions during their recent Hub 
visit, and thoroughly enjoyed Paleface competition. 
Buffalo Smith has returned from the Hamilton shoot 
and reports a fine trip, though not shooting his regular 
target gait. Ask him about his live-bird practice, where 
he killed all that he shot at. 
Souvenir diaries and bill books bearing the Utopian im¬ 
print have pleased a number of fortunate recipients since 
the New A’ear. The “Candy Kid” sure remembered all 
his friends faithful to that motto, “the taste tells.” 
Bostonians are glad to learn of Seneca Lewis’ conva¬ 
lescence from diphtheria. The popular Winchester sales 
manager has many friends in this district, every one of 
whom wish him a speedy return to good health. 
Mrs. Will K. Park is back from Philadelphia, report¬ 
ing a most enjoyable visit with many good friends. The 
sterling cup presented her by the Independent Gun Club 
at its New Year’s shoot is being much admired by the 
home crowd. 
The Paleface publication entitled “Trap and Game,” 
made its bow this month and seems to be a popular hit 
all right. Many compliments via mail have come to hand 
from distant shooters, and_ Sec’y Comer is constantly re¬ 
ceiving verbal congratulations from nearby admirers of 
the little magazine. 
The gladsome “bunch” welcomed the return of Mayor 
Reed to the fold of active shooters at the Paleface meet 
cf 20th inst. With somebody lelse’s gun the expert from 
the Granite State smashed 87 out of 100 and came very 
near to high gun honor. 
Dr. E. M. "Funk, of Washington, D. C., was greeting 
Paleface friends at Wellington, last week,_ and as the 
newly elected president of the Liberty Cartridge Co. bore 
his honors with becoming modesty. 
F. J. Da.ggett led the host at the first Saturday shoot 
under Paleface auspices. With Sibley and Clark he also 
ne.gctiated a team win. 
One of the unique trapshooting clubs within the limits 
of Greater Boston is the Trapelo Club, of VVaverly. 
.Select is the word best describing its membership, and 
he who seeks to enter the .guarded circle must first 
prove himself worthy of the honor. Good fellowship and 
sincere enjoyment prevail at all its holiday meetings, par¬ 
ticularly when W. S. Baldwin, facetiously termed 
“Baldy” by his many friends, is in town. Mr. Baldwin 
travels extensively and trap annals one week will herald 
him as a visitor at Cincinnati, while the next week will 
find him at home in the East. Perhaps the Trapelo 
chief claim to distinction is its economical methods 
toward securing for its members the lowest possible 
priced sport in the trap-shcoting line. The happy mem¬ 
ber pays three cents a shot, which includes target and 
high grade shell. The club wants no profit, merely to 
provide the enthusiasts with reasonably expensive sport. 
Would there were more Trapelo Gun Clubs for the en¬ 
couragement and promotion of a beneficial recreation. 
A. C. Conner’s method of trap arrangement has our 
approv-al, as shown and explained some time ago in a 
AVestern contemporary. His idea is O.K., and practically 
as good as a shooting school with every angle of flight 
provided for the tyro, who desires practice to fit him for 
game shooting. The incoming right and left-quarterers, 
the cross-shots and regulation angles provide that variety 
of work so necessary to complete a wing shot’s educa 
tion. If only this country was not so blooming big,-you 
know, we could hope for shooting schools over here 
same as abroad. Where those English institutions cater 
to the massed shooters within a very circumscribed area 
we would need a school in Boston, one in New York, 
one in Pittsburg and practically in every State Capitol 
to accommodate the shooters willing to pay the price. 
The excessive distance between shooting centers in 
our great U. S. would be against the success of a shoot¬ 
ing school venture until aerial navigation becomes a 
successful certainty. 
The Palefaces. 
Boston, Alass., Jan. 13.—With the thermometer hov¬ 
ering close to the zero mark just 13 attended the Pale¬ 
face shoot,to-day, this small attendance making up in 
enthusiasm what was lackirrg in numbers. 
One Frank Hilliard was on his mettle, and easily 
kept in the lead almost from the start, and won the 
souvenir offered for high average. Charles and Dickey 
tied with a target less. 
On the Clarke trophy, Frank also took the palm, his 
2 handicap allowing him a clear field. Dickey, Hassam 
and Charles tied for second. 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 Total. 
Frank .11 12 16 13 11 17 80 
Charles . 12 12 16 11 12 16 79 
Dickey . 12 8 18 14 12 15 79 
Frost . 9 14 13 12 9 16 73 
Hassam .11 9 12 11 12 16 71 
Sibley . 9 10 15 14 7 14 69 
Burnes . 8 11 13 9 10 14 65 
Clark . 10 11 10 8 12 12 63 
Whitney . 9 7 12 9 11 8 51 
Knights . 5 6 10 5 9 10 45 
Ilurnes . 7 4 8 . 19 
Thomas . 7 8 15 30 
Clarke trophy: 
B. H. T. 
Frank . 41 2 43 
Dickey . 41 0 41 
Charles . 39 2 41 
Hassam . 39 2 41 
Clark . 32 8 40 
Kirkwood . 40 0 40 
B. H. T. 
Frost . 37 2 39 
Whitney . 28 10 38 
Knights . 26 12 38 
Burnes . 32 2 31 
Sibley .:.... 35 0 35 
Jan. 20.—The finest weather that could be given to the 
trapshooter brought forth twenty odd enthusiastic sports- 
rnen, and never in January have we had the perfect con¬ 
ditions that were in evidence to-day. 
That the list contained some of New England’s best 
goes without saying, but it is many a day since such a 
galaxy of stars as Mayor Eugene E. Reed, Dr. Funk, 
Geo. Hassam, Frank Hilliard, R. N. Burnes, F. J. 
Daggett, Charles E. Comer, have congregated for the 
purpose of annihilating targets. 
The “pros.” lined up in good style, with O. R. Dickey, 
Geo. Darton, Arthur E. Sibley and Jack Brinley, the 
former shooting the programme for a second average tie. 
In the race for average a corker was witnessed, no 
less than five shooters having a chance up till the last 
event. Fred Daggett proved himself a candy kid, and 
after the first event shot like a Trojan, finishing with a 
46 out of 50 and 89 for high tie with one of the home 
regulars. 
On the third Clarke contest, a spirited race was evi¬ 
dent, Daggett, Powers and E. Clark all securing a 48, 
while close up were Belmont and Mayor, one target 
less. Belm.ont’s score of to-day makes it almost im¬ 
possible to take the trophy away from him with only 
one week to do it in. 
Targets: 
Daggett . 
Kirkwood . 
Mayor . 
Dickey . 
Sibley . 
Frank . 
Burnes .. 
Powers . 
Edgarton . 
Hassam . 
E Clark . 
Darton . 
Charles . 
Richardson .... 
Belmont . 
W Clarke ..... 
Foole . 
Funke . 
Higginson . 
Abbott .. 
Brinley . 
Harris . 
Sawyer . 
Clarke trophy, 
Daggett . 
Powers . 
E Clark . 
Mayor .■ 
Belmont . 
Frank . 
Kirkwood . 
Dickey 
Hassam . 
15 15 20 15 15 20 Total, 
12 14 17 14 14 18 89 
11 13 19 13 14 19 89 
13 12 17 14 13 18 87 
12 12 18 14 14 17 87 
14 14 14 14 12 17 85 
12 10 17 13 11 20 83 
12 12 16 14 12 15 81 
11 13 15 11 14 19 80 
13 11 16 13 14 13 80 
12 9 16 12 15 15 79 
12 10 16 9 12 18 77 
13 10 15 13 8 18 77 
14 11 14 12 10 16 77 
8 11 12 13 9 11 69 
6 11 13 12 11 16 69 
10 12 16 8 8 14 68 
7 7 9 11 .... 34 
13 15 14. 42 
11 10 17. 38 
8 8 9 . 25 
. 9 18 27 
. 12 13 25 
. 10 14 24 
50 targ 
ets. 
added targets: 
B. 
H. 
T. 
B. 
H. 
T. 
46 
2 
48 
Burnes . 
... 41 
2 
43 
44 
4 
48 
Sibley . 
... 43 
0 
43 
42 
6 
48 
Kdgarton ..... 
... 40 
2 
42 
45 
2 
47 
Darton .. 
... 41 
0 
41 
39 
8 
47 
Richardson .., 
... 33 
8 
41 
44 
2 
46 
Charles .. 
... 38 
2 
40 
46 
0 
46 
W Clarke . 
... 30 
8 
38 
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n 
45 
Higginson ..., 
... 35 
0 
oV 
42 
2 
44 
