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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Feb. 13, 1909. 
A field of forty shooters contested in an event at 
15 birds, on the grounds of the Pottsville, Pa., Game and 
Fish Protective Association, Feb. G. Mr. P. J. Mooney 
was the only one to score straight, thereby defeating 
many of the best marksmen of Schuylkill county. 
At Narberth, Pa., Feb. 6, the nine-man team of the 
Glen Willow Gun Club defeated the team of the Bel¬ 
mont Gun Club, by a total of 66 to 62. Each man shot at 
10 live birds. A return match is fixed to take place on 
Feb. 20, over the Glen Willow traps. 
Only one straight score was made in the live-bird shjot 
at the Point Breeze track, Philadelphia, Feb. 6, Sulz- 
bach being in this respect the successful contestant out 
of fourteen. The event was at 10 birds. On Feb. 12, a 
special handicap at 10 birds, $50 guaranteed, was ar¬ 
ranged. On Feb. 13, Messrs. Lamb and Stewart have 
arranged to shoot a match at birds for $100 a side. 
The Yale University Gun Club has accepted the chal¬ 
lenge of the Crescent Athletic Gun Club for a home-and- 
home series of contests, the first of which will take 
place at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, on March 13.' There will 
not be a contest between the Boston Athletic Associa¬ 
tion and' the Crescent Athletic Club this year, the former 
having declined the challenge of the latter, to shoot a 
series of home-and-home contests, for the reason that it 
has not a team in the field at present. 
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The Public Ledger, of Philadelphia, in a recent issue 
states that the Dover, Del., Gun Club, and other marks¬ 
men of that city, have adopted the Chamberlain ball 
traps, which are devised to throw a ball straight up in 
the air for practice in rifle shooting. The statement is 
made that “the shotgun was practically done away 
with.” After a shooter acquires such perfect skill with 
the shotgun that he can break targets so regularly with¬ 
out a miss, in monotonous succession day in and day out, 
he then may abandon the shotgun for the rifle. Other¬ 
wise it is better to practice with both shotgun and rifle. 
Bernard Waters. 
Sunny South Handicap. 
Houston, Tex.—-The Sunny South Handicap, which 
ended here Jan. 23, was the best and most successful 
tournament held in the South for many years; eighty-five 
different shooters faced the traps at some time during 
the week, an average of fifty-five per day. The tourna¬ 
ment was held under the auspices of the Adoue-Blaine 
Gun Club, with the well-known sportsman, Otto Sens, as 
captain, and Alf. Gardiner as manager. The shooters 
were loud in their praise of the way the shoot was con¬ 
ducted, and say that they will return next year and 
bring many of their shooting friends. 
O. N. Ford won the Houston Chronicle trophy on the 
first day with a score of 96 out of 100. The team race 
was won by Messrs. Chadick and Fosgard, of Galveston, 
Tex. The Sunny South Handicap was won by Mrs. 
Adolph Topperwein, of San Antonio, Tex., with 91 from 
the 19yd. mark; Pop Heikes second with 88 from the 
21yd. mark; Ben Schwartz, of Houston, third, with 87 
from the 16yd. mark. W. H. Heer won high professional 
average for the entire week, with L. I. Wade second and 
R. O. Heikes third. O. N. Ford was high amateur for 
the week; Max E. Hensler, second and Lee R. Tones 
third. 
Mr. Geo. Tucker, of Brenham, Tex., shot through the 
entire programme with three broken ribs, the result of 
an accident which happened to him about one week prior 
to the shoot. Mr. Tucker believes that had it not been 
for the accident that he would have made all the boys 
hard to catch. Chas. Ditto, of Keithsburg, Ill., savs that 
the Sunny South Handicap was the best shoot that he 
had ever attended during his life. Luther Wade, who 
was running Mr. Heer a race for the professional average, 
was requested through the local papers to get a new 
sweater. The big men squad, composed of Vietmever. 
Osborne, Livingston, Flewelling and Bills, was squad 
No. 1. The squad weight netted 12601bs., and was one 
of the features of the shoot. The Cagin squad, com¬ 
posed of Ed. Fosgard, Albert Steves, Geo. Lock, Otto 
Sens, Dick Merrill, was the liveliest bunch on the 
grounds. 'Vietmeyer, of Chicago, was termed the un¬ 
lucky shooter, but he says just out of form. Livingston, 
of Birmingham, Ala., was certainly a jolly fellow, and 
is a good handler of the gun, though at times he was a 
little off. Fred Bills, of Chicago, was termed the prince 
of good fellows, and made many friends while here. 
Flewelling, of Chicago, who was touted as the champion 
amateur of the United States, was not shooting in his 
usual good form, and was unable to strike a gait during 
the tournament. Byrne, of Galveston, was busy talking 
up the State shoot, and could only get his eye on them 
at times. Mr. Cain, of Dayton, O., was not well during 
the shoot. h>it shot a very good gait. F. M. Faurote 
was there with the diamonds. Max Hensler, of Col¬ 
orado Springs, shot well during the entire programme 
Donnelly, Schwake, Plartmann, Campbell, of Oklahoma, 
were a jolly set of good shots, O, G. Durpre’s smile 
was a n'easant one when he drew down $97 on the second 
day, Jim Day, of Midland, says that he will have to do 
some explaining of score when he reaches north Texas. 
Lee Jones, of Brady, and O’Connell, of San Antonio, are 
good ones. 
Capt. Otto Sens, Messrs. Attvvell and Schwartz saw 
that the boys were entertained after the end of each 
day’s shoot. Geo. Mackie, of Kansas, and Baggerman, 
of St. Louis, say that if the dates had been one week 
earlier or one week later, so as to meet the rates into 
Texas, that there would have been 75 or 100 more 
shooters present. When O. N. Ford was presented at the 
cashier’s office with $117 for a day’s shooting, he said that 
he would have a special car from his State next year, 
and a squad that would stay together for the entire 
week. D. M. Cave, of Teague, Tex., donated to the 
Adoue-Blaine Gun Club one of the most beautiful loving 
cups that was ever put up for a club to shoot for. He 
also donated the diamond that was in the Sunny South 
handicap trophy. He is a prince of good fellows and 
liked by all the shooters at the tournament. Mr. Howard, 
known as the Crockett Kid, is an excellent shot, and 
made good wages at the tournament. C. L. Bering was 
out with a squad of shooters several days during the 
shoot and made good scores. Fred O’Briant, of Louise, 
Tex., was out of form and did not stay at the shoot long. 
Mr. and Mrs. Topperwein and little Fuzzy (Sarnmy 
Fosgard) gave excellent exhibitions of fancy shooting, 
which was enjoyed by the large crowd that came out. 
Murrelle and Dryden, of W’aco, were not shooting well, 
but ‘stayed with the shoot. Mrs. Alf Gardiner cashiered 
the shoot alone, with perfect ease, and was highly com¬ 
plimented by all the shooters present and hy the local 
papers. There were many attendants here that did not 
shoot. 
Taken as a whole, it drew a better crowd than ever 
before when held elsewhere, and now that Houston is 
the permanent home of the Sunny South Handicap, it 
promises to grow from year to year until all the Northern 
and Eastern shooters make it the occasion for their 
annual visit to the South, where every day is pleasant 
and they can luxuriate in the strawberries and other 
fruits and vegetables. Texas. 
Boston aa4 Vicinity. 
B. M. Higginson and E. L. Hauthaway made a week¬ 
end excursion to the Cape and returned with a bag of 
brant. 
Tom Harris, Frank Shaw, Jack Remick and L. Under¬ 
wood spent two or three days after wildfowl at Hopkins, 
Orleans, Mass. Not very many birds were secured, but 
the quartette had a jolly outing. 
The Marblehead Gun Club opens the ’09 season with 
a holiday shoot on the 22d. 
A letter from J. L. Kelso, who is sojourning in the 
South, accomp.anied by the Rev. Phillips, mentions only 
fair shooting on quail. 
Programmes for the Paleface Washington Birthday 
shoot will be out this week. Bring 150 shells with you 
and prizes are yours for the shooting. Given good 
weather, there will be a crowd at Wellington, all right. 
Fred Daggett seems to be well within the limelight 
these days. At or near the top is his motto. 
Geo. Chapin, of Brookfield, made his appearance at 
Wellington a week ago after a long absence from trap 
festivities. In his opinion the scarcity of birds last 
season looks dubious for next, but he will watch the 
signs just the same. 
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Small, of South Coventry, Conn., 
were visitors to the Paleface grounds on a recent Wednes¬ 
day. Mrs. Small handles a 16-gauge very nicely and 
enjoys her practice on the home grounds. 
B. A. A. and Paleface meet sociably in a team match 
within a month. The return Norfolk Country and Pale¬ 
face match is set for Feb. 19. 
M. H. Coffin, of Whitinsville, was in Boston lately, 
but talking automobiles and chickens instead of trap¬ 
shooting. That’s right. Poultry exhibitions _ and the 
'I'^anderbilt cup race have weaned this crackerjack from 
the only real sport. 
Inadvertently last week we mentioned the date for the 
Paleface banquet as March 6. This is three days out of 
the way. Wednesday. March 3, is right, and there is an 
afternoon shoot to whet the evening appetite. 
Last week, at its range, 367 Atlantic Ave., the Boston 
Revolver Club started the club’s medal competition, in 
which the highest prize is a gold medal for ten 93s, 
gold and silver medal for ten 90s, silver medal for ten 
S5s, down to the club button for ten 60s. Targets sub¬ 
mitted for any medal need not be made consecutively. 
Competition will continue for two months. Some of the 
best scores made on the opening night were: E. A. 
Taylor (pistol) 89, 89, 92, 87; O. E. Gerrish (pistol) 84, 
92, SO, 91, 81, 87, 79; W. R. Baldwin (revolver) 81, 82, 83, 
82, 80, 86. The club team, comprising E. A. Taylor, 
C. E. Heath, K. D. Jewett, W. R. Baldwin and O. E. 
Gerrish, is to meet the Springfield Revolver Club, and 
later o.n the Newark Rifle and Revolver Association. 
W. F. Clark scored a win on the Powell trophy in the 
first contest, his handicap assisting in the grand total yif 
92 out of 100. The best four out of 6 shoots at 100 
targets each count for this prize. 
B. A. A. trapshooters fought a terrific wind last Satur¬ 
day, and scores took a decided tumble. J. H. Daggett 
amassed a total of 91, including his handicap of added 
targets. Dr. Ellis made the best net score, i. e., 83 out 
of 100. Some guests were present who shot along with 
the members. 
P. H. Powell and .1. C. Todd still remain at Pinehurst 
enjoying the various amusements at that popular winter 
r-sri-t. The Newport representative won the Feb. 6 
week'v handicap contest for the country club cup with 
an a'lowance of G targets, with Todd in third place 
on 95. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
regularly. 
Jackson Park Gun Club. 
Paterson, N. J.—It is quite some time since I wrote 
to you last, but it is not because I have lost all interest 
in the shooting game. I did lay off for a considerable 
time from active participation in the club affairs, but I 
have been visiting various shooting clubs around here 
almost every Saturday and holidays between Thanks¬ 
giving and Christmas. Many of the old shooters were 
continuously asking me if we were going to let the 
clubs around Paterson die off through the lack of some 
active head. I waited my time and gave them certain 
encouragement until the night before Christmas, when 
there were several shooters in G. A. Hopper’s store. It 
was agreed that we should have our annual New Year’s 
shoot. I was asked to go ahead with it. Everything 
was ordered, notices sent out, city papers boomed it, and 
everything pointed toward Jackson’s Park for the New 
Year’s shoot. The day came, a beautiful one for trap¬ 
shooting, but it seems fate was against us. I was on 
my way—in fact, I was about a half mile from the 
grounds—when I was informed that the club house was 
burned to the ground and still burning. We drove to 
it and hastily looked over the ruins, then drove to North 
(Caldwell, with the ammunition and targets, which we 
were to have used at Jackson Park. There were upwa'rd 
of thirty shooters awaiting us, who were going to Jack- 
son Park shoot that afternoon. They generally shoot in 
the morning of each holiday; while coming down at 
noon they saw the fire, and spread the news. The after¬ 
noon shoot was the result. Some of the boys came in 
their autos to look the fire over and ordered our am¬ 
munition during the afternoon. Upward of fifty shooters 
were at Jackson Park with their guns and ammunition. 
Some came to Caldwell and many went to the North 
Sides, where there was a big shoot. It seemed that 
every Jackson shooter was out on New Year’s. Day. 
What was our loss was some one else’s gain. It is 
almost certain that we shall locate between Paterson 
and Passaic ^f we can get suitable grounds and_ lease, 
where we will have every convenience as to getting to 
the grounds from all directions, as it will be close to 
several different electric roads and close to the steam 
roads. The Erie and D., L. & W. are close by. I will 
write you more particulars as soon as things get in 
shape, which I expect will be soon. 
Wm. Dutcher. 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, Pa.—Tournaments registered with the In¬ 
terstate Association during the week ending Feb. 6 
follow: 
April 5.—Garden Prairie (Ill.) G. C. H. O. Sears, Sec’y. 
April 9.—Exeter, Ont., Canada.—Huron Indians. W. 
John, Sec’y. 
April 12.—Atlantic City (N. J.) G. C. A. H. Sheppard, 
Sec’y. 
May 10.—Plattsburg (N. Y.) G. C. F. C. Parshall, Sec’y. 
May 11-12.—West Frankfort (Ill.) G. C. W. C. Rains, 
Sec’y. 
May 14-16.—Great Falls, Mont.—Montana State Sports¬ 
men’s Association tournament, under the auspices of 
the Great Falls R. and G. C. W. H. Bevan, Sec’y. 
Tune 1-2.—La Crosse (Wis.) G. C. J. G. Becker, Sec’v. 
June 8-10.—Syracuse, N. Y.—New York State Sportsmen’s 
Association tournament, under the auspices of the 
Onandago County G. C. Jas. Montgomery, Pres. 
June 8-10.—Little Rock, Ark.—Arkansas State Sportsmen’s 
Association tournament, under the auspices of the 
Little Rock G. C. Geo. W. Clemens, Sec’y. 
June 12-13.—Milwaukee. Wis-.—Wisconsin and Upper 
Michigan League of G. C.s State tournament, under 
the auspices of the Badger G. C. Ed. F. Leidel. Sec’y. 
June 15-17.—New Martinsville, W. Va.—West Virginia 
State Sportsmen’s Association tournament, under the 
auspices of the Wetzel G. C. T. M. Mclntire, Sec’y. 
Tune 25-26.—Milbank (S. D.) G. C. Edw. Rutledge, Sec’v. 
June 29-30.—Ft. Dodge, la.—A. H. Fox G. C. Dr. J. W, 
Haughawont, Sec’y. 
July 14-16.—Galveston, Tex.—Texas State Sportsmen’s As¬ 
sociation tournament, under the auspices of the Gal¬ 
veston G. C. J. H. Forsgard. Sec’y. 
Aug. 3-4.—Audubon (la.) G. C. F. Vermilya, Sec y. 
Mouniain View Gun Club. 
Troy, N. Y., Feb. 6. —At the regular weekly shoot to¬ 
day good scoring was exceedingly difficult, because of the 
high wind which prevailed. Nevertheless eleven of the 
boys gathered at the traps and succeeded in spending 
an enjoyable afternoon. Sanders won the sixth leg of 
the Albany cup. He now 
The scores of the Albanj 
cap, 50 targets, follow: 
Sanders . 
Hurd _. 
Valentine . 
Roberts . 
Milliman . 19 
Crowley . 
Farrell . 
X'roman . 
Kirknatrick . 18 
Dutcher . 1“ 
Betts . 
Regular events, handicap distance, follow: 
Targets: Yds. 18 15 20 
Sanders . 20 18 15 20 
Hurd . 20 14 19 
'"alentine . 20 13 18 
Roberts . 19 19 H 
Milliman . 19 H. 
Crowley . 18 11 H 
Farrell . 18 " 
froman . IS 13 
Kirkpatrick . 18 [1 
Betts . 16 10 
Connelly . 16 ■■ 
wins 
to 
his 
credit. 
loot, distance 
hand! 
Yds. 
25 
25 
Total. 
. 20 
21 
18 
39 
. 20 
16 
14 
30 
. 20 
17 
20 
37 
. 19 
17 
12 
29 
. 19 
14 
17 
31 
. 18 
15 
15 
30 
. 18 
17 
11 
28 
. 18 
12 
12 
24 
. 18 
14 
14 
28 
. 16 
15 
16 
31 
. 16 
14 
15 
29 
follow 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
75 53 
50 
50 
50 
50 
50 
25 
25 
50 
25 
25 
33 
31 
24 
31 
25 
18 
13 
29 
10 
11 
J. J. Farrell, Sec’v. 
