FOREST AND STREAM 
[Feb. 20, 1909. 
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May 31.—Mechanicsville (N. Y.) G. C. George Slinger- 
land, Sec’y. 
May 31.—New Haven (Conn.) G. C. M. E. Thompson, 
Sec’y. 
June* 1-3.—Haines Landing, Me.—Hillside G. C. W. D. 
Hinds, Pres. 
une 1-2.—La Crosse (Wis.) G. C. J. G. Becker, Sec’v. 
une 2-4.—Columbus, O.—Ohio State tournament under 
the auspices of the Columbus Gun Club. Fred Shat- 
tuck, Sec’y. 
une 3-4.—Sisseton (S. D.) G. C. T. J. Adkins, Sec’y. 
une 4.—Wyoming (N. Y.) R. and G. C. Frank S. Childs, 
Sec’y. 
June 6-7.—Rockford, Ill.-^Red City G. C. T. J. Malana, 
Sec’y. 
June 8-10.—Syracuse, N. Y.—New York State Sportsmen[s 
Association tournament, under the auspices of the 
Onondago County G. C. Jas. Montgomery, Pres. 
June 8-10.—Sioux City, la.—Soo G. C!. W. F. Duncan, 
Sec’y. 
June 8-10.-pLittle 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 15-16.—Sturgis (Mich.) R. and G. C. A. H. Wait, 
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. 
June 17.—Sturgeon (Mo.) G. C. J. H. Winscott, Sec’y. 
June 22-25.—Chicago, Ill.—The Interstate Association’s 
tenth Grand American Handicap tournament; $1,000 
added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pitts¬ 
burg, Pa. 
June 25-26.—Milbank (S. D.) G. C. Edw. Rutledge, Sec’y. 
June 29-30.^—Ft. Dodge, la.—A. H. Fox G. (il. Dr. J. W. 
Haughawont, Sec’y. 
June 29-July 2.—Canadian Indians’ tournament. Thomas 
A. Duff, High Scribe, Toronto. 
July 1-2.—Eagle Grove (la.) G. C. A. L. Yearous, Sec’y. 
July 3.—Cleveland (O.) G. C. F. H. Wallace, Mgr. 
July 5.—Richmond, Va.—Deep Run Shooting Club. V. 
Hechler, Sec’y. 
July 13-14.—Manning (la.) G. C., E. E. Breckenridge, 
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. 
July 20-22.—Aberdeen, S. D.—South Dakota State tourna¬ 
ment, under the auspices of the Aberdeen Gun Club. 
John L. Ruckman, Sec’y. 
July 20-22.—Buffalo, N. Y.—The Interstate Association’s 
fourth Eastern Handicap, under auspices of the 
Buffalo-Audubon G. C.; $10(W added. Elmer E. 
Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
July 23-24.—Webster (S. D.) R. and G. C. T. J. Delaney, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 3-4.—Audubon (la.) G. C. F. Vermilya, Sec’y. 
Aug. 18.—Batavia, N. "Y.—Holland G. C. Chas. W. 
Gardiner, Pres. 
Aug. 24-26.—Seattle, Wash.—The Interstate Association’s 
fourth Pacific Coast Handicap tournament, under the 
auspices of the West Seattle Gun Club; $1,000 added 
money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, P'a. 
Sept. 6-7.—Richmond, Va.—Virginia Trapshooters’ Asso¬ 
ciation. V. Hechler, Sec’y.. 
Sept. 16-18.—Atlantic City, N. J.—“Westy Hogans.” Neaf 
Apgar, Sec’y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The next shoot of the Hudson Gun Club, Jersey City, 
N. J., will be held on February 28. 
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The Carlisle, Pa., Gun Club team, on its own grounds, 
defeated the Mechanicsburg team Feb. 13, in a six-man 
team contest, at 10 birds, the victorious team finishing 
6 birds in the lead. 
At Mahanoy City, Pa., Feb. 13, on the local gun club 
grounds, Mr. T. Harry Stitzer defeated Mr. Fen Cooper, 
Hucky, Hale, Collins and Mathias by a total of 40 birds 
out of 50. The scores were exceedingly low in com¬ 
parison with good performance. 
A complimentary shoot, in honor of the Westy Hogans 
will be held on Saturday of this week, at Holmesburg 
Junction, Pa., by the S. S. White Gun Club. A beauti¬ 
ful silver chafing dish will be first prize for the profes¬ 
sionals, to whom the Westy Hogan organization restricts 
its membership. 
Mr. A. D. Tunis, .of New Vernon, N. J., informs us 
that he will manage a shoot at Basking Ridge, N, J., on 
Feb. 22, on the Washington Hotel grounds. The pro¬ 
gramme will consist of ten 15-target events, $1.30 en¬ 
trance. Take D., L. & W. to Summit, thence by Passaic 
and Delaware branch. 
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At the Point Breeze track, Philadelphia, Feb. 13, a 
match at 100 live birds, $150 a side, between Mr.' J. 
Stewart and Mr. R. J. Lamb, of Mount Holly, N. J., 
was won by the former; score 91 to 77. Stewart, thrpe 
weeks ago, defeated Lamb by the score of 77 to 75. The 
return match was the outcome of this defeat. 
A seven-man team contest at live birds, between 
Hazleton, Pa., and Park View on the grounds of the 
former, resulted as follows: Hazleton—Uthe 5, Heck¬ 
man 3, Powell 4, Smith 6, Brown 4, Ringelben 6, Miller 
4; total 32. Park View—Beishline 6, Alasko 7, Dusheck 
4, Davis 4, McFadden 5, Mulholland 2, Watkins 5; 
total 33. 
The- Westchester, Pa., Gun Club announces a pro¬ 
gramme of ten events, at 15, 20 and 25 targets, $1' 
entrance, a total of 200 targets, $10. Events 6 and 8, 25 
targets each, count in the team race, with the Avondale 
Gun Club. Class shooting. Targets one cent. Date 
Feb. 20. .Shooting commences at one o’clock. The Sec¬ 
retary is F. H. Eachus. 
The Watts L. Richmond cup, emblematic of the West¬ 
ern New York amateur championship, will be a feature of 
the registered tournament competition of the Holland 
Gun Club, Batavia, N. Y., Aug, 18. This competition 
is open to amateurs residing in Cayuga, Tompkins, 
Tioga and other , counties in New York west of these. 
The 1908 winner was Mr. Edward Cox, of Buffalo. 
The grand merchandise and trophy shoot of the Fred 
A. Stone Gun Club, Denver, Colo., Feb. 22, has a pro¬ 
gramme of seven events, five of which are at 20 targets, 
$1 entrance. Event 1 is a sliding handicap at 50 targets, 
16 to 21yds., $2 entrance. Each of the foregoing has 
three prizes, first, second and third respectively. Event 
7 is for the Spaulding medal,- 100 targets, $5 entrance. 
The medal is now held by Max Hensler, who was chal¬ 
lenged by Charles Plank, of Denver. 
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At the shoot of the New York Athletic Club, Feb. 13, 
Mr. F. A. Hodgman, who shot through the programme, 
made a straight score of 25 from scratch in a trophy con¬ 
test. T. J. McCahill scored a win on the February cup 
with a total of 25, winning the shoot-off with Mr. Pel¬ 
ham, who had one allowance to 5 for Mr. McCahill. 
After a tie on 25, Mr. C. W. Billings defeated Mr. W. J. 
Elias, 24 to 20. Mr. J. ]\I. Owen scored a leg on the 
Stoll cup, defeating Mr. Schauffler by 24 to 23 in the 
shoot-off, each having scored 25 in the event. 
The New Haven, , Conn., Gun Club announces a pro¬ 
gramme of ten events, alternately 15 and 20 targets, $1.05 
and $1.40 entrance, for Feb. 22. Events 1, 2, 3 and 4, 
5, 6 and 7, 8, 9, constitute three separate 50-target events, 
the high guns respectively to receive a cup. Targets, 2 
cents. Class shooting. Ammunition and lunch obtain¬ 
able on the grounds. Ship guns and ammunition to 
Messrs. F. Smith & Co., 17 Crown street. Ten mer¬ 
chandise prizes for high guns, and a- silver cup for 
longest run. Shooting will commence at 9:30 o’clock. 
For further information address Secretary E. Thompson, 
26 Kensington street. 
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The shoots of the Wykagyl Country Club, New 
Rochelle, N. Y., were well attended on Lincoln’s Birth¬ 
day and on Feb. 13. The February trophy, Feb. 12, 
was won by Mr. G. F. Pelham, with a straight score of 
25. Mr. J. A. Henderson scored a win for the Walsrode 
cup with a total of 14 out of. 15. For the February 
average, Mr. E. Eckart was high with 22. W. B. Ogden 
was high in the holiday trophy event with 22. For the 
S., G. & D., trophy, F. W. Howard scored 23 and was 
high. On Feb. 13, Mr. E. Eckart was high for the 
February trophy with 25, and for the S., G. & D. trophy 
with 24. Mr. R. L. Shape scored 23 for the February 
average and was high. 
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The programme for the shoot of the Columbus, O., 
Gun Club, to be held on Feb. 25, will consist of one 10 
and six 15 target events. Shooting to begin promptly 
at 10 A. M. The dinner will be served at 12:30 and will 
last until 1:30. Entrance for the day will be $3; tar¬ 
gets one cent each. There will be $10 to the first high 
gun, $7 to second, $5 to third, $4 to fourth, $3 to fifth, 
$2 each for sixth to thirteenth, and $1 each to thirteenth 
to thirtieth. Optional sweeps will be $1 on each event 
on the side, to all who wish to participate. All wishing 
to enter for targets only may do so. Three sets of traps 
will be running. A large crowd is expected to attend. 
Programme of the shoot to be mailed on Feb. 17. This 
shoot is in honor of Mr. John R. Taylor, the popular 
professional, who takes up professional work in the 
South, commencing on March 1. 
At Cornwallis, Pa., Feb. 13, four four-man teams con¬ 
tested in the interclub annual live bird shoot, under the 
auspices of the Philadelphia Gun Club. Each man shot 
at 100 birds. The Philadelphia Raquet Club was vic¬ 
tor with a total of 89. The teams and contestants 
were as follows: Philadelphia Club—Robert Toland, cap¬ 
tain; Lynford Biddle, Yorke Stevenson and Worrell 
Wagner. Raquet Club—Charles K. Bispham, captain; 
H. Yale Dolan, Harry E. Cartwright and Samuel W. C. 
Trexler. Markham Club—George D. Bower, captain; 
Frank Green, Philip du Pont and Isaac H. Francis. 
Union League—J. W.' Mamer, captain; Thomas Dandp, 
John Clifford Jones and W. H. Sterling. 
Secretary Edward Winslow has sent out a circular 
letter treating of the third annual championship of the 
Metropolitan Gun Clubs, to be held on April 7, under 
the auspices of the Montclair, N. J., Gun Club. He 
calls attention to the fact that it has been one of the 
most successful and one of the most largely attended 
shoots held in its vicinity, and asks each recipient for a 
revised list of his club’s most active shooters, with their 
addresses, so that a revised programme may be sent to 
them. He also remarks that -“Mr. A. R. Allan, of the 
Montclair Club, will again donate the first or champion¬ 
ship prize, which this year will be a very handsome and 
valuable gold watch fob. Besides the first, second and 
third individual prizes there will be five handsome gold 
pins for the winners of the five-man team race.” 
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The scores at the shoot of the Crescent Athletic Club, 
on Saturday of last week, were of a notable degree of 
excellence. H. W. Woodcock scored 25 in the first event. 
Six, Messrs. Leahy, Peabody, Lockwood, Hendrickson, 
Stiner and Woodstock, tied on 25 in a trophy shoot, 
Leahy winning by virtue of a straight score. In a 
scratch event, 15 targets, Mr. Stiner scored straight 
alone. Four tied on a straight score in a trophy event, 
Stiner finally winning after three shoot-offs. Five, 
Messrs. Stephenson, Peabody, Lockwood, Stiner and 
Brower, tied on 25 for the February cup, Stephenson 
shooting from scratch. In the two-man team contest. 
Messrs. Lockwood and Peabody scored the full 50, 
closely pressed by Messrs. Palmer and Brigham, and 
Messrs. Stiner and Hopkins, each with 49. 
Bernard Waters. 
Concordia Blue Ribbon Gun Club. 
Concordia, Kans., Feb. 11.—Total targets thrown, 
2190. Joe Cole was high man for the day with 120 out 
of 135; Myers and McKee second with 118 each; Lewis 
and Wilder third with 116 each. 
This was the fastest bunch of targets that has been 
thrown on the grounds for some time, and either jumped 
up or down just as one pulled the trigger. 
Mr. George Lewis, of Herington, Kans., who is well- 
known to all trapshooters, is now located in business in 
this city, and I expect to have to report 100 straight^ or 
better at some of our future shoots for him. Following 
are the scores made in the nine events of 15 targets each: 
Shot 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
at. 
Broke. 
Joe Cole ... 
.12 
12 
13 
13 
15 
14 
13 
13 
15 
135 
120 
Myers . 
.13 
14 
14 
12 
14 
11 
13 
14 
13 
135 
118 
McKee . 
.12 
14 
12 
14 
13 
13 
12 
13 
15 
135 
118 
Lewis . 
.11 
12 
14 
14 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
135 
116 
Wilder . 
.11 
13 
12 
13 
13 
14 
14 
13 
13 
135 
116 
Sewart . 
... 13 15 
12 
10 
13 
13 
13 
11 
14 
14 
135 
115 
Empson .... 
Caldwell .... 
.12 
11 
12 
12 
13 
13 
13 
14 
15 
135 
115 
.13 
12 
12 
14 
11 
12 
14 
12 
11 
135 
111 
Krohn. 
.15 
14 
12 
13 
11 
11 
12 
11 
120 
99 
Price . 
14 
13 
14 
11 
11 
13 
i2 
105 
91 
De Graff ... 
.12 
13 
14 
14 
12 
13 
10 
105 
88 
A1 Cole . 
12 
14 
13 
11 
11 
i2 
11 
105 
84 
Clark . 
.11 
12 
10 
14 
9 
10 
13 
105 
79 
Snyder . 
12 
13 
14 
io 
is 
14 
90 
78 
Phillips .... 
13 
13 
11 
12 
. 
. . 
60 
49 
Ford . 
11 
11 
10 
11 
60 
43 
Eckstrom ... 
12 
11 
is 
45 
38 
Ed Cole .... 
12 
13 
11 
45 
. 36 
Bowersox .. 
15 
15 
15 
Double target event of 10-pair each: Lewis 17, Myers 17, 
McKee 16, l^Tlder 14, Price 14, J. Cole 14. 
J. F. Caldwell, Sec’y. 
Smith Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J., Feb. 13. —The weekly shoot of the 
Smith Gun Club was held to-day and a number of sweeps 
were shot. The scores follow: 
Targets: 
25 
15 
10 
15 
10 
15 
10 
J Erb . 
. 20 
13 
8 
13 
9 
14 
8 
S Thornton . 
. 20 
14 
8 
12 
9 
13 
9 
R Bercaugh . 
. 21 
12 
8 
13 
9 
12 
8 
S Castle . 
. 20 
12 
10 
12 
8 
14 
9 
A Castle . 
. 19 
12 
9 
12 
8 
12 
7 
A Lindley . 
. 21 
15 
8 
13 
9 
13 
9 
W Heever . 
. 22 
14 
7 
13 
7 
14 
10 
I J Demerest. 
. 22 
10 
7 
12 
7 
14 
10 
J Davis . 
. 19 
11 
8 
14 
7 
12 
9 
W Mahon . 
. 20 
11 
7 
13 
8 
12 
9 
W Squires . 
. 18 
14 
8 
11 
7 
13 
7 
I Smith . 
. 18 
13 
7 
12 
5 
12 
6 
M Ryan . 
. 24 
10 
6 
11 
6 
13 
7 
J. c., ^ 
Capt. 
