350 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[Feb. 27, 1909. 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Ind.—Saturday afternoon, Feb. 20, was 
a splendid day for target shooting at the Indianapolis 
Gun Club. This was the tenth week of the members’ 
trophy contest. The recent contest for the perrnanent 
disposal of the English Hotel Cup was concluded in the 
tenth week of its running, and speculation as to whether 
the members’ trophy contest would come to a termina¬ 
tion on its same weekly anniversary was rife among the 
contestants before the day’s event was commenced. 
Dixon, Bell, Voris, Brennan and Michaelis, all of the 
handicap contestants except Parry, who is out of the 
city, and Denny, who was unable to participate in the 
shooting because of an acute illness, were on hand with a 
determination to put up the best fight they could com¬ 
mand. V\'ith this array of talent contending for the 
honors of the day, those who were still competing from 
the initial 16yd. mark thought that they were going up 
against a forlorn hope. But they reckoned wrong. The 
handicap men were not able to cope with either Hymer 
or Moller in the allotted 50-target race, each of whom 
broke 45. In the shoot-off of the tie, at 25 targets each, 
Hymer shattered all of them and Moller had the misfoj-- 
tune to miss 3. The scores were: Hymer 45, Moller 45, 
Dixon (20) 44, *Barr 44, Brennan (18) 43, Voris (18) 42, 
Neighbors 42, Lewis 41, Britton 41, Bell (18) 40, Mich¬ 
aelis (18) 39, and Kanouse 34. In the shoot-off of tie, 
Hymer 25, and Moller 22. Winner of the event, Hymer. 
In the next succeeding event of the contest the line-up 
of the contestants will be: Dixon and Denny at 20yds., 
Voris, Parry, Bell, Brennan, Michaelis and Hymer at 
18yds., and of 16yd. possibilities too numerous to mention. 
Hymer also carried off the honors of first place in 
practice shooting. The “shooting” demon had control 
of him, body and soul, and he was just simply invincible. 
He strained his gun mightily in the exhibition he put 
up, so much so that he had to lay aside his familiar old 
weapon and shot a borrowed gun in his last practice 
event. A tabulation of the scores that were made in 
practice shooting follow: 
Targets: 
20 20 20 20 20 20 Total. 
Broke. 
Per C’t. 
Hvmer . 
.. 20 19 15 . 
HO 
54 
90.00 
*Barr . 
.. 18 15 15 20 19 19 
120 
106 
88.33 
Brennan . 
.. 16 18 . 
40 
34 
85.00 
Dixon . 
.. 15 16 18 19 20 13 
120 
101 
84.17 
Bell . 
.. 15 17 20 14 17 17 
120 
100 
83.33 
Voris . 
.. 19 14 . 
40 
33 
82.50 
Britton . 
.. IS 18 16 13 .... 
80 
65 
81.25 
Moller . 
... 14 18 14 18 19 13 
120 
96 
80.M 
Michaelis . 
.. 13 16 15 19 .. .. 
80 
63 
78.75 
Neighbors . 
.. 14 17 17 12 11 .. 
100 
71 
71.00 
Kanouse . 
... 17 14 11 . 
60 
42 
70.00 
Lewis . 
.. 12 16 13 . 
60 
41 
68.33 
Southern . 
.. 14 13 . 
40 
27 
67.50 
Heaton .. 
.. 14 13 13 . 
60 
40 
66.67 
Comstock . 
.. 10 10 6. 
60 
20 
43.33 
*Professional. 
Harry 
W. Denny, 
Sec’y. 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, Pa.-—Tournaments registered with the In¬ 
terstate Association during the week ending Feb. 20 are 
as follows: 
March 24-25.—Cedar Bluffs (Neb.) G. C. F. B. Knapp, 
Sec'y. 
March 30-31.—Holmesburg Junction, Pa.—Keystone 
Shooting League. F. M. Eames, President. 
April 17.—Hamilton (Can.) G. C. \V. K. Davies, Acting 
Sec’y. 
April 21-22.—Beaver Crossing (Neb.) G. C. J. C. Evans, 
Sec’y. 
April 29-May 1.—Union City (Tenn.) G. C. D. A. 
Edwards, Sec’y. 
May 5-6.—Richmond (Ind.) G. C. R. A. Tyler, Sec’y. 
May 5-7.—Ogden, Utah.—Idaho-Utah Sportsmen’s Asso¬ 
ciation tournament, under the auspices of the 
Wasatch G. C. Henry L, Ernstrom, Sec’y. 
May 15.—Hamilton (Can.) G. C. W. R. Davies, Acting 
Sec’y. 
May 19-20.—Thornville (O.) G. C. C. F. Shell, Sec’y. 
May 31-June 1.—Bay City (Mich.) G. C. T. Breen, Sec’y. 
June 9-10.—Benton (Ill.) G. C. W. H. Foulk, Sec’y. 
June 16-17.—Rutland, Vt.-—Vermont State Trapshooter’s 
League tournament, under the auspices of the Rut¬ 
land G. C. Chas, A. Gale, Pres. 
June.'26-27.—St. Louis, Mo..—Blue Wing G. C. E. T. 
Grether, Sec’y. 
June 29-July 2.—Niagara-on-the-Lake.—Canadian and 
American Indians’ tournament. Thos. A. Duff and 
E. H. Tripp, Mgrs. 
Aug. 11-12.—Ortley, S. D.—Owl G. C. F. Hayden, Sec’y. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr. 
Florida Gun Club. 
Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 15.—The Florida Gun Club 
this year is very popular, but while all the shooting, so 
far has been only sweeps, there is always a crowd in the 
grand stand. The scores to-day, one a handicap of 20 
birds, ?20 entrance, were: 
Knapp, 30 . 19 Upson, 30 . 18 
Brabb, 30 . 17 Murphy, 31 . 18 
Stofford, 30 . 16 , 
In the sweeps of 5 birds each, for a purse for each 
event, Knapp won three, Brabb one, Upson three. 
There will be a handicap at 10 birds VVednesday for 
a cup presented by Mr. H. C. Phipps, Jr., and another 
handicap Saturday at 25 birds for a cup presented by 
Mr. Upson. 
The new officers are: W. A. H. Stofford, of New York, 
President; Roy C. Brabb, Detroit, Secretary; T. T. 
Reese, P. B., Treasurer; Dr. Kaisner, of Philadelphia, 
and J. R. Bradley, of Chicago, Handicap Committee. 
Feb. 17.—In the handicap shoot for silver cup presented 
by Mr. H. C. Phipps, at 10 birds, $10 entrance, the 
following scores were made; 
Knapp, Waters and Mrs. McKim tied, and in the 
shoot-off, miss-and-out, Knapp won the cup and $40 on 
the fourth straight kill. Mrs. McKim missed her fourth 
hird and won second money, $30, and Waters missed his 
second bird and won third money, $20. Mrs. McKim’s 
shooting was remarkable, as she drew all hard birds, and 
her last bird in the cup event fell dead just out of 
bounds. The grand stand was well filled, and the ap¬ 
plause was general. Mr. Stofford acted as referee. Mr. 
Upson, who is a new member of the club, has put up 
a ■ beautiful cup, to be shot for next Saturday. It will 
be a handicap of 25 birds. 
Emerson, 30 . 6 Allen, 29 . 5 
Murphy, 30 . 5 Dickson, 29 . 6 
Knapp, 30 . 8 Stofford, 28 . 5 
LTpson, 30 . 6 Waters, 27 . 8 
Brabb, 30 . 6 Mrs McKim, 26..'. 8 
Wm. Dietsch, Mgr. 
Atlantic City Gun Club. 
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 19.—I inclose herewith 
scores made by the marksmen of the Atlantic City Gun 
Club this afternoon. Despite occasional showers we had 
a good field out, and threw about 2,400 targets: 
Targets: 30 25 25 25 25 25 
Anderson . 13 19 19 17 13 17 
Cook . 19 20 21 18 18 17 
Wescoat . 22 20 16 16 13 15 
Algar . 22 17 20 16 19 16 
Lewis . 27 20 20 21 23 .'. 
Overbaugh . 24 24 22 19 23 .. 
Smith .-.. 20 19 18 15 .. .. 
Young . 19 19 20 24 21 23 
Crane . 25 21 22 18 21 .. 
Shinn .x... 23 21 19 17 23 .. 
Osgood . 21 16. 
Cuthbert . 17 17 17 19 .. 
Watson . 14 13 IS IS .. 
Orleman . 24 16 15. 
Adams . 13 IS. 
Emmons . 13. 
Specht . 19 14. 
Pennell . 23 17 12. 
INfcDaniel . 17 11. 
Sheppard . 24. .. 
Cope . 17. 
Herold . 16 18. 
James .■.. 17 23 .. 
Headley . 16. 
Cavileer . 20. 
Wells . 15. 
Henry . 16. 
Willis . 22 . 
Shoot-off No. 1: Orleman 22, Sheppard 22. 
Shoot-off No. 2: Orleman 23, Sheppard 20. 
Event No. 1 was for the Hunter trophy, 30 targets, use 
of two shots, all shooting from 19yds. Orleman won 
the leg after two shoot-offs with .Sheppard. 
Crane, the champion of South Jersey, from Hammon- 
ton, was with us and shot well. 
Jimmy Lewis was with us; also Harrv Overbaugh. The 
finish of the two gentlemen was exceptionally close, there 
being one to the good in favor of iilr. Overbaugh. 
Anderson and Cook were matched against Wescoat 
and Algar, and when the smoke cleared away, it was 
found that .Anderson and Cook led their rivals by 1 
target. 
Shinn finished us with an even 80 per cent. 
Cuthbert’s second attempt at the traps was very en¬ 
couraging. 70 per cent. 
Weils was a little off; guess he did not get hold of the 
right gun. 
Pennell shot well, using a strange gun. Look out for 
him next Friday. He is having a special stock put on 
his gun, which is guaranteed to make him average not 
less than 95 to 55 per cent. Secretary. 
Championship of Long Island Sound. 
Port M’ashington, L. L, Feb. 22. — The championship 
of Long Is'and Sound, held under the auspices of the 
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, was won by C. W. Billings. 
Scores 
C W Billings. NA^AC... 
92 
G 
C Mever, 
MBYC 
73 
Pentz, BYC. 
88 
F 
R Long, 
BYC 
72 
H I. Hovt. Tr, MBYC.. 
85 
G 
E Greiff, 
NALAC. 
71 
L Crawford. IHYC. 
83 
I 
E Mever, 
MBYC. 
68 
W G Hinds. HGC. 
83 
F 
F Jones, 
BYC 
63 
B G Loomis, MBYC... 
81 
I 
W Alker, 
MB AX. 
61 
E L C Rohbins, LYC.. 
78 
E 
A Sierck, 
MBYC 
55 
H F Clark, MBYC. 
74 
Professionals: 
J Zollinger ... 
46 
S 
Glover .. 
95 
Twenty-five targets, handicap, 
won by I. 
W. Alker: 
H. 
T. 
H. 
T. 
S Glover . 0 
25 
C 
W Billings.... 
0 
21 
I W Alker. 4 
24 
H 
F Clark.. 
3 
21 
M G Hinds. 1 
22 
G 
E Greiff. 
2 
20 
Sweepstakes, scratch: 
Targets: 
10 10 10 
10 
.0 
10 
10 
C W Billings. 
10 9 .. 
9 
9 
5 
W G Hinds . 
10 9 7 
8 
6 
5 
G E Greiff. 
9 9 8 
9 
7 
E C Robins. 
9 9 9 
8 
9 
5 
T E Meyer. 
9 8 9 
6 
8 
7 
H F Clark. 
9 7 8 
9 
7 
8 
J C Meyer. 
8 8 10 
9 
9 
9 
4 
W Pentz . 
8 8 10 
8 
9 
10 
L Crawford . 
8 9 8 
9 
8 
J Stone . 
8 9 .. 
10 
9 
E A Sierek. 
.. 6 .. 
7 
5 
J Persall . 
.... 8 
7 
7 
8 
8 
F Floyd Jones . 
4 
9 
8 
10 
B G Loomis. 
7 
7 
F D Long. 
. . 
7 
Feb. 21.—Scores in the main events to-day follow: 
Sauer gun, 25 targets; leg was won by H. L. Hoyt, Jr.: 
H. T. H. T. 
H L Hoyt, Jr. 4 25 F F Jones. 6 20 
J E Meyer. 4 23 E A Sierck. 4 20 
H F Clark. 4 22 G C Meyer. 4 19 
N Fowler . 4 21 J E Meyer. 4 19 
W Alker. 4 20 G M Taft. 4 17 
G Loomis. 3 20 J Merritt . 6 11 
Weekly cup, 25 targets, cup was won by H. F. Clark: 
H F Clark . 3 25 J E Meyer. 4 18 
H L Hoyt, Jr. 4 23 CM Gould. 7 18 
B G Loomis. 3 22 E A Sierck. 4 18 
F D Long. 3 21 Wm Taft . 4 17 
J W Alker. 4 21 N Berg . 7 14 
F F Jones . 6 19 J Merritt . 6 13 
M Fowler . 4 19 
Monthly cun, 25 targets; leg was won by H. L. Hoyt, Jr.: 
H L Hoyt, Jr. 2 25 Wm Taft . 4 22 
H F. Clark. 4 24 J E Meyer. 4 20 
M Fowler . 4 23 J Merritt . 6 17 
J W .Alker. 4 22 E A Sierck. 4 15 
B G Loomis. 4 22 
Feb. 20.—Match between Garden City Gun Club and 
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. 
Manhasset. Garden City. 
H 
F 
Clark . 
...34 
AI 
Herrick . 
...38 
A 
(' 
Clarkson... 
...31 
D 
G Geddes.... 
... 34 
B 
G 
Loomis..., 
...31 
1) 
Breck . 
...29 
G 
C 
Meyer. 
...26 
E 
Low . 
...26 
J 
E 
Meyer. 
... 25-147 
]<' 
Floyd . 
... 23—150 
The match was at 50 targets. A gale of wind was 
blowing. 
Ossining Gun Club. 
Ossining, N. Y., Feb. 22.—Ossining was on the map 
again to-day. A team from Tuckahoe came over to 
square up with us for winning the first leg of the series 
on their grounds during December last. They met the 
same fate that many experience on the grounds of the 
Ossining Gun Club the lirst time they shoot. Toward 
the last, however, they demonstrated their ability, but 
they got the hang of it too late. It has been a very 
pleasant little series, and we were hoping that Tuckahoe 
might win out to-day, though we tried our best to pre¬ 
vent it, just the same. When it was over Ossining had 
won by 18 targets. The visitorsi gave us three hearty 
cheers, which showed they were good losers. Mr. G. B. 
Wurster, of the visiting team, was high for both teams 
with 43, while Bedell and Hubbell were tied for second 
with 42. 
The weather conditions were fine for big scores, and 
why better work on 45yd. targets was not done is hard 
to understand. 
Joe Willi had a bad quarter hour during the first half 
of the team' race, breaking but 12 out of 25. Had the 
targets been thrown low, as they generally are thrown 
here, it is safe to say that he would have been among 
the leaders. He is a very fast shot, and he did not 
understand the change of elevation till he had shot 
under about ten of them. Wood was not up to form 
owing to lack of practice, but when he smashed 25 
straight in the prize shoot-off everybody took off their 
hats to him. There were three cups put up by Col. 
Brandreth for the visiting team to shoot for under their 
own handicaps. We are unable to give the results, as 
Tuckahoe hadn’t their handicap sheet with them. Eight 
prizes were provided for the home shooters to tussle over, 
and here is where a joke comes in. The club provided a 
certain amount for prizes for this day and the amount 
was about large enough to get four inexpensive prizes. 
One of the members offered to purchase the prize, and 
the joke was he got eight prizes, and they were mostly 
of sterling silver, and most any one of which would 
cost as much as the club donation. A pretty good sort 
of a joke, though expensive. 
Nearly two hundred spectators were on hand, and 
some shooting visitors, who were most cordially wel¬ 
comed. Among the last was Mr. A. C. Barrell, ad¬ 
vertising manager of the U. M. C. Co., whose charming 
better half was an interesting spectator throughout the 
match. Referee was Sey. Anser; Scorer, Arthur Smith. 
The prizes were won as follows: G. B. Hubbell, first; 
Washburn, second on shoot-off with Hyland; Bedell 
won third from D. Brandreth; Blandford, fourth from 
F. Brandreth, and M, J, Tuttle Wood fifth from Huff; 
Hahn, sixth alone; Smith seventh from Kipp and 
Dietrich; eighth from Mullen and Fisher, 
A second Ossining team, composed of F. and D. 
Brandreth, Washburn, Hyland and Fisher, were beaten 
by one target by team No. 1. 
Team match, 50 targets per man, in strings of 25: 
Ossining. Tuckahoe. 
Blandford, Capt.. 21 19—40 Schmidt, Capt_ 15 20—35 
Hubbell . 21 21—42 Wurster . 22 21—43 
Wood . 19 18—37 Packard . 17 17—34 
Willi . 12 18—30 Rogers . 16 16—32 
Bedell . 20 22—42 Grinrod . 16 13—29 
191 173 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 '6 
Targets: 15 10 10 25 25 H. T, 25 
I T Hyland . 9 9 ., 21 19 7—47 18 
■p Wood . 11 ..., 19 18 6—43 25 
Le G Wynant . 8. 
A Bedell . 12 .. 10 20 22 4—46 22 
C G Blandford. 8 7 21 19 5—45 21 
J Willi . 9 .. 12 18 6—36 
S A Kipp. 6 .. 18 10 13-^1 
F I Schmitt. 7 8 15 20 .. 
A M Dalton...;. 4 8 13 16 .. 
W S Smith. 4 .. 10 19 12—41 
G B Wurster. 6 8 22 21 .. 21 
J C Grinrod. 5 6 16 13 .. 
G H Rogers. 8 9 16 16 .. 18 
D Brandreth . 9 9 18 23 5—46 21 
W Fisher .. 6 .. 18 13 9—40 
J Kirby . 2. 
R L Packard.10 17 17.. 20 
F Brandreth . 8 21 16 8—45 16 
W J Tuttle . 8 16 19 10—45 15 
J F Hahn. 3 13 14 15—42 
