FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 20 , 1909 . 
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The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Lisha 
Peggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of sportsman’s 
exchange, where, as one of the fraternity expressed it, 
the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neigh¬ 
borhood used to meet of evenings and dull outdoor days 
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Florida Gun Club. 
Palm Beach, Fla., March 10.—Five shooters entered 
for the F. B. Keech silver cup to-day, a handicap at 
15 birds, $10 entrance. Although it was stormy and a 
good breeze blowing across the grounds, the scores 
made were very good. 
Mr. Howard Brokaw won the cup, Mr. H. Smith won 
first money, $35; and Mr. R. C. Brabb won second 
money, $15. A good crowd witnessed the shooting, and 
Mr. Brokaw received a nice applause when he killed his 
fifteenth bird. It was a straight away driver and looked 
to be lost, but hit the boundary fence and fell inside. 
Brokaw and Dietsch were referees. 
Smith. 29 .13 Turner, 29 . 11 
Phipps, 28 .11 Brabb, 29 .12 
Brokaw, 30 . 14 
March G.—Twelve shooters faced the score for the J. 
P. Knapp silver cup to-day. It was) a handicap at 15 
birds, $10 entrance. Brabb and Upson tied with 14 kills 
each, and in the shoot-off, first at 3 birds, they tied with 
3 kills each. In the shoot-off, miss-and-out, Upson 
missed his second bird, and Brabb killed, winning the 
cup. Upson took first money, $75; Knapp, Sage, Phipps 
and Monroe tied for third money. In the shoot-off, 
miss-and-out, Phipps won $40. 
Knapp and Brabb divided $60 in the first sweep with 
5 straight kills each. 
Mr. Knapp, who presented the cup, was allowed the 
privilege of arranging the handicaps, and to show how 
well he did his work, all the shooters finished, the lowest 
man being only 4 birds behind at the finish. The handi¬ 
caps were: 2Syd. men, one miss as a kill; 27yds. and up, 
one miss as a kill and one miss as a no bird. There 
was a good crowd in the grand stand. 
There will be a handicap Monday for the Roy C. Brabb 
silver cup, value $100. Mr. Stafford acted as referee. 
Upson, 33 . 
.14 
Stock, 30 . 
. 10 
Knapp, '62 . 
.13 
Brokaw, 30 . 
. 12 
Smith, 30 . 
. 11 
Stafford, 27 . 
. 10 
Sage, 27 . 
.12 
Brabb, 28 . 
. 14 
Heller, 27 . 
..10 
Munroe, 27 . 
. 13 
Phipps, 27 . 
. 13 
Keech, 28 . 
. 10 
March 8 .—The handsome silver cup presented by Roy 
C. Brabb, secretary of the gun club, was won by Mr. H. 
C. Phipps, of Pittsburg, with 15 straight kills, standing 
at 27yds. Howard Brokaw won first money, $40, with 
14 kills, and R. C. Brabb won second money, $25, with 
13 kills. It was a handicap at 15 birds, $10 entrance. 
The following are the scores: 
Phipps, 27 .15 Stafford, 27 . 11 
Stock, 30 . 8 Turner, 29 . 8 
Brokaw, 30 . 14 Brabb, 29 . 13 
One event of 6 pairs of double birds each, $10 en¬ 
trance, all the shooters entered. Phipps and Turner di¬ 
vided even with 7 kills each. 
In the sweep of 5 birds each, Brabb and Turner divided 
.$50. Mr, Stafford acted as referee. 
The next handicap shoot will be Wednesday, for the 
Keech trophy, at 15 birds. 
The shoot to-day was a handicap at 25 birds, $10 
entrance, for the Howard Brokaw trophy. 
Mr. Turner won the trophy, a handsome silver de¬ 
canter. Mr. Brokaw declared not to win the trophy, and 
took the money, $40. 
Three sweeps at 5 birds each were won by Brokaw, 
with 5 straight kills in each. He shot in great form to¬ 
day and made a total of 38 kills out of a possible 40. 
There will be a 25-bird match to-morrow for $100 a 
side, between Brabb and Stock. 
Brokaw, 31 . 23 Brabb, 29 .20 
Turner, 29 . 22 Stock, 30 . 19 
March 13.—In the match to-day of 25 birds, 30yds. 
rise, for $100 a side, the following scores were made: 
Bratt, at -SOyds., scored 22; Stack, at 30yds., scored 21. 
It was a tie until the fifteenth bird, when Stack 
missed three in a row. He killed his last seven straight. 
Bratt lost his seventh, nineteenth and twenty-second 
birds. • They will shoot a lOO-target match for the same 
set on Monday. In the target event of ten pairs each, 
Bratt won with 16 kills; Stack had 14 kills. 
Wm. Dietsch. 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, Pa.—The tournaments registered with the 
Interstate Association during the week ending March 13, 
are as follows: 
April 20-21.—Sedalia (Mo.) G. C. Jos. Paradis, Sec’y. 
April 21-22.—Camden (Ark.) G. C. J. P. Wright, Sec’y. 
April 28.—Covington, Ind.—W’estern Indiana G. C. R. A. 
Rogers, Sec’y. 
May 11-13.—Boise, Idaho.—Idaho State Sportsmen’s Asso¬ 
ciation. Frank M. Eastman, Sec’y. 
May 15-16.—New Athens, Ill.—Egyptian G. C. Jac. H. 
Koch, Sec’y. 
May 18.—Norwich, N. Y.—Chenango County Fish, Game 
and G. C. Nelson L. Satchel), Sec’y. 
May 20 .—Herndon, (Pa.) G. C. J. A. Straub, Sec’y. 
May 28-29.—Pittsfield, Mass.—Berkshire G. C. John Ranse- 
housen, .Sec’y. 
June 1-3.—Jersey City, N. J.—New Jersey State Sports¬ 
men’s Association. Chas. T. Day, Sec’y. 
June 3-4.—West Side (la.) G. C. Alfred J. Keeley, Sec’y. 
June 5 .—Oneonta (N. Y.) Fish, Game and G. C. Geo. 
W’ohlleben, Sec’y. 
June 13-15.—North Shore, La.—Orleans G. and R. C. 
Geo. H. Kastmayer, Sec’y. 
Tune 11-12.-Corona (S. D.) G. C. Geo. \V. Clark, Sec y. 
June 16-17.—Thompsonville (Ilk) G. C. Noble C. 
Downen, Sec’y. 
July 14.—Winona (Minn.) Sportsmen’s Club. C. Q. 
Adams, Sec’y. „ ^ ^ . 
July 21-22.—Cedar Rapids, la.—Hawkeye G. C. C. A. 
Clark, Sec’y. 
Elmer E. Shaker, Sec y-Mgr. 
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