May is, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
785 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Mr. J. A. Anderson, the popular trade representative, 
was high gun at the shoot of the Deep Run Hunt Club 
at Richmond, Va., on May 8, with the excellent total ot 
S6 out of 100. 
The six man team match between the Clearview and 
South Brood gun clubs, of Philadelphia, on the grounds 
of the South Broods, May 8, was won by Clearview with 
a total of 225 to 182, each man shooting at 60 targets. 
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The Larchmont Yacht Club members closed their week¬ 
end shooting season on the first day of this week. The 
club championship will be the event for Saturday of this 
week, on the Larchmont grounds, and is considered as 
extra to the regular club meetings. 
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A pleasing letter from Mr. Thomas A. Duff, High 
Scribe and Chief of Wampum of the Canadian Indians, 
Toronto, Can., conveys the information that everything 
appears bright for the joint tournament of the Canadian 
and American Indians, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, June 29- 
July 2. 
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The five-man team of Yale won the intercollegiate 
trapshooting championship on May 8 with a total of 416 
out of a possible 500. Harvard scored 398. Princeton 
393. Pennsylvania was fourth. There was a tie on 89 
for high individual score between Messrs. E. H. Wright 
and C. J. Biddle, of Princeton, and D. R. Dickey, of 
Yale. Vl’right won the shoot-off. , 
May 8, Mr. J. F. Pratt, standing at 17yds., was high 
man with 96 at the monthly shoot of the Independent 
Gun Club, held at Holmesburg Junction, Philadelphia, 
Special interest centered in the contest for the gun 
donated by President Frank M. Fames, the conditions 
of which were three monthly contests, the winner of 
which were eligible to shoot off for the prize. The three 
winners were Messrs. Landis, Matthews and Pratt in 
the order mentioned. Mr. W. H. Matthews won as 
follows: Matthews, 17yds., 8 added targets, 47; Landis, 
19yds., 3 added targets, 43; Pratt, 17yds., was third. 
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The New York Athletic Club shooting season closed on 
May 8, with the final contest for the club championship 
and a Dixie shoot. The championship was won by Mr. 
F. H. Schauffler. He scored 93 out of 100, which, with 
88 in his first 100, made a total of 181 out of the 200. 
Second was a tie on 178, between Messrs. F. Hodgman 
and C. W. Billings. In the shoot-off Billings won, 25 to 
23, thus he took second prize. Hodgman third prize. 
First and second prizes in the Dixie shoot were won re¬ 
spectively by Messrs. R. M. Owen and W. J. Elias. 
The fall shooting season of the club will commence 
about the middle of next October. 
On the first day of the Interstate Association Southern 
Handicap, held at Nashville, Tenn., on May 4-6, Mr. G. 
M. Collins, of Due West, S. C., was high amateur with 
163 out of 170. A high wind prevailed. Of the pro¬ 
fessionals, three, Messrs. Walter Huff, C. O. Le Compte 
and Harold Money, tied on 162. In the preliminary 
Handicap of the second day, 80 singles and 10 pairs, there 
was for first place a tie on 92 between Messrs. John R. 
Livingston, of Springville, Ala., and Woolfolk Hender¬ 
son, of Lexington, Ky. In the shoot-off at 20 targets, 
Livingston won, 18 to 17. The main event of the third 
day was the Southern Handicap. It was won by Mr. 
S. L. Dodds, of Hickman, Ky., with 94 out of lOO, in a 
very closely contested race. 
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A light attendance was somewhat of a disappointment 
in connection with the nineteenth annual tournament of 
the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association, held at 
Reading, Pa., May 4-6. The Harrisburg trophy was won 
by the Herron Hill Gun Club three-man team (Pitts¬ 
burg) with a total of 71 out of 75; second, Sunbury and 
Selinsgrove, of Sunbury, and the Independent of Phila¬ 
delphia, 69; third. Independent, No. 2, of Philadelphia, 
68. The Reading trophy was won by the four-man team 
of the Independent Gun Club, Philadelphia, with 91; 
second, Herron Hill, 89. The Milt Lindsley trophy for 
two-man teams, was won by the Independent team. No. 3, 
of Philadelphia, with a total of 63, the conditions being 
25 singles and 5 pairs. The handicap State championship, 
so-called, was won by Mr. Geo. S. McCarty, of Phila¬ 
delphia, with a total of 186 out of 200. Mr. H. E. Buck- 
waiter won the Wolstencroft trophy, after a sensational 
shoot-off. Several matches were shot as a side issue 
Next year’s shoot goes to Philadelphia. 
The Onondaga County Gun Club reports favorable 
prospects for the fifty-first annual shoot of the New 
York State Sportsmen’s Association, to be held on the 
grounds of the Syracuse Yacht Club, Syracuse, N. Y., 
June 8-10. June 7 will be practice day. The Squier 
money-back system will govern when a contestant’s win¬ 
nings amount to less than his entrance. The final con¬ 
test for the New York City cup will be a feature. All 
the eligible contestants for it are winners of renown, as 
follows: 1889, F. D. Kelsey, at Buffalo; 1900, Sim 
Glover, at Utica; 1901, Sim Glover, at Interstate Park; 
1902. H. D. Kirkover, at Rochester; 1903, S. M. Van 
Allen, at OsSining; 1904, Harvey McMurchy, at Buffalo; 
1905, F. D. Kelsey, at Utica; 1906, J. A. R. Elliott, at 
Buffalo; 1907, H. S. Welles, at Syracuse; 1908, J. Martin, 
at Elmira. A cup will be provided by New York sports¬ 
men for a (jlub four-man team contest, for amateurs 
onlj’; each winner in five years to shoot-off for it in the 
sixth year. The merchandise prize list will be long and 
valuable. The programme will be ready in the n,ear 
future. 
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The programme of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s As¬ 
sociation tournament, to be held under the auspices of 
the Chicago Gun Club, May 25-27, provides for the first 
day seven 15-target events, $1.50 entrance,' $1 additional 
optional sweepstake, and two special events, of which 
No. 8 is for the Board of Trade diamond badge, 100 
targets, handicaps 18 to 22yds., $7 entrance, and No. 9 
is a merchandise shoot, 25 targets, $1.50 entrance, twenty- 
five or more prizes guaranteed; prizes to be drawn for. 
For this day $70 average money is provided. On the 
second day, twelve 15-target events and No. 13 at 25 
targets, $3 entrance, for the L. C. Smith cup, are pro¬ 
vided. Average moneys, four each of $10, fifteen each of 
$5. On the third day there will be fifteen events, twelve 
at 15 targets, the amateur championship of the State at 
50 targets, $5 entrance, class shooting, and the profes¬ 
sional championship of the State, same conditions; and 
also a consolation handicap, 50 targets, $5 entrance, high 
guns. Sweepstakes divided 25, 25, 25, and 25 per cent. 
Additional optional sweepstakes divided 50, 30 and 20 per 
cent. General averages for three days, first five places, 
$10 each; next ten places, $5 each. President J. R. 
Graham offers a handsome cut-glass trophy for special 
amateur general high average. May 24 at 1:30, prac¬ 
tice. Shooting starts at 9:45 each day. Ship guns, etc., 
prepaid, to Von Lengerke & Antoine, 277 Wabash 
avenue. Standard loads for sale on the grounds. Lunch 
served in the club house. Fred H. Teeple is Secretary- 
Treasurer, 123d street and Michigan avenue. 
Bernard Waters. 
The Southern Handicap. 
Nashvilee, Tenn.—Cumberland Park, Nashville, Tenn., 
in its springtime dress of pleasing green, and nestling 
in a circle of blue grass hills, was the Mecca of the 
trapshooting fraternity the week commencing with May 
3. The crack shots of the country, professionals and 
amateurs, and widely known celebrities, who also love to 
shoot, were in evidence. High officials of the Interstate 
Association, officers of the gun and ammunition factor¬ 
ies, and more were in Nashville. In fact, the lobbies of 
the hotels gave the impression at first glance that the 
Tennessee Legislature was still in session and that some¬ 
thing special was on, but a second glance revealed the 
sun-burned features of the jolly trapshooter, who was 
in Nashville to take part in the fourth Southern Handi¬ 
cap tournament. May 4, 5 and 6. 
This is the second time that Nashville has been 
chosen as the place for holding the Southern Handicap 
tournament, the first having been held here in 1906. The 
second was held at Richmond, Va., and the third at 
Birmingham, Ala. 
Nashville will go after the Grand American Handicap 
of 1910, according to the statement of one of the officials 
of the Cumberland Park Club, who does not want to be 
quoted. This information was brought forth when 
Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager of the Interstate 
Association, paid a deserved compliment to the local 
club’s grounds by saying, “I have been on every shoot¬ 
ing ground of note in America, and I can say without 
fear of contradiction that there are none better suited for 
holding the Grand American Handicap tournament than 
those of the Cumberland Park Club.” 
The three high amateurs and their totals, shooting at 
340 targets from the 16yd. mark, were: G. M. Collins, 
320; W. T. Laslie, 315; B. H. Finley, 314. 
The three high professionals and their totals, shooting 
at 340 targets from the 16yd. mark were: Fred Gilbert, 
327; W. H. Heer and C. O. Le Compte, 323 each, and 
Guy Ward, 320. 
Total number of targets trapped during tournament 
was 68,500. 
The Squier money-back purse amounted to $760, of 
which amount $447.70 was used to pay back losses. The 
amounts paid back ranged from 45 cents to $26.55. The 
surplus fund, amounting to $312.30, was divided as fol¬ 
lows: G. M. Collins, $43.70; W. 'T. Laslie, $40.60; B. H. 
Finley, $34.35; J. B. Goodbar, O. N. Ford, J. B. Snow¬ 
den, $25 each; C. A. Courtney, $18.70; J. R. Livingston, 
and 'Woolfolk Henderson, $15.60 each; W. Baggerman, 
T. N. Buckingham, G, V. Dering, P. C. Ward and D. A. 
Upson, $9.35; E. R. Bagby, J. B. Duncan and D. A. 
Edwards, $3.10 each; H. T. Edwards and J. K. Warren, 
$1.55 each. 
Monday, May 3, was practice day, the programme call¬ 
ing for four events of 15 targets each and two events of 
20 targets each. The first shot was fired at 1:00 p. m., 
and the last event was completed shortly after 5 p. m. 
The scores of May 3, practice day, follow: 
G S Lyon. 
. 89 
W 
Gruhn . 
.. 75 
W D Thompson. 
. 73 
R 
W Clancy. 
.. 93 
H D Gibbs . 
. 90 
G 
Hillman . 
D A Edwards. 
. 86 
T 
A Marshall. 
;. 90 
H T Edwards. 
. 74 
A 
M Hatcher. 
.. 83 
C O Le Compte. 
. 88 
G 
Ward . 
R A Austin. 
. 90 
P 
C Ward. 
T R Taylor. 
. 92 
G 
M Collins . 
W Henderson . 
. 86 
H 
D Anderson. 
.. 82 
C G Westcott. 
. 87 
H 
W Vietmever. 
.. 74 
W Huff . 
. 84 
H 
J Borden. 
S P North. 
F 
Hardy . 
T R Livingston. 
. 88 
L 
Moody . 
. - 
J T Skelly. 
. 91 
F 
Lagler . 
A Meaders . 
. 90 
C 
A Young. 
E R Holt. 
. 82 
T 
W Hughes. 
Dr A Lawson. 
. 80 
o 
Williams . 
W A Long. 
. 92 
VV 
E Rape . 
W T Laslie. 
. 93 
Toe Grav . 
E R Alexander. 
. 83 
W 
H Heer. 
T P Sousa . 
W 
R Crosby. 
H D Freeman. 
. 90 
T 
Dea . 
W G Hearne. 
. 73 
E 
W Rugg. 
K PhiTlips. 
T H Evans. 
. 72 
P 
G A Hobson. 
. 69 
R 
0 Heikes. 
J B Goodbar. 
. 83 
C 
G Spencer. 
T N Buckingham. 
. 89 
O 
W Ewing. 
15 H iMnley . 
. 79 
C 
W Pennington.... 
.. 79 
1 13 bnowden.j... 
. 83 
H 
Money . 
VV N Honey. 
H 
1 ? 
G V Deering. 
. 84 
May 4, First Dav. 
Never was weather more propitious than on May 4, and 
the scene at Cumberland Park was enough to stir up the 
sporting blood in the most sluggish veins. Before the 
tournament begun the' contestants gathered in front of 
the shooting lodge, where, in words of eloquence, they 
were welcomed to Nashville and the South by Mr. 
Ijby Bennett, the popular president of the Cumberland 
f 3rk Club. Secretary-Manager Elmer E. Shaner replied 
in behalf of the Interstate Association, and said he and 
all of _ the shooters _ were glad to come to hospitable 
Nashville and beautiful Cumberland Park. Mr. Shaner 
briefly outlined the rules of the tournament and then 
called Squad No. 1 to the firing points, Mr. George L. 
Lyon firing the first shot in the tournament proper. 
There were many spectators present throughout the 
day, a large percentage of them being ladies. Many of 
these latter took a keen and comprehending interest in 
the shooting and cheered their particular champions in a 
manner that was delightful. 
Until the mantle of darkness was drawn over the 
scene the tournament went forward to the tune of the 
shotgun, and the call of the referees and scorers as they 
marked the broken and lost targets, and when Mr. Shaner 
called the programme off for the day it was still incom- 
pleted. Although the first day’s card had not been com¬ 
pleted and the remaining events were to be finished 
the next morning, it was not impossible to ascertain who 
would be the high amateur for the day. The honor had 
already gone to G. M. Collins, of Due West, S. C., 
who had broken 163 out of a possible 170 at single tar¬ 
gets, thus shooting at a clip of nearly 96 per cent, for 
the day; this, too, in a high wind, which grew higher 
as the day advanced. Among the professionals, Walter 
Huff, C. O. Le Compte and Harold Money tied with 
a total of 162 each out of the 170 single targets. 
During the day the amateur contestants voted for a 
committee of five to allot handicaps in the Preliminary 
and Southern Handicaps, the committee selected being 
Messrs. C. O. Le Compte, Chas. N. Gilbert, Geo. L. 
Lyon, T. A. Marshall and Elmer E. Shaner. 
The tabulated scores are given as being made on the 
day for which the events were scheduled, although some 
of the scores were made on the morning of the following 
day. 
The seventh event was at 10 pairs. 
The scores of the first day. May 4, follow: 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 15 15 20 Brk. 
G L Lyon. 14 13 14 14 15 14 15 14 12 15 14 17 171 
W D Thompson.. 9 7 13 10 11 11 6 9 13 8 10 9 116 
H D Gibbs.13 14 13 14 11 13 10 12 13 11 14 16 154 
D A Edwards.... 14 14 13 13 13 14 15 13 14 13 12 16 164 
H T Edwards.... 13 12 15 14 15 11 11 13 14 14 13 15 160 
C O Le Compte.. 15 15 13 14 13 15 13 15 15 15 14 18 175 
R A Austin. 11 15 13 15 14 14 13 13 14 14 14 18 168 
J R Taylor. 15 12 15 15 13 14 19 12 13 14 12 19 lj3 
W Henderson ... 14 11 15 12 15 13 12 14 15 13 14 17 165 
C G Wescott.13 14 12 12 14 9 14 11 15 14 12 17 157 
W Huff . 15 14 15 14 15 14 16 15 12 14 14 20 178 
S P North. 12 14 10 12 13 14 10 12 13 15 13 14 152 
J R Livingston... 14 13 15 14 13 14 12 13 13 13 13 16 163 
J T Skelly. 13 13 11 15 15 11 13 13 14 13 13 18 162 
W Baggerman.... 13 11 14 13 13 14 11 11 14 14 14 16 158 
E R Holt. 11 14 11 14 15 13 14 14 15 15 12 16 164 
A Lawson . 13 13 14 15 13 12 16 14 13 13 11 16 163 
W A Long. 14 12 12 12 14 14 14 13 13 14 16 17 164 
W T Laslie. 13 13 14 15 14 13 16 12 15 14 12 20 171 
E R Alexander... 13 9 13 13 13 13 9 10 14 12 11 16 146 
J P Sousa.11 14 15 13 14 11 13 13 13 11 12 14 164 
H D Freeman.14 13 12 13 12 12 10 13 14 13 15 18 159 
W G Hearne.10 10 10 13 15 13 14 12 13 14 15 16 155 
T H Evans. 10 13 11 8 14 11 10 10 11 9 9 15 131 
T A Hobson. 11 12 8 10 11 12 .. 9 10 6 7 10 106 
J B Goodbar.14 12 15 12 14 13 13 14 14 13 15 18 167 
T Buckingham... 12 11 13 13 13 15 16 14 14 14 14 18 166 
B H Fi'nley.14 14 14 15 15 14 12 13 13 14 14 18 171 
J B Snowden.13 14 12 14 12 14 10 13 14 13 12 18 159 
H B Wynne .11 13 11 12 12 14 14 13 10 13 15 13 151 
G V Deering.13 11 15 15 13 15 14 13 14 14 12 15 164 
W Gruhn . 11 14 13 8 11 10 14 8 12 11 10 18 140 
R W Clancy.13 13 12 13 15 14 15 15 13 13 14 14 159 
