790 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[May is, 1909. 
From the entrance of $3 and $1 extra to-day, $50 will 
be used to buy a suitable medal for the charnpion, or 
high score. Balance of this purse will be divided into 
four moneys, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Each of these 
purses to be divided same as first day, excepting that 
there will be only three high positions instead of ten, 
exclusive of medal winner. Class ‘A’ 40 per cent, of 
purse to three high positions. Class ‘B’ 30 per cent, of 
purse to next three high positions. Class ‘C’ 20 per cent, 
of purse to next three high positions. _ Class ‘D’ 10 per 
cent, of purse to next three high positions. Money in 
each position divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent., high guns. 
High score man gets gold medal and one-half cent for 
each target thrown this day. Handicaps, 16 to 20yds., 
to be allowed by handicap committee: 95 per cent, and 
over at 22yds.; 90 to 95 per cent, at 21yds.; 85 to 90 per 
cent, at 20yds.; 80 to 85 per cent, at 19yds.; 80 per cent, 
and under at 16yds. Every man shooting for targets 
only has same chance at this high gun or pot money. 
To participate in money, shooter must put up $ 8 . One- 
half cent for each target thrown this day will be added 
to the average money on third or last day.” 
On the second day it will be noted there were only 
three high positions for Classes A, B and C respectively, 
thus 90 per cent, of the moneys was won by nine men 
in each event. This left 10 per cent, of the purse to be 
divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent, among the three high 
guns in Class D, say among sixty-five shooters, one 
money to each twenty-two shooters. Of these sixty-five 
shooters, only three could win, which is difficult to recon¬ 
cile with the alluring presentation of the system, as 
exploited in the programme introduction, in respect to 
75 and 80 per cent, shooters. As a matter of fact, the 
better shots were protected by limiting their number on 
the first and third days to ten in a class, and three in 
a class as on the second day. After Classes A and B 
had been provided for in the moneys, there was very 
little left for the tail-end class to win in any event. 
From the extra purse, which was supposed to be for 
the benefit of the weaker shooters, $50 was taken on 
the second day to purchase a medal, hence it is difficult 
to comprehend how the pittance left for the weaker 
shooters could be of benefit to them. In short, the pro¬ 
gramme had some extremely wolfish earmarks. 
The programme consisted of ten 20-target events, $1.40 
entrance. The total of 200 targets constituted the State 
championship, for which the entrance was $3. Those 
who arranged this championship contest overlooked or 
disregarded the fact that a handicap can never be a 
championship contest. Champions meet their opponents 
on an equal footing. Also there was a State champion¬ 
ship contest already provided for, the emblem of which 
is the Wolstencroft trophy, which was won last year, 
at Bradford, by H. E. Buckwalter, after a magnificent 
contest, in which he shot out three opponents who tied 
him, Mr. Geo. S McCarty staying to the fourth shoot- 
offi 
Mr. McCarty was the victor in the handicap champion¬ 
ship event, with a total of 186 out of the 200 targets 
from 21yds. Mr. Lester German was high professional 
with 183. While in this contest the best man undoubtedly 
won, his victory being scored from the back mark, the 
handicap nevertheless vitiates the whole contest insofar 
as it concerns a championship. The scores follow: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
McCarty, 21 . 19 20 18 20 20 16 20 18 18 17 186 
German, 22 . 19 19 18 20 18 18 20 17 19 15 183 
Mason, 16 . 18 20 18 18 18 19 18 17 17 17 180 
Schlicher, 21 . 18 20 19 16 20 19 15 17 18 17 179 
Severn, 19 . 17 19 16 18 18 19 19 16 18 19 179 
Elliott, 21 . 16 19 17 19 20 18 19 15 17 18 178 
Coleman, 21 . 18 17 18 19 19 16 18 19 16 20 178 
Mink, 20 . 18 17 18 18 19 17 19 17 16 17 176 
Kahler, 21 . 17 19 19 18 15 18 19 15 17 18 175 
Landis, 20 . 16 16 17 15 19 18 20 18 18 17 174 
W W Miller, 20 . 15 18 15 18 18 17 17 19 19 18 174 
Eames, 16 . 18 19 17 17 18 15 17 19 18 16 174 
Brey, 19 . 18 18 16 18 19 20 18 17 18 14 174 
Stevens, 21 . 15 19 19 17 18 18 19 16 17 15 173 
Firing, 19 . 19 20 18 18 17 15 20 13 18 15 173 
Hamlin, 16 . 18 17 16 18 18 15 17 20 18 16 173 
Buckwalter. 21 . 15 20 16 18 18 18 15 18 19 15 172 
L Lewis, 16 . 19 18 15 19 20 16 20 17 15 15 172 
Wentzel, 16 . 20 16 18 15 18 16 17 18 16 18 172 
Hess, 22 . 20 18 15 16 19 16 20 17 12 18 171 
Zinn, 16 .;. 16 17 18 18 17 14 18 18 15 20 171 
Hansell. 21 .16 16 19 18 15 16 19 16 16 17 168 
Wertz. 20 .17 19 18 17 16 15 17 13 17 18 167 
Heil, '20 . 15 20 18 18 17 16 16 19 13 15 167 
Keller, Jr, 16 . 16 20 16 16 18 13 17 17 17 17 167 
Herrold, 21 .18 17 18 14 14 18 18 17 17 15 166 
Jackson, 16. 17 18 17 17 18 16 14 17 17 15 166 
Adams, 20 . 15 15 16 18 18 15 18 16 17 17 165 
Apgar, 19 . 16 18 16 15 16 18 18 16 18 14 165 
Rahn, 20 . 17 17 15 17 14 17 17 17 16 18 165 
H C Stevens, 19 16 15 16 17 13 17 17 18 17 19 165 
Leaman, 16 .17 17 19 17 12 18 15 15 17 18 165 
Glover, 21 .16 17 17 16 17 17 18 16 15 18 164 
Butler, 16 . 17 20 18 15 15 14 15 18 17 15 164 
Pfleger, 20 . 11 14 15 15 16 17 20 17 18 20 163 
Williams, 19 . 17 16 17' 16 17 14 15 17 18 16 163 
Tansey, 16 . 19 19 16 16 19 15 14 14 16 15 163 
Pratt, 16 . 16 16 19 12 16 19 14 18 17 16 163 
Welles, 21 . 18 17 17 16 17 17 16 17 15 12 162 
Englert, 19 . 12 20 15 17 17 17 15 15 14 18 162 
Cooper, 19 . 16 16 13 17 19 15 17 16 17 15 161 
C R Anderson, 19 . 16 17 14 15 15 17 20 17 16 13 160 
Wolstencroft, 21 . 16 18 14 13 18 18 17 15 14 16 159 
Seigfried, 20 . 14 16 12 17 16 17 16 17 19 15 159 
E Ford, 16 . 12 17 17 15 18 18 14 17 16 15 159 
J Lewis, 16 . 19 18 16 15 15 17 15 12 16 16 159 
Painter, 20 . 15 15 15 17 17 15 15 17 18 13 157 
Goettler, 19 . 18 17 15 17 17 16 12 14 15 16 157 
J H Anderson, 16.16 18 14 18 14 15 16 14 17 15 157 
Krick, 16 . 11 18 17 14 16 18 15 18 15 14 156 
Hull, 16 .16 18 17 15 16 14 14 16 15 15 156 
Squire, 20 . 16 13 18 17 16 14 14 14 14 18 154 
Pardee, 16 . 16 16 15 15 13 18 16 13 14 13 154 
Meehan, 19 . 16 17 17 14 14 14 15 19 14 13 153 
Jessop, 19 . 18 16 14 16 17 13 15 16 12 15 152 
Atkinson, 20 . 16 15 11 14 18 14 18 18 14 13 151 
E W Kelly, 
C Kelly, 19 . 
Rishell, 20 .. 
Weidner, 16 
Bennett, 
Grove, l! 
19 
Reiker, 16 . 
Speer, 16 . 
Doremus, 16 . 
Seitz, 16 . 
Ellsworth, 16 . 
Bear, 16 . 
Kniskern, 16 .17 14 10 13 12 
14 
18 
17 
14 
16 
13 
13 
13 
18 
15 
151 
16 
17 
16 
17 
13 
18 
10 
13 
17 
14 
151 
14 
17 
14 
14 
18 
11 
19 
12 
15 
16 
150 
18 
13 
17 
14 
16 
14 
16 
15 
12 
12 
147 
13 
15 
13 
13 
12 
17 
14 
16 
17 
17 
147 
14 
15 
17 
17 
14 
10 
16 
11 
17 
13 
144 
10 
14 
14 
15 
16 
11 
15 
14 
17 
16 
142 
12 
16 
10 
12 
14 
18 
18 
17 
15 
10 
142 
17 
18 
12 
16 
14 
17 
14 
13 
12 
7 
140 
11 
14 
13 
11 
17 
11 
16 
13 
17 
16 
139 
19 
17 
17 
16 
12 
15 
13 
13 
9 
9 
138 
11 
18 
16 
16 
15 
12 
18 
9 
8 
15 
138 
13 
14 
13 
14 
11 
15 
12 
12 
15 
14 
133 
17 
16 
12 
7 
13 
11 
14 
13 
H 
11 
131 
15 
14 
12 
13 
15 
10 
15 
12 
11 
14 
131 
8 
16 
11 
17 
10 
14 
10 
11 
9 
11 
127 
13 
13 
11 
12 
11 
8 
15 
12 
12 
10 
U7 
15 
15 
13 
18 
10 
• . . . 
Jebb, 16 
19 14 
May 6, Third Day. 
nine events, five at 15 targets, $2.30 
four at 25 targets, $3 entrance. Total 
en- 
en- 
Bear . 14 13 12 17 18 18 19 11 10 
Weidner . 9 12 9 16 16 19 23 12 15 
Morehouse . 8 13 10 20 17 18 23 11 8 
Melchoir . 7 12 7 21 18 15 21 10 14 
Hetrick . 9 12 9 17 17 17 18 13 13 
Sands . 10 14 9 16 19 17 19 12 8 
Wolstencroft.15 13 13 .. .. 21 22 14 12 
Ellsworth . 9 10 10 16 14 15 13 10 9 
Kniskern . 13 14 12 .. .. 22 23 10 11 
Jackson . 12 14 14 22 23 . 
Grove .13 11 10 21 19. 
Zinn . 11 11 10 20 20 . 
Watson . 22 20 . 
132 
131 
128 
125 
125 
124 
110 
106 
105 
85 
74 
72 
42 
There were 
trance, and 
trance, $1 extra included, $24.50. The special conditions 
were so different from those of the previous days that 
they are quoted from the programme: “Money in sweeps 
divided into four moneys, 25, 25, 25, and 25 per cent. 
Events 4 and 5 comprised the Reading merchandise 
handicap, 16 to 20yds.; entrance $5. One cent to be set 
aside for each target thrown this day, and the one-half 
cent for each target thrown the second day, which, added 
to the additional entrance of $1 per shooter, will be given 
as daily average. Divided as follows: Purse divided 50, 
30 and 20 per cent.; 50 per cent, to Class A shooters; 
30 per cent, to Class B shooters; 20 per cent, to Class C 
shooters. Class A shooters to be determined as follows: 
Consists of ten high positions at the finish of the day’s 
programme. Class B shooters are those whose scores 
are covered by the next ten scores below Class A, and 
Class C shooters all below Class B. The money in each 
class divided 40, 30, 20, 10, high guns in each class. Every 
man shooting for targets only has same chance at high 
gun money. To participate, shooters must put up $4.50.” 
Kahler led in the day’s average with 166. 
Events 6 and 7, a total of 50 targets, constituted the 
State championship contest, of which the Wolstencroft 
trophy has long been emblematic. For this trophy, 
Buckwalter, Schlicher and Atkinson tied on 49. In 
the shoot-off all three tied on 24. In the second shoot-off 
Buckwalter scored 25 straight, Schlicher 24 and At¬ 
kinson 23. Thus there is the inconsistency and flip¬ 
pancy of two distinct championship events and two dis¬ 
tinct championship winners, each held to have the same 
significance—that is, champion of the State—notwith¬ 
standing the absurdity, the impossibility of two cham¬ 
pions of the same thing and at the same time existing 
together. 
Of the merchandise prizes, among the most valuable 
were an Ithaca gun, a Winchester gun, a Colt revolver, 
and the first prize, a diamond scarf pin, won by Herrold, 
after a shoot-off on a tie on 48 with Schlicher, miss- 
and-out, the latter missing his second target. 
Events: 123456789 
Targets: 15 15 15 25 25 25 25 15 15 Total. 
Kahler . 15 15 13 23 24 25 22 15 14 166 
Schlicher . 13 14 12 23 25 24 25 14 15 165 
German . 15 15 15 23 23 25 24 13 12 165 
Buckwalter . 15 13 14 22 25 24 25 13 14 165 
Stevens . 14 14 13 23 23 24 24 15 14 164 
Elliott . 15 13 15 24 23 23 22 15 14 164 
McCartv . 15 15 14 22 20 24 24 15 15 163 
Herrold . 13 14 14 23 25 24 20 15 15 163 
Heil . 13 14 14 22 24 23 25 14 14 163 
Atkinson . 14 15 13 20 24 24 25 14 14 163 
Hess . 15 13 15 19 22 24 23 15 15 161 
Glover . 12 13 14 22 23 24 22 15 15 160 
Welles . 14 15 15 21 22 24 23 12 14 160 
Brev . 14 15 13 21 23 23 25 12 14 160 
Coleman . 13 15 15 22 23 23 21 13 14 159 
Landis . 11 13 14 24 22 22 25 14 14 159 
Rishel . 13 14 13 22 21 23 24 14 14 158 
Wertz . 12 14 14 25 23 21 22 14 13 158 
Pfleger . 14 14 14 24 21 18 22 15 15 157 
Long . 15 14 15 22 22 20 23 12 14 157 
Jlink . 13 14 13 22 21 24 22 13 12 154’ 
Painter . 15 14 14 20 19 24 22 11 14 153 
Hansell . 13 13 12 18 23 24 24 13 12 152 
Tansey . 12 15 14 19 24 21 22 12 12 151 
W Miller . 9 15 15 22 22 20 23 13 11 150 
Adams . 13 13 14 22 22 19 20 14 13 150 
Pardee . 13 13 12 24 21 22 22 12 11 150 
Benner . 14 14 13 22 17 22 21 12 14 149 
Rahn . 15 14 13 22 22 17 20 14 12 149 
Mason . 14 11 11 23 19 23 25 11 11 148 
Butler . 11 12 14 23 22 24 20 10 12 148 
Firing . 12 12 11 22 24 21 23 11 12 148 
Kramlich . 13 11 11 23 22 20 23 11 13 147 
Bennett . 13 14 11 21 21 20 22 11 13 146 
New York State Shoot. 
Ossining, N. Y., May 5.—Now that the time for the 
State shoot is drawing near, it will be well, if you will 
allow me the space, to give the shooters of the Empire 
State an idea of some of the attractions that will be pro¬ 
vided for them at this fifty-first annual tournament. Every 
one knows, of course, that the shoot will be held this year 
at Syracuse—the Convention City—under the auspices of 
the Onondaga Gun Club. It has been mentioned before 
in the columns of your paper that this is the year of 
the final shoot-off for the New York City cup, the pos¬ 
session . of which has for the past ten years designated 
the clay bird championship of New York State. The 
cup is of solid silver, and is worth in the neighborhood 
of $500. The shoot-off between H. D. Kirkover, H. Mc- 
Murchy, E. D. Kelsey, S. Glover, S. M. Van Allen, 
J. A. R. Elliott, H. Welles and J. Martin will be held 
on the third day of the tournament, at 100 targets, made 
up of the first five 20 -target events of the programme. 
This will be a hotly contested match, and if the weather 
is good, some one is likely to crowd the 100 per cent, 
mark in winning it. 
There will be five sets of traps used under the per¬ 
sonal supervision of Mr. Chas. North. The fact that Mr. 
North will be there is a guarantee that there will be no 
bothersome delays in adjusting traps. The traps—five 
sets of them—will be placed on the shore of beautiful 
Onondaga Lake, near the yacht club house. The shoot¬ 
ing will be toward the northeast, with a clean sky back¬ 
ground. As the yacht club house is but ten minutes’ ride 
from the center of the city, the usual trouble of allowing 
an hour to reach the grounds from the hotels in the city 
is obviated. 
Mr. W. E. Hookway, who has charge of the hustling 
out of shooters for the tournament, is much pleased with 
the attendance outlook this year. It is confidently ex¬ 
pected that from 150 to 200 shooters will compete. Pres¬ 
ident H. W. Smith, of the Association, has been doing 
some keen work getting together a valuable bunch of 
prizes for the merchandise handicap event. Among the 
leading prizes will be found a piano, a solid silver cup 
worth $75, and eleven shotguns, with a value aggregating 
$800. There are dozens of valuable prizes besides. This 
is the greatest assortment of guns ever offered at a 
State shoot. 
From now on there is likely to be some hunting up of 
time tables. Just a tip: Better order your room now, 
for there is going to be a stampede to this shoot. The 
date is June 8 , 9 and 10, and programmes will bel sent 
out before May 15. If you don’t get one, write W. E. 
Hookway, Syracuse, for one. 
CnAS. G. Blandford, 
Sec’y-Treas. N. Y. State Sportsmen’s Assn. 
Mountain View Gun Club. 
Troy, N. Y. May 9.—May 8 was an ideal day for 
trapshooting. Sixteen of the boys participated in the 
events, and good scores were made. 
Fred Roberts carried off the honors, shooting his 
new pump gun, and from the 20yds. mark broke 144 
out of 150. 
In the contest for the weekly leg for the Hunter Arms 
Co. trophy Roberts scored 50 straight, and Milliman 
breaking 4S~ out of 50, having a handicap of 2 added 
targets, tied with Roberts. In the shoot-off at 25 tar¬ 
gets, Roberts scored 23, while Milliman scored 22, 
Roberts winning. The scores follow: 
Shot 
Shot 
at. 
Brk. 
at. 
Brk. 
Roberts, 20... 
150 
144 
D Roberts, 16. 75 
63 
Sanders, 20 .. 
150 
132 
Vroman, 16 ... 75 
58 
Hurd, 20 .... 
125 
113 
Lee, 16. 75 
55 
Welling, 16 . 
125 
81 
Connelly, 16... 75 
54 
Anderson, 18. 
100 
93 
O’Reilly, 16... 50 
32 
Milliman, 18.. 
100 
91 
•Nichols, 16.... 50 
30 
Crowley, 16... 
100 
89 
Stemp, 16.25 
24 
Iletts, 16 .... 
100 
85 
Baker, 16 . 25 
22 
T. J. Farrell, Sec’y. 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
E Ke 
Tebb 
C Ke 
C R 
Bean 
Miss 
12 15 14 22 21 18 21 9 13 
12 12 12 17 19 23 23 13 14 
12 14 12 16 21 20 22 14 13 
145 
145 
144 
Bergen Beach, L. I., May 
club shoot to-day follow: 
8 .- 
Scores 
made 
at 
the 
14 10 11 19 16 22 22 14 15 
143 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
11 14 13 23 21 17 20 12 12 
143 
Targets: 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
14 12 11 24 21 19 19 10 13 
143 
A V Suydam. 
22 
19 
18 
17 
19 
21 
11 12 14 21 20 21 18 11 14 
142 
J H Vanderveer. 
19 
19 
18 
20 
23 
20 
is 
12 13 12 22 21 17 22 13 10 
142 
J Voorhees. 
15 
20 
14 
16 
18 
20 
17 
15 13 13 18 20 23 19 10 10 
141 
H W Dreyer.. 
15 
16 
17 
15 
20 
12 11 11 24 17 21 21 11 13 
141 
H D Bergen. 
22 
20 
23 
18 
19 
14 9 11 22 18 23 20 12 12 
141 
Wm Hopkins . 
24 
18 
16 
20 
22 
2i 
. 
15 13 9 19 16 22 24 13 9 
140 
R Morgan . 
22 
20 
19 
23 
18 
14 13 12 15 19 16 23 15 13 
140 
A Griffith . 
10 
14 
19 
ie 
18 
15 
13 7 14 21 17 19 20 13 15 
139 
Dreyer . 
15 
19 
14 
is 
12 10 13 21 22 17 22 12 9 
138 
J James . 
16 
13 
16 
13 15 13 23 18 16 21 8 10 
137 
K Woodcock . 
14 
14 
16 
15 15 12 18 16 21 18 12 9 
136 
W C Damron. 
16 
14 14 12 19 19 17 18 11 12 
136 
C H Pulis. 
13 
. . 
9 12 10 19 21 17 24 11 11 
134 
C S Winchell. 
19 
8 11 15 15 22 18 19 14 11 
133 
D E Austin. 
12 
10 13 8 20 21 19 23 8 11 
133 
D Deacon. 
21 
., 
12 12 13 20 19 18 15 8 13 
131 
L Seltzer . 
12 
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