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FOREST AND STREAM 
[June 26, 1909. 
West Virginia Sportsmen’s Tournament. 
The fourteenth annual tournament at targets of the 
West Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association, which 
ended Thursday, June 17, was one of the very best that the 
association has ever held, and while it did not break 
the record for the number present, there were enough 
and to spare, and a great deal of lively competition and 
fun. 
Only twelve men showed up for practice on Monday 
morning, as the weather was threatening, but they came 
in by bunches on Tuesday morning for the regular 
events, and the shooting started promptly at nine o’clock 
with forty-two entries. Weather condition were ideal 
with a cool, gentle breeze blowing, but not hard enough 
to interfere with the targets, and some very good scores 
were made, Mr. Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexington, Ky., 
being high over all with 194 breaks out of a possible 200. 
After the finish of the regular events the two-man team 
race for the Peters Cartridge Co. trophy was shot, and 
Messrs. Lantz and Higgenbotham were the winners with 
96 out of a possible 100, and the next team were T. M. 
Mclntire and E. O. Bower, with 93, the latter team 
dropping 5 targets of the last 50. Scores of June 15 
follow: 
Events: 123456789 10 Shot 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 at. Brk. 
Stanbery . 17 13 18 18 15 14 17 17 15 16 200 160 
Kelsey . 18 18 18 20 18 18 20 15 20 19 200 184 
Mclntire . 16 15 15 16 15 14 18 16 17 17 200 159 
Bower . 18 16 18 17 19 18 18 16 17 14 200 171 
Mallory . 19 17 19 19 18 20 19 18 19 19 200 187 
Davis . 19 17 19 19 19 15 20 12 19 16 200 175 
De Gryter . 17 16 19 18 16 18 16 15 17 19 200 171 
Stockley . 18 16 16 14 14 16 16 14 16 17 200 157 
Goshorn . 18 16 18 18 17 18 17 13 19 19 200 173 
Cryder . 13 13 19 15 16 19 16 16 20 18 200 165 
Nichols . 15 13 17 iS 16 15 18 17 19 19 200 167 
Neill .. 17 18 17 15 20 18 17 17 18 15 200 172 
Heckman . 16 15 17 15 17 11 18 15 16 15 200 155 
Funk . 16 16 17 17 18 16 20 18 19 19 200 176 
Mills . 14 17 16 16 11 13 13 16 18 13 200 147 
O’Donohue . 17 17 19 14 18 18 15 16 18 17 200 169 
S Wells . 14 15 20 16 19 17 17 16 19 16 200 169 
A A Williams .. 10 10 12 8 15 11 13 13 14 13 200 119 
V P Wells . 8 7 5 6 7 9 10 10 11 8 200 81 
Eakin . 16 12 15 14 18 15 14 14 15 14 200 147 
German . 19 20 20 19 18 19 19 19 20 19 200 192 
Squires . 18 18 19 20 17 18 18 19 19 16 200 182 
Foltz . 19 19 19 19 20 20 19 19 20 19 200 193 
Henderson . 18 19 20 20 20 19 20 20 20 18 200 194 
Taylor . 18 18 19 18 13 17 18 18 20 17 200 176 
Bibbee . 17 15 14 15 18 16 18 19 18 15 200 165 
Higgenbotham .. 15 19 19 19 19 18 19 19 19 19 200 185 
Lautz . 15 17 17 9 19 14 17 19 16 15 200 158 
Keifer . 15 16 18 17 15 15 19 19 20 11 200 165 
Reardon . 19 17 16 14 19 17 19 16 19 14 200 170 
Dudley . 17 14 18 12 14 16 17 18 15 18 200 159 
Brown . 14 14 14 14 19 15 . 120 95 
Rathbone . 10 14 15 18 11 12 15 15 16 14 200 140 
Dinnsmoor . 18 18 18 15 19 18 18 19 19 17 200 179 
Hopkins . 16 18 19 17 16 17 17 18 16 17 200 171 
Le Fever . 16 19 18 15 14 15 13 13 18 19 200 160 
Cooper . 20 18 17 12 17 19 17 17 18 17 200 172 
■G L Lyon . 20 18 19 20 18 18 20 19 19 18 200 189 
Shell . 20 13 20 9 20 16 18 17 19 18 200 170 
Trimble . 19 17 19 18 18 18 20 18 20 18* 200 185 
L E Dinnsmoor. 12 15 14 14 19 16 15 14 17 18 200 154 
Slear .15. 20 15 
F Funk . 9 15 16 . 60 40 
Two-man team, 60 targets 
D Dinnsmoor ... 40 
E Dinnsmoor ... 42—82 
Lautz . 48 
Higgenbotham . 48—96 
German . 48 
Lyons .49—97 
Hart . 42 
Clark .31—73- 
F Funk .44 
H Funk .48—92 
The winners were Lautz 
Jacksonburg Club. 
per man: 
Mallory . 
.48 
Hopkins . 
.44—92 
Dudley . 
.40 
Rathbone .... 
.34—74 
Bower . 
.48 
McIntyre . 
.45—93 
Wells . 
.42 
Mills . 
.40—82 
and Higgenbotham, of the 
June 16, Second Day. 
The second day was clear and pleasant and not too 
warm, and the scores generally were better than the first 
day, as the boys had become used to the backgrounds, 
which were somewhat dark. 
Mr. Frank Foltz drew the high place on the second 
day, breaking the same number as Mr. Henderson the 
day before, 194 out of 200. Mr. L. S. German also 
finished with 194 out of 200, followed closely by Mr. 
Kelsey and Mr. Henderson with 190. 
Following the regular events came the State champion¬ 
ship race, which was won by Mr. E. O. Bower, with the 
score of 49 out of a possible 50. This is the third time 
that Bower has won the State championship on the same 
score, but he had sharp competitors right up to the 
finish, several others finishing with 47. 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
Shot 
Targets: 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
at. 
Brk. 
Stanbery . 
.. 17 
16 
14 
15 
14 
19 
12 
18 
11 
12 
200 
148 
Kelsey . 
.. 14 
17 
18 
18 
20 
20 
19 
20 
20 
.9 
200 
190 
McIntyre . 
18 
16 
16 
16 
19 
16 
16 
17 
16 
18 
200 
168 
Bower . 
.. ‘20 
19 
16 
20 
20 
18 
18 
19 
18 
18 
200 
186 
Mallory . 
.. 19 
16 
17 
19 
17 
18 
17 
16 
17 
18 
200 
174 
Davis . 
.. 16 
17 
19 
18 
17 
11 
120 
98 
D E Gruyter . 
.. 16 
17 
17 
19 
17 
19 
19 
18 
17 
16 
200 
175 
Stockley . 
.. 14 
16 
18 
17 
18 
18 
18 
18 
19 
18 
200 
174 
Goshorn . 
.. 16 
18 
15 
16 
15 
18 
16 
19 
16 
16 
200 
165 
Nichols . 
.. 17 
20 
20 
17 
20 
18 
20 
17 
17 
16 
200 
182 
Neill . 
.. 17 
17 
19 
15 
19 
19 
19 
20 
17 
17 
200 
179 
Heckman . 
,, 13 
15 
18 
11 
15 
15 
16 
17 
16 
19 
200 
155 
H Funk . 
.. 19 
15 
17 
19 
20 
18 
16 
20 
18 
18 
200 
180 
Mills . 
.. 11 
17 
14 
14 
16 
17 
14 
16 
15 
18 
200 
152 
O’Donohue ... 
,. IS 
17 
17 
17 
17 
15 
17 
19 
16 
14 
200 
167 
S Wells . 
.. 15 
17 
20 
19 
17 
17 
17 
20 
20 
16 
200 
178 
Hearne . 
.. 16 
16 
18 
IS 
18 
19 
19 
18 
19 
18 
200 
179 
Trimble . 
18 17 20 18 19 16 18 18 18 19 
200 
181 
Lyon . 
20 18 18 16 20 20 20 17 17 18 
200 
184 
German . 
19 20 19 19 20 20 20 18 20 19 
200 
194 
Squire . 
19 18 20 19 17 19 19 18 19 19 
200 
187 
Foltz . 
20 19 19 19 20 18 20 20 20 19 
200 
194 
Henderson . 
18 19 19 18 20 19 18 20 19 20 
200 
190 
Taylor . 
19 20 19 17 18 17 20 18 18 18 
200 
184 
Bibbee . 
18 17 16 17 20 19 1 819 19 18 
200 
181 
Cooper . 
17 15 19 19 20 19 16 19 18 19 
200 
181 
Shell . 
17 16 19 16 18 15 18 17 16 16 
200 
168 
L. K Dinnsmoor. 
15 17 17 15 12 14 16 .8 14 17 
200 
155 
Rathbone . 
18 18 17 12 14 16 15 15 14 17 
200 
156 
Higgenbotham 
19 15 19 19 19 15 18 20 18 18 
200 
180 
Lautz . 
18 16 10 18 16 18 16 19 18 18 
200 
167 
Dudley . 
16 16 19 13 17 12 16 14 15 13 
200 
151 
F Funk . 
18 13 17 17 12 15 18 18-17 17 
200 
162 
Hopkins . 
17 16 15 17 18 18 18 13 19 19 
200 
170 
Dawson . 
18 14 18 14 14. 
lOO 
78 
Brown . 
17 17 9 11 13 14 18 15 15 17 
200 
146 
Lefever . 
16 15 16 15 16 16 14 14 15 15 
200 
152 
Wells . 
11 7 5 3 15 4 7 7 6 11 
200 
76 
Eakin . 
17 10 13 15 16 14 18 13 18 13 
200 
147 
Williams . 
11 10 17 11 10 14 15 11 13 14 
200 
126 
Tener . 
16 17 16 16 13 17 17 18 16 14 
200 
160 
Boyd . 
8 5 10 17 13 17 9 17 13 17 
200 
115 
. 6 3. 
Burgess . 
.12 16 16 13 13 15 
B Smith . 
. 16 17 15 
Kenchlaw . 
. 11 .. 16 
Wolf . 
.14 18 .. .. 
Slear . 
19 18. 
Individual State 
champion, E. O. Bower, 49 
out 
of 50. 
June 17. Third Day. 
The third day opened dark and stormy, and rain began 
falling soon after the shooting started and a number of 
the boys did not return for the last day, and quite a 
number who did enter did not finish the programme, 
owing to the rain, but it cleared up about noon, and 
those who remained had fine shooting until the finish. 
Henderson again finished in the lead, with 195, but he 
was tied by Mr. Kelsey with the same score, and these 
two divided the high average moneys. Mr. Henderson 
succeeded in winning the high general average, he hav¬ 
ing finished one target ahead of L. S. German. 
Events: 123456789 10 Shot 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 at. Brk. 
Stanbery . 14 16 15 13 13 14 14 11 13 .. 180 123 
Kelsey . 19 20 19 18 20 20 20 20 19 20 200 195 
McIntyre . 17 15 14 17 17 15 19 16 18 17 200 165 
Bower . 16 19 20 19 18 19 17 18 19 17 200 182 
Mallory . 18 19 18 20 16 19 19 16 20 20 200 185 
Stockley . 16 12 17 15 16 16 18 14 .. .. 160 124 
Dawson . 13 16 14 14 13 19 15 15 16 .. 180 135 
Goshorn . 15 14 14 15 18 17 15 18 16 20 200 162 
Shell . 19 17 19 19 18 17 16 20 15 17 200 177 
Cooper . 19 14 20 17 17 19 . 120 106 
Nichols . 18 17 17 18 19 18 19 18 20 19 200 183 
Neill . 16 16 16 18 18 16 19 19 20 16 200 174 
Heckman . 18 14 11 15 17 17 12 15 15 14 200 148 
Funk . 20 15 19 19 17 19 18 18 15 18 200 178 
Mills . 12 17 19 18 13 13 17 20 18 15 200 162 
O’Donohue . 19 12 19 19 11 13 19 20 18 18 200 168 
S Wells . 16 16 19 17 19 19 18 18 19 20 200 181 
Hearne . 18 18 20 18 18 18 18 19 19 18 200 184 
Trimble . 20 18 19 18 18 18 18 19 19 20 200 186 
Lyon . 18 17 18 19 19 20 19 18 19 19 200 186 
German . 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 200 192 
Squire ....'.. 18 19 19 18 19 19 20 19 19 16 200 186 
Foltz . 19 16 17 18 19 18 20 16 19 20 200 182 
Henderson . 20 20 18 20 19 20 19 20 20 19 200 195 
Taylor . 19 18 19 18 17 19 18 20 20 19 200 1 87 
Speary . 17 15 20 17 19 18 18 20 17 19 200 180 
Funk . 9 9 17 18 20 18 17 19 17117 200 161 
Eakins . 8 13 18 18 16 .. 11 13 .... 140 97 
Lautz . 15 19 19 18 16 14 19 17 14 15 200 166 
Keifer . 14 18 17 19 16 18 18 19 16 20 200 175 
Wharton . 14 10 . 50 24 
Kitchloe .16 18 18 11 16 .. 14 18 .. .. 140 111 
Crider . 16 18 17 18 16 . 100 85 
Higgenbotham .. 19 19 17 17 19 18 19 17 16 20 200 181 
Target Talk. 
Woolfolk Henderson shot a fly; better look out, the 
game warden was with us, and he did not have a hunt¬ 
ing license, besides, targets are worth more than flies 
anyway. 
W. T. Nichols got into trouble with two flies, but he 
lost the target rather than break up the game. 
E. O. Bower is expected to go to the State shoot 
next year, but we are thinking seriously of refusing his 
entry for the State championship race. 
What’s the matter with Slear and his cartoons. He 
was the fun-maker of the whole show, and we hope that 
he will be with us again next year with a good supply 
pf crayons and a desire to use them. 
The “Duke of Pomery” had his troubles, and we trust 
that he will have his gun in better^ shape before the 
Indian shoot. Better clean it once in a while, Duke, 
they work better. “Don’t you know.” 
Chief “Quick Paddle” was Johnny-on-the-Spot with his 
new 34-inch barrels, and, say, boys, he sure did go some 
after he got on to the hang of them; 195 is not so bad, 
and especially so if it is high. 
Lester German couldn’t get enough target shooting, so 
he went off by himself and shot tin cans and other 
things, which we don’t like to name, as Lester may 
want to come back some time. He lost high average 
by one target, too, and that hurt some; two weeks in 
succession, and by only one target, too. 
We did sure have the candy office force. Come again, 
boys, and perhaps you won’t have to work puite so 
hard next time, but we owe you a debt of gratitude for 
the masterly way in which the office was handled. 
Mills’ kai-ki suit did not seern to be just the proper 
thing, cr else there was something else the matter, for 
Al. could not find the targets. 
Mclntire uses a monkey wrench just about as well 
and as often as he does his gun. Well Mac., you 
had your troubles, but then you seem pretty well able to 
stand it. 
Sam Wells found his headache again. Well, Sam, you 
had better take the champion’s advice about that head 
of yours. 
J. F. Mallory had about as much fun as any of the 
rest, and incidentally made some good scores, too. 
W. G. Hearne missed the train Thursday evening and 
did not get away from town. We wonder if that moon¬ 
light boat excursion had anything to do with the train 
schedule. 
Fred Funk had a breakdown, too, but he managed to 
scratch out a pretty nice score just the same. 
Kinchelo has not been shooting long, but he made 
some of the old boys get up and go some. 
T. J. O’Donahue, of New York city, stopped off on 
his way to the Grand American Handicap to get a 
little practice, and the boys liked him so well that they 
just made him stay the entire three days. Come again, 
Tommy—we like your style; and if there are any more 
at home like you, why just bring them along. 
We will all be at Charleston next year, and we hope 
to have double the attendance and just as much fun. 
Say, boys, don’t you think $1.50 a little high for ging¬ 
ham aprons? 
We think there will be a bachelor less in West Vir¬ 
ginia pretty soon, as baby booties at $1.50 per spells 
wedding bells. 
Some man’s wife got a pretty nice piece of fancy work, 
but she will never know what it cost. 
If Dr. Tener will shoot a little more to the right, he 
will improve his scores some. 
The ladies of the Dorcas Club served the lunch, and 
say they got as high as 50 cents a glass for milk, al¬ 
though the price was only 5, but some of the boys did 
not know that the most of them were mothers. 
Geo. Lyon has become a very prominent philan¬ 
thropist. He managed to shoot off a handsome lot of 
fancy work for the ladies of the Dorcas Club, which 
will help some on that new church. Come again, George, 
the ladies like you (for the $50 you made for them). 
Charleston for the next shoot, and a good bunch of 
fellows, too. Spectator. 
Vermont State Trapshooters’ League. 
The Vermont State Trapshooters’ League tournament 
was held at Rutland, under the auspices of the Rutland 
Gun Club, June 16 and 17. There were about fifty con¬ 
testants on the first day. A breakdown, of one of the 
traps delayed the competition on the first day, but by 
diligent attention the programme was finished. 
The team contest was the event of special interest, 
Montpelier, Middlebury and Rutland contesting, the 
latter winning. Fanning was high professional for the 
day with 149 out of 160; second went to Darton, who 
scored 148. E. M. Hurd was high amateur with 146, 
Smith and Moulton, of the Middlebury Club tying on 
137, while Foote, also of Middlebury, was third with 135. 
Events; 
JAR Elliott, 
A E Sibley_ 
W G Hill. 
J S Fanning.. 
A J Crowley.. 
O R Dickey... 
C H Burr. 
W B Darton... 
G M Wheeler.. 
B A Eastman.. 
E M Hurd. 
B F Smith. 
L A Newton... 
J P Sousa. 
J H Anderson 
C E Davis. 
R F Pinney.... 
C Hill. 
N D Foote.... 
H P Moulton.. 
L C Russell... 
C M Shambo.. 
G Palmer. 
J A Wright.... 
C E Palmer... 
G V Walton.. 
R E Smith. 
G E McGrath. 
W R Abbott... 
R W Wheeler. 
A S Head. 
W P Twigg.... 
G M Bliss. 
H F Brown.... 
W R Pond.... 
C A Reamer... 
J S Sheldon.... 
N Munson .... 
J Howley . 
C A Gale. 
H P Sheldan... 
D Hyland. 
A Kilburn . 
J W Fowler..;. 
R J Orvis. 
E Wiltse . 
R De Roode.. 
I C Adams. ... 
W M Marshall. 
W Hendrie ... 
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18 20 16 15 19 18 16 20 
19 9 16 12 8 8 13 13 
14 16 18 19 19 15 19 19 
18 20 20 16 19 20 19 17 
17 17 14 17 13 15 15 15 
13 16 15 18 17 15 15 18 
17 19 20 16 16 16 14 16 
19 19 18 18 20 17 20 17 
13 15 13 18 10 12 16 15 
13 14 14 14 15 12 17 15 
18 17 17 18 19 18 20 19 
14 13 16 18 17 15 18 15 
14 13 13 19 17 18 15 13 
• 16 16 18 17 15 19 17 14 
14 16 18 15 14 10 19 14 
14 15 14 13 19 19 19 16 
7 14 8 11 10 13 14 12 
16 13 14 13 14 .. 18 .. 
17 16 17 17 14 18 19 17 
18 19 16 17 20 18 15 14 
16 14 18 15 12 . 
17 18 16 18 18. 
16 17 15 15 11 14 .. .. 
16 17 18 19 16 . 
20 16 17 16 17 16 15 14 
16 17 18 19 17 16 16 15 
, 16 18 16 17 18 18 18 16 
, 20 15 13 15 15 17 16 15 
17 19 14 14 15 11 14 16 
13 17 15 15 16. 
14 14 17 19 18 12 18 .. 
. 15 17 15 15 17 18 15 .. 
12 14 13 8 12 11 8 .. 
18 15 19 16 18 16 17 .. 
12 14 15 16 14 . 
17 15 16 14 16 16 14 .. 
, 9 10 10 10 7. 
, 15 14 16 14 12. 
15 15 16 17 14 14 16 .. 
13 3 10 .. 11 9 .. .. 
, 16 15 14 13 17 11 .. .. 
14 13 15 17 15 17 14 15 
.10 9 11 12 . 
10 14 .. .. 14 . 
, 10 12 .... 11 . 
. 19 17 13 12 16 12 
.. .. 13 17 15 16 15 19 
.16 18 14 17 18 17 
. 16 12 14 18 12 9 
. 9 .. .. 
Broke. 
142 
96 
137 
149 
123 
127 
134 
148 
112 
114 
146 
126 
120 
132 
120 
129 
89 
88 
135 
137 
75 
87 
88 
86 
131 
134 
137 
126 
120 
75 
112 
112 
78 
119 
71 
108 
46 
71 
107 
46 
86 
120 
42 
38 
33 
89 
95 
100 
81 
9 
The team contest, 50 targets per man, resulted as fol 
lows: 
Rutland Gun Club. 
C E Davis .45 
C A Reamer.36 
T B Howley.39 
R W Wheeler.39 
R E Smith. 44—203 
Middlebury Gun Club. 
J A Wright. 40 
C E Palmer. 46 
G M Shambo. 36 
M S Foote. 42 
L C Russell. 35-199 
