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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Jan. 13, 1912. 
The Du Pont Gun Club. 
After a series of shoots covering about four months, 
the competition for the Frank L. Connable amateur 
handicap championship trophy of the Du Pont Gun 
Club, was closed last week, and the prize awarded to 
William G. Wood with a percentage of 9208 in twenty 
contests of 25 targets each. 
This is one of the most highly coveted trophies that 
has ever been competed for by the members of the Du 
Pont Gun Club. It is a handsome silver cup, donated 
by Frank L. Connable, one of the vice-presidents of the 
Du Pont Company. The cup is solid silver and stands 
nine inches high with an ebony pedastal four inches 
high, making the total height of the trophy thirteen 
inches. It was designed and made by Bailey, Banks & 
Biddle, of Philadelphia, which is a sufficient com¬ 
mentary to make on its quality and the gracefulness of 
its style. 
The twenty-seven high men, percentages and number 
of contests follow. Each contest was at 25 targets: 
No. of 
William G Wood. 20 
Dr Horace Betts. 19 
Stanley Tuchton . 17 
Henry Winchester . 16 
J A MacMullen. 17 
Dr Stanley Steel. 12 
H P Carlon. 12 
J W Anderson, tr. 20 
.1 B McHugh. 14 
J H Minnick . 14 
William Coyne . 15 
W M Hammond. 13 
/ H Lofland. 18 
D J Dougherty. 16 
J W Mathews. 13 
T A Campbell. 12 
A J Curley. 15 
T W Mathewson. 20 
L C Lyon. 14 
W A Casey. 18 
S G David. 14 
G F Lord. 16 
Isaac Turner . 18 
R I. Conner. 14 
C Thorpe Martin. 15 
W F Jensen. 16 
H W Bush. 12 
Per¬ 
centage. 
.9208 
.9156 
.9128 
.9112 
.9104 
.9100 
.9100 
.9088 
.9084 
.9084 
.9080 
.9076 
.9076 
.9072 
.9044 
.9016 
.9000 
.8988 
.8972 
.8912 
.8912 
.8900 
.8888 
.8856 
.8800 
.8648 
.8348 
The New Year’s shoot at Du Pont Gun Club was one 
1 u ® successful thus far shot off by the yearling 
club of Delaware. Eighty-three gunners shot through 
the entire prograrn. and the turkeys on hand reminded 
one of G. D. Tilley’s wildfowl emporium at Darien, 
Conn.—turkeys to right of them, left of them and back 
of them, and at dinner in front of those that won. Ed. 
Banks was high man, missing only one of his 50 pros¬ 
pects, but being a professional, he had to send a charge 
into the butcher for his turkey. Dead Shot wouldn’t 
bnn.g it home. The official scores out of 50 shot at were- 
J-,W- Mathews 35, Victor du Pont 32, T. H. Minnick 36, 
Jarrell 36, Dr. H. Betts 36, W. M. Francis 28. 
C. W. Crossman 16, Stanlev Tuchton 39, W. A. Casev 
T. W. Mathewson 36, W. M. Hammond 38, L. S 
German 40, M. W. Mitchell 41, C. B. Osborne, Ir 42 
W. Edmanson 39, William G. Wood 35 C. D Prickett 
S; Y’ Simpson 32, T. W. Keith- 
Ry 32, J. A. MacMullen 32, J. R. Bailey 24, L. C. Lvon 
u®’ Thorpe Martin 36, F. A. Warden- 
Jordan 26. R. E. L. Hopkins 32, T. O. 
Groff 36, Edward Banks 49, E. A. W. Everitt 42 W S 
Colfax, Jr.. 48, A. B. Richardson 47, J. T. Sk’elly’ 4V 
Dr. Bullock 26, Gregg Godwin 38, W. B. Abbott 29,' 
FjV h Newman 31 J. W. Evans, 39, N. K. Smith 40, 
)Y- 36, D. S. Wood 19, Dr. F. A. Buckmaster 
J?’ C. L. Walker 30, L. W. 
Crawford 28, Dr. C R. Jefferies, Jr., 28, E. C. Ferriday 
ll’ ?• J- J- Roberson 42, J. J. Magahern 
43, J B. McHugh 47, L. D. Willis 46. C. L. Pretze 7 
W. Coyne p,H. W. Bush 27, R. S. Robison 19, H. C. 
McClane 34. D. A. Gri,er 32, W. M. Foord 41 C H 
Sirnon 43, F. F. Lofland 36, W. J. Warren 40 F p’ 
Ewing 37, C. S. Griswold 33, D. Lindsay 38, ’ Dr S 
Steele 41, W. W. Bacon 24, W. B. Smith, Jr., 36, W A 
Lindsa.v 34 A H. Lobb 40, Dr. A. Patterson 30, W. J. 
Highfield 27, S. G. David 32, J. W. Anderson 38, A I 
Dickerson 29, J. C. Groome 36, R. C. McCardle 30 A 
M. Lindsay 22 T. E. Doremus 27, W. A. Joslyn 35,' 
H. B. Lyham 7. 
Winners of turkeys: Class A—J. B. McHugh 47, A 
B. Richardson 47. Class B—H. P. Carlon 43 M W 
Mitchell 41. Class C—J. J. Magahern 43. C. H. Simon 43' 
Class p-L. L Jarrell 36, W. B Smith, Jr., 36. Vist 
tors Class—C. B. Osborne, Jr., 42. 
Aflanfic City Gun Club. 
J" —The Christmas shoot of 
ttie Atlantic City Gun Club, for turkeys was a decided 
success, everyone getting a bird excepting Powers, and 
hC’ after the program was finished, got desperate and 
challenged Plum to shoot him for his bird against $2.50, 
and even then was defeated, so he had to dig and get 
his own bird. 
The program was composed of 15-bird events and 
the shooter winning a bird was put back 3yds.,’until 
21yd. mark was reached, and this system insured an 
even distribution of the prizes. ' 
Scores: 
14 14 11 10 14 
11 10 13 12 10 
14 12 11 11 13 11 
9 8 13 10 9 11 
Plum . 13 
Powers .’ 
Cook . 15 
L Lewis . 13 
Westcoat .,,.11 12 8 13 12 10 11 
J Morns . 10 11 12 13 10 10 
Sheppard . 12 14 
French . 
Herold . 
11 
9 
11 12 14 
13 11 9 
9 
12 15 
Cook won turkeys in events 1 and 2; PUim in event 3; 
Morris in event 4; Westcoat in event 5; Shepard in event 
6, and French in event 7. The winners were given 
orders for 101b. dressed prizes. 
At the New Year’s shoot Powers came back. Since 
the Christmas shoot Powers has become the proud pos¬ 
sessor of a daughter, and the way he did grind up tar¬ 
gets was a wonder; he took away four turkeys and a 
chicken. Cook got a turkey and a chicken, and Shep¬ 
pard got two turkeys. Scores: 
Cook . 14 14 13 14 12 11 12 14 12 
Sheppard . 10 10 13 11 14 11 13 15 6 
Lowers . 14 14 14 13 14 14 12 13 
Llnm . 12 11 12 13 14 11 13 
French . 11 9 12 9 12 11 11 12 
De Wolffe . 10 12. 
Westcoat . 12 12. 
Adams . 10 12. 
Look out for Powers from now on. Plum did not get 
a turkey; neither did French, they sure did try hard to 
get off that 16yd. line. 
We had with us Dr. De Wolffe, of the New York A. 
A., and were glad to welcome him. Westcoat got a 
chicken. 
Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus, O., Dec. 30.—Seven men faced the traps 
Saturday afternoon at the Columbus Gun Club shoot in 
spite of bad weather. Chamberlain was high gun. Mr. 
Ross, of Millersport, was a welcome visitor, as well as 
Mr. Wormeldorf, of the State Hospital. H. E. Smith 
and Lon Fisher expects to attend the big midwinter 
shoot at Pinehurst, N. C., on Jan. 24; they will start 
about the 16th. Fisher expects to continue his trip on 
into Florida. 
The next regular shrot will be held on Jan. 12, when 
a new system will be tried out; entrance for the day 
will be $3, to shoot at 150 targets; half of this will go 
as average money. With thirty shooters this will make 
$45 to be divided among the High men. Class division, 
not high guns; two moneys for every $10 in addition to 
the average optional sweep of 50 cents for each event, 
will be shot; this will be divided 40, 30, 20 and 10- 
entrance for the day, $8. Come and try this system! 
Scores for Saturday: 
Shot at. Broke Shot at. Broke 
Chamberlain .... 105 95 Ross . 50 35 
Taylor .105 91 Wormeldorf _ 50 34 
G Smith . 105 85 Fisher . 40 36 
Webster . 90 85 
Jan. 6.—Le Noir was high gun on New Year’s Day at 
the Columbus Gun Club’s turkey shoot. The turkey win¬ 
ners were: LeNoir 2, Dr. Edwards 2, Fisher 1, Dr. 
\ an 1. Every one had a good time. No one out on 
Saturday on account of bad weather. It is sure winter. 
The Colunibus team still holds the Fishing and Hunting 
CUD, emblematic of the championship of the State. Don’t 
seme team want it. We are ready any old time to de¬ 
fend it. Come on, you 90 per cent, teams. Scores: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Le Noir ... 
.125 
112 
Carter . 
. 60 
47 
Kelly . 
. 55 
40 
McBee . 
. 40 
29 
J H Smith. 
.115 
100 
Curtis . 
. 40 
25 
Fisher . 
.125 
110 
Weinman .. 
. 50 
43 
G Smith .. 
.100 
87 
Joyce . 
. 20 
16 
Shilimff 
. 90 
77 
H E Smith 
. 10 
10 
Dr Edwards 
.... 80 
70 
Tones . 
. 20 
12 
Wells . 
. 80 
65 
Ford . 
. 15 
9 
Dr Van .... 
. 90 
78 
Lon Fisher. 
Youghiogheny Country Club. 
The Youghiogheny Country Club held its first clay- 
pigeon tournament, open to non-members, on New 
Year’s Day, twenty-three shooters participating. Eigh¬ 
teen shot through the program. Good scores were 
made, notwithstanding the cold weather and a strong 
wind blov/ing across the traps. Dr. A. H. Aber and 
J. F. Calhoun divided first honors, each breaking 96 
out of 100. Geo. Cochran was second with 95, and Ad. 
Heckman third with 88. L. J. Squier was of great as¬ 
sistance to the management. Scores: 
The club will hold a cup and medal shoot for the 
members and 
tournaments 
for non-members 
during the 
Spring and summer months. 
Aber . 
. 96 
Anthony . 
. 77 
Calhoun . 
. 96 
Pierce . 
. 76 
Cochran . 
. 95 
Heisey . 
. 59 
Heckman ... 
. 88 
Barkemeyer .. 
. 53 
Baxter . 
. 85 
Gardner . 
. 44 
Bradshaw .... 
. 84 
Sword . 
. 48 
Davis . 
Everett . 
. 39 
Higsby . 
. 81 
Ulmer . 
. 38 
Squier . 
Meyers . 
. 29 
Johnson . 
Hartman . 
Hardy . 
Howell . 
Keener . 
Secretary. 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 6. —Too cold here to-day for the 
100-bird handicap, so the events were broken up into 
practice at 25-strings. High guns were G. Remsen and 
R. Morgan, who each made 24 out of 25. Scores 
P von Boeckman. 12 18 17 
H W Dreyer . 14 18 
Dr Judd . 12 12 
E A Brown. 12 
Dr Griffith . 15 
H Beague . 
A V Suydam . 
R Morgan . 17 
, C Crawford . 11 
' J Voorhees . 17 20 19 
G Remsen . 18 
H Hewens . 12 
G Jones . 
25. 
Scores: 
, 12 
18 
17 
20 
, 14 
18 
20 
18 
12 
12 
12 
17 
12 
18 
8 
21 
15 
20 
15 
10 
8 
7 
20 
12 
16 
13 
13 
17 
24 
17 
11 
11 
11 
17 
20 
19 
18 
24 
18 
12 
14 
15 
14 
12 
15 
New York Athletic Club. 
Pelham Manor, Jan. 6. —The man who invented handi¬ 
caps in trapshooting didn’t do it because R. L. Spotts 
needed ’em, for the reason that said Spotts shoots with a 
great deal more confidence and correspondingly better 
scores when he isn’t allowed to drop a few saucers when 
cleaning up the china closet, without hurting his chance 
of winning. To-day he tied in four events and won all 
of them in the shoot-off. VV. B. Ogden tacked a leg 
on January cup, while Dr. Culver won the 10 pair 
doubles scratch with 17, which, it may be mentioned, 
was quality shooting, under the weather conditions ex¬ 
isting. Scores: 
VV B Ogden. 
3 
24 
G F Crowe. 
.. 2 
20 
J G Ranney. 
1 
24 
■J G Battison. 
.. 3 
20 
C VV Billings. 
0 
23 
0 C Grinnell. 
.. 1 
19 
Dr Culver . 
1 
22 
G Lembeck . 
.. 2 
19 
T V Lenane. 
4 
22 
G C Corbett. 
.. 0 
17 
R Debacher . 
5 
22 
D F McMahon..., 
.. 2 
18 
R L Spotts. 
1 
21 
J W Hessian. 
.. 0 
15 
J G Dey. 
3 
20 
G T Lawson.. 
.. 0 
15 
Shoot-off: 
W B Ogden. 
3 
24 
J G Ranney. 
.. 1 
20 
Committee trophy, 
25 
targets, handicap: 
R L Spotts. 
1 
22 
D T McMahon... 
.. 2 
19 
G C Corbett . 
1 
22 
J G Battison. 
.. 3 
18 
G Lembeck . 
2 
21 
G F Crowe.. 
.. 2 
18 
W B Ogden. 
2 
21 
Dr Culver . 
.. 1 
17 
J G Ranney. 
1 
20 
T Lenane .. 
17 
'0 C Grinnell. 
1 
19 
J W Hessian. 
.. 0 
16 
C VV Billings. 
0 
19 
G T Lawson.. 
.. 0 
15 
R Debacher . 
5 
19 
J G Dey. 
13 
Shoot-off: 
R L Spotts. 
0 
24 
G C Corbett. 
.. 1 
16 
President’s cup, 25 targets, handicap: 
R L Spotts. 
.. 0 
24 
G F Crowe. 
2 
20 
D F McMahon.... 
.. 2 
24 
C W Billings. 
.. 0 
18 
Dr Culver . 
23 
R Debacher . 
.. 5 
19 
T Lenane . 
.. 4 
22 
VV B Ogden. 
.. 2 
17 
G Lembeck . 
.. 2 
22 
G C Corbett. 
.. 1 
16 
J G Dey. 
.. 3 
21 
0 C Grinnell. 
.. 1 
15 
T G Ranney. 
.. 1 
20 
T VV Hessian. 
.. 0 
13 
J G Battison . 
.. 3 
20 
G T Lawson. 
.. 0 
14 
Shoot-off: 
R L Spotts. 
.. 0 
23 
D F McMahon.... 
.. 2 
21 
New Year’s cup, 
R L Spotts. 
25 targets, 
.. 0 23 
handicap: 
J G Battison. 
.. 3 
18 
C W Billings. 
.. 0 
23 
T Lenane . 
.. 4 
18 
Dr Culver . 
.. 1 
22 
W B Ogden. 
.. 3 
18 
D F McMahon... 
.. 2 
21 
G C Corbett. 
.. 1 
18 
G Lembeck . 
.. 2 
21 
0 C Grinnell. 
.. 1 
18 
G C Corbett. 
.. 1 
20 
J VV Hessian. 
.. 0 
16 
R Debacher . 
.. 5 
20 
r G Dey. 
.. 3 
16 
G F Crowe. 
.. 2 
19 
G T Lawson. 
.. 0 
15 
Distance handicap, 25 targets: 
Yds. Tl. Yds. TI. 
R L Spotts. 
21 
19 
Dr Culver . 
20 
19 
D F McMahon. 
19 
18 
R Debacher .... 
16 
17 
G Lembeck .... 
19 
17 
T Lenane . 
17 
17, 
J G Ranney. 
20 
17 
Shoot-off: 
R L Spotts. 
21 
22 
Ten pairs doubles. 
scratch 
Dr Culver .. 
.. 17 
R Debacher ..., 
.. 13 
G F Crowe.. 
.. 13 
G T Lawson.... 
.. 12 
C W Billings,... 
.. 10 
D P' McMahon.. 
.. 10 
O C Grinnell.... 20 15 
C W Billings.... 21 15 
VV B Ogden. 18 15 
G F Crowe. 19 15 
G T Lawson.... 21 14 
G C Corbett. 20 14 
J VV Hessian... 21 12 
Dr Culver . 20 18 
I VV Hessian. 9 
R L Spotts. 7 
T Lenane . 7 
O C Grinnell. 6 
G C Corbett. 6 
Lansdale—Highland. 
Lansdale trimmed the Highlanders yesterday by a 
score of 388 to 364. The club grounds, located on the 
top of a hill, offered a tempting spot for the piercing 
wind, and every gunner who stepped from the club house 
to the traps has to endure a cold which cut through to 
the bone. As the match progressed the gunners’ fingers 
and arms became numb, and many could hardly finish 
their alloted string of 50 birds. This accounts for the 
very many poor scores made on the last round of 25 
birds. Lansdale shot a better race than did Highland. 
Of their ten high men, they had four to breake 40 or 
better. L. I. Swartz led the club with 45 smashes. 
Rogers and C. Swartz broke 43, and Henry shattered 42. 
McCarty and Tansey with 42, led the Edge Hill dele¬ 
gation. They, with Perry, were the only Highlanders 
to reach 40 and better. Scores: 
Lansdale. 
L Swartz . 
.45 
Rogers . 
.43 
C Swartz . 
.43 
Henry . 
.42 
Bender . 
.37 
Taylor . 
.36 
Martin . 
.36 
Hoffman . 
.36 
Metz . 
.35 
Rauch . 
. 35—388 
Highland. 
McCarty .42 
Tansey .42 
Perry . 40 
David .39 
G Clark .38 
S Freeman .35 
Meehan Sr. 34 
Hibbs . 32 
T Meehan, Sr.31 
Pflegar .31—364 
Scores made by gunners who failed to qualify for their 
respective teams follow; 
Lansdale—Hildeltie 35, VV^ampole 34, Goerber 32, I. 
Schultz 31, Pierson 29, N. Clark 19, Kickner 27, E. Schultz 
27, Henning 26, Swartley 24, Cauffle 23, White 22. 
Highland—Crooks 31, W. Dalton 31, Drakeley 30, S. 
Meehan, Sr., 26, E. F. Wentz 23, Hoover 19, Davis 19. 
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