FOREST AND STREAM 
[Jan. 27, 1912. 
Onondaga Gun Club. 
Onondaga. N. Y.. J3n. 19.—A dozen members of the 
Onondaga Gun Club faced the traps at the yacht dub 
range yesterday in the first of a series of semi-monthly 
shoots to be held during the winter. 
The first 25 birds of the regular program of each shoot 
will apply on the Du Pont trophy for the member hav¬ 
ing the highest average in all the shoots. Yesterday 
the honors were taken by George Phillips, who broke 
24 out of 25. J. K. Lamphere was second with 22, and 
T. E Clay and H. S. Mallory were t-ed for third place 
with 21 each. Visitors were present from VVeedsport. 
Jamesville and Fulton. The heavy wind kept many of 
the gunners from turning in their best marks. 
George M. Phillips, field captain of the Onondagas, 
repented his performance of the last registered shoot 
in December. He broke 78 out of 90. J. T.amphere 
came through the six events with 74, and T. E. Clay 
made third with 73. 
fine of the surprises of the shoot was the good form 
displayed by George Bartoo, who brought down (12 of 
the 90 birds in the regular program, and also came 
through with firing colors in the special team match 
arranged after the regular program. 
The team match proved to be the best fun the gunners 
have e.xperienced since the summer shoots were held. 
Teams cap*ained by Hurlburt \V. Smith and IT. V. Fel¬ 
lows were selected, each captain choosing his aide. The 
team captained by Fellows, after a tight rub, finally won 
out. after much excitement by the close margin of 8 
birds. A wild shout went up from the winners when 
the scorekeeper announced the result, "'ith such vet¬ 
erans at the trapshooting game as Smith, Phillips, 
TIobhie. Brugman and Jackson, the youneer quintet 
hardly believed that a victory had been registered for 
some time after the final scores were posted. Phillips 
and Fellows were high, cracking 23 out of 25 in the 
match. Brugman. Clay, Meager and Bartoo all suc- 
ceeded in hitting 
21 out 
of the 25. Scorps: 
Targets: 
15 15 15 15 15 15 
Total. 
H W Sm-th.... 
.13 12 14 11 12 
10 
72 
T Lamphere .... 
. 14 12 13 11 12 
12 
74 
t E Clav. 
. 0 0 0 0 0 
0 
73 
G AI Phillips ... 
. 14 14 13 14 13 
n 
78 
11 ']■ Mallory. 
. 12 9 15 13 10 
59 
C E Jackson.... 
. 8 9 9 11 11 
9 
53 
G Bartoo . 
. 7 13 10 12 1” 
8 
O” 
FI Fellows. 
. 12 10 10 12 12 
12 
68 
C W Hobbie. 
. 12 10 11 11 13 
9 
66 
FI Rnigman . 
. ir 10 11 1” 15 13 
72 
.-\ '\' Meager_ 
. 11 11 10 9 13 
F Ernshaw . 
10 
10 
Team match: 
Smith, captain .. 
...20 
Eellows, captain. 
2.3 
Fhillips . 
...23 
Clay . 
21 
Brugman . 
...21 
Meager . 
21 
Hobble . 
...17 
Bartoo . 
21 
Jackson . 
... 14- 
-95 Ernshaw . 
17—103 
Birmingham Gun Club. 
Birmingham, Ala.—Jan. 12. —Considerable shooting was 
done over the grounds of the Birmingham Gun Club 
during the past week. Parties were out on Tuesday, 
Thursday and Friday. Guy Ward is still practicing with 
.us new gun, and is improving very rapidly. He will no 
doubt make a good race for high average at the Pine- 
hurst tournament. Bruce Plummer was with us Thurs¬ 
day and Friday. 
The Birmingham Gun Club will give a registered tour¬ 
nament on April 9-10, with practice on the 8th. The 
program is being prepared, and much interest is being 
shown by local shooters. 
Shot at. Broke 
Guv Ward . 425 360 
P B Plummer... 250 189 
O Garl . 150 119 
Ed Cornwell ... 175 109 
Shot at. Broke 
Mrs 0 L Garl.. 
, 100 
75 
Ira Armstrong".. 
. 100 
67 
R R Skinner... 
, 50 
42 
Jan. 20 .—A small squad of shooters went to the 
grounds of the Birmingham Gun Club both Thursday and 
rnday, and considering weather conditions, the scores 
were very good. Guy Ward is improving with his new 
gun. J. K. Warren was shooting in fine form. L. M. 
Norwood was shooting below his average. Scores as 
follows ! 
Shot at . Broke 
Guy Ward. 250 227 
Guy Ward . 150 129 
I. M Norwood.. 175 124 
Ed Cornwall ... 125 85 
Mrs O L Garl.. 100 75 
O Garl. 50 44 
J K Warren_ 100 94 
Shot at . Broke 
H C Ryding.... 100 86 
G Hillman. 100 84 
I Armstong.lOO 74 
R H Baugh. 100 68 
Ed Cornwall ... 100 63 
J F Scott. 75 54 
Second Indoor Trap Shoot. 
mm fits winter shoots of the gun clubs is the 
191-. indoor trap shoot. This, the second yearly indoor 
international trapshooting tournament, combined with 
the ei^ghteenth annual Sportsmen’s Show in New York, 
will be held March 1-9, at Madison Square Garden. 
General Manager S. M. Van Allen announces that Luther 
of Pittsburgh, who managed the 1911 shoot, 
v'lll, through the courtesy of the Du Pont Powder Co., 
manage the 1912 tournament, and is arranging its pro¬ 
gram. Some changes will be made this year, based upon 
the experience of last year’s first indoor shoot ever held, 
which will inure to tlie_ benefit of both shooters and 
Sportsmen s Show exhibitors. To begin with, the gun- 
ners will shoot diagonally from a platform on the north 
side of the Garden’s arena, over traps placed toward the 
southeast corner, instead of from the center straight 
toward the east. This improvement will more nearly 
equal outdoor conditions, giving a longer range. The 
steel barrier to stop the shot will be higher, will reach 
the floor, and the whitened space will be higher and 
lower. Instead of the lighting arrangements of 1911, 
forty flaming arc lights will have reflectors that will light 
the flying clay targets, while shading the shooters’ eyes. 
It might be remarked that Miss Annie Oakley, in her 
exhibition last year, broke most of her bluerocks, but 
also incidentally shot out sixty odd electric lights. Last 
year, the chosen loads of some of the trapshooters car¬ 
ried No. 6 shot, backed with powder enough to kill mal¬ 
lards. This year the management will recommend 3drs. 
of powder or equivalent and l%oz. No. 7% shot; these 
loadings composed of shells, powder and shot from all 
the manufacturers, will be on sale at the tournament, 
although shooters’ “pet loads” will not be barred. The 
elapsed time occupied by the daily program now under 
construction by Mr. Squier, will be considerably less 
than that of J911, in consideration of exhibitors. A free 
school for novices will be open each, morning during 
the show. 
Cleveland Gun Club. 
Cleveland, O., Jan. 14.—Weekly shoot of the Cleve¬ 
land Gun Club, held Saturday afternoon, Jan. 13, at 
Shooting Park, Stop 16 A. Mayfield road, was a good- 
natured affair, and the boys got down to their cold 
weather form The cold snap took them off their form 
last week, but to-day they had regained their equanimity 
and picked off the clays as they came forth, with startling 
consistency. Mr. C. B. Haycox was the champion for the 
day, breaking 94 out of 100. Dr. Brown was a close 
second with 93 in the two events, the monthly and the 
annual contests. Dr. Brown, in a special event, broke 
49 out of 50, so that his total for the afternoon was the 
remarkably high score of 142 out of 150. The weather 
conditions, such as we have had in January, have been 
a handicap to trapshooting at the Cleveland grounds, 
but we have managed to keep things moving, and we are 
looking for a prosperous year. The conditions will be 
the same this year as they were last year: Monthly and 
annual events, also a championship open contest without 
handicaps. This should open the gates for all those 
who do not like handicap can go after the championship 
trophy, and those who do not think they have any 
chance for high gun can take in the monthly and the 
annual, both of which have handicaps, and gives every 
man a chance for his money. So if you want to see 
this good work go on, pick your class and give the 
manager a helping hand. 
Following are Satuerday’s scores. No. 1, was the 
monthly cup; No. 2, the annual event; No. 3 a special; 
each event at 50 targets, 16yds.: 
Events: 
12 3 
Events: 
12 3 
Brown . 
.... 46 47 49 
Thorp . 
. 30 35 .. 
Tones . 
. 44 47 .. 
Hopkins .... 
. 37 32 36 
Haycox . 
. 47 47 45 
Green . 
.31 .. 
Weeden . 
. 41 42 39 
Nick . 
. 29 31 .. 
. 35 41 40 
. 27 30 .. 
Morris . 
. 32 39 .. 
Clark . 
oq 9)5 
Rockwell .... 
. 30 37 .. 
Mack . 
. 35 .. .. 
Freeman . 
. 44 36 .. 
Jan. 21.—The regular weekly club shoot of the Cleve¬ 
land Gun Club, of Cleveland, O., held Saturday after¬ 
noon, Jan. 20, at Shooting Park, was a real winter con 
test, with snow to a man’s waist and a snowdrift to the 
height of 4 feet to shoot over that put the trap house 
out of sight; but a dozen of the true bloods were on 
hand. Those who stay at home and make up back scores 
on sunny days, don’t know what the real fun is. But 
some say they have made their record. It is all to lose 
and nothing to win with them. If that’s the case, wipe 
it out; be a builder and help to make 1912 a record- 
breaker. A true sportsman never stops at anything. 
Mr. C. E. Doolittle was out for the first time for some 
weeks, and we were all glad to receive him, as Charley 
is one of the old standbys, and when he is m condition, 
he is a trotter, and 90 out of 100, which he broke to-day, 
is going some for a man that has not seen a target for 
some time. Capt. Freeman is expected to be at the 
shoot next Saturday. C. B.’s general club record for 
1912 is a good one. Geo. Brown shot himself away 
New Year’s Day and hasn’t been found yet. Frank Tell¬ 
ing, who we all like to see, shot over 3000 targets in 
1910, but Frank didn’t get in a club shoot in 1911. 
Elakeslee, who gave Webster, of Columbus, O., a chase 
of his life for the championship of Ohio is never seen 
at the club any more, and some say that Charley Ducom- 
mun 'nas gone to the bad because he can’t break 101 out 
of 100. ' 
No. 1 is the monthly cup; No. 2, the annual trophy 
contest, 25 targets; No. 3, special event, 25 targets, for 
the love of Mike: 
Events: 
12 3 
Events: 
12 3 
Doolittle 
. 42 48 20 
Nick . 
. 35 34 .. 
Brown .... 
. 43 46 23 
Stevens . 
. 32 33 21 
Weeden ... 
. 39 45 22 
Hopkins . 
. 37 33 .. 
Haycox ... 
. 43 45 22 
Morris ... 
. 25 30 13 
Jones . 
. 42 42 17 
Rockland 
.28 .. 
Archer ... 
. 38 42 17 
Weedin .. 
.20 
Wall . 
.35 .. 
Stauns 
.15 
F. H. Wallace, Mgr. 
Indianapolis 
Gun Club. 
Indianapolis. Ind., Ian. 
13.—Moller 
had best aver- 
age, and beat Edmonson for 
the spoon 
by breaking 25 
straight in 
shooting off a tie. 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Moller .... 
. 145 132 
Ford . 
. 60 40 
Edmonson 
. 145 126 
Floover 
. 60 27 
Appel . 
. 100 76 
Ong . 
. 45 35 
Jan. 20.—Edmonson was first in the percentage of tar¬ 
gets broken, and beat Moller for the spoon in shooting 
off another tie. Moller was the only one to score a 
straight. 
Shot at. Broke 
Edmonson . 220 196 
Moller . 220 184 
Hymer . 195 136 
Appel . 120 80 
Shot at. Broke 
Dixon . 100 69 
Lewis . 100 66 
Britton . 100 65 
Ott . 100 47 
R. R. 
S. S. While Gun Club. 
Holmesburg Junction, Pa., Jan. 20.—Single guns won 
every event here to-day at the first shoot of the season. 
George McCarthy was starred on the program, which 
meant he was a visitor; he saw to it that the star had 
an added meaning by getting away with high gun for 
the day, breaking 96 out of 100. He trimmed Harry 
Kahler by one target. The other spoon winners were: 
T. E. Hinkson. who was high on 50, and H. E. Perry, 
vdio captured the club dipper. Although Walter Firth 
did not get any prize for his total on 75, he got what 
was infinitely more worth while—a leg on the handsome 
trophy offered by Frank M. Eames. That the foregoing 
landed the prizes was something to be proud of, as in 
the large squad present there were some of the best 
shots of the club, and it took exceptional ability to 
show in front of some of them. The usual handicap 
conditions governed yesterday’s shoot, and with the 
added targets, the successful ones all get into points on 
the_ trophy offered by Secretary \V. E. Robinson; Perry 
Heite, T. E. Sinkson and Walter Firth being the success¬ 
ful ones to start the year aright. The program called 
for 100 targets in strings of 25, and the handicap added 
to each event, the shooters being classified. Scores: 
Class A: 
Griffin . 
... 0 24 24 
25 
49 
21 
70 19 
89 
93 
Tansey . 
... 1 22 23 
22 
46 
99 
69 24 
90 
94 
Severn . 
... 2 19 21 
19 
42 
17 
61 20 
75 
81 
ludson . 
... 1 -20 21 
19 
41 
’5 
67 21 
85 
89 
Newcomb . 
... 0 23 23 
23 
46 
22 
68 23 
91 
91 
W FI Mathews.... 
... 1 23 24 
22 
47 
23 
71 22 
90 
94 
Cantrell . 
... 0 20 20 
24 
44 
24 
68 24 
92 
92 
Class B: 
Sidebotham . 
... 1 23 24 
21 
46 
19 
66 22 
85 
89 
Wilson . 
... 2 20 22 
24 
48 
23 
73 23 
90 
98 
Hand . 
... 3 20 23 
18 
44 
18 
65 15 
71 
83 
Pratt . 
... 0 22 22 
20 
42 
19 
61 21 
82 
82 
Keen . 
... 5 14 10 
19 
43 
”9 
68 12 
65 
85 
Cook . 
... 1 24 25 
21 
47 
20 
68 22 
87 
91 
T F Flinkson. 
... 7 20 25 
17 
51 
17 
75 21 
75 
103 
Johnson . 
... 3 20 23 
22 
48 
19 
70 19 
80 
92 
H George . 
... 3 22 25 
22 
50 
17 
70 18 
79 
91 
Budd . 
... 0 21 24 
19 
-to 
40 
Lockwood . 
... 0 20 .. 
40 
40 
F Y’ Mathews.... 
... 0 20 .. 
20 
20 
Class C: 
Perry . 
... 3 22 25 
2.3 
51 
23 
75 23 
91 
103 
Fontaine . 
... 3 20 23 
22 
48 
99 
73 21 
85 
97 
Smith . 
... 2 22 24 
21 
47 
23 
79 99 
78 
86 
Murray . 
... 3 18 21 
13 
37 
10 50 10 
51 
63 
Robinson . 
... 3 19 22 
20 
45 
17 
65 .. 
05 
74 
Class D: 
TIeite .. 
,.. 8 16 14 
14 
16 
14 
68 .. 
68 
100 
... 5 13 18 
14 
37 
37 
37 
r C Watson. 
... 4 18 ’ll 
13 
39 
18 61 14 
63 
79 
Firth . 
... 0 21 25 
20 
53 
18 75 19 
78 
102 
Unclassified: 
Kahler . 
... 0 24 .. 
23 
24 
.. 24 
95 
95 
Clegg . 
... 0 19 .. 
14 
24 
.. 19 
76 
76 
Keenan . 
... 0 20 .. 
26 
22 16 
78 
78 
Hawkins . 
... 0 24 .. 
22 
22 
.. 23 
92 
92 
McCarty .. 
... 0 *>4 .. 
25 
23 24 
76 
96 
Apgar . 
.. 0 23 .. 
22 
.. 24 
91 
91 
Bowman . 
,.. 0 17 .. 
16 
16 
.. 19 
08 
68 
G Hinkson . 
... 08.. 
16 
24 
24 
Lockwood . 
.. 0 20 .. 
40 
40 
Northern Kentucky Gun Club. 
Owing to the extreme cold and stormy weather which 
has prevailed in this section since Jan. 1, there has been 
nothing doing on the grounds. Therefore when Jan 21 
proved to be an ideal winter day, with the mercury a 
trifle above freezing, and the sun shining brightly, a 
few of the real cranks took advantage of the opportunity 
and came out to the grounds. The only drawback to the 
otherwise perfect conditions was caused by the sun 
shining on the wide expanse of snow, producing a light 
which was too dazzling for the eyes of some of the con¬ 
testants. The traps were set so that they threw a very 
high target, but after a few shots, this did not seem to 
bother the shooters to any great extent. Olin was shoot¬ 
ing a new 20-gauge gun, which is a good excuse for his 
fall down from his usual high mark. Wallace made a 
bad start, and could not overcome it in the following 
events, finishing 10 or 15 per cent, lower than usual. 
High score was made by Irwin, and 84 per cent, under 
the light-conditions was very good work. J. B. C. was 
handicapped by the dazzling light, and while he shot 
very consistently, he did not break as many as he gen¬ 
erally does. The afternoon’s sport was wound up with 
an event at doubles, Olin breaking 23 out of 24 pairs; 
Ford and Ertel 19 and 11 respectively out of 12 pairs 
each. The next shoot will be held Jan. 28, and an in¬ 
teresting match at 50 targets has been arranged between 
Irwin and J. B. C. This will be shot under the old 
time rule of “gun-below-the-elbow” until the target is in 
the air. It will be a new stunt for Irwin, but a game 
at which J. B. C. is at home. 
Targets: 15 15 15 20 20 15 Total. 
Irwin . 12 12 12 16 18 14 84 
Wallace . 9 12 15 17 14 13 80 
Ertel . 11 15 14 17 18 .. 75 
Olin . 11 8 12 14 14 10 69 
Ford . 14 11 11 16 16 .. 68 
J B C. 8 8 8 15 .. .. 39 
Youghiogheny Country Club. 
McKeesport, Pa., Jan. 20.—The first bi-monthly 25- 
bird handicap medal shoot was won by Dr. E. S. Ballard 
breaking 22 out of 25 at 20yds. In the preliminary shoot 
at 20 targets. Dr. W. C. Heisey was high gun with 18. 
Scores in the trophy shoot, 25 targets, handicap, follow: 
Yds. 
T’l. 
Yds. 
T’l. 
Ballard . 
.... 20 
22 
Simpson .... 
.... 16 
18 
Heisey . 
.... 19 
19 
Cornelius ... 
.... 16 
4 
Pendleton .. 
.... 14 
18 
The next medal shoot will be held on Feb. 2. 
