Feb. 10, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association. 
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 3.—On Thursday evening 
last, Feb. 1, the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Associa¬ 
tion effected a permanent organization, adopting a con¬ 
stitution and by-laws and electing officers for the ensuing 
twelve months. Thus the State of Delaware is now 
equipped with an association which not only promises 
well for the future of trapshooting within the borders 
of the Diamond State, but will also cut some figure in 
the protection and propagation of the game of the 
State, the enactment of new game laws and the enforcing 
of same. 
The meeting was held in the Du Pont Building, at 
Wilmington, with T. E. Doremus, temporary chairman 
and W. A. Joslyn temporary secretary as presiding offi¬ 
cers. The following clubs were represented: Nonesuch 
Gun Club, of Newport, Del., by Messrs. Young and 
Lynam; Guyencourt (Del.) Gun Club, by W. G. Wood; 
Brandywine Springs Gun Club, of Marshallton, Del., 
by Messrs. Robinson and Melson; East Lake Gun Club 
by C. Haverback; M'ooddale (Del.) Gun Club, by B. 
Guest; Wilmington Gun Club, by Thorpe Martin; Du 
Pont Gun Club, by T. E. Doremus. 
The constitution and by-laws prepared by Edward 
Banks, the committee appointed at the preliminary meet¬ 
ing of the Association to prepare same, were adopted, 
and the following officers for the year of 1912 elected: 
President, Dr. Horace Betts, Wilmington, Del.; Vice- 
President, George Rues, Bridgeville, Del.; Secretary and 
Treasurer, William A. Joslyn, Wilmington, Del. 
The above officials, together with T. W. Young, New¬ 
port, Del., and James McKelvey, Newark, Del., consti¬ 
tute the Board of Directors. 
The Association placed on record its hearty indorse¬ 
ment of the work now being done by the American 
Game Protective and Propagation Association, the 
national body recently organized for the purpose of safe¬ 
guarding the interests of the sportsmen of the North 
American Continent, and will make application for mem¬ 
bership in the Association in the near future. 
The first shoot of the new Association will be held on 
May 29 and 30 on the grounds of the Du Pont Gun 
Club, at W’ilmington, the Interstate Association having 
granted that club the privilege of holding a registered 
shoot on the above date. 
Special features on the program for the two days of 
the shoot will be the competition for the Delaware State 
championship, the trophy emblematic of that champion¬ 
ship now being held by W. S. Colfax, Jr.; also mer¬ 
chandise prize events, one for amateurs who are mem¬ 
bers of the State Association, and one “open to all 
amateurs.” The latter event will probably be shot on 
the first day of the tournament, while the merchandise 
event “for State amateurs only” will be decided in the 
afternoon of Decoration Day, the second day of the 
shoot. 
In order to make sure of having everything in the best 
of shape for this shoot, the management of the Du Pont 
Gun Club will hold a meeting early next week, and 
appoint committees necessary to make the tournament 
an unqualified success. 
Registered Tournaments. 
The tournaments registered with the Interstate Asso¬ 
ciation during the week ending Feb. 3, were as follows: 
May 4.—Temple, Pa.—Hercules G. C. A. K. Ludwig, 
Sec'y. 
May 4.—Bethel, Conn.—Western Connecticut T. S. L. 
tournament, under the auspices of the Bethel G. C. 
C. K. Bailey, Sec’y. 
May 6-8.—Vicksburg (Miss.) G. C. J. J. Bradfield, Sec. 
May 7-8.—Columbus (Neb.) G. C. G. A. Schroeder, 
Sec’y. 
May 20-21.—Iowa City (la.) G. C. C. Bothell, Sec’y. 
May 25.-—New Haven, Conn.—Western Connecticut I'. 
S. League tournament, under the auspices of the 
New Haven G. C. Wm. F. Alcorn, Sec’y. 
May 30.—Watertown (Wis.) G. C. B. PI. Reick, Sec’y. 
June 4-7.—Dayton, fL—Ohio State tournament, under 
the auspices of the N. C. R. G. C. W. F. Mac- 
Candless, Sec’y. 
June 17-19.—Salida, Colo.—Colorado, New Mexico and 
Wyoming State tournament, under the auspices of 
the Salida G. C. W. G. Myers, Sec’y. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Treas. 
Queens Country Club. 
Queens, L. I., Feb. 3.—A first-class contingent of 
nineteen trapshooters shot in the open handicap here 
to-day at 100 clays. W. Simonson broke 89 from scratch, 
while Carl von Lengerke 
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J M Kissan. 
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D K Morrell, Jr. 
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*T Lawrence . 
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S Van Allen. 
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D N Lord. 
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■r D Chapman... 
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Dr Cleghorn . 
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H P Nash. 
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C Voegel . 
12 
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W Hyland . 
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E A Lein. 
10 
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Grafton Gun Club. 
Grafton, W. Va., Feb. 2.—Only four shooters “came 
out” on Ground Hog day, to face the traps. The scores 
made were not record-breakers, but shooting in a blind¬ 
ing snowstorm at a target thrown fully 60yds., accounts 
for part of the misses. The following scores were made: 
Shot at. Broke Shot at. Broke 
Gerstell .125 114 Piggott . 125 84 
Reffel .125 W Flanagan . 125 90 
The shoot was gotten up in honor of a visitor, Mr. J. 
M. Morrison, of Brownsville, Pa. However, like a real 
ground hog, he looked at the weather, used good judg¬ 
ment and stayed in. R. G. 
The Sunny South Handicap 
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year was hred with the holding of the 
Sunny South Handicap at Houston, 
Texas, and as usual the Winchester 
red w combination started right in to 
corral the winnings. W. H. France, 
who won the main event, the Sunny 
South Handicap, shot a Winchester 
Repeating Shotgun and Winchester 
Loaded Shells, scoring 95 out of 100, 
and 25 straight on the shoot-off. Also 
he and Alf. Gardiner won the Team 
Race with the splendid score of 49 out 
of 50, both shooting Winchester Re¬ 
peating Shotguns and Winchester 
Loaded Shells. 
HIGH GEVERAL AVERAGE 
1148 X 1205 
Out of a total of 1205 targets thrown, 
W. R. Crosby broke 1148, winning High General Average. As an 
onlooker remarked, “this was remarkable shooting, as Mr. Gardiner 
certainly threw the hardest targets it was possible to throw with an 
automatic trap.” As usual, Mr. Crosby shot Winchester Factory 
Loaded Shells, u hich are hard-hitting enough to break the hardest 
targets. 
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The Du Pont Gun Club. 
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 3.— Hardly anybody was home 
to-day, owing to a previous engagement in Darby, Pa., 
but just the same there was a little something doing 
“to hum”—Linn Worthington dropped in for a visit, 
broke nearly all the china served up. He was high gun 
with 45 out of 50. The infant prodigy, J. B. Grier, 
from Roland, shot like blazes, getting 41 out of 50. 
This lad is only thirteen years old. Harry Kahler better 
watch. out. The regular spoon events were postponed. 
Shot at. Broke 
L Worthington.. 50 45 
H D Betts. 50 18 
S J Newman.... 50 17 
W L Smith . 50 40 
T C Wilkinson. 25 15 
Shot at. Broke 
B Grier. 75 59 
A Grier. 25 14 
Wm Coyne . 75 55 
P S Gregg. 50 31 
C Craig. 25 21 
Paleface Gun Club. 
Wellington, Mass., Jan. 31. —The shooters at the 
weekly shoot here to-day were bothered during the 
early part of the afternoon by the big soft flakes and 
a northeast wind. The snow stopped failing and the 
sun came out about 2:30 o’clock, giving an oppor¬ 
tunity for some unusually good shooting, in which E. 
Osborne, of Somerville, took high gun honor for the 
day from R. N. Burnes, of Cambridge, and Frank Hil¬ 
liard, of Lynn, the amateur State champion, by 1 bird. 
Osborne broke 93 of the 100 targets, registering exactly 
the same as Burnes in each of the five events except the 
third, where he broke 19 out of 20 to 18 for the Cam¬ 
bridge gunner. This one bird gave him the high gun 
honor, as both men shot exactly even in the last three 
rounds. 
The return team match with the B. A. A. will be 
shot at Wellington Feb. 10. 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 Total. 
Osborne . 13 14 19 14 14 19 93 
Burnes . 13 14 18 14 14 19 92 
Frank . 14 14 19 13 13 19 92 
Edwards . 13 15 19 14 12 17 90 
Snow . 13 11 19 14 15 18 ' 90 
Sweet . 14 14 17 13 13 19 90 
Dickey . 11 13 19 15 15 17 90 
Sibley . 12 14 19 11 15 16 87 
Cfarke . 9 14 16 14 15 16 84 
Wheeler . 7 11 16 14 14 16 78 
