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FOREST AND STREAM 
March 2, 1912 
A Sample of Brandywine Energy. 
That the management of the Du Pont Gun Club does 
not intend to let the grass grow under its feet while making 
preparations for the Delaware State tournament, to be 
hejd May 29-30 next, on its grounds in Wilmington, is 
evidenced by the fact that it has appointed a special 
committee to solicit prizes for the two merchandise 
events, which are to be scheduled on its program, one 
such event for each day. These events will be the most 
attractive of their kind ever held in Delaware, and will 
equal, if not surpass similar events given by the much 
larger and much older associations, which govern trap- 
shoqting matters in the States of New York, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Ohio, etc. 
The committee, appointed by the gun club for the 
purpose of soliciting these prizes, and which committee 
has been given the title of “I?one Committee,” has 
issued a circular to every member of the Du Pont Gun 
Club, and has already received many generous re¬ 
sponses to the letter, although it was only distributed 
Monday of this week. 
The committee has also received assurance from many 
of the prominent merchants of this town that they can 
be counted upon as contributors of either merchandise 
or cash to the prize fund. The circular referred to 
reads as follows: 
As you undoubtedly know, the Du Pont Gun Club 
has been granted the honor of holding the first tourna¬ 
ment of the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, on 
its grounds. May 29 and 30 next. The Interstate Asso¬ 
ciation has also granted permission to the club to have 
this tournament “registered,” or, in other words, given 
with the full sanction of the Association, which carries 
with it not only prestige, but also a donation of $100 in 
cash toward the purses to be competed for by the 
amateurs who take part in the shoot. 
Thus the Du Pont Gun Club, and that means Wil¬ 
mington, Delaware, has the opportunity of duplicating 
the enviable record it made last year in trapshooting 
circles during the month of July, when the Eastern 
Handicap tournament was so successfully carried to a 
conclusion on the grounds of our club. 
We want your individual assistance in making our 
first State tournament one that will set a mark for 
others to shoot at. 
The program which it is proposed to run on the two 
Y OU know mallards—wisest and wariest of all 
ducks—Solomons of the air. You can’t knock 
down mallards with a paddle nor can you get them 
tvith a gun that plasters its shots all over the face 
of creation. 
A mallard shot is generally a long shot, and long 
shots require a hard-shooting, close-shooting gun. 
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days of the tournament, will include “a merchandise 
prize ^event” on each day. On May 29 this “merchandise 
event will be “open to all amateurs, distance handicap.” 
On Decoration Day, May 30, this event will be “open 
to amateurs who are members of the State Association, 
distance handicap”; in other words, it will be a shoot 
for the “home boys.” 
■The management of the Du Pont Gun Club has ap¬ 
pointed the undersigned as a committee to solicit dona¬ 
tions, either in cash or merchandise, thereby imposing 
upon us a duty which we have accepted as an honor, 
and with a firm determination to show that we are 
worthy of the confidence reposed in us as a body. 
You will readily realize that the duties of this com¬ 
mittee are not likely to prove altogether enjoyable, but 
we rely upon you and other fellow members of the Du 
Pont Gun Chib, to come to the front and make our 
work as pleasant as possible. All cash donations will 
be placed to the credit of the club, and will be used to 
purchase suitable prizes. Should you be willing to 
offer a trophy of any kind, or some article of merchan¬ 
dise, same will be gratefully accepted and included in 
the prize list. 
Surely _we can count on you to help us out. No 
subscription will be absolutely needed prior to April 1 
next, although the program for the tournament must 
be in the hands of the officials of the Interstate Associa¬ 
tion at least thirty days before the first day of the 
shoot. 
What can we put you down for? (Please tear off the 
coupon at the bottom of this sheet, fill in same and 
return it to the secretary of the committee. 
Bone Committee. 
(Edward Banks, Chairman; N. K. 
Smith, W. J. Highfield, Stanley Steele, 
Ward Hammond, Secretary, Room 144, 
Du Pont Building, Wilmington, Del.) 
Our motto is: “Remember what the Old Woman said.” 
Hyde Park Gun Club. 
A FEW of the members visited the grounds on Feb. 22, 
and in spite of the inclement weather, indulged in a 
little shooting. The wind made the sport decidedly 
uncomfortable, and kept scores low. De War was 
present for the first time in many weeks, and headed 
the list, though with a total much below his average. 
Hill finished in second place on a score which has not 
often been recorded for him. but the stunts of the 
targets in the wind got him guessing. Redus made his 
debut as a trapshooter, and likes the game, even if his 
initiation was a rough one. He will make good before 
the season closes. We were glad to see Smith once 
more, and he promised to come out often. Frohliger 
shot some lower than usual, but 72 per cent, is not bad 
under the conditions. Phillips showed his lack of prac¬ 
tice, and Sweeny finished at least 10 per cent, lower 
than usual. Hoggatt will show the way to some of the 
boys this summer if he sticks to the game. Sam Leeve. 
and his bunch of Goshenites failed to materialize; the 
furnace fire had more attractions for them than the 
firing iine in the blustering weather 
weather is settled. 
Targets: 
De Mar . 
Hill . 
Scores: 
Frohliger 
Hoggatt . 
Redus 
of 
the 
day. 
The 
as 
soon as the 
25 
25 
25 
Total. 
19 
19 
20 
58 
17 
17 
18 
52 
19 
21 
40 
18 
18 
36 
18 
17 
35 
16 
20 
36 
16 
19 
35 
16 
16 
32 
Larchmont Y. C. 
Larchmont. N. Y., Feb. 25.—Everybody took advan¬ 
tage of the w'arm, clear, windless day and shot as well 
as he knew how. A number of “full” scores were re¬ 
corded. 
In the 100-bird handicap, T. J. McCahill, with a handi¬ 
cap of 7. R. J. Jones with 10, and E. G. Unitt with 20, 
tied with 96. In the shoot-off McCahill won. M. B. 
Short, G. W. Lembeck and M. B. Foster tied with full 
scores of 50 in the shoot for the accumulation cup, and 
in the shoot-off. Short was the winner. 
In the leg for the February cup, Stuart Scott, T. J. 
McCahill, B. M. Higginson and H. H. Childs each 
broke 25, and in the shoot-off, Scott won with another 
full score. The leg for the Bemis cup was won by R. 
J. Jones after a shoot-off, and M. B. Short was the 
winner of the leg for the vice-commodore’s cup with a 
full score, after a shoot-off with Foster. R. L. Spotts 
won the 155-target scratch contest, and R. J. Jones the 
10-target scratch. McCahill and Higginson tied with 110 
for high gun for the day. 
Plattsville Gun Club. 
Plattsville, Wis., Feb. 18.—The team shoot brought 
out fourteen shooters. 
Karrmann’s team 
won by 3 
birds. Bellmeyer 
was 
high individual with 
48. Scores: 
Dorseber . 
.. 43 
P Karrmann 
.43 
Belmeyer . 
48 
Bartling . 
.43 
David . 
,. 43 
W Karrmann 
. 42 
Bridges . 
,. 34 
C Burg . 
. 37 
Long .. 
. 36 
Gilmore . 
.37 
T Karrmann. 
,. 29 
T Stark, Jr... 
.27 
W Rose . 
,. 29- 
-262 Eberhardt ... 
. 36—265 
T. J. Bridges. 
Greenwich C. C. 
Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 24.—The weekly handicap 
shoot at Greenwich Country Club was won by M. B. 
I^oster. Following are the scores: M. B. Foster (20) 93, 
N. Webb (24) 87, G. M. Pynchon (20) 86, Baron von 
der Ropp (0) 83, C. S. Wills (12) 83, E. C. Wills (24) 83. 
E. T. Hall (28) 77, J. W. Masury (0) 69, J. R. Johnson 
(20) 69. 
Club championship, scratch: Baron von der Ropp 4 
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