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FOREST AND STREAM 
March i6, 1912 
A GRAND VICTORY 
At New York Sportsmen’s Show, Madison Square Garden, March 1st to 9th, Mr. Frank B. Stephenson, 
of the Crescent Athletic Club, New York, wins in a field of over 350 contestants 
THE INDOOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD 
99 X 100 with 50 Straight in Qualifying Round 
Mr. Stephenson’s average for the week, shooting at 400 targets, 95^^%. 
7 of the 8 Trophies offered for the daily high scores won with 
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“ 6th “ “ F. B. Stephenson, Brooklyn, N. Y. “ 50 Straight 
“ 7th “ “ C. de Quillfeldt, Amityville, L. I. “ 48 x 50 
“ 8th “ “ Harry Kahler, Philadelphia, Pa. “ 49 x 50 
“ 9th “ ‘‘ J. H. Hendrickson, Flushing, L. I. “ 49 x 50 
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The Du Pont Gun Club. 
WiLMiNfiTON, Del., March 9.—While the weather was 
disagreeable the early part of the afternoon, it did not 
deter forty marksmen from attending the regular weekly 
shoot of the Du Pont Gun Club. W. P. Northcott, of 
Chicago, broke 25 straight in the first event. H. L. 
Worthington, of Rising Sun, Md., shot in four events 
and made excellent scores. There were two challenge 
matches, one for Class C cup and the other for Class D. 
In Class C, J. W. Anderson was the holder and Stanley 
Steele the challenger. Dr. Steele defeated Mr. An- 
dersom 32 to 30 out of 50. 
In Class D, L. I. Jarrell was the holder of the cup, 
he being challenged by W. M. Francis. The match re¬ 
sulted in Jarrell retaining the trophy, the scores being 
42 to 31 out of 50. 
The final shoot for the Eugene E. du Pont prize was 
won by C. H. Lofland. This contest has been running 
since Feb. 1, 1911. 
Eugene E. du Pont has expressed a desire to donate 
another trophy this year. The conditions will be an¬ 
nounced later. 
The scores in the Coleman du Pont merchandise 
events were: Class A—E. E. du Pont, 22 out of 25. 
Class B—W. G. Wood 23. Class C—P. D. Guest 23. 
Class D—L. L. Jarrell and H. W. Goodman tied on 19. 
The .scores, at 25 targets, were: P. D. Guest 23, W. 
Edmanson 20, J. H. Minnick 21, W. A. Joslyn 21, F. H. 
Springer 10, W. P. Northcott 25, L. Worthington 24, 
T. W. Mathewson 19, H. H. Lukens 21, Clyde Leedom 
19, T. Martin 17, Victor du Pont 15, W. T. Colfax, Jr., 
23, L. C. Lyon 17, J. J. Magahern 15, Dr. S. Steele 16, 
W. B. Sturgis 9, J. W. Anderson, Jr., 15, J. T. Birch 
12, W. M. Francis 16, H. Winchester 18, W. Tomlinson 
14, Dr. H. Betts 16, L. L. Jarrell 19, N. K. Smith 20, 
H. P. Carlon 18, F. A. Wardenburg 14, D. J. Dough¬ 
erty 21, A. F. Hickman 21, S. G. David 14, T. E. 
Doremus 19, S. Tuchton 18, Dr. Bullock 12, E. E. du 
Pont 22, Dr. A. Patterson 17, R. P. Choate 15, R. S. 
Wood 14, H. W. Goodman 19, William Coyne 16, L. 
Mathewson 15. 
Benneft Gun Club. 
Gloucester City, N. J., March 9.— -There were two 
matches at the Bennett Gun Club grounds to-day and 
one at the grounds of Wiiliam Robinson, and the winner 
of all three events was George Horner, of the South 
End Gun Club, of Camden. The first event at the Ben¬ 
nett Club was an open shoot for a turkey, and there 
were thirty participants. Each shot at 10 bluerocks, and 
at the end of the last round Thomas Gibbons, Lippincott 
and Horner were tied, each having made a clean score, 
and in the shoot-off Horner won. In the second event 
Horner defeated William Husted, of this city, in a 
match shoot by hitting 22 out of 25, and Husted one less. 
The shoot at the grounds of William Robinson afforded 
much interest, the prizes being poultry. There were 
twenty-three participants and each shot at 10 bluerocks. 
There were four tied at the end of the last round, and 
in the shoct-off Horner beat out Ben Martel. 
Speedway Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J., March 7.—B. M. Shanley, Jr., did 
some fine gunning yesterday at the weekly shoot of the 
Speedway Gun Club. There was a big turnout of 
sportsmen. The scores were: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
E L Hass.16 14 19 12 14 14 18 15 18 12 9 16 .. 
B M Shanley, Jr. 20 21 23 20 21 21 22 21 19 17 19 18 22 
John Bey . 20 20 15 19 20 18 24 16 . 
J Fagan . 10. 
James Wheaton .15 17 13. 
L S Page. 20 17 19 21 21 14 . 
F A Jackson. 16 18 13 16 16 18. 
W Hassinger . 19 21 20 21 14 18 . 
W Trowbridge . 18 20 18 21 21 20 . 
A D Tunis . 16 20 22 . 
Westchester C. C. 
Bay Chester, N. Y., March 10.—First match, 200 
birds, for the first seven men in New York Stock Ex¬ 
change championship tournament of Feb. 17: S. Scott 
170, H. Whitney 164, A. Corlies 154, P. Kellogg 139, H. 
Boulton 135, D. Geddes 135, H. E. Dewing 134. 
Second match, 200 birds, for second eight in New 
York Stock Exchange championship tournament, Feb. 
17: C. B. Spears 161, H. H. Benkard 153, L. Crawford 
151, A. L. Norris, E. Roesler 125, W. B. Pots 113, J. M. 
Sidenberg 105, J. C. Miller 100. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., March 10.—In the shoot for the 
club trophy at the Montclair Gun Club grounds this 
afternoon J. C. Atwater and Edward Winslow tied, and 
in the shoot-off Winslow won. The scores: 
First round: G. \V. Boxall (3) 20, J. C. Atwater (4) 25, 
E. Winslow (6) 23. 
Second round: Boxall (3) 24, Winslow (6) 25. 
Shoot-off: Winslow (6) 24, Atwater (5) 19. 
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Intercity High School Rifle League. 
The twelfth contest between the high schools of the 
United States in the Inter-City High School Rifle 
Shooting League produced no change in the standing 
'of the leaders. Iowa City and Deering High both won 
their matches this week, and are still tied for first place. 
The unofficial score of 960 out of a possible lOOO, made 
by the Iowa City boys this week surpasses the inter¬ 
scholastic team shooting record, taking from the Balti¬ 
more Polytechnic Institute the record which they have 
held for the last week or two with 958. 
There are three ties for high individual honors this 
week. L. Burns and Fred Boerner, of the Iowa City 
team, and J. M. Hughey, of the Deering High School 
team of Portland, Me., all totalling 194. The results 
for this week are as follows: _ 
Iowa City, 960, defeated Business, Washington, D. C., 
830; Deering, Portland, Me., 948, defeated Central, Phil¬ 
adelphia, 873; Salt Lake City, 921, defeated Southern, 915; 
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 909 defeated Ogden by 
default; Morris, New York city, 909,_ defeated Brook¬ 
line, Massachusetts, 856; Portland, Maine, 892, defeated 
Western, Washington, D. C., 802; Manual Training, 
Washington, D. C., 869. defeated Central Manual Train¬ 
ing, Philadelphia, by default. 
The standing on Rjarch 9 was as under: 
Won. Lost. 
Iowa City High School . 11 1 
Deering High School . 11 1 
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute... 10 2 
Southern High and Manual Training. 9 3 
Morris High School, New York city. 8 4 
Salt Lake City High School. 8 4 
Central High School, Philadelphia. 7 5 
Brookline High School . 6 6 
Manual Training School, Philadelphia.. 6 6 
Manual Training School, Washington, D. C. 6 6 
Portland High School. 6 6 
De Witt Clinton High School, New York.. 5 7 
Western High School, Washington, D. C... 4 8 
Business High School, Washington, D. C... 3 9 
Albert S. Jones, Sec’y N. R. A. of A. 
Du Pont Gun Club. Rifle Depf. 
Wilmington, Del.. March 9.—The pistol scores made 
on the range of the Du Pont Gun Club were as follovvs: 
D. Appleby 87, 90, 90, 94, 84; J. Bancroft, Jr., 71; J. M. 
Pusey, 59. „ n t> 
The rifle scores were: J. W. Anderson 46; R. R* 
Hartley 17; J. W'. Pierce 77, 77, 80, 77. 
