May i8, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
641 
Vergas Rod and Gun Club. 
Vergas, Minn., May 9.—The first registered tournament 
held at our little city was very well attended. There 
were twenty-five shooters registered and all shot through 
the program—a record any club should be proud of. 
There was some wind, but it did not seem to bother any 
of the shooters, as the scores were high. Of the profes¬ 
sionals, H. G. Taylor broke 145, H. C, Rinkle and R. R. 
Barber 142, and J. H. Starr 139 out of 150. The scores of 
all participating were as follows: 
R L Baumbach. Ill 
G W Holt. 126 
C Tonsager . 114 
C Fankhanel . 121 
M A Nashold . 139 
L Jensen . t?8 
E C Co.oper. 123 
F H Bailey. 138 
A C White . 124 
G E Trent, Jr. 136 
F A Allen. 135 
Professionals: 
H C Riehl .142 
H G Taylor. 145 
W R Jung. 118 
S F Anderson. 119 
Jos Mettel .103 
C A Peterson.113 
E Smith.135 
I Garber. 128 
W T Reames. 113 
P E Robinson. 106 
E D Gerber. 104 
J H Hertel. C9 
R R Barber. 142 
J H Stair. 139 
L. Jensen, who runs the Little Rodisson Hotel ai 
Vergas, with the able assistance of C. A. Peterson, a 
very successful hardware merchant of said village, 
managed the shoot, and made such a success of it that 
•11 shooters wished it had been a two-day tournament, 
so they could have stayed longer. 
Vergas js a little village situated in Ottertail county, 
Minn., within six miles of twenty-two of the finest fresh 
dear-water lakes in any State in the Union. These lakes 
abound with fine bass, pike and other game fish, and in 
the fall the duck shooting here cannot be surpassed. 
Mr. and Mrs. Jensen did everything they could to 
make the visit of the shooters a pleasure, and were 
very successful. As a sportsman. I can truthfully say 
to anybody wishing to spend a pleasant vacation, to go 
and visit them during the fishing or shooting season 
and enjoy one of the best outings of their life. 
R. R. Barber shot a repeating shotgun for the first 
time at a tournament, and judging from his score he 
had better stay by it. 
H. G. Taylor has no sense at all. Wasn’t even 
sociable, with 145 out of 150. 
Rinkle, Barber and Stair had quite a race on for second 
place, but Stair couldn’t keep from slipping over one 
about every event; he lost out by 3 birds. He is talking 
about putting a bell muzzle on his crutch, and if he 
does, he will make ’em all go some. 
E. C. Cooper went pike fishing, but he couldn’t keep 
the “black suckers” from getting on his hook, so he 
had to quit. 
Nashold was up to his old trick of “fudging,” and at 
that he carried off high amateur average. 
Dr. Bailey was the life of the tournament, and kept 
everybody feeling good with his original wit and humor. 
Bill Brown was there and helped H. G. Taylor cashier 
the shoot. Bill kept us all guessing in the special 
event pf 50 targets, when with a strange gun he broke 
48. Wish Bill was back in the game. 
Here’s hoping we all may meet next year at Vergas, 
Minn for a two-day shoot. 
Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus, Neb., May 8. —The two-day tournament 
closed to-night. The program consisted of 150 targets 
each day. Scores; 
1st 
2d 
1st 
2d 
Day. 
Day. 
Day. 
Day. 
W Armogost 
.. 117 
119 
Nels Neilsen . 
. 93 
E Amogost .. 
.. 119 
120 
F 
Miller . 
, 113 
117 
J F Caldwell . 
.. 129 
141 
L 
A Gates .... 
. 127 
140 
W A Brown 
.. 133 
134 
G 
A Schroeder 
. 127 
138 
S A Huntley.., 
,. 141 
146 
Joe Gutzmer .. 
. 131 
133 
C D Linderman 110 
123 
D 
D Bray .... 
. 133 
132 
E W Varner . 
.. 133 
1.38 
A 
Bartholomew 
116 
126 
F Osterman.... 
. 131 
134 
W 
H IlKon .. 
. 126 
132 
F H Ranslem.. 
.. 104 
111 
H 
Magmesson 
111 
111 
S A Roberston. 115 
125 
G 
Shepherd ... 
. 115 
108 
N Keith . 
. 116 
107 
C 
L Richards. 
. 134 
128 
E Walbach .... 
. 123 
- - t 
W 
D Townsend 139 
130 
B Walbach .. 
.. 125 
C 
H Newman. 
. 116 
118 
Gus Seivers ... 
. 108 
Professional 
s: 
D D Gross .. 
. 123 
134 
Geo L Carter. 
. 133 
129 
Ed O’Brien.... 
. 133 
142 
W 
R Crosby.. 
. 139 
139 
Geo W Maxwell 144 
140 
Vicksburg Cun Club. 
The attendance was high, as were many of the scores. 
W. J. Fletcher won with 284 out of 300. A. Matlock 
was second with 282. H. D. Freeman, professional, shot 
a beautiful race, getting 298, missing one in the 7th and 
one in the 10th string. Mrs. Ad. Topperwein was on 
deck and as popular as ever. She smashed 292. All shot 
at 150 targets each day. The scores: 
1st 
2d 
1st 
2d 
Day. 
Day. 
Day. Day. 
T 
T Bradford .. 
.129 
130 
A 
C Robinson. 
. 127 
131 
W 
T Fletcher .. 
144 
140 
A 
H Fredericks 124 
123 
A 
Matlock . 
141 
141 
E 
J Oates .... 
. 133 
130 
R 
L Pinkston .. 
132 
129 
J 
C Williams . 
. 121 
126 
Professionals 
H 
Clark . 
148 
148 
L 
Omohondro 
120 
H 
D Gibbs .... 
143 
147 
Mrs Topperwein 145 
147 
H 
D Freeman . 
148 
150 
T 
Riley . 
. 123 
126 
L 
M Norwood.. 
123 
116 
Ben Schwartz 
. 142 
143 
S 
P McCutchen 133 
138 
Cleveland Gun Club. 
Cleveland, O., May 12.—The weekly shoot of the 
Cleveland Gun Club was held at Shooting Park yesterday 
afternoon, and remarkably good shooting was done, con¬ 
sidering the weather conditions, which were anything 
but ideal for trap sport—wind and rain keep the scores 
of most of the shooters below par. Dr. Brown led the 
field for the day with a score of 142 out of 150 targets 
shot in all the events. The doctor is doing some great 
shooting these day, but every shooter has his day; then 
there are times when he thinks there is nothing to it, 
and there are days when he would sell his gun for 15 
cents and never shoot again; but that is the way with 
everything. You must take the good with the bad. But 
the real day is coming. May 30, when all hands will have 
a chance to see what they can do. The tournament of 
the Cleveland Gun Club will be up to date in every way. 
It will be a Squier money-back system shoot. President 
A. J. Stevens will present two beautiful silver loving 
cups in this contest; the first open to everybody, as he 
says, and let the best man win. Now, if you are on 
your nerve here is the chance of your life to get a 
piece of silver for your wife or your best girl. These 
trophies are given to see a real match, and we want to 
see you all on hand. The following are the scores of 
yesterdaj': 
Event No. 1, monthly troohy, 50 targets, 16yds.; Judd 
45, Doolittle 45, Brown 45, Hogen 43, Williams 42, Dibble 
42, Stepp 41, Jones 40, Freeman 39, Rogers 34, Rockwell 
34. Wall 34, Thorp 30, Stevens 30, Isenhauer 30. 
Event No. 2, annual trophy, 50 targets, 16yds.; Brown 
41, Judd 43, Williams 42, Jones 41, Rogers 40, Thorp 40, 
Doolittle 40, Freeman 40, Stepp 40, Hogen 37, Wall 37, 
Rockwell 28, Stevens 26, Isenh.auer 26. 
Event No. 3, Du Pont fob, 25 targets, 16yds.: Brown 
25, Wilson 23, Hogen 21, Jones 20, Doolittle 20, Rogers 
19, Williams 19, Stepp 18, Freeman 17, Thorp 14, Stevens 
13, Isenhauer 13. ^ 
Event No. 4, Du Pont fob, 25 targets, 16yds.: Brown 
25, Williams 24, Doolittle 23, Stepp 21 Rogers 20, Wilson 
20, Freeman 20, Hogen 19, Stevens 15, Isenhauer 15. 
F. H. Wallace, Mgr. 
Sikeston Gun Club. 
SiKESTON, Mo., May 10.—Out of 50 clay pigeons, the 
following score was made to-day: 
Art Killam . 46 
Wm H Tanner .... 
Dan McCoy . 
C H Yanson . 41 
Isel Willis . 41 
Dr D E Sawyer ... 
Walter Brookings .... 36 
The Sikeston Gun Club holds practice contests at 1 
P. M. every Friday. Visitors welcome. 
Wm. H. Tanner, Sec’y. 
46 
Fred Lance . 
.... 35 
44 
Clem Marshall .... 
.... 33 
42 
Wm Leslie . 
.... 32 
41 
T P H Gemmer ... 
.... 31 
41 
T E Dover . 
.... 29 
39 
W M Fisher . 
.... 26 
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High Amateur Average, 94%. 
Score: 281 x 300. 
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ROFESSIONAL 
Makes High Average, 96%. 
Score: 288 x 300. 
A t the Mecklenburg Country Club Shoot, 
Charlotte, N. C., Mr. H. A. Morson, 
of Charlotte, N. C., won High Amateur 
Average and also the Championship of the 
Carolinas. 
I 'HE High Professional Average was made 
by Mr. J. M. Hawkins, of Baltimore, 
Maryland. 
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WILMINGTON, DEL. 
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