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FOREST AND STREAM 
May 25, 1912 
Du Pont Gun Club. 
Wilmington, Del., May 18.—The most interesting 
event on to-day’s program for the “regular Saturday 
afternoon shoot” of the Du Pont Gun Club was the 
final shoot-off for the Class C trophy. This trophy was 
one of four put up for competition some months ago 
by the Capelle Hardware Company, of this city, the 
trophies being divided among the four classes into 
which the club’s members are divided. Each cup has 
to be won by ten different persons, each winner to be 
a member of the respective class to which that trophy 
belonged. Any shooter once winning a leg on the 
trophy was to be entitled to a chance in the shoot-off 
for final ownership, no matter whether he moved into a 
higher or lower class after having won the leg. To pre¬ 
serve the equity that should go with such a shoot-off, it 
was provided that the club’s management should handi¬ 
cap all contestants in the final race for ownership, which 
race was to be at 50 single targets per man. 
In to-day’s race all the previous winners, with but one 
exception, turned out and took part in the event. J. 
K. Minnick, by virtue of the wonderful spurt he has re¬ 
cently made in his work at the traps, was the sole 20 yd. 
man, and he landed in second place with 43 to his 
credit, a great score for one who has not been shoot¬ 
ing at targets more than a few months. All the other 
contestants were placed at 16yds. by the management, 
and Clyde Leedoni, a popular member of the club, and 
a comparative novice like Minnick, won out by breaking 
45. The scores in the race were as follows, 50 targets 
per man: 
Clyde Leedom, 16.45 
T H Minnick, 20. 43 
W E Smith, Jr., 16_41 
Dr A Patterson, 16.39 
Walter Tomlinson.39 
Dr Stanley Steele. 16.. 38 
T W Anderson, Jr,.... 36 
F F Lofland, 16. 35 
L H Hoopes, Jr., 16.... 27 
In addition to the above race, both the Class A and 
the Class B Cups were up for open competition, the 
holders of the respective cups not having received a 
challenge in the stipulated period of time. Class A was 
won by A. B. Richardson with 25 straight, and S. J. 
Newman and J. B. Brier tied for Class D with 16 out 
of 25. 
In the regular weekly prize contest for the Coleman 
du Pont spoons, the following were the winners: Class 
A—A. B. Richardson with another straight string of 25; 
Class B—J. J. Magahern with 24; Class C—Clyde Lee- 
dam with 23, and Class D—tied for by J. B. Grier and 
S. J. Newman with 16 apiece. 
The best shooting during the afternoon was done by 
Mr. Richardson who ran his first 50 straight, but slipped 
up on an easy one early in his third string, scoring 74 
out of 75. He also shot 50 from the 20yds. mark, making 
a good total. J. H. Minnick broke 95 out of 100 from 
the 16yds. mark, while straight scores of 25 were made 
by W. M. Hammond, Dr. Stanley Steele and Eugene E. 
du Pont. 
The attendance at the club was not as large as it would 
have been had not several members gone over to 
Camden, N. J., and other points to visit with the local 
clubs and take part in the contests. 
Full scores in the Coleman du Pont spoon contests 
follow, 25 targets per 
W M Hammond .... 
man; 
.. 21 
W Tomlinson . 
.16 
T E Doremus . 
.. 19 
Henry Winchester 
.... 19 
L H Hoopes, Jr. 
Isaac Turner . 
.. 17 
S G David . 
.14 
.. 23 
R S Wood . 
.19 
W P Northcott . 
.. 24 
C H Simon . 
.19 
W Edmanson . 
.. 19 
T T Roberson .... 
.22 
T H Minnick . 
.. 23 
W G Wood . 
.23 
S J Newman . 
.. 16 
R P Choate . 
.16 
H P Carlon . 
.. 23 
W H Neely . 
1 J Magahern . 
.. 24 
Gregg Godwin .... 
.21 
A B Hichardson .... 
.. 25 
C D Prickett . 
Edward Banks . 
.. 23 
F P Ewing . 
. 20 
H S Crawford . 
.. 14 
W J Henderson .. 
. 7 
Dr S Steele . 
..20 
J T Levin . 
. 12 
H F Dure . 
.. 9 
S Tuchton . 
.18 
J W Anderson, Jr .. 
...18 
W B Smith, Jr.... 
.21 
W F Jensen . 
... 18 
Dr A Patterson . 
. 20 
Dr H Betts . 
..19 
F F Lofland . 
.14 
Henry Wilson . 
... 18 
Clyde Leedom .... 
. 23 
T B Grier . 
...16 
E E du Pont .... 
.21 
L C Lyon . 
.. 18 
Dr Watson . 
.11 
Dr E Q Bullock .... 
A Richards . 
.22 
L L Jarrell . 
...21 
Blue 
Hen. 
BuKalo Audubon Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y., May 19.—The regular semi-monthly 
shoot of the Audubon Club was held yesterday. Only a 
small number attended, and a high wind prevented high 
scores. The badges were won by Messrs. Lambert, Im- 
hoff and Immel, the spoons by Kelsey, Wacker and 
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Immel, and the Lambert trophies by Smith, Imhoff and 
Blackmer. The Audubon Club will hold an all-day 
registered tournament on Decoration Day at the club 
grounds at Main and La Salle avenue. The public is 
invited. Scores: 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
Targets: 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
Covert . 
. 15 
15 
16 
13 
12 
Smith .;. 
. 17 
15 
14 
16 
15 
Wacker . 
. 15 
13 
15 
15 
12 
Ward . 
. 19 
13 
15 
1.8 
16 
Lambert . 
. 15 
14 
18 
15 
11 
Atwater . 
. 14 
14 
14 
. , 
Imhoff . 
. 13 
15 
13 
14 
15 
Ebberts . 
. 13 
11 
14 
11 
11 
Rogers . 
. 11 
16 
16 
14 
13 
Smith, Jr. 
. 14 
14 
13 
16 
12 
Anderson . 
. 10 
15 
11 
16 
12 
F D Kelsey . 
. 19 
17 
17 
17 
16 
Immel . 
. 12 
14 
18 
Blackmer . 
. 11 
12 
14 
12 
17 
Freeman . 
. 16 
14 
11 
14 
15 
Dr Burke . 
. 15 
13 
12 
11 
12 
Event No. 2 was for the badge. Event No. 4 was for 
the spoons. Event No. 5 was for the Lambert trophy. 
Canandaigua Sportsmen’s Club. 
The Canandaigua Sportsmen’s Club held another of its 
popular fortnightly shoots on May 18, at Lakeside Park, 
and although the weather was calculated to be discour¬ 
aging, eighteen enthusiasts faced the traps and shot in 
one or more events. Harry Loomis and Williams, of 
(jeneva, were guests of the club, as were also Lawrence, 
Nichols, Baxter, Burke and Stewart, from Halls and 
Shortsville. 
In the shanipionship event Dr. D. A. Eiseline, cf 
Shortsville, who broke only 28 out of 50 targets in the 
prize .event, came back with a score of 38 out of 50 
birds, which tied W. J. Kibbe, the defender of the title. 
In the shoot-off, only one kill by the medico was neces¬ 
sary to transfer the badge and title, as Kibbe scored a 
goose egg. , „ 
The scores follow: Soule (10) 50, Mason ( 8 ) 49, Cur¬ 
tice (11) 47, Kibbe (5) 45, Stoddard (0) 39, Barringer (15) 
36, Eiseline ( 6 ) 34, Mason 51, Baxter 48, Loomis 39, 
Nichols 36, Martin 24, Lawrence 22, Stewart 17, V. 
Wormser 17, Sanford 12, Williams 4, Burke 3, Soule, Jr., 
3 . W. J. Kibbe, Sec’y. 
