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June i, 1912 
Automatic traps are somewhat more expensive. The 
cost of clay targets varies with the distance from the 
manufacturing plant. An average price to hotels would 
be: East, $4.50 to $5 per thousand. Middle West, $5 to 
$5.75 per thousand. Missouri River points, $5.75 to 
$6.25 per thousand. Western States, $6.25 to $6.75 per 
thousand. Pacific States, $6.75 to $9 per thousand. 
As a sport for women,, trapshooting is rapidly grow¬ 
ing in popularity. Hundreds of women are taking up 
the pastime, and in many cases are proving themselves 
formidable competitors for high honors. 
Makers of sl\otguns have perfected 16-gauge and 20- 
gauge guns which women may use at the traps. How¬ 
ever, a considerable number are using the standard 12- 
gauge gun, in prefecence to the smaller sizes. 
At all of the big shoots you will find women on the 
firing line, asking no odds of their masculine competitors, 
but shooting in their class w’ithout protest against the 
prescribed handicaps. 
Indications justify the prediction that the next few 
years will see as many women trapshooters as there 
are women golfers. 
The growing interest of ladies in the sport is ex¬ 
erting an in uence which will do much to give it the 
place it deserves. Few resorts can find space for go'.f 
links, but every hotel or camp can set apart a small 
space for traps,, and in a short time golf will give way 
to clay bird shooting as an adjunct to fishing and other 
summer recreations. 
Mount Norris Gun Club. 
Mount Morris. Ill., May 21.—Inclosed find scores 
made by professionals and amateurs at the Mount 
Morris Gun Club tournament held on May 23. Forty- 
two amateurs entered for the entire program and many 
others for the special- trophies. Over one thousand tar¬ 
gets were trapped during the day. High winds caused 
many of the contestants to shoot below their average 
score. 
Five professionals entered for the Rice & Rice 
trophy, 50 targets, which was won by Ed. Graham with 
a score of 48 out of 50. The gun trophy was won by 
Wm. Stannard tor shooting the entire program. The 
amateur trophy for program was won by J. Young. 
Trophy for amateurs, 25 targets, was won by G. J. 
Roberts. Ward Burton acted as cashier with Buzz 
Reeder assistant for the day. 
at. 
Brk. 
Shot 
Shot 
at. 
Brk. 
J S Young .... 
150 
143 
L C Fisher ... 
. 150 
123 
A F MacLachlanl50 
141 
R G Weir . 
. 150 
114 
A Vance . 
150 
139 
C E Price _ 
. 150 
103 
P Graham . 
150 
136 
S H Sprecher 
. 150 
118 
W L Buestiton. 
150 
134 
John Rice . 
. 150 
98 
F Sullivan . 
150 
124 
F A Gahret .. 
. 150 
98 
M Crandall .... 
150 
131 
H \V Cushing 
. 150 
98 
H C Loechel .. 
150 
129 
L S Cool . 
. 150 
93 
H O Sears .... 
150 
119 
A E Sheffield.. 
. 150 
130 
E R Taylor .... 
150 
116 
C E Heckman 
. 150 
124 
T H Roberts ... 
150 
126 
1 W. Eckert .. 
. 150 
121 
A B Tucker.... 
150 
120 
F S Gunder ... 
. 150 
107 
Chas Berry . 
150 
130 
T Rudy . 
. 150 
102 
Dr C B Helm... 
150 
131 
W S Smith ... 
. 150 
94 
C A Hawmaker 
150 
127 
Dr W Karcher. 150 
104 
J S Anderson... 
150 
111 
P Blake . 
. 150 
120 
G E Gossard ... 
150 
115 
O E Steuher.. 
. 150 
104 
H Petterman .. 
150 
114 
F A Middiekarff 150 
94 
M E Morton... 
150 
117 
Dr C T Price... 
. 150 
108 
H F Janssen ... 
150 
79 
H Colvin .. 
. 75 
54 
T H Miller .... 
150 
57 
B B Post:e .. 
. 120 
60 
\V R Lacy . 
150 
129 
Dr Wood . 
. 30 
15 
J James . 
150 
105 
Riley Garman . 
. 45 
20 
Professionals: 
Ed Graham ... 
150 
135 
H Cadwallader.. 
. 150 
135 
W D Standard. 
150 
144 
A H Ammann.. 
. 150 
1-10 
G E Matthews. 
150 
133 
C. J. Price, Sec’y. 
Registered Tournaments. 
the 
25: 
The, following tournaments have been registered with 
Interstate Association during the week ending May 
Aug. 14-15.—Montgomery, Ala.—Capital City G. C. M. 
Moore, Pres. 
Aug. 15-16.—Dayton, Ky.—Northern Kentucky G. C. Dr. 
I. P. Gould, Sec’y. Bellevue, Ky. 
Aug. 22.—Ebensburg, Pa.—Central Pennsylvania T. S. L. 
tournament, under auspices of the Ebensburg G. C. 
W. R. Thompson, Sec’y> Ebensburg, Pa. 
Aug. 28-29.—Baltimore, Md.—Maryland S. S. A. State 
tournament. Geo. P. Mordecai, Sec’y, 215 American 
Building, Baltimore, Md. 
Sept. 2-3.—Lynchburg, \’a.—Virginia State tournament, 
under auspices of Lynchburg G. C. W. R. W’infree, 
Sec’y, 1008 Main St., Lynchburg, Va. 
Sept. 5.—Holdrege (Neb.) G. C. Thos. Hufford, Sec’v. 
Sept. 17.—Huntingdon, Pa.—Central Pennsylvania T. S. 
L. tournament, under auspices of Alexandria G. C. 
L. 1\I. Hagerty, Sec’y. Alexandria, Pa. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Treas. 
Sikeston Gun Club. 
SiKESTON, Mo., May 24.—Out of 50 pigeons the fol¬ 
lowing score was made to-da.y: Dan McCoy 45. Gem 
Marshall 42, H. A. Smith 40, C. H. Yanson 40, W. E. 
Derris 38, Dr. J. H. Hunt 36, W’m. H. Tanner 35. 
The Sikeston Gun Club, of Sikeston, Mo., holds 
practice contest at 1 P. M. every Friday. I'isitors are 
welcome. Wm. H. Tanner, Sec’y. 
Kentucky State Shoot. 
The tenth annual target tournament of the Kentucky 
Trapshooters’ League was held on May 23 and 24, under 
tile auspices of the Fayette Gun Club, of Lexington, .and 
jiroved to be one of the best ever given by the League. 
The attendance was good on both days, fifty shooters 
taking part in the program events and specials. The 
weather was of the best, and there was a good turnout of 
ladies and gentlemen interested in the sport to watch the 
contestants. This was especially so on the last day, 
when the State championship event was pulled. 
The club has as fine grounds as can be found any¬ 
where—good sky background, easily accessible (only ten 
minutes’ ride from the city), with good club house and 
all facilities for the comfort of the shooters. There are 
two sets of expert traps. The officers of the club are: 
George B. Kinkead, President; J. G. W’oolfolk, Vice- 
President; F. C. Bell, Secretary and Treasurer. They 
were all at the grounds during the shoot, and to their 
efforts the success of the tournament and the good time 
enjoyed by the visitors are largely due. 
The office was in charge of Robert Smith, cashier, and 
Secretary Bell. The work was of course well done, and 
proceeded without a hitch. The referees were J. D. 
Noel and J. M. McCormack; scorer, B. Adams and 
tieorge Offett, all of whom performed their duties satis¬ 
factorily. 
First Day. 
Open:ng day was pleasant, but too hot for comfort, 
with wind strong from the west across the traps. The 
start was late, it being nearly 10 o’clock when the first 
squad took its place. The regular program was finished 
about 3, and the specials at 5:10. Forty-six shooters 
entered the regular events, forty-one shooting through. 
T. H. Clay, F. M. Edwards and W. Q. Stephens had a 
close race for high gun among the amateurs, the former 
finally landing the honor by one target, with 139. 
Stephens shot an even gait from his third to his eighth 
event, but lost out in the ninth, going in second place, 
with Edwards on 139. Edwards found his Waterloo in 
the seventh event, when he let 4 targets get away. J. D. 
Gay was third with 136; J. J. Richardson and \V. H. Hall 
tied for fourth on 135. It was a fight between Hender¬ 
son and Pop Heikes, the former having a lead of 3 
targets at the end of the eighth event, but in the last 
tinre up he dropped 3 out of 15, and finished in a tie 
with Heikes for first place on 144; E. C. Goodrich was 
second with 143, and J. R. Taylor third with 139. 
The first special event at 25 targets was won by 
F. M. Edwards on a score of 24. He was tied by Taylor 
and Henderson bear him with a straight score, but 
both being professionals, were not eligible to win. 
Conditions were a trifle better for the second special or 
else the contestants were just getting into shape, for the 
finish found Edwards, Beard, C. Strather and Goodrich 
each with a straight score. The latter was out of the 
competition, and the others shot off the tie at 25 targets. 
Beard dropped his second target and then his 17th; 
Strather lost his chance early in the event, dropping his 
oth and 11th targets; Edwards let his 13th get away, and 
won the event with 24 to 23 by the others. Scores: 
Shot at. Broke 
T H Kemper.... 150 133 
T U Ward.150 130 
T 'H Clay. 150 139 
*C Le Compte. 150 135 
W Q Stephens. 150 13> 
Wm Shattuck... 150 129 
*C W Phellis... 150 134 
*R O Heikes.... 150 144 
F M Edwards... 150 1-38 
*J R Taylor. 150 139 
V K Dodge.... 150 129 
T Richardson.... 150 135 
*W Henderson.. 150 Jl4 
■^E C Goodrich. 150 143 
E C Bell. 150 128 
J N Shropshire. 1,50 130 
G Dameron .... 150 117 
H R Irwin.150 114 
*H D Gibbs.150 134 
D Williams .... 150 123 
O J Holaday.... 150 137 
G A Beard.150 129 
M Johnson .... 150 125 
Special events; 
Events: 1 2 
Targets: 25 25 
Kemper . 23 23 
I O Ward. 21 23 
Clay . 22 24 
*Le Compte . 23 22 
T H Carter. 16 14 
’^Phellis . 19 21 
Shattuck . 19 20 
*Heikes . 23 24 
Edwards . 24 25 
*Taylor . 24 22 
Dodge . 22 19 
Richardson . 17 23 
’^Henderson . 25 23 
*Goodrich . 21 25 
Bell . 22 21 
Shropshire . 20 23 
Cochran . 21 22 
Goff . 19 23 
’’’Gibbs . 21 22 
*Holaday . 19 24 
Shot at. Broke 
R H Bruns. 
. 150 
120 
F Pragoff . 
. 150 
133 
*T A Marshall. 
. 150 
124 
T G Day. 
. 150 
136 
*Guy Ward ... 
. 150 
131 
F P Fuchs .... 
. 150 
116 
W E Stillwell.. 
. 150 
115 
R B Hayes. 
. 150 
121 
W H Hall. 
. 150 
W G Greene... 
. 150 
133 
T H Carter _ 
. 150 
90 
T A Cassetty..' 
. 1.50 
124 
E P Perry.. 
. 150 
.30 
C C Cochrane. 
. 150 
iJi 
B D Goff. 
. 150 
119 
C L Wheeler.., 
. 150 
TO 
A Steele . 
, 150 
84 
T D Noel. 
.. 90 
64 
T E Cain. 
, 150 
1 '2 
lohn H Noel... 
, 150 
127 
J G Denny. 
69 
49 
f Woolfolk . 
30 
20 
C B Strothers... 
30 
22 
Beard . 
... 22 
25 
Events: 
1 
2 
Targets: 
25 
25 
T H Noel. 
... 21 
21 
Fuchs . 
17 
*G Ward . 
... 18 
24 
N T Benton.... 
... 23 
23 
\V H Hall. 
... 21 
20 
W O Stephens.. 
... 22 
24 
D Williams . 
... 23 
21 
H R Irwin. 
... 18 
M H Johnson... 
... 20 
F Pragoff . 
... 21 
C Kinkead . 
... 21 
\V G Greene.... 
... 23 
24 
G Dameron. 
... 19 
^Marshall . 
... 23 
23 
T D Gay. 
... 20 
24 
R H Smith. 
... 17 
IS 
H Strather . 
... 17 
20 
C Strather . 
90 
25 
J G Denny. 
... 20 
Annual Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the League was held on 
Thursday evening at the Leonard Hotel. Vice-President 
J. H. Kemper, in the absence of the president, Mr. T. H. 
Clay, Jr., presided. The roll call found the following 
clubs represented: Mason County, Northern Kentucky, 
Dayton, Cynthiana, Hill Top, Paris, Fayette, Lexington, 
Winchester, Jefferson County, Louisville, and Mt. Ster¬ 
ling. The minutes of the last annual meeting and the 
report of the treasurer were read and approved, and on 
motion of Mr. J. Q. Ward, a vote of thanks was ex¬ 
tended to Secretary-Treasurer Frank Pragoff for the 
faithful performance of his duties. The committee on 
publicity—Messrs. J. G. Denny and J. Q. Ward—was 
called on for its report. Judge Denny, as chairman, re¬ 
sponded. but stated that he thought Mr. Ward could 
give a more detailed report, and the latter was called 
upon. 
The next business was the selection of a place for the 
1913 target tournament, and annual meeting. C. Strother 
rnade a request for the event in the name of Winchester 
Gun Club, and H. R. Irwin presented the claims of the 
Northern Kentucky Gun Club, of Dayton. A vote by 
clubs was taken, and the meeting was given to Winches¬ 
ter, the time being set as some date in May, not to 
conflict with other local events taking place in that 
month, and the contest to be registered. The annual 
live-bird tournament was given to the Jefferson County 
Gun Club, Louisville, with the understanding that if the 
Hill Top Gun Club, of Paris, should wish to hold the 
meeting the former club would give way. 
The election of officers followed. Mr. Denny pre¬ 
sented the name of T. H. Clay, Ji^ for President, and 
asked for his unanimous election. This was by a stand¬ 
ing vote, and it is unnecessary to say that no one re¬ 
mained in his seat. Mr. J. H. Kemper and Frank 
Pragoff were then nominated for Vice-President and 
Secretary-Treasurer respectively by Mr. Ward. The 
motion was put by Mr. Kinkead and carried unani¬ 
mously. The meeting then adjourned. 
Second Day. 
The second day dawned with nearly a clear sky, and 
prospects for a delightful day, but this was the outlook 
at 4:30 A. M., several hours too soon to get the con¬ 
testants lined up. When the shooters began to get out 
to the grounds the aspects of the weather had changed. 
Heavy clouds covered the sky and gave promise of a 
wetting, which happily was not realized. A few drops 
fell during the first event, but after that the sky cleared 
somewhat, and the balance of the day was good, though 
too hot for comfort. The wind was light at the start, 
but soon shifted from the west into the south, and blew 
hard the rest of the day. 
The event was started at 9 o’clock and finished at 
1:50, and the last squad sheet was turned into the office 
at 2:4-5. 
There was a little delay in getting the championship 
event started, owing to an extra 10-target event which 
was shot after the regular program was finished. This 
was put in to make up the contest for the challenge cup, 
M'hich consisted of the last six events of the program 
and an event at 10 targets, total 100. The championship 
event began at 3:15, and was concluded at 5:40, when 
the tie in the cup event was shot. Fifty shooters entered 
the events, forty-seven shooting through the program. 
High amateur average for the day went to T. H. Clay 
with 142, a slight improvement on the first day’s work. 
W. G. Greene was second with 140; J. D. Gay was 
third with 138 and F. C. Bell fourth with 137. The pro¬ 
fessionals let up a little on their first day’s record. 
Henderson got high gun honors with 143; R. O. Heikes 
and E. C. Goodrich second with 142 each; J. R. Taylor 
136. The contest for the challenge cup was started with 
the fifth event, and Judge Kinkead announced that fact 
before the first squad took its place. There were twenty- 
seven entries for this event, all but two or three com¬ 
pleting the ICIO targets by shooting the extra 10. The 
result was a tie on 95 between T. H. Clay and J. D. 
Gay. W. G. Greene shot a fine race and was second 
with 94; F. C. Bell scored 92, and J. J. Richardson and 
G. A. Beard got 91 each. These scores show the class 
of shooters who will be likely to put up a fight for the 
cup, and of course eliminate all but the topnotchers. 
However, future contests will be well worth seeing, as 
they will bring out the best that Kentucky has to offer 
in the trapshooting line. The tie was shot off after the 
championship race, resulting in a victory for T. H. Clay 
on a score of 24 to 22. The championship race had 
thirty-two shooters, of whom thirteen were not eligible 
to win. The watch was won by G. G. Greene, of Mays- 
ville, on a score of 95. He was tied by F. M. Edwards, 
the Ohio amateur. C. Cochran, of Bristol, Tenn., struck 
his gait in this match, missing but 2 targets in the 100 
and 'making high score. J. H. Kemper, the winner last 
year on the same score, was not in form to-day. C. 
Strother got down to business with the championship 
cup to shoot for, and bettered his score made in the 
cup event by 19 targets. This event was at 100 targets 
in strings of 20 each, entrance $5, money divided 35, 
25, 20. 10, and 10 to the club. The cup was presented to 
the winner by J. Q. Ward, and his remarks were such 
as might be expected from one of his experience, ap¬ 
propriate and to the point. High amateurs for the 
iwo days in the regular events were: T. H. Clay 281, 
I. D. Gay and W. G. Greene 273 each; W. Hall 270, B'. 
M. Edwards 269. The professionals finished with W. 
Henderson in the lead with 287, R, O. Heikes 286, E. C. 
Goodrich 285. The winners of the previous target cham¬ 
pionship events are: T. H. Clay, Jr., in 1903, 1904, 1907 
and 1908 on scores of 93, 95, -96 and 96 respectively; E'mil 
Pragoff in 1905 on 94; W. Henderson in 1906 and 1909 
on scores of 98 and 95 respectively: J. D. Gay in 1910- 
on 94, and I. H. Kemper in 1911 on 95. 
Seventeen shooters shared in the money-back purse 
in sums ranging from 75 cents to $16.65. The day’s scores: 
Shot at. Broke 
T H Kemper.... 150 12i 
T O Ward...... 150 118 
T H Clay. 150 142 
’i’C Le Compte. 150 133 
W Q Stephens.. .150 126 
*C W Phellis... 150 133 
W Shattuck .... 150 125 
*R O Heikes... 150 142 
F M Edwards.. 150 131 
*T R Taylor.... 150 136 
K Dodge.150 123 
J J Richardson. 150 133 
•n\'' Henderson.. 150 143 
^E C Goodrich.. 150 142 
Shot at. 
Broke 
*0 J Holaday.. 
•. 150 
136 
G A Beard. 
. 150 
136 
M H Tohnson.. 
. 150 
129 
T H Noel. 
. 150 
123 
F Pragoff . 
. 150 
129 
R B Hayes.... 
. 150 
123 
W’ H Hall. 
. 150 
130 
W G Greene... 
. 150 
140 
T Shropshire... 
. 150 
1.33 
’’’T A Cassetty., 
. 1.50 
124 
*T A Marshall., 
. 150 
1.33 
J D Gay. 
. 150 
138 
W ard .. 
. 150 
130 
Fuchs . 
, 150 
112 
