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GEO. L. LYON, Champion. 
THE SPIRIT OF THE CHIEF HAS PASSED. 
George L. Lyon, of Durham, N. C., is dead, as an¬ 
nounced by the signal fires built at Albuquerque, N. M., 
January n, 1916. The spirit of one of the very best of 
the Okoboji Indian Chiefs has passed to the happy 
hunting grounds. Yet Chief Bull Durham will live in 
the memory of the tribe until generations have come 
and gone, until a sufficient number of years have 
passed that the falling of the seared and withered 
leaves, dropped by the winter blasts will make a com¬ 
fortable covering to his grave and memory. The Great 
Spirit will welcome Chief Bull Durham to the realms of 
the happy hunters. His many acts of kindness on this 
mundane sphere have been placed to his credit, hence 
there is much due him in the happy hunting grounds. 
Popular here, popular there, hence the sunny smile, 
winning manners, and most pleasing personality of 
George L. Lyon, will constitute him a star guest in the 
realms where men are weighed up for their true worth 
and their welcome extended accordingly. We have lost 
a valued Chief and close friend. The Great Father 
beckoned and he has gone to that land from which no 
warrior returns. He has gone from our ranks and coun¬ 
cil, but never from our hearts. Until the next regular 
meeting of the tribe, this tribute from the High Chief 
will represent the sorrow and grief of the tribe as an 
entirety. 
In witness hereof, in deep token of our respect, 
sympathy, regret and esteem we, the tribe of Okoboji 
Indians, inclusive of squaws and pappooses, assure the 
family of Chief Bull Durham, that in this their hour of 
grief and trouble, we sorrow with them. Hereunto is 
fixed the official seal of the Okoboji Indians. 
TOM A. MARSHAL, High Chief. 
Chicago, January 12, 1916. 
PASSING OF A FAMOUS TRAP SHOOTER. 
George L. Lyon, world champion trap shooter and 
twice a defender of the title, died December ix in St. 
Joseph’s Sanitarium at Albuquerque, N. M. 
George L. Lyon was born in Durham, N. C., Feb¬ 
ruary 3, 1881. His mother was Miss Mary Duke, a 
daughter of Washington Duke, founder of Trinity Col¬ 
lege, and a sister of James B. and Benjamin N. Duke 
of New York City. 
Mr. Lyon attended Bingham (Mebane) School and took 
two years of academic work at Trinity College. Early 
in life he developed skill in target shooting and later 
won world-wide distinction as a crack shot. He long 
was identified with the Quail Roost Gunning Club, a 
bird hunting reserve located twelve miles from Dur¬ 
ham. Many New York and Philadelphia bird hunters 
make yearly pilgrimages to this reserve. 
Mr. Lyon established a claim to distinction as an ex¬ 
pert marksman in September, 1911. He bested Leslie 
German, at Atlantic City and earned the world cham¬ 
pionship title at inanimate target practice. They tied 
with 179 out of a possible 200, but the championship 
trophy finally went to Lyon. 
The Maryland professional challenged the victor for 
a meet on the grounds of the du Pont Gun Club in 
Wilmington. On May 4, 1912, Lyon again came out the 
winner. In 1915 he was challenged to defend the trophy. 
The meet was held at the New York Athletic Club, 
Travers Island. One hundred and forty-three partici¬ 
pants were listed. Lyon climaxed his career by smash¬ 
ing two records. He retained the championship title 
and won the preliminary event. Chief Bull Durham 
Lyon was the title that fastened itself upon the North 
Carolinian because of his feat. 
By reason of his supremacy as a target shooter Mr. 
Lyon was selected to represent America at the Olympic 
games in the summer of 1912. The event was held in 
Stockholm, where Lyon captained a team of twenty se¬ 
lect marksmen from this country. About this time he 
also was in the employ of the Remington Arms-Union 
Metallic Cartridge Company.* Membership in seventy- 
four different sporting clubs and social orders is an 
index of his attachment to the pursuit in which he 
excelled. He was a member of the New York Athletic 
Club. 
By inheritance and personal accumulations Mr. Lyon’s 
estate is valued at a half million dollars. Washington 
Duke, his grandfather, pioneer of the tobacco industry, 
willed him a choice block of stock in the American 
Tobacco Company. A widow and three children survive 
him. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
We will thank you to announce in the trap depart¬ 
ment of Forest and Stream that the committee which 
will allot handicaps to entrants in the coming Grand 
American Handicap is made up as follows: 
Jas. W. Bell, Chairman, St. Louis, Mo.; Ray E. 
Loring, Marseilles, Ills.; Geo. K. Mackie, Lawrence, 
Kan.; Guy V. Dering, Columbus, Wis.; John H. Noel, 
Nashville, Tenn. 
We feel confident that our expectations of this com¬ 
mittee will be realized. 
Yours very truly, 
THE INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION. 
E. Reed Shaner, Secretary. 
PACIFIC COAST TOURNAMENT. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Please be kind enough to state in the trap de¬ 
partment of Forest and Stream that the directors 
of The Interstate Association have reconsidered 
the action taken by them at their annual meeting 
and have ruled to give a Pacific Coast Trapshoot¬ 
ing Tournament this year. We will, therefore, 
be pleased to receive applications from clubs in 
Pacific Coast territory that desire this event to be 
held under their auspices. All applications should 
be sent to The Interstate Association, 219 Coltart 
Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., on or before February 
10th. Yours very truly, 
The Interstate Association, 
E. Reed Shaner, Secretary. 
NORWOOD JOHNSON, 
Amateur trapshooter of Pittsburgh, who is usually in 
evidence at National events. In business life Mr. 
Johnson is a director of the Carnegie Company. In 
the field his specialty is the ruffed grouse and his 
hobby is the propagation of game and the preserva¬ 
tion of wild life. 
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