FOREST AND STREAM 
1069 
THE PIPING OF THE CLANS 
Mr. C. A. Young has already placed a number of fine 
runs to his credit this season. Among these are 265 
straight at Peru, Muncie and Columbia City, Ind.; 260 
straight at Logansport and Peru, Ind., and Springfield, 
O., and 231 straight at the Central Ohio Trapshooters’ 
League Tournament, Springfield, 0 . 
Some have “gone straight” with the little 20 gauge at 
the Shooting School at Atlantic City. Many would be 
glad to go 25 straight at 12 yards rise with a 12 gauge. 
E, I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. has just off the press 
a very interesting book bound in Fabrikoid. There are 
251 distinct commodities listed, with an explanation of 
each one. 
Gil Wheeler, the one time well-known “pro” of New 
England is again in the game. He had gone with the 
Hercules Powder Co. of Wilmington, Del. It will be 
a pleasure to see Gil’s smiling face and hear his stories 
again. 
The 1912 Grand American Handicap brought out 377 
entries. In 1913 the entries totaled 501 and jumped to 
515 in 1914, and mounted to 884 in 1915. How many will 
St. Louis have this year? 
In his last two times out Art Killam, the St. Louis 
target-breaker, has broken 99 out of 100. He missed one 
clay bird at Collensville and one at Si. i^ouis. He is 
out for a record this year. 
Now that the Missouri State Championship is over, 
St. Louis trapshooters can turn their attention to the 
Grand American Handicap. 
Astoria, Ore., has a gun club with 257 members, and 
quite naturally is one of the most enterprising clubs 
in that section of the country. 
The Vancouver Gun Club, Limited, of Vancouver, B. 
C., will conduct a registered shoot on July J. 
Toledo, O., announces that it desires the 1917 Grand 
American Handicap. There is nothing like making the 
announcement early so that the Interstate Association 
will know who is interested. 
The Westy Hogans’ annual shoot will be held in At¬ 
lantic City on September 12 to 16, inclusive. The shoot 
will take place on either the new Garden Pier or at 
Venice Park. 
Atglen, Pa., a town of 750 persons, boasts of a gun 
club of 20 years’ reign that has never been defeated in 
league competition or interclub contests. 
The recent Oklahoma State Tournament was the 
largest ever held in that State, having 90 shooters 
competing. The shooters decided to make an effort to 
prevent the State authorities from spending $75,000 re¬ 
ceived for gunning licenses for the building of new 
roads. 
In a recent shoot of the St. Paul (Minn.) Rod and 
Gun Club, J. E. Harker had a run of 114. 
Princeton University trapshooters by breaking 451 out 
of 500 targets, won the 1916 championship of the Inter¬ 
collegiate Trapshooting League. Yale was second, with 
448 breaks; Harvard third, with 390 and Dartmoutn 
fourth, with 352. Yale won the championship last year 
and Princeton the year before. 
Frank Troeh, of Vancouver, Wash., is hitting the clay 
birds with startling regularity. In a recent tournament 
at Lewistown, Ore., he had a high run of 113, break¬ 
ing 100 straight the first day, and 148 and 146 out of 
150 on each of the succeeding days. 
O’Brien, Rankin, Hubert, of Hutchinson, and Bach- 
ellor, of Kansas City, are making a tour of the Kansas 
shoots, and the same arrangement that they had a year 
ago is in effect. The man making the highest score is 
known as manager of the party for the next day, and 
his word is law. The second high score gets the rank 
of assistant manager, who has no particular duties. 
Third highest score achieves the rank of gun-toter, and 
all of the guns of the party must be carried by him. The 
member of the shooting quartet with the lowest score 
for the day has to be porter on the next day and 
carry the grips, run errands and do all of the drudge 
work connected with the outing. 
Portland and Seattle are very much interested in 
telegraphic shooting contests just now. Several of them 
have been held by the clubs of the two cities, the 
male shooters trying it after the fair Dianas began it. 
Trapshooting at night is something which the Port¬ 
land Club is strong for, too. Four large 100 candle- 
power lights have been erected over the traphouses and 
the trapshooters now enjoy themselves in the evenings 
as well as in the afternoons. 
Preparing for the Washington State Tournament, 
Frank Troeh broke 100 straight in a recent match. 
At a recent shoot of the Green Lake, Cal., Club there 
were 47 contestants, n of them being women. 
J. M. Walker won the championship of Oklahoma in 
the State Tournament, breaking 94 out of 100 thrown 
targets. Tulsa, Okla., will conduct the 1917 champion¬ 
ship shoot. 
Trapshooting is one thing the war doesn’t seem to af¬ 
fect. The sport is growing by leaps and bounds, more 
persons becoming attached to it each week. 
Eight clubs are now affiliated with the Delaware State 
Sportsmen’s Association, which is pretty nearly every 
club in the peach-growing State. 
Possibly the oldest shooting club in the United States 
is the Leather Stocking Club, of Oswego, New York. 
This organization was formed on March 17, i860, and 
is still very active. 
OCEAN AND STREAM FISHING CLUB SURF¬ 
CASTING TOURNAMENT. 
The Ocean and Stream Fishing Club held its First 
Annual Surf Casting Tournament at Weequahic Park, 
Newark, N. J., on Saturday, June 17th, as a part of 
the celebration of Newark’s 250th Anniversary. 
It was a thorough success in every respect except un¬ 
fortunate weather for although it attracted a galaxy 
of the world’s greatest casters including the champion 
of them all, Dr. Carleton Simon Of New York, not a 
lead reached the 360 ft. mark, showers and a baffling 
cross wind dashing Jhe high hopes of the contestants. 
Four events were cast as follows: 
First—Club members only. Best average of 3 casts. 
Open field. 
Second—Open to all. Best average of 5 casts. Open 
field. 
Third—Open to all. Longest cast of 5. _ Open field. 
Fourth—Open to all. Distance-accuracy. Total of 
5 casts. 
Two exhibitions 
of 
5 casts each 
were given 
by Dr. 
Simon, the holder 
of 
the World’s 
Record. 
Winning scores 
are 
appended: 
Event 
1— 
Club Members 
Only. 
Avge. 
Robert Haviland 
296.5 
200 
266.2 
Lcuis Poeter - 
239-3 
266.8 
249.8 
Wm. Diganard .. 
271 
254 
255-9 
H. Boutillette ... 
225.9 
216.6 
215-3 
F. Hoffman . 
318.9 
319-7 
212.5 
The bright particular star in this event was Hoffman, 
a youngster of less than 20 years, who has been 
handling the surf rod but a few months. His swift 
smooth delivery would have won him first place by 
a large margin but for a regrettable break-uown on his 
first cast. 
Event 2—Open to AIL 
Avge. 
J. E. Clayton, A. 
P. F. C.351 322.N 3 I 3-7 3381 353-8 335 -!° 
Carleton Simon, Jr., 
M. B. F. C.324-” 2963 3i8-8 338.1 324.4 320.5 
Howard Kain, A. 
P. F. C.323-2 297 318.4 308.4 331.1 315.7 
C.. T. Maginnis, O. 
C. F. C.343.4 312.9 318.11 292.8 300 313.6 
C. H. Wells, A. P. 
F. C.295.2 317.6 266.7 284.7 341-4 301-5 
Event 3—Open to All. 
Ft. Inches 
J. E. Clayton, A. P. F. C. —Longest Cast.346 7 
J. E. Newman, Belmar F. C.—Longest Cast-344 1 
Htward Kain, A. P. F. C.—Longest Cast-342 7 
C. H. Wells, A. P. F. C. —Longest Cast......338 4 
E. E. Davis, A. P. F. C.—Longest Cast.325 10 
E. Holzman, M. B. F. C.—Longest Cast.308 8 
Several other contestants entered but failed to reach 
the 300 ft. mark, notably Mr. Sahdala, who left a sick 
bed to compete. 
Event 4—Distance-Accuracy, Open to All. 
Avge. 
C. T. Maginnis, O. C. F. C.276.5 
j. E. Clayton, A. P. F. C .272.7 
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Howard Kain, A. P. F. C.271.5 
C. Simon, Jr., M. B. F. C.264.11 
J. E. Newman, Belmar F C.258.9 
E. Holzman, M. B. F. C.257.6 
Exhibition by I r. Simon, Midland Beach F. C. 
Total 
5 casts .347.6 ... 329-” 339 ••• 1016.5 
5 casts .347.4 321.10 300 305.1 323.5 1597.8 
Dr. Simon was distinctly not up to his recent form in 
his exhibition but in spite of this it was only the un¬ 
favorable weather conditions which caused him to dis¬ 
appoint his admirers by exceeding his 1915 record of 379 
ft. 10 inches. 
The Ocean and Stream tournament speaks volumes 
for the gains made in surf casting during the past 
three years. From 1910 to 1914 the American record 
stood at 314 ft. 10 inches. Here in one unfavorable day 
are seen seven men and a boy in action who ex¬ 
ceed it by from 4 to 40 feet. The possibilities for 
new records during the coming 1916 tournar 
highly flattering. 
