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FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 2, 1907. 
Aug. 14-15.—Lock Haven (Pa.) G. C. C. A. Jobson, Asst. 
Aug e 20T!2.—Denver, Colo.—The Interstate Association’s 
second Western Handicap target tournament, under 
the auspices of che Denver Trap Club; $3,000 added 
money] Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Sept. 10 - 12 .—Spokane, Wash.—The Interstate Associa¬ 
tion’s third Pacific Coast Handicap target tourna¬ 
ment, under the auspices of the Spokane Rod and 
Gun Club; $1000 or more added money. Elmer E. 
Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Sept. 13 - 14 .—Coffey ville, Kans—Missouri and Kansas 
League of Trapshooters’ fifth shoot. A. A. Carolus, 
Sec’y. 
Nov. 19-20.—Kansas City.—Missouri and Kansas League 
of Trapshooters’ sixth shoot. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
In the match contest between the Boston Athletic 
Association Gun Club and the Harvard Gun Club, the 
former was victor by an ample score. 
April 25 has been fixed upon for an all-day sweep- 
stake and merchandise shoot, by the Plainfield, N. J., 
Independent Shooting Club. H. P. Vosseller is Chair¬ 
man of the Tournament Committee. 
At Norristown, Pa., Feb. 23, a live-bird match was 
shot between Messrs. M. T. Hart and F. McPhilamy, of 
Conshohocken. Hart won. The scores were 21 to 20. 
Each shot at 25 birds for a purse of $50. 
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Secretary C. W. Budd writes us as follows: “Owing to 
the law forbidding sports on Decoration Day, the Iowa 
State Sportsmen’s Association would thank you to change 
dates for their tournament, to May 27, 28, 29.’’ 
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The ten-man team contest between the Pleasure Gun 
Club, of Englewood, N. J., and the North River Gun 
Club, of Edgewater, N. J., was won by the latter. 
Scores. 190 to 192. A return match is fixed to be held 
on Saturday of this week. 
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As a beginning of the goose-egg season, special men¬ 
tion is made in the daily press of a purse match at 
11 live birds between George Brown and Smiler McHale, 
Feb. 23, at Mahanoy City, Pa. Brown killed 6, while 
his opponent modestly helped himself to 5. 
The Freehold, N. J., Gun Club shoot, March 7, will 
have a nrogramme of twelve events, a total of 170 targets, 
$14.40 entrance. Class shooting, 40, 30, 20 and 10. lo the 
three low amateurs shooting through the programme, 
$5, $3 and $2. Competition will, begin at 10:30. Ship 
guns and shells core of Manager Frank Muldoon. 
sr. 
May 22, 23 and 24, at St. Louis, Mo., are the dates 
and the place of the Missouri State Game and Fish 
Protective Association annual tournament, under the 
auspices of the St. Louis Prapshooters Association. 
Added money, $350. For programmes, address Jas. W. 
Bell, Secretary, 3644a Arsenal street, St. Louis, Mo. 
SP. 
Twenty-two events were shot at the tournament held at 
Griesemersvilie, Pa., on Feb. 23. There were not a 
great number of contestants in each event, but they were 
very frequent. Shooters rallied from Bethlehem, South 
Bethlehem, Newark, Rittersville and Allentown. Mr. C. 
F. Kramlich was taking the top scores most of the time. 
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At the live-bird handicap, held at the Point Breeze 
track, Philadelphia, Feb. 23, Mr. Richard J. Lamb, of 
Mount Holly, was the only one to kill 10 straight. 
Messrs. S. C. Aimen and A. A. Felix divided second 
money on 9. A match at 10 birds between Messrs. S. 
Aimen, Jr., and W. C. Conaway was won by the latter 
with a score of 7 to 6. 
IP. 
Zero weather and a stiff westerly wind were conditions 
unfavorable for good scores at the New York Athletic 
Club’s holiday shoot, Feb. 22, held at Travers Island. 
Dr. Hamlin scored a leg on the February cup with a 
score of 47. The holiday cup was won by Mr. P. R. 
Robinson with a score of 48. Dr. De Wolf won the 
special cup with a score of 24 out of 25. 
The February cup of the Crescent Athletic Club was 
won by Mr. O. C. Grinnell, Jr. The weekly shoot on 
Saturday of last week, decided the three best scores, and 
the winner of it. Mr. A. Hendrickson had a chance to 
win, and the competition was keen to the finish. Mr. 
Grinnell was a winner in several other events. Mr. F. 
B. Stephenson, from scratch, won two trophy events. 
Secretary J. T. Lewis will mail applicants a copy of 
the programme provided for the second annual live-bird 
shoot of the Lincoln Heights Gun Club, Scranton, Pa., 
to be held on March 18-20, commencing each day at 10 
o’clock. Ship guns and ammunition to E. R. Parker, 
Spruce street. Schuylkill county rules (21yds., use of 
one barrel) and American Association rules govern the 
events. 
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The five-man team shoot between teams of Missouri 
and Kansas, an event at 20 live birds, was won by Kansas 
after three shoot-offs, and then by one bird only. It took 
place on the first day, Feb. 20, of the Kansas City tour¬ 
nament. Each team scored a total of 83 out of a pos¬ 
sible 100. In the first shoot-off at 5 birds, each scored 
21. In the second shoot-off they tied on 23. The third 
was a miss-and-out. One of the Missouri team missed 
in the second round, and that decided the race. 
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A ten-man team contest, the first of a series, betw'een 
the Haddonfield, N. J., Gun Club and the Riverton 
Gun Club, at 25 targets per man, was won by Haddon¬ 
field on its own grounds. The scores were as follows: 
Haddonfield—K. Peacock 21, F. C. Webster 18, J. D. 
Bennett IS, L. Z. Lawrence 21, Vaughan 18, W. A- 
Shreve 18, F. Holloway 20, F. Tomlinson 17, G. H. Tule 
16, E. Tomlinson 15; total 182. Riverton—Biddle 20, 
Keating 17, J. Reese 14, Evans 14, McNeely 13, Mattis 
13, Purnell 12, Thomas 12, J. Keating 12, Fitler 11; 
total 138. 
At Palm Beach, Fla., on Saturday of last week, Mr. 
Edgar G. Murphy, of New York, showed that he re¬ 
tained his expert skill with the shotgun by winning the 
trophy offered by the Florida Gun Club and first money, 
from the 31yd. mark. There were ten contestants in the 
handicap, a 20-bird event. Mr. Murphy made a straight 
score. The other contestants and their handicaps were 
as follows: H. Yale Dolan (Philadelphia), Edgar Gibbs 
Murphy and L. V. C. Henry, 31yds.; Dr. Karsher, 
Howard C. Brokaw (New York), 30yds.•; H. R. Rea 
(Pittsburg), Childs Frick, W. R. Houghtaling (New 
York), 28yds.; Walter Murphy, 27yds.; Mrs. McKim 
(New York), 26yds., and E. L. C. Robins (New York), 
27yds. 
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, of Feb. 24, publishes the 
challenge of a young and rising shooter as set. forth 
herewith. While 9 out of 10 is not specially remarkable 
at ordinary distances, it is simply marvelous at 100yds., 
the distance stated. A man who can kill birds at that 
distance should never have concealed his talents till 
he had just passed the first flush of youth. The dispatch 
reads as follows: “Atlantic City, Feb. 26.—Special.—Al¬ 
though seventy-three years old, John G. Rosenbaum has 
issued a challenge to shoot any man in the State for 
$100 a side. Mr. Rosenbaum is baggage master in the 
West Jersey station here, and is a noted shot. Age 
has not impaired his eyesight or marksmanship, and after 
a practice shoot recently, in which he killed 9 birds out 
of 10 at a distance of 100yds., he posted $100, and offered 
to meet any man in the State in a contest on any terms. 
Mr. Rosenbaum’s friends will back him heavily in the 
event of a match being arranged.” 
Bernard Waters. 
Cincinnati Gun Club House Burned, 
It is thought that sparks from a passing train, or 
from the chimney of the house, were responsible for 
the fire early in the evening of Saturday, Feb. 23, which 
destroyed the house of the Cincinnati Gun Club. The 
club occupies several acres of the Ross estate, just south 
of the Ivorydale freight yards, on the Big Four Rail¬ 
road. A number of guns belonging to members, and 
considerable ammunition were destroyed. The total loss 
was estimated at $5,000. partially covered by insurance. 
Supt. Gambell is at Palm Beach, Fla., but four mem¬ 
bers of his family were at home at the time. L. Ahlers, 
a director of the club, had been shooting at the grounds 
during the afternoon, and had not returned to the city 
when the fire was discovered. He, together with men 
from the round house, did their bqst to hold the flames 
in check until the arrival of the fire apparatus. The 
fire, however, had made such headway before being dis¬ 
covered that their efforts availed little. Lutie, the fifteen- 
yar-old son of Supt. Gambell, had a narrow escape while 
aiding the men in their efforts to extinguish the fire. 
Fie was in the second story of the building, and when 
the firemen arrived he found himself cut off from escape 
by the flames. Just as he was about to jump to the 
ground, he was discovered by James Donnelly and Louis 
Beck, of the St. Bernard Department, and at consider¬ 
able risk to themselves, was rescued from his dangerous 
position. He was painfully burned about the face and 
hands, but not otherwise injured, and the burns were 
not serious. Director Ahlers was caught on the second 
floor by the flames and forced to jump. He was 
slightly bruised about the face and hands. 
The family of Supt. Gambell lost every article of 
clothing and furniture. 
The club’s lease expires the latter part of the year, 
and they would have had to vacate then. 
Feb. 23.—The club house which has been our home 
for ten years past was this evening completely destroyed 
by fire. , . , 
Guns from about fifty of the lockers were saved, but 
those in the old locker room were all lost, together with 
all shooting paraphernalia belonging to individual mem¬ 
bers of the club. . 
Fire occurred about 7 in the evening, after all the 
shooters had left the grounds, only one of the members 
of the club being present with the family of Supt. 
Gambell, who lost everything but their friends, upon 
whom they can now depend. 
Temporary quarters will soon be provided, when you 
mav again watch for reports from the C. G. C. 
Secretary. 
Independent Gun Club. 
PIolmesburg Junction, Pa., Feb. 22.—Forty-four con¬ 
testants participated in the different events, a large per¬ 
centage of whom shot through the programme of ’.90 
targets. The tournament was held on the grounds of 
the°Keystone Shooting League. It was the first tourna¬ 
ment of the Independents, and notwithstanding the 
severe cold, it was well attended both by shooters and 
onlookers. 
Each of the twelve events was for a purse, a sliding 
handicap prevailing in most of the events. The moneys 
were divided by the Rose system, 5, 3 and 2. For first 
and second high averages the moneys were $3 and $2 
respectively. 
Mr Harry Buckwalter was high man of the day with 
158 out of 190 targets. Pie captured the handsome silver 
cup, a special prize for high average. 
Butch Landis, of the Florists, finished second with 152 
breaks. Landis gave Buckwalter a stiff race until he 
struck a string of doubles, and this was his downfall. 
Out of the 40 targets he broke 25, while Buckwalter got 
32. Mink finished third with 146; Newcomb with 142 and 
Cantrell with 141. 
The Association held a meeting in the club house, and 
the following officers were chosen to hold office for the 
ensuing year: President, Frank M. Eames; Secretary- 
Treasurer, Mrs. Will K. Park; Field Captain, Butch 
Landis. Scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 
Targets : 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 15 20 15 Brk. 
Buckwalter . 14 14 11 14 14 13 16. 9 11 13 16 13 158 
Landis . 13 12 12 14 11 13 12 11 14 14 13 13 152 
Mink . 13 10 11 12 13 13 11 10 12 12 16 13 146 
Frank . 12 13 13 11 13 7 12 11 11 8 17 9 137 
Newcomb . 12 8 14 10 10 12 14 11 12 11 15 13 142 
Cantrell . 10 13 13 9 13 10 13 10 14 9 16 11 141 
Griffith . 14 11 11 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 13 9 137 
Tansev . 9 8 14 10 13 10 11 13 10 12 11 10 131 
Lawrence ... . 12 13 10 10 11 9 11 9 13 9 12 10 129 
Pfleger . 13 7 13 8 13 10 11 9 13 7 8 13 125 
George . 10 10 9 11 9 7 6 10 11 11 13 13 120 
Hamlet . 10 4 12 4 11 11 8 11 10 9 10 12 112 
A Smith . 10 7 9 11 10 12 .. 8 11 9 15 10 112 
Ford . 6 10 13 11 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 8 112 
White . 11 12 10 9 18 7 4 10 13 8 .. 10 109 
Lilley . 7 8 11 9 8 9 9 10 12 10 5 9 107 
Butler . 11 S 12 S 7 9 6 10 9 12 8 7 107 
Wentz . 10 14 9 10 10 10 .. 10 13 7 .. 14 107 
Miss Park . 7 6 12 5 9 10 9 8 8 6 6 11 97 
I Anderson. 12 7 12 7 11 11 13 8 13 . 94 
Pratt . 12 7 8 7 13 5 9 10 7 11 14 9 112 
• Stone . 9 2 9 7 11 3 7 10 8 6 8 12 92 
Garber . 7 5 7 5 10 9 11 12 7 8 .. 6 87 
Stevenson .11 14 13 13 10 14 14 89 
Fontain . 11 12 8 .. 10 13 7 .. 10 71 
E E du Pont.... 9 7 9 9 10 6 5 8 9 . 72 
G Anderson. 8 11 13 14 14 60 
Allison .11 14 13 13 10 14 14 89 
Lotting . 9 8 .. 11 9 9 10 56 
Shaw . 9 11 11 13 12 56 
Franklin . 15 8 7 14 . 44 
Brenizer . 9 13 6 10 13 51 
Hinkson . 5 6 7 11 8 .. 9 46 
Roberts . 7 10 3 7 8 35 
Harrison . 9 .. 9 13 7 .. 11 49 
Dr Brown. 10 7 .. 14 31 
Schilling . 4 6 8 .. 12 30 
Davis ..' . 8 8 7 .. 7 30 
Kendall . 9 8 7.... 24 
Huber .14 10 24 
Meade . 9 3 9 . 21 
Ferth . 6 7 .. 8 21 
Doolittle ... ; . 9 9 .. 2. 20 
Heite . 7 3 3 .. .. .. 13 
Events Nos. 7 and 11 were at 10 pairs. 
Freehold Shooting Club. 
Freehold. N. J., Feb. 22. —The scores of the Free¬ 
hold Shooting Association regular weekly shoot to-day 
follow: 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
Shot 
Targets: 
10 
10 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
10 
at. 
Brk. 
Walker . 
S 
8 
7 
8 10 
50 
42 
Smock . 
7 
6 
5 
6 
9 
8 
8 
70 
49 
(tuackenbush... 
s 
9 
6 
7 
7 
9 
7 
70 
53 
McDowal . 
. 6 
4 
7 
5 
40 
09 
Dancer . 
8 
9 
8 10 
8 
9 10 
7 
8 
9 
100 
86 
Muldoon . 
. 8 
9 
7 
9 10 10 
8 
9 
9 
9 
100 
88 
Dudley . 
. 7 
7 
8 
9 
6 
6 
8 
6 
6 
90 
63 
P Dey . 
6 
6 
7 
8 10 
7 
8 
6 
91 
65 
II Matthews... 
. 5 
6 
8 
9 
9 
9 
. 7 
6 
8 
90 
67 
McChesney ... 
. 5 
5 
4 
6 
8 
8 
7 
8 
7 
90 
58 
. 5 
6 
7 
6 
40 
24 
4 
6 
30 
17 
Sharewood .... 
6 
5 
30 
18 
4 
7 
20 
11 
E Dey . 
5 
8 
8 
8 
9 
8 
7 
9 
7 
90 
69 
C rawford . 
5 
6 
5 
30 
16 
8 
8 
9 
r? 
50 
39 
W Story . 
S 
9 
5 
4 
4 
8 
60 
38 
H Story . 
7 
7 
20 
14 
