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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 25, 1907. 
North End Rod and Gun Club. 
Troy, N. Y., May 14.— The weekly shoot of the North 
End Rod and Gun Club wasi held to-day at Young’s 
Grove. Twenty-three members faced the traps, and 
even with the unpleasant weather which prevailed, some 
good scores were made. The second event was the 
handicap shoot for the Hunter Arms Co. trophy. This 
contest will run for eight weeks, as every week the con¬ 
testants will shoot at 25 targets. _ 
Butler shot very well to-day, he scoring 22 out of 15 in 
the handicap event. On next Saturday the contest for 
the Dupont Powder Co. trophy will take place. On 
May 30, Decoration Day, we will hold our first annual 
tournament. We expect to have a large attendance, and 
Mr. Fred B. Clark, the trade missionary, will have 
charge of this affair. . . 
Our new club house is completed and is now being 
installed with furniture. > 
A large number of spectators witnessed to-day s shoot. 
The following are the scores of the day: 
Events: 
Targets: 
Hancox . 
Ruth . 
Farrell . 
Roberts, 5% ... 
Harris, 8 . 
Bums, S . 
Butler, 10 . 
Sharp, 10 . 
Scott, 10 . 
Milliman, 10 ... 
Durston, 12 
Van Arnum, 12 
Gemmill, 15 ... 
Lee, 20 . 
Lockwood. 20 . 
Burgess, 20 
Lovegrove, 20 . 
C Uline, 20 .... 
Campbell, 20 
J Uline, 20 .... 
Reedy 20 . 
W Uline, 20 .. 
Nichols, 10 .... 
1 2 3 4 5 
25 25 25 25 25 
. 20 15 21 21 
. 17 21 16 .... 
. 16 19 22 25 .. 
. 20 18 17 IS 18 
. 15 20 18 .. 
. 17 1C . 
. 14 22 . 
. 15 13 15 16 16 
. 16 16 . 
,. 15 15 16 .. .. 
.. 15 12 11 15 
.. 15 15. 
.. 13 18 . 
.. 16 11 19 14 17 
.. 15 15. 
..10. 
.. 10 16. 
..10. 
..16. 
.. 10. 
..10. 
..16. 
.. 15 19 21 14 19 
J. J. Farrell, 
Shot 
at. Broke, 
100 
77 
75 
53 
100 
7S 
125 
91 
75 
53 
50 
33 
50 
36 
125 
75 
50 
32 
75 
46 
100 
53 
50 
30 
50 
31 
125 
77 
50 
30 
25 
10 
50 
26 
25 
10 
25 
16 
25 
10 
25 
10 
25 
16 
125 
88 
Field 
Sec’y. 
New York Stale Shoot. 
Syracuse, N. Y., May 15.—Append'ed please find 
short advance notice on the New York State shoot: 
A. E. Rose, 
1 Masonic Temple Club. 
The forty-ninth annual State shoot, which will be held 
in Syracuse, June 11, 12, 13, under the auspices of the 
Masonic Temple Club Gun Club, bids fair to outshine 
any other State shoot held in the past half century. 
The officers of the club have been most successful in 
securing valuable prizes to contest for, among them 
being a piano valued at $350; seven shotguns, ranging 
in value from $50 to $120; an Apollo piano player, $160, 
and seventy-five other prizes, _ ranging from $5 to $100, 
besides a number of other prizes of lesser amounts. A 
novelty among the prizes which is bound to be ap¬ 
preciated by the winner is a high-bred pointer pup. 
Following are ten reasons why shooters are coming 
to Syracuse: 
1. Best accommodations, figured from any point of 
view. 
2. Plenty of traps. 
3. Luther J. Squier to manage. 
4. Charles North to throw targets. 
5. Masonic Temple Club as entertainers. 
6. Syracuse is the hub of New York State.^ 
7. Ground's nine minutes’ from center of city and five- 
minute car service. 
8. The boys are coming to stay through the three days. 
9. And the Luther J. Squier money-back system is the 
drawing card. 
10. Because you cannot lose any more money in the 
State shoot than you can in practice at home. 
These are only ten reasons that we have given. There 
are a thousand others, and if there are any questions 
that you are in doubt about, write the tournament sec¬ 
retary, G. C. Kirk, Syracuse, N. Y., regarding them. 
There are good hotels and many of them, and the fol¬ 
lowing have been most generous in assisting us: The 
Yates, Vanderbilt, St. Cloud, Warner, Winchester, Em¬ 
pire and' O’Donnell’s. 
A card dropped to any of the foregoing named hotels 
will secure you cqmfortable accommodations. 
The shoot is not run to make money, and if we are 
fortunate enough to break even we will be more than 
satisfied. 
Programmes will lie ready on or about May 25—watch 
for them and study carefully the money-back system. 
It is the biggest money-maker for the shooter ever 
offered, and is especially designed to secure the attend¬ 
ance of intermediate shooters. 
There is to be ample seating room for any number 
of shooters and spectators, and if we are unfortunate 
enough to draw stormy weather, the shooting will all 
be done under cover. 
A novel event in this programme is a contest for 
experts only, which will be a 50-target match with but 
one prize, the net value of which is $100. 
Seven average moneys each day for the regular events 
and amateurs only are allowed to compete for cash or 
prizes. 
The congenial Jim Montgomery, care of Burhans & 
Black, will be glad to receive ammunition and guns ex¬ 
pressed to him, and will have them on the grounds for 
you free of charge. He will also be there with your 
make of shell and load of ammunition, prepared to fur¬ 
nish you with them if you desire. Looking after these 
matters at State shoots is Jim’s old job, and you can 
depend upon it that it will be done right. 
There will be no “booze wagon” on the grounds. 
There are, however, a lot of friends and well-wishers in 
the city who will be glad to look after your needs in 
this line before and after—especially after. The lid 
will be off the town and the city will be -entirely yours 
during these three days—the Mayor has said so—and 
what he says goes in this city. 
The Illinois State Tournament. 
Chicago, Ill.—Last year the old Illinois Sportsmen s 
Association was abandoned, and through the foresight 
of Dr. C. A. McDermand, of Bloomington, the State 
shoot was held this year under a new organization, 
having a constitution and by-laws, something as the 
old organization had outlived 1 , the new name adopted 
being the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Tournament As¬ 
sociation. 
The new officers were all present and assisted in put¬ 
ting the Association where it belongs, one of the leading 
ones of this great country, where we are a nation of 
gunners. These were Dr. C. \V. Carson, President, 
Chicago; Dr. C. A. McDermand, First Vice-President, 
Bloomington, Ill.: Lem C. Willard, Second Vice-Presi¬ 
dent, Chicago; Fred PI. Teeple, Secretary and Treas¬ 
urer, Chicago. The Board 1 of Directors were all present 
save Mr. A. D. Sperry, of Rock Island. 
The shoot was started on Monday, May 13, and con¬ 
tinued four days. The first day was practice and warm¬ 
ing-up day, and was hot and windy. The wind came 
strong from the south, directly across the traps, and 
made the targets very irregular. 
The Interstate Association rules governed, with the 
variation that result of shooting at a piece was scored. 
The grounds were in fairly good condition for a new 
park, though after the heavy rain of the first day it was 
apparent that there was yet more to do before the G. A. 
H. dates. The concrete' trap houses are something to 
be admired, and they are lasting and water-ptoof, and 
when they cease to be used for trap purposes may be 
sent to Kansas and rented out for cyclone cellars. At 
least, some one said that Billy Heer suggested this 
idea. The club houses, eating house and buildings are 
all fine and large, and the G. A. H. visitors will be 
charmed with the lovely spot. 
Crosby broke 96 out of the 100 on the first day and 
won the Board of Trade badge from the 22yd. line— 
all looked alike to him. 
The weather man went wrong the first two days of the 
shoot proper. The wind was very strong all day Tues¬ 
day—a cross south wind. T he right angle target was 
towering, the left angle went down fast and sudden. 
No wonder then some of the shooters never saw the 
window where F'red Whitney handles the cash. 
The attendance was large, and four traps were kept 
going from start to finish, so that with over one hundred 
shooters present, there were no long-drawn out finishes. 
Each day the last shot was fired before 5 P. M., though 
the first shot was not made before 10 A. M. 
The weather on the last day was the best of the 
week. The sun shone for a part of the day,. arid the 
wind was not strong enough to interfere materially with 
the flight of the targets 
The crowd was not large, as many had become dis¬ 
couraged during their attempts at busting mud pies 
on the three previous days. There were noticed about 
the park several of the previous day’s contestants who 
were minus their shooting costumes. Some of this, 
however, took part in the State amateur championship 
event. 
A large delegation from many parts of the State came 
Monday to take a look at the wonderful $20,000 shoot¬ 
ing grounds that will be the scene of the great shooting 
event in June, the G. A. H., when another dark horse 
will be sprung on the great shooting world. Of course, 
they had their guns in their cases, and though Chicago 
was surely keeping up its reputation for the Windy 
City. The traps were tempting, and after witnessing 
Cadwallader, ICahler, Barkley, Heikes, Riehl, Willard and 
Voting line out 90 per cent, or better, there were about 
fifty others tempted to try the bluerocks, as there was a 
regular programme of five 20-target events. 
Many of these scores do not look good on paper, but 
all were trying hard to guess the line of flight in the 
strong cross wind. 
May 14, First Day. 
The regular programme was an easy one for most of 
the shooters, as there was only one hundred targets on 
the regular scheduled events. There' was a State event 
of 100 targets that was expected to take up a good 
portion of the day. It was well that the programme was 
short, as a very heavy downpour of rain fell just before 
the close of the badge shoot, and the wind previously 
blew a forty-mile gait. 
W. R. Crosby, the old-time winner of many a shooting 
contest in this, his home, State, was the winner of the 
100-target sweep by the good score of 96. The wind 
was not so strong during the forenoon, and scores were 
far superior to those in the badge event. 
In the regular 100 target race it was Bill Crosby, 
O’Fallon, Ill., 96; Chan. Powers, Decatur, Ill., 94; Roll 
Heikes, Dayton, O., and Geo. Roll, Blue Island, Ill., 
93; Lee Barkley, Chicago, F. C. Riehl, Alton, Ill., W. FI. 
Heer, Concordia, Kans., and J. R. Graham, Long Lake, 
Ill.. 92; H. W. Cadwallader, Decatur, Ill., Chas. Spencer, 
St. Louis, and Guy Deering, Columbus, Wis., 91; Lem. 
Willard, Chicago, George Maxwell (the one-armed won¬ 
der of Nebraska), Fred Gilbert (a new shooter from 
somewhere out in Iowa), W. FI. Ploon, Jewell, la., and 
B. Dunnell, Fox Lake, Ill., 90, and 1 these were all of 
the ninety-five men shooting who could reach that mark. 
Events: I 2. 3 4 5 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 Broke. 
Winans . 17 16 17 13 16 79 
Loring . 16 1 815 15 13 77 
Le Noir . 18 15 15 15 17 80 
W Einfeldt . 15 19 IS 16 16 84 
C Einfeldt . 19 17 16 17 15 84 
Barklev . 17 20 19 19 17 92 
Roll . 
. 19 
17 
18 
19 
20 
93 
Barto . 
. 16 
17 
16 
19 
19 
87 
Merrill . 
. 16 
14 
17 
15 
17 
79 
Willard . 
. 19 
17 
17 
19 
18 
90 
F Riehl . 
. 19 
18 
19 
19 
17 
92 
Young . 
. 19 
19 
17 
17 
17 
89 
W Riehl . 
. 18 
14 
15 
14 
14 
75 
Vietmever . 
. 20 
15 
16 
14 
IS 
83 
Maxwell . 
. IS 
15 
18 
19 
20 
90 
Clark . 
. 18 
17 
18 
19 
13 
S7 
Binyon . 
Cadwallader . 
. 13 
18 
19 
19 
17 
86 
. 18 
17 
19 
18 
19 
91 
Routnor . 
. 18 
20 
15 
19 
17 
89 
Lossee . 
. 16 
18 
16 
16 
16 
82 
Budd . 
. 13 
17 
15 
18 
14 
77 
Crosby . 
. 20 
20 
18 
19 
19 
96 
Powers . 
. 20 
19 
19 
20 
16 
94 
Gilbert . 
. 17 
19 
20 
17 
17 
90 
19 
17 
20 
18 
93 
Stauber . 
. IS 
18 
16 
18 
16 
86 
Kahler . 
. 18 
15 
19 
19 
17 
88 
TIoon . 
. 20 
15 
19 
20 
16 
90 
Spencer . 
. .20 
18 
19 
18 
16 
91 
Rogers . 
. 18 
17 
16 
18 
16 
85 
Freeman . 
. 18 
19 
17 
19 
16 
89 
Heer . 
. 18 
19 
20 
19 
16 
92 
Vance . 
. 16 
19 
15 
17 
17 
84 
Renk . 
. 17 
14 
18 
15 
16 
SO 
Spinnev . 
. 15 
20 
16 
16 
15 
82 
\V Bunkentts . 
. 18 
9 
16 
13 
14 
70 
B T Cole. 
. 17 
15 
16 
16 
16 
80 
Reingo ... 
. 11 
14 
16 
14 
11 
66 
Barto . 
. 17 
15 
14 
20 
18 
84 
Baxter . 
. 20 
15 
17 
19 
18 
89 
Eick . 
. 15 
11 
13 
15 
10 
64 
Llewellyn . 
. 20 
19 
16 
17 
11 
83 
Beckwith . 
. 17 
17 
13 
13 
16 
76 
Moeller . 
. 10 
11 
14 
17 
7 
59 
Fitzsimmons . 
. 19 
19 
18 
14 
13 
83 
Fuller . 
. 18 
18 
19 
18 
16 
89 
T Graham . 
. 19 
18 
18 
19 
18 
92 
Wyckoff . 
. 18 
16 
19 
14 
17 
84 
Mrs Carson . 
. 15 
5 
12 
16 
13 
61 
Dr Carson . 
. 17 
IS 
15 
17 
17 
84 
Tinker . 
. 20 
15 
16 
16 
16 
83 
Park . 
. 17 
17 
16 
18 
18 
86 
Marshall . 
. 17 
17 
10 
15 
18 
77 
Hannigan . 
. 16 
13 
17 
14 
16 
76 
Upson . 
. 18 
12 
15 
16 
16 
77 
Wise . 
. 16 
15 
16 
15 
13 
75 
McKinnon . 
. 15 
13 
14 
14 
14 
70 
Galusha . 
.'.. 12 
8 
b 
14 
9 
48 
Deering . 
. 19 
18 
19 
18 
17 
91 
Kneussel .. 
. 16 
11 
13 
16 
13 
69 
Fulastus . 
. 13 
10 
9 
15 
15 
62 
Slimmer . 
. 18 
14 
19 
17 
16 
84 
Ellett . 
. 19 
IS 
18 
17 
16 
88 
T Graham . 
. 16 
17 
17 
15 
13 
78 
C Johnson . 
. 18 
15 
18 
15 
14 
. so 
E Beckwith . 
. 16 
14 
12 
18 
14 
74 
Fuller . 
. 17 
12 
17 
15 
14 
75 
Jackson . 
. 18 
17 
12 
17 
15 
79 
Dorton . 
. 14 
13 
16 
18 
14 
75 
Myrick . 
. 11 
17 
18 
18 
15 
79 
Shogren . . 
. 14 
15 
14 
12 
14 
69 
Bolton . 
. 17 
10 
16 
19 
17 
79 
Kuss . 
. 19 
IS 
14 
18 
17 
86 
Moorehouse . 
. 12 
14 
12 
14 
11 
63 
S E Young. 
. 19 
12 
12 
16 
12 
71 
E Neal . 
. 18 
12 
18 
17 
17 
82 
Hook . 
. 17 
11 
16 
18 
18 
80 
E S Graham. 
. 17 
16 
18 
17 
18 
86 
O’Brien . 
. 11 
15 
14 
15 
12 
67 
C Johnson . 
. 13 
15 
17 
20 
14 
'ei 
B Stilling . 
. 13 
7 
14 
13 
FI Dunnell . 
. 19 
15 
15 
17 
14 
80 
B Dunnell . 
. 19 
16 
20 
18 
17 
90 
Jarvis . 
. 14 
15 
14 
17 
'79 
Stack . 
. 17 
13 
16 
18 
15 
Corkeek . 
. 7 
17 
17 
14 
15 
70 
P Young . 
. 16 
18 
18 
19 
16 
87 
Pa Keller . 
. 19 
13 
13 
11 
9 
65 
Board of Trade Diamond Badge. 
This badge has a history that would be worth the 
reading, and the record of same, as it appears in the 
files of the Forest and Stream would be of much in¬ 
terest to- the old shooters of the State. This ^badge 
when first put in competition was a “gold mine” in a 
way, the winner has been paid $1,500 and 1 $1,800 in cold 
cash at its redemption. Flow, do you ask? Well, there 
were in those good old days of live-bird shooting one 
hundred and fifty to two hundred men who walked up 
to the cashier and there put up $10 to try their skill at 
10 live birds, and the young men now busting targets 
will wonder that all this money went to the winner of 
the previous year, and it was shot down to a finish—no 
dividing the ties. When shot at Watson’s Park, there 
were but few ties, and in shooting these off I think 
the record will show that possibly at the end of 15 birds 
the race had been decided. Not so at Peoria, with poor 
birds and hot, rainy weather, when 65 birds were killed 
for the tie. Then at Springfield three men killed each 
over 100 to decide the tie. Birds were poor, of course, 
and the weather against them, etc. Now bear this in 
mind that there were thirty-six men tied, and as all 
divided the next year’s receipts, each man took down 
$4.25, and that with the $10 entrance he had put up. 
During the past three years the shoot has been held 
on targets, and was almost a failure, owing to the 
small number of entries; the badge itself was even lost 
for about two years. But now that the newly organized 
Association has the instillation of new life, there is a 
return to the good old times, in so far as targets can 
be substituted 1 for live pigeons. 
The conditions now are: 100 targets, $7 entrance, dis¬ 
tance handicap, with the best shots at the 22yd. line. 
The money is divided into five parts, and goes to the 
winner on the spot; open to professional and amateur 
State residents. , 
The winner was W. R. Crosby. He scored 87. there 
were fifty-five other shooters at the “try-out,” and none 
