June 29, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
<jeorge 
Traver 
15 
40 
6 Haskinbeyer ... 35 6 
20 Plamndon . 60 35 
Notes. 
Capt. Hardy has just bought a beautiful new home in 
Lincoln, and many good times will his friends enjoy 
there. 
l D > r ' Tf ue11 bad never tr ' e d trapshooting before, but he 
® r pke 34 out of 70, and the targets were not easy. 
Hood Waters was a fine coach for some of the young 
men, whom he taught how to hold and fire a gun. 
Lincoln shooters believe in considering the ladies. The 
•club grounds wer? selected and arranged for their especial 
pleasure and comfort. 
Busy? Well, I should say so. President Taylor was 
very much in demand by all the shooters. 
There is just ground enough on the lake side under the 
traps to keep the targets from being lost. 
Billy Veach came up from Falls City to be with the 
boys. 
Mr. Harry Kaufman, the popular secretary of the club, 
says it is easier to sell railroad tickets than keep 
•club scores. 
Mrs. A. H. Hardy gave a bountiful luncheon to sev¬ 
eral of the visiting shooters and their wives. 
Geo. Carter was not in his usual good form shooting 
for the Thorpe trophy, but made a straight of 25 in 
the next event. 
Capt. Hardy killed a chicken hawk at the request of 
the crowd, that was flying around while he was giving 
a rifle exhibition. This was considered such an act of 
cruelty by the sweet girl graduates that they left the 
grounds. How about the poor little baby chicks the 
hawk had doubtless been destroying every day? 
Lincoln has the most aristocratic looking shooters that 
ever faced the traps. 
Dan Bray came from Omaha to give the boys a good 
send-off. 
Captain Hardy’s winsome little girls were the pets of 
all the shooters. 
The appointment of Geo. Carter for game warden will 
keep “another prominent sportsman out; but Mr. Carter 
is everywhere regarded as the man for the place among 
devotees of the gun and rod. The entire Association 
wants Mr. Carter to keep the place. Pie has improved 
the conditions for sport during the open season by rigidly 
carrying out the requirements of the new game law, and 
while this has landed on the backs of some of the -men 
who are now supporting him, they are not kicking. 
Nothing but “soft drinks” are allowed to be served on 
the grounds. 
George Carter went to the fish hatchery Saturday to 
bring back a carload of sunfish to stock Capital Lake. 
Ten years of prosperity and success to the new gun 
club. 
A Social Tramp. 
Analostan Gun Club. 
Washington, D. C., June 16.—The Analostan Gun 
Club, of this city, held a very successful club shoot on 
June 15. Twenty-four shooters were in attendance and 
three applications for membership were received during 
the afternoon. The enthusiasm is growing, and the 
prospects are that this will be one of the most success¬ 
ful years of the club. All the shooters who have visited 
the new grounds are pleased with them. The afternoon 
was perfect for shooting, . and good scores were made, 
especially in the contest for the A, B and C trophies. 
These were shot for in the fourth event, and resulted 
as follows: 
In Class A, Orrison won first on 19 out of 20; Hunter, 
Bauskett Coleman and Miles Taylor tied for second on 
18 out of 20, while Funk, Barr and Brown tied on 17 for 
third place. 
In Class B, Hogan and Willis tied for first on 18; Dr. 
Taylor and Nalley tied for second on 15, and Ficklin won 
third on 14 out of 20. 
In Class C, H. B. Willson and Hall tied for first on 
15; George won second on 13, and Moffit third on 11 
out of 20 . 
Events: 
1 
2 
O A 
O 4 
5 6 7 8 9 
Targets: 
10 10 15 20'10 15 20 25 15 
H B Willson... 
.. 6 
5 
3 15 
5 10 8 15 7 
Jos. Hunter _ 
.. 3 
9 15 IS 
7 14 IS 21 .. 
1 
Funk . 
9 
9 
12 17 
9 15 17 22 .. 
George . 
8 13 13 
7 11 15 19 .. 
Barr . 
8 14 17 
9 13 17 .. .. 
t 
Nalley . 
.. 6 
8 11 15 
8 12 13 .. .. 
Ficklin . 
.. 9 
6 
10 14 
8 10 16 .. .. 
Farnham . 
.. 8 
8 
.. 12 
9 11 16 .. .. 
Hall . 
.. 9 
8 
.. 15 
5 17 
• 
C S Wilson.... 
13 11 
7 13 16 .. .. 
3 
Wise . 
7 
10 16 
8 11 
Bauskett . 
.. 9 10 
.. 18 
.. .. 14 .. .. 
Coleman . 
8 .. 19 .. .. 
B Wilson . 
.. 15 10 .. 11 .. .. 
Hogan . 
.. 9 10 
.. 18 
9 
Kirk . 
7 
7 .. 17 .. .. 
Brown . 
.. 17 
. 13 
Moffett . 
.. 11 
6 .. 13 .. .. 
* 
W'illis '. 
6 
14 18 
Taylor.•. 8 11 18 
Orrison . 10 .. 19 
Indiana . 8 .. 15 
Dr Taylor . 6 .. 15 
Lewis . 6 5 .. 
Events: 
Targets: 
Dover Gun Club. 
Tune 17.—The followi 
in Club’s shoot to-day: 
1 
Benson 
Evans 
Bice .. 
22 
14 
afternoon: 
Shot 
1 at. 
Broke. 
140 
74 
125 
110 
125 
110 
125. 
93 
100 
87 
100 
73 
100 
73 
95 
54 
75 
54 
80 
60 
80 
61 
60 
51 
55 
45 
55 
42 
50 
46 
56 
37 
55 
50 
51) 
30 
45 
38 
45 
37 
40 
36 
40 
31 
30 
21 
20 
11 
scores 
were 
3 4 
25 25 
Broke.. 
23 24 
93 
18 20 
72 
21 20 
85 
21 25 
91 
Dover Gun Club will hold a sweepstake shoot, July 
4, in the afternoon. A. R. Benson. 
The Grand American Handicap. 
The Grand American Handicap, held June 18-21, on the 
g r °und s of the Chicago Gun Club, goes into the trap- 
shooting annals as a record-breaker. This term applies 
probably to every feature of the shoot. There were 495 
entries in the main handicap event, and this surpassed 
the great record 1 of 493, the number of entries in the 
• -Hvio t h?ld at Blue River Park, Kansas City, Mo., 
m 190.,. It is true, this was a live hird tournament but 
as it numerically was the greatest prior to 1906, the recent 
<j. A. H. overtops all prior tournaments in the matter 
ot numbers. 
Ihe attendance of spectators was large. A safe con¬ 
servative estimate of them is about as follows: First 
LOW; second day. Preliminary Handicap, 1,500; 
^ rd -r d ^ y ’ G ' A ' H ,V 2,60°; fourth day, championships! 
u ' j bls t ls matena Ly below many other estimates. On 
the day of the great handicap the grounds were quite 
taxed to their capacity by the large crowds. 
lire number of targets 'thrown must have been enor¬ 
mous. The competition was in charge of Mr. Elmer E. 
Shaner, General Manager of the tournament. This of¬ 
fice is a part of his powers as Secretary-Manager of the 
Interstate Association. It is hardly necessary to men¬ 
tion that he pulled the tournament through in the mas- 
teriul manner for which he is famous. Every department 
was fully organized and efficient. Mr. Shaner had a staff 
ot trained experts, fully capable, from special training 
and natural fitness, to accomplish their tasks quickly and 
accurately. 3 
On the other hand, there was widespread discontent. 
There were many “kicks” about many things. 
First of all, the handicaps will go rattling down 
through future trapshooting annals as the most unsat¬ 
isfactory ever perpetrated on a small army of well-mean- 
mg shooters, who differed in degrees of skill, but were 
alike in their passion for, fair sport. To say that the 
handicaps were unsatisfactory but mildly expresses the 
attain 1 here were all kinds and degrees of unfavorable 
opinions concerning them, swinging from those of the in¬ 
dividual shooter who felt a personal grief at the handi¬ 
cap slaughter extended to himself, to those of the more 
comprehensive censure which held that the Handicap 
Committee had established the back mark too near, and 
thereby had made an error which worked grievous injury 
to the whole handicap. In other words, the censors 
maintained that 23yds. should have been the back mark, 
because in the official conditions the following statement 
sirUred" th-Handtcaps 16 to 23yds.” The committee con- 
sm^red that this condition was not mandatory, but that 
it allowed said committee discretionary power to place 
witHn te th tant 0n ?; n a r f - the - marks !t - deemed proper 
withm the prescribed limitation. If the committee did 
23°vH C ^rt er , c ° ntesta nt good enough to place on the 
uA; ™ j k ’ and s - td ! wer ,e forced to put him there against 
an effio dg r ,e - nt fi 14 IS i sel f-evident that the committee, as 
an efficient, independent body would cease to exist In- 
be 6 maH P 1 S ‘o°ln at t 3 ! ap P ar cnt how any committee could 
arrangements. 16 handlcaps by an y arbitrary pre- 
Nevertheless, the committee made a signal success in 
evoking much heartfelt disapproval. The members of it 
r dl H be H f ° rtUnate ’"deed if, i n the course of time, they 
incompe!ency erS ’ Ce3Se 4 ° be suspected ° f spontaneous 
a 3 bandlcap f>'"S sense, this prevalent disapproval 
ii a ^ 4 a . handicapping gloom over what otherwise might 
have been a cheerful comparison of skill. Yet the re¬ 
iver ^haY^i 41 / committee was right. It seems, how¬ 
ever, that it does not matter that the men placed at 
1 y ds - were out of it, as shown bv the scores. It also 
doesn t matter that nearly all of those placed at ? 0 yds 
I? ade , ° W . s c°r es - The writer takes pleasure in stating 
and be maintained that 20 yds. should be the back mark- 
a "1 “ere you are. The committee, however, was bright 
and cheerful through it all b 
tio T n h aEn isi Ti Came in for ?‘ s - fuI1 ’ fair share of objurga- 
r 3 ; 0 . T he menu was limited as to scope, was poor 
-n quality and exorbitant in price. Payment oftentimes 
was exacted in advance. The hungr/ guest plid hll 
money first and took what was coining to him last 
Several shooters averred that they had to pay two or 
three times before they could secure service once Sand- 
wiches were twenty cents. They were of prim,t?- 
material and construction. There was such a universal 
£hanlld ag to m fiAv 6 restau T ant service, that the tariff was 
changed to fifty cents for a meal. One gentleman 
ordered pork and beans under the new rate, and the 
price was fifty cents. He protested that it was a high 
price for pork and beans. 1 he courteous retort was tlfat 
pork and beans constituted a meal, price fifty cents 
KeTater^AH thf Cel ? ts wa ? char £ed for a glass of 
k-fu u 4 1 • A11 this, taken in conjunction with the alleged 
bad handicapping would tend to cast a cloud over the 
sunny natures of the shooters. The club management 
a plrt ofTfff C^A‘g thls part icular, inasmuch as it was 
a. part ot its G. A. H. contract that the catering was to 
oe good and at a reasonable price. g ds to 
. But it is quite certain that the club management was 
1 " n £ J lse at fault concerning the gossip, which almost 
reached Jie magnitude of a scandal, concerning the 
scoring at some of the traps. No doubt grave Irrors 
were made by- some scorer or scorers. 
had naid o{ gossip that' the Palmer House 
,, ad , paid , S’LOOO for the privilege of being the official 
headquarters, and it was shrewdly suspected that the 
1 aimer House might collect that $1,000 from others It 
was also suspected that said others might be the shooters 
was Ce |o?r n ect SerV1Ce Seemed 40 indicate that thtesuspicion 
_ Tfk baCk stop > 1 erected to improve the background was 
another source of grievance. It seemed to be a decided 
improvement over the varying background consequent 
*T, tbe , vo!um - e of black, foul smoke belched forth by tlm 
radroad engines, a few hundred yards away in unlim¬ 
ited quantities. But there were those who averred that 
L S Je U e=, PUrP0S k WaS 40 C3tch the shot ’ for which purpose 
tW e tk Cam -H S shei ; ts we J e re !?ularly spread under it, and 
that the side next to the railroad was for advertisement. 
shplT 3S 3 S ° sta , t j :d tbat another by-product, the empty 
shells were sold under contract to a reloading conn 
ewrv'hiri per rr rre J" ° ne gentleman remarked that 
e\ try.lung was utilized except the squeal. 
1025 
straight S W° f -n aPS were used. They were installed in a 
straight line. 1 lie ground equipment is perfect in every 
respect. No fault whatever can be found with the facil 
•ties, furnished- The office building was ample for all 
a ^a!ee m tent S ’ .S round s ,were free from muf and dust, 
a large tent, amply provided with camp chairs, afforded 
a place of comfortable rest, and the officials were all 
courteous and obliging. 
1 he grounds are about sixteen miles from the railroad 
pleasant. ChlCag °’ 3nd the ride to them » not un 
It is to be regretted that the first great shoot held 
Had h T hi 10U d beaS3 ,° Clated with so much of discontent 
Had it been confined to a small group it could have 
been passed over as the personal idiosyncracy of a few 
but , t was so widespread that it could not be ignored’ 
It would be a distinct pleasure to write that evemhfne 
wasJovely, but that pleasure is denied us X g 
lhe staff, which assisted Mr. Shaner, was a large one 
I he following is a list of the active members of ft 
General Manager-Elmer E. Shaner 
Ca S s S hi t e a r nt F Ma r a fA er k" : ; ChaS - A North ’ Cleveland, O. 
Cashier— F. C. Whitney, Des Moines, la 
Compiler of Scores—J. K. Starr, Philadelphia Pa 
burgf' Pa " 1 Compller of Scores-E. Reed ihaner, Pitts- 
Chief Clerk—Bernard Elsesser, York, Pa 
Helfv kS ^nd ’c H M n u° ffman ’„ C T S ‘ Hitchcock, T. M 
Fienejq ^nd C. M. Keyes, all of Chicago, Ill 
• Pul?m 5 lS. e °- A ' Graham ’ a " d SaJ - T Carney, of 
Tt‘ N u ^ . lra P~ Matt Harris, Muncie, Ind referee- M 
Fn/ssa sxsr —« p «“' 
Chicago, Ill., squad hustler ’ ’ Earl Hoover, 
Homer Brayton^ L^ Grangl’ I i ndianapolis .. Ind., referee; 
Chicago, Ill., squad hustlel- ’ ’’ scorer ' ,eo - Maley, 
FS’vln^’list^hSSI^h C scorer*-’ C^A T'"' 
C xr cag 2’ J IL > S( fuad hustler. sc orer, C. A. Rouse, 
Claud Steph P e^ J ’ MunciF^in 1 ! 1 " 1 ' 31131501 ' 3, i T f d ” ref eree; 
Chicago, Ill., squad hustler. d ’’ SCorer; - Tohn Abrams, 
p|man FO e r x b tf S a squ A - Froelich, 
^orfedSSr 1 XVben 
some diversion are eliminated 1 fellowship and whole- 
a„, 8r “' s's 
o„ TI M r LYy e ?„' r ' d 7 ,he 
shot. The doings on this target events were 
relevant to the tournament nth ' th 61 " 6 n j >4 m any way 
Of those who Kd for the da v ° f form 
Ed. O’Brien broke 99 out of the inn' Powers and 
Taylor. F. M. Faurote T l£r it 1 ,° 0 ' C ' Oottlieb. J. R. 
broke 98. M. J. Maryott^ and a p klns T 1 / 141 . ?• Boston 
Walter Huff J d ^ 
June 18, First Day. 
good scores her Lee b Berkley a sco’r-d U 99 n0t un / avorab,e for 
target sweepstakes, which conftltufed “Ih^ the fiv6 2 °‘ 
The entrance was S‘> with wr jj . the Programme. 
Competition waT often n f 5 t dded 4 s° each eve "t. 
agents shot for targets onlv , Manufacturers’ 
targets only. All stood at the 16yds. 
mark. 
or more 
inThYjfL," t Sunday's "events ’’ 10 “° r ' d 9 ° 
Lee Barkley and L. I. Wade scored 99 W H He 
L. J. Squier, Geo. Volk, J. A. Flick W V S' Hee 5’ 
G. S. Linderman 9S w n »: CK, ^ W * L) ‘ ^tannard, 
SS 5 : 1 : 
D C ^frSr" h C ^ K “PJieP%„S 
and H. w. Hightowlr 96 ' Kahler , G. M. Collins 
between 90 and 96 ’ d here were numerous scores 
Those w^fho’fVX-"""' h f 
oZZ:T: 5 rs; h: 
r. sS&tf’i: k fs, W; 
Ki r e h kr« Wh °T Sh ^r?L 6 VS"i2 f„, L of *. B. S. 
T Carkeek .. 
A McKean .... 
O S Sked . 
J S Tosee . 
J D Pollard ... 
H W Denny ... 
T H Parry . 
C Rotnour . 
C W Billings.., 
J Martin .. 
F D Alkire . 
R Styan . 
M C Bolton .... 
W E Einfeldt .. 
C Einfeldt . 
R O Heikes .... 
L S German .... 
T T D Morrison 
C M Powers _ 
H C Hirschy ... 
I ee Barkley .... 
W D Stannard .. 
Joe Barto . 
Geo Roll . 
Lem Willard .... 
Q Z Lawrence 
T A McKelvey .. 
T Tansey . 
94 
89 
78 
94 
90 
78 
94 
94 
95 
96 
96 
99 
76 
92 
80 
87 
90 
82 Crosby 97 
85 j a Bilfm”.::::.92 
! Wm Renelk 3 .:;;;. 84 
78 Jess Young .... 
91 Geo Eck ." 
R Kuss . 
81 D A Hawagan . 
T E' Graham . qa 
F W Warkman . 34 
Geo Volk .. qs 
f Foitz.;;;;;;.™ 
Pat McCorty . 72 
M Taylor . 7c 
B Gebhart . 97 
A H Sutton . 34 
W G Kreig ei 
j c Hams ^ 
A Reickhoff . 79 
en Harry Smith 73 
98 PC Olmsted . 90 
94 H Marshall . 73 
87 A Wilcox . 87 
93 G A Beard . cc 
It m ¥ , McKinnyl > !!!!!! 85 
83 Neaf Apgar ac 
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