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FOREST AND STREAM 
[July 25, 1908. 
Traps hooting. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Aug. 6-7.—Warrensburg, Mo.—Warrensburg and Pertle 
Springs G. C. C. VV. Beaty, Sec’y. 
Aug. 12-16.—Lock Haven (Pa.) G. C. C. H. Bressler, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 27.—Bristol, Conn.. G. C. shoot and barbecue. 
Aug. 27-28.-—Asbury Park (N. J.) Shooting Association. 
E. I. Vanderveer and Frank Muldoon, Mgrs. 
Sept. 7.—Cleveland (O.) G. C. tournament. 
Sept. 7-8.—Troy, N. Y.—Mountain View G. C. J J. 
Farrell. Sec’y. 
Sept. 18.—Sistersville, W. Va.—West Virginia G. C. Ed. 
O. Bower, Mgr. 
Oct. 13-14.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. annual Cos¬ 
mopolitan Championship. L. H. Shortemeier, Sec’y. 
1909 
Jan. 21.23.—Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club midwinter 
handicap target tournament. G. Dan Morgan, Sec’y- 
• Mgr. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
July 25.—Cockeysville (Md.) G. C. C. H. Gent, Sec’y. 
July 27-30.—Betterton, Md.—James R. Malone’s fifteenth 
annual. James R. Malone, Mgr. 
July 28.—-Mosinee (Wis.) G. C. H. L. Dessert, Sec’y. 
July 28.—M. V. S. L. of W. Va. Ed. H. Taylor, Sec’y. 
July 28-29.—Viola (Ill.) G. C. E. R. Frazier, Sec’y. 
July 28-29.—Eagle Grove (la.) G. C. A. L. Yearous, Sec’y. 
July 28-29.—Glasgow (Mo.) G. C. Dr. W. R. Hawkins, 
Sec’y. 
July 28-30.—Austin, Tex.—State tournament, under aus¬ 
pices of Austin G. C. Wallace Miller, Sec’y. 
July 29-30.—Sturgis (Mich.) R. and G. C. A. H. Wait, 
Sec’y. 
July 30.—Atglen, Pa.—Christiana-Atglen Gun Club. Lloyd 
R. Lewis, Sec’y. 
July 30.—Warrenton (Mo.) G. C. F. W. Linnert, Sec’y. 
July 30.—Toledo, O.—Crescent G. C. F. Freeman, Sec’y. 
Aug. 1.—Greensboro, N. C.—Gate City G. C. C. E. Hud¬ 
son, Sec’y. 
Aug. 2.—Milwaukee, Wis.—Badger G. C. Ed. F. Leidel, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 4-5.—Danville (Ill.) R. and G. C. H. T. Tengen, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 4-5.—Audubon (la.) G. C. F. Vermilya, Sec’y. 
Aug. 4-5.—Sisseton (S. D.) G. C. M. Schindler, Sec’y. 
Aug. 5-6.—Selin’s Grove (Pa.) G. C. Silas H. Schoch, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 5-6.—Sylvan Beach (N. Y.) G. C. M. Cavana, Mgr. 
Aug. 5-7.—Sherbrooke, Can.—Dominion of Canada Trap¬ 
shooting Association’s tournament. C. G. Thompson, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 5-8.—Coden, Ala.—Mobile G. C. Phil. S. Meyer, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 6.—La Crosse, Wis.—C. B. & Q. G. C. J. V. 
Winter, Sec’y. 
Aug. 6-7.—Redfield (S. D.) G. C. Dr. E. E. Giltner, 
Pres. 
Aug. 6-7.—Cayuga (Ind.), G. C. O. F. Thorne, Sec’y. 
Aug. 6-7.—Warrensburg (Mo.) and Pertle Springs G. C. 
Chas. W. Beatty, Sec’y. 
Aug. 7.—Pm-is, Ky.—Bourbon G. C. T. H. Clay, Jr., 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 7-9.—Ocean Park, Cal.—Crescent Bay G. C. Robt. 
H. Bungay, Sec’y. 
Aug. 8.—Unionville, Conn.—Brookside 
H. C. Mills, Sec’y. 
Aug. 8.—Trenton (N. J.) S. A. F. W. 
Aug. 10.—Clark (Mo.) G. C. W. M. 
Aug. 10-12.—Vicksburg (Miss.) G. C. 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 10-12.—Rapid City, S. D.—South Dakota State 
tournament, under auspices of Rapid City G. C. 
Chas. B. Hunt, Sec’y. 
Aug. 11.—Savannah (N. Y.) G. C. E. M. Harvie, 
Aug. 11-12.—Haines Landing, Me.'—Hillside G. C. 
& Welch, Mgrs. 
Aug. 12-13.—Trenton Falls, N. Y.-—O. C. S. A. 
A. J. Lowery, Sec’y. 
Aug. 12-13.—Lock Haven (Pa.) G. C. C. H. Bressler, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 12-13.—Pawnee (Okla.) G. C. S. W. Burr, Sec’y. 
Aug. 12-13.—Pomeroy (O.) G. C. S. B. Hanlin, Sec’y. 
Aug. 15.—Montpelier (Vt.) G. C. Dr. C. H. Burr, Sec’y. 
Aug. 15.—E. Lexington, Mass.—Middlesex G. C. Robert 
Smith, Sec’y. 
Aug. 16.—Milwaukee, Wis.—North Side G. C. Geo. Lade, 
R. and G. C. 
Mathews, Mgr. 
Wright, Pres. 
J. J. Bradfield, 
Sec’y. 
Hinds 
G. C. 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 18.—West Newton, Pa.—W. P. T. L. tournament, 
auspices of West Newton G. C. M. W. Marsh, Sec’y. 
Aug. 18-20.—Des Moines, la.—The Interstate Associa¬ 
tion’s third Western Handicap target tournament; 
$1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., 
Pittsburg. Pa. 
Aug. 18-20.—Galveston (Tex.) G. C. E. D. Chadick, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 19.—Charlottesville (Va.) and 1 University Gun Club. 
George L. Bruffey. Sec’y 
Aug. 19.—Batavia, N. Y.—Holland G. C. Jay L. Robson, 
Sec’v. 
Aug. 19-21.—Baltimore, Md.—Prospect Park G. C. J. M. 
Hawkins, Mgr. 
Aug. 20.—Newark, N. Y.—Wayne G. C. P. T. Eggleston, 
Sec’v. 
Aug. 20.—New Bedford, Mass.—Paskamansett G. C. 
Egbert G. Bullard, Sec’v. 
Aug. 20-21.—Harrisburg (Pa.) Sportsmen’s Association. 
Karl Steward. Sec’y. 
Aug. 20-21.—Harrisburg (Pa.) Sportsmen’s Association. 
Karl Steward, Sec’y. 
Aug. 24-25.—Sioux Falls (S. D.) S. C. J. J. Burns, Pres. 
Aug. 25-26.—Seattle, Wash.—West Seattle Gun Club. L. 
E. Diller, Sec’y. 
Aug. 25-26.—Scammon (Kans.) G. C. G. K. Mackie, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 25-27.—Arnold’s Park (la.) G. C. E. C. Henshaw, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 25-27.—Davenport, la.—Cumberland G. C. Harry 
Martens, Sec’y. 
Aug. 26-27.—Novinger (Mo.) G. C. R. D. Frankford, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 27.—Bristol (Conn.) G. C. Junius Z. Douglass, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 28.—Grafton, W. Va.—M. V. S. L. of W. Va. Ed. 
H. Taylor, Sec'y. 
Aug. 29.—Bethel (Conn.) G. C. G. K. Bailey, Sec’y. 
Sept. 1-2.—Nappanee (Ind.) G. C. Geo. F. Miller, Sec’y. 
Sept. 1-3.—Denver, Colo.—Interstate Association Rocky 
Mountain tournament; $1,500 to $3,000 added money. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Manager Ed. O. Bower writes us that the fall tourna¬ 
ment of the West Virginia Gun Club will be held on 
Sept. 18, at Sistersville, W. Va. 
H 
At the Quarryville, Pa., Gun Club tournament, July 
16, the eight-man team of the home club defeated the 
Rawlinsville team by a score of 296 to 285. Each man 
shot at 50- targets. 
The captain of the Highland Gun Club, Andrew Bal- 
lantyne, was high in the event at 100 targets, shot at 
Edge Hill, July 18. The event was shot in strings of 
25, and Ballantyne scored 23 four times, a total of 92 
out of 100. 
V, 
A six-man team match, shot on July 18, between the 
Pleasure Gun Club, of Englewood, and the Oradell Gun 
Club, both of New Jersey, shot on the grounds of the 
latter, resulted as follows: Oradell 130, Englewood 121. 
Each man shot at 25 targets. 
Vt, 
A feature of the Hillside Gun Club shoot, held on 
the Chestnut Hill, Pa., grounds, was a match at 25 
targets, between Messrs. L. Parsons and M. Bisbing. 
The former won by a score of 23 to 22. Bisbing, how¬ 
ever, was very successful in the club events. 
V 
The Morgan Gun Club, of Morgan, N. J. (post office 
address, South Amboy, N. J.), announces a shoot for 
Aug. 8. On July 20 a ten-man team of this club de¬ 
feated a ten-man team of the Aquehonga Gun Club, of 
Staten Island, by a team total of 370 to 354. Each man 
shot at 50 targets. 
At the shoot of the local club at Doylestown, Pa., 
July 13, Mr. Noah L. Clark scored a second win on 
the Bucks County cup, with a score of 83 out of a 
possible 100. Mr. Frank Henry and Joe Rogers, of 
Lansdale, shot for the championship of Bucks and 
Montgomery counties. Henry won by a score of 44 to 
43 out of a possible 50. This was his second win. 
V, 
At the monthly shoot of the S. S. White Gun Club, 
held at Holmesburg Junction, Pa., July 18, the main 
contests were the club prize shoot and the challenge 
cup event. In the club event, 25 targets, Mr. Charles 
Newcomb won with a score of 23, Ford being second 
with 22. In the class challenge cup event, Newcomb 
again won with 23, in Class A. Mr. Frank Cantrell was 
a close second with 22. 
K 
At the shoot of the Pahouioque Gun Club, Danbury, 
Conn., July 18, Danbury and New Haven tied on 244 
out of a possible 309 in the team contest. Danbury was 
victorious in the shoot-off. The Hartford and Water- 
bury teams scored 227 and 238 respectively. The high 
professionals were Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, 124 out of 135; 
H. IT. Stevens, 123; Neaf Apgar and G. Wheeler, 114. 
The high amateurs were Mr. L. N. Lee, 125; H. J. 
ITackett, 123. 
r, 
Excellent scores were a feature of the Interstate shoot 
of the Wilmington, N. C., Gun Club, July 14, 15 and 16. 
The championship cup was won by Mr. R. G. Stokley, 
of Wilmington, who tied with Mr. Emory R. Storr on 
97 out of 100. In the shoot-off they tied on a straight 
score in the first 25; in the second 25 Stokley won by 
breaking 23 to Storr’s 21. It was decided that Wilming¬ 
ton, N. C., would be the place of the next tournament. 
Mr. B. G. Empie was unanimously re-elected President. 
Mr. Geo. W. Penny, of Wilmington, was elected Sec¬ 
retary. 
Programmes are out for the second annual midwinter 
handicap target tournament of the Pinehurst Country 
Club, Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 20-23, 1909. The main event, 
the midwinter handicap, is at 100 targets, $15 entrance; 
handicaps 16 to 23yds., high guns, $125 added to the 
purse. In addition to first money the winner will re¬ 
ceive a trophy, presented by the Pinehurst Country 
Club. Mr. G. Dan Morgan is Secretary-Manager. The 
members of the handicap committee are Messrs. Geo. L. 
Lyon (chairman), C. M. Powers, Jos. H. Hunter, C. M. 
Billings, J. I. Johnson and Dr. E. F. Gleason. 
The Columbus, O., Gun Club will have a programme 
totaling 150 targets, total entrance $7, for its sweep- 
stake and special merchandise events, Aug. 6, conclud¬ 
ing with an old-fashioned corn roast, under the super¬ 
vision of Dr. J. A. Van Fossen and Mr. Fred. Shattuck. 
There will be high average money, so that he who has 
good eyes and good teeth should return home with a full 
pocket and a full stomach. Mr. Shattuck writes that 
the corn roast is an interesting event, and that there is 
strong competition for the corn-eating championship, 
the standards being clean and fast work in addition to 
quantity. 
Bernard Waters. 
Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus, O., July 20.—The afternoon’s sport was 
thoroughly enjoyable. Two beautiful trophies were 
awarded for high guns in two important events, the 
shooting of which then closed. The first prize trophy 
was a $25 Belieke vase, won by Mr. B. F. Bolin. Out of 
the 300 birds, doubles and singles, he scored 251. 
The second prize was the secretary trophy presented 
by Fred Shattuck for the spring and summer. Com¬ 
petition in the 25-bird handicap, all shooting from 19yds. 
and each contestant figured on a 92 per cent, basis, all 
80 per cent, men or under 92 per cent, being allowed 
enough added birds to equal 92 per cent. 
The cup was won by Mr. Wm. Webster, who averaged 
for his six best events in the race 97 V 2 per cent., break¬ 
ing 145 out of the 150, a fine performance. Mr. G. M. 
Smith was a close second with 138 out of 150. 
Invitations to the annual corn roast will soon be 
ready to mail, and a large crowd is expected to partici¬ 
pate. A one day’s shoot will be on for that day with 
average money and percentage system. It will be looked 
after by Dr. Van Fossen and Fred Shattuck. 
The large framed picture, the Du Pont trophy, was 
started Saturday, with a 25-bird handicap from 16 to 
20yds. Dr, Van Fossen and F. Shattuck tied with 21 
out of 25 from 20vds., twelve shooters taking part in the 
race. Scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Harrison . 
Newlove . 
Shattuck . 
Bolin . 
Hall . 
.14 9 13 .. 
.13 9 12TO 
. 18 21 20 17 
. 12. 
. 11. 
16 16 14 12.. 
.. IS 21 20 15. 
.. 17 15 18 11 19 21 12 20 
8 17 14 8 17 17 . 
J T Wells. 
.13 11 .. .. 
13 14 20 . 
W arner . 
. 14 10 12 14 
.. 19 18 22 21 . 
G M Smith. 
.13 14 13 .. 
.. 20 21 . 
Shilling . 
. 11 12 .. .. 
14 12 20 . 
H E Smith. 
.12 13 13 .. 
.. 17 23 24 . 
. 7 9 .. .. 
..20. 
.15. 
.. 21 20 25 . 
Field . 
.12 10 11 .. 
.. 20 19. 
..21. 
Harper . 
.11 12 10 .. 
.. 19 17 . 
Atlantic City Gun Club. 
Atlantic City, N. J., July 13.—I send herewith scores 
of our club. Event No. 1 was shot June 26. Event No. 
2 on July 10 for the Fox gun, 19yds. rise, use of both 
barrels. In the last shoot, Young made a great mark, 
missing his twenty-third in the first half and the twenty- 
fourth in the second event, a total of 48. Event No. 3 
was for the Hunter trophy and Orleman won. 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Targets: 
50 
50 
30 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
Young . 
. 39 
48 
26 
23 
21 
22 
Huber. 
. 45 
43 
23 
21 
25 
21 
( Irleman . 
. 40 
35 
27 
14 
22 
23 
Hammil . 
. 39 
35 
24 
21 
19 
19 
Pennell . 
. 28 
25 
21 
12 
21 
20 
Sheppard. 
. 37 
35 
22 
14 
21 
24 
Madara . 
. 36 
24 
23 
19 
Osgood. 
. 25 
32 
IS 
ii 
18 
Van Kirk . 
11 
11 
19 
Esrey . 
13 
Cloud . 
. 1 
20 
15 
18 
19 
17 
Stabler . 
is 
Sheppard. 
Oradell—Englewood. 
Oradell, N. J., July 18. —The second of the series 
of matches between the Oradell Gun Club and the 
Pleasure Gun Club, of Englewood, was shot to-day at 
the Oradell traps, resulting in a victory for Oradell. The 
scores were as follows: 
Oradell. 
Englewood. 
K 
C Atwood. 
24 
F YVestervelt . 
20 
K 
C Atwood, Jr. 
. 22 
Dr Moeller . 
19 
F 
Ackerman . 
. 20 
F W Hall . 
25 
C 
P Post. 
. 20 
W W Hunter. 
18 
T 
W Winters. 
. 23 
W J Sorter. 
21 
A 
C Ackerman.... 
. 21—130 
C J Westervelt.... 
18—121 
F. H. Waite, Sec’y. 
