July 25, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Wilmington Tournament. 
Wilmington, N. C.—The tournament of the Wilming¬ 
ton Gun Club had both a State and inter-State signifi¬ 
cance. Among the famous professionals in attendance 
were Col. J. T. Anthony, A. M. Hatcher, E. H. Storr. 
C. H. Knight, J. Anderson, C. H. Hartsock, Guy \\ ard 
and Harold Money. 
July 14, First Day. 
There was a fine breeze, and the day was clear and 
pleasant. The star feature of the day’s competition was 
the total of 198 out of 200 made by R. G. Stokley, this 
tonping the doings of each of the other contestants, both 
amateur and professional. He finished in tlte day s 
closing event with a straight score of 20. G. V\ ard, 
professional, made a run of 136, while Money was a close 
competitor with 132, and Huff scored a run of 128. Totals 
of the day follow; 
Shot at. Broke 
Money 
Littig .. 
Nuchols 
Ward .. 
Dreher . 
Anthony 
Simms . 
Huff ... 
Hatcher 
Stokley 
Storr .. 
Johnson 
Shot at. Broke 
* 
.200 
196 
Bates . 
.200 
161 
Boylan ... 
.200 
189 
Penny .... 
.200 
197 
Lawrence . 
.200 
182 
Boushee • • 
.200 
172 
Taylor ... 
.200 
188 
Holmes ... 
.200 
178 
Empie .... 
.200 
196 
Longfellow 
.200 
190 
Merriman 
.200 
198 
Gibson .... 
.200 
193 
Harriss ... 
.200 
180 
July 
15, 
Second Day. 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
80 
180 
40 
120 
188 
175 
169 
184 
189 
180 
185 
167 
56 
166 
26 
98 
The day’s averages ran high, that of Guy Ward, 199 
out of 200, leading the rest. Of this 143 were scored in 
a straight run. Walter Huff was second high average 
with 198, and Storr was third with 196. 
The high amateur average, 188, was made by Stokley, 
: Wilmington, to whom was second Dr J. 1. Johnson, 
of 
of Raleigh, with 186; third, C. Nuchols, of Charlotte, 184; 
fourth, Lee Holmes, of Wilmington 182. In the con¬ 
test for the championship cup donated by Geo. L. Gyon, 
of Durham, Stokley and Storr tied on 97 out of 100, as 
follows: 
Littig . 20 17 18 21-76 
Nuchols ... 22 24 24 22 92 
Dreher .... 23 23 23 24-93 
Stokley .... 25 24 24 24 97 
Johnson ... 22 23 .. ..—45 
Simms .... 24 22 21 .. 67 
Storr . 24 25 25 23-97 
Anthony ... 20 22 .. 19—61 
Merriman.. 21 24 25 22—92 
Boylan .... 20 22 23 23-88 
Penny . 24 24 22 23—93 
Tavlor . 23 20 22 23—88 
Sullivan ... 22 22 21 19—84 
Holmes _ 20 23 20 19—82 
Shaw . 18 20 17 13—68 
Whittington 23 24 21 22—90 
Empie . 23 23 22 23-91 
Walls .19 21 .. ..-40 
Bates . 24 23 21 24—92 
The tie was shot off on the following day, 50 targets, 
Stokley winning by a score of 48 to 46. In the first -5 
they both broke straight. 
The totals of the ten sweepstake events were as iol- 
lows: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Money . 
Littig .. 
Nuchols 
Ward .. 
Dreher 
Walls .. 
Simms 
Anthony 
Storr .. 
Huff ... 
Hatcher 
Stokley 
Johnson 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
192 
155 
184 
199 
180 
176 
178 
175 
196 
198 
187 
188 
186 
Merriman 
Bates .... 
Boylan 
Penny ... 
Lawrence 
Boushee . 
Taylor 
Holmes . 
Empie .. 
Truelove 
200 
200 
200 
200 
80 
200 
200 
200 
200 
80 
Hergenrother ... 180 
Longfellow .100 
Ramsey .20 
177 
171 
169 
177 
64 
179 
178 
182 
171 
38 
131 
91 
15 
The closing feature was a match at 26 targets between 
Anderson and Knight, who made 24 and -3 respective!}'. 
July 16, Third Day. 
The longest run of the day was to the credit of A. M. 
Hatcher, 117. The high professional averages for the 
three days were as follows: First, Guy Ward 492 out 
of 500; second, Walter Huff, 489; third, Harold Money, 
481. The amateurs finished in the three days averages 
as follows: Stokley 479, Nuchols 464, Dr. J. I. Johnson 
4G3 
J High guns of the day were: Johnson 97, Ward 96, 
Huff 95. , t> r 
The election of officers resulted as follows. B. G. 
Empie was unanimously re-elected President; Geo. \V. 
Penny, Secretary and Treasurer. It was decided to hoi 
the next annual tournament at Wilmington. 
In the evening a pleasant incident was the presentation 
of a beautiful and valuable watch charm to Champion 
Stokley by A. M. Hatcher, representative of the Ameri¬ 
can Powder Mills. 
The Morgan Gun Club. 
Morgan, N. J., July 20,-Appended are the scores of 
our last shoot, July IS. Morgan won by a score of JO 
to 354, beating the Aquchonga Gun C,ub lb targets out 
of 500 shot at. The high wind made it bad for the 
Sh On tC Aug. 8 the Morgans will have another big shoot. 
Each man shot at 50 targets: 
Morgan Gun Club. 
Bloodgood . 36 
Applegate . 32 
Hartman . 
Rose . 
Deitz . 34 
Cheesman . 37 
Kennedy .42 
Nilson . 3 1 
Bissett . 44 
Morgan . 36—3(0 
Aquehonga Gun Club. 
Ellis . 35 
Wolfgang . 35 
Avery . 34 
Curry . 
Joline . 
Lovett . 
Avery . 
Hadkins . 
Scoffield . 
Anderroitt . 3o—354 
L. D. Wood, Jr. 
33 
35 
36 
35 
40 
36 
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