230 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 8, 1908. 
The Wapakoneta Shoot. 
\\ apakoneta, O., is decidedly on the map of the 
tiapshooting circuit and was very conclusively shown 
at the most excellent tournament given at the grounds of 
the wapakoneta Gun Club on July 29. The writer 
together with several other gentlemen, arrived the even¬ 
ing before the shoot and were most pleasantly entertained 
by the boys of the club, who did everything they could 
think of to make it pleasant for them. 
kbe Sjonnds of the club are located on the baseball 
park, with the targets thrown toward the east, and a 
most ideal spot for the game, as the scores will show. 
Iwo large tents and a dining tent were nicely ar¬ 
ranged to provide shade and comfort and look after the 
needs of the inner man, and were in charge of Mr. Tim 
Schochey, whose manipulation of fried spring chicken 
and other palate tickling viands made a great hit with 
the boys. The office was in charge of Clarence Nichols, 
Ur. btuckey and Clarence Zenglein, who attended to 
everything in fine shape, and not even a sign of a 
scrap was noticeable in that direction. Peck Heisler 
the congenial sportsman the Wapauk boys selected as 
their secretary, is a wonder, and Peck and all the club 
members made it so very pleasant for the visiting shoot- 
ers that they wanted to know when the next one was 
going to be. 
Between numbers some wonderful fish stories were 
told, and the delegation from Celina in charge of 
George Kistler and the Lewistown believers told some 
whoppers about the big ones that run away with the 
hook, line and sinker. 
The shoot finished up about 5:30 P. M., and they all 
seemed to hang around as if they wanted to stay longer 
Ihe shooting was fast and furious, and a bunch were 
closely bunched on the first 100 birds. Kistler, of 
Celina, and Shattuck, of Columbus, finished a few 
points ahead, scoring 98 each in amateurs, and Luther 
Squier, 97, high professional. Of the 170-bird programme 
when finished and the smoke lifted, it was found that 
George Kistler, of Celina. and Little George Volk, of 
loledo—two Georges at that—carried off the big water 
melon with only four targets lost out of the 170. Second 
high lay between D. A. Upson and Markham, each 
having lost but five out of the 170. Third high average 
was between Edward Cain, of Dayton, and F. Shattuck 
of Columbus, each of whom lost 10 birds out of the 170 
Luther Squier finished with 166, losing but 4 targets 
being high professional. Mr. Horace Heikes finished 
with 162, being second high professional. Mr. Court 
Gibbs was the puller, and Red Gueser the trapper and 
Arthur Reams the scorer. 
Events: 1 2 3 456789 10 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 20 Broke 
Squier . 15 14 20 14 15 19 15 15 19 20 166 
k) IT Upson. 15 15 17 15 15 20 13 15 20 20 165 
P Heisler . 14 14 19 13 14 18 13 15 19 19 158 
Shattuck . 15 14 20 14 15 20 13 14 19 16 160 
E Rodgers . 15 14 19 13 12 19 15 15 IS 19 159 
If Heikes. 15 15 20 14 13 19 15 14 19 ]9 lfi9 
\Vm Lambert . 14 13 20 13 13 19 15 11 20 20 158 
Geo Kistler . 15 14 19 15 15 20 13 15 20 20 156 
A W Kirbv. 15 12 15 15 14 17 15 15 18 18 154 
F F ^ un y° n . 15 11 16 10 10 14 13 13 17 17 136 
V, A \oung. 13 13 17 13 13 IS 15 11 16 19 148 
P E Martin. 14 14 14 14 1119 12 13 16 19 146 
E G Long . 13 14 18 13 14 17 13 15 18 18 153 
U E Lockhart. 15 12 16 13 15 18 15 14 19 20 157 
E J Brune . 13 13 19 13 S 10 14 11 13 .. 114 
L Cumberland . 11 10 19 13 11 16 13 14 16 13 136 
C J Henderson. 14 13 IS 14 14 19 13 14 17 20 156 
Dr Parker . 12 13 17 14 15 19 14 14 19 19 156 
C L Smith. 11 9 12 9 12 15 9 10 16 IS 1R 
H Wentz . 13 13 19 13 13 20 13 14 19 19 156 
J. ak e Zint . 13 13 17 10 14 13 14 14 18 IS 144 
V F W. 13 12 IS 14 14 20 14 14 20 17 156 
U D Arndt. 13 10 14 12 11 18 13 14 14 IS 137 
Ed Cam . 13 14 19 14 15 20 13 14 19 19 160 
H L Rairdon. 11 14 12 12 12 16 1° 1° 17 16 134 
Marquies . 13 14 14 12 13 HI 13 10 “>0 IS 147 
U E Smith. 14 14 19 15 11 18 14 12 19 20 156 
Urn Doll .. 14 14 17 14 11 IS 15 12 19 13 147 
Chas Lane . 11 12 IS 11 12 IS 14 11 16 19 142 
-T T or " ber , eer . 14 14 IS 14 11 16 14 14 19 19 153 
h \\ Markman. 15 15 19 15 14 18 15 15 19 20 165 
Chas Zint . 11 14 IS 1° 12 16 14 14 16 IS 145 
Geo Volk . 15 14 IS 15 15 19 15 15 20 20 166 
E W ingct . 11 12 IS 13 11 14 11 12 15 .. 117 
T ' v hiteman . 7 6 12 6 6 6 43 
- T Bailey .15 19 11 13 if) 20 97 
Mr. D. A. Unson and Mr. Rodgers, of Cleveland, O.. 
" VPr tc ! tb e shoot, and were both greatly pleased 
with their trio, having enjoyed a fine day’s sport with 
a eood crowd of shooters. 
Ur. Parker and his new Remington got busy every 
time they run out of chicken. The latter being a great 
'i* was bai "h 1° leave iust to shoot a few 
J V Eambert wore a red iacket with two Ks on it 
and he decided at the finish that he had one TC too 
many or he would have finished one, two, three, and 
we believe him. 
Charlie Zint has a new goose trap in course of con- 
structiom and he is going to set it out on the prairie 
and catch a mess of wild ones for the next shoot. A 
line of goo=f- sandwiches will be the order. 
Smiling H<=-rb Wentz made a howl about having a 
tierce headache and went out and broke 20 straight. 
V onder what that means? 
Whiteman was so busy entertaining the visitors 
that he shot at the rocks before they left the trap, so he 
could hurry back. 
Winget, the lightning rod man, keeps on talking to 
bluerocks just like he was selling a bill of lightning 
catchers, and they seemed to listen, because for a new 
beeinner he j?ot quite a mess. 
Charlie Smith sent to town for a lantern, so he could 
keep on shooting. The day was not long enough for 
Charlie. 
Bellefontaine. as usual, showed up with Tohn Horn- 
berger. L. E. Marquis. Riordnn. Wm. Doll. C. C Lane 
I hese are a congenial lot of shooters, and are alwavs 
veil represented at the different tournaments. 
E- G. Long, G. E. Lockhart and two of their friends 
from De Graff were on -hand, and they represent a fine 
little club from that city. 
A. W. Kirby, the good old reliable from Greenville, 
was here, and everybody was glad to see him. He told 
a few fish stories also. 
Ed. Brune, of Celina, ■ was on deck with a long line 
of talk about the Celina catfish. 
C. T. Henderson, the popular shooter of Springfield, 
O., was very much in evidence as usual, and made many 
friends. 
Charlie Young, of Springfield, was third high profes¬ 
sional, and says that everything looks fine down on the 
farm. Charlie had his pants in his boots. 
L D. Arndt, of Tiffin, arn’t no bad feller at a shoot. 
He can break more than he did to-day. 
Young Gray, from Hampshire, is a comer, and will 
show up in great shape with a little practice. 
Fred Shattuck. 
Holly Springs Gun Club. 
Holly Springs, Miss., July 24. —That the first annual 
tournament of the Remington Gun Club, of Holly 
Springs, Miss., was a success goes without saying. 
Any of the thirty-one contestants present will vouch for 
the fact that there is not a finer bunch of boys in the 
game than those composing the young organization. 
To Mr. D. H. Halladay’s untiring efforts in the thank¬ 
less position of field captain, are due most of the 
thanks, though the assistance rendered him bv Messrs. 
Roy and G. VV. Stephenson, Percey Anderson, E. Mahon, 
M. C. Jones, and in fact, the entire membership of the 
club, added greatly to the pleasure of all those present. 
Ihe shoot was advertised to be under the management 
of professionals, but these hard-working boys left so 
little to be done that about all we professionals had to 
do was to keep busy accepting the many courtesies ex¬ 
tended us during our visit in this pretty little city. In 
fact, we cidn’t even manage to win high average, 
though Le Compte and Long made as pretty a race for 
it as you are likely to see at any tournament and only 
succumbed in the last event to Mr. C. C. Hawkins, an 
amateur, of Woodstock, Tenn., whose good, hard, con¬ 
sistent shooting landed him high with 189 out of’ 200— 
a fire piece of work indeed—nosing out Le Compte and 
Long, who finished a tie, by one target. Mr. J. B. 
Duncan, of Lucy. Tenn., another amateur, finished 
next in line with 185 out of 200. 
I do not know that I have ever attended a shoot where 
all the boys enjoyed themselves, more or seemed better 
satisfied than at this one. During the entire day there 
was not a balk from the trap, and there were virtually 
no broken targets thrown. The positions of scorer, 
referee, etc., were filled by members of the club who 
knew their business thoroughly, and under the leader¬ 
ship of Mr.. Nate Siessel, kept things running smoothly, 
while Mr. Semmes, the good trade representative in this 
territory, handled the cashier’s desk like an old-timer, 
and received and deserves the thanks of all present. 
The satisfaction given by the Jack Rabbit division of 
moneys at this shoot should without question lead other 
clubs to adopt this system at their tournaments. It is 
the only system for the promotion of the sport, and that, 
together with the true Southern hospitality extended to 
their guests on this occasion, will more than double the 
attendance at the next tournament, held bv the Holly 
Springs boys. 
Following are the scores: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. 
Broke 
C C Hawkins... 
20C 
189 
F 
B Hudson.., 
, 135 
96 
*C Le Compte.. 
200 
188 
C 
S Cook. 
135 
93 
*W A Long.... 
200 
188 
W 
S Cocke. 
135 
SS 
1 B Duncan. 
200 
1S5 
T 
B Kinney.... 
100 
74 
R F hinley. 
200 
182 
1 
R Tisdale. 
90 
62 
Ed (_rooks . 
200 
170 
P 
Anderson ... 
100 
61 
W H lomer. 
200 
169 
IV 
Hamilton. . . 
70 
57 
*P B Plummer. 
200 
164 
Dr 
Seale . 
70 
49 
W Hawkins .. . 
200 
162 
T : 
B Sowell. 
70 
38 
K L Cheshire... 
200 
158 
s 
R Crawford. . 
70 
32 
A Cage . 
200 
152 
L 
R Anderson. 
30 
23 
G A Kinney.... 
200 
1 Ff> 
M 
C Tones. 
35 
17 
U Halladay .... 
165 
125 
E 
C Mahon. 
20 
15 
Hr W Hendersonl50 
114 
C, 
Stephenson . 
30 
14 
K Stephenson... 
150 
103 
W 
M Maclin.... 
30 
13 
J E Henderson. 
130 
96 
*Trade representatives. 
Holly-Hocks. 
Clarence was the boy—94y 2 per cent. 
H ,, j y klck was from the fellow that didn’t come. 
Halladay is a hustler for sure. Shoots at the top, 
too, most of the time. 
All Hamilton needed was just one more and he’d have 
gone straight in that event. 
And my friend Cheshire, from down the river went 
crazy one time and broke ’em all. 
From Bolivar, Tenn., came Hudson, Cooke and Cocke 
three as fine sportsmen as you ever met, and a welcome 
addition to any shoot. 
Long George Kinney got ’em all, too, in one event. 
George and his cousins, Jim Kinney and Jesse Tisdale, 
made a mightv popular delegation from the Brownsville’ 
lenn., Gun Club. 
Mr. A. Cage run up from Coffeeville, Miss., and 
when he once got started, gave a very good account of 
Himself. His straight score in the tenth event was a 
nice piece of work indeed. 
VYes. Hawkins, John Duncan and the two Henderson 
boys were justly proud of their club mates winning 
high honors. The Woodstock, Tenn., Gun Club is well 
represented indeed when any one of this bunch is on 
hand. 
, Farmer Le Compte put up the race of his life. Up 
mil right from the start, and that he finished so close 
was due only to his nerve and skill. His was the long run 
of the day. s 
Uncle Bill Joiner, Crooks and Pop Finley were the 
good bunch from Memphis. Finley, the only member 
of the Gin Squad present, felt a little lonesome, but 
managed to hold up his end of the rope pretty well 
and finished close up with 91 per cent. Pop is a very 
appropriate name for Finley, for there is no more popu¬ 
lar shooter in the game. 
It was a pretty race indeed furnished by the leaders, 
Clarence Hawkins, Le Compte and Long. Even up at 
the beginning of the last event, and each down only 
ten. Long and Hawkins, who had tried to make a 
runaway race of it from the start, had been gradually 
overhauled by Le Compte, and they were all on even 
terms at the beginning of the last 20, but Billy Long, 
who shot in great form throughout, let 2 get away from 
him in this event, as did also Le Compte, and Hawkins 
w'on a hard-earned victory with 19, a popular victory, too, 
and Clarence well deserved the many boquets that were 
handed him. p. p 
Analostan Gun Club. 
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 2.—The Analostan Gun 
Club had an exceptionally good day for their weekly 
shoot yesterday. 'J he afternoon was cool, occasioned by 
a stiff north wind, the tail of a hurricane that prevailed 
on the coast, according to the weather man. It caused 
the targets to^ soar and made the right-quarterers a stiff 
proposition. Twenty shooters were in attendance. Fol¬ 
lowing are the scores made during the afternoon: 
Events: 
1 
2 3 
4 
5 6 
7 8 9 
10 11 12 13 
1 argets: 
10 
10 15 
10 10 15 10 15 25 15 
25 15 10 
Brk. 
23 . 
.. S 
9 12 
19 .. 
39 
M Taylor... 
.. 10 
9 13 
.. ..23 
55 
C Wilson.... 
4 9 
2 
4 .. 
22 
Wise . 
.. 8 
9 12 
8 
.. 13 
23 
12 
% 
Mouve . 
9 8 
5 
6 .. 
6 .. 15 
17 .. 
8 
81 
Geyer . 
.. 4 
5 9 
9 
6 .. 
.. .. 12 
45 
Farnham 
.. 8 
10 12 
9 
9 14 
.. ..23 
15 
9 
109 
Robinson ... 
.. 3 
5 6 
7 11 
.. 7 15 
54 
Shoup . 
.. 6 
8 10 
8 
.. 11 
.. .. 16 
4 
63 
Hawes . 
.. 5 
5 11 
.. ..11 
32 
Fowler . 
.. 5 
7 8 
.. 8 
28 
Hunter . 
.. 6 
9 7 
9 
.. 14 
.. 14 20 
21 .. 
100 
Dufour . 
n 
8 10 
8 
.. 9 21 
21 .. 
84 
Willis . 
.. 10 
7 11 
5 
.. 10 
.. 6 .. 
49 
Wilhite . 
.. 6 
9 13 
.. 11 
‘ ’ 4 * 
39 
Bruce . 
. 13 
29 
Cox . 
.. 11 
7 
lit 
34 
Parsons .... 
.. 9 
5 
4 11 
.. 10 17 10 
.. 9 
75 
Folsom . 
8 7 
4 
.. 9 
28 
Weedon . 
.. 5 
. .. 16 
2 
23 
Notes. 
Messrs. Barr, Hunter, Farnham, Steubener and Tay¬ 
lor attended Capt. Malone’s shoot at Betterton last 
week. The boys enjoyed the trip, the shoot and the 
Captain’s entertainment, and all hope to be with him 
again next year. 
Farnham was doing great work yesterday. Ninety 
per cent, out of 120 targets is surely the “loud noise.’"’ 
His trip to Betterton helped him. 
C. B. Wise is learning the “hang” of his new gUn, 
and is doing consistent work. He is a very reliable shot, 
and now that he has found the right load for his “old 
reliable,” he may be expected to do better hereafter. 
Dr. Monroe is breaking in a new gun. It is all right, 
and the Doctor expects to turn out some good scores 
from now on. 
Willis was shooting in great time yesterday and doing 
good work with his 7-pound Parker. 
Folsom doesn’t get out very often, but he surely en¬ 
joys it when he can be with us. 
Old Twenty-three was doing good work, but couldn’t 
be with us long. 
The ninth event was the club contest. Farnham, Wise 
and Taylor were high with 23 each; Dufour 21, Hunter 
Miles Taylor, Sec’y. 
Schuyler County League. 
Girardville, Pa., July 30.— This was the mid-summer 
shoot -of the Schuylkill County League, about forty 
shooters taking part. Some very good scores were 
made. _ The conditions were ideal. Everything moved 
along in good order, and proved to be one of the best 
shoots ever held in this country. 
Team shoot, 25 f 
Pottsville No. 
Goleman . 
Haverty . 
Reed . 
Updegrove . 
Frackville. 
Madara ... 
Irw : n . 
D Brosher 
Settyer 
Rupert 
Goetter . 
Schoffren . 22—88 
Cooper 
Retyan 
Green . 
Goetter 
McDonald . 16 
Anderson . 17 
Schoffner . 19 
Kissinger . 22 
Cooper . 23 
Barney . 11 
:argets 
per man: 
1. 
Girardville No. 
1. 
. 21 
Kissinger . 
17 
. 25 
Haughaner. 
21 
. IS 
Rogers . 
17 
. IP 
Miller . 
18 
. 16—97 
Anderson . 
19—92 
Lost Crees. 
. 11 
F Donohue . 
°0 
. 15 
Brindle . 
21 
. 14 
Joyce . 
11 
. 7 
Gaugher . 
15 
. 15—62 
T Donohue . 
19- 
-84 
O 
Girardville No. 
9 
. 21 
Curtis . 
23 
. 11 
McDonald . 
14 
. 12 
Faust . 
10 
22 
Rarnhard . 
12 
. 22 88 
Heine . 
15- 
-74 
Mahanoy City. 
, 21 
Foy . 
10 
17 
19 
Benner . 
23- 
-90 
25 targets: 
* 
... 22 
Miller . 
13 
... 19 
Rogers . 
17 
... 23 
Benner . 
Haughaney . 
19 
... 17 
F Donahue . 
21 
... 19 
Gaughan . 
17 
Joyce . 20 
Eider . 14 
J Donohue .. 16 
Foy . 12 
Ritzen . 16 
Brindle . 23 
Brindle won the shoot-off with 23 out of 25. 
