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quality of the lunch was beyond cavil, and all that it 
seems to me is necessary at a tournament when a man 
goes to shcot and not to eat. 
Looking at the arrangements as a whole, the manage¬ 
ment of the Sherbrooke Gun Club had done well, and 
Messrs. T. M. Craig, president, and C. G. Thompson, 
secretary, and others who assisted them, deserve much 
credit for the successful gathering. The programme 
gotten out by Mr. Thompson was carefully compiled, 
and was a model that, many other club secretaries might 
take as a pattern for future similar publications. Per¬ 
haps Mr. Thompson has a few copies left over, and if so 
I feel sure he would be glad to mail one to any ope 
desiring to look it over. (Hope I haven t gotten him 
into trouble.) . , , _. * 
A word as to the professional talent on hand. I-irst 
of all, and without fear of being called down for favorit¬ 
ism. I am going to mention the name of Luther J. 
Squier, of the Du Pont Company, who managed the 
tournament by special request, who ran the books, shot 
like a streak all the time, and aided by H. H. Stevens, 
of the U. M. C. Co., George Ginn, of the W. R. A. Co., 
and T. A. Cook, had everything in such a state of up- 
to-dateness that there wasn’t a hitch anywhere or at any 
time. (N. B.—The Squier money-back system was a 
special feature of this shoot.) . 
Others of the professional world in attendance were: 
Tom A. Marshall and Court Thompson, of Hamilton, 
Ont., both of the U. M. C. Co., the latter being one of 
that company’s Canadian missionaries. J. A. K. Elliott, 
John R. (“Noisy”) Taylor and J. Ii Cameron of the 
W R A. Co.; Col. A. W. du Bray, of the Parker Gun 
Co.; W. B. Darton, of the Marlin Fire Arms Co.; A. E. 
Sibley, of the American Powder Mills; C. Edward 
Wood and Mr. Johonnot, of the Dominion Cartridge 
Co., of Montreal, and Ed. G. White (together with 
Messrs. Skelly, Everett and myself), of the Du Pont 
Powder Co. . . , 
The shooting itself was rather tricky, but the targets 
were good breakers, and scores as a rule ran pretty well 
up. Luther Squier led the procession, as I remember it, 
on Thursday, with Hank Stevens in second place, Squier 
and George Beattie being a tie for high average on the 
two days’ shooting, the latter being again high amateur 
for the day and winning the prize set aside for the winner 
of that honor. Ewing and Howard tied for second ama- 
teur honors, and on the shoot-off at 20 targets the local 
man won, Ewing apparently shooting much more slowly 
and carefully than usual, his score suffering in conse¬ 
quence. The amateurs were handicapped 16 to 18yds., I 
believe, but not having a programme handy, and this 
being Sunday (!) I can’t verify that statement. The 
professionals I know shot sliding handicap, 16 to -6yds. 
(Remember this is only an “echo,” a long one, perhaps, 
you will say, of the shoot, and is not a report, for 1 
was only present on one day.) 
A word must be given to the prizes, which were dis¬ 
played in a store window in Sherbrooke. They were as 
fine a lot of the real articles as I ever had the pleasure 
of looking over, the cups and other trophies being of 
sterling quality and well worth striving for. The 
“jewelry,” as the boys termed it, put up as a special 
inducement for the “pros.” to do their best was (when 
I left the scene) the subject of a very close race between 
Squier, Stevens and Taylor, and I shall be anxious to 
hear the final outcome of the race—i. e., the result of the 
200 targets on the third day’s programme. „ 
And now something about that ‘ Penalty Board. ^ j 
top of a case of shells did duty for a bulletin board, and 
was hung over the door of the Toronto tent. It was in 
charge of Chief George McGill, and on the board was in- 
scribed from time to time the names of certain parties 
who were deemed guilty of breaking certain rules, written 
and unwritten, governing general conduct at tournaments. 
Mr. McGill himself was the first name inscribed on 
Thursday’s board, for he was late for the first event. 
His name went down for “1 qt.,” whatever that might 
mean. Then in the very first event, Mr. Skelly shot out 
of turn, balling up Jim Elliott, who promptly lost two 
targets. For acting thus badly Mr. Skelly s was the 
second name on the board. No additions to the list 
were made until about noon, just when my squad, No. 
II (a lucky crap number?), was about to be called to the 
score. I had my shells and was ready when they told 
me that they were “going to stop for lunch after the 
squad shooting was finished.” I went to lunch, but 
did not get time to start on even a sandwich; was called 
out to shoot, found my squad at the score, my name on 
the “Penalty Board” and a bright smile on every single 
person’s face that I met while I went down the line to 
No 1 trap, away down the lot. Then George Vivian was 
fined for trying to spell Jim Elliott’s name with a G. 
Jim had been added to the list for “sleeping at the 
switch”—i. e., taking a snooze in the big tent and 
being allowed to sleep until it was his time to be right 
on No 1 peg in squad No. 10. Oh, yes, the penatly 
board worked all right. How could it do otherwise when 
in such hands? . 
The closing scene in fconnection with the Penalty 
Boards” was enacted in the dining room of the New 
Sherbrooke at 6 P.M. Thursday evening, when Chief 
McGill, accompanied by those whose names had been 
enrolled on the list of delinquents, filed into the room 
and “paid up.” Our train left at 7:35, so that time was 
all too short for what was really a delightful gathering; 
but the boys were kind enough to come down to the 
station and see ns off. Laying all jokes aside, and 
speaking in all seriousness, the kindly send off they gave 
Mr Skelly and myself will long be remembered. Neither 
the Prince of Wales aboard the Indomitable on his 
way home from the Quebec Ter-centennial, nor Lord 
Roberts in his stateroom aboard the Empress, could 
have felt any better than I did when I sat down in a 
chair in the smoking compartment of the New York 
sleeper and ruminated over the bully good time and 
cordial send off we had received at the hands of those 
good fellows, members of the Dominion of Canada Trap¬ 
shooting Association. . _ , . 
The above must be the mam excuse for my having 
inflicted upon you such a lengthy communication The 
balance of the excuse is: Sunday, church closed for the 
summer and nice cool weather. Edward Banks. 
The Olympic World’s Target Championship 
Won With 
WINCHESTER 
“Leader” Shotgun Shells 
Red 
Mr. W. H. Ewing, of Montreal, Canada, 
won this great shooting event held in 
London, England, from a field of crack 
shooters from all parts of the world. He 
shot Winchester Factory Loaded 
“Leader" Shells, and to his “load" 
as well as his skill his victory may be 
attributed. The other members of the 
Canadian Team which won numerous 
trophies and championships at this meet 
also shot Winchester Shells, the 
w Brand, the ones that 
Hold Every World’s Championship, and Have 
Won 3 Out of the Last 4 
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAPS 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, Pa.- The tournaments registered with the 
Interstate Association during the week ending Aug. & 
Aug W 27 - 28 .— Winona (Miss.) G. C. W. D. Turner, Sec’y. 
Aug. 28-29.—McCook. Neb.—McCook and Indianola G.G. 
Harrv Mitchell, Sec’y. „ _ „ . , ~ , 
Sept. 3-4.—Bradford (Pa.) G. C. R. S. Pringle, Sec y. 
Sept- 7-—Springfield (Mass.) Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, 
Sept SC 7.—New Haven (Conn.) 1T 'T T M r°R S „h1p' 
Sept. 7.—Monticello (N. Y.) R. and G. C. E. G. Rundle, 
SepU 8-10.—Chillicothe (Tex.) G. C. T. Sanford Gibbs, 
Sept. 940.—Richmond (Ind.) G. C. R. A. Tyler, Sec y. 
Sept. 9-10.—Higginsville (Mo.) G. C. Aruthur J. Alt- 
Sept. 10.—New Holland (Pa.) G. C. F. E. W illiamson, 
Sept Se i445.—Houston, Tex—Adowe-Blaine G. C. Alf. 
Sept. 15. —Robinson (Ill.) G. C. W. K. Briggs, Sec y. 
Sept. 15-16.— Bellefontaine, O.—Fountain G. G. K. E. 
Sept*. 29 - 30 .—West^ Toledo (O.) G. C. Geo. \ oik, Secy. 
Oct. 12-13.—Rising Sun (Md.) Shooting Association. H. 
Linn Worthington, Pres. ,, 
Oct. 13-15.—El Paso. Tex.—“Arizona State tournament. 
W. H. Shelton, S ec’y. 
Holland Gun Club. 
Batavia, N. Y., Aug. 8.— Following are the scores of 
our regular semi-monthly shoot at l5 targets, being a 
19yds. 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Walls .100 
Gardiner . 100 
Tomlinson .100 
Harvey . 100 
Watson .100 
81 
80 
78 
66 
56 
Farwell . If 
Lortz . 40 
Childs . 25 
Templeman . -5 
52 
19 
18 
9 
arson . .. 
Baker handicap: Walls won Class A 
Class B point, and Lortz and Templeman tied for Cla 
C point. , 
Tomlinson won the Holland cup point. 
Programmes for our sixth annual tournament, regist¬ 
ered, to be held Aug. 19, are m the mail; >0 added 
money; nothing but cut-glass m the merchandise. Watts 
L Richmond trophy, western New York championship. 
If you didn’t get one, send us your address. 
y Chas. W. Gardiner, Pres. 
