Aug. 22, 1908.] 
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Pomeroy Tournament. 
Pomeroy, Ohio.—There have been interesting blue 
rock shoots held this summer, including the State, “In- 
I dian” and Grand American Handicap events—all of 
| which were good—but none of them could compare with 
the tournament held Aug. 12 and 13 by the Pomeroy 
Gun Club, at Pomeroy, O. The Pomeroy people had 
all other shoot promoters surpassed as greatly as has 
Detroit and Pittsburg the tailenders in the respective 
leagues. 
Several shooters arrived in Pomeroy Tuesday after¬ 
noon and engaged in practice. The club house is lo¬ 
cated on property owned by one of the club’s members, 
the Hen. Judge Bradbury, ex-Judge of the Supreme 
Court of Ohio and at present Common Pleas Judge of 
Meigs county. The clubhouse occupies a hill about a 
■ mile from the central portion of town and all shooters 
: were conveyed to and from the grounds by stylish 
horses and surreys provided by the club. The Reming¬ 
ton Hotel (most appropriately named) was headquarters 
for the visitors, and when not in the hotel or on the 
club grounds Steiney’s cafe was the Mecca for the sev¬ 
eral squads. 
Reception committees met every train and boat, and 
everything possible was done for the comfort, conven¬ 
ience and entertainment of the visitors. On Tuesday 
evening the advance guard was royally entertained by 
the club at Steiney’s and taken on an excursion to Mid- 
dleport. 
On Wednesday morning the shooting started with 
twenty-five contestants shooting through the two-days’ 
program, among whom were the four well known pro¬ 
fessionals: L. W. Cumberland, of Columbus; H. W. 
Heikes, of Dayton; John R. Taylor, of Columbus, and H. 
Shaul, of Huntington, W. Va. 
John R. Taylor finished high professional both days. 
Ed. O. Bower, of Sistersville, was high amateur the first 
day, but was beaten out the second day by J. M. Speary, 
of Marietta, the latter finishing high amateur for the 
two days. In a 25-bird race for a hundred dollar pigeon 
gun, Fred Shattuck, of Columbus, was the only one to 
make a perfect score, so the man with the reputation 
for conducting a successful grand American tournament 
walked away with the gun. While only 24 shot the en- 
; j tire program, there were 49 participants during the two 
] davs, the Pomeroy boys having been out in full force. 
On Wednesday evening an unusual form of entertain¬ 
ment was provided for the visitors. The most commo¬ 
dious room in the town was one in the Pomeroy brew¬ 
ery, and it was there that the Pomeroy Gun Club dis¬ 
tinguished itself. A table was spread with seventy cov- 
1 ers and an elegant six course dinner was served. A 
famous German chef prepared the food—turtle soup, a 
big porterhouse steak for each one, salads, cheese, 
olives, tomatoes, hashes, coffee, and everything imagin- 
: able—while bankers, lawyers, doc f ors and merchants 
I; served the diners. Then the product of the brewery 
was there in abundance for those who wanted it, and 
the beverage was served in souvenir steins specially or¬ 
dered made by the Pomeroy Gun Club for the visiting 
shooters. Cigars iwas the concluding course. It was a 
feast such as one seldom sees, and which no other gun 
club ever attempted. Mr. Ed. O. Bower, of Sistersville, 
W. Va., was toastmaster, and most admirably performed 
his duties. Everybody at the table responded to the de¬ 
mand made upon him for remarks and the flow of ora¬ 
torical wit and humor would be hard to surpass. Es¬ 
pecially pleasing were the responses of the four pro¬ 
fessional representatives—Cumberland, Heikes, Taylor 
and Shaul—for it is this class of shooters upon whom 
; the clubs rely for pointers in the shooting game. All 
I shooters, and several of them have been all over the 
world, declared that this affair exceeded everything they 
had ever seen in the way of entertainment. Toastmaster 
Bower’s assertion that there was enough food for three 
hundred was verified, for while the guests ate heartily, 
. but little impression was made on .the vast amount of 
1 provisions on hand. Visitors estimated that the blow- 
, out caused the hosts to part with at least three hundred 
f dollars, but that’s the way they do things at Pomeroy. 
; In the midst of the festivities a German band of musi¬ 
cians, in costume, and organized especially for this oc¬ 
casion, the members thereof being business and pro¬ 
fessional men of Pomeroy, who ably assisted in the en¬ 
tertainment of the guests, marched into the room and 
played those airs that only a German band can play. 
' This- feature of the program was a rich treat, entirely 
in keeping with all the surroundings. The costumes 
were ludicrous in the extreme, and photos taken of the 
band were obtained by the visitors and will be cherished 
as souvenirs. The souvenir steins given each visitor by 
the club were especially designed by Hart Stanbery, a 
banker and a moving spirit of the club, and they are 
also appreciated. At the conclusion of the banquet three 
rousing cheers were given the German band, the Pome¬ 
roy Gun Club, and all who helped to show the visitors 
such a royal time. Every visitor constituted himself a 
committee to boost the 1909 shoot of the Pomeroy Gun 
‘ Club, and it will be an impossibility to keep away those 
j who attended this most successful tournament. Pomeroy 
j now occupies the top notch position in shooting circles 
and it will be a difficult matter to displace it. They do 
I things at Pomeroy. 
I Those who attended the banquet or supper included 
1 bankers, lawyers, physicians, editors, merchants, oil and 
| coal operators, and business and professional men in 
1 general. Their names follow: Ed. O’Connor, Sisters- 
1 ville, W. Va.; T. K. Nelson, J. M. Speary, P. Schlicher, 
Marietta, O.; T. S. Bibbee, Elba, O.; W. F. Hendrick- 
; son, Dillonvale, O.; H. D. Riley and Horace Heikes, 
: Dayton, O.: J. R. Taylor, L. \V. Cumberland and Fred 
! Shattuck, Columbus, O.; J. C. Donohew and George 
1 Sayre, Apple Grove, O.; A. Gibbs and W. E. McCarty, 
k Glouster; H. M. Shaul, Huntington, W. Va.; S. T. 
Mallory, C. B. Brown, C. P. Dudley, Parkersburg, W. 
1 Va. ; H. R. Parker, Cleveland, O.; Judge Bradbury, Dr. 
L. G. Gribble, Dr. S. B. Hanlin, Hart Stanbery, Phil 
Stanbery, Henry Stanbery, G. C. Riley, Dad Reinhart, 
) Ed. Scharf, Geo. Steinbauer, A. P. Ashworth, Chas. 
1 Kehne, Clat Jones, Chas. Nass, Ralston Russell, T. W. 
1 Reese, Ed. Smith, Ed. Epple, Owen Rust, Wm. Hetzel, 
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