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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Sept. 12, 1908. 
The Rocky Mountain Handicap. 
When the shooters lined up before the traps at 
Berkeley, in the suburbs of Denver, Monday afternoon, 
Aug. 31, it was for the preliminary practice for the first 
Rocky Mountain Handicap of the Interstate Associa¬ 
tion. This Association had held shoots in Denver in 
previous years, then known as the Grand Western. That 
event was transferred to Des Moines, la., by the board 
of the Association, in order that a brand new event 
might be put on the card. Thus came to life the Rocky 
Mountain Handicap. 
The attendance for the opening was not as large as 
at the two next previous shoots of the Grand Western, 
due largely, as those who were present said, to. the un¬ 
settled condition of the financial world a little less than 
a year ago. That made many men who might otherwise 
have been present so financially cautious that they stayed 
away. Nevertheless, enough shooters were present on 
the beautiful grounds in the Denver City Park at 
Berkeley to make an interesting and exciting event. The 
weather was better than both one and two years ago, the 
sky being clear of clouds, the winds tempered by just 
a suggestion of the approach of autumn. During the 
morning, noon and afternoon hours the shade of the 
overhanging trees was grateful, but toward evening a 
tang in the air spoke of frost and the coming of geese 
and other wildfowl, the natural prey of the man with a 
shotgun. 
The man who faced the traps on this day experienced 
some difficulty with either the traps or the targets or 
their gufts. Of course, each man declared it was not 
himself or his gun—it must have been the traps or the 
targets. Whatever the cause, many of the scores were 
much lower than the makers had hoped. H. D. Free¬ 
man, who did such remarkable shooting at Denver a 
year ago—he of Atlanta, Ga.—and W. H. ITeer, the coal 
miner of Concordia, Kans., were tied for high score, each 
having 96 targets broken. Some of the other shooters 
fought shy of the score board, knowing how far down 
they were in the totals. George Maxwell swung his one 
arm so well that he broke 94 of his targets. Below that 
was a grand array of famous talent, men whose names 
have been made household words by former shoots of the 
Association. 
Most of the Western States were represented in the 
squads that faced the traps this opening day, and most 
of them announced that some other one from their 
localities was on his way. 
The attendance was not a surprise or disappointment. 
The officers of the Denver Trap Club had understood 
for some time that the attendance would not be up that 
of former shoots, and they must expect an “off year”; 
that nearly one hundred men appeared the first day and 
took their places at the traps was encouragement up to 
that expected. 
The visitors expressed their pleasure at the reception 
accorded. It was fully as cordial as that of former years. 
The grounds were prepared with the added convenience 
from knowledge gained in the shoots of other years. 
This is probably the last year that the shoots will be held 
at Berkeley Lake. Fred Stone, of the “Wizard of Oz” 
and “Red Mill,” a most enthusiastic devotee of trap¬ 
shooting, has bought a tract of land west of Denver, 
nearer the mountains, which he is having fitted up as a 
home for the club. It is probable that the shoot of 
next year will be held on those grounds. There will be 
missed the shade of the trees of Berkeley, but a com¬ 
pensation will be the neat club house, where things may 
be better looked after. In addition, it is the home of the 
first trap club Denver had, having been the scene, years 
ago. of shoots, famous in the West, for the old iron 
medal, when Fred Gilbert and Alvin B. Daniels shot the 
last live bird matches ever contested in the vicinity of 
Denver. 
The scores of practice day follow: 
C D Plank.'... 
.... 86 
A V Cocke. 
A H McCreary.... 
. 83 
C H Sewart. 
.... 91 
A E McKenzie.... 
.... 83 
H McMurchv . 
W M Bowman. 
.... 91 
D Kirkland . 
L R Barkley. 
.... 93 
S T Mallory. 
W R Crosby. 
C G Spencer. 
C M Powers. 
Chris. Gottlieb ........ 
F Fuller . 
A Sarcander . 
Dr Cook . 
.... 61 
O W Huffman. 
H D Freeman. 
.... 96 
H R Parker. 
.... 80 
T H Wilder. 
T M Hughes. 
.... 74 
Geo Lewis . 
D W King . 
.... 83 
C B Adams. 
R W Clancy. 
.... SI 
IF W Hoyt. 
.... 76 
T A Marshall . 
R R Barber. 
.... 89 
A H Windrum. 
B H Black. 
.... 82 
Dan Bray . 
.... 84 
L C Booth. 
7 S Day. 
.... 87 
S A Huntley. 
Mrs Topperwein... 
Wm Enderley . 
T F Wulf.. 
B F' V each. 
F G Bills.. 
.... ' 92 
W M Veach. 
Tas Faulkner. 
.... 76 
F M Faurote.. 
.... 89 
C G Yowell. 
H S Fowler. 
.... 85 
1 H Bauer. 
Geo Tucker .. 
.... 92 
Henry Anderson . 
H W Vietmeyer.... 
Wm Heer . 
T S Neff. 
.... 81 
Geo Maxwell . 
T W Garrett. 
,... 88 
J H Noel. 
A T Lawton. 
.... 91 
F A Soller. 
M E Hensler. 
,... 89 
F D Copsey. 
Wm R Mason. 
... 87 
T W Wiseman. 
W W Shemwell.... 
.... 93 
P G Cheyney. 
E A W Everett. 
... 79 
T H Bradfield. 
F’ 1 Dreyfus. 
.... 86 
Ed O’Brien . 
R A Austin. 
... 86 
Terry Whitney . 
Mrs R A Austin.... 
... 85 
E W Arnold. 
T E Scofield. 
... 82 
P T Holohan... 
Fred Gilbert . 
... 90 
T S Boa. 
A H Hardy. 
... 86 
T L Neff . 
Gene Browner .... 
... 76 
B A Robert ... 
T FI Clav, Tr. 
... 84 
T E Chapman. 
1 1 Skelly. 
H E Snyder. 
Vv B Kennedy . 
... 90 
V H Green. 
76 
69 
77 
89 
84 
81 
94 
86 
73 
76 
75 
8a 
84 
85 
.S3 
92 
87 
58 
86 
84 
90 
61 
83 
89 
78 
85 
88 
83 
96 
94 
87 
89 
84 
75 
60 
65 
93 
78 
86 
88 
90 
87 
82 
73 
83 
55 
Sept. 1, First Day. 
Good weather greeted the shooters at the Rocky 
Mountain Handicap on the first day of the tournament. 
A clear sky was presented in the morning, while during 
the afternoon a few white trail clouds were high above 
the earth. These in no way interfered with the shooting. 
Scores were again not as high as the participants had 
hoped. It was rather humorous to listen to the reasons 
given by many of the men, just as it is at every meet¬ 
ing of the kind, and they always say it as though they 
meant it, and that strong. 
Many of the shooters had more trouble at the first 
trap than at any other, and growled when it came time 
to take their stations there. There was no difference as 
far as could be ascertained there, from any other trap 
on the grounds, but it furnished an excuse, possibly, 
and was readily grasped. 
W. H. Heer, the Kansas coal miner, again led in the 
totals, giving him high total for both the preliminary 
shooting and the first day of the real tournament. H. G. 
Taylor was a close second, running almost with • Heer 
during the whole day. “Old Bill” Crosby was with the 
19 bunch, where W. W. Shemwell, of Colorado Springs 
and Salt Lake City was also.. Many of the crack shots, 
both those known across the whole country and those 
whose fame is only local, found themselves below the 
190. Gilbert had 188. This was consoling to many of 
the men, who argued that if Gilbert could do no better 
they need not worry. 
The scores of the first day follow: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Total. 
E A W Everett. 11 16 15 18 17 14 14 17 20 6 148 
T A Marshall. 17 18 20 16 19 17 16 17 15 19 174 
F A Soiler.18 18 18 18 18 18 16 16 18 18 176 
T Noel . 14 19 17 18 17 19 16 18 20 18 176 
R Thompson . 20 20 19 19 20 18 15 14 15 19 179 
W C Williams. 16 15 20 19 15 18 14 18 19 15 169 
S T Mallory. 15 17 13 15 10 16 10 13 11 13 135 
Chris Gottlieb . 15 19 17 16 16 17 10 15 20 16 161 
Dan Kirkland . 11 16 15 19 18 19 14 16 20 16 161 
H Anderson . 17 19 15 18 19 19 15 17 16 19 170 
C B Adams.i... 14 16 17 17 16 18 15 14 17 12 156 
J H Bradford. 14 16 16 12 11 17 11 14 17 9 137 
W II Heer. 17 20 20 20 20 20 17 20 20 20 194 
Geo W Maxwell. 19 18 18 19 18 18 16 19 20 17 182 
Ed O’Brien . 19 19 17 19 19 17 17 17 20 16 180 
E W Arnold . 16 19 18 20 19 16 18 17 19 20 182 
G Yowell . 19 18 19 18 15 19 15 18 16 15 172 
Geo W Lewis. 12 19 15 16 16 18 13 17 16 14 156 
J Whitney . 12 17 13 15 16 13 7 15 15 12 135 
F W Hoyt. 18 15 IS 19 18 19 18 14 20 15 176 
R R Barber. 17 16 20 19 19 18 20 14 19 15 177 
Dan Bray . 15 18 17 18 12 19 16 17 20 15 167 
J II Wilder. 17 17 16 19 17 19 16 16 18 14 169 
B H Black. 16 17 16 17 14 17 16 14 19 10 156 
L Barkley . 20 20 20 19 17 20 17 18 20 16 187 
W R Crosby. 20 18 2 0 2 0 20 18 16 19 20 19 190 
C M Powers. 19 18 18 18 19 15 18 16 17 18 174 
F Fuller . 20 18 13 18 18 19 15 18 20 17 176 
Dr C C Cook. 17 17 15 15 15 14 14 17 17 16 150 
P T Holohan. 19 18 18 17 16 17 18 10 18 17 175 
W R Mason. 19 14 16 16 14 16 13 18 18 16 160 
B A Robert. 17 18 16 13 15 18 17 18 12 17 161 
D Pollard. 14 12 13 16 18 13 11 12 17 15 141 
W King. 16 18 13 17 15 14 15 13 18 17 156 
C D Plank. 20 17 17 18 17 18 11 18 19 19 174 
Fred King . 19 16 18 18 17 16 18 17 19 19 177 
Wm McCreery.... 
A E McKenzie... 
Wm Bowman .... 
B F Veach. 
t 
Billy Allen. 16 18 12 12 13 15 18 17 19 6 146 
H Mitchell . 13 18 15 18 12 9 16 17 15 16 159 
C D Linderman. 13 17 17 20 15 15 19 15 18 13 162 
P G Cheyney. 11 13 13 11 13 13 15 16 14 14 133 
Gene Browner . 15 17 17 18 15 15 18 17 19 14 ' 165 
J W Wiseman. 19 19 14 12 14 16 17 18 16 18 163 
L E Edwards. 15 16 18 19 15 12 17 16 18 18 164 
F D Copsey. 17 19 15 16 14 17 13 13 15 10 149 
Ed Varner . 18 14 17 19 17 18 15 19 19 19 175 
M Thompson . 17 19 16 18 18 15 16 17 17 18 171 
H Sarcander . 15 9 14 18 14 13 11 13 16 18 141 
C H Sewart. 15 12 14 15 17 12 16 16 19 15 151 
Sept. 2, Second Day. 
A slightly larger entry list was noted for the second 
day of the tournament attending the shooting of the 
Rocky Mountain Handicap at Denver. Ed. O’Brien 
surprised even those who knew he could shoot well, in 
the events of the morning, by breaking every target. 
It was noticeable that most of the shooters did far better 
in the morning than they had in either the practice shoot¬ 
ing preceding the opening of the tournament or in the 
work of the first day of the regular meeting. W'. H, 
Heer kept in the lead for the shooting up to the noon 
hour by breaking 97 of his 1G0, though he was third for 
the half hay, H. G. Taylor being second to O’Brien with 
98. G'lbert and Crosby showed they were getting 
familiar with the grounds, or accustomed to the traps, 
or were regaining their eagle eyes, tor they were next 
to the leaders with 96 each. The VVestern shooters have 
not done as well in these events as had been expected. 
Some of them had been doing really remarkable work 
in the weekly shoots held at the gun clubs in their 
towns, so that much had been expected of them. In¬ 
stead of which, the Colorado, Utah and Idaho men have 
had to be content with places in the ruck. J. W. Garrett, 
of Colorado Springs, has probably done the most con¬ 
sistent work to the middle of the second day. 
The afternoon of this day, Sept. 2, was used in con¬ 
ducting the Preliminary Handicap to the Rocky Moun¬ 
tain. The entry list in this was larger than it had been 
in any of the previous events, showing an unusual pro¬ 
gression. At the Denver shoots the largest crowd has 
been out customarily the first day, with many dropping 
out regularly each day thereafter, so that when the handi¬ 
caps came, perhaps a fifth of the men had retired. 
Though the handicap was for amateurs only—that is, they 
alone were considered in the competition for honors— 
most of the professionals shot their 100 targets. H. D. 
Freeman broke 97 of his targets, and Heer, H. G. Taylor 
and George Maxwell 95 each. The winner was J. FI. 
Wilder, from Randall, Kansas, who broke 94. He com¬ 
menced strong in the first 20 targets, getting all of 
them, missed 4 in his second lot, and 2 in the next, and 
then broke all to the end. The breaking of the targets 
in the preliminary shoot was, like in the events of the 
morning, better than on previous days, most of the men 
showing they had improved in eyesight and accuracy. 
The total number of entries, 103; total number of pro¬ 
fessionals, 30; actual starters, 102. 
The money winners in the Preliminary Handicap are 
as follows: J. H. Wilder, $82.40; M. Thompson, W. R. 
Mason and W. B. Kennedy, $58.35; R. Thompson, and 
F. G. Fuller, $38.60; T. H. Clay, Jr., H. Dixon, R. A. 
Austin and Wm. Veach, $25.75; Max E. Hensler, Ben 
Ward, J. F. Wulf, Chas. Younkman, Henry Anderson, 
Gene Browner, R. Schildknecht and Dr. Babcock, $9.65. 
1 he total value of the purse was $515. 
The scores of the second day follow: 
Wm Veach .. 
O Huffman . 
H G Taylor. 
J W Garrett. 
A J Lawton. 
Toe Rohrer .. 
Max Hensler 
L P Lawton. 
W G Sargent 
S A Huntley 
H Dixon ... 
L Booth _ 
W W Shemw 
F M Faurote. 
H T Fowler. 
Geo Tucker 
H W Vietme; 
Z E Scofield. 
J S Day. 
Mrs Topperwc 
J F Wulf.... 
F G Bills... 
J 
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Fred 
T H 
J T 
Gilbert 
Clay, J: 
Skelly 
A H Hardy. 
FI D Freeman. 
H R Parker. 
R A Austin. 
Mrs Austin . 
F T Dreyfus. 
R Schildknecht .. 
Dr Babcock ., 
W B Kennedy.... 
A V Cocke. 
Gus Knight . 
H C Hirschy. 
Dr A U Williams. 
Ben Ward . 
Wm Ridley . 
O W Culp. 
19 19 19 17 19 18 16 13 17 20 
177 
17 16 17 16 16 18 14 12 16 17 
159 
L R Barkley. 
... 94 
H R Parker. 
... 85 
17 18 20 18 15 15 17 17 18 18 
174 
W R Crosby. 
... 96 
W G Sargeant. 
... 91 
15 17 17 16 13 18 19 19 19 14 
167 
Fred Gilbert . 
F A Sober. 
... 87 
17 16 16 18 16 20 18 16 20 20 
177 
W H Heer. 
... 97 
1 T Skelly. 
... 88 
17 17 18 19 15 20 19 20 19 17 
181 
C G Spencer. 
Mrs 1'opperwein .. 
... 90 
11 18 12 16 10 14 14 18 15 14 
142 
E W Arnold . 
M Thompson . 
... 77 
19 20 19 20 15 20 19 20 19 19 
193 
T S Boa . 
... 95 
B F' Veach. 
... 90 
18 18 18 19 19 19 19 18 19 18 
185 
F R Barber . 
... 94 
H W Vietmeyer.... 
... 78 
18 18 19 16 18 18 17 19 20 15 
178 
H D Freeman. 
... 92 
Ed Varner . 
... 90 
19 19 18 19 18 18 19 17 20 16 
183 
G W Maxwell. 
... £5 
Ben Ward . 
... 93 
20 18 17 19 20 19 16 17 18 18 
182 
W W Shemwell.... 
... 91 
T F Wulf. 
... 86 
18 16 15 16 20 18 18 18 17 15 
173 
Ed O’Brien . 
... 100 
W C Williams. 
... 85 
19 19 18 19 20 IS 16 16 19 15 
179 
C M Powers. 
... 93 
C E Yonkman. 
... 89 
19 11 16 19 17 19 17 19 19 17 
173 
R Thompson. 
... 95 
C G Nowell. 
... 96 
IS 16 19 18 20 19 20 20 18 17 
185 
H G Taylor. 
... 98 
H Anderson . 
... 83 
17 17 19 18 14 20 18 18 19 15 
175 
F G Bills. 
... 95 
C B Adams. 
... 80 
19 19 19 20 19 20 20 16 20 18 
190 
T H Clay, Jr. 
... 93 
R A Austin. 
... 89 
17 16 19 20 19 18 20 18 19 15 
181 
IF Dixon . 
L C Booth. 
... 87 
17 13 18 20 15 16 13 17 19 16 
164 
G S Day. 
... 91 
Gene Browner . 
... 86 
14 16 18 18 20 16 13 16 18 15 
164 
E A Everett. 
... 85 
A V Cocke . 
... 86 
17 14 14 17 15 13 16 14 16 16 
152 
F M Faurote. 
... 95 
R W Clancy. 
... 86 
18 15 13 17 15 18 16 15 13 17 
157 
F G Fuller. 
... 92 
O W Culk. 
... 69 
16 15 16 18 18 18 18 16 19 16 
170 
J W Garrett. 
... 92 
J L Faulkner. 
... 84 
19 19 18 16 15 14 19 17 18 15 
170 
Chris Gottlieb .... 
... 85 
IF S Fowler . 
... 82 
17 15 17 15 16 16 15 15 19 15 
160 
S A Huntley. 
... 89 
F W Hoyt. 
... 90 
15 18 19 19 20 19 19 19 20 20 
188 
H C Hirschy. 
... 94 
W B Kennedy__ 
... 94 
15 16 17 18 17 15 16 20 16 18 
162 
L P Lawton. 
... 81 
D C Kirkland. 
... 77 
17 19 17 19 14 18 18 16 18 15 
169 
A J Lawton. 
... 84 
B A Roberts. 
... 84 
18 19 19 18 18 19 18 15 18 17 
179 
W H McCreery.... 
... 74 
R Schildknecht . 
... 85 
12 11 10 12 10 10 12 13 17 8 
115 
C D Plank. 
... 90 
J H Wilder . 
.. 83 
16 17 17 17 13 15 16 13 19 12 
155 
Wm Ridley . 
... 88 
A H Windrum. 
... 71 
15 12 14 16 IS 15 18 17 17 19 
161 
W Veach .. 
... 89 
C A Whited. 
.. 73 
IS 20 19 19 19 19 18 19 18 19 
188 
Joe Rohrer .. 
... 94 
J W Wiseman. 
.. 73 
16 18 16 17 18 16 15 17 18 17 
168 
1) Bray .. 
D L Zinn. 
.. 89 
15 16 16 17 15 16 18 19 19 13 
164 
T H Bauer . 
... 91 
Dr Babcock . 
16 16 19 16 19 17 19 18 16 19 
175 
W M Bowman.. 
... 92 
T H Bradfiald. 
.. 82 
15 11 12 18 16 15 18 15 16 14 
150 
E P Drake. 
... 84 
C E Cook. 
.. 82 
19 18 19 19 19 18 19 18 19 17 
185 
F 1 Dreyfuss. 
... 87 
P G Cheyney. 
.. 69 
12 16 16 19 16 16 15 16 16 18 
160 
L E Edwards. 
... 86 
F D Copsey . 
.. 70 
18 18 17 18 18 16 19 19 17 16 
174 
Max Hensler . 
... 90 
V H Green. 
.. 70 
15 15 18 12 15 15 14 17 16 17 
154 
A II Hardy. 
... 71 
O Huffman . 
.. 68 
19 16 17 19 16 16 18 19 19 16 
175 
P H Holohan. 
... 89 
A L Hobbs. 
.. 75, 
15 17 16 16 20 18 18 14 19 15 
168 
Fred King . 
G D Leib. 
.. 75 
13 13 11 12 16 16 17 16 16 12 
142 
D W Kmg . 
... 90 
S T Mallory. 
.. 75‘ 
17 17 16 17 13 20 18 15 18 16 
167 
Gus Knight . 
W R Mason. 
.. 92 
15 19 18 19 14 16 16 14 16 17 
164 
C D Linderman. 
... 83 
J D Pollard. 
.. 71. 
18 17 14 19 17 18 19 13 18 18 
171 
Geo Lewis . 
... 86 
Z E Scofield. 
.. 9i«t 
18 18 16 19 17 17 17 18 20 19 
179 
T A Marshall . 
... 89 
H E Snyder. 
.. 85 
14 14 13 15 16 17 16 14 15 14 
148 
A A Matthews. 
... 74 
A Sarcander . 
17 19 15 19 38 38 18 16 20 15 
175 
H McMurchy . 
... 91 
Geo Tucker . 
14 17 14 IS 17 18 16 18 18 15 
165 
A McKenzie . 
... 78 
Jerry Whitfiey . 
.. 75 
15 15 14 11 10 12 14 11 17 14 
133 
T H Noel. 
... 87 
