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FOREST AND STREAM 
Canadian Indians. 
The annual tournament of the Canadian Indians was 
held on the grounds of the Queen’s Royal Hotel, 
Niagara-on-the-Lake, on Sept. 9, 10 and 11. The weather 
could not have been improved upon, but the attendance 
was not what had been expected. This is, in a meas¬ 
ure, accounted for by the fact that the Toronto Industrial 
Exhibition, the New York State Fair, and the Michigan 
State Fair were in full swing, coupled with the duck 
season opening on Sept. 1. It was the unanimous opin¬ 
ion of all present that no better place could have been 
secured for the holding of this shoot, and on all hands 
you hear the expression, “I hope the next one will be 
held here.” 
The Queen's Royal Hotel is one of the finest summer 
places in the Dominion of Canada. Fronting on Lake 
Ontario and the Niagara River, immediately opposite 
Fort Niagara on the American side of the river, sur¬ 
rounded by spacious grounds beautifully laid out, a large 
casino, where dancing was indulged in, bowling greens, 
tennis courts, where the Canadian championships are 
annually decided, an excellent golf links, a splendid 
bath house and bathing beach, every comfort that could 
possibly be thought of was to be found. The excellent 
golf club house, splendidly arranged, with all conven¬ 
iences for ladies and gentlemen, was the office, and the 
spacious verandas were the resting places during the 
intervals between the squads. Here the shooter and his 
lady and gentlemen friends could visit, fanned by the 
cooling breezes from the blue waters of Lake Ontario, 
and discuss the social side of life. Refreshments of all 
kinds were to be had. Or if a competitor or friend had 
a high opinion of himself or herself as a golf player, the 
putting green of nine holes gave ample scope for this 
pastime. This green was practically continuously occu¬ 
pied during the entire period of the shoot, which was 
one of pleasure and not of hard work. 
The traps faced northeast, and were back 65yds. from 
the shore of Lake Ontario, thus giving an absolutely 
•clear background of water and sky, save for the frequent 
passing of one of the palatial steamers of the Niagara 
Navigation Company crowded with passengers crossing 
and re-crossing from Toronto and Buffalo. There is 
.ample room on these grounds for ten sets of traps. Two 
sets of Bowron’s automatic traps were used, and they 
gave fairly good satisfaction. Mr. Bowron was person¬ 
ally present to superintend the working and installing of 
the traps, which were used for the first time since they 
have been improved. Canadian blackbirds were thrown. 
Back of the traps were two large tents for the accom¬ 
modation of the contestants, and rows of chairs were 
placed under the maple trees for the comfort of the 
visitors, a large proportion of whom were ladies. The 
squaws of the Indians fraternized with the visiting 
ladies, and did everything possible to make them enjoy 
their visit. A number of American competitors were 
accompanied by their wives and families. 
Everything passed off without a hitch. Shooting com¬ 
menced at 9:30 A. M. and continued until 1 o’clock, 
when an adjournment was made for lunch until 2:30, 
the entire programme for the day being finished by 5:30, 
which gave ample time to prepare for dinner. 
The cashier was Mr. Luther J. Squier, of the Du Pont 
Powder Company, and the simple mention of his name 
is a sufficient guarantee that this department was prop¬ 
erly looked after. Luther has no superior for the work. 
He was ably assisted by Mr. Geo. R. Ginn, of the 
Winchester Repeating Arms Company, and Mr. H. H. 
Stevens, of the LTnion Metallic Cartridge Co. All of 
these gentlemen are old and warm friends of the 
•Canadians. 
The staff was as follows: 
Secretary-Manager, Thomas A. Duff, Toronto. 
Office, Luther J. Squier, Pittsburg: Geo. R. Ginn, 
New Haven, and H. H. Stevens, New York. 
Trap No. 1.—Squad hustler, J. H. Cameron, Orange, 
N. J.; referee, J. Massingham, Toronto; scorer, F. Rich- 
.ardson, Toronto; Puller, J. Wallace, Niagara-on-the-Lake; 
trappers, IN'. Thornton and G. McClelland, Niagara-on- 
the-Lake. 
Trap No. 2.—Squad hustler, F. R. McGill, San An¬ 
tonio, Tex.; referee, W. T. Ely, Toronto; scorer, R. 
.'Stonehouse, Toronto; puller, F. Addison, Niagara-on-the- 
Lake; Trappers, G. Armstrong and W. Reid, Niagara- 
on-the-Lake. 
The trade was represented by Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott, 
J. Mowell Hawkins, J. H. Cameron and Geo. R. Ginn, 
of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.; Tom A. Mar¬ 
shall, H. _H. Stevens and Court Thomson, of the Union 
Metallic Cartridge Co.; Edward Banks, Luther J. Squier 
and Ed. G. White, of the Du Pont Powder Co.; A. H. 
Durston, of the Lefever Arms Co., and Geo. M. Dunk, 
of the Dominion Cartridge Co. 
Niagara-on-the-Lake is easily gotten at, and the hotel 
management has made every provision with the customs 
people by giving their persona! bond for automobiles, 
guns, etc., coming into Canada, so there is no trouble 
•on this score. It is only a short run from Buffalo via the 
New York Central, or by trolley car to Youngstown and 
ferry, while Toronto is reached in two hours after a de¬ 
lightful trip across Lake Ontario. 
Sept. 9, First Dny. 
The day was beautiful and clear, and some good scores 
were made. The targets were thrown the full distance 
of 50vds., and went straight and true. On the practice 
•day there was a high wind and the targets ducked con¬ 
siderably, but to-day everything was exactly as ordered. 
All competitors stood on the 18yd. mark. 
The honor of professional high average was divided 
between Luther J. Squier and j. Mowell Hawkins with 
188 each; H. H. Stevens and A. H. Durston tied for 
second place with 182, and were closely followed by 
J. A. R. Elliott with 178, and Tom A. Marshall with 173. 
Amateur high average, and with it the Remington pump 
gun, went to Mr. H. E. Smith, Columbus, ti., with an 
-excellent score of 186; second high average and the sil¬ 
ver cup presented by T. M. Craig, Sherbrooke, P. Q., 
went to Dr. D. L. Culver, Port Jervis, N. Y., with a 
score of 184, and third high average and the silver cup 
presented by Jas. D. Bailey, Toronto, went to Mr. E. E. 
Hilliker, East Aurora, N. Y., with a score of 182. Messrs. 
Hilliker, Henline and Beattie tied for this cup with a 
score of 182, the former winning on the shoot-off. The 
scores are as follows: 
Events^ 123456789 10 Shot 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 at. Brk. 
JAR Elliott.... 18 19 20 IS 20 18 16 15 16 18 200 178 
W H Ewing. 17 17 19 19 18 19 17 17 17 17 200 177 
Geo Beattie . 19 18 18 15 18 20 20 18 19 17 200 182 
C G Thompson.. 13 13 12 18 15 15 8 16 14 16 200 140 
G M Dunk. 20 17 17 17 15 15 17 16 18 15 200 167 
H H Stevens'. 20 17 16 17 19 19 18 20 19 17 200 182 
E G White. 19 18 15 IS 15 15 15 16 17 17 200 165 
A H Durston.... 20 17 19 17 18 19 17 17 19 19 200 182 
T M Hawkins... 20 20 17 IS 18 20 18 20 17 20 200 188 
L T Squier. 18 20 18 20 19 20 17 19 19 18 200 188 
G W McGill. 16 14 16 17 16 16 16 13 15 18 200 157 
T A Duff. 15 13 12 13 16 14 14 13 13 12 200 135 
E J Marsh. 18 17 16 17 18 19 12 15 15 15 200 162 
P Wakefield . 16 18 16 18 15 15 15 17 18 16 200 164 
G T Mason. 10 14 14 16 11 16 13 16 13 10 200 133 
E E Hilliker. 16 20 18 19 18 20 20 17 16 18 200 182 
Dr D L Culver.. 18 20 18 19 20 20 17 17 18 17 200 184 
T A Marshall.... 18 14 17 17 1 9 18 1 6 1 9 1 9 16 200 1 73 
C D Plenline. 19 16 20 20 20 18 15 18 19 17 200 182 
H E Smith. 15 18 20 19 20 19 19 20 18 18 200 186 
F P Parker. 18 15 18 IS 15 18 15 18 18 16 200 169 
Geo L Vivian... 19 17 18 16 19 IS 17 17 17 20 200 178 
T D McGaw. 14 15 15 15 15 13 14 8 .. .. 160 109 
Con Fisher . 17 19 14 17 16 17 16 18 20 16 200 170 
W M Morrison... 16 17 14 14 8 8 11 . 140 88 
Edw Cox . 18 20 18 16 18 19 17 18 17 18 200 179 
T L Talcott. lti 18 18 18 18 17 18 16 18 17 200 174 
H G Mesinger... 15 12 16 16 17 16 16 15 16 14 200 153 
A Keily . 18 16 IS 16 13 14 15 16 14 14 200 154 
Phil Bernhard... 14 1 6 1 5 16 17 1 9 15 1 9 1 4 16 200 161 
T W Barnes. 15 15 14 13 11 20 13 16 13 18 200 148 
NV R Davies. 19 14 17 19 14 12 17 18 13 15 200 158 
P Friend. 11 11 15 12 7 11 13 7 10 10 200 107 
S A White. 20 17 18 19 18 19 13 16 18 20 200 178 
| S Beck. 15 14 11 15 13 14 10 14 12 12 200 130 
H E Hawkins.... 13 19 12 18 15 13 1 4 16 17 16 200 153 
Tom Upton . 17 16 17 18 16 20 17 17 19 18 200 175 
Dr Milker . 15 16 14 18 12 17 15 16 14 14 200 151 
II Dvnes . 16 1 6 13 16 12 16 13 8 5 1 5 200 130 
W P Thomson... 16 17 18 18 18 19 16 11 20 20 200 173 
D McMackon ... 17 15 17 18 15 17 17 15 13 16 200 160 
F Galbraith. 19 17 16 19 18 18 15 17 17 19 200 175 
D Konkle . 14 13 14 14 8 10 . 120 73 
T Pastorius. 15 18 12 15 15 14 120 89 
Sherlock .10 120 10 
Sept. 10, Second Day. 
Taken as a whole, this was another good day. The 
morning opened a little hazy, but the light improved by 
noon. There was practically no wind to bother the com¬ 
petitors. 
J. A. R. Elliott and J. Mowell Hawkins tied for pro¬ 
fessional high average with the excellent score of 193; 
Tom A. Marshall was second with 186, A. H. Durston 
third with 183, followed by H. H. Stevens and L. J. 
Squier, each with 182, and Ed. Banks with 177. 
Amateur high average was won by Mr. E. E. Hilliker, 
East Aurora, N. Y., with a score of 189, and with it went 
the splendid silver cup presented by High Chief Geo. 
W. McGill, Toronto; second average and the beautiful 
cup presented by Walter H. Ewing, Montreal, winner 
of the individual Olympic championship in England, was 
won by Mr. Lon Fisher, the well-known United States 
amateur, with 182; and the Sheffield plate, presented by 
Mr. Harry D. Kirkover, Buffalo, for third high average, 
went to Dr. D. L. Culver, Port Jervis, N. Y., with a 
score of 182. 
The cup presented by Mr. T. D. McGaw, of the 
Queen’s Hotel, which is the headquarters for all shoot¬ 
ers when in Toronto, for the longest continuous run, 
was won by Mr. Ed. Cox, of Buffalo, with 64. 
The Toronto cup of solid gold and silver, presented by 
the Toronto Indians to the tribe for -annual competition 
and open to Canadian amateurs only, was won by Geo. 
Beattie, Hamilton, with the excellent score of 360 for 
the two days. Mr. Beattie was second to Mr. Ewing for 
the Olympic championship in England. He was very 
closely run by Mr. Geo. L. Vivian, Toronto, another of 
the Olympic team, with a score of 359. The last shot 
practically decided the winner. Both shot a good race. 
The scores are as follows: 
Events: 
Targets: 
123456789 10 
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
Shot 
at. 
Brk. 
T A R Elliott.. 
. 18 19 20 20 20 18 19 20 20 19 
200 
193 
W II Ewing .. 
. 16 20 17 17 15 17 18 16 17 17 
200 
170 
Geo Beattie .... 
. 19 17 IS 19 17 20 IS 16 17 17 
200 
178 
G L Vivian .... 
. 19 18 17 17 19 20 19 19 17 16 
200 
181 
G M Dunk .... 
. 18 18 16 18 17 18 17 17 17 17 
200 
173 
H H Stevens... 
. 20 15 19 19 17 19 20 14 19 20 
200 
182 
E G White . 
. 18 17 17 19 19 19 IS 14 18 IS 
200 
177 
A H Durston .. 
. 19 19 15 20 19 20 17 19 19 16 
200 
183 
1 M Hawkins .. 
. 19 20 20 18 20 19 20 19 19 19 
200 
193 
L 1 Squier . 
. 20 20 17 16 15 20 19 18 19 18 
200 
183 
G W McGill.... 
. 18 19 16 17 16 16 18 18 18 19 
200 
175 
T A Duff . 
. IS 13 14 11 14 15 17 16 12 15 
200 
145 
E T Marsh . 
. 17 18 13 16 15 14 16 15 11 15 
200 
150 
P Wakefield ... 
. 17 17 17 18 15 15 14 19 15 18 
200 
165 
E J Mason .... 
. 15 12 16 13 16 14 15 12 15 13 
200 
141. 
E E Hilliker ... 
. 20 18 20 18 19 20 IS 18 19 19 
200 
189 
Dr D L Culver. 
. 19 17 18 19 18 16 19 17 20 19 
200 
182 
T A Marshall... 
. 19 18 19 20 19 20 18 18 16 19 
200 
1S6 
C D Henline ... 
. 18 18 17 20 19 18 14 18 17 18 
200 
177 
H E Smith . 
. 18 18 17 17 18 18 19 18 18 17 
200 
178 
Edw Cox . 
. 18 19 15 17 19 16 19 20 20 16 
200 
179 
1 L Talcott. 
. 18 18 17 19 16 14 13 17 15 18 
200 
165 
II Mesinger .... 
. 17 16 19 12 17 17 15 16 15 13 
200 
157 
A E Kelly . 
. 16 15 16 16 15 13 14 19 17 14 
200 
155 
P Bernhard .... 
. 18 16 15 16 18 15 20 16 12 IS 
200 
164 
T W Barnes .... 
. 12 19 14 17 17 18 15 16 16 17 
200 
161 
Dr Bailey . 
. 20 17 17 15 16 15 19 17 17 16 
200 
169 
D McMackon .. 
. 17 19 15 20 20 19 16 16 17 16 
200 
175 
Lou Fisher _ 
. 20 17 19 20 17 20 16 18 IS 17 
200 
182 
F Galbraith .... 
. 16 18 13 18 18 17 16 15 18 18 
200 
167 
F A Parker _ 
. 19 17 12 19 19 17 14 15 17 18 
200 
167 
T D McGaw ... 
. 15 17 13 14 18 12 16 13 17 18 
200 
153 
W R Davies ... 
. 15 16 17 15 19 15 17 17 16 12 
200 
159 
Edw Banks .... 
. 18 15 20 18 19 20 17 17 17 16 
200 
177 
[Sept. 19, 1908. 
H E Hawkins 
W P Thompson 
G D Ten Eyck. 
14 19 16 15 13 13 16 12 14 18 
200 
150 
15 15 19 17 17 16 17 18 15 15 
200 
164 
17 17 20 18 18 19 14 17 13 14 
200 
167 
13 13 13 13 14 16 15 15 12 15 
200 
139 
15 15 14 16 12 11 14 11 14 17 
200 
139 
18 16 17 13 19 16 14 16 19 17 
200 
165 
12 17 14 11 12 . 
100 
66 
. 8 8. 
40 
16 
. 8 16 .. 
40 
24 
American Indians Cup. 
The American Indians presented a handsome sterling 
cup to the Canadian Indians, as a token of good fellow¬ 
ship and esteem, to be competed for by members of the 
tribe, and this brought out the most exciting contest 
of the meeting. The cup was shot for in two strings 
of 25—one string on the 10th and the other on the 11th. 
In the first string W. P. Thompson (Chief Iron Face), 
of Hamilton, was high with 23; Mr. \V. II. Ewing 
(Chief Long Buffalo Horn), Montreal, and Mr. G. M. 
Dunk (Chief How-much-is-there-in-it), Toronto, being 
tied with 22. In the second string on the last day Mr. 
Ewing went out and, by excellent shooting, made a 
straight run of 25, giving him a score of 47. Mr. Dunk 
made 23, losing bis two last birds, giving him 45. In 
the meantime, however, Mr. Geo. VV. McGill (Chief 
Wholly Smoke), Toronto, had ground out 24, which, 
with his 21 on the first day, gave him 45 also. In the 
last squad, however, and the man who fired the final 
shot ot the tournament was old Iron Face. He had to 
make 24 to tie Mr. Ewing and 25 to win—a pretty hard 
proposition on targets going a stiff 50yds. and with 
every shooter and visitor on the grounds behind him. 
However, he went to work in a business-like way, and, 
in a manner which the writer has only seen done by 
Mr. Chan. Powers at Indianapolis^ ground out his 25 
straight without a waver, every target being put into 
smoke, with the exception of a hard left quartering tar- 
get, while he was on No. 1 peg. This gave him 48 and 
the cup. The moment the old rascal fired his last shot, 
he dropped his gun and ran like a deer (a slow deer), 
followed by the pack of hounds in the squad in full 
cry. He was captured, shouldered, cheered and carried 
oft in triumph. It was an exciting final shot of a good 
shoot, and Mr. Thompson is to be congratulated on his 
skill and nerve. The frill scores are as lollows: 
Competition for cup presented by the American In¬ 
dians to the Canadian Indians: 
W II Ewing. 22 25—47 
G M Dunk. 22 23—45 
E G White. 21 17—38 
G W McGill.... 21 24—45 
T A Duff...17 19—36 
E J Marsh.17 19—36 
P Wakefield .... 20 19—39 
F A Parker. 19 20-39 
G L Vivian.21 23—44 
H E Hawkins... 18 18—36 
T Upton . 21 20—41 
II Dynes __ __ 12 17—29 
W P Thomson... 23 25—48 
D McMackon.... 20 20—40 
Professional high average for the shoot was won by 
J. Mowell Hawkins with 381; second, J. A. R. Elliott 
with 371; third, L. J. Squier with 370. 
Amateur high average tor the two days went to E. E. 
Hilliker with 371; second to Dr. D. L. Culver with 366; 
third to H. E. Smith with 364. 
Annual Meeting. 
1 he annual meeting of the tribe was held in the re¬ 
ception room of the Queen’s Royal, and opened at 
8:30 P. M. sharp on Sept. 10. High Chief McGill was 
on the Council seat, and those in attendance were: 
Messrs. Thomas A. Duff, W. P. Thomson, W. H. 
Ewing, H. Dynes, E. J. Marsh, Dr. C. O. Beam, C. G. 
Thompson, P. Vvakefieid, G. M. Dunk, H. E. Hawkins, 
Thos. Upton, E. G. White, D. McMackon, F. A. Parker 
and Geo. L. Vivian. 
By special invitation, High Chief Tom A. Marshall, : 
J. A. R. Elliott, Luther J. Squier, of the American i 
tribe, and the American visitors were present. High ! 
Chief Marshall made one of his characteristic speeches, 
full of affection for the Canadian Indians, and assured 
them that he would do all in his power to consummate 
in 1909 the long-talked-of joint tournament, which, he 
stated, he hoped would be held at Niagara-on-the-Lake, 
as no better or more beautiful spot could possibly be 
found for the purpose. He referred in warm terms to 
the pleasure the American Indians had of a visit from 
Chief Level Head (D. McMackon) at Cedar Point. 
Mr. Marshall was followed by Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, 
who warmly thanked all present for their courtesy and 
kindness to him in Canada for many years back. He 
was followed by Mr. Reynolds, of the American Field, 
who used the following expression: “As a location for 
a shoot, the one that you have here at Niagara-on-the- 
Lake is the peer of any that I have ever seen. The 
hotel accommodation is Al, and the means of ingress 
and egress by steamer and rail excellent.” 
Mr. J. Mowell Hawkins spoke briefly and invited all 
present to the tournament of the Westy Hogans. 
Past High Chief D. McMackon (Chief Level Head), of 
the Canadian Indians, spoke as follows: “Chief Long 
Talk stated in his silvery speech that they had a visit 
from me at their meeting this summer. I may say that 
1 hit the trail and found my way to Cedar Point. I 
expected that other Canadian braves would have taken 
the same, but evidently they got lost in the woods. To 
say that I was welcomed was putting it very mildly. I 
was received with open arms, and all they could do for 
me did not seem to be enough, and I only wish that 
some others of our tribe had been there. I was in¬ 
vited into the Council meeting, and was well pleased 
at the manner in which affairs were conducted. The 
matter of an amalgamated shoot was spoken of and the 
committee on next year’s shoot was appointed and in¬ 
structed to deal with the matter. I hope we will have 
this joint shoot. I desire to heartily thank the Ameri¬ 
can High Chief for the cordial welcome given to me by 
his tribe at Cedar Point.” 
High Chief McGill spoke as follows: “I wish to ex¬ 
tend to you all a hearty welcome to our Council meet- 
ting, and on behalf of the Canadian Indians to thank 
you for the cordial reception extended to a member of I 
our tribe. I am delighted to hear his excellent report. | 
I am sorry that circumstances were such that more of 
our braves could not attend. It came too close to the 
