550 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 3, 1908. 
Berkshire Gun Club. 
Pittsfield, Mass.—On the first day. Sept. 25, T. S. 
Fanning was high professional with a total of 118 out of 
125. E. M. Hurd was high amateur with 113. 
There was a tie on 117 out of 125 for high average on 
the second day between J. A. R. Elliott and H. H. 
Stevens. W. E. Corfield was high amateur with 117, 
and was high amateur for the two days with 224 out of 
250. 
Sept. 25, First Day. 
Events: 
12345678 
Shot 
Targets: 
10 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 
at. 
Broke. 
*T A R Elliott. 
. 10 14 11 18 13 14 18 12 
' 125 
110 
*0 R Dickey. 
. 7 3 15 20 13 13 18 13 
125 
112 
*G M Wheeler. 
. 7 12 10 18 12 10 14 13 
125 
96 
*J S F’anning. 
. 8 14 15 19 15 15 18 14 
125 
11 S 
*H H Stevens. 
. 8 14 14 19 13 15 19 13 
125 
115 
J Ransehousen. 
. 8 13 12 19 13 11 15 11 
125 
102 
E R Sawin. 
. 7 10 11 17 13 12 14 8 
125 
92 
J C Todd. 
. 8 12 13 12 18 10 14 8 
125 
95 
*A E Sibley. 
. 8 14 13 17 14 14 16 13 
125 
109 
1 Lew . 
. 5 8 11 13 10 . 
SO 
47 
\\ K Henry. 
. 7 10 10 14 8 9 14 15 
125 
77 
T 1 >ey . 
. 7 12 14 17 13 12 14 12 
125 
101 
E M Hurd. 
. 9 15 13 19 12 15 17 13 
125 
113 
W E Corfield. 
. 9 14 13 17 13 10 17 14 
125 
107 
E V Reynolds. 
. 7 12 14 17 14 11 16 11 
125 
T02 
< iuy Ward . 
. 9 13 12 19 12 12 16 12 
125 
105 
F G Wilcox. 
. 8 13 11 16 13 14 17 13 
125 
105 
M L Welling. 
. 5 10 14 13 10 7 10 7 
125 
76 
\\ C Flansburg. 
. 7 11 10 14 11 14 .... 
90 
67 
A La Motte. 
. 9 14 13 11 18 10 
100 
75 
C N Foote. 
. 12 18 14 12 17 11 
100 
84 
W W Tracy. 
. 4 9 11 14 . 
60 
38 
W A Gregory. 
. 14 12 19 14 
G5 
59 
Sept, 
2 6, Second Day. 
Events: 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Shot 
Targets: 
15 20 15 20 15 20 20 
at. 
Broke. 
*T A R Elliott. 
.... 15 19 15 20 14 18 IS 
125 
119 
*0 R Dickey-. 
.... 15 19 15 19 12 18 17 
125 
115 
*G M Wheeler.. 
.... 12 17 14 29 10 17 17 
125 
107 
*J S Fanning. 
... 14 17 15 19 14 17 20 
125 
116 
*11 H Stevens. 
... 15 19 13 19 14 19 20 
125 
119 
F- W Reynolds. 
.... 12 18 13 17 10 20 18 
125 
108 
G Ward . 
... 13 17 11 16 11 15 18 
125 
Kil 
E M Hurd. 
... 14 13 13 17 15 18 15 
125 
110 
V E Corfield. 
... 12 19 14 19 15 20 18 
125 
117 
las E S Dey. 
... 12 16 11 16 9 16 16 
125 
96 
W A Gregory. 
... 15 17 13 17 15 14 19 
125 
110 
Henry Bowers . 
... 9 13 9 11 11 13 10 
125 
79 
F G Wilcox. 
... 13 18 13 16 15 17 17 
125 
109 
M L Welling. 
... S 11 5 9 9 12 12 
125 
66 
C N Foote. 
... 13 16 14 17 13 19 11 
125 
103 
H E Henry. 
. 11 15 17 
55 
43 
1 Huyck . 
. 7 14 17 
55 
38 
T Ransehousen .... 
... 11 . 
15 
11 
Lenox Club handicap, 75 targets: 
Yards. 
Total. 
T A R Elliott . 
. IS 14 15 15 13 14 
71 
O R Dickey. 
65 
G M Wheeler. 
. 17 13 13 14 
11 12 
63 
1 S Fanning. 
12 14 
66 
H H Stevens. 
. 20 14 12 14 
14 14 
68 
E \\ Reynolds. 
. 18 13 13 10 14 10 
60 
Guy Ward . 
60 
E M Hurd . 
. 16 13 12 15 13 12 
65 
W E Corfield. 
. 18 12 15 14 15 11 
67 
T G S Dey. 
. 16 14 11 12 13 11 
61 
VV A Gregory. 
. 19 12 14 13 12 12 
63 
Harry Bowers . 
. 16 11 8 12 
7 8 
46 
F E Wilcox. 
. 17 14 13 14 13 13 
67 
M L Welling. 
. 16 11 11 7 
11 10 
50 
C M F'oote. 
. 16 14 13 14 13 10 
64 
T IT Huyck. 
. 17 9 12 12 
12 15 
60 
Added money, $75. High guns: IV. E. Corfield, Utica, 
N. V., and F. G. Wilcox, Rome,* N. Y., tied with 67 
each and divided first and second money. $37.25 each. 
E. M. Hurd, Albany, N. Y., third, and C. N. Foote, 
Pittsfield, Mass., fourth. 
Hell Gate Gun Club. 
Xew \ ork.— The Hell Gate Gun Club visited Penn¬ 
sylvania for their semi-annual pigeon contest last week, 
Sept. 16. 
\ ou will note that the club shoot was shot in sec¬ 
tions of 10 birds each, club point handicap and distance 
handicap. Mr. Brennan shot a 10-gauge at 28yds., his 
regular handicap being 26yds. By aid of the staff of 
trappers and Howard Schlicher’s pointer bitch Hazel 
the 570 birds were shot at 3:25 P. M. 
I have seen many dogs retrieve, but Hazel is the peer 
of any one of them, and actually never tires. Two new 
me *i ers > Messrs. Debacher and Sproessig, shot with us 
to-day. We were particularly glad to see Bob De¬ 
bacher with us, as he had a bad accident in the field last 
fall, a fellow hunter carelessly closing a gun with the 
barrel pointing directly at Bob’s leg at the knee. The 
cartridge exploded and caused a fearfully lacerated 
wound. But he is up and around again, as enthusiastic 
as ever. 
The weather was perfect, an east wind blowing from 
left to right. 
The birds were a mixed lot, some very fast and some 
slow. 
Each contestant had his share of both. 
Adam Dietzel shot in beautiful form, the most grace¬ 
ful shot in the club, his sixth, twenty-third and twenty- 
ninth birds being fine stops. 
Charley Lange, the life and wit of our shoots, did 
well up to the finish, when he dropped 3 out of the last 
4. Peter Albert was not in good form, as usual, but 
his fourth, twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh were good 
kills. 
Our friend Bandy, of Rose Hill, did not shoot at the 
birds to “make them fly faster,’’ as he put it, in our 
previous shoot, but finished like a veteran with 26 down 
Schortemeier, though he complains his eyes are getting 
had, now wearing g.asses to. read with, evidently does 
not need them from scratch, a mark which he always 
shot at in eyery gun club he was a member of. He 
shot in fast time, too fast for his last bird, a white bird 
from No. 4 trap, which twisted quickly, evading the 
first barrel and carelessly threw away the second, the 
bird quartering to the left, which spoiled a straight 
score. 
Belden, Lange, Jo .Selg, John Schlicht, Pierce, Bren¬ 
nan (another new member), Mr. Henderson and Bob 
Debacher finished with the magic 23 total. 
Belden is one of our quickest shots, but his judgment 
was erring to-day. 
John Ivlenk was off, but his seventh, thirteenth and 
sixteenth were star stops. 
Jo Selg made some quick firsts, but ended with a 
somewhat poor score. 
John Schlicht our hard-working financial secretary, 
shot in poorer form than is his wont. 
Our president, John FI. Voss,-held the tubes well up 
to the sixteenth bird, which was marked with a star, 
which seemed to bother him, as he lost his seventeenth 
and nineteenth; but he recovered and run them out 
straight. His twenty-first and twenty-fifth were clever 
kills. 
John Doherty buried 15 of his 30, but he certainly can 
play euchre. He made a beautiful kill of his tenth bird. 
Peter Garms brought out a new gun to-day, a hand¬ 
some imported gun, and shot, it for the first time, over¬ 
shooting most of his misses. His fifteenth was simply 
unkillable, but his tenth and twenty-third were caught 
in the middle of long seconds. 
Mr. Sproessig can kill ducks all right, but he needs 
practice on pigeons, his ninth and nineteenth being fine 
kills. 
Mr. Henderson, shooting a pump, dropped 3 dead out. 
His tenth, twelfth and twenty-sixth showed good judg¬ 
ment. 
John Kreeb, the oldest member in point of age, drew 
about the most difficult birds. His good ones were the 
sixteenth and twenty-fifth. 
Forster, always a good shot from the 28yd. mark, 
finished strongly. His eleventh and twenty-sixth were 
beauties, with the first barrel. 
Bob Debacher started well. His third and sixth were 
good kills. He weakened on the second division, his 
eleventh being a first-barrel stop of a difficult twister. 
He dropped a bird, his twenty-first, a whirlwind, but 
lost his last two, the final one marked with a star. 
John Wellbrock shot in expert form, losing only his 
last bird, a jumping towerer. Mr. L. H. Schortemeier 
was referee and scorer. 
Chas. Lange, 28.1212101111 1021012202 111111001*—23 
R Baudendistel, 28_1111111221 2111*11022 2100122112—26 
P Albert, 28 .212100*220 1222121112 2011211010—23 
L H Schortemeier, 30. .212100*220 1222122221 2112222210—29 
A Dietzel, 28.1222222222 211*211202 2122102122 27 
J A Belden, 28.0111221212 0220*11120 21*1211012—23 
J Klenk, 28.112120*112 2220220002 011122101*—21 
J Selg, 26 .111101*010 0021111010 0202201010—17 
J Schlicht, L’6 .1210102010 1212222110 1220011121—°3 
J FI Voss, 30.1111121111 12111*0201 1211111111—27 
P Brennan, 26 .2121210011 1110111101 111011*110—23 
J Doherty, 26 .0022020212 *200012202 1002100020—15 
Peter Garms. 28 .1100100002 0000002220 *202011121—14 
C H Sproessig, 28.1012122010 1210100202 0011101002—18 
J A Henderson, 28... .0*21102111 1112220110 11*222211*—23 
John Kreeb, 26.2*10*12021 *20211110* 2110111111— 9 1 
H Forster, 28.0011121121 1101211001 1211111111—25 
J Wellbrock, 28 .1112211222 1221111111 1112212110—29 
R Debachei, 28.2221011111 1*00221110 211111210*—23 
Ex-Secretary. 
Lock Haven Gun Club. 
Lock Haven, Pa.—Twenty-five amateurs shot the pro¬ 
gramme through and were highly pleased with their 
visit to Lock Haven. The office was ably taken care of 
by L. Lewis, of. the Du Pont Powder Co., and he is a 
master at the game. 
D. B. Harrold, of Sunbury, champion of the Sus¬ 
quehanna Valley, was high amateur, 92 out of 100; O. G. 
Munro, of the local club, second, 83; C. A. Jobson, also 
of the local club, third, 82. Five teams competed for 
the Remington gun, and it was won by a home team 
composed of Capt. P. S. Kift, D. B. Anderson and G. E. 
Dunmire; score 62 out of 75. The Philipsburg team was 
a close second with 61. Capt. Kift was a very busy 
man and shot a good race and did splendid service in 
keeping the boys moving. Our thanks are due the 
boys of Jersey Shore and Philipsburg. 
Following, are the scores for the day, all shooting at 
100 targets: 
Amateurs. 
W Viering . 76 
D 
A Harrold. 
.... 92 
() 
G Munro. 
.... 83 
C 
A Tobson. 
.... 82 
c 
H Davis. .. 
.... 79 
II 
11 Wilson. 
.... 79 
1! 
Pardee .. 
.... 79 
C 
H Bressler. 
.... 78 
C 
Foster . 
.... 78 
P 
T Oechler. 
.... 77 
P 
S Kift. 
,... 77 
J C McCloskey. 76 
W B Feerer . 76 
H Myers . 73 
S M Sankey. 72 
... 68 
... 68 
... 68 
— 66 
... 60 
R H Stewart 
D B Anderson 
G E Dunmire. 
J W Beals. 
C M Flack.... 
L Lewis 
Professionals. 
..85 F E' Butler. 
Team race for Remington .pump gun: 
76 
Lock Haven No. 1. 
Dunmire ..23 
Anderson .22 
Kift . 17—62 
Lock Haven No. 2. 
Jobson . 20 
Monroe . 21 
Viering . 17—58 
Lock Haven No. 3. 
Bressler . 21 
Pardee . 20 
Wilson . 16—57 
Jersey Shore. 
Oechler . 20 
Feerer . 19 
McCloskey . 19—58 
Philipsburg. 
Davis . 22 Beal . 19-61 
Sankey . 20 
lhe feature of the tournament was the presence of the 
world-renowned Annie Oakley. Her feats cannot be set 
in cold type, but must be seen to be appreciated, am 
the largest crowd ever assembled on the grounds wa; 
present, not only from this city, but from nearby town 
and from the country for miles around, and they wen 
held spellbound while some of the most wonderful feats 
with every style of firearms, were performed by thi 
matchless exponent of fancy shooting. Among some o 
the difficult feats was the breaking of a ball revolvin; 
on the end of a cord swung by her husband whil 
lying on her back across a chair, regaining her erec 
position, turning around and breaking the second ba! 
that had been thrown in the air, before it reached thi 
ground. This was done with a heavy rifle. Potato^ 
thrown in the air were mashed as rapidly as they coulr 
be thrown. Pieces of carboard held at right angle 
were cut in two. This requires an absolute center shot 
Pennies, marbles and objects of every description wen 
blown to atoms. Nothing escaped her unerring aim 
Ashes from a cigarette, held in the lips of Mr. Butler 
were knocked off and the cigarette shot out of hi 
mouth. 
Buffalo Audubon Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 26. —A ten-man team match be 
tween East Aurora, N. Y., and the Buffalo Audubor 
Club was held at Buffalo on above date, 50 birds per 
h:an being shot at. The Audubons came out winner Lv 
14 targets. Kelsey, Hilliker, Wright and Glead wen 
high for E. Aurora, and Hammond, Covert, Cox and 
Wootton shot well for the Audubons. Scores: 
East 
Aurora. 
Audubons. 
F Kelsey . 
. 22 25 
McArthur . 
19 23 
Wright ... 
. 24 19 
Hammond . 
24 23 
Helliker .. 
. 23 24 
Sidway . 
19 21 
G Glead .. 
.23 18 
Covert . 
99 9$ 
(1 Wilson . 
.19 19 
Wootton . 
23 22 
McKeliup 
.18 18 
Cox . 
23 21 
C Glead .. 
.17 22 
Mesinger . 
16 19 
Beebe .... 
.19 20 
Smith . 
16 23 
Zink . 
.14 19 
Talcott . 
90 99 
(>eib . 
. 18 20 401 
Reinecke . 
22 16-411 
W. C. Wotton 
, Sec’y. 
Highland 
Gun Club. 
Edge Hill, Pa., Sept. 26. —The superior shooting of 
Mr. Lester S. German was one of the competitive 
features. He scored 98 out of 1C" ‘ " 
German . 
Ballantvne . 
Ringgold . 
Boyer ... 
Firth . 
Harkins . 
Overbaugh . 
Hamil . 
Davis . 
Tansey . 
Dr Wentz . 
of the 
competitive 
The scores 
follow: 
24 
24 
25—98 
90 
20 
24 
24-9(1 
99 
21 
25 
22—9C 
20 
22 
22—88 
22 
20 
23—88 
21 
22 
19-86 
20 
24 
22-86- 
20 
22 
22-85 
20 
19 
23-83 
19 
19 
22-81 
19 
19 
18-76 
17 
18 
17-70 
'Rifle 'Range and Gallery . 
Colonial Revolver Club. 
St. Louis, Mo.— Scores made Sept. 19, 50yds., revolver. 
Cup shoot, 30 shots: 
W L Schrader . 89 89 88—266 
Mrs Crossman . 85 85 85—255 
Chas Dominic . 85 83 84—252 
C C Crossman. 90 81 81—252 
Paul Frese . 80 80 82—242 
M R Moore. 84 67 62—213 
King shoot: Dominic, 10, 10, 10; Mrs. Crossman, 10, 
10, 9; Crossman 9, 8; Schrader 8; Frese 8. 
Practice scores: 
Dominic . 92 8 6 91 87 89—445 
Mrs Crossman . 84 90 81 87 77—419 
Frese . 78 8S 87 83 91-429 
Schraeder and Frese used pistols, balance revolvers. 
Secretary. 
St. Louis Revolver Club. 
Scores made Monday 
ican target: 
evening, 
20yds., Standard 
Amer- 
Schraeder .... 
78 
80 
78 
78—396 
C rossman .... 
81 
80 
84 
75-392 
Summerfield . 
69 
84 
82 
74-382 
Frese . 
76 
75 
81 
81-380 
Bunding . 
76 
79 
68 
76-376 
Everett . 
76 
79 
68 
76—376 
Spencer . 
56 
74 
77 
72- 359 
Bennett . 
31 
63 
34 
45—249 
Ayer . 
Summerfield 
won 
king 
medal. 
41 
42 
•• 
Rifle section : 
F. 
J. Spaed 235, 
229, 237, 
223, 
234; 
H. E. 
Miller 202, 214, 206,' 171; R. C. Miller 223, 213, 158; L 
Mathey 176, 186, 206, 200; W. A. Alexander 169, 171, 226; 
E. R. Maule 191, 179, 208; John Stumpf 131, 150; J. W. 
Weldon 63, 60; S. E. Sears 232. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
The regular shoot of this Association took place on 
Sept. 20, when the following scores were made at 
200yds., offhand, on Standard target: 
Special scores. 
Bruns . 87 85 82 81 81 
Freitag . 86 86 79 79 78 
Gindele . 83 81 81 81 78 
Nestler . 78 75 72 67 .. 
Drube . 74 69 . 
5-shot 
scores. 
41 
38 
37 
37 
31 
