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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Oct. 24, 1908. 
Parkersburg Gun Club. 
Parkersburg, W. Va.—The fall tournament of the 
Parkersburg Gun Club, Oct. 8 and 9, came to a close on 
the afternoon of Oct. 9, and will long be remembered by 
all who were fortunate enough to be present, as one of the 
best and most interesting shooting events they ever at¬ 
tended, the reason of which, to begin with, was the 
splendid location of their club house and grounds. Up 
among the hills, where from the front veranda overlook¬ 
ing the traps, that beautiful sentiment so dear to the 
sportsman, “The Frost is on the Pumpkin and the Corn 
is in the Shock,” was most elegantly portrayed amid 
the surrounding landscape. The scene to the southwest, 
with the brown heather and then a little row of small 
green oaks that the frost had failed to kill, a little strip 
of forest with the characteristic shades of red in the 
leaves that autumn provides—all seemed as if inviting 
the hunter and his dogs to come. 
The first day of the shoot, Oct. 8, started off full of 
interest, as the entry was nine squade. After the first 
event had been shot through, it was seen that straights 
would be in a degree scarce, as 10 was high. Later on 
in the day, some 20s began to loom up, and they paid 
well. It was just one of those kinds of shoots that kept 
everybody on his feet most of the time. If you were 
tired and wanted to take a chair for a moment’s rest, or 
even sit down on the veranda steps, you wouldn’t more 
than get settled until Jim Speary or some other fellow 
would break a straight and you would have to get up to 
see about it, and wonder where that performance was 
going to put you with your 18. 
The same snappy conditions continued all through 
the shoot, including the merchandise event each day, 
and the handicap race for the Ithaca gun on the last 
day, which resulted in a most interesting tie between 
Mr. J. M. Speary, of Marietta; Mr. B. A. Cooper, of 
Thornville, O.; and Dr. Wm. Shattuck, of Coalvale, O. 
The shoot-off brought all the shooters up to trap No. 1 
to see the fun. Speary was picked as the winner. He 
had broken 23 from 20yds.; Cooper and Dr. Shattuck 
shot from 19. 
The Doctor being much the older man of the three, 
and one of the best sportsmen in the country, the boys 
said, “Wouldn’t it be great if the Doctor would take 
their measure?” Well, he did, shooting a steady gait 
and breaking another 23 out of the 25, making a double 
skiddoo. Speary broke 20, and Cooper 18. A big cheer 
went up for the good Doctor and the good work he 
did on the shoot-off. 
At the close of the first day’s shooting, the gentlemen 
in attendance were invited to the Elks’ club rooms, 
where a banquet was given them complimentary to the 
Parkersburg Gun Club, and to say that this feature of 
the entertainment, so liberally provided by the Parkers¬ 
burg Gun Club for the visitors within its gates, was 
greatly appreciated by every man present. The kindly 
interest exercised by the Parkersburg gentlemen that 
all who came would have a good time and feel at home 
places them on the top round as royal entertainers, and 
a fine lot of sportsmen, whose interest in bettering the 
good sport of trapshooting is manifest. Their ideas are 
that the social feature of the meetings is one of the 
best that can possibly be followed out for increasing the 
popularity of the game. 
One of the first things on the programme at the 
banquet was the introduction of the worthy president of 
the Parkersburg Gun Club, Mr. Sid Mallory, whose 
name is famous as one of the most popular sportsmen in 
this country, and one who stands for the best at all 
times. Mr. Mallory, in a few fitting remarks, welcomed 
the shooters to the city. He hoped that they would all 
enjoy their visit to Parkersburg, and the answer came 
later on in the address of Mr. Hart Stanbery, of 
Pomeroy. 
Mr. John Marshall, of Parkersburg, was introduced, 
and delivered an address that caused much merriment 
and tremendous applause. The toastmaster, Mr. Thayer 
McIntyre, owing to the writer being German, was not 
mentioned first, but it doesn’t make any difference when 
he is _ mentioned, because his adaptability shown in the 
capacity of toastmaster proves that he thoroughly under¬ 
stood the situation, and the way he called on people 
and handed them subjects that they knew nothing about 
almost took away their breath. 
The ideal secretary, Mr. Charles B. Brown, was called 
on by the toastmaster, and asked to give a description 
of the “little potato squares, with spots on them running 
from one to six,” and he was the only one who responded 
as if he thought he knew the subject. The toastmaster, 
as well as the other sportsmen assembled, were greatly 
disappointed with Mr. Brown’s remarks, as the first 
thing he said was that he had never seen such squares, 
and was surprised that he should be called on to dis¬ 
course on such a subject, as John Taylor, Mr. Goshorn 
and others were, he thought, the best posted on the 
little game of squares. 
The Hon. Judge H. H. Moss was introduced and gave 
the boys a history of his shooting experience, which 
was very interesting, and at the close of his address he 
requested that those assembled would lend their in¬ 
fluence toward having a law passed to prohibit the sale 
of game in the State of West Virginia, thereby making 
the business of the market hunter a thing of the past. 
The supply of game is such that for the good of the 
future sport, this feature should be eliminated. The 
Judge received the hearty support of all the shooters, 
who all say that the Judge is indeed a true sportsman. 
After hearing from a number of other interesting 
talkers, a vote of thanks was tendered the officers and 
members of the Parkersburg Gun Club by a rising vote, 
for the splendid manner in which they had entertained 
their guests. All. wished them continued success, and 
that when the visitors received a programme to the 
next shoot, they would drop the shovel and the hoe, 
and with their old “Johnston irons” forthwith proceed 
in the direction of Parkersburg. 
Quite a large number of ladies were in attendance at 
the tournament. Their presence always adds a tone to 
the doings.. It seems becoming that the ladies should be 
interested in the shooting and shooting tournaments, as 
there is no sport that they could better encourage their 
husbands or brothers to participate in that is more 
cleanly and manly. 
Mr. John Mullen and Dan McLaughlin officiated at 
that difficult part of the tournament known as cashier 
and assistant, Mr. Mullen being the cashier and Mr. 
McLaughlin the assistant. Their work was very promptly 
executed, so that the shooters were made comfortable at 
the office. 
The trappers and pullers all entered into making the 
tournament a success, and their work was well per¬ 
formed. 
The referees and score-keepers were . careful and at¬ 
tentive to see that all got a bird when killed. Much 
praise is theirs for the manner in which the boards 
were handled, there being no kicks registered. 
Mr. Hart Pomeroy Stanbery, otherwise and familiarly 
known as “the Duke of Pomeroy,” Ohio, was called 
upon in the early part of the banquet to explain to the 
gentlemen present why Pomeroy had gone ‘‘dry.” Mr. 
Stanbery arose, somewhat perplexed, but replied that 
owing to the extreme dampness in Parkersburg that 
Pomeroy had decided not to take any chances. He also 
referred to the fact that Pomeroy started out to give a 
shooting tournament this fall, and that the gentlemen who 
attended sent all kinds of lovely boquets to the Pomeroy 
Gun Club regarding what a great success their tourna¬ 
ment was, which was gratifying to the boys of Pomeroy, 
but in his estimation Secretary Brown, President Mal¬ 
lory, Captain Dudley, Dr. Plopkins and the members of 
the Parkersburg Gun Club would surely get boquets of 
the largest variety grown, because they each and every 
one deserved them, and we know that Hart was sincere 
in all that he said. 
Mr. Lew Fleming, of Pittsburg, was appointed on the 
handicap committee, with Ed. O. BoWer, of Sistersville, 
and Fred Shattuck, of Columbus, to arrange the handi¬ 
cap for the Ithaca gun race, which they did to the sat¬ 
isfaction of all who entered. Mr. Fleming has evidently 
served in the same capacity before, from the manner 
in which he assisted in the arrangements. 
Mr. E. E. Painter, Pittsburg, shot in No. 1 squad with 
Ed. Bower, and Ed. gave him some fine receipts for 
hitting bluerocks in a gale, which will appear in Mr. 
Bower’s new book, on “Where To Hold.” 
Tom Neil, the good-natured big Indian, had the time 
of his life and didn’t seem to mind which way the wind 
blew, and it blew some. 
Harry Hickman, the German oil magnate, was very 
busy keeping track of the performance of his friends, 
and they say that nobody was allowedd to have a better 
time than “Harry.” 
Will Mawheneyor, “Old Apple Jack, the Oil Man,” 
as the boys call him, is fond of the apple in all shapes 
and forms, and has recently written a song entiled, 
“Apple Jack 'and the Nerves.” This song is some 
pumpkins. 
Billy Wiedebusch, of Fairmont, and Ed. Taylor, look 
so nearly alike that you can scarcely tell them apart. 
One fellow said, “Look at that man Wiedebush on 
trap No. 1, how he is smashing them. The other fel¬ 
low, looking down to trap No. 2, saw Wiedebush on 
the line at that trap, so it was Taylor at No. 1 and 
Wiedebush at No. 2. Wiedebush can blush better than 
Ed. Taylor. They are a fine pair, and it is too bad they 
are not brothers. 
Horace Funk, has not been in the game as long as 
some of the boys, but will be breaking 20 straight often 
with a little more experience. Horace hails from Little¬ 
ton, W. Va. 
Horace Heikes has just arranged to have the new song 
“Ballistite” put in circulation, and the first copy will be 
ready Nov. 1. The song was written and composed by' 
himself, and he will sing it for you any time. 
Sir Edward Cain, the Dayton sharpshooter, had a 
splendid time at the shoot, and said that he wouldn’t 
have missed it for anything. Ed. knows a good shoot 
when he sees one. 
“Chief Smear Face,” Ed. McIntyre, of Martinsville, is a 
great painter; in fact a heap big painter, as he painted 
all the Indians at Cedar Point and cried for more to 
paint, and they sent over to Sandusky and couldn’t find 
any. Well, Eddie’s experience as a painter served him 
to great advantage as toastmaster. 
Deacon Bower, of Sistersville, introduced himself to 
Mr. Chamberlain, and very reluctantly told him that he 
had been appointed by a committee to perform a very 
unpleasant duty, which had considerable to do with him, 
Chamberlain, and owing to the combination of Sol-Smith- 
Russell-Henry-Irving style of address that Deacon 
Bower managed to get into circulation, “Roundy,” as 
the Blackfeet Indians call Chamberlain, took a look up 
into the Deacon’s face, the expression of which said, 
“I wonder what crime they think me guilty of?” When 
the Deacon informed him that the committee would 
rather that he would net break so many straights, but 
that he himself personally hoped he would break them 
all, “Roundy” nearly fell dead for joy, as he admitted 
that the Deacon had him on the run. 
Luther J. Squier, the congenial Du Pont man, was 
one of the busiest on the grounds. Luther, in addition 
to having invented “the Squier money-back system,” has 
invented a great many little ideas that greatly help out 
the running of a shoot, and the boys appreciate his 
presence at them all. 
E. H. Taylor, of Fairmont, W. Va., John R. Taylor’s 
oldest son, was over visiting his “dad” and incidentally 
talking over old times, when he was a boy. And how 
John R. killed 99 ducks on Buckeye Lake with six shots 
from his trusty Winchester. E. H. is the representative 
of the U. M. C. Cartridge Co., and does a fine business 
for them. 
George Watson, of Fairmont, came over to look after 
the rest of the Fairmont boys, and he says that he will 
not undertake the proposition again, as they all be¬ 
haved so nicely that he had nothing to do. 
C. F. Sleigfcton and S. L. Hopkins, of Parkersburg, 
were two jolly good boys, and were looking after the 
visitors in good shape. 
Mr. M. J. Rathbone is a bird, and he whistles instead 
of calling pull, and gets a bird just the same. And it is 
so much easier than yelling pull. 
John Stewart met Sid Mallory a long time ago at the 
Ohio State shoot at Circleville, and walking out in the 
shade of the moon after supper, John said, after looking 
carefully about: “Sid, we must slip off quietly to bed 
early and get a good rest and clean up on this bunch to¬ 
morrow.” “Well, all right,” said Sid; and they did. 
John and Sid started in after them in the morning, and 
John said to Sid, “We will cut out the dinner and 
starve ourselves, so we can hit them, as you know the 
effect of a full stomach.” Well, they cut out the nice 
chicken dinner that “Stouty” got up, and when 3 o’clock 
came, John said, “Sid, how much have you won?” Sid 
said, “Seventy cents. How much have you won, John?” 
John said, “Sixty cents.” 
C. B. Dudley, the Florist, is going to exchange some 
of the language of flowers for painting lessons with 
“the toastmaster.” 
Fred Connor, of Parkersburg, says tournaments are 
great sport. 
A. F. Pauli, Wheeling, W. Va., of the Wheeling 
Country Club, was greatly pleased with the Parkersburg 
Shoot, and will be on hand at the next call. 
Lon Fisher, of Buckeye Lake, said he wished that run 
of 143 could have been transferred from Thornville to 
Parkersburg. 
Bert Cooper, of Thornville, greatly enjoyed the trip 
and the shoot. 
Dr. Edwards, of Portsmouth, O., said, “Well, I have 
been to a good many, but that Parkersburg shoot was a 
good one, and we were finely entertained.” 
George Steinbauer, known as “Steiny,” from Pomeroy, 
took a great fancy to the hunting boots and shoes, and 
shot the whole bunch out of them. “Steiny” is a great 
character, and he will perform in the high boots during 
the week, and the shoes on Sunday. 
Dr. S. B. Hamlin, of Pomeroy, had a kicking gun, and 
gamely shot through the tournament with a bad handi¬ 
cap. Here’s hoping the Doctor will have the kick taken 
out and break them all at the next doings. 
Mr. T. S. Bibbe, one of the oldest shooters in the 
State, was in attendance; and the way he hits them 
makes him appear as one of the youngsters. 
Lewis Lantz, Jacksonburg, W. Va., took John R. 
Taylor to a church social, and sold him a $3 pie, and it 
is not to be wondered at, as John has on all occasions 
demonstraetd that he is a great pie man, and can hold 
his own in any company. 
H. O. Nutt, formerly of Beaver, O., now of Okla¬ 
homa, says the shooting in his country is fine, but the 
Parkersburg bluerocks seemed like they had had the 
dogs after them from the way they went. 
Walt Honig says he is not a robber from Robinson, 
Ill., as he only took away a modest amount of the-spoils. 
Jim Nelson, of Marietta, lost Pete Sleicher at the 
banquet, and also lost his false teeth. The teeth turned 
up in Pete’s pocket. How they got there Jim has offered 
a large reward. He said the Yale man’s speech was a 
frost without even a mention of Thomas Jefferson. 
Squire Higgenbothan has a friend by the name of 
Hennesy, and he wears a white star. Nobody seemed 
to know him, but he was about and inquired if they made 
such things as high balls in Parkersburg. 
Fred Cochran, of Parkersburg, had a great time with 
the visitors. 
J. B, Knapp, of Grafton, is a congenial spirit, and 
always has his share of fun out of a shooting tournament. 
Fred Shattuck. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., Oct. 17.—Eleven men were on 
hand to-day at the usual Saturday afternoon shoot, a 
goodly number when the members who have gone away 
for a little field shooting are taken into consideration. 
This was the second try for the Batten trophies, with 
Colquitt and Palmer as high men, Colquitt missing but 
16 out of 175—just one more than a week ago. Palmer 
broke 112 out of a string of 125. Waring, Brown and 
Hunt showed up to-day, but not quite in their usual 
form, while Bush was away off. 
Events: 
L W Colquitt. 
Geo Batten . 
W C Waring. 
C B Brown. 
S Glover . 
Lemhart . 
Ch Bush . 
Mellen . 
L M Palmer. 
R M Brown. 
C M Hunt. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
22 
21 
23 
24 
22 
25 
22 
19 
15 
13 
18 
14 
14 
19 
19 
12 
19 
19 
21 
22 
22 
24 
21 
11 
13 
6 
20 
13 
9 
21 
23 
23 
22 
23 
.17 16 
. 12 12 17 
E. Winslow, Sec’y. 
Hercules Gun Club. 
Temple, Pa., Oct. 19.—The Hercules Gun Club, of 
Temple, Pa., will hold an all-day shoot at live birds on 
Saturday, Dec. 19, on the club grounds, Cotopaxi Swamp, 
only three blocks from the P. & R. R. R. station. The 
programme will consist of a 10-bird and a 15-bird event. 
Shoot starts promptly at 10 A. M. The club assures a 
good attendance of this shoot. For any information per¬ 
taining to this event you will please address the secre¬ 
tary, A. K. Ludwig, Temple, Pa., P. O. Box 154. 
Jacob W. Rahn, captain of the Hercules Gun Club, 
attended the live-bird shoot at the Kurtz House on Sat¬ 
urday, Oct. 10, and was high gun, killing 16 out of 17 
birds, and won first prize. 
Many of the club members were out for cottontails on 
Thursday and Saturday. J. W. Rahn and his party 
killed twenty-four. 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, Pa.—Tournaments registered with the In¬ 
terstate Association during the week ending Oct. 17 are 
as follows: 
Nov. 10.—Central City (Ky.) G. C. E. E. Gregory, Pres. 
Nov. 16-17.—Council Bluffs, la.—Pottawattamie G. C. F. 
B. Cunningham, Sec’y. 
Nov. 19-20.—Kansas City, Mo.—Missouri and Kansas 
Trapsliooters’ League tournament, under the auspices 
of the Kansas City Gun Club. David Elliott, Sec’y. 
