FOREST AND STREAM 
707 
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Oct. 31 , 1908 .] 
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I 98 % 
of 3955 Targets 
Crushed to Dust 
The Steam Roller of U. M.C. Quality is out with another smashing record. William Heer, with 
his Remington Gun and U. M. C. Arrow Shells has made 98+% on 3,995 targets, and broken 100 
straight 24 times during the year. 
Amateur Tri-State Championship of Ohio, Indiana 
and Kentucky 
was won by Mr. George W. Wagner, with the Remington Pump Gun and U. M. C. Nitro Club Shells, 
at the big Cincinnati Shoot just ended. Perfect primers, exact uniform wadding and a superior loading 
system combined to produce this new crushing evidence of U. M. C.-Remington supremacy. 
! 
THE UNION METALLIC 
Agency, 
T rapjhcoiing. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Nov. 12.—Salem (N. J.) G. C. Wm. H. Harris, Sec’y. 
1909 
Jan. 21-23.—Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club midwinter 
handicap target tournament. G. Dan Morgan, Sec’y- 
Mgr. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
Nov. 1-2.—Denver, Colo.—Fred A. Stone G. C. Harry 
Warren, Sec’y. „ . 
Nov. 5-6.—Coon Rapids (la.) G. C. V. B. Asher, Sec y. 
Nov. 8.—New Athens, Ill.—Egyptian G. C. Jas. H. 
Koch, Sec’y. 
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 
Trapshooters’ League tournament, under the auspices 
1 of the Kansas City Gun Club. David Elliott, Sec’y. 
Nov. 25-26.—Carleton (Mich.) G. C. Dr. O. T. Fay. Sec’y. 
Nov. 26.—Cleveland (O.) G. C. F. H. Wallace, Mgr. 
Nov. 29.—Milwaukee, Wis.—Badger G. C. Ed. F. Leidel, 
Sec’y. 
1909 
C Jan. 12-15.—Hamilton, Ont., G. C. 19th tournament; live 
birds and targets. J. J. Lawler, Sec’y. 
Jan. 21-23.—Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club. Leonard 
Tufts, Sec’y. 
i June 29-July 2.—Canadian Indians’ tournament. Thomas 
A. Duff, High Scribe, Toronto. 
Buy U. M. C. Game Shells 
CARTRIDGE COMPANY, 
313 Broadway, 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The Capitol Beach Gun Club, Lincoln, Neb., has 
cancelled the dates of its tournament, announced to be 
held on Nov. 10 and 11. 
** 
A match at 50 birds, $50 a side, has been arranged 
between Messrs. J. T. Pratt and L. Smith, to be shot at 
Philadelphia on Thursday of this week. 
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Secretary-Manager Elmer E. Shaner informs us that 
the Cleveland, O., Gun Club has registered a tourna¬ 
ment with the Interstate Association, to be held on 
Nov. 26. 
In a 10-bird event at the Point Breeze track, Phila¬ 
delphia, Oct. 24, nine contestants participated, of whom 
two, Messrs. Elwell and Fisher, divided first money with 
a score of 9 each. Fisher was the only one to kill all his 
birds, one of which fell dead out. 
There were four tied for first place in the monthly 
handicap contest of the Meadow Springs Gun Club, 
Philadelphia, on Saturday of last week, Dr. Cotting, 
Messrs. L. Pierce, I. Kane and W. Franklin. Cotting 
was high with 22 actual breaks out of 25, the tie result¬ 
ing from handicap allowance. 
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At the shoot of the Blue Ribbon Gun Club, Concordia, 
Kans., Oct. 23, Mr. W. IT. Heer was high professional 
with a total of 195 out of a possible 205. Mr. E. O’Brien 
was second with 193. Mr. J. Cole was high amateur 
with 188, and also won the county medal, and the first 
shoot of the series for the Du Pont trophy. 
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 
New York 
Secretary J. J. Lawlor, under date of Oct. 21, writes us 
that the nineteenth annual winter tournament of the 
Plamilton, Ont., Gun Glub will be held on Jan. 12, 13, 
14 and 15, 1909, at live birds and targets. He has made 
application to the Interstate Association for registra¬ 
tion of this shoot. 
Mr. James W. Bell, of St. Louis, scored a win on the 
English Hotel cup, in the indeterminate series, at the 
shoot of the Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club, Oct. 24. He 
scored 47 out of 50. This was the third contest of the 
series. The first contest was won by Britton, 48 out of 
50. The second by Michaelis, 49 out of 50. Three wins 
determine the ownership. 
The State tournament to be held by the Fred A. 
Stone Gun Club. Nov. 1 and 2, Denver, Colo., has a 
programme of ten 20-target events, $2.00 entrance, on 
the first day, and event No. 11 at 50 targets, sliding 
handicap, for the Fred A. Stone amateur trophy, in 
connection with which will be another trophy for manu¬ 
facturers’ agents only. The programme of the second 
day is similar to that of the first, except that event No. 
11 is for an Ithaca shotgun. Lunch and shells obtainable 
on the grounds. 
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Secretary Wm. H. Harris writes us as follows, under 
date of Oct. 23: “The Salem County Rod and Gun 
Club, at Salem, N. J., has just completed a handsome 
club house on their grounds, and will have a shooting 
tournament and house warming on Thursday, Nov. 12. 
The club has the largest membership of any gun club 
in the "State, and they expect to make this a grand 
sporting event. An invitation has been extended to all 
clubs and demonstrators throughout the East to attend. 
