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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Nov. 7, 1908. 
Rainmakers* Tournament 
Keithsburg Tournament. 
Ottawa, Ill.—The Rainmakers’ Gun Club closed a 
very successful tournament on Oct. 27. Considering the 
rainy and cloudy weather conditions, the men who 
promoted the affair, Joe Boissenin and Max Kneussl, 
were very much pleased with the attendance. The 
visiting shots seemed well pleased with their reception 
also. 
Those who made a perfect score in the first fourteen 
events were awarded a fine Lefever cleaner. Those who 
won this distinction were Martin ; Collins, Ditto, Barto, 
Stauber, Stewart, Vance, Boissenm, Harbough, Stillwell, 
Bosley, Gentleman and Kneussl. 
Alex. Vance, of Capron, Ill., made the long run, 45, 
without a miss the first day; prize, a box of cigars. 
Joe Barto, of Chicago, made the high run Tuesday, 41, 
and won a box of cigars. 
Fred Bills, high professional, won a silver mounted 
pipe; Max Kneussl, a gold medal for making high aver¬ 
age with Ballistite powder. John Martin, of Bureau, 
won the five county championship Rainmakers’ gold 
medal, scoring 41 out of 50 from the 19yds. mark, an 
■excellent score for a young shooter. 
Barto, of Chicago, won high average; Kneussl, second; 
Ditto, of Keithsburg, third; Vance, of Capron, fourth. 
The total scores for the two days, Oct. 26 and 27, 
Shot 
Shot 
at. 
Brk. 
at. 
Brk. 
Barto . 
. 400 
370 
Boissenin .... 
... 400 
320 
Kneussl . 
. 400 
363 
Hodge . 
... 400 
284 
Ditto . 
. 400 
360 
Collins . 
... 200 
173 
Vance . 
. 400 
356 
Martin . 
... 200 
158 
Stauber . 
. 400 
352 
McKeever .... 
... 200 
142 
Gentleman .... 
. 400 
347 
Stewart . 
... 200 
142 
Harbough . 
. 400 
345 
Pryant . 
... 200 
128 
Martin . 
. 400 
341 
Spencer .. 
... 200 
128 
Bosley . 
. 400 
335 
Oglesby . 
,.. 100 
70 
Stillwell . 
. 400 
335 
Smith . 
... 25 
18 
Professionals: 
Bills . 
. 400 
378 
Stannard . 
.. 400 
335 
Groves . 
. 400 
359 
Fitzsimmons .. 
.. 200 
159 
Vietmeyer . 
. 400 
352 
New York Athletic Club. 
Travers Island, N. Y., Oct. 31.—A strong northwest 
wind to-day made the shooting difficult, and quick work 
was necessary, as the bluerocks were sent soaring or 
■ducking in the most erratic manner. 
Seventeen guns were in attendance and five events 
were run off. Hodgman got the only straight of the 
■day in his second practice string. 
First trophy event, No. 2, was won by Fred Pelham 
after a tie with Hodgman. 
Second trophy event, No. 3, was won by Billings from 
scratch. 
Third trophy event. No. 4, was won by Crowe, beating 
Owen on the shoot-off. 
For the fourth trophy event, No. 5, five tied and Hodg¬ 
man won after two shoot-offs, in events 6 and 7. 
Messrs. Henderson and Sproessig were visitors. 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
Targets: 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
25 
Pelham . 
. 21 
2 
25 
1 
22 
2 
24 
2 
22 
Hodgman . 
. 25 
1 
25 
1 
21 
1 
23 
2 
25 
2 
25 
1 
23 
Billings . 
. 20 
0 
21 
0 
24 
0 
24 
0 
24 
0 
22 
Owen . 
. 24 
2 
24 
2 
21 
3 
25 
3 
23 
3 
19 
GreifT . 
. 20 
2 
23 
2 
22 
3 
23 
3 
21 
3 
24 
Elias . 
. 15 
0 
21 
0 
21 
1 
21 
1 
14 
1 
24 
i 
2i 
Crowe . 
. 17 
4 
22 
4 
20 
5 
25 
4 
25 
4 
25 
4 
20 
Schauffler . 
. 21 
0 
20 
0 
22 
1 
18 
1 
22 
. . 
. 
McCahill . 
3 
21 
3 
21 
4 
20 
4 
21 
4 
23 
T Lenane . 
5 
18 
5 
21 
5 
24 
5 
25 
5 
15 
5 
17 
M V Lenane . 
1 
20 
1 
19 
2 
16 
2 
25 
2 
25 
2 
21 
Dickerson . 
1 
19 
1 
21 
2 
24 
2 
17 
2 
20 
2 
23 
Wagner . 
5 
18 
5 
20 
5 
20 
Abbott . 
5 
22 
5 
23 
5 
20 
5 
ii 
5 
i9 
5 
2i 
Henderson . 
0 
16 
0 
22 
0 
24 
0 
15 
0 
21 
Sproessig . 
0 
14 
0 
12 
0 
17 
0 
16 
0 
21 
Daniels . 
5 
22 
b 
25 
5 
25 
The first row 
of fi. 
gures, 
in 
the 
events 
; following 
event 
1 , denote handicap allowance. 
G. F. P. 
Slenton Athletic Club. 
Philadelphia, Oct. 31. —The merchandise and optional 
sweepstake shoot of the Stenton Athletic Club, held to¬ 
day, resulted in nearly every contestant taking a prize or 
prizes. There were ten 15-target events, $1.30 entrance. 
There were cash prizes for the two high guns. Lester 
S. German broke 138 out of the total of 150, and made 
high average. High amateur average _ was made by 
Charles Newcomb, with 134; second, Chief Bender, 130. 
A stiff wind played with the targets, making difficult 
shooting. Scores: 
Total. 
German . 12 13 15 14 14 14 15 13 13 15 138 
Newcomb . 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 13 13 15 134 
Bender . 12 13 14 9 14 14 14 14 14 12 130 
Overbaugh . 13 12 10 13 14 12 13 11 13 15 126 
White .. 11 11 13 10 14 13 13 12 12 14 123 
Pratt . 9 10 14 14 11 11 13 11 11 14 118 
Perry . 12 11 13 14 10 15 12 11 12 10 120 
■Cantrell . 7 12 12 14 12 7 10 14 13 14 115 
Patrick . 9 11 10 15 12 13 10 9 13 10 112 
Fontain . 7 9 11 12 8 9 10 10 14 15 105 
Severn .13 11 13 14 12 11 74 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, T’a.—Tournaments registered with the In¬ 
terstate Association during the week ending Oct. 31, fol¬ 
low : 
Nov. 27-28.—Jewell (la.) G. C. W. S. Hoon, Sec’y. 
Dec. 2.—Trenton (N. J.) Shooting Association. Frank 
W. Mathews, Mgr. 
Jan. 12-15.—Hamilton (Ont.) G. C. J. J. Lawlor, Sec’y. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr. 
Keithsburg, Ill.—Appended find, scores of our shoot. 
The weather was fine both days. The attendance was not 
large, but it was dead game, every one of them. Cad- 
wallader and Stannard, both under the weather, which 
accounts for their scores. Stannard won the beautiful 
hand-painted vase from 18yds. with 49 out of 50. Burton 
and Ellett second, with 48. Everybody was pleased 
with their treatment, and had a dandy good time. Nuff 
sed. 
First Day. 
Shot 
Amateurs: 
at. 
Broke. 
C E Karnaugh. 
.200 
188 
Fred Ellett. 
.200 
183 
D Donaldson... 
.200 
177 
Mark Bolton.... 
.200 
186 
A C Connors... 
.200 
178 
W II Haws. 
.200 
163 
E Beckwith .... 
.200 
169 
Frank Smith.... 
.200 
163 
E E Deterline. 
. 50 
47 
Wm Newell .... 
. 50 
46 
Professionals 
Tas Groves .... 
.200 
186 
Ward Burton... 
.200 
1S9 
Wm Stannard.. 
.200 
172 
H Cadwallader.. 
.200 
175 
IF W Vietmeyer.200 
1 S2 
Second Day. 
Third Day. 
A 
Shot 
Shot 
A 
at. 
Broke. 
at. 
Broke. 
200 
188 
400 
376 
200 
189 
400 
372 
200 
193 
400 
370 
200 
1 S1 
400 
367 
200 
168 
400 
346 
200 
150 
400 
313 
200 
169 
200 
163 
50 
47 
... 
... 
50 
46 
200 
192 
400 
378 
200 
1S5 
400 
374 
200 
185 
400 
357 
200 
159 
400 
334 
200 
182 
Fred. Ellett, 
Sec’y. 
Meadow Springs Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 31.—Four, Williams, Kane, 
Gothard and Emory, tied on 25 in the club handicap 
to-day. Scores; 
Williams, 16,... 
... 4 21—25 
Kane, 19. 
... 4 21—25 
Gothard, 17. 
... 5 20—25 
Emery, 16. 
...7 19—25 
Beyer, 16. 
... 3 21—24 
Henry, 20. 
... 4 19—23 
Murdock, 16 .. 
... 7 15—22 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 
12 3 4 
Targets: 
10 15 10 15 
Kane .. 
9 S 6 9 
Cotting . 
7 10 7 11 
Williams . 
6 11 7 11 
Bever . 
6 11 6 9 
Gothard . 
6 . 
Sloan . 
5 13 7 15 
Sloan, 18. 
.... 3 19—22 
Dr Cotting, 20.. 
.... 3 18—21 
ITarper, 18 ...., 
.... * 20—20 
Bonta, 16. 
...10 9—19 
Anderson, 16... 
.... * 16—16 
Hinkson, 16.... 
,... * 14—14 
Monahan, 16 .. 
.* 14—14 
Events: 
12 3 4 
Targets: 
10 15 10 15 
Murdock . 
4 14 .. .. 
J H Anderson . 
3 9 5 5 
T F Anderson.. 
3 5 5 6 
Hinkson . 
..799 
Harper . 
.... 8 12 
Henry . 
. 9 
'Rifle 'Range and Gallery . 
Myles Standish Rifle Club. 
Portland, Me., Oct. 30.—In the pistol class, Hatch 
had a shade the better of the argument for the high 
ten-string total, having stepped ahead of Adams Satur¬ 
day afternoon. Heseltine has also taken the lead in 
the rifle division at 500yds., making another possible. 
Saturday afternoon, in his attempt to pass Adams, 
Hatch shot 150 shots for an average of 91.4, and on 
Wednesday morning followed this with an average of 
90.3 for 150 shots. 
Pistol and revolver, championship cups, 50yds.: 
L R Hatch. 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 96 96 97—954 
S B Adams . 94 94 94 94 95 95 95 95 96 99-951 
W M Fawcett . 92 93 93 93 93 94 94 94 95 95—936 
O E Gerrish . 91 91 91 91 91 92 93 95 96 96—927 
A L Mitchell. S9 89 89 90 90 91 91 91 92 93 -905 
F L Hayden . 89 89 89 89 90 91 91 91 92 94—905 
P W Edwards . 85 86 86 87 88 88 88 88 90 92—878 
A F Graffam. 80 83 84 85 87 88 88 91 91 91—868 
Wm Thornes ..... 81 81 84 84 84 85 85 86 89 90—S49 
E L Cobb, Jr. 81 81 SI 82 82 82 83 84 85 89—829 
W H Bailey . 80 81 81 82 82 83 83 83 84 85—824 
F B Marston . 80 81 81 81 81 82 82 83 84 84—820 
Rifle, championship cups, 50yds., Standard American 
target: 
A F Graffam . 76 76 77 77 79 80 82 83 84 85—799 
W M Fawcett . 67 69 69 69 72 75 76 80 80 80-738 
L R Hatch . 66 67 67 69 69 80 80 81 75 75—699 
P W Edwards . 49 53 58 59 61 62 69 70 76—626 
Rifle, championship cups, 200yds.: 
G PI Wilkins . 46 46 46 46 46 46 47 47 47 48—465 
R H Crosby . 45 45 46 46 46 46 46 46 46 47—459 
E L Cobb, Jr . 43 43 43 43 43 44 44 45 46 46—440 
L S Heseltine . 41 42 42 43 43 43 43 44 44 45-T30 
A F Graffam . 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43—430 
L E Ward . 42 42 42 43 43 43 43 44 44 44—430 
J D Staples . 40 40 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 45—424 
Wm Thornes . 41 42 42 43 44 44 44 44 44 46—422 
A L Mitchell . 40 40 40 41 41 41 41 42 43 43—412 
T M B Webber . 40 40 40 40 41 41 42 42 43 43—412 
C T Perkins . 40 40 40 41 41 41 41 41 42 44—411 
C W Hall . 40 40 40 41 41 41 41 42 42 43—411 
J C Fox .. 40 40 40 41 41 41 41 41 41 43—409 
Rifle, championship cups, 300 yds.: 
A F Graffam. 43 45 45 45 46 46 47 47 49 50—463 
Rifle, championship cups, 500yds. t 
L S Heseltine . 48 48 4 8 48 49 49 
W M Fawcett . 48 48 48 48 48 48 
O E Gerrish. 45 45 45 46 46 46 
R H Crosby . 44 45 45 45 46 46 
Geo Wilkins . 44 44 45 45 45 45 
Medal scores, pistol, 50yds.: 
L. R. Hatch . 92 
88 
93 
91 
90 
91 
49 49 50 50—488 
49 49 49 50—4S5 
46 47 49 50—465 
47 47 47 48—460 
46 47 48 48—458 
90 89 95 85—451 
90 93 89 96—456 
88 94 95 92—462 
85 92 89 89—446 
92 92 87 92—453 
91 89 91 94—456 
Providence (R. I.) Revolver Club. 
Providence, R. I.—We are just now contemplating 
takipg out an injunction against the Colts Co. to re¬ 
strain them from further interference with our happy 
family, and to prevent them from enticing away any 
more of our members. They made one successful raid 
in our camp early in the summer, and a second raid 
recently made causes us to lament the loss of another 
of our popular members who, at last accounts, was hot¬ 
footing it to Hartford. 
Argus, he of 45 proclivities, is the last to be enticed 
away by the alluring Colt. He is one of those devotees 
of big bores who is happy only when making a big 
noise or when speaking about the fine points of his pet 
Frontier model. On these latter occasions his eloquence 
waxes warm, and once his oratorical powers are under 
way, he can be heard clear from the firing line to the 
back-stop belching hot air that flows like a stream of 
molten lava from old Vesuvius. 
Oh! you lovers of big bores, could you have been 
with us and endured some of these perorations, ’twould 
have made your heart (and your head) swell with ad¬ 
miration. But, as all good things must end, so- has 
this ended (for us at least), much as we regret it. For 
we shall surely miss Argus; we shall miss his welcom¬ 
ing .45 racket as we clamber toward the little red house; 
we shall miss the little occasions when, with a com¬ 
petitor on the firing line, he with sober countenance 
fires a black powder cartridge, thus enveloping his 
opponent in a nice smoky atmosphere and keeping him 
in good (?) humor; we shall miss his kindly smile and 
glad hand—the .45 hand; our hearts are full and—we go 
across the street and drown our sorrow. 
We all say, “Good-by, old Hoss, may the fates be 
kind to you, and may you be kind to the Rampant Colt.’’ 
All hands are now busy getting in trim for the an¬ 
nual championship match which takes place the 14th 
of this month. The week’s scores follow: 
Revolver, 50yds.—Almy, 92, 86; Parkhurst, 81, 78, 87, 
83, 7S, 81; Joslin, 82, 83, 87, 79, 88, 81, 81; Willard, 89, 
87 l 80. 
Revolver, 50yds., military count.—Almy, 48, 47, 45, 44, 
44, 43; Parkhurst, 47, 45, 47, 46, 47, 47; Joslin, 47, 48, 
46, 45, 48, 47, 46; Norman 43, 44; Willard, 50', 49, 47. 
Revolver, 20yds.—Willard, 86, 81, 79, 82, 79, 83, 76, 75; 
Joslin, 86, 74, 70, 84, 79, 80, 75, 81; Donaghy, 87, 80, 79; 
Parkhurst, 85, 82; Manchester, 76, 70. 
W. H. Willard. 
St. Louis Revolver Club. 
The scores made in the city championship match 
follow. All entries were paired. The winners were to be 
paired again, and so on till the final match between the 
last two men up. Conditions, 30 shots, 20yds., Standard 
American target: 
First Round.—Dominic, 253, won from J. W. Bell, ab¬ 
sent; Paul Frese, 248, won from Mrs. Crossman, absent; 
S. E. Sears, 247, won from Ralph McCollough, 200; C. 
C. Crossman, 236, won from F. G. Chapin, 230; Dr. M. 
R. Moore, 235, won from Chas. Zerban, 215; G. C. Olcott, 
229, won from R. V. M. Cordell, absent; H. A. Cobb, 
228, won from Gus Mertens, 192; W. L. Schrader, 227, 
won from Louis Ebert, 171; E. A. Stosberg, 226, won 
from M. Summerfield, 218; W. H. Spencer, 224, won 
from W. J. Rich, 210; G. M. Ojeman, 213, won from L. 
Schenck, 179; W. C. Ayer, 191, won from L. B. Bennett, 
absent. 
Second Round.—S. E. Sears, 259, won from G. C. 
Olcott, 201; Paul Frese, 258, won from Chas. Dominic, 
255; C. C. Crossman, 242, won from W. H. Spencer, 234; 
W. L. Schrader, 239, won from Dr. M. R. Moore, absent; 
G. W. Ojeman, 227, won from FI. A. Cobb, 217; W. C. 
Ayer, 225, won from A. E. Stosberg, absent. 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, Oct. 29.—At 2628 Broadway, the follow¬ 
ing scores were made to-day: 
Revolver: J. L. R. Morgan, 84, 88, 83, 82, 82, 86, 86; 
Dr. C. Philips, 86, 80, 79; S. Scott, 89, 89, S3, 84, 80, 83, 
83, 87, 84, 83, 87; M. Hays 87; A. M. Poindexter, 82, 
81 90, 88 86; B. F. Wakler, 89; G. Grenzer, 88, 88, 88, 
85, 84, S4, 87, 92, 90, 89, 86, 87, 86; J. E. Silliman, 88, 
S3, 86. 
Jos. E. Silliman, Treas. 
THE IDEAL HUNTING TRIP. 
In an ideal hunting trip—which must he in 
grand country, and in quest of grand game— 
the death of the coveted prize is only an inci¬ 
dent. To a true sportsman, one fine elk, moun¬ 
tain sheep, goat or bear is a sufficient reward 
for a rough trip into remote wilds, involving 
many sacrifices, and hundreds of dollars in 
money. 
The ideal hunting trips are those that are 
made chiefly for the sake of camping out in a 
wilderness, with both feet upon virgin soil; 
for the sake of roaming the untouched forests 
and the unspoiled pastures of the wild flocks, 
breathing pure air and looking far; for the 
sake of tiring the body, resting the mind, and 
luxuriating in Nature’s own domain.—William 
T. Hornaday, in Scribner’s. 
All the game laws of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and nozv in force, are 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
