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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec. 26, 1908. 
Chief Bender, the pitcher of the Athletics, demon¬ 
strated again that he can shoot and play baseball equally 
well. Three, Bender (30), Aiman (29), and Murphy (30), 
tied on 10 straight in the 10 -bird handicap, $10 entrance. 
In a six-bird event, 30yds. rise, $3 entrance, four, Bender, 
Felix, Paul, Hess and Morris, tied on 5. In a miss- 
and-out, $2, Morris, Paul, Bender, Hoffman and Holz- 
nagle, tied on 9. 
Secretary L. H. Schortemeier writes us as follows: 
“The Bergen Beach Gun Club, of Brooklyn, L. I., will 
hold their serial shoots as usual on the second Tues¬ 
days of the months of January, February, March, April 
and March, 1909, for the Hendrickson (John) trophies, 
Classes A, B and C, distance handicap. Prizes added 
by the club. The dates are Jan. 12, Feb. 9, March 9, 
April 13 and May 11, beginning at 11 A. M. 
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The following communication has been sent to us: 
“The Blunter Arms Co. has again hit the shining mark 
of enterprise in taking on two new salesmen—Haze 
Keller, Jr., a son of Thomas Keller, famous as the best- 
natured man who “travels the road”—and Neale Moore, 
son of Harvey McMurchy, long in the service of the 
same company. Keller will hunt for business in the 
Eastern States and Canada, and Moore in the West, 
under the able guidance of his father.” 
The New York Athletic Club tournament was a suc¬ 
cess. Both the preliminary and the championship, held 
on the first and second days, respectively, filled well. 
The preliminary event, 100 targets, was won by Mr. D. A. 
Upson, of Cleveland, O., with a total of 96. Messrs. 
J. H. Hendrickson, of Jamaica; C. W. Billings, of the 
New York Athletic Club, and Wm. M. Foord, of Wil¬ 
mington, Del., tied on 94 for second and third. In the 
shoot-off, Hendrickson broke 25 straight and won second. 
Billings broke 23 and won third. Foord scored 22. Mr. 
J. A. R. Elliott won high professional with 96. The 
Amateur Championship of America, held on the second 
day, Dec. 18, was won by the renowned Philadelphia 
trapshooter, Mr. Geo. S. McCarty, with a total of 96. 
Foord was second with 95, and Dr. Le Roy Culver, of 
Jersey City, was third with 93. Of the professionals, Mr. 
J. A. R. Elliott was high with 98, missing only one in 
his first and last 25, winning the elegant and valuable 
prize for high professional. Of the club members, Mr, 
C. W. Billings was high on the first day with 94; on 
the second day, Mr. Fred Hodgman was high with 91; 
high average for the two days was made by Mr. G. F. 
Pelham, 180 out of 200. Prior winners and their scores 
were: 1905, Mr. John H. Hendrickson, 94; in 1906 Mr. 
Wm. M. Foord won with 94; Dr. Edward F. Gleason, of 
Boston, won in 1907 with 95. Thus Mr. McCarty’s score 
surpasses all prior records in this contest. 
Bernard Waters. 
Boston and Vicinity. 
Bobby Burnes has now at his home the two best 
prizes shot for by the Palefaces during the ’08 season; 
in other words, the A. W. Lewis sterling trophy and the 
Powers cut-glass lemonade set. 
Frank Hilliard, accompanied by his wife, visited his 
fine summer home at Melvin Village, N. H., last week 
to sample the difference between hot and cold weather 
conditions on Lake Winnipisaukee. The new cottage is 
a beauty inside and out, and hereafter the Hilliards will 
go early and stay late to thoroughly enjoy the ideally 
restful place. 
. H. T. Walls, of the Baker Gun Co., was a Boston vis¬ 
itor last week. Mr. Walls originally hailed from Port¬ 
land, where his skill as a trapshot is well known, and 
is now with the Batavia manufacturers as a mechanical 
•expert. 
Ray Richardson, of the Peters agency, accidental! 
tell lrom the store balcony and fractured some ribs bu 
is now on duty again. 
J. H. Cameron, of the Winchester Repeating Arm 
Co., stopped long enough last week to wish his friend 
in the trade all the compliments of the season. 
Willard B. Darton, of the Marlin Fire Arms Co 
struck town just in time for the Watertown shoot, wher 
he led professionals and amateurs for the programm 
The highly colored Winchester lithograph depicting 1 
couple of colored hunters in the act of unearthing orn 
odoriferous black kitten of the woods is showing ui 
the nature fakers. One man wondered “why, on earth 
they didn t shoot the ’coon,” and another called th 
disturber a possum,” volunteering the information tha 
possum down South were considered a great delicacy. 
According to the Boston Globe, William C. Walker, o'm 
of the oldest residents of Manchester, N. H„ claims tha 
a° n L y ? OOSe ev // , shot . in the State were the tw< 
killed by his grandfather in what is now Woodstock 
way back in 1779. 
It is announced on pretty good authority that Georgi 
Darton, of Portland, Me., is the new U. M. C., mission¬ 
ary for Boston and vicinity. Billy Darton’s brother 
should make a ten-strike with New England shooters, and 
we think he will. His skillful work in the Eastern 
Handicap of 1907 ib well remembered. 
Boston trapshooters are regretting the fact that B. H. 
F. Lucy has severed his connection with the Boston 
Herald. Lucy was the first reporter in this city to give 
trapshooting the attention and write-up that it deserved 
in a daily paper, and his correct and interesting reports 
stirred the other papers to the extent that Boston read¬ 
ers now have their shoots entertainingly set forth in the 
next morning’s news like the sports of golf and base¬ 
ball. W. R. Hamilton, Lucy’s successor, though a 
newcomer, bids fair to successfully follow up his pre¬ 
decessor’s excellent work. 
High amateur at the Watertown shoot proved to be 
R. N. Burnes, and he took about everything in sight, ex¬ 
cept what was frozen immovable. Nailing every trophy 
on the programme does not often fall to the lot of one 
shooter, but the unusual happened this time, and funny 
to state, the winner was really a sick man. Most any¬ 
body would willingly be sick if rewarded in such fash¬ 
ion, but it is certainly queer that with good health 
considered absolutely essential for the best performance 
of any athletic or other feat, yet a contestant decidedly 
under the weather, at this shoot, showed the best form. 
George McCarty’s win of the N. Y. A. C. amateur 
championship was popular hereabouts. He is to be 
reckoned with in coming events. 
W. F. Clark, the Burnes brothers and J. L. Kelso 
were down to Sandy Neck a fortnight ago for the sea- 
fowl shooting, and the same party are off to Plymouth 
this week end. 
C. P. Blinn topped the B. A. A. shooters at River¬ 
side, last Saturday, with his score of 89, including handi¬ 
cap. Roy Faye was high man with 81 actual breaks out 
of 100 targets. 
The third annual banquet of the Sportsmen’s Protective 
Association of Eastern Massachusetts was held at the 
Quincy House the night of Dec. 19. C. H. Norwell was 
presented with a silver loving cup, E. S. Barker making 
the presentation speech. Chairman Field, of the State 
Game Commissiosn, spoke favorably of game sanctuaries 
in various parts of the State for the preservation of 
bird life, and Mayor Wardwell discussed the uselessness 
of making laws if the people failed to stand by the law¬ 
makers. An illustrated lecture for the following night 
under the auspices of the Massachusetts Fish and Game 
Association was announced, and also the combination 
fox hunt and target shoot near Reading, Jan. 2. 
Salem County Rod and Gun Club. 
Salem, N. J., Dec. 10.—The tie shoot-off for the Ithaca 
gun between Charles Newcomb, of Philadelphia, and 
Warren Risner, of Pennsgrove, N. J., was held to-day 
at the grounds of the Salem County Rod and Gun Club 
in this city. Newcomb shot at 30 targets, breaking 27. 
Risner was not present, but sent a letter to the club 
stating that the gun should be divided between the two 
contestants, and if any other disposition was made of 
the prize he would bring suit against the club. The 
club decided that Risner had forfeited his right to the 
gun by not being present, but to make sure that they 
were acting according to the rules of the Association, 
the club has left the matter to Elmer E. Shaner, Secre¬ 
tary-Manager of the Interstate Association at Pittsburg, 
for a decision. 
The original event was held Nov. 12, when both broke 
22 out of 25 targets. Newcomb was obliged to leave to 
catch a train as soon as his squad had finished, and 
Risner entered the match after Newcomb had left, and 
having tied the score claimed the gun by forfeiture. 
President Hart read the Interstate Association rule on 
ties, which says: 
The ties shall be shot off at the original distance 
and at one-fifth the number of targets in the event to 
which the tie refers.” 
The club decided that as Newcomb was obliged to 
leave before the match was decided it would be much 
more sportsmanlike to set a time to shoot off the tie, and 
the date arranged for was Dec. 10, with results as stated 
above. 
After the tie for the gun had been decided, several 
sweepstakes were shot off with the following scores: 
Shot at. Broke Shot at. Broke 
Schubert . 163 112 Overbough . 70 62 
Hart . 125 78 Tice . 75 52 
Newcomb . 93 80 
Stray Shots from Salem. 
Field Captain Schubert has shot at over 3,000 targets 
during the year, and has an 80 per cent, record. 
The following officers have been nominated and will 
be balloted for at the next regular meeting, Dec. 21: 
President, H. G. Hart; Vice-President, William H. 
Harris; Recording Secretary, Harvey W. Bossier; 
Financial .Secretary, L. D. Compton; Treasurer, Tohn 
F. Anderson and Ernest Schubert; Members of Execu- 
tive Board, James S. Wheeler and Isaac Smashey. 
Quail and woodcock are more numerous in this section 
this season than for several years, and sportsmen have 
been enjoying good gunning. 
Field Captain Schubert is arranging a fine programme 
for an all-day tournament on Christmas Day. Capt. A. 
IP. Sooy, secretary of the Bridgeton Gun Club, will 
bring a team over to shcot a match with a team from 
Salem. A team from Hancock’s Bridge, N. J., will com¬ 
pete with a team from Pennsville, N. J. A team from 
Alloway will shoot a match with a team from Quinton, 
N. J. Field Captain Schubert and Charles Tice 'of this’ 
city, will shoot a 100-target match for supremacy. Sev¬ 
eral other matches will be arranged for, including an 
event for the club cup, now held by George House. 
Alert Gun Club’s Successful Tournament. 
Phillipsburg, N. J., Dec. 16.—With the weather man 
favoring us at last by giving us an ideal day for target 
shooting, this tournament was what all the Alert of¬ 
ficers wanted—a success in every particular. 
During the day, 5,500 targets were thrown, and forty- 
five men faced the traps. Professional shooters were 
present as follows: H. S. Welles, Neaf Apgar, Sim 
Glover, T. H. Keller, Jr., H. C. Brown, Lewis and 
Morehouse. Among the most prominent amateurs were 
Hastings, Kahler and Ballentine, from Philadelphia; 
Hackett, from Atlantic City, and Bates, from Trenton, 
besides many other shooters in this section of the 
country. 
Welles, in the professional class, was high with 185 
breaks out of 200, followed by Apgar with 180, and 
Keller, Jr., with 179. In the amateur class Kahler, 
Hastings and Wilson were high with 182 breaks, fol¬ 
lowed by Markley with 181 and by Pleiss with 180. 
Targets were thrown 50yds., and the scores made were 
very good, considering the conditions. 
The added money feature of the programme met with 
success, and many favorable comments were made by 
the shooters. 
The lunch, as served free to shooters, was another 
feature which will be remembered by men who took 
advantage of it while here. 
Another important event in connection with the tour¬ 
nament was the team race between ten men of the 
Alert Club and and ten men of the Pen Argyle Club. 
Both teams prepared for this important event, and in 
consequence great interest was taken by the team, as 
well as by the spectators. The outcome, as will be seen 
by scores below, was that the Alerts won by a score of 
207, as against 175 made by the Pen Argyle Club. 
This win by the Alerts now makes them the cham¬ 
pions in this section, they having defeated now all¬ 
comers in teams of ten men, and are ready to hold 
same against any team within sixty miles from their 
grounds. 
The following are the scores of the tournament, as 
well as team race: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Neaf Apgar 
.... 200 
180 
Vaux . 
.100 
66 
Welles .... 
. 200 
185 
Gilbert. 
. 110 
84 
Keller, Jr. . 
.200 
179 
Hausman .. 
.100 
76 
Glover . 
.200 
170 
Boss . 
. 80 
56 
Lewis . 
.200 
155 
Harps . 
. 70 
43 
Markley .... 
.200 
181 
Raub, Jr ... 
. 65 
49 
Pleiss . 
. 200 
ISO 
G Young . 
. 65 
33 
Hastings .. 
.200 
182 
Stubblebine 
.... 75 
63 
Moorhouse 
.200 
165 
Barnitt .... 
. 50 
16 
Brown . 
. 200 
171 
Somers .... 
. 50 
34 
Wilson . 
.280 
182 
Small . 
. 75 
30 
Ballentine . 
. 200 
174 
Keiper .... 
. 75 
64 
.200 
182 
. 40 
28 
Striker .... 
.200 
172 
Raub, Sr. . 
.110 
84 
Stiles . 
. 200 
158 
Reimer .... 
. 25 
17 
Clark . 
.200 
161 
J H Apgar. 
. 25 
11 
Edwards .. 
.200 
177 
Parry . 
. 25 
16 
Hackett ... 
.200 
168 
Adams .... 
. 25 
19 
Inschoe .... 
.125 
100 
Fehr . 
. 25 
15 
Graves . 
.120 
93 
Lobb . 
. 25 
15 
Frome . 
.145 
100 
Martin . 
. 25 
21 
Team race, 25 targets, per man: 
Alert 
Gun Club. 
Pen Argyle 
Gun Club. 
Pleiss .... 
. 21 
Parry . 
. 16 
Adams ... 
. 19 
Fehr . 
. 15 
Raub, Sr. 
. 19 
Graves . 
. 23 
Housman 
. 18 
Stiles . 
. 16 
Clark .... 
. 21 
Harps . 
Wilson .. 
. 21 
Frome . 
. 19 
Edwards 
. 24 
Small . 
. 13 
Raub,. Tr. 
. 21 
. 22 
Inschoe . 
. 22 
. 15 
Keioer .. 
. 21 907 
91 175 
Edward F. Markley, 
Chairman Tournament Committee. 
Blue Ribbon Gun Club. 
Concordia, Kans., Dec. 16.—L. S. Myers was high 
man for the programme of 100 birds, with a score of 93; 
Empson second with 92. Myers also won county medal 
in event 6 , at 25 birds, with a score of 24. 
In the final shoot for the Du Pont trophy, which has 
been shot for at 25 targets at each of our last three 
shoots (total of 75 targets), Myers and Wilder were a 
tie with 70 each. Wilder won in the shoot-off, with a 
score of 9 to 8 . Following are the scores on this trophy: 
Myers 70, Wilder 70, Caldwell 69, J. Cole 66 , Eckstrom 
65, Sewart 65, A. Cole 63, Snyder 60, Peterson 60, Phil¬ 
lips 60, Krohn 58, De Graff 63. 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
Shot 
Targets: 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
25 
at. 
Broke. 
Myers . 
. 15 
13 
15 
13 
13 
24 
100 
93 
Empson . 
. 15 
14 
11 
15 
14 
23 
100 
92 
J Cole . 
. 13 
14 
13 
15 
11 
21 
100 
87 
Wilder . 
. 12 
15 
10 
13 
13 
23 
100 
86 
Caldwell . 
. 12 
14 
13 
12 
10 
23 
100 
84 
Sewart . 
12 
12 
8 
15 
20 
100 
81 
Eckstrom . 
12 
11 
6 
19 
85 
61 
Krohn . 
. 12 
11 
23 
55 
46 
Snyder . 
12 
9 
20 
55 
41 
De Graff . 
12 
21 
40 
33 
Peterson . 
13 
21 
40 
34 
Phillips . 
13 
21 
40 
34 
Price . 
14 
11 
13 
45 
38 
S G De Graff. 
8 
12 
20 
55 
40 
Shaffer . 
8 
9 
18 
55 
35 
Cool . 
10 
13 
19 
55 
42 
Ford . 
. 8 
9 
19 
55 
36 
J. F. Calbwell, 
Sec’y-Treas. 
