March 5, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
389 
Northern Kentucky Gun Club. 
The club’s fifth annual celebration of Washington s 
Birthday was held on Feb. 22, and was voted the most 
successful in the series. The attendance was almost up 
to expectations, although a number of shooters who had 
signified their intention of being present did not show 
tip. The day was cloudy in the morning, and threaten¬ 
ing, but after noon the sun made its appearance and 
brightened things up. The ground was covered with 
ten or twelve inches of snow, and the sun shining on 
the white expanse made a dazzling light, very trying to 
the eyes, especially trying when the shooter had the 
luck to draw a pure! white bird and tried to locate it 
against the snow. The birds were not an especially good 
lot, there being few which did not require balls before 
taking wing; at the . same time there were enough 
‘‘screamers” to introduce an element of chance, and 
keep the shooters from getting too sure of drawing an 
easy one. The program called for an event at 25 
birds, the Washington’s Birthday handicap, which in¬ 
cluded optional sweeps on the first 15 and the last 10 
birds, and an event at 10 birds, with extra events if time 
permitted, and the supply of pigeons held out. The 
shoot was to have started at 9 o’clock. At this time, 
however, only a part of the shooter^ were on hand, 
so a shift was made, and the last event was put first 
with ten men entered. In this event a record was 
established in the live bird game, for this part of the 
country anyway. Eight of the ten men killed straight, 
two of them missing one bird each, making a total score 
of 98 out of 1001 for the squad. Following the liberal 
policy adopted by the club in the beginning a hot lunch 
was served free to all present, this feature of the shoot 
being greatly appreciated by the shooters, all of whom 
enjoyed the good things served by Mrs. Gross, in the 
club dining room. Over a hundred spectators watched 
the sport, and were generous with applause when a 
good shot was made. More than the usual number of 
bushwhackers surrounded the grounds, and the pigeons 
which escaped the two shots of the sportsmen were 
greeted with a fusilade, which sounded like a regiment 
of infantry firing at will. Occasionally, when the out¬ 
siders approached too near the boundary line, Goober, 
Dr. Gould’s pointer dog, would take upon himself police 
duties, and dropping the bird he was retrieving, would 
drive off the intruders, then return, picking up his bird 
on the way back. Goober was picked up by the Doctor 
on one of his shooting trips in the South, and has de¬ 
veloped into one of the best pigeon retrievers seen in 
this vicinity since the days of old Colonel at the Cin¬ 
cinnati Gun Club grounds in St. Bernard. 
The Washington's Birthday Handicap had thirteen 
entries, and was closely contested, Walker and Gould 
tying for the trophy on 24, the former losing his seventh 
bird and the latter his 19th, both dead out. Harold 
Money, who has recently returned from his trip across 
the pond, was also in the tie, but was not eligible to 
compete for the prize. His 16th bird should have been 
scored for him in the opinion of many of those who saw 
him shoot, but the referee finally decided that it was not 
on the wing when the first shot was fired, and called a 
“no bird,” and he lost the one he drew in place of it. 
The shoot-off for the trophy was won by Gould, and 
he was warmly congratulated by the loser, as well as by 
his other friends. Doc has been in the money at more 
than one pigeon shoot, but this is the first time he has 
been so fortunate as to annex any of the trophies offered 
at the club shoots, and he naturally felt pretty good 
when he presented the heavy cut-glass vase to his charm¬ 
ing wife, who witnessed his victory from the house 
veranda. 
Dameron shot in fine style, but in mighty hard luck. 
Every bird he shot at was killed, but three of them 
kept on the wing just long enough to get over the 
boundary, otherwise there might have been a different 
story to tell about the trophy. 
Uncle John Dea drew one of the few screamers which 
were mixed in with the slow ones. It twisted out of the 
first load with the loss of a few feathers and then started 
for the Cincinnati hills at a speed too great for the shot 
to overtake it, and this put Uncle John out of the race. 
The old veteran, Frank Alkire, shot in pretty good 
shape, but just let three get away, one of them dead 
out. 
John Schreck is getting back into the form of the 
days when he captured the Schuler trophy on the Cin¬ 
cinnati Gun Club grounds, and is a proposition that the 
best of them will need to consider when they run up 
against him. It is his favorite sport, and he very seldom 
fails to make good. 
Charley Woodbury is fast coming to the front in the 
live bird game, and will soon be a hard one to get the 
best of. 
How John Payne happened to miss three birds in suc¬ 
cession is a mystery to him and those who know what 
a good shot he is. However, curious things will occur 
in this shooting gatne, and John has not lost a bit of 
his courage, but takes the bitter as cheerfully as he 
does the sweet; it won’t be wise for any one to go up 
against him thinking they will have an easy thing, for 
they will surely pay well for their experience. 
Dr. Gould was high man for the day, killing 43 out of 
45 shot at, and one of his lost birds was dead out. 
Schreck and Alkire came next with 41 and 40 re¬ 
spectively, and Woodbury dropped into fourth place 
with 39. John Dea got 33 out of 35, and Dameron had 
32. Dr. Gould made 32 straight kills, Harold Money 25, 
Walker 18 and Woodbury 17. 
The last event shot w'as an extra at 10 birds, use of 
one barrel only. In this Gould was high, killing all 
his birds. Alkire and Schreck divided second money on 
8, and Ben took third on 7. 
The matches were refereed by Dr. Shouse; scorer, W. 
Rohrer. The next live bird contest to be held on the 
grounds will be in the series of monthly shoots for the 
club' trophy, and will take place on the second Thurs¬ 
day in March. This is open to all amateurs, but only 
club members can compete for the trophy. 
Event No. 1, 10 live birds, $5 entrance, divided, 60 and 
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Yds. 
TT. 
Yds. 
T’l. 
.. 29 
10 
T Dea .... 
. 2S 
10 
Money 
,. 30 
10 
Alkire .... 
. 31 
10 
Gould 
10 
Dameron . 
. 30 
10 
Alkire 
.. 30 
10 
Gould .... 
. 30 
9 
W alker 
.. 31 
10 
Robbins .. 
. 28 
9 
Payne 
25 birds, $16.25 entrance, 
divided 60 
and 
Dea .. 
Schreck 
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Dea 29 . ...2222022212202211222222212—23 
Schreck 30 . .11*1211211110212112211222—23 
Woodbury, 2S .22*2221201112122112122122—23 
Alkire 32 220222222222222*222022222—22 
Dameron 29 . 22222*22222*2*22222222222-22 
Payne 30 .12*1121121221110001112122—21 
Robbins, 28 .12212201221222020*1122212—21 
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Shoot-off, 5 birds: 
Event No. 3, 15 birds, $10 entrance, one money, class 
shooting: 
guns: 
Schreck 
7ds. 
T’l. 
Yds. 
T’l. 
32 
15 
Woodbury .. 
. 28 
13 
29 
15 
Robbins .... 
. 28 
13 
32 
14 
West . 
. 29 
13 
31 
14 
Dameron ... 
. 29 
12 
30 
14 
Ben . 
. 29 
13 
29 
13 
Keefer . 
. 27 
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30 
13 
birds. $5 
entrance, one 
money. 
high 
29 
10 
Money .. 
. 32 
9 
31 
10 
Alkire . 
. 32 
8 
30 
10 
Robbins .... 
. 28 
8 
28 
10 
Ben . 
, 29 
8 
29 
10 
Payne ___ 
. 30 
7 
29 
9 
West . 
. 29 
7 
Event No. 5, 10 birds, $5 entrance, three moneys, i”> 
30 and 20 per cent.; use of one barrel, 28yds.. 
Gould . 10 West . 0 
Alkire 8 Robbins . >> 
Schreck’".'. 8 Woodbury . »> 
Ben . 7 I' a,ker . 6 
Payne .:. 0 
