FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July io, 1909. 
70 
The Indians’ Tournament. 
The joint tournament of the Canadian Indians and the 
American Indians was held at Niagara-on-the-Lake, On¬ 
tario, Canada, June 29 and 30, and July 1 and — in e 
dates were fortunate in respect to weather, for the days 
were delightfully pleasant, full of sunshine and balmy, nt- 
ful refreshing breezes. While the temperature was QU“ e 
warm betimes, the air was dry, and therefore quickly 
absorbed any excess perspiration, adding to one s com¬ 
fort accordingly. This was in pleasant contrast to the 
unpleasant weather conditions, the high degree of humid¬ 
ity and the consequent discomfort which prevailed dui- 
ing the great tournament of the previous week. 
Taken all in all, the grounds were ideal. lhey are 
situated by the shore on the point of land where the 
great Niagara River pours its waters into Lake Ontario. 
It is a charmingly picturesque nook. The hotel, in a 
setting of grand old sturdy trees, is within a few feet 
of the shore, and on its broad veranda one could rest 
cosily and enjoy the lake breezes. Following a winding 
path from the hotel about 200yds. away one suddenly, 
at the outskirts of the town, comes to an open stretch 
of beautiful green, slightly undulating and sloping toward 
the shore. This strip is some SOyds. wide, and there the 
traps were installed. A street bounds the side of the 
grounds opposite the shore. 
The traps were set in a line parallel with the shore, 
and many of the targets at the end of their flights dis¬ 
appeared over the steep bank, to the water below, hence 
inferentially the shore was about 50yds. from the traps; 
but, be that as it may, there was an excellent back¬ 
ground of sky and water against which the targets took 
their flights sharply visible to the eye. High scores were 
common. There is sufficient room on this beautiful green 
field to install many more sets of traps, as it extends 
further to old Fort Massassauga, about 500yds. further 
on. Across the mouth of the river, clearly in view, was 
Fort Niagara. Both forts are mildly historical in con¬ 
nection with some differences of opinion which are qow 
out of date, but which in moderation served to prove, 
by ocular demonstration, that blood is thicker than water. 
The tournament was managed by Chief Ride-in-the- 
Wagon (E. H. Tripp, Indianapolis), of the American 
Indians, and Chief King Pin (Thomas A. Duff, Toronto), 
of the Canadian Indians. They exerted themselves sat¬ 
isfactorily to make the tournament pleasant and success¬ 
ful. The office was in charge of Messrs. Fred C. Whit¬ 
ney, George R. Ginn and Luther J. Squier. Mr. Chas. 
North had charge of the traps, of which there were three. 
He also made himself generally useful as squad hustler, 
score collector, etc., in his habitually efficient manner. 
There were many cups to reward superior performance 
in respect to amateur high averages each day, and general 
high averages. Mr. Joe Jennings captured the Cana¬ 
dian Indians’ cup for amateur general high average of 
the tournament, with a total of 534. Actual high aver¬ 
age was made by a professional, R. W. Clancy, of Chi¬ 
cago, who broke 545; C. A. Young was second with 542, 
and R. O. Heikes was third with 540. Mrs. Topperwein, 
however, scored the sensational feature of the tournament 
with a run of 197. The longest amateur run, 148, was 
made by Vincent Oliver The Hugh Clark cup was for 
the longest run. 
Many of the contestants brought their respective wives 
and children with them to share in their enjoyment. 
The squaws and pappooses. so-called, who were present 
were: Mrs. R. O. Heikes, Mrs. J. R. Taylor, Mrs. S. S. 
Johnston (who participated in the tournament), Mrs. 
T. M. McIntyre, Mrs. E. W. Tripp, Mrs. T. A. Marshall, 
Mrs. J. L. Walcott, Mrs. G. L. Vivian, Mrs. Geo. A. 
McGill, Mrs. A. Wolfe, Mrs. Thomas A. Duff, Mrs. 
Frank Parker, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. James W. Bell, Mrs. 
Ed. Voris, Mrs. Chas. A. North, Mrs. J. L. Apall, Mrs. 
F. Yerbarg, Mrs. Maud Marshall Kester, Mrs. Geo. S. 
McCarty. And there were many pappooses, in size from 
a babe in arms to glorious young womanhood. 
The Indians held their annual convention on Thurs¬ 
day evening. New Indians taken into the tribe are as 
follows: Guy Ward (Chief Night Rider), Geo. L. Lyon 
(Chief Bull Durham), John Philip Sousa (Chief March 
King), R. W. Clancy (Chief High Point), R. FI. Fin¬ 
ley (Chief Little Nemo). D. A. Edwards (Chief Little 
Puppy), Fred Shattuck (Chief Corn Roaster), Dr. D. L. 
Culver (Chief Big Smoke) T. W. Wagner (Chief Heap 
Cook), C. D. Henline (Chief Gun Tinker), T. H. Keller, 
Tr., (Chief One Trigger), Talcott (Chief Hook Honk), 
j. W. Bell (Chief Ding Dong), H. H. Stanberry (Chief 
Squaw Hunter), Capt. Andy Meaders (Chief Reel Foot), 
S. S. Rogers (Chief Wool Catcher), H. T. Edwards 
(Chief Quit the Trail). 
The Canadian Indians have limited their number to 
fifty strictly. The new members taken into the Cana¬ 
dian tribe are Oscar E. McGaw (Chief Biddy), W. FI. 
Gooderham (Chief Automobile), and Dr. Kilmer, whose 
tribal name I did not learn. 
The officers of each tribe were re-elected. 
The membership of the American Indians is largely 
professional, while that of the Canadian Indians is largely 
amateur. There seemed to be a more or less prevalent 
sentiment that the: American Indians were stronger 
wampumiers than the Canadians. A dance enlivened the 
evening of Wednesday. On Thursday evening some war- 
whoops, a parade in costume by the American Indians 
in the lobby of the hotel were given, after which Chief 
Tom Marshall made a brief speech, and they followed 
the trail to the pavilion for a dance and supper. There 
was some misunderstanding on this point, the Canadians 
not realizing that it was an Indian full-dress affair, hence 
were unprepared for the function. 
Dominion Day, July 1, was a holiday. Several hundred 
visitors witnessed the competition, the exhibition of 
marvelous skill with rifle, pistol and shotgun given by 
Mr. and Mrs. Topperwein, being specially appreciated. 
On this, day the Canadian flag was in evidence 
as conspicuously as the United States flag is in the 
States on July 4. There was a sprinkling of United 
States flags among the Canadian flags, a delicate com¬ 
pliment to the visitors from across the line. 
At the close of the tournament, the American Indians, 
through Chief Tom Marshall, presented a gold-headed 
cane to Thomas A. Duff. It bore the following inscrip¬ 
tion: “Mr. T. A. Duff (Chie^ King Pin), a token of 
esteem from American Indians.” 
There were forty-one high average prizes, and two 
low average prizes, totaling $1,000 for those who snot 
through the entire programme. 
About 72,000 targets were thrown. . 
There was some phenomenal squad shooting, that ot 
ttixon, Ward. Freeman, Mackie and Mrs. Topperwein 
being specially notable. 
June 29 , Preliminary Day. 
The programme of the preliminary day consisted of 
five 20-target events, 40 cents entrance, a total of 100 
targets, $2 entrance. The high total of tbe day was made 
by Geo. L. Lyon, who scored 98 out of the 100; Guy 
Ward was second with 97, while G. S. McCarty, H. S. 
Welles and Mrs. Topperwein tied on 96. Three, R. O. 
Heikes, H. W. Heikes and Geo. Beattie tied on 95. The 
day was pleasant. Sixty-six shooters took part in the 
day’s competition. The totals follow: 
Shot at. Broke. 
Shot at. Broke. 
100 
98 
R W Clancy. 
100 
87 
Guy Ward . 
100 
97 
T A Marshall... 
100 
87 
Mrs. Topperwein 
100 
96 
F E Foltz. 
100 
87 
G S McCarty- 
100 
96 
L T Squier. 
100 
87 
H S Welles.... 
100 
96 
F Yerbarg . 
100 
8* 
R O Heikes.... 
100 
95 
T T Skelly. 
100 
87 
H W Heikes.... 
100 
95 
T I. Talcott. 
100 
S7 
Geo Beattie. 
100 
95 
Mesinger . 
100 
86 
TT D Freeman... 
100 
94 
G W Mackie.... 
100 
86 
F Shattuck .... 
100 
94 
F E Mallory. 
100 
85 
W B Darton. 
100 
94 
T M McIntyre. 
100 
85 
W Huff . 
100 
94 
Ed Voris . 
100 
8b 
T H Keller. 
100 
94 
Mrs Tohnston .. 
100 
85 
F O Bower. 
100 
93 
T P Sousa. 
100 
84 
C A Young. 
100 
93 
G W McGill. 
100 
S4 
Hendrie . 
100 
93 
G M Dunk. 
100 
84 
L B Fleming.... 
100 
93 
E G White. 
100 
S3 
TT Dixon . 
100 
92 
S S Johnston... 
100 
82 
T R Taylor. 
100 
92 
Thos Duff . 
100 
82 
G E Painter .... 
100 
92 
H Stanberry ... 
, 100 
81 
TT Fleming . 
100 
92 
P Bernhardt ... 
100 
79 
Dr Culver . 
100 
91 
Dr Cumming ... 
. 100 
79 
G Wagner . 
100 
91 
Fred Slear . 
, 100 
78 
T F Mallory. 
100 
91 
T G S Dey. 
, 100 
77 
P> Edwards . 
100 
91 
W H Singer.... 
. 100 
77 
F H Tripp. 
100 
91 
Wm Barnes .... 
. 100 
76 
G Gottlieb . 
100 
90 
G Jordan . 
, 100 
76 
Finlev . 
100 
90 
Keily .. 
. 100 
76 
A M Hatcher.... 
100 
89 
P D McGaw... 
. 100 
69 
G L Vivian. 
100 
89 
E D Rike. 
.. 60 
50 
G N Fish. 
100 
88 
W T Ely. 
. 40 
33 
T S Fnnning. 
100 
88 
F A Parker. 
. 40 
28 
T W Bell. 
100 
88 
E J Marsh. 
. 40 
28 
June 
30, First Day. 
The programme con 
sisted 
of ten 20-target 
events, 
$2 
entrance, a total of $20 for the day. There were four 
cups for the day’s amateur high average, which were 
respectively won as follows: Geo. S. McCarty, with a 
total of 191 out of 200, won the cup presented by the 
Canadian Indians; G. E. Painter, of Pittsburg, won the 
J. A. R. Elliott cup, with 190; Harvey Dixon won the 
Ed. Voris cup with 190, and H. Fleming won the Cana¬ 
dian Indian cup with 189. 
The weather was that of a fine summer’s day. It was 
warm, but there was an absence of humidity. A breeze 
from about 7 o’clock, that is blowing from the shooters 
toward the traps, accelerated the flights of the targets, 
and forced them many times _ to fly low, making dif¬ 
ficult shooting. Of the professionals, R. W. Clancy and 
C. A. Young were high with 194. J. R. Taylor broke 193, 
3nd R. O. Heikes 192; W. B. Darton 191. Scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 Total. 
L E Mallory. 17 20 16 16 15 20 15 18 IS 16 171 
F E Mallory. 18 19 20 15 12 17 14 15 14 20 164 
E O Bower. 17 18 18 20 19 18 17 18 19 20 184 
J F Mallory. 17 17 17 18 18 18 17 18 17 16 173 
L E Mallory. Jr. 19 19 20 19 16 18 19 17 19 20 186 
*H D Freeman. 18 IS 20 19 19 17 20 16 19 17 183 
*Mrs Topperwein .... IS 19 18 20 20 18 19 20 19 20 191 
H Dixon . 19 19 20 20 17 19 19 18 20 19 190 
G K Mackie. 17 18 18 15 19 19 18 19 18 19 180 
*Guy Ward . 17 19 19 19 20 18 10 18 20 19 189 
Ed Voris . 17 18 19 19 17 17 16 17 16 19 175 
*A M Thatcher. IS 20 18 19 19 17 17 20 20 20 188 
*R W Clancy. 20 19 20 19 18 20 19 20 19 20 194 
*C Gottlieb . 20 18 19 19 18 18 15 20 17 17 181 
R Taylor. 18 20 19 20 20 20 18 20 19 19 193 
B H Finley.18 18 18 19 17 18 17 19 13 17 174 
*G L Lyon. 19 19 19 19 19 20 19 18 19 18 189 
*T A Marshall. 18 18 17 18 19 17 18 18 19 19 181 
D A Edwards.18 16 18 18 18 18 18 16 18 19 177 
*J T Skelly. 19 20 20 20 19 18 19 17 18 19 189 
*R O Heikes. 20 19 18 20 18 19 19 20 20 19 192 
Cr E Painter. 19 19 18 19 19 20 20 19 19 18 190 
*H W Heikes. 18 20 17 15 19 19 17 16 16 16 173 
G S McCarty. 20 18 20 20 20 18 20 15 19 20 191 
Fred Shattuck . 18 16 18 18 16 20 16 20 17 19 178 
*W B Darton. 19 20 19 19 19 20 18 20 19 18 191 
*G M Dunk. 18 19 IS 17 19 19 19 17 18 20 184 
P D McGaw.18 16 15 13 11 16 15 14 14 11 143 
T P Sousa. 16 16 16 17 13 20 19 18 17 14 166 
W H Singer. 14 14 20 17 19 19 17 17 18 18 173 
Dr Culver . 20 16 16 16 19 19 16 18 17 16 173 
F W Wagner.16 19 18 19 17 19 17 19 17 17 178 
Henline . 16 18 20 18 17 18 16 20 18 20 181 
J M McIntyre. 19.20 19 19 18 18 17 15 17 18 180 
R S Pringle. 18 17 18 18 19 19 17 19 18 17 180 
T G S Dey. 14 16 18 17 15 15 16 16 14 18 159 
*H S Welles. 20 17 20 17 18 19 18 17 20 18 181 
F E Foltz. 18 20 17 20 15 18 18 19 17 18 180 
H Flemming . 17 20 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 19 189 
*E G White. 17 17 16 19 17 15 12 17 16 16 162 
S S Johnston. 15 19 14 18 14 16 12 11 16 15 150 
Mrs Johnston . 13 17 11 13 15 13 15 12 12 14 132 
C Jordan . 10 15 10 11 9 4 9 11 9 8 96 
E H Tripp. 16 20 18 18 19 18 19 19 20 20 187 
*C A Young. 19 20 19 19 20 20 19 19 20 19 194 
*W Huff . 19 19 19 20 19 17 17 18 20 19 187 
*L J Squier. 
*T H Keller, Jr. 
Dr C E Cook... 
*J S Fanning.... 
*'T A R Elliott.. 
Geo W McGill.. 
G L Vivian. 
Fred Verbarg ... 
Thos Duff . 
H G Messinger. 
P M Bernhardt. 
J L Talcott. 
A Keily . 
G M Fish. 
E D Rike. 
J W Bell. 
H Stanberry 
A Meaders . 
A C Suckow 
Dr Overholt - 
Geo Beattie 
W Barnes . 
W P Thomson . 
H Hawkins . 
Dr Cummings .. 
W T Ely. 
Alex Wolfe . 
Geo Wolfe . 
Wm Fenton .... 
B W Glover_ 
Dr Beam . 
F A Parker.... 
Dr McMackon . 
E J Marsh. 
E A Heliker... 
Ed Cox . 
F D Kelsey.... 
F S Right. 
A E Conley.... 
J E Jennings... 
T Bennett . 
W A Smith. 
B B Hutcheson 
H W Kahler... 
C Thomson .... 
H O Wagner... 
*Professionals. 
15 19 18 17 IS 
19 17 18 18 19 
16 13 14 12 13 
16 20 19 17 18 
19 20 19 20 18 
20 19 18 16 17 
19 16 17 IS 17 
11 12 15 15 17 
18 14 14 16 18 
17 18 17 15 14 
16 17 18 18 19 
18 18 19 18 16 
17 19 19 17 15 
18 18 18 20 17 
16 19 17 13 13 
17 19 18 18 18 
19 17 15 17 16 
19 17 19 20 14 
19 17 16 18 17 
19 17 15 14 20 
15 19 18 17 17 
18 20 17 19 15 
17 19 17 15 15 
16 14 14 15 17 
18 17 13 15 15 
19 14 16 14 15 
13 17 15 15 18 
14 14 13 IS 13 
16 11 16 15 16 
18 14 10 19 19 
14 14 17 13 16 
18 12 19 16 18 
16 17 17 16 14 
14 11 18 13 13 
16 16 20 19 17 
19 18 15 18 15 
18 20 20 20 17 
19 IS 19 19 19 
20 15 19 20 18 
19 18 18 19 18 
15 17 11 18 18 
18 15 14 16 17 
14 18 17 15 17 
. 19 18 20 18 15 
18 15 15 14 15 
.14 15 
18 17 18 19 18 
19 19 18 19 17 
16 19 17 17 17 
19 17 17 17 19 
18 17 15 18 17 
19 15 14 15 19 
19 16 18 18 17 
16 13 10 12 15 
15 15 17 9 13 
15 14 17 18 17 
18 17 15 17 14 
18 16 13 18 19 
17 14 18 17 17 
18 19 17 19 16 
20 20 20 18 19 
18 20 17 17 19 
17 17 14 13 16 
18 17 17 18 20 
19 19 17 19 16 
18 19 17 19 17 
18 18 19 19 19 
20 16 18 19 19 
13 11 9 12 13 
14 12 12 15 10 
19 16 17 15 13 
17 18 17 18 19 
14 15 14 18 19 
18 17 14 17 15 
18 16 19 19 20 
19 20 18 20 20 
16 16 18 18 19 
15 16 19 19 19 
15 17 16 16 17 
15 17 16 13 10 
17 18 18 19 15 
19 15 17 17 19 
20 19 19 18 18 
16 17 16 19 16 
18 18 15 17 18 
19 17 18 20 19 
17 19 18 19 19 
18 19 17 16 19 
20 17 15 19 15 
20 19 IS 20 20 
16 14 16 17 16 
16 15 17 16 
177 
153 
154 
179 
1S1 
172 
175 
136 
149 
162 
169 
173 
170 
180 
175 
1S1 
161 
179 
177 
175 
179 
179 
141 
139 
158 
167 
158 
153 
166 
177 
161 
171 
161 
140 
175 
172 
189 
17S 
178 
185 
171 
169 
167 
187 
156 
93 
July 1 , Second Day. 
This was Dominion Day, and the Canadian flag flut¬ 
tered conspicuously about the grounds, with a sprink¬ 
ling of the United States flag in honor of the visitors 
from across the southern border. This day, in its na -1 
tional significance, corresponds in a way to July 4 in 
the United States. There was a large attendance of 
well-dressed spectators, the holiday, the pleasant weather 
and the wonderful feats of marksmanship, with pistol, 
rifle and shotgun, performed by Mr. and Mrs. Topper¬ 
wein in the afternoon, combined to draw a large attend- > 
ance. Commencing at about 3:30, Mr. and Mrs. Topper¬ 
wein, after being happily introduced to the audience by 
Mr. Duff, held the attention of the audience during an 
hour while they performed their wonderful feats. They 
were in perfect form, shooting with dash and confidence, 
and were many times heartily applauded. 
The four cups for the day’s high averages were won 
as follows: First prize, a Lennox vase, donated by 
Harvey McMurchy, was won by F. D. Kelsey with 
197; second was won by J. Jennings with 198; third, the 
E. H. Tripp cup, was won by Capt. Andy Meaders, 
with 194, and fourth was won by F. S. Wright with 174. 
Cups for second and fourth were presented by the Cana¬ 
dian Indians. G. W. Painter broke 195, but was in¬ 
eligible as he had won a cup already, and no contestant 
could win two cups. Of the professionals, C. A. 'Young i 
and R. W. Clancy broke 198 out of 200, while the 
Daddy of Them All, R. O. Heikes, scored 196. It was a 
good day for scoring. The long runs were unusual in 
length and number. F. D. Kelsey ran 134; J. Jennings,, 
119; L. E. Mallory, 114; F. Wagner, 107; C. A. Young, 
110, the latter unfinished when the day ended. Every¬ 
thing ran off smoothly. Scores follow: 
Events: 123456789 10 Total. 
L E Mallory. 20 15 17 13 15 17 14 18 17 IS 164 j 
F E Mallory. 16 18 15 14 17 13 17 17 18 17 162 
E O Bower. 16 19 20 16 19 18 19 19 19 19 1S4 
J F Mallory. 17 20 20 17 19 18 19 20 20 20 190 
L E Mallory, Tr. 20 20 20 20 18 20 18 18 20 19 193 
H D Freeman.. 16 18 19 19 19 20 17 19 19 20 186 , 
Mrs Topperwein . IS 18 IS 18 20 20 17 20 20 20 1S9 
H Dixon . 19 19 20 19 20 18 16 19 20 19 1S9 
G K Mackie. 18 19 18 20 19 19 20 17 19 17 186 
Guy Ward . 19 19 20 18 20 19 20 18 2 0 20 193 . 
Ed Voris . 16 20 18 15 18 16 17 19 17 17 173 
E M Hatcher. 20 19 20 1 9 18 20 15 18 1 9 1 9 187 , 
R W Clancy. 20 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 19 20 198 
C Gottlieb . 18 19 17 15 18 17 17 17 17 18 173 
J R Taylor. 19 19 19 18 19 20 18 20 19 20 191 
Finley . 20 19 19 19 19 19 17 20 16 19 187 
G L Lyon. 19 19 18 19 20 19 19 19 19 20 191 
T A Marshall. 19 18 19 17 19 18 18 19 18 19 184 
D U Edwards. 19 18 19 16 18 20 18 14 16 18 180 
J T Skelly. 20 20 18 17 19 19 17 18 19 18 185 
R O Heikes. 20 19 19 20 20 18 20 20 20 20 196 
G N Painter . 19 19 19 20 19 20 20 19 20 20. 195 
H W Heikes. 16 16 18 IS 19 20 19 19 19 19 183 
G S McCarty. 20 20 20 19 17 18 20 19 20 20 193 
F Shattuck. 17 18 17 19 16 19-16 17 15 19 173 
W B Darton. 19 20 17 19 19 18 20 20 20 19 191 
G M Dunk. 20 15 18 13 16 18 19 20 18 16 173 
T D McGaw. 15 18 16 17 18 18 16 19 17 17 171 
J P Sousa. 18 20 IS 19 18 18 19 20 19 17 186 
Maj W H Singer.16 16 18 18 16 14 11 19 19 17 164 
Dr Culver . 19 20 17 18 IS 20 19 18 17 20 186 
F W Wagner. 18 20 20 20 20 20 16 19 19 17 1S9 
C G Henline. 19 20 18 15 20 19 19 IS 19 18 185 
McIntyre . 19 17 15 16 17 18 17 12 20 17 168 
Bernhardt . 15 19 15 15 20 19 16 17 18 18 172 
R S Pringle . 16 18 18 20 18 19 20 18 18 19 184 
T G S Dey . 16 18 17 15 17 18 18 17 17 19 172 
H S Welles . IS 20 18 18 16 20 19 19 20 19 187 
