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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 18, 1909. 
Hyde Park Gun Club Tournament. 
Cincinnati, O.—The second annua! tri-state tournament 
was held at the new grounds on Sept. 6 and 7, and 
was the most successful shoot pulled off in this vicin¬ 
ity for several years. The attendance was not, of course, 
what the club officers had hoped for, but the days when 
a club coulld be sure of attracting one hundred or more 
shooters to its tournaments have gone by. Tournaments 
have become too numerous, and if a club has thirty or 
forty shooters, who stick out the programme, it has 
every reason to feel abundantly satisfied and well pleased. 
The local shooters were present in fair numbers, but 
several of the club members did not take part, being too 
busy working in various ways for the success of the affair 
to do any shooting. A large crowd of spectators was 
present each day, and, as usual at this club’s shoots, 
the ladies were out in force, and helped make the occa¬ 
sion enjoyable. The weather clerk provided almost per¬ 
fect weather conditions on both days, and as a result, 
some pretty nice scores were recorded, and the pro¬ 
gramme was finished in good season. 
The shoot was given under the Squier money-back sys¬ 
tem, which seems to be growing in favor, and is the 
only system which insures the amateur from loss and 
at the same time provides a reward in the shape of 
average money for high scores. The purse created 
under this system amounted to $172.10, of which $95.55 
was used to_ pay the losses in full, the sums paid back 
varying from $24.80 to 5 cents, eight amateurs coming in 
for relief. The surplus, $76.55, was divided into six 
moneys, high guns, 30, 20, 15, 13, 12 and 10 per cent. 
Henderson took first, $22.95; Dr. Shattuck, $15.30; E. 
Cain, $11.50; E. Barker and E. W. Rugg, $9.55 each; I. 
M. Speary and H. E. Smith, $3.85 each. 
The programme consisted of four events at 15 and 
seven at 20 targets on each day, a total of 400 targets for 
the tournament. The tri-state championship event was 
decided on the last day, and was open to all amateurs 
of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The trophy was a 
solid gold diamond-studded watch charm, suitably en¬ 
graved. The money was divided Rose system, 7, 5, 3, 2. 
A buffet lunch was served on the grounds by the Ladies’ 
Society of the M. E. Church at Hyde Park. This was 
a feature thoroughly appreciated by the shooters, the 
home-cooked food being a pleasing contrast to that 
usually handed out at a shoot. 
The tournament committee consisted of Messrs. E. W 
Rugg, E. Frohliger and C. S. Smith, and the smooth 
running of the shoot was testimony to the careful way 
in which these gentlemen attended to their duties. Dr. 
Phillips and Dr. Matlock rendered valuable aid on the 
days of the tournament, the latter devoting his entire 
time to the work and forfeiting his chance to win the 
trophy. 
The events were shot over two traps, an Ideal at No. 
1, and expert at No. 2. Both worked perfectly and no 
delays occurred. At No. 1. C. H. Smith acted as referee 
and scorer. At No. 2, Cooney Klein performed the 
same duties. K. Stevenson was puller at No. 1, and 
F. Koebler at No. 2. 
The trade was represented by W. R. Crosby L J 
Squier, D. \Y. Goshorn. W. B. Darton, O. J. Holoday, 
C. A. \ oung, L. W. Lisher and Ralph I.. Trimble. 
Luther Squier had charge of the financial end of the 
shoot. In this position he has no superior in the coun¬ 
try. The events were figured out and money ready 
promptly, and no one lost a train because of delay in 
getting his winnings. 
The club’si new home was praised by all. The grounds 
overlook a part of the Country Club’s golf links, and 
the natural surroundings are very pleasing. The back¬ 
ground is almost perfect, the traps facing nearly north, 
only for very extreme left angles at No. 1, and right 
angles at No. 2, can any criticism be made, and • this 
slight defect will be remedied soon. The club has oc¬ 
cupied the place only a couple of weeks, and is pushing 
the work of cleaning up and laying out the grounds as 
fast as possible. The grounds are easier of access than 
the old ones, the club house being less than 100 yards 
from the street and car line, from which it is hidden by 
trees and small growth. A cinder path leads from the 
street to the house, and a special entrance for autos 
and teams has been'made. 
The tournament was well patronized by out of town 
shooters. Among those present being Messrs Geo W 
Wagner. Peru. Ind.; Wm. E. Liming and G. Francis, 
Harrison, CL; W. R. Crosbv, O’Fallon, Ill.; J V. Dea, 
Ma.ysville, Ky.; YY oolfolk Henderson, Lexington, Ky.; 
I'- B. Darton. Portland, Me.; Lon Fisher, Buckeye 
Lake, O.; W. R. Chamberlain, Wm. Webster and Stan- 
,, e , ry \, 1 on ? eroy ' °- ; Donald W. Goshorn, Charleston, 
W. \ a.: Wm. Shattuck, Coal Grove, O.; J. E. Cain, 
Dayton, O., and J. M. Speary, Marietta, O. 
Hie list with 62, made in the second to sixth events. 
Barker broke 56 straight, H. E. Smith 53, Henderson 
and Woodbury 47 and 40 respectively. 
Squad No. 1, Stanbery, Speary, Cain, Shattuck and 
Gribble, made the squad record. In event No. 5. 75 
targets, the squad scored 73, Stanbery being the scape¬ 
goat who dropped 2 targets, his twelfth and fourteenth. 
As a penalty he had to pack all the guns to the house 
from the score. In event 9 at 100 targets, the same 
squad scored 97, Shattuck losing his fourth, and Gribble 
his third and sixth targets. Squad No. 5, Holoday. 
Darton, Henderson, Rugg and Hammersmith, scored 
96 in event 11, Darton missing his eleventh and fifteenth 
and Hammersmith his sixth and eighth targets. 
Ralph Trimble, the Winchester representative, did no 
shooting, but he scored high at the lunch booth. The 
way he got outside of pie a la mode caused a famine 
in ice cream before the day- was over. De Mar, of the 
home club, and one of its crack shots, was too busy to 
shoot. He helped out in various capacities where help 
was needed, refereeing, scoring, etc. H. D. Anderson 
came out right after breakfast, but as he had this meal 
about 2 in the afternoon, he didn’t reach the grounds in 
time to compete, and so shot in the extras. What might 
have proved a serious matter turned out a ludicrous in¬ 
cident and caused much laughter. A squad was shooting 
an extra event. A shell stuck in Anderson’s gun, caus¬ 
ing a delay, and the trap boy bobbed up out of the pit, 
thinking the event was over. Just as he straightened up 
Anderson called '“Pull.” The expression on the kid’s 
face as he ducked back into the pit would have made 
a reputation for the cartoonist who could reproduce it 
on paper. Dr. Shattuck, of Cool Grove, O., has been in 
the game many years, and a pleasanter, more genial 
shooting companion couldn’t be found in many a dav's 
journey. He can still'show the way to most of the 
young Tins when it comes to smashing targets. 
Of course John Falk was present and busy as usual. 
He had charge of the score bulletin and also helped 
make the strangers feel good, as one of the committee 
on entertainment. If you meet H. Stanbery, of Pomeroy, 
O., you’ll run across a miehty good fellow. You’ll know 
him by his gun with bird’s eye maple stock, and don’t 
forget to ask him to show you the photo he had taken 
in Vine street. It’s a corker. 
H- W. Rugg had just got a start when the programme 
was finished. In the last 80 targets he dropped only one, 
which was_ one target better than “T. Bill” scored. ' 
Wm. Webster was obliged to leave for home this 
evening. He shot a 94 per cent, clip during the day and 
was by no means a long shot for first place. 
Holoday shot a good clip all day, but could not stay 
over, as be was booked for another shoot on the 7th. 
E. B. Barker, of the Cincinnati Gun Club, is hardlv 
shooting as he used to at St. Bernard: still he keeps well 
up in the 90 per cent, class, and makes a misHity good 
man on a team. He is figuring on a big shoot next 
month, when the Cincys open their new club house, 
and promises inducements which will make it a better 
business proposition for a shooter to attend than to 
stay away. 
Events; 123456789 10 11 
Targets: 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 “>0 20 -10 
H Stanberv. 6 15 14 17 13 13 15 17 20 15 13 
J M Speary. 15 18 14 18 15 16 15 10 20 15 18 
J E Cain. 15 14 13 18 15 16 14 17 20 19 20 
Wm Shattuck . 15 18 14 19 15 19 19 18 19 20 19 
L G Gribble. 8 16 13 15 15 19 15 16 18 IS 19 
P K Phillips. 12 16 13 10 13 13 13 13 12 14 16 
J G Francis. 10 19 13 18 14 17 13 15 IS 17 16 
V Webster . 14 19 14 19 14 19 14 17 19 19 19 
H E Smith. 14 18 15 17 14 18 15 20 19 19 19 
w E Liming. 10 IS 13 13 18 14 14 16 18 18 14 
E B Barker. 13 20 14 20 15 17 14 16 20 17 19 
A R Roll . 14 12 14 14 15 14 13 17 16 18 16 
M Johnson . 11 15 12 18 13 18 13 15 18 16 17 
Lon Fisher . 13 19 14 18 14 16 13 19 IS 19 20 
G R Harris. 8 10 10 16 13 18. 
w R Crosby. 15 18 15 20 15 19 15 19 20 19 20 
L T Snuier. 15 15 14 15 11 17 13 18 18 19 18 
W R Chamberlain. 14 18 14 18 15 20 13 17 18 16 18 
D W Goshorn. 15 19 13 16 13 17 12 16 20 19 16 
E T McArdle.10 10 10 13 11 10 14 6 11 
O J Holoday. 15 19 13 20 15 19 15 18 19 19 ^O 
W P, Darton. 14 18 15 18 12 18 12 20 16 17 18 
14 19 15 20 14 19 14 18 20 19 20 
15 17 14 16 14 17 13 20 19 20 20 
13 IS 14 20 14 17 13 19 20 17 18 
13 18 14 18 13 ”0 13 18 16 19 15 
C B Woodbury.... 14 16 13 20 15 19 12 16 14 19 18 
G W Keifer. 14 18 11 16 14 17 15 19 IS 16 19 
G W Wagner. 12 18 14 18 11 18 13 17 19 IS 20 
J W Tenkins.14 12 17 10 13 12 19 12 13 14 
J B Clements.12 15 14 18 16 
W Henderson ... 
E W Rugg. 
E Hammersmith. 
J V Dea 
Total. 
158 
183 
181 
188 
172 
144 
170 
187 
188 
160 
185 
163 
166 
1S3 
75 
195 
173 
181 
176 
95 
192 
178 
192 
185 
183 
177 
176 
177 
178 
136 
75 
Sept. 6, First Day. 
Monday, the opening day, was cloudy and quite co 
In the forenoon a stiff breeze made targets rather d 
ficult, but the afternoon conditions were perfect. Thirl 
one shooters faced the traps during the day, all but fo 
going through the entire programme. Nearly one hu 
dred ladies and gentlemen occupied seats under t 
large tree between the trap pits, and on the house v< 
anda, watching the sport and liberally applauding t 
good work of some of the shooters. The first squad w 
called to the score at 10 o’clock, and from that tir 
until 2:45, when the last shot was fired, nothing ha 
pened to cause delay. There was a continuous perfori 
ance at the lunch counter, also, from 11 o’clock t 
nearly dark, a few shooters who arrived too late to ent 
lor the programme, keeping the traps busy after tl 
regular events were finished. 
At the close of the sixth event. 105 targets, the leade 
were Crosby, 102, Holoday and Henderson 101 each, E 
Shattuck 100 , W. Webster, E. I!. Barker and W. ' 
Chamberlain 99 each, and the day closed with the shoe 
ers occupying almost the same position, Crosby beit 
,[8; 1 ,R rof ^ ssl S ) , rial w 'th 195, O. J. Holaday secoi 
with 192, \\ B. Darton 178. Henderson led the am 
teurs with 192 tying for second high on the day. D 
Shattuck and H. E. Smith 188 each, E. B. Barker at 
E. W. Rugg 185 each. 
No professional long runs were made. Crosby headi 
Sept. 7, Second Day. 
Tuesday was a bright, sunny day, much warmer than 
the previous day, and the shooters hunted out the shady 
places when not at the score. The weather conditions 
were perfect, not a breath of wind to interfere with the 
flight of the targets, and good scores were numerous. 
Many of the shooters went away the night before, but 
their places were more than filled by new men. thirty- 
eight shooters facing the traps during the day. Among 
the new-comers were Messrs. Ray Gaskill and H. N. 
Smith, of Morrow, O.; C. A. Young, of Springfield O • 
D. W. Franchot, of Tulsa. Okla.; L. W. Lisher of 
Cjucago; H. M. Arns, of Glendale, O.; D. Pohlar, L. 
1 feiffer. H D. Anderson, L B. Clements and Arthur 
Gambell, of the local men. The attendance of spectators 
was larger than on Monday, and much interest was 
shown in the sport, especially after the championship 
race was started. The first squad was called about 10:30, 
and the programme was finished at 4 o’clock, a recess of 
neatly an hour being taken at noon for lunch. The 
work of the shooters was an improvement over that of 
the first day, and several good runs were made. Charlie 
\ oung led the bunch. Starting in the second event he 
smashed the targets until the last one in the tenth event, 
making a run of 151. Henderson recorded two runs of 
88 and 93. Cain got 78 without a miss, Lisher 67, Speary 
54. Crosby quit on Monday with the last 33 to his credit 
and this morning he broke the first 85 straight, making 
a continuous run of 118 for the two days. Rugg had 51 
straight when the shooting stopped on Monday and had 
a good chance for a run, but the very first target was too 
much for him and was scored lost. When a halt was 
called for lunch six events at 100 targets had been shot 
The leaders were Crosby 99, Henderson and Young 98 
each, Barker 96, Speary 95, Cain and Rugg 94 each 
Squad No. 1 again carried off the high squad score this 
time with 100 straight in the fifth event. In the ninth 
event the squad scored 97. Another good squad was 
No. 5, Young, Darton, Henderson, Rugg and Ham¬ 
mersmith. In the third event they scored 97 out of 100. 
Darton missed one, Hammersmith two targets. 
In the fourth event the squad scored 74 out of 75 
Rugg being the man to drop one. 
The championship race was hotly contested and awak¬ 
ened much interest among shooters and spectators. At 
the end of the second round Henderson, Cain and Wag¬ 
ner werde tied on 40 straight. The close of the third 
round found Henderson ;nd Cain still tied on 60 straight 
with Wagner 59. H. N. Smith, one of the new men, was 
tied with Wagner for second place. In the fourth round 
Cain dropped a target, while Henderson broke them all 
making the score 80 to 79. Wagner and Smith were still 
tied, their score being 78. The match was evidently be¬ 
tween Cain and Henderson, and the crowd gathered at 
trap No. 1 to see the finish. Henderson dropped his 
sixth target, giving Cain a chance to tie, but he lost one 
of the 20, and Henderson, breaking the last 14, won bv 
one target, 99 to 98. H. N. Smith finished in third 
place with 97, but Wagner struck a streak of hard luck 
and lost 3 targets, finishing in fourth place. C A 
Young scored 98 in this match, beating Crosby by one 
target, and Franchot scored 96. It was the most interest¬ 
ing and hotly contested race that has taken place in 
this vicinity for a long time. Woolfolk Henderson is 
without question one of the best amateur shots in the 
country, and Ed Cain has no cause to be ashamed of the 
fight he put up. 
Henderson made the high score of the dav. 197, leading 
both professionals and amateurs. Second high amateur 
was Cain with 192, Spearv 188. Shattuck, Barker and 
Rugg 187 each, Woodbury 186. High professional honors 
were divided by Young and Crosby on 196, Lisher 191 
Squier 181 and Darton 179. 
For the two days Crosby was high professional with 
391, or 97.75 per cent.: W. B. Darton second with 357; 
Squier third with .854: Henderson won amateur hieli 
average on 389, or 97.25 per cent.; Shattuck 375: Cain 
373; Barker and Rugg, 372 each; Speary and H. E. 
Smith, 371 each. 
The trophy was presented to Mr. Henderson by Dr. 
Matlock The presentation speech was short but to the 
point and very happy in expression. In reply, Mr. 
Henderson was also brief, thanking the doctor and the 
club for the courtesies extended to him, in common 
with the other shooters, and for the congratulatory re¬ 
marks to which he had just listened. 
The shooters all expressed themselves as much pleased 
with the grounds and with Hyde Park’s way of doing 
things. T he tri-state shoot will be an annual fixture, 
and will undoubtedly grow in favor with the trapshooters 
of the three States, so that the attendance will be larger 
each year. 
Before 5 o’clock all the money was paid out and the 
grounds nearly deserted. Tohn Falk was booked for 
Xenia and then to the Columbus tournament, keeping 
company with L. J. Squier on the trip. Several other 
shooters planned to visit Columbus. 
Hammersmith came on to the grounds this morning 
smoking a stogie 18 inches long. It had a soothing 
effect on his nerves evidently, as he broke more targets 
than on Monday. 
Roundv benefited by the money-back system to the 
extent of 5 cents Fie donated the nickle to any worthy 
object. • 
Air. Reif, one of the club’s good shots, was at the 
grounds for the forenoon and helped out in No. 2 pull 
house. He didn’t shoot, as he could not stay for the 
dav. 
Rugg s unfinished run was spoiled by an insignificant 
insect. Just as he called pull for his first target of the 
clay a wasp lit on his nose, and by the time he had 
brushed it off the target was out of range, and a big 0 
was marked against his name. Arthur Gambell had a 
nice little bit of cross country walking to do this after¬ 
noon when he came out. He and Dr. Gould and Airs. 
Gould got off the car at the Country Club and walked 
over through the fields. Arthur was all in when he 
reached the club house, and restoratives had to be ap¬ 
plied immediately. Later when he had recovered from 
the effects of the walk and had taken another dose of the 
medicine, he shot a match with Lou Pfeiffer, in two of 
the events tying on 38 out of 40. Charlie Young took 
high professional honors in the last 100 of the pro¬ 
gramme, breaking 98. 
3 he club holds weekly shoots on Saturday, and all 
shooters will receive a cordial welcome at the grounds 
and be given a chance to shoot at as many targets as they 
wish. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Targets: • 15 15 20 15 20 15 20 20 2 0 20 20 Total. 
Stanbery . 10 11 16 12 20 11 17 17 18 17 18 167 
Speary . 15 15 20 12 20 13 19 18 20 19 17 188 
Cam . 14 14 19 14 20 13 20 20 20 19 19 192 
Shattuck .14 14 19 14 20 12 19 19 19 17 20 187 
Grihble . 13 14 19 14 20 14 17 18 20 17 18 184 
Phillips . 13 12 16 13 16 13 18 14 19 15 13 162 
Francis . 14 12 18 11 17 14 IS 16 14 16 19 169 
Fisher . 14 12 17 13 IS 13 19 18 19 19 19 181 
H E Smith. 13 13 19 13 19 13 20 17 20 19 17 183 
Liming . 15 13 IS 10 18 14 18 18 20 18 18 180 
Barker . 15 1 4 20 14 20 13 20 16 17 19 1 9 187 
Pohlar . 14 13 18 13 16 13 17 15 15 14 13 164 
Johnson . 13 10 15 11 13 14 19 16 19 17 18 165 
D VV Franchot. 13 13 IS 11 19 12 19 20 19 18 20 182 
Harris . 13 12 17 12 19 12 16 19 18 20 19 177 
Crosby . 15 15 20 15 20 14 19 20 19 19 20 196 
Squier . 14 10 IS 14 19 13 17 20 18 20 18 1S1 
Chamberlain . 15 14 19 14 17 13 19 17 18 19 18 183 
Goshorn . 11 13 20 15 18 9 16 18 17 20 18 175 
Anderson . 14 13 17 14 19 14 16 19 17 18 18 177 
C A Young. 14 14 20 15 20 15 20 20 20 1 9 1 9 196 
Darton . 13 12 19 15 19 14 16 20 18 17 16 179 
Henderson . 15 15 20 15 20 13 20 20 20 20 19 197 
