Ocr. 23, 1909.] 
harmony than a commoner pair of tubes more roughly 
put together and fitted with overweighted and badly 
joined ribs. 
That the behavior of the gun referred to in the previous 
table is not exceptional may be shown by quoting the 
following results, which were obtained under similar con¬ 
ditions of test. Alignment in this instance was through¬ 
out taken with the eye just peeping over the breech, a 
position which was rendered natural by the shape of the 
stock: 
Table II.—A similar test with another gun, taking 
natural aim throughout: 
RIGHT BARREL. 
Pellets in Position of circle. 
30in. circle .- A - 
at 40yds. Elevation. Laterally. 
1 . 
.. 
2. 
206. 
true 
3. 
206. 
4in. left 
4. 
203. 
3%in. left. 
5. 
.. 
6 . 
196. 
7in. left 
7. 
1S9. 
6 in. left. 
8 . 
156. 
2 in. left 
9. 
220 . 
2 in. right 
10 . 
197. 
5in. left 
Av. 197 
6.4in. low 
3.2in. left. 
LEFT BARREL. 
11 . 
196. 
3in. left 
12 . 
160. 
5in. right 
13. 
160. 
lin. right 
14. 
183. 
4in. right 
15. 
210 . 
lin. left 
16. 
200 . 
true 
17. 
184. 
true 
18. 
220 . 
lin. right 
19. 
211 . 
2 in. right 
20 . 
991 
true 
Av. 
195 
5.5 in. low 
0.9in. right 
Both barrels evidently shot at least 6in. low at 40yds. 
This seems a small fraction of the total killing circle, and 
yet the appearance of the patterns suggested that the bulk 
of the charge was very decidedly beneath the mark aimed 
at. The left barrel shot as nearly as possible true as re¬ 
gards lateral elevation, but more experience is needed 
before an opinion can be expressed as to whether the re¬ 
sults obtained should be considered regular or the re¬ 
verse. The 3in. throw of the right barrel toward the left 
is fairly consistent, and would make a shooter a little 
inclined to miss behind birds crossing from left to right. 
This tendency would naturally be emphasized by the 
experience gained shooting at birds crossing in the oppo¬ 
site direction, where the proper allowance would be di¬ 
minished by the same 3in. Whether the amount of 
lateral and vertical deviations which have been dealt 
with in this article exceed, or otherwise, the allowable 
or the unavoidable differences of the behavior of guns no 
attempt has been made to say. Certainly pattern testing 
is better conducted on the system of a selected circle 
than by aiming at a circle previously. drawn, but the 
record is not complete unless the position of the circle 
relative to the spot aimed at is defined for each shot. The 
regular adoption of this system of registration will lead 
to the automatic accumulation of statistics, which cannot 
fail to prove interesting as time goes on.—The Field 
(London.) 
Hercules Gun Club. 
Temple, Pa., Oct. 7. —The all-day tournament held by 
the Hercules Gun Club, of Temple, was a great success. 
It was an ideal day. H. L. Brown arrived with a new 
McCrea trap, which was set up and used and worked to 
perfection. -This was accepted by the club. 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
Targets: 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
Broke. 
•Neaf Apgar . 
.. 19 
19 
19 
20 
19 
20 
19 
20 
20 
19 
194 
•H H Stevens. 
.. 19 
20 
20 
19 
20 
18 
17 
19 
18 
20 
190 
•Frank Lawrence . 
.. 20 
19 
18 
19 
18 
18 
18 
19 
19 
19 
187 
Remington . 
.. 17 
20 
18 
19 
19 
18 
19 
130 
Reedv . 
.. 19 
20 
19 
18 
18 
16 
18 
19 
18 
17 
182 
Lee Wertz . 
.. 18 
IS 
20 
19 
20 
18 
19 
17 
20 
20 
189 
J L Englert. 
.. 12 
18 
20 
19 
20 
18 
20 
17 
19 
17 
181 
G W Hansell. 
.. 20 
20 
19 
19 
18 
20 
19 
19 
IS 
19 
191 
H C Rump. 
.. 18 
18 
19 
19 
17 
18 
18 
16 
19 
19 
181 
A J Mengel. 
.. 19 
16 
18 
19 
19 
17 
19 
19 
19 
18 
183 
W J Worth. 
.. 13 
14 
13 
14 
17 
71 
W Van De Sande.. 
.. 14 
15 
15 
16 
17 
10 
87 
A P Tyson. 
17 
15 
19 
19 
19 
17 
16 
12 
16 
18 
168 
A K Ludwig. 
.. 19 
19 
12 
15 
13 
78 
G B Bortz. 
.. 13 
17 
14 
11 
15 
13 
12 
16 
17 
18 
147 
A R Schwoyer. 
2 
7 
8 
8 
10 
7 
8 
14 
12 
80 
Harvey Marks. 
IS 
17 
17 
18 
16 
15 
101 
H Melchior . 
15 
18 
20 
is 
ii 
88 
W B Lutz. 
14 
16 
30 
Otto Reisman . 
16 
16 
32 
NOTES. 
Neaf Apgar was high gun for the day with 194 out of 
200 possible. He broke straight in four events, an 
average of 97 per cent. 
H. H. Stevens broke 190 out of 200, and also broke 
straight in four events. Mr. Stevens had the longest run 
in the tournament of the professionals, and received 
prize donated by Secretary Ludwig. 
Frank Lawrence broke 187. 
George W. Hansel, of Lebanon, was high amateur for 
the day with 191 out of 200 possible, 95.50 per cent. Mr. 
Hansell broke straight in three events and 19 in five 
events. This is going some. 
Lee Wertz was second high amateur gun with 189 
breaks. Mr. Wertz broke straight in four events, in¬ 
cluding events 9 and 10, the merchandise events, which 
entitled him to the metal-lined cigar box donated by 
Parker Bros. This was a real beauty. 
A. J. Hengee was third amateur with 183 out of 200. 
He broke 19 in six events, but could not reach the 
ringer mark. 
Remington shot a good clip in seven events, but was 
called from the grounds on business by his brother. 
Reedy broke straight in second event and 19 in three 
other events, a total of 182. 
J. L. Englert broke straight in three events, but fell 
shy in the first event, missing 8 birds in this event, thus 
scoring 181 out of 200. 
H. C. Rump kept up a close clip, and also scored 181 
out of 200. 
A. P. Tyson showed excellent spirits and broke 168. 
A. K. Ludwig started a good clip, but cut it down 
in the third event. 
A. R. Schwoyer scored 80 out of 200. 
H. Melchior showed excellent ability, scoring 88 out 
of a possible 100. 
Lutz and Reisman entered in the merchandise events 
only. 
It was decided to hold a live bird shoot in the near 
future. 
Mr. Strasser was in charge of the traps. 
A. K. Ludwig, Sec’y. 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 9.—At the regular Saturday 
afternoon practice shoot of the club Parry was high with 
a 90 per cent, record; Dixon tied him with the same 
percentage, but only shot at 20 birds. It was a beautiful 
day and the trap worked finely. The attendance, though, 
was very light. 
The l'allistite-Empire Powder Co.’s handsome cup for 
which the members have been shooting during the sum¬ 
mer was won finally by Mr. Gus Moller he having 
three wins on same at 16, 18 and 20 yards. He was 
tied to-day for his third win by Moore and Britton, but 
in the shoot-off he proved himself the better stayer. 
Moore and Britton both fell down badly. For a shooter 
with but twenty years’ experience Gus shows up well 
in a - match of this kind—as he gets older he improves. 
Last Saturday afternoon Messrs. Lewis and Moore 
tied for a qualifying win upon this same cup. By agree¬ 
ment they shot it off to-day at 25 birds, Moore at 18yds. 
and Lewis at 16. Mr. Moore won by a bird, but both 
contestants fell down, due to nervousness, both being 
young shooters. Moore with but twenty years’ experi¬ 
ence and Lewis five or six. In front of a critical bunch 
of spectators it was to be expected that they would 
both blow up some, and they did. Moore got 18 birds 
and Lewis 17. 
Shot at. Broke. Per C’t. 
Parry . 100 90 90 
Dixon . 20 18 90 
Britton . 80 68 84 
Moore . 60 44 75 
Moller . 100 70 70 
Roland . 40 28 70 
Bell . 40 28 70 
Lewis . 40 28 70 
Walsh . 50 33 66 
Neighbors . 120 72 60 
Rafert . 60 30 50 
Oct. 16.—Parry cleaned up the crowd with an excellent 
score of 95 out of 100 on a windy day. No one else was 
even close to his score. 
Shot at. Broke. Per C’t 
Lewis . 
.... 14 18 13 .. .. 
60 
45 
75 
Moller . 
.... 11 16 18 17 19 
100 
81 
81 
*Barr . 
.... 16 19 17 15 .. 
80 
67 
84 
Anderson . 
.... 13 18 18 16 .. 
80 
65 
81 
Hymer . 
.... 18 IS 16 14 20 
100 
86 
86 
Parry . 
.... 20 18 20 17 20 
100 
95 
95 
Britton . 
.... 12 12 12 .. .. 
60 
36 
60 
Dixon . 
.... 15 15 19 16 19 
100 
84 
84 
Moore . 
.... 12 10 19 15 .. 
80 
56 
70 
Roland . 
.... 16 14 16 .. .. 
60 
46 
71 
Neighbors . 
.... 10 10 . 
40 
20 
50 
Bell . 
.17 19 .. .. 
40 
36 
90 
McCammon ... 
. 12 10 .. 
35 
22 
68 
Walsh . 
. 17 14 .. 
40 
31 
79 
Total. 
Per C’ 
19 
20 
39 
78 
20 
17 
37 
74 
22 
24 
46 
92 
18 
16 
34 
68 
18 
15 
33 
66 
20 
22 
42 
84 
18 
22 
40 
80 
22 
19 
41 
82 
23 
16 
39 
78 
14 
15 
29 
58 
16 
12 
28 
56 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 15 15 25 25 
Van Pelt . 12 20 21 
TAR Elliott.. 11 12 20 20 
G Felix .11 11 19 19 
Pulis .11 17 19 
Deacon . 9 10 17 19 
Dr F Elliott... 10 S 19 13 
Chester Ridley Gun Club. 
Ridley Park, Pa., Oct. 9.—The fourth semi-annual 
tournament of the Chester-Ridley Gun Club was held 
to-day at their grounds at Ridley Park, Pa., with a rather 
unique programme. Forty-nine trapshooters faced the 
traps with perfect weather conditions. Three McCrea 
traps were used, with White Flier targets, and the pro¬ 
gramme shot off without hitches or interruptions of any 
kind. It was a most enjoyable occasion for all inter¬ 
ested. 
The programme called for eight events, a total of 14» 
targets. Neaf Apgar was high professional with 142 
breaks; Hawkins, German and Butler followed with 141 
each. Much interest was shown in the race between 
Lester German and Frank Butler, which was not de¬ 
cided until the last shot was fired, resulting in a tie, 
each breaking 141. Herman and Newcomb were high 
amateurs, each with 142, followed by Cook with 140 and 
Young with 137. The competition for the Du Pont 
trophy covered the entire programme of 145 targets. 
That for the Independent Club's trophy consisted of last 
five events, total 100 targets; and for the Philadelphia 
Trapshooters’ League prizes, the last two events, a total 
of 50 targets. Everybody in all the competitions shot 
from 16yds. Handicaps in the Independent matches and 
Du Pont trophy, being by added targets. The Phila¬ 
delphia Trapshooters’ League prizes were shot in 
Classes A, B and C, in accordance with shooter’s ability. 
Following are given scores and names of the several 
winners: 
Three shooters tied for Class A prize—Philadelphia 
Trapshooters’ League—events 7 and 8—Hamlin, Herman 
and Newcomb, each breaking 49 out of 50. Shot off 
in events of 25 targets each: 
G F Hamlin. 24 24 25 C H Newcomb... 23 .. .. 
H P Herman. 24 24 24 
G. F. Hamlin was the winner in Class A. 
Benj. Bates won Class B by a score of 48 out of 50. 
Howard George Class C, 44. 
The Independent Club prizes covered events 4 to 8, 
total 100 targets. Winners were as follows: 
H Wills .. 86 16 100 J Scheffy . 80 7 87 
W Wakeman ... 90 8 98 
The Du Pont trophy competition covered entire pro¬ 
gramme, 145 targets, and was won by J. D. Shattuck 
with a score of 143, 30 of which were handicap. 
Other'high guns were: Herman and Newcomb, each 
with 142 actual breaks, no handicap. 
Heaton Trophy. 
Gus Moller, shooting at 20yds., broke 46 out of 50, 
winning thereby the Heaton trophy for the third time, 
and it now passes permanently into his possession. _ It 
is a well deserved success. He shot fine at the finish. 
Twenty yards is far back, and 46 is better than 90 per 
cent. We are all proud of a 90 per cent, score at 16yds. 
It was a windy day, too. Scores: 
Parry, 22 . 19 20 
Hymer, 21 . 20 17 
Moller, 20 . 22 24 
Britton, 20 .18 16 
Roland, 20 . IS 15 
*Barr, 20 . 20 22 
Anderson, 18 . 
Bell, 16 . 
Moore, 18 . 23 16 
Lewis, 16 . 14 15 
Neighbors, 16 .16 12 
Events: 
i 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Shot 
Targets: 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
20 
25 
25 
at. 
Broke. 
German . 
.14 
15 
15 
15 
15 
19 
23 
25 
145 
141 
Skelly . 
. 15 
14 
12 
14 
12 
20 
24 
21 
145 
132 
Hamlin . 
. 15 
14 
15 
13 
15 
19 
24 
25 
145 
140 
Butler . 
. 13 
15 
15 
15 
15 
19 
24 
25 
145 
141 
Lewis . 
. 11 
15 
10 
14 
13 
16 
22 
23 
145 
124 
Du Pont . 
.14 
11 
13 
12 
14 
17 
23 
23 
145 
127 
Boyer . 
.12 
14 
10 
14 
15 
14 
15 
21 
145 
115 
Herrman . 
.14 
15 
15 
15 
14 
20 
25 
24 
145 
142 
Hineline . 
. 13 
14 
13 
14 
14 
19 
24 
22 
145 
133 
Severn . 
. 13 
14 
13 
13 
14 
19 
23 
21 
145 
130 
Young . 
..14 
15 
14 
14 
14 
18 
25 
23 
145 
137 
Cook . 
.15 
15 
15 
14 
13 
20 
23 
25 
145 
140 
Hughe; . 
.11 
13 
12 
13 
13 
IS 
24 
21 
145 
125 
Anderson . 
. 15 
12 
13 
9 
12 
16 
22 
19 
145 
118 
Wiley . 
. 15 
12 
13 
13 
10 
18 
20 
23 
145 
124 
Apgar . 
.15 
14 
14 
15 
15 
20 
25 
24 
145 
142 
Keller . 
. 13 
12 
14 
14 
13 
18 
22 
20 
145 
126 
Hoffman . 
. 15 
14 
12 
12 
10 
18 
22 
24 
145 
127 
Hawkins . 
.15 
15 
13 
14 
15 
20 
25 
24 
145 
141 
Brown . 
.15 
15 
12 
15 
14 
18 
24 
22 
145 
135 
Schumeff . 
. 12 
14 
7 
13 
13 
17 
23 
19 
145 
113 
Cordery . 
.15 
10 
13 
14 
10 
17 
24 
21 
145 
124 
Ewing . 
.14 
14 
15 
14 
14 
18 
25 
21 
145 
135 
Sloan . 
. 14 
13 
13 
12 
13 
15 
23 
24 
145 
127 
Shattuck . 
. 14 
7 
12 
13 
12 
15 
20 
20 
145 
113 
Clegg . 
.14 
14 
11 
11 
9 
18 
20 
19 
145 
116 
Clark . 
. 12 
14 
14 
13 
15 
20 
23 
23 
145 
134 
Biddle . 
. 12 
12 
13 
15 
13 
19 
21 
19 
145 
124 
Bender . 
.15 
12 
10 
15 
12 
19 
25 
20 
145 
128 
Wakeman . 
.15 
13 
12 
15 
13 
16 
22 
24 
145 
130 
Mathews . 
. 12 
12 
12 
14 
12 
14 
24 
22 
145 
122 
Bates . 
. 12 
15 
13 
13 
13 
19 
24 
24 
145 
133 
Newcomb . 
. 15 
14 
14 
15 
15 
20 
24 
25 
145 
142 
Pratt . 
. 12 
12 
11 
15 
12 
IS 
22 
23 
145 
125 
Fontain . 
. 11 
12 
14 
12 
10 
16 
22 
23 
145 
120 
Withington . 
10 
17 
23 
60 
50 
Naudain . 
10 
11 
12 
11 
15 
100 
59 
George . 
12 
11 
17 
22 
22 
100 
84 
Hills . 
13 
14 
19 
20 
20 
100 
86 
F Edwards . 
. 4 
5 
4 
5 
9 
8 
18 
17 
105 
70 
Bush . 
14 
13 
16 
50 
43 
Ford . 
. 14 
13 
14 
12 
14 
18 
24 
23 
145 
132 
Fulmer . 
.10 
10 
13 
9 
6 
14 
18 
20 
145 
100 
Fleming . 
13 
13 
18 
24 
21 
100 
89 
Scheffy .. 
12 
10 
15 
22 
21 
100 
80 
Cotton . 
3 
5 
6 
50 
14 
Harkins . 
11 
8 
12 
10 
75 
41 
Hoover . 
15 
13 
16 
22 
is 
100 
84 
Lawrence . 
. 15 
11 
14 
45 
40 
BensGnhurst Gun Club. 
New York, Oct. 13. —The opening shoot of the Ben- 
sonhurst Gun Club, held Saturday, gives promise for a 
. very successful season. The principal events of the 
day, are as follows: 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 15 15 25 25 
Winchell .10 18 13 
Austin .10 10 12 13 
Pottle . 5 7 13 11 
Dr Buys . 7 9 13 
Ledyard . 3 5 12 10 
Semken .17 16 
C. L. Felix, Sec’y. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., Oct. 16.—But four members put in 
an appearance to-day, although it was the monthly com¬ 
petition for the Du Pont trophy. Probably, owing to the 
strong wind that prevailed most of the time, no high 
scores were made. 
Event 4, 25 targets, handicap, for the Du Pont trophy, 
resulted in a tie between Messrs. Cramer and Winslow. 
In the shoot-off, which occurred in the following event, 
Winslow won by one target. 
The best score of the day was made by Frazee in the 
final, viz., 21 breaks. 
Events: 12 3 , —4—^ , —5—6 
Targets: 15 10 25 H. T. H. T. 25 
Frazee . 11 7 11 4 20 4 22 21 
Winslow . 11 7 15 4 23 4 20 .. 
Crane . 4 19 3 23 3 19 .. 
Batten . 18 3 15 3 14 .. 
E. Winslow, Sec’y. 
