FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 18 , 1909 . 
Amateur Trapshooting Championship 
of America. 
The grounds of the New York Athletic Club, Travers 
Island, were the scene of unusual trapshooting activity 
and competitive significance on Dec. 8 and 9, the event 
being the amateur" trapshooting championship of Amer¬ 
ica, the fifth of its kind held by the club. It is one of 
the most popular trapshooting fixtures of the long list 
offered each year to the trapshooting public, as shown 
by the number of entrants, and their high class standing 
in the matter of skill and as amateurs. 
Tuesday, Dec. 7, was stormy, but the weather cleared 
up nicely before Wednesday morning, and the two days 
of the tournament were clear, pleasant and with a tem¬ 
perature low enough to be delightfully bracing, without 
discomfort. Some wind, blowing from the southwest, 
irregular as to force, during the day, it was something of 
a factor, in a limited way, concerning the scoring. On 
the second day, the conditions were excellent for good 
scoring. The light was good, there was not wind enough 
to be troublesome, and the conditions throughout the 
shoot were practically alike for all. 
The four sets of traps were arranged Sergeant system 
arid they worked to perfection throughout, no break¬ 
downs of any kind occurring, thus the competition pro¬ 
gressed without any annoying delays or interruptions. 
Ample distances separated each set of traps. The office 
was managed by the expert, Ernest W. Reynolds, who 
was much complimented on the promptness and effi¬ 
ciency of his efforts. The tournament progressed 
smoothly and rapidly, and the force in charge could have 
handled twice as many entries with ease had occasion 
required it. The referees were as follows: F. C. 
Schneider was at trap 2; H. P. Fessenden at trap 2; 
Al. Schubel at trap 3. At trap 4, on Wednesday, the 
refereeing was done by Frank E. Butler and Harry 
Schuler, the former acting in the forenoon. At this set 
of traps on Thursday, H. D. Gibbs, of Union City, 
Tenn., acted as referee. The squad hustling was done 
by H. L. Brown. All these gentlemen were experts in 
their line. The shooters were squadded in sections, the 
even and odd numbers designating the squads of the two 
sections. The odd numbered squads began at trap 1 
and then went to trap 2 , while the even numbered, in 
like manner, took traps 3 and 4. In the afternoon the 
even numbered squads took traps 1 and 2 , while the odd 
numbered squads took traps 3 and 4. This in a way 
was somewhat similar to the method employed at the 
Grand American Handicap, which saves time owing to 
the better organization of the squads, avoids long waits 
for the individual shooters, keeps up uniform action, 
and establishes a better equity as to light, wind, time of 
day, etc., among the contestants. 
On the first day there was a total of sixty-eight shoot¬ 
ers, of whom fifty-four were amateurs. The names 
showed a majority of renowned experts, whose records 
were numerous in respect to championship contests, 
high averages, trophy contests, and other trapshooting 
competitions. 
The Preliminary to the Amateur Championship of 
America, he event of the first day, was at 100 targets, 
16yds. rise, trophies for the three high guns. The victor 
was the renowned Philadelphia expert, C. H. Newcomb, 
who scored 96 out of the possible 100. Fie broke his 
first three strings of 25 each without a miss. Four 
misses in his last string accounted for all the losses. 
His nearest opponent was Al. Ivins, of Red Bank, N. J., 
who scored 94, followed closely by Charles Mink, of 
Philadelphia, and H. L. Groesbeck, Jr., who tied on 93. 
Three, G. W. Kouwenhoven, of the Bergen Beach Gun 
Club, Dr. D. L. Culver, Jersey City, and F. A. Hodg- 
man, of the home club, tied on 92. Horace C. Kirkwood, 
of Boston, was next with 91. The Bergen Beach Gun 
Club, was strongly represented. Philadelphia had a 
redoubtable representation in C. H. Newcomb, C. Mink 
and G. S. McCarty, quite strong enough to take the 
chief honors of the 'contests. 
Amateurs: 
C H Newcomb, Philadelphia. 25 25 25 21—96 
A Ivins, Red Bank, N. J.. 24 23 23 24—94 
C Mink, Philadelphia. 22 23 24 24—93 
H L Groesbeck. Jr., New York. 23 25 24 21—93 
G K Kouwenhoven, Brooklyn. 22 24 24 22—92 
DrDL Culver, Tersey City. 25 23 23 21—92 
F A Hodgman, Tuckahoe. 23 23 24 22—92 
H C Kirkwood, Boston. 25 21 23 22—91 
F B Stephenson, Brooklyn. 23 22 24 21—90 
C de Ouillfeldt, Amityville, L. 1. 22 24 23 19—S8 
J H Sanders, Albany. 21 23 22 22—88 
H J Cox, New York. 21 23 22 22—88 
W M Foord, .Wilmington. 23 20 24 20—87 
W C Damron, Brooklyn. 23 21 22 21—87 
P M Kling, Elizabeth. 23 20 23 21—87 
R M Owen, New York.'.. 23 20 19 24—88 
G H Piercv, Jersey City. 21 22 20 23—86 
W B Clarke, Boston. 23 23 19 20—85 
D I Bradley, New York. 22 20 21 22—85 
J S S Remsen, Babylon.19 21 21 13—84 
H L Edgarton, Willimantic. 22 22 19 21—84 
F H Schauffler, New York. 22 19 20 23—84 
R Faye, Boston. 20 20 21 23—84 
G S Hassam, Boston. 22 24 20 18—84 
G S McCarty, Philadelphia. 20 22 21 20—83 
F Von Deeston, New York. 22 22 18 21—83 
J A Henderson, New York. 20 23 16 23—82 
L W Colquitt, East Orange. 20 20 21 21—82 
R Hodsdon, Boston . 22 21 19 19—81 
E S Rogers, Cleveland. 20 20 22 19—81 
J McArdle, Boston. 23 19 17 22—80 
Dr J D Burtis, Red Bank. 23 21 15 21—80 
R L Spotts, New York. 18 23 19 20—80 
W W Peabody, Jr, Brooklyn. 22 22 16 19—79 
A Kilpatrick, Albany. 21 21 18 18—78 
T Howard, Peapack, N. J. 21 17 17 23—78 
C W Billings, Glen Ridge. 20 21 19 19—79 
J H Vanderveer, Brooklyn. 19 19 21 19—78 
H E Perry, Philadelphia. 19 24 16 19—78 
J Savage, Buffalo . 19 18 22 19—78 
H Powers, Atlantic City. 20 20 21 17—78 
J H Hendrickson, Long Island City. 17 19 20 20—76 
AT THE N. Y. A. C. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, IQOg. 
J H Anderson, Philadelphia. 20 17 18 20—75 
G G Stephenson, Jr, Brooklyn. 21 18 17 19—75 
R C Watson, New York. 24 19 17 14—74 
H D Bergen Brooklyn. 14 17 20 23—74 
L H Schortemeier, Brooklyn. 17 20 18 18—73 
T Lenane, Jr, New York.17 18 21 16—72 
W J Elias, New York. 20 18 12 21—71 
H W Dreyer, Brooklyn. 21 16 20 13—70 
W D Wells, Brooklyn. 17 16 15 18—66 
W J Brennan, New York. 11 17 15 21—64 
J G Waterhouse, City Island.10 16 17 19—62 
C Schreyvogel, Hoboken . 14 15 16 15—60 
Professionals: 
L S German. 24 25 24 24—97 
G L Lyon. 24 23 25 24—98 
W B Darton. 25 22 24 21-92 
JAR Elliott. 24 21 24 21—90 
IF S Welles. 24 22 21 23-90 
Sim Glover . 22 23 20 23-88 
IF H Stevens . 22 20 19 22—83 
J T Skelly .,. 21 19 21 22—83 
T H Keller, Sr. 19 19 20 24—82 
D W Tomlinson, Tr... 24 19 17 22—82 
N Apgar . 22 20 18 19-79 
E A W Everett. 22 15 17 21—75 
F E Butler. 16 21 17 18—72 
T B Pratt. 16 17 18 19—70 
Lester S. German was high professional for the event 
with a total of 97. Geo. L. Lyon was 98, while next in 
order was W. B. Darton with 92. 
After the preliminary was concluded, about 3 o’clock, 
two special trophy events were shot, in the first of 
which Foord, Newcomb and Kirkwood tied on 25, Foord 
winning in the shoot-off by a total of 24 to 22 for each 
of the other two contestants. R. M. Owen was second 
alone with 24. Mink was third. It was class shooting. 
Amateur Championship, Dec. 9. 
The conditions of the star event, the Amateur Cham¬ 
pionship of America, specified 100 targets, 16yds. rise, 
three handsome diamond medals to first, second and 
third high guns. There were eighty-nine amateurs and 
seventeen professionals in this event, the latter shooting 
for targets only, as on the previous day. This was a far 
less number than was predicted by many shooters in 
weeks prior to the contest, but it is a very large number 
at that, and outrivals many State shoots in that respect. 
The competition was of a very high quality. George S. 
McCarty repeated his victory of last year, winning 
with a total of 98 out of 100, an improvement on his 
score of 1908 by two targets. Out of the four strings of 
25 targets each, he lost one target in the first and fourth 
strings, a marvelous score. He was closely pressed by 
the New York Athletic Club expert, Fred A. Hodgman, 
who broke his first 25 straight and led McCarty by one 
target at that stage. McCarty broke straight in the 
second string and gained two targets, thus he led Hodg¬ 
man 49 to 48 at the end of the second string, a total 
of 50 targets. Herman and Kirkwood also broke 48. 
McCarty gained two more targets at the end of the third 
string, while they broke 24 each in the fourth string. 
McCarty winning, with Hodgman close up with 95. For 
third high gun, three, C. E. Mink, A. Lindley (Newark), 
and H. C. Kirkwood (Boston), tied on 93, which was 
shot off at 25 targets, with the result that Lindley won 
with 24 to 22 for Kirkwood and 21 for Mink. There 
were a number of 25 and 24 scores made in the first 
string, so that interest was maintained at a high pitch. 
The second half of the contest was resumed after lunch. 
McCarty held his good form and broke 49 out of his last 
50, repeating his performance of the first 50, a total of 
98. There were four ties on 91, between D. I. Bradley, 
of New York, famous as an international shooter at 
live birds; O. C. Grinnell, Jr., of the Crescent Athletic 
Club: C. H. Newcomb, of Philadelphia, and W. H. 
Foord, of Wilmington. The scores follow: 
Amateurs: 
G S McCarty, Philadelphia. 24 25 25 24—98 
F A Hodgman, Tuckahoe. 25 23 23 24—95 
CE Mink Philadelphia. 20 24 25 24—93 
A Lindley, Newark. 25 23 23 22—93 
H C Kirkwood, Boston. 23 25 23 22—93 
D I Bradley, New York. 24 21 23 23—91 
O C Grinnell, Jr., New York. 24 22 20 25—91 
C H Newcomb. Philadelphia. 23 24 23 21—91 
W H Foord, Wilmington. 22 25 22 22—91 
S Scott, New York. 23 21 24 22—90 
F B Stephenson. Brooklyn. 22 23 21 24—90 
F IF Schauffler, New York. 24 23 22 21—90 
G K Kouwenhoven, Brooklyn. 21 23 22 23—89 
P M Kling, Elizabeth. 23 21 23 22-89 
Mr. Geo. S. McCarty*. 
Winner of Amateur Championship, Travers Island, 1908 and 1909. 
