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FOREST AND STREAM, 
[Feb. ii, I9 H- 
Hyde Park Gun Club. 
Cincinnati, O.—Saturday, Feb. 4, was the first really 
pleasant week-end for many weeks, and tne bright skies 
tempted a nice bunch of shooters to show up for the 
weekly shoot. The scores were not up to the average in 
some cases, owing to a stiff breeze blowing across the 
traps and causing the targets to perform many puzzling 
The selection of Columbus for the Grand American 
is already having an effect on the local shooters, and 
many of them are planning to enter the event, and take 
a whirl for the big prize. For 85 to 90 per cent, shoot¬ 
ers there is a sporting chance that they might wm, and 
we’ve got a lot around here who mean to take that 
chance. The Grand American Handicap is bound to be 
the biggest thing that ever happened, and that over 500 
shooters will take part is freely predicted. Ward is not 
a regular attendant here, but we hope he will come often 
this season and improve his score by practice, which 
is all he needs. 
Winterburn has never shot at the traps before, but 
rapidly got the hang of the thing and went from a 4 to 
52 per cent, gait in three events. In the first two events 
he was somewhat handicapped by using his 16-gauge, 
28-inch barrel gun. . 
De Mar did the best work of the day, getting 45 
out of the first 50, and finishing the afternoon with 88 
per cent. , , , 
Holaday was using a strange gun; in fact, he used two 
or three, and fell down in some of the events. 
Frohliger was beaten by the wind, for he seldom ever 
drops as many targets as he did to-day. Sampson has 
his eye on that $1000 prize, and he’s got more than a 
fighting chance if he can “come back” with practice. 
Irw'in is getting the hang 'of his new gun and will 
soon strike his old gait again. Welch is a new one in 
the game; at least he has done shooting for ten years 
or more until last week. We’re glad to see him getting 
into practice. 
Smith has been too busy to sboot for several weeks, 
but promises to be regular hereafter. 
Hoggatt gets around once in a while, but lets too 
long an interval elapse between his visits. The club 
will be well represented at the Ohio State championship 
event on Washington’s Birthday. 
Holaday . 21 16 20 16 16 . 
Frohliger . 15 13 14 12 13 20 
Irwin . 19 19 22 19 .. .. 
De Mar . 24 21 21 . 
Ward . 19 20. 
Hoggatt . 15 17. 
Sampson . Jo . 
Welch . 10 18. 
Smith . 12 13 .. 
Winburn . . 1 6 13. 
Richards . 1". 
to be held on the grounds of the Crystal Lake Gun Club, 
on Washington’s Birthday, Wednesday, Feb. 22. Each 
shooter will be handicapped by a committee for the 
first series of 10 birds, after that each man will handi¬ 
cap himself; 10 straight kills, go back one yard for the 
next 10 ; 9 out of 10 , remain at the same distance; 8 or 
less out of 10, advance one yard. No shooter to advance 
nearer than 26yds., nor go back further than 33yds. 
The program consists of three events. The first event 
is at 40 birds, handicap, for the Ohio State champion¬ 
ship, entrance, birds, $ 10 . 00 ; sweepstakes $ 10 ; class shoot¬ 
ing; one money for each five entries. Sterling silver 
trophy to the winner. The first 20 birds constitute event 
2, entrance $10, class shooting. The last 20 birds make 
up event 3, with the same entrance and division. En¬ 
trance in sweepstakes is optional, the contestant being 
permitted to shoot for birds only, if he wishes. Dinner 
will be served at the club house at noon. Shooting will 
begin at 9:30. This shoot has been arranged at the 
earnest solicitation of a large number of sportsmen, and 
it is up to them to make the affair a big success by 
attending themselves, and urging others to do so. 
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Cincinnati Gun Club. 
The live bird shoot to be held on the grounds of the 
club, Feb. 16, is a sort of preliminary, or practice shoot, 
in preparation for the Ohio State live bird championship 
event, which will take place on Washington’s Birthday. 
The program will consist of three events: One at 20 
birds, handicap, entrance $ 10 , birds included, class shoot¬ 
ing, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. The sweep in this event is 
optional, contestants being permitted to shoot for birds 
only if they wish. The first and second 10 birds of the 
first event constitute events 2 and 3 respectively, with 
an optional entrance of $5 in each. Other events will be 
arranged to suit the shooters. The program will be 
started at 9:30, and an excellent dinner will be served 
in the club house. The committee in charge of the 
arrangements is composed of the following well-known 
sportsmen, and each individual is working hard to make 
the affair a success: Dr. R. Lee Bird, T. H. Clay, Jr., 
J. V. Dea, Dr. A. B. Heyl, Col. Max Fleischmann, F. H. 
’Kirchner, Henry J. Koch, George Moerlein, George Os- 
terfeldt, John A. Payne, Dan Pohlar, J. E. Schreck and 
G. W. Schuler. 
Owing to the unfavorable weather of the past few weeks 
there has been nothing doing at the club grounds; but 
it is expected that this shoot marks the beginning of a 
revival in the interest of the members, and that the 
weekly shoots will be resumed with a good attendance. 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Feb. 4.— At to-day’s meet of the In¬ 
dianapolis Gun Club, “How to break targets without an 
ax” was demonstrated by Mr. Nickel, a visitor from the 
Fort Wayne Gun Club. Shooting in perfect time, re¬ 
gardless of a high wind blowing across the traps, he 
took in less than three hours, 219 out of 230 targets, 75 
of which were from the 15yd. mark. Mr. H. Heikes, 
iust now recovering from a severe illness, was a bit un¬ 
steady for a while, but finished with 71 out of <5 at 
18yds. But the feature of the day, perhaps, was the 
second act in the home-made comedy, ‘The Proud 1 ro- 
fessional.” At the end of the first act a week ago the 
hero was seen carrying away the president s cup, which 
he had won by his skill in an open contest. 
Act II.—Enter one Barr, a bit chesty, with crest 
erect, and carrying a long pole bearing the cup and the 
flaming red defi—“Take it, who can! This bold front 
(or was it a bluff?) carried dismay to timid amateurs, 
and resistance proved but feeble until it remained lor 
Dixon, still without a trophy, to save the day. Loosen¬ 
ing his belt, and fortifying himself with another batch 
of Mrs Waite’s good pies, he winked at the cashier—but 
why dwell upon details? The summary of scores tells 
what happened thereafter, except that it was reported 
that as twilight came on apace—as they say in the story 
books—the bent and feeble shape of a man, seemingly 
old, might have been seen wending its way through by 
paths to the city, and when the little owls came out and 
said, “Hoot, boot,” the little man said, “Don’t Dixon, 
don’t f I can bear no more.” . 
But youth is elastic and will not be denied. What 
the P P. will do to some of us will be another story. 
Meeling of the Missouri State Association. 
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 1.—The thirty-third annual 
meeting of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protec¬ 
tive Association was held in St. Louis at the club 
house of the St. Louis Trapshooters’ Association. The 
officers elected for the ensuing year are: James W. 
Bell, President; Lee Eichhorn, Vice-President; Louis 
Ebert, Secretary-Treasurer. The following members 
were elected on the Board of Directors: Chas. Kohler 
(Blue Wing Gun Club), J. W. Beck (Tannhauser G. G.). 
Fred. C. Suhr (Fallstaff G. C.), Fred Otto (San Souci 
G. C.), F. A. Reinert (Edrus G. C.), Geo. L. Lauth 
(Central G. C.), N. M. Hobbs (Peerless G. C.), Jos. W. 
Locatell (St. Louis Trapshqoters’ Association). 
Application for membership have been received from 
the following gun clubs and approved as members: 
Sullivan, Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, St. James Gun 
Club; also the Missouri State Rifle Association at St. 
Charles, Mo. , , . . 
The Missouri State tournament for this year will be 
held at St. Louis, Mo., under the auspices of the St. 
Louis Trapshooters’ Association, on May 18-20. 
Application blanks will be mailed any gun club de¬ 
siring to join this Association by sending request for 
same to the secretary. 
Louis Ebert, Sec y. 
2845 Cherokee St., St. Louis, Mo. 
Events: 
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2 
Targets: 
25 
H. 25 
T C Atwater. 
. 19 
3 22 
Y T Frazee. 
. 21 
2 22 
E Winslow . 
. 19 
4 21 
3 
H. 25 
3 2 4’ 
.. 25 
4 21 
4 
25 
19 
20 
*Miss-and-out. 
E. Winslow, Sec’y. 
Events?' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Targets- 20 20 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 Broke. 
Moller .'..16 15 17 .. 20 16 18. 
*Barr . 20 16 18 .. 21 21. 
Nickel . 19 19 19 19 24 25 24 23 24 23 
22 
'. 23 
Lewis .17 15 16 .. 
*H Heikes .17 17 14 
Dixon .15 11 
Britton . 11 1 ? H 
Neighbors .12 H lo 
Hymer .12 14 12 
24 25 
60 
17 17 
11 14 
102 
96 
219 
48 
119 
75 
33 
72 
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Monfclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., Feb. 4. —In the contest for the 
first leg of the members’ trophy, to-day, 25 targets, 
handicap (event 2), Messrs. Frazee and Atwater tied 
for first place, but in the shoot-off at 25 targets, which 
occurred in the following event, Frazee did not need 
the help of his handicap, making 25 breaks, and easily 
winning out. Pie was also high man in each of the 
other events. 
The team race scheduled_ for Lincolns Birthday, 
between Orange and Montclair, will take place on Sat¬ 
urday the 11th, inst., instead, some of the Orange boys 
being unable to attend on the 13th. The Orange team 
is expected to come over in automobiles ten strong, 
and will bring over an extra motor car to take home 
the trophies they expect to capture. 
President’s 
cup, 50 targets 
Moller . 
. 41 
Britton .. 
. 44 
Neighbors 
Lewis . 
. 34 
Hymer .. 
Dixon . 
. 45 
Highland 
Gun Club. 
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Live Bird Championship of Ohio. 
A number of the live-bird shooters of Ohio, including 
some of the “old guard” of the Cincinnati Gun Club, 
have asked for a renewal of the Ohio State championship 
shoot, which was so successful in the old days of that 
club before live-bird shooting at the traps was pro¬ 
hibited in Ohio. The Crystal Lake Gun Club has taken 
the matter up, and it is the intention of the club to make 
this shoot an annual event at their grounds, Ryland, 
Ky., on Washington’s Birthday each year. Only Ohio 
amateurs are eligible to compete for the championship, 
but sweepstakes are open to all amateurs. In order 
that suitable arrangements may be made for the enter¬ 
tainment of the contestants, entries will close on Satur¬ 
day, Feb. 18. An entrance fee of $5 will be charged each 
contestant for the championship, the entire amount so 
collected to be used for the purchase of a sterling silver 
trophy emblematic of the Ohio championship. Should 
the entrance money amount to $100 or more, two addi¬ 
tional prizes will be given for second and third high 
guns. The following gentlemen constitute the tourna¬ 
ment committee: John A. Payne, chairman; Frank D. 
Alkire, L. F. Ahlers, Lou Fisher, Col. Max C. Fleisch¬ 
mann, Harry Hake, Dr. A. B. Heyl, Henry F. Jergens, 
G. W. Schuler, Col. R. H. West, Wm. Webster, H. C. 
Yeiser, F. H. Kirschner, Henry J. Koch, and Geo. 
Osterfeldt. The secretary of the club, to whom entries 
may be made, is R. H. West, Jr., First National Bank 
building, Cincinnati, O. The committee is sending a 
personal letter to shooters inviting them to attend a re¬ 
newal of the Ohio State wingshot championship shoot, 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, Pa.—The tournaments registered with the 
Interstate Association during the week ending Feb. 4, 
are as follows: _ „ _ , „ , • 
April 7-8.—Indianapolis (Ind.) G. C. Royal Robinson, 
Sec’y. 
April 27.—Circleville, O.—Ideal G. C. E. M. Stout, Sec. 
April 29.—Reading, Pa.—South End G. C. Howard 
Melchior, Sec’y. . 
May 2.—Canonsburg, Pa.—Western Pennsylvania lrap,- 
shooters’ League tournament, under the auspices of 
the Canonsburg G. C. L. Lautenslager, Pres. 
May 22-23.—Paden City, W. Va.—West Virginia State 
tournament, under the auspices of the Paden Park 
Shooting Club. T. M. Mclntire, Mgr. 
May 26—Toledo, O—West Toledo G. C. Geo. Volk, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 16.—Batavia, N. Y.—Holland G. C. Chas. W. 
Gardiner, Sec’y. TT . 
Sept. 12-16.—Atlantic Citv. N. J.—The Westy Hogans of 
America. Bernard Elsesser, Sec’y. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr. 
The Highland Gun Club, believing that competition is 
the life of sport, offers $330 in cash and trophies for the 
amateur championship of Philadelphia and a radius of 50 
miles. As the chances of becoming the champion must 
be confined to a small number, and as the shooters ot 
ordinary and mediocre ability enjoy a contest with men 
of their own caliber as much as do the men of greater 
skill, the Classes B and C are offered the same in¬ 
ducements as for the “A” championship. 
There will be three shoots: The first, an all-day shoot 
on Feb. 22, the second on March 25, and the third on 
A The shoot of Feb. 22 will be at 200 targets, divided in 
ten 20 -bird events, the last 120 only counting for the 
championship. „„ 
The shoot of March 25 will be at 150 targets, or ten 15- 
bird events, the last 120 only counting for the champion¬ 
ship. „„ , ,, 
The shoot of April 1 will be at 150 targets, as follows: 
Two 25-bird events, two 20-bird events and four 15-bird 
events, the first 120 only counting for the championships. 
The championships will be decided on the grand total 
of 360 targets. The shooter breaking the greatest number 
will receive a championship trophy^ and $25 in cash. 
Shooters in Class B will receive $25 in cash and trophy. 
Shooter in Class C will receive $25 in cash and trophy. 
In connection with each program there will be an 
optional sweep on each 20-bird event of 50c., divided 
Rose system, 5, 3, 1; 25-bird events, 50c., Rose system, 
8 , 5, 3, 1; 15-bird events, 25 cents; high guns, 50, 30, 20 
per cent. 
Corrections and Changes. 
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 3.—Kindly note correction in 
1910 yearly average of Mr. T. M. Ehler, Little Rock, 
Mo. Mr. Ehler shot at 2080 targets and broke 1893, an 
average of .9100 per cent., instead of shooting at 2160 
targets and breaking 1893, an average of .8763 per cent., 
as published in our official list. 
Feb. 4.—Please announce to the readers of Forest 
and Stream that the dates of the Eastern Handicap 
tournament, at Wilmington, Del., have been changed 
from Tuly 18, 19 and 20, to July 11, 12 and 13. Kindly 
make change accordingly in your list of “Fixtures. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr. 
Ossining Gun Club. 
Ossining, N. Y., Feb. 4— The following scores were 
made to-day at the grounds of the Ossining Gun Club; 
all at 16yds.: 
C G Blandford. 110 
J T Hyland.... 110 
1 H Moran.110 
L Lyons . 70 
Shot at. Broke 
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90 
63 
65 
Shot at. Broke 
N Tuttle . 40 28 
J Blandford .... 20 12 
W Fisher . 10 7 
J. T. Hyland, Sec’y. 
The Forest and Stream may be obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
regularly. 
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 4.—I note in the report of the 
Columbus, O., tournament in Forest and Stream, 
issue of Feb. 4, the statement is made that the Squier 
money-back system failed to make good by $125. This 
was probably a typographical error, as the amount in 
question was $1.25, not $125. I attended this particular 
tournament, and would state that it was not conducted 
under the true Squier money-back system, as set forth 
in the literature sent out by the Interstate Associatmn, 
otherwise there would have been a surplus to divide 
among the high gun amateurs after all losses were 
paid back, instead of a shortage of $1.25, and this with 
no added money contributed to the Squier money-back 
system. L - J- Squier. 
