March 4, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
349 
DuPont Gun Club. 
W ilmington, Del., Feb. 26.—The feature of the weekly 
match yesterday was the shooting of J. T. Skelly, of this 
city, who broke 97 out of 100. In addition to this remark- 
able shooting, Charles Newcomb won a silver spoon 
offered for the best out-of-town amateur, not a member 
°f the club. His score was 96. 
Tlie shoot was participated in by 115 shooters, of whom 
103 members shot in the T. Coleman du Pont merchan- 
dise event. In this event ties resulted in four classes 
as follows: 
Class A, 23 out of 25—Wm. M. Foord, Eugene du 
Pont, \\. S. Simpson, F. Holt. 
o GL ass 19 out of 25—W. Tomlinson, F. Matthewson, 
B. Trott, R. L. Conner, R. W. Smith, T. W. Keithley, 
* fr x • ! ane ’ W. W. Bacon, P. J. Pape, A. Richards, 
A. M. Lindsay. 
T ^"J?r SS 16 out of 25—E. E. Handy, W. Matthewson, 
I• w. Anderson, Jr., J. R. Bailey, C. R. Jefferies, Sr., 
J- i C - R * Kenworthy, J. A. MacMullin. 
Class D—W. H. Nealy, R. B. Evans. 
I he?e ties will be shot off on next Saturday. 
Hessian gave some fancy shooting, breaking lumps of 
coal thrown in the air with a .22cal. rifle. He broke 
three targets in the air at one time, and then ejecting 
an empty cartridge from his shotgun, threw it into the 
air and hit it before it reached the ground. He was 
assisted by Thorpe Martin, of the local club. E. F. 
Slear, of Philadelphia, amused the crowd with cartoons 
of the shooters, one of A. H. Lobb being particularly 
apropos. 
In the ties made in last week’s T. Coleman du Pont 
merchandise event, the shoot-off was as follows: 
Class B—A. H. Lobb, winner with 23 out of 25. 
Class C—_Dr. S. C. Rumford and Wm. B. Smith again 
t ^ heir tie will be shot off next week. Class 
D—W. F. Jensen, winner with 15 out of 25. 
T he Du Pont Club counts itself fortunate to have one 
of its recent members, George S. McCarty, of Phila¬ 
delphia. He is one of the crack amateurs of the coun¬ 
try. In 1907 he started his trapshooting career by win- 
nying the second Southern Handicap at Richmond, Va. 
Since then he has won a number of shooting matches, 
outclassing a strong field of competitors. For two suc¬ 
cessive years he wpn the New York Athletic Club 
amateur championship, the amateur championship of 
Pennsylvania and a number of other events of like 
character. 
The complete scores of yesterday’s shoot are as 
follows: Harry J. Reed, 10 out of 25, J. M. McKelvey 
21, A B. Richardson 20, J. Hessian 18, F. H. Mason 4, 
H. H. Lukens 15, H. Winchester 21, W. Tomlinson 19, 
\Y. E. Ross 15, E. F. Slear, 19, Dr. Bedford 20, G. H. 
Mitchell IS, Dr. Hibbert 10, A. F. Hickman 22, F. Mat¬ 
thewson 19, Eugene du Font 23, M. E. Rose 23, E. E. 
Handy 16, W. A. Casey 9, W. Matthewson 16, Guy 
Lambert 5, T. B. Rogers IS, W. L. Warded 14, L. C. 
Lyon IS, J. A. Kaiser 17, R. \V. Linderman 8, R. L. 
Naudain 22, Thorpe Martin 15, H. H. Hegan 9, N. K. 
Smith 15, J. W. Cann 22, E. IT. Lambert 10, S. B. Trott 
19, J. \V. Anderson. Jr., 16, W. H. Nealy 12, J. B. Mc¬ 
Hugh 22, S. G. David 13, R. W. Ferguson, 17, D. J. 
Dougherty 12, H. L. Morgan 18, W. E. Husbands 17, 
N. X. Smith 13, C. L. I’etz 9, C. Leedon 11, P. Pen¬ 
nington 11, H. P. Carlon 21, R. L. Conner 19, R. B 
Evans 12, L. Evans 20, G. F. Huber 20, T. C. Wilkinson 
20, R. W. Smith 19, T. W. Iveithley 19, Charles Buck- 
master 21, F. M. Whitehead 14, Rcss Robinson 10, FI. C. 
McClane 19, H. J. Taggart 18, C. V. Ferridav 20, J. 
Birch 17, Dr. S. C. Rumford 17, Dr. L. Rumford 20, 
Major Ramsay 17, W. S. Simpson 23, S. Tuchton 18, C. 
H. Simm 21, W. W. Baun 19, W. S. Gavan 18, T J 
Baun 3, P. J. Pape 19, J. R. Fitzgerald IS, O. L. Cook 
17, W. G. Jensen 15, F. Sheehan 21, Dr. Bullock 11 
N. D. Martin 12, J. R. Bailey 16, Dr. Petz 14, J. Mon- 
ohan 6, W. McKinney 5, L. W. Crawford 14, W. B 
Abbott 17, J. Kaiser 20, A. Richards 19, J. T. Brown 
16, W. Tomlinson 20, F. Holt 23, W. B. Smith, Tr., 17, 
O. E. Pyle 7, C. C. Ferro 22, F. S. Gregg 20, W. G 
Gregg 30, J. E. Errickson 7, J. Hessian 22, R. E. Bow- 
land 14, A. M. Lindsay 19, J. E. Miller 11, P. H. Ferrew 
7, Dr. Darlington 15, J. FI. Minnick 17, Wm. Coyne 15, 
J. B. D. Edge 6, C. R. Jeffers, Jr., 14, C. R. Jeffers, 
Sr., 16, Harry Lindsay 14, J. Montgomery 10, Joslvn 20 
J. F. Porter 16, C. R. Kenworthy 16, H. S. Hart 24’ 
MacMullen 16. T. E. Doremus 22. 
Shoot at Newton. 
Newton, N. J., Feb. 20. —Thirty-five shooters were on 
hand to-day on the grounds of the Newton Gun Club, 
and eight events were shot. A very close match was 
shot between Newton and Great Meadow, seven men 
on a side, 50 targets per man, Newton winning by the 
slender margin of 1. Scores: 
Great Meadow. Newton. 
G Kennedy . 
.. 31 
G 
Stranline . 
. 31 
D S Snvder _ 
.. 39 
G 
Batson . 
. 40 
B R Bailey. 
.. 27 
C 
B Bridner. 
. 35 
J N Gulik. 
.. 39 
Toe Stranline .... 
. 35 
A J Cregar . 
.. 4'2 
A 
J» Bridner. 
. 40 
L T Dereamcr... 
.. 45 
L 
M Morford. 
I Welsh . 
.. 43—266 
A 
I Kinney. 
. 45- 
-267 
'1 wo-man tram 
match: 
Rockawav. 
Newton. 
Ld Tippet . 
...24 
L 
Lomme . 
.. 20 
G Freeman .... 
... 22—46 
A 
B Bridner. 
2°- 
-42 
Each team won a leg on a pair of watch fobs. Lomme 
and Bridner have challenged the winners for a return 
match at an early date. 
Erne and Cavanaugh at Live Birds. 
Shenandoah, Pa., Feb. 22.—A large gathering of lead- 
mg gunners of this section witnessed a live-bird shoot 
between John Erne, of Girardville, and Thomas Cav¬ 
anaugh, of Lost Creek, two prominent and popular shoot¬ 
ers of this region for a purse of $.300, at 16 birds each, 
21yds. rise. Erne won by killing 8 to his opponent’s 6. 
The Winning Combination 
FRED GILBERT 
WINCHESTER “LEADERS” 
A 'Reliable Man And 'Reliable Shells 
Reliability will usually tell. 
H ere was old reliable Fred 
Gilbert shooting in the Great 
Western Handicap at Live 
Birds with reliable Win¬ 
chester “Leader” Shells. He 
killed the 25 straight, tieing 
two other shooters. Then, 
shooting off the tie, he killed 
five more straight, running 
ahead of his competitors. 
Reliable shells help to make a 
reliable shooter. Winchester 
shells have won every World’s live bird and 
inanimate target championship and have been the 
year’s high average winners for years. 
Remember This And Shoot 
WINCHESTER SHELLS 
FRED GILBERT 
V 
Hyde Park Gun Club. 
There was a good attendance at the weekly shoot on 
Feb. 25, thirteen shooters facing the traps. The weather 
was fine, and there was not a breath of wind to interfere 
with the flight of the targets. The club was honored by 
the presence of “Pop” Heikes, of Dayton, O.; L. J. 
Squier, Pittsburg, Pa., and Burt Call, Newark, O.. all 
well-known and popular trade representatives. High 
score was made by Heikes, who broke 94. Johnson was 
high amateur with 92, and De Mar second with 87, 
several targets below his average. Squier didn’t get 
going till the third event, and then missed only 4 in the 
60. Sam Leever, of Goshen, O., the well-known pitcher 
of the Pittsburg Club, shot a 90 per cent, gait, but could 
not stav to finish. Hammersmith, one of our best local 
shots, has been out of the game for many months, but 
the lure of the Grand American Handicap was too 
strong, and he started in again to-day: his score of over 
93 per cent, shows that he hasn’t forgotten how. A 
wager of 3 to t was made to-day that the entries in the 
G. A. FI. would be between 800 and 900. Ed. Frohliger 
had his hands so full scoring and collecting shells and 
targets, that he never got a chance to even put his 
gun together. We would be much pleased to see Phillips, 
J 
Rugiy, Stevenson. Reif, and a few of the other old reg¬ 
ulars at the grounds once more. Holaday shot a 90 
per cent, clip in the first three events, but lost out in 
the last 40 targets. Welch is coming all right, and will 
have them all guessing before the summer is over. 
Dull and Malloy, of Goshen, O., shot a very good race, 
although we expect them to account for a few more 
targets than they did to-day. Dea was not at his best 
to-day. Irwin is still monkeying with guns. When he 
settles down, he’ll get back where he belongs. 
Targets: 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
Total. 
R Heikes . 
. 20 
IS 
17 
20 
19 
94' 
Tohnson . 
. 17 
18 
19 
19 
19 
92 
Squier . 
. 17 
16 
IS 
IS 
20 
89 
De Mar . 
. 16 
16 
17 
19 
19 
87 
1 * 
Holaday . 
. IS 
IS 
IS 
16 
16 
S6 
Malloy . 
. 15 
IS 
16 
17 
19 
S5 
W Welch . 
. IS 
18 
14 
15 
19 
84 
Dull . 
. 17 
14 
17 
IS 
16 
S2 
Irwin . 
. 17 
11 
14 
16 
15 
73 
l)ea . 
. 15 
19 
14 
14 
IS 
SO 
Hammersmith . 
. 19 
17 
20 
56 
Leever . 
. IS 
16 
20 
54 
Richards . . 
15 
