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FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 18, 1911. 
1 
ANOTHER WONDERFUL 
Mr. J. S. Day, winner of the 1910 Amateur Trap Shooting Average by 
a percentage never equalled, established another and even more re¬ 
markable record. In his last 2100 targets, from August 8 to 18, 1910 
(regulation targets at registered tournaments at Midland, Big Springs, Cisco, 
Gorman and Walnut Springs, Texas), he lost but 34, scoring 2066, 
making an average never equalled or approached by an amateur, 
98.38%. This is more than ]/ 2 % higher than the average of the winner 
of the 1910 High Professional honors at 2000 targets. 
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, OHIO 
New York: 98 Chambers St. T. H. KELLER. Manager New Orleans: 321 Magazine St. P. R. LITZKE. Manager 
San Francisco: 608-612 Howard Street. J. S. FRENCH, Manager 
. . . .. .-.. 
RECORD. 
Mr. Day bought his loads from dealers where tournaments were held, and they were 
regular PETERS factory goods—not special in any sense. Anyone can buy PETERS Shells 
of this same quality, and they don’t have to be used in any special gun to make high scores. 
j. s. DAY. 
Trapshooting at the Sportsmen’s Show. 
At the Sportsmen’s Show, held at the Madison Square 
Garden, New.York, from March 7 to 13, the trapshooting 
feature was one of the best drawing cards on the pro¬ 
gram. This year the arena floor was the scene of the 
shooting, the traps being arranged on the Fourth avenue 
side of the amphitheater. There have been many sports¬ 
men’s shows in the past in the big Garden, but in none 
have the scenic effects come so close to reproducing the 
natural surroundings of the wild creatures. One could 
close his eyes and smell of the pine balsam and the 
crack of the shotgun commingle to bring up a vision of 
the distant forests. Amid these environments the shoot¬ 
ers enjoyed the daily sessions, and the Garden has been 
crowded to its capacity during the continuance of the 
show. The management throughout was of the best, and 
it is stated that Madison Square Garden has already 
been engaged for another Sportsmen’s Exhibition, to 
open Tuesday, March 5, 1912, and to continue for seven or 
eight days YVe give the- program as it developed day by 
day: 
Tuesday, March 7.—The trapshooters had a number 
of practice events to-day, preliminary to qualifying for 
the championship, with the following results: 
Amateurs: 
Shot at. 
Broke 
Shot at. 
Broke 
F F Butler. 
20 
15 
C 
Von Lengerke 
20 
12 
Geo Pennell, Tr. 
30 
25 
P 
()sborne . 
20 
14 
\V Simonson ... 
28 
40 
G 
Loomis . 
30 
14 
Harry Lee . 
40 
25 
G 
11 Pumpelly.. 
30 
23 
P»ob Schneider.. 
10 
6 
B 
Coffin . 
40 
30 
E F Slear. 
20 
14 
I! 
Bedell . 
20 
13 
S O'Brien . 
20 
10 
C 
G Blandford.. 
20 
17 
W 1 Wright. 
30 
19 
Professionals. 
1 Fanning . 
10 
10 
L 
S German.... 
20 
15 
N Apgar . 
50 
42 
John Hessian .. 
60 
42 
G I, Lvon. 
50 
37 
T 
H Keller. 
10 
7 
LI II Stevens... 
30 
25 
J 
T Skelly. 
50 
40 
Wednesday, March 8.—Sixty amateurs faced the traps 
this afternoon, and good scores were made by many con¬ 
testants, the highest recorded being that of F. D. Ivelsey, 
of East Aurora, N. Y. Many of his shots were remark¬ 
able, and he was applauded when his total of 48 out of 
50 was announced, and he received the prize for the best 
score of the day. 
The scores of the professional marksmen were excel¬ 
lent, but no one of them surpassed the record made by 
the amateur. Their contest resulted as follows: Neaf 
Apgar 48 L. S. German 45, J. T. Skelly 44, J. S. Fan¬ 
ning 38, T. H. Keller. Sr., 35, G. R. Schneider 43, J. A. 
R. Elliott 45, H. H. Stevens 47, G. L. Lyon 36. 
Thursday, March 9.—Lester German to-day made the 
first clear break so far of 50 targets. The gunners ap¬ 
pear now to be getting the knack of the speedy indoor 
traps, and the performances in to-day’s preliminaries 
to the championship were better on the average than 
any previous marks. 
Ninety-six individual scores were turned in to-day. 
The best were: F. Stephenson 46, E. D. Reed 44, E. IX 
Borden 43, C. Howard Daly 43, H. A. Grosbeck, Jr., 43, 
G. L. Lyon 42, H. J. Burlington 43, F. D. Kelsey 42, 
F. G. Clark 42, W. U. Howell 42, Thomas Duke 41, L. C. 
YY'ilson 41, J. Williams 40, M. Harvey 40, J. S. Speer 40, 
F. G. South 39, L. A. Morford 39, J. M. Carr 39, E. A. 
Gunther 39, P. E. Osborn 38, \V. Olmstead 38, W. D. 
Hinds 37, W. E. Skidmore 37, R. H. Smith 37, H. S. 
Sindle 36, C. YV. Stevens 36, E. W. Down 33, Dr. Bishop 
36, Charles Sherwood 35, E. M. Funk 35, M. B. Baldwin 
35, H. B. Williams 35. 
Friday, March 10.—The Van Allen cup, the trophy 
which the trapshooters are trying for in the indoor 
shooting event, to be decided next Monday evening, 
was made a perpetual prize to-day, when the donor 
provided the means for its being competed for yearly by 
the establishment of a fund, through a trust company. 
The cup is a beautiful piece of the silversmith’s art, and 
is to be presented to the amateur who makes the highest 
score in any one of the events at 50 targets during the 
week of the Sportsmen’s Show. At the present time Les¬ 
ter German has the best chance of capturing the prize, 
with his clean score of 50 made two days ago. 
Miss Annie Ricker, of Lancaster, Pa., was an entrant 
in the trapshooting tourney to-day, and she made 
the excellent showing of 39 breaks out of a possible 50. 
It was her first experience at indoor shooting, and she 
intends taking more practice in order to qualify for the 
finals. Miss Ricker recently won a 100-bird shoot at 
the traps of the Eastern Gun Club, with a score of 87, 
against John Wheaton with 85. 
The scores made to-day, all shooting at 50 targets, 
were as follows: F. D. Kelsey 48, F. Stephenson 46, 
W. T. Smith 45, E. D. Reed 44, E. D. Borden, C. H. 
Daly, F. Grosbeck, H. Burlington, A. Betti and E. G. 
Southey all recorded 43; G. Pompelly 42, G. L. Lyon 
41, T. S. Fanning 41, Edward Viffett 41, G. F. Hamlin 41, 
G. ’H. King 40, E. A. Wilson 40, C. Von Lengerke 40, 
Geo. Piercy 39. Eighty individual scores were recorded 
in the preliminaries of the day for the amateur and 
champion finals on Monday. 
A program of special three-man team events was in¬ 
augurated to-day, and will be a feature to-morrow. The 
results were as follows: 
Danburv 
C II Daly. 
C W Stevens.. 
F T Clark. 
Bridgeport 
E Southey ... 
C Sherwood .. 
C Vanstone .. 
\V Rice . 
Dr Funk . 
Team. 
.43 
.36 
.42—121 
Team. 
.39 
. 35 
32—106 
Jersey City Team. 
H J Burlington. 
H H Shannon. 
E Hallinger 
37 
37 
29—103 
North Caldwell Team. 
G G Francisco. 
L Stager 
33 
33 
W Kussmaul .38—104 
New Haven Team. 
. 29 Dr Bishop 
. 35 
36—100 
Saturday, March 11.—Visitors to the Sportsmen’s Show 
saw some high scores made by both amateurs and pro¬ 
fessionals in their various matches to-day. One of the 
features was the unusual interest shown by women, and 
Miss Annie Reiker, of Lancaster, Pa., had many admirers 
when she qualified for the finals. 
The professionals have each shot 200 targets, and with 
but 50 more to go to determine the championship, the 
score is: Neaf Apgar 191, L. S. German 185, H. H. 
Stevens 172, J. S. Fanning 169. 
The leading scores among the amateurs at the close 
to-day were: F. Stephenson 49, F. D. Kelsey 48, C. L. 
Frantz 48, T. S. Speer 46, W. Simonson 46, W. T. Smith 
45, E. E. Reed 45, H. P. Herman 45, H. M. Judd 45, 
Miss Reiker 44, C. de Ouillfeldt 44, E. L. YVarren 44, 
G. H. Pumpelly, 44, H. A. Groesbeck 43, E. D. Borden 
42, C. H. Daly 43, H. J. Burlington 43, E. A. Gunther 
43, A. Betts 43, E. G. Southey 43, W. D. Hinds 43, W. 
W'olstencroft 43, A. L. Burns 43, H. B. Williams 43. 
The results of the three-man team race were: 
Philadelphia Team. Jersey City Team. 
H I J Hermann.42 Geo Piercy .32 
W W'olstencroft_43 H J Burlington... 32 
H Landis . 35—120 H H Shannon.35— 99 
Twelve hundred targets were shot from the traps in 
one hour, making a record. Eight hundred is regarded 
as a good total for outdoor work. 
Monday, March 13.—The most successful sportsmen's 
exhibition ever held at Madison Square Garden closed 
to-night. The feature events of the day were the fine 
records of Neaf Apgar and F. B. Stephenson in the 
International Trapshooting Tournament. Frank B. 
Stephenson, of the Crescent Athletic Club, won the ama¬ 
teur indoor championship by breaking 96 out of the 100 
he shot at. He was in fine form, and his time was 
perfect. He took the lead in the first string of 25, 
breaking 23. In his second string he broke 25. J. S. 
Speer also broke 25 in his second string, so that the match 
to that point was close, Stephenson leading by 2. In his 
third string Stephenson broke 23, still having a fair lead, 
and in his last string he broke 25 again. Speer, who did 
well in his first 50, fell off toward the end. There were 
ten in the final shoot, and they shot in squads of five, 
alternating in strings of 25 targets. F. D. Kelsey won 
second prize with a score of 90. C. L. Frantz and H. P. 
Herrman tied for third place with 88 each, and in a 
shoot-off at 25 targets, Herrmann broke 24 to Frantz’s 22. 
The scores of the others in the final were: J. S. Speer 
84, L*. de Quilfeldt 83, W. Simonson 81, Miss Annie 
Reiker 77, CL H. Pumpelly 77, and J. R. Hendrickson 75. 
Neaf Apgar won the professional championship. He 
broke in all, 240 targets out of 250, shooting at 50 each 
day. Lester German was second with a score of 233; 
Jack Fanning was third with 211, and H. H. Stevens 
fourth with 205. 
The light in the Garden is not the best to shoot under, 
and the boundary is so short (16yds.) that the marksmen 
have to shoot much faster than they do in out-of-door 
contests. While the shooting was on to-day, there 
was quite a gallery, and each man was heartily ap¬ 
plauded for good work. Miss Reiker started off well, 
hut the strain told on her toward the finish. 
In the shooting tournament during the six days the 
show has been open to the public, 256 individual shooters 
have taken part in the different events, and more than 
35,000 rounds were fired. The school for novices was 
well patronized. 
