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FOREST AND STREAM 
[June io, 1911. 
The Pacific Coast Handicap. 
Madera, Cal., May 27.—Madera, the bustling San 
Joaquin town, was the scene of one of the best trap¬ 
shooting tournaments yet carried out by the Valley 
Sportsmen, and these meetings have not been few by 
ar.y means within the past four or five years. That the 
Interstate Association made a congenial selection when 
it was finally decided to hold the sixth Pacific Coast 
Handicap here this year is pr.oven by the successful ter¬ 
mination of the three days’ shoot. While the tournament 
was not up in entries to some previous tournaments in 
the State, there were more entries than in the two pre¬ 
ceding handicaps held in California. The members of 
the Madera Rod and Gun Club and prominent citizens 
of the pretty town vied with each other in extending 
various hospitalities to visiting sportsmen. 
The Madera County Club’s handsomely appointed club 
rooms were thrown wide open for all the shooters. Mr. 
R. Roberts, the president, and Secretary J. M. Carey, 
did their utmost, assisted by the club members, to en¬ 
tertain the visitors. 
The shooters’ headquarters were located in the Yosemite 
House. The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian Church, 
won many encomiums for the tasteful lunch provided 
every day. The ladies’ ice cream booth was surely a 
boon, time and again, to the warm and tired shooters. 
The shooting grounds are located to the north of the 
town on a level plain. The background is a clear sky¬ 
line, and on any but a very heated day, is an ideal one 
for target shooting. Secretary Porter C. Thede deserves 
much credit for the complete and detailed perfection of 
arrangements for the gathering. Secretary-Manager 
Elmer E. Shaner was at the helm all the time—the first 
and the last connected with the shoot to take executive 
action every day. The shoot went along smoothly each 
day, an elaboration here would be mere reiteration of a 
hundred and more praiseworthy descriptions of the 
tournaments the genial and popular Pittsburger has con 
ducted successfully. 
San Francisco had a representation of over thirty 
shooters; Los Angeles, with a recently organized gun 
club, having, it is claimed, about two hundred mem¬ 
bers, was not represented by a full squad. Shooters from 
nearby points, however, were in pleasing evidence. San 
Bernardino was represented by a full squad from the 
Urbita Gun Club—and popular shooters they are. From 
every valley point one or more shooters were on hand. 
Dr. Snook, of Twin Falls, Idaho, and Messrs. Twitchell 
and Edens came from Phopnix, Ariz.; Guy Holohan, E. J. 
Chingren and Frank Riehl, represented the Northwest. 
To enumerate the scattering visitors here would require 
too much space. 
About ninety-five shooters were in attendance alto¬ 
gether. The places of those who dropped out each day 
were filled by the new-comers. 
Among the visitors were Capt. A. W. du Bray. Ed. B. 
Morris, of Portland; Harry T. Hoyt, of Los Angeles; 
Geo. Morss, of San Francisco; J. X. De Witt, of San 
Francisco, and others. 
Practice Day, May 24. 
Wednesday afternoon, May 24, ten squads were on the 
firing line for practice shooting. The schedule embraced 
four 15 and two 20 target events, Rose system, 5, 3, 2, 
1. Optional sweepstakes. P. C. Thede fired the first 
shot and broke his target. 
Weather conditions were not any too fvorable—warm and 
windy, with spurts of dust at times. E. J. Chingren, 
the Spokane oracle, broke 95 out of the 100. P. C. 
Thede’s score was 93. Ed Schultz, of San Francisco, 
followed with 92, and two 91s by Tony Prior, of San 
Francisco, and C. J. McGowan, of Riverside county, were 
the high amateur guns. Fred Willet, the Selby repre¬ 
sentative, dropped but 4 out of his century allowance. 
He was backed up by Frank Riehl, of Tacoma, and 
Guy Holohan, of Twin Falls, with 91 scores. Hugh Pos¬ 
ton was satisfied with a 90 per cent. gait. 
The general impression, coming over the assembled 
talent, was that record scores would develop. Flow- 
ever, that was another story—the shooter proposes, but 
wind, dust and radiating heat waves from a baked adobe 
plain dispose of smokeless powder ambitions sometimes. 
Practice scores, five events of 20 targets each: 
E J Chingren . 
95 
J J Ryan. 
... 82 
F Riehl . 
91 
J Connelly . 
... S2 
C A Haight. 
86 
Ed Schultz . 
... 92 
W A Robertson. 
86 
W Golcher . 
... S5 
Tohn Dale . 
84 
T Prior . 
... 91 
\V FI Varian. 
86 
G A Johnson. 
... SO 
I, Hauxhurst . 
85 
T C McGowan. 
... 91 
H P Tacobson. 
76 
T R Converse. 
... 90 
C Lancaster . 
92 
T W Neil . 
... 79 
E E Snook. 
69 
C R Bubb.... 
... 86 
L H Prior . 
58 
T C Draper. 
... 78 
Geo Thomas . 
85 
F C Drew. 
... S4 
R R Cadwell. 
81 
R Cathcart . 
... S3 
T Lee . 
85 
C B Monaghan. 
... S6 
G Holohan . 
91 
W H Rocklen . 
... 8? 
H E Poston. 
90 
W Haile . 
.... S3 
M K Sherwood. 
78 
E Mitchell . 
... 88 
W T Wood. 
52 
G E Small. 
... 84 
IT C Christian. 
74 
T A Gibson. 
... 85 
C C Huber. 
65 
C A Tracy. 
... 64 
R C Reed. 
89 
H C Burmister. 
F Willet . 
96 
T R Warner. 
... SO 
79 
T D Riley. 
... 71 
P C Thede. 
93 
F Fuedner . 
... so 
H Garrison. 
. 89 
W FI Price. 
... 27 
Firs! 
Day, 
May 25. 
caused a deceptive atmosphere condition that was puz- 
Ten 15-target events constituted the regular program. 
Chingren fired the opening shot and broke, and fron. 
then until the close the boys worked down the line of 
traps steadily. Many promising scores were battered out 
out of countenance before the day was over. No. 3 
trap was a baffler and remained so throughout the shoot, 
proving the Waterloo of several strong contenders in the 
handicap feature. Fifteen squads and four shooters were 
in the melee. 
The first event produced ten 14s for high scores, the 
illusive last target was not in the reach of any shooter 
until Poston broke the ice with a straight, being No. 3 
shooter in the first squad. After this, clean straights 
were broken by Ed. Kerrison, Dick Reed (who broke 
two), Poston again, Tony Prior, Otto Feudner, Lon 
Hawxhurst, Emil Holling, all of San Francisco; W. J. 
Sears, of Los Banos; J. R. Warren, of Madera; W. B. 
Twitchell and T. L. Edens, who came all the way from 
Phoenix, Ariz.; Barney Worthen, an erstwhile cracker- 
jack of Atlanta, Ga., but now located in Sacramento; J. 
J. Ryan, of Hanford; T. W. Neel, of Ventura; G. £. 
Small, of San Francisco; W. Eilert, of Fresno, and C. 
B. Teller. 
High amateur gun for the first day w'as shot by Sears, 
who dropped but 15 of his targets—135 out of 150. Ryan 
was next with 132. Frank Newbert, with 130, Toney 
Prior 129, Worthen 12S, and Billy Varien, of Pacific 
Grove, with 127, were next in order. 
The men in the 11 hole in events 1, 3 and 6 received 
a slight financial recognition in the purse distribution. 
There were so many of them tht this modicum of silver 
did not go far, all taken with the utmost good nature, 
however. 
Poston led the professionals with 141, Holohan 130, 
Hawxhurst and Holling 127, were propositions. 
The San Francisco squad, composed of M. O. Feudner. 
327; A. J. Webb. W. J. Golcher, 121; T. Prior 129, shot 
high amateur squad for the day—614 out of 750 targets in 
the schedule. 
In the special event at double rise, 25 pairs, fifty guns 
took part. Charley Haas, of Stockton, with Fred Stone, 
of Fresno, were the leaders with 42 each, pretty good 
work considering the wind. Neel and Thede went 
through with 41 breaks each. Hawxhurst 43 out of the 
50, put high sign on the event. Poston garnered 41. 
Scores: 
F 'Riehl . 
H E Poston 
T R Warren. 
G E Small.123 
FI C Christian. 99 
W A Robertson. 
. ns 
L S Hawxhurst _ 
... 127 
. 122 
T D Riley. 
... 116 
.. 135 
F Feudner . 
... 123 
.. 109 
W H Price . 
... 120 
,. 114 
J J Ryan. 
... 132 
,. 123 
A \Y Heavenrich... 
... 90 
. 99 
Tohn Dale . 
... 104 
,. 104 
J F Connelly. 
... ICO 
.. 127 
G A Johnson . 
... 128 
,. 103 
C A Tracy. 
... US 
. 107 
T C McGowan . 
... 11S 
.. 105 
C R Bubb. 
... 101 
T A Gibson. 
... 104 
. 112 
W Haile . 
... 101 
.. 105 
Geo Brown . 
... 101 
.. 130 
Geo Thurman . 
... 99 
.. 102 
W P Sears. 
... 135 
.. 126 
W H Varien. 
... 127 
.. 94 
H P Tacobsen. 
... 107 
.. 63 
... 94 
.. 125 
Geo B Smith. 
... 110 
.. 119 
C B Teller. 
... 94 
.. 122 
W Rutter . 
... 94 
.. 115 
W M Roberts. 
... 117 
.. 124 
C M Tamison. 
... 106 
.. 1°7 
T L Edens. 
... 123 
.. 124 
W B Twitchell. 
... 109 
.. 113 
T Chamberlin . 
... 113 
.. 121 
*A C Stubbe. 
... 84 
.. 129 
N I Higgins. 
... S3 
.. 115 
F N Newbert. 
... 130 
.. 124 
B Ruhstadler . 
... 120 
.. 116 
B Worthen . 
... 128 
.. 108 
C Haas . 
... 120 
.. 121 
O Schluter . 
... 39 
.. 123 
F Stone . 
... 119 
.. 106 
W Eilert . 
... 119 
.. 119 
W Worsrich . 
... 98 
.. 109 
Tim Bradley . 
... 120 
.. 113 
The first squad faced No. 1 trap on time, 9 A. M., but 
under such weather conditions as few shooters ever have 
the ill luck to contend with. A gusty north wind pre¬ 
vailed until late in the afternoon before moderating a 
bit. Clouds of gritty sand dust hurtled through the 
heated atmosphere, making shooting conditions anything 
but conducive to sport or favorable results. The heated 
level plain for several miles beyond the trap bulkheads 
caused a deceptive atmosphere conditions tht was puz- 
C C Huber.103 
L Prior . 
Goe Thomas .... 
E Kerrison . 
J Lee . 
C A Haight. 
G Holohan .130 
F E Snooks.102 
C FI I^ancaster... 
M R Sherwood. 94 
W T Wood. 
R C Reed. 
F Willett. 
E Hoelle .122 
P C Thede. 
FT Garri son . 
M O Feudner. 127 
A J Webb. 
E L Schultz. 
A T Golcher.121 
T Prior . 
J C Draper. 
F C Drew. 
R Cathcart . 
A B Monaghan. 
W H Rodden.121 
R H Bungay... 
T R Converse..., 
T W Neel. 
H Burmister ... 
Ed Mitchell .113 
Double event, 50 targets: Chingren 39, Cadwell 33, 
Riehl 41, Holling 35, Poston 37, Lee 29, Jacobson 24, 
Lancaster 34. Snook 32. Holohan 30, Reed 36, Willet 36, 
Hoelle 33, Thede 41, Garrison 30, O. Feudner 38, Webb 
39, Schultz 32, Haight 29, T. Prior 40, Draper 34, Drew 
23, Cathcart 28, Monaghan 40, Rodden 21, Converse 26, 
Neel 41, Hawxhurst 43, Burmister 38. Riley 17, F. 
Fuedner 38, Ryan 33. Bungay 32, Dale 32, Christian 28, 
Gibson 33, Connelly 17, Varian 39, Haile 35, Twitchell 32, 
Chamberlin 27, Stelling 29, Newbert 37, Worthen 36, 
Haas 42, F. Stone 42, W. Eilert 33, W. Worsrich 36, 
Bradley 28. 
Second Day, May 26. 
Weather conditions all day long were in most appre¬ 
ciable contrast to the previous day. The temperature 
was mild and balmy, with gentle cooling zphvrs that did 
not interfere with the flight of targets. Current im¬ 
pression that good scores would be shot was correct. In 
the regular 15-target program of ten events, seventy-eight 
straights dotted the score sheets. Haas broke six 
straights, two 10s, an 11 and a 14. Chingren turned the 
trick four times, as did Monaghan and Newbert. Pos¬ 
ton, Riehl, Ryan, Schultz, McGowan, Drew and 
Worthen tipped out three each. Sears, Holling, Thomas, 
Hoelle, Thede, Otto Feudner. Tony Prior and Tracy 
chalked up clean strings twice. The singles are tallied 
in appended scores. 
Indications for a climb into the high average seat 
cropped out early in the day’s powderfest. Newbert and 
Worthen finished with 140 and 139 respectively. Bob 
Bungay, of Ocean Park, loomed up with 138 breaks. 
Chingren also broke 138 targets. Sears connected with 
136, which left him one target in the lead. Haas tallied 
135, Hoelle and Otto Feudner also had 135. 
The race was an open one, and left the possible con¬ 
testants in the following order: Sears had lost 29 out of 
300. Newbert 30, Worthen 33, T. Pryor 38, Ryan 39, 
Bungay 39, Hoelle 43, Varian 43, G. A. Johnson, of 
Chico, 44, Chingren 44, Haas 45, Kerrison 47, C. Lan¬ 
caster 48, D. Ruhstaller, of Sacramento, the high gun 
Saturday forenoon, was 50 targets behind. 
High squad score was again the mark set by the San 
Francisco squad—we’ll call it No. 1 this time—662 out 
of a possible 750, an average loss to each event of 8 4-5 
targets, less than 2 per man in each race. 
The Urbita Gun Club squad, from San Bernardino, 
wheeled into second position with 636. San Francisco 
No. 2, was next up with 633. A composite squad, the 
San Adesto cut loose for 626 broken targets. The Cap¬ 
ital City squad went through the ninth event without a 
stumble, every target was accounted for. In the last 
event, each man of the four broke 14 targets. 
The double event, 25 pairs, closed the day’s festivities. 
Ten five-man squads shot from the 16yd. peg. Results 
were: Neel 45, W. Haile, of San Bernardino; Thede 
and Worthen, 44 each; Flolohan, 43; T. Prior, 42; the 
other scores appear in another column. 
Secretary-Manager Elmer Shaner announced the handi¬ 
cap committees as composed of the following shooters: 
P. C. Thede, of Madera; R. H. Bungay, of Ocean 
Park; C. B. Monaghan, of San Bernardino; A. J. Webb 
and E. L. Schultz, of San Francisco. 
Poston retired at the end of the day with 141, still 
in the lead of the trade representatives. Reed was sec¬ 
ond with 133. 
E J Chingren... 
F Riehl . 
H Posten . 
J R Warren. 
R R Cadwell.... 
H P Jacobson.. 
W P Sears. 
W H Varian... 
PI Feudner .... 
A C Stubbe.... 
W A Robertson 
W H Price. 
T F Connelly... 
E Holling . 
T A Gibson. 
C C Huber .... 
H C Christian.. 
G E Small. 
H Stelling, Jr.. 
J J Ryan. 
L Prior . 
Geo Thomas ... 
Kerrison . 
Jim Lee . 
C A Haight.... 
G Holohan .... 
F E Snook. 
C Lancaster ... 
M R Sherwood. 
W T Wood...... 
R C Reed. 
F Willett . 
E Hoelle . 
P C Thede. 
H Garrison .... 
O Feudner . 
A J Webb. 
E L Schultz .... 
W J Golcher .. 
138 T Prior .133 
130 L Hawxhurst . 130 
141 C R Bubb.118 
113 F Fuedner . 133 
122 T D Riley. 113 
104 J C McGowan. 134 
136 7 C Draper . 125 
130 F C Drew . 136 
122 R Cathcart . 118 
86 G B Monaghan . 137 
101 W H Rodden . 12b 
T22 G S Thomas. 109 
107 John Dale . Ill 
134 W B Twitchell. 132 
129 T L Edens. 131 
87 C H Tracy.119 
97 Geo B Smith. 121 
112 C B Teller.114 
101 H Rutter . 123 
131 W M Roberts. 119 
125 C W Tamison. 119 
124 G W Brown. 99 
131 C Hansford . 126 
123 G A Johnson . 128 
130 T Chamberlin .116 
134 R H Bungay. 138 
123 J R Converse. 125 
12b T W Neel .132 
111 IT Burmister . 128 
74 EL Mitchell . 130 
137 T Newbert . 140 
129 D Ruhlstadler .132 
135 B Worthen .139 
126 C Haas .135 
129 A B McGiloray .110 
135 R H Macs. 85 
135 W J Higgins. 86 
137 W IFaille . 134 
122 A W Heavenrich.125 
Special event, 25 pairs double targets: Holohan 43, 
Snook 35, Jacobson 21, Lee 33, Robertson 31, Chingren 
34, Cadwell 27, Poston 40, Riehl 35, Hoelle 37, Holling 34, 
Connelly 29, Price 28, Flaight 37, Reed 41, F. Willitt 36, 
Plawxhurst 36, Thede 44, Garrison 42, M. Fuedner 37, 
Schultz 33, Webb 41, M Prior 42, Golcher 30, Huber 32, 
Christian 30, Stelling, Jr., 38, Ryan 41, L. Prior 24, 
Draper 30, Cathcart 32, Monaghan 36, Rodden 35, 
Twitchell 37, Dale 38, Falkner 21, Neel 45, Burmister 
8, C. Haas 34, Brown 25, Haille 44, McGilvray 21, 
Varian 41, Newbert 35, Ruhlstadler 30, Worthen 44. 
Third Day, May 27. 
Weather conditions for the final day of the tourney 
continued delightful and balmy, with just enough cooling 
zephyrs from the north to temper the sun’s rays. 
The feature event of the shoot drew large crowds of 
interested spectators from town, among which the fair 
sex were conspicuous. The ladies, from their attractive 
demeanor, intelligent comment and criticism, evinced a 
more than ordinary knowledge of the shotgun and its 
possibilities as a medium of healthy sport and recreation. 
This section, by the way, is a center for wildfowl and 
upland sportsmen. 
The sixth Pacific Coast Handicap started at 11 A. M., 
the preliminary events being started promptly on the 
notch at 9 A. M., and went through smoothly without 
a hitch. E. J. Chingren led off from the 21yd. peg, and 
from start to finish the big event ran along without a 
hitch. Frank Newbert was the first strong contender to 
finish. With a total of 91, it was hardly thought that he 
would remain in front very long, the shooting talent be¬ 
hind him was too strong. Sears following close, came 
through with 91. Jack Converse, of Los Angeles, topped 
these scores with a 92 mark. Close scrutiny of the bul¬ 
letin board sheet showed possible chances for several 
shooters to exceed the last mark. Rodden, Mitchell, 
Draper, Ruhlstaller, Neel, Small, Kerrison, and several 
ethers had a look in. Gradually the dangerous element 
was winnowed out, the best Ruhlstaller could do was 
92. Varien and Rodden topped at 91. Chamberlin, of 
Tulare, was the only man to break 90. E. L. Mitchell, 
of Los Angeles, was steadily hammering his way to the 
top with two 19s, a 20, another 19, and a final 16; he tore 
off 93 out of the 100, from the 17yd. mark and won the 
Pacific Coast Handicap for 1911. 
The race was a well-fought one throughout. Upsets 
and surprises cropped out here and there, as is usual and 
expected at a tournament, but the utmost good nature 
and fair spartsmanship prevailed throughout. When the 
fun was over, many shooters stated that they had en- 
