March 7, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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The Columbus (0.) Gun Club. 
The Wednesday afternoon shoot at the Columbus Gun 
Hub traps was quite a success, and there were registered 
among our guests the popular Mr. Luther J. Squtcr, ot 
.Vilmington, Del.; Mr. John R. Taylor, now of Colum¬ 
bus O.; Mr. J. E. Reed, of the Peters Company, C in¬ 
cinnati; Mr. Kaufman, of Dublin, O.; also the Wing 
brothers, of Dublin. ... j 
I The wind blew a considerable, and the scores made 
I under the existing conditions were creditable indeed. 
l'he Wednesday shoots are becoming very popular, and 
M'rom this time on they are going to be one of the interest¬ 
ing event of the week. The enthusiasm shown in Col- 
«umbus, and all over the State, in the coming of the big 
events to Ohio this year has been largely responsible 
[for the organization of many new clubs, and the m- 
Jcenrive to reorganize a good many others which had 
practically discontinued shooting. The present outlook 
warrants the belief that Ohio is going to have a phe¬ 
nomenally big year’s experience in the grand old game 
of trapshooting, that will shake up a line of the older 
t boys, and they will come marching down the line, and a 
j whole lot of you fellows that have been calling them 
I “dead ones” will have to dig up a more superflunctious 
kind of a name to apply to these boys. 
John R. Taylor ts beginning to act more like a 
married man; he came on the West Broad street car 
down town, and after reporting at headquarters and hear¬ 
ing the roll call, he proceeds to make the round of the 
ammunition emporiums and deliver an oration. After 
reading the mail, if there has been any, he proceeds to 
dig from the bottom of his pocket a little list of things 
to take home. One read like this: Two pounds of 
maple sugar, four feet of picture wire, a box of Runkles 
chocolate, one cake hand Sapolio, one box tooth picks. 
So you see, John is not going to starve, even if things 
1 are high priced in Columbus. 
Luther Squier has been in Columbus for several days 
and has had very little opportunity to say much to any- 
■ body, as John has been doing all the talking. 
I Mr. J. E. Reed, a brother of Mr. Les Reed, of New 
Paris, O., who is associated with the Peters Cartridge 
! Co., was with us for the first time, Wednesday, and 
. joined all the others in saying that Columbus has the 
■ finest sky line and club house in the whole country. 
Scores: 
19 
17 
16 
Wednesday, Feb. 26: 
Targets: 
Taylor . 
Reed . 
Johnston . 
Hall . 
Dent . 
Bolin . 
Birch . 
Shatford . 
Harper . 
Burris . 
Tyler . 10 H 
Kaufman . 
B Wing. 
G Wing . 
Shattuck . 17 18 
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 25 25 
19 19 17 13 
17 18 15 14 
1(1 lti 19 14 13 18 
10 10 16 16 13 .. 
15 
18 16 15 
10 11 12 15 15 .. 
18 16 15 19 .. .. 
13 10 15 14 12 
24 24 
23 19 
19 21 
14 .. 
17 IS 
15 .. 
17 .. 
16 
19 18 17 
12 15 .. 
14 16 17 
16 18 
17 19 
16 
11 
IS 
20 
Saturday, Feb. 
Taylor . 
Squier . 
Roundy . 
Fisher . 
Le Noir . 
FI E Smith. 
Kelly . 
29: 
Shatford . 
J H Smith. 
Bolin . 
Hall . 
Harrison 
Shilling . 
Shattuck 
20 
IS 
18 
20 
19 
20 
17 
22 
17 
17 
IS 
IS 
IS 
17 
18 
20 
18 
17 
15 
16 
15 
17 
17 
16 
17 
IS 
17 
IS 
19 
18 
17 
IS 
19 
19 
17 
18/ 17 
19 
14 
IS 
15 
13 
21 
16 
17 
17 
16 
17 
17 
16 
17 
13 
14 
14 
21 
15 
11 
14 
12 
10 
14 
10 
12 
10 
15 
13 
17 
15 
10 
10 
8 
13 
is 
13 
13 
14 
15 
14 
11 
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11 
8 
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11 
14 
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11 
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March Tournament. 
The Columbus Gun Club will give a one-day tournament 
on Thursday. March 12, which will consist of a pro¬ 
gramme of 200 birds, beginning promptly at 9:30 A. M. 
There will be eight 15-bird races and four 20-bird races. 
The entrance for the day will be $15—$1.25 for each 
event. One cent per target will be deducted from 
entrance only. A good big crowd of shooters will be in 
attendance at this shoot, as the greater portion of the 
traps that will be used at the Grand American will be 
in operation, and the shooters can get some good point- 
ers on targets, as they will be thrown at the big handi- 
cap. Invitations and programmes have been mailed to 
Ohio shooters and everybody is welcome from any¬ 
where. 
Fred Le Noir, the Dead Shot man, has gotten com¬ 
fortably settled in Columbus, and we have had the pleas¬ 
ure of having him in attendance at a number of our 
shoots. Fred has been trying out his new Sauer gun, 
and seems to be getting them located. 
Harry Smith seems to be very much in evidence at 
all the shoots of late, having tied with Guy Smith in the 
Secretary trophy race with 21 out of 25 from 19yds., use 
of both barrels. . , 
Shatford keeps on trying all the guns in the club house, 
hoping every day that the next express will bring in that 
new Parker. , 
Ben Bolin must have been reading some particular 
passage in the book regarding the place to hold to land a 
good mess of doubles, as 22 out of 12 pair is G. A. H. 
Frank Hall has become an expert in bending stocks 
and barrels. Any changes you might wish made in your 
gun will be done while you wait, as I-rank has installed 
a new vise that has a grip live a traveling man. 
Billy Newlove and Fred Harrison were very welcome 
guests Saturday afternoon, and came out to take a look 
Again Shooters in “Show Me” Land 
Show Up the Winning Qualities of 
WINCHESTER 
Factory Loaded Shells 
Repeating their recent victories, Winchester Factory Loaded 
Shells again invade the land of the " Show-Mes and capture the 
leading honors of the Mid-Winter Tournament, held in Kansas 
City, Missouri, February 18-21, winning the 
WESTERN HANDICAP AT LIVE BIRDS 
through Dan Bray, who made the highest score 
in this event of 34 x 35, shooting Winchester 
Factory Loaded Shells. 
High General Average of 415 x 450 was made 
by Fred Gilbert (tie), C. G. Spencer being sec¬ 
ond with 413, both shooting Winchester Factory 
Loaded Shells and the latter a Winchester Re¬ 
peating Shotgun also. 
Special Gun Event was won by Frank Fuller with a score of 
35 straight, shooting Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. 
The popularity of Winchester Factory Loaded Shells and 
Winchester Repeating Shotguns in this land of rr show-me-first- 
before-I-buy” was convincingly proven by the fact that over 
52% of the contestants at this tournament used Winchester Shells 
and 26% used Winchester Guns, and the results speak for them¬ 
selves. It is early yet and there is plenty of time to get into the 
p-ame by using Winchester Shells and Guns—the famous red 
W brand— 
THE KIND TO SHOOT TO WIN 
FRED. GILBERT. 
with a view • of getting in touch with the traps for the 
SC Shining 0 °ays5 that the new medicine he took seems 
to run on 17s’, and he thinks he will take just three 
more doses, and then nothing but 20 straight will be the 
OI A. 6 friend of Chief Pipe Stone remarked that if he had 
a locker in the club house containing so many empty 
shells he would have them reloaded. 
Shooting at San Francisco. 
At a recent meeting of the California \\ ing C lub. 
Clarence A. Haight was elected president; Phil B. 
Bekeart, vice-president; C. C. Nauman, secretary treas 
urer, and Tony Prior, Frank Turner and \\ . \\ . Terrill, 
directors. The first gun of the season was fired at the 
I ngleside trapshooting grounds on the first !Sunday'in 
March, and during the year the club will hold seven 
monthly shoots. The races will embrace two 12-bird 
shoots at each meeting. Capt. A. W. Du Bray, expects 
to be in this city in time for the opening shoot of the 
W Th g e uapshooters of Alameda and Oakland, will soon 
announce their programme for the season s clay-bird 
smashing. The Point Richmond Gun Club may send 
down some of its crack trapsliooters to contest against 
the local trigger-pullers at Ingleside. F he present out¬ 
look for a successful trapshooting season is very promis- 
m f'he members of the Union Gun Club probably will 
shoot as usual at the Ingleside grounds. It is expected the 
first shoot will be held the third Sunday in March. Secre¬ 
tary Thomas L. Lewis announces that a new policy will be 
adopted this season, the intention being to cater more to 
the beginners in the different events instead of making 
the majority of them for the experts. 
Officials of the Pacific Coast Trapshooters Association 
are planning an ambitious tournament for May 30. As 
the fleet undoubtedly will be here at that time, the 
officers and men will be invited to take part in the com¬ 
petition. T. L. Lewis, who has given the matter some- 
consideration, will suggest that a rifle and pistol com¬ 
petition be held about the same time There should be 
some excellent shots among the men of the fleet, and the 
competition would be keen. The problem will be to find 
a suitable range. 
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