March 14, 1908.] 
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U. S. Government 
Ammunition Test. 
Accuracy test of Krag-Jorgensen .30-Caliber Cartridges held at Springfield Armory 
by order of the Ordnance Department, United States Army. 
TESTED— Ammunition of all the American Manufacturers. 
CONDITIONS—10 and 20 shot targets, muzzle rest. 
10 and 20 shot targets, fixed rest. 
DISTANCE—1 ,000 yards. 
RESULT &nd OFFICIAL REPORT: 
U. S. Cartridges excelled all others. 
MANUFACTURED BY 
UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., 
LOWELL. MASS.. U. S. A. 
Agencies: 497-503 Pearl St„ 35-43 Park St., New York. 114-116 Market St., San Francisco. 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Ind.—The club house at the Indian_apolis 
Gun Club grounds last Saturday afternoon, March 7, was 
as busy a place as the proverbial bee hive, on the occa* 
sion of the club’s regular weekly practice shoot. The 
constantly increasing attendance of the shooters and of 
theii admiring spectator friends on recent Saturday after¬ 
noons most forcefully indicates that springtime has come, 
and is a reliable forecast that local interest in the fascin¬ 
ating sport of target shooting is destined to attain un¬ 
precedented proportions during the present year. 
The several prize contests that are now well under way 
are eliciting great interest, and the battles for these 
coveted trophies will most certainly “wax warm’’ before 
the contest periods have run their allotted courses. The 
Deadshot trophy, added targets handicap contest, is one 
that was devised with a view of favoring and encouraging 
the mediocre or less skillful shooter in a fair competition 
against accomplished rivals; and the results thus far de¬ 
veloped in the contest fully confirm the propriety and 
wisdom of its purpose, as planned. 
The Britton trophy, a sliding distance handicap, bi¬ 
weekly special event of 50 targets, carrying the honors 
of amateur championship among club members for the 
current year, is a more difficult and trying contest, but 
yet the aspiring novice is by no means eliminated from 
the possibility of success. 
The Parry trophy will take its place on the calendar 
of special club shoots for the first time next Saturday 
afternoon, and will after then alternate with the Britton 
trophy events on every other Saturday afternoon. This 
is a fixed distance handicap event of 50 targets, and the 
attractiveness of the handsome prize will most certainly 
bring out the very best results the contestants are able 
to deliver. 
No contestant, no matter how skillful he may he, has 
a “lead pipe” cinch on any of these trophies, and who¬ 
ever wins them will enjoy an unclouded title to their 
ownership. 
The English Hotel cup trophy we always have with us, 
and is one which is ever open to the “top-notchers” who 
need some such opportunity to occasionally settle mooted 
■questions of their relative ability and skill in up-hill 
competition. Moller and Sayles had a round of this last 
Saturday afternoon, which resulted in Sayles defeating 
Moller. 85 to 82, each shooting at 100 targets from 16yds. 
rise. Dixon has challenged Sayles for a race on next 
Saturday. 
The club has ordered two new target traps, and these 
will arrive and be installed within the next ten days or 
two weeks, and it is expected that the scores after then 
will take on a measure of greater uniformity. 
Scores made in practice shooting last Saturday are as 
follows: 
Events: 
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5 
6 
7 
Shot 
Per 
Targets: 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
at. 
Broke. 
Cent. 
Michaelis .... 
. 17 
16 
19 
19 
17 
20 
17 
140 
125 
89.29 
Dixon .. 
. 14 
17 
18 
18 
17 
18 
18 
140 
120 
85.71 
Parry . 
.16 
14 
18 
19 
16 
18 
18 
140 
119 
85 
Sayles . 
.a 
16 
18 
18 
19 16 15 
140 
113 
80.71 
Hymer . 
. 16 
14 
16 
IS 
16 16 .. 
120 
96 
80 
Moller . 
. 15 
13 
IS 
60 
46 
76.67 
Moore . 
. 17 
14 
12 
16 
16 .. .. 
100 
75 
75 
. 15 
20 
15 
75 
Brennan ... 
.16 
15 
11 
18 
14 .. .. 
100 
74 
74 
Partington 
. 11 
10 
20 
12 
18 .. .. 
100 
71 
71 
Anderson . 
. 10 
15 
14 
18 
15 13 .. 
120 
85 
70.83 
Beck . 
. 11 
12 
15 
14 
16 .. .. 
100 
6S 
68 
Trotter .... 
. 13 
12 
13 
13 
15 .. .. 
100 
66 
66 
Roland .... 
. 13 
12 
15 
11 
13 .. .. 
100 
64 
64 
Southern .. 
10 
8 
60 
33 
55 
Thomas 
.12 
13 
10 
9 
8 .. .. 
100 
52 
52 
Walton .... 
. 8 
10 
10 
60 
28 
46.67 
. 6 
9 
8 
60 
23 
38.33 
Rav . 
. 4 
8 
9 
7 
6 .. .. 
100 
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Harry 
W, Denny, 
Sec’y. 
Indepen 
dent 
Gun 
Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa.—The annual meeting of the Inde¬ 
pendent Gun Club was held on Saturday, Feb. 29, and 
the following officers were elected: F. M. Eames, Presi¬ 
dent; H. L. David, Vice-President and Captain; C. H. 
Newcomb, Secretary-Treasurer. 
After the meeting the fourth shoot for the A. H. Fox 
series was held', which is the distance handicap, and as 
it was the date of the annual meeting, the club put up 
an extra prize of a loving cup, with an added dead bird 
handicap. Nelson, shooting from 16yds., with a handicap 
of 14 dead birds, tied with Newcomb, who was a scratch 
man, shooting from 20yds., with a score of 86. In the 
shoot-off at 25 targets Nelson, at 16yds. with a handicap 
of 4 dead birds, scored 20, and Newcomb, at 20yds., scored 
21 and won the cup. 
The next shoot for the Fox trophy will be held March 
14. The following gives the full score of the shoot for 
February: 
Handicap. Targets. 
Birds. 
T 
Yards. 
20 20 20 20 20 
Total 
Newcomb . 
. 0 
20 
17 18 15 19 17 
Sli 
Nelson . 
. 14 
16 
14 15 15 14 14 
86 
McCarty . 
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20 
15 18 17 17 17 
84 
. 10 
16 
19 13 14 16 12 
84 
Tansey . 
George .. 
Fontain . 
. 3 
20 
14 17 14 16 17 
81 
. 14 
16 
16 13 12 14 8 
•' 77 
. 10 
16 
13 13 15 16 16 
83 
Coleman . 
. 4 
18 
13 15 -12 13 11 
68 
Dr Doolittle ... 
. 4 
17 
10 12 10 12 11 
59 
IS 
IS 13 14 11 13 
76 
Stevenson . 
. 3 
16 
11 9 9 15 10 
57 
Eames . 
9 
20 
14 17 *16 13 16 
78 
Randolph . 
16 
7 1117 
17 
. 0 
20 
14 15 19 15 15 
78 
Crowhurst . 
. 10 
16 
11 11 13 12 12 
69 
Firth . 
Lamey . 
. 16 
16 
16 
15 14 10 11 7 
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Buffalo Audubon Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y., March 7. —The first shoot for March 
was well attended, there being 21 shooters present. A 
very speedy and difficult target prevented high scores. 
No. 3 was the badge contest. 
Events: 
Targets: 
Cox . 
Seymour . 
Covert ... 
Bargar .. 
Mesinger 
McLeod . 
Wootton . 
Beyer 
Heinold .. 
Shaw 
Porter ... 
Beers .... 
Duffy .... 
Williams 
W Shaw . 
Rappich . 
Tomlinson 
Savage .• • 
Moll 
Gardner .. 
Moon .... 
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\V. C. Wootton, Sec’y. 
Death of John Watson. 
Mr. Geo. Watson writes us briefly as follows: 
Watson, of 8005 Woodlawn avenue. Chicago, died March 
7, 190S. Funeral Tuesday, March 10, at 2:30 P. M., from 
his late residence. Burial at Oakwoods.” 
Thus many thousands of friendly shooters, and many 
more who were not shooters, will feel profoundly sad 
on learning that the old-time manager of Watson’s Park 
has passed away into the unknown. In the matter of 
years’, it is not so long since the famous shooting park 
was in the hey-day of popularity and activity, but m the 
matter,of rapid changes consequent to a great city’s de¬ 
velopment, it has some time since drifted back in the 
memories of things that were. But many great contests 
were pulled' off at' fhe park. Individual matches,' team 
races, tournaments and club shoots were numerous 
therein during a term of years, and the records of these 
form a large and important part of trbpshooting history. 
Under the Watson management, the park was famous for 
the difficulty of the. shooting, the excellence of the birds, 
the rigid integrity of the management, and the generous 
hospitality extended to the visitors. In all affairs between 
man and man. Mr. Watson’s name stood for scrupulous 
honesty, kindliness and courtesy. 
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