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FOREST AND STREAM 
[March 21, 1908. 
Long Jumps and Short Stops. 
Say, do you think that was sprung for a joke? Well, 
I guess not. The last week has been characterized by 
the fact that we have been simply hitting the high places. 
We’ll tell you about it. 
Birmingham, Ala.—Here we shot over the same grounds 
that will be utilized for the Interstate Association’s 
Southern Handicap, to be held in Birmingham, May 5, 
6 and 7. The grounds are beautifully located, of easy 
access to street car lines, and we certainly predict suc¬ 
cess at this point—this based upon the natural advan¬ 
tages, coupled with the energy of such shooting en¬ 
thusiasts and' royal good fellows as R. H. Baugh, Arch. 
Henderson, Chas. Berry, John Fletcher, Cliff Abbott, 
Bob Brown, Walter Carroll and many others that we did 
not have the pleasure of meeting personally. They have 
assured us of a good Interstate shoot, and we are spread¬ 
ing the news and helping them in every way possible. 
Before leaving Birmingham, I must, tell you a funny 
incident. Frank Butler conceived the idea that it was 
necessary for him to leave the grounds in advance of 
the squad, immediately after he had finished shooting, 
as he had some work to look after. He rushed to the 
street car line apd took a car going the wrong way. This 
took him eight miles out to Bessemer, returning by the 
way of Avondale. Annie Oakley (his wife) had grown 
very nervous, and could in no way account for his 
absence. She was standing in front of the Morris Hotel, 
when the car which Frank had pre-empted came by. 
She rushed out and found him sitting in the corner of 
the car, giving a very poor imitation of a man thinking. 
She rescued him, and now the proper steps are being 
taken to secure for Annie one of the Carnegie life-saving 
medals, based upon the saving of life and the chances 
she took in thus waking him from this dream. It was 
certainly a thrilling rescue. Colonel Anthony insists that 
if Frank’s wife had missed that car, and he had gone 
by, he would still be on that merry-go-round trip, or 
perhaps have died of starvation. Then you ask, is mar¬ 
riage a. failure? I would suggest to his friends in New 
York that this escapade be forgotten prior to his return, 
as the mere mention of this matter gets up a real fuss 
with Frank at any stage in the race. 
Tuscaloosa, Ala.—A typical little Southern city of 10,000 
people, located on the bank of the Warrior River, which 
stream is navigable for deep-water boats; this with the 
assistance of. locks and storage reservoirs through to the 
Gulf of Mexico, 340 miles. The city is named for the old 
Cherokee Chief, Tuscaloosa (Black Warrior), who history 
and legend credit with piloting the French voyager De 
Soto through td the Mississippi River. Tuscaloosa was 
the first capital of Alabama, and the old State capitol 
building is now occupied by a most prosperous Baptist 
Female College. The State Insane Asylum is also 
located here. The city is noted for its old aristocratic 
Southern families, business enterprise and social thrift. 
About 1500 people were out to see our exhibition. Tire 
members of the gun club participating with us were 
S. P. Henegan, R. H. Williamson, A. H. Robinson, W. 
A. Hilbish, R. M. Leland, J. L. Lacoste, Cliff Atkinson 
and the Baker brothers. We have this aggregation of 
gentlemen to thank for many courtesies, and we hope to 
meet you all at the Interstate shoot in Birmingham, 
May 5, 6 and 7. 
Funny traveling experiences? Yes, we meet with many 
of them. One occurred between Tuscaloosa and Selma. 
It was about 1 o’clock in the morning, and all members 
of the squad were sleeping the sleep of the innocent and 
the just, when George Maxwell was heard in the aisle of 
the car remarking that joking was all right in its place, 
but he did not consider it at all intelligent for any per- 
son to wake him up when they knew he had been “raw¬ 
hiding” several nights and needed 1 his rest. He woke 
the entire car with the “big noise,” and when we woke 
up, there stood George with two guns, a suit case, his 
overcoat and 200 shells in his hand, ready to get off 
the train. He was glaring at each one of us, trying to 
locate the offender. At this critical moment the brake- 
man ^opened the door and shouted, “All out for Max¬ 
well.” It then dawned upon George that he had been 
awakened by the brakeman passing through the cars 
calling the next station. Humiliated and changrined, 
George was profuse in his apology, but took no actual 
interest m the general laugh that went around. It is 
unnecessary to state that no more sleep was had until 
our objective station was reached. 
Selma, Ala.—A beautiful citv, located on the Alabama 
River, with about 30,000 population. Noted for its manu¬ 
factory, wholesale and jobbing interests, and is the 
recognized center of the cotton raising belt. We had a 
crowd 1 of 1500 enthusiastic spectators. The shoot took 
place on the same ground on which one of the greatest 
cavalry battles of the Civil War was fought, between 
the Confederate forces under General Forrest; the Fed¬ 
eral under General Wilson. The fight took place April 
2, 1865, and resulted in favor of the Federals, they having 
15,000 soldiers on the field, while the Confederates could 
muster only 3,500. The burning of the city of Selma was 
the result. 
I". Selma we renewed acquaintance with some of the 
old-time shooters and formulated some very pleasant 
new ones. Gray Vaughn, John McKenon and Tate 
Mason, with a bunch of other good fellows, were there 
in full force and effect. Billy Heer was there with his 
“hair in a^ braid.” Broke 100 straight and batted his eyes 
for new “fields to conquer.” _ We were certainly enter- 
tamed proper and right by this bunch, and we promised 
to come again. 
Mobile, Ala.—Here we did sure enough meet a crowd 
that we had met before, and they were at the hotel 
bright and early to meet us. Frank Matlock, Charlie 
Vincent, Phil Meyer, Tom Goodbred, Billy Gordon, 
Billy Vass, Jim Johnson, Dolph Mangold, and many 
others of the club were there. To any shooter who has 
ever been in the South, the names of the above boys are 
well known. They were glad to see us, as we had not 
visited Mobile for four years. We shot at Monroe Park, 
with traps on the breakwater and with targets thrown 
over the Gulf. 
Billy Heer again broke 100 straight, which gives him an 
unfinished run of 217. Annie Oakley’s exhibition was 
highly appreciated, and she fairly outdid herself, and 
many were the rounds of applause accorded her. The 
evening was devoted to an oyster contest at the Criterion 
Cafe, and the squad and a few guests participated. 
The contest was fast and furious. The luscious bivalves 
were direct from Frank Matlock’s oyster bed, thirty miles 
east of Mobile. This was supposed to be a “finish go,” 
and when the shells were cleared away and counted up, 
Billy Heer was declared the winner with 99 oysters to 
his credit. He was urged by the entire party to make 
it another even 100, thus establishing another world’s 
record, but Billy, with that far-away expression, re¬ 
marked that his understanding was that this was a limit 
game, and that he had certainly played the limit. 
Biloxi, Miss.—One of the oldest settlements along the 
coast. Settled originally by the French, it is now a 
place of 13,000 people, and is a Mecca for Northern tour¬ 
ists, a city of beautiful homes and “dear, delightful 
people.” This paradise for fishermen is recognized as 
the greatest spot on earth for the finny tribe. It was 
here that Mr. A. O. Bourdon caught the largest tarpon 
or silver king ever landed in this section. It was 7ft. 
3in. long, and weighed 1371bs., and was awarded the 
prize at the St. Louis Exposition. The wharf upon 
which we shot was owned by Mr. U. Desporte, one of 
the Biloxi pioneers in the oyster business, and a gentle¬ 
man in every sense of the word. He is one of the 
largest handlers of oysters and shrimp on the coast, 
many days shipping over 200,000 oysters. He is the 
largest haridler and canner of shrimp in the world. 
Biloxi is the home of the cove and fresh oyster in¬ 
dustries, and their roads and wharves in and about the 
city are constructed of oyster shells. The shell roads 
are certainly ideal spots for automobiles. We found here 
our old shooting friend, Ed. Brady, formerly of New¬ 
man, Tenn. It will be of interest to many of the shoot¬ 
ers, especially the Indians, to know that Ed. has settled 
permanently in Biloxi. It was here that he met his 
matrimonial Waterloo in Miss Lopez, a daughter of 
M. Lopez, recently deceased, .who was at the head of 
the oyster industry on the coast. They were recently 
married, and are living in one of the handsomest homes 
we have seen in the South. As High Chief of the 
American Indians, and in behalf of the tribe as an en¬ 
tirety, I desire to extend to Ed. our most hearty con¬ 
gratulations, and we welcome the new squaw to our 
camp and our tepees. 
New Orleans, La.—Here we Sunday. We are cer¬ 
tainly willing. It is always a pleasure to visit this old 
French cosmopolitan city, and since our arrival we have 
met many of the shooters that we knew in former years. 
Tom Osborne. Morris Kaufman, Charlie Reilly, were the 
first to extend the glad hand. We formerly shot here 
on the old French duelling ground, but the new club 
has moved further into the country, and have a most 
excellent ground. We are assured that during the com¬ 
ing season there will be a great deal of trapshooting in 
this city. From this point we again drift north, and will 
next week advise you of the meanderings of this squad. 
The Bohemian life that we are leading is certainly 
conducive to good health, as we are all in the best of 
condition. We have had for the past week three of the 
powder representatives with us—Mr. Walter Huff, of the 
Du Pont Powder people; A. M. Hatcher, of the Dead 
Shot Company, and Mr. Guy C. Ward, of the Ballistite 
Powder Company. Frank Butler sprung one on them 
that I will repeat in view of the fact that Frank is out 
of reaching distance. It was to the effect that “this 
powder gang have been trying to Hatch up something 
all week, that we were able to Ward it off until we 
reached Mobile, when Walter got Huffy and quit us.” 
Tom A. Marshall. 
The Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus, O., March 12.—Mr. R. O. Heikes, of Day- 
ton, Ohio, was the center of attraction on account of 
having made the elegant run of 99 straight without a 
miss, and he did it with a new pump gun that had only 
been in his possession a few days, “Pop” arrived too 
late in the day to shoot the programme through, but 
his run of 99 was a very fine performance. 
John R. Taylor was the high professional for the tourna¬ 
ment, with the excellent run of 194 out of the 200 tar¬ 
gets and did it with apparent ease, but when a man 
breaks all but six out of 200 you may be sure that he 
concentrates his mind on what he is doing. We are 
mighty proud of John’s work. He registers John R. 
Taylor, Columbus, Ohio, nowadays, just to show what 
John can do and how enterprising he is. He and 
Captain A. Z. Fisher, of Buckeye Lake, left Columbus 
the night before the shoot and came back in time to 
be in the shoot the next day and brought a fine sample 
of different kinds of duck along with them. 
Mr. E. S. Graham, of the U. M. C. Company shooting 
force, made a long run from up near Chicago to take in 
the March tournament, and he shot a good clip. Mr. 
Graham is a shooter and a sportsman, and the boys 
were all glad to meet him and hope to have the pleasure 
of seeing him often. 
Mr. Horace Heikes and Fred Le Noir tied for second 
high average with the score of 184 out of 200. Horace 
is hitting them in nice shape and will do a few scorings 
up among the high places before the season is over. 
Fred Le Noir is shooting a merry gait and is getting 
used to the grounds. Mrs. Le Noir was out to the 
tournament and took dinner with the boys. 
Charlie Young, of Springfield, had a few bad innings, 
and he is now a confirmed believer in the gunsmith’s 
“revenge,” or the new edition on “The Fallacy of 
Changing Guns,” and “Charlie” said that if anybody 
discovered him running around with any strange gun, 
to please take it away from him. 
William R. Chamberlain did himself proud by landing 
the second high amateur with 178 breaks, and did the 
honors in the office, on the side. William says he don’t 
know which he would rather do best, keep the books 
at a shoot or take a trip in the secretary’s canoe. 
Purbaugh, of Mt. Vernon, was very welcome indeed, 
and he tells us that it has been so long since he saw a 
gun until he came here, that is seemed like one of 
“Rip Van Winkle’s” dreams to have one in his hand. 
Well, we hope that he will do like “Rip” did—get busy. 
We wish to correct the second high average, which 
goes to Mr. Frank D. Alkire, of Williamsport, O., he 
having broke 181, being next to Cooper. Frank is 
coming in for a good lot of scores this spring, and has 
about made up his mind to make them go some. 
Mr. Bert Cooper, of Thornville, shot a very even and 
consistent clip all the way through, and his score of 
184 stood high at the wind-up, 
E. M. Stout, of Circleville, came in with the fine 
weather and had a great time breaking targets and telling 
the boys how they used to trap pigeons at the Circle¬ 
ville shoots, when they shot live ones. Stouty knows, 
and Circleville was a great shooting center for live-bird 
shooting. 
Webster and Harry Smith shot along together and 
finished even up with 177. 
Joe Wells, of Hilliard, landed with 174, and Joe did it 
in good form, and was particularly strong on eighteens 
and nineteens. Everybody was glad to see him shooting 
so well. 
Will Fishinger, of Hilliard, Ohio, shot with the secre¬ 
tary’s gun, having a break-down early in the shoot, and 
he stayed right along in the money. A new gun will 
be the order now. 
Mr. French, of the Peters Cartridge Co., came in 
just in time to get in the fifth event and enjoyed the 
day’s shoot and meeting a large number of new shooters. 
Mr. French is quite a mixer and made a hit with the 
boys. He has ordered a new gun and says he is going 
to shoot some. 
Doctor Gaston, of Wilmington, Ohio, arrived with the 
big crowd on tbe early car and had a heap of fun all 
day long, and especially with the doubles at the close 
of the programme. Clarence Price of Vanatta, Ohio, is 
just getting back into the line and broke 85 per cent 
He says this and the Feb. 22 shoot have been the first 
attempts for a long time. 
Mr. F. Sayers shot the first 100 and then dropped 
out. Come over and see us again Mr. S. and you will 
find them all right. 
Charlie Shell wandered off somewhere, and came in 
with 85 Yz per cent., which might have been somewhat 
worse. Charlie thought they acted like “Jack Snipe.” 
Mr. Feidner, of Marion, Ohio, the first Marion boy 
to show up in these parts for a great while, was a 
participant in the tournament and brings the good news 
that Marion is to have a gun club soon, so we extend 
them a cordial invitation to make the Columbus Gun 
Club headquarters when in Columbus. 
J. M. and C. B. Hedges, of Asheville arrived a little 
late and finished the programme. These two brothers 
attend most of the Columbus shoots and usually are up 
in the score, 
Frank Burris says I am coming back in. And that 
means that there will be something doing. Burris and 
Shattuck defeated G. M. Smith and Shilling in a 50-bird 
race Saturday P. M. Score: Burris 41, Shattuck 45, total 
86; G. M. Smith 42, Shilling 39, total 81. 
Messrs. Lamb, Boring and Davis, of Dublin, enjoyed 
the finish, Mr. John Mackey, the Columbus Sporting 
Goods Co. man, came out and shot one, and shook the 
paw of a number of old friends. John is getting the 
fever. He bet a new hat with Shattuck that he wouldn’t 
break 50 per cent., and he was on, and he did, with 
some to spare. 
The weather man has been forwarded a large boquet, 
for his goodness in breaking the “hoodo” that has 
clung to the Columbus Gun Club shooting dates. 
A POPULAR MAN. 
No losses to tell; 
No gold bricks to sell; 
His friends like him well— 
And no wonder! 
In publishing the averages an error was made, allowing 
the second high to go to W. R. Chamberlain and third 
to Webster, and H. E. Smith. The following is cor¬ 
rect: John R. Tavlor, 194; Frank Alkire, 181; W. R. 
Chamberlain, 178, H. E. Smith, 177; Wm. Webster, 177; 
Fred Le Noir, 184; Horace Heikes, 184. 
F- D. Alkire being second high gun and Chamberlain 
third high, with Mr. Webster and H. E. Smith fourth 
high. Cooper, 184, high amateur. Scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 
Targets- 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 Brk. 
J R Taylor . 13 14 19 15 14 20 15 14 19 15 15 20 194 
B F Bolin .13 14 16 12 9 17 15 13 18 13 12 18 170 
Fred Le Noir .... 15 12 17 13 14 19 14 14 19 15 13 19 184 
Lon Fisher .12 9 19 11 13 19 14 12 19 13 13 19 173 
C A Young .13 10 16 13 19 15 12 14 17 14 14 19 176 
R O Heikes. 15 15 20 15 15 19 99 
H Heikes .13 13 18 14 14 19 15 12 15 14 14 18 184 
E S Graham .14 12 18 14 15 18 11 13 15 15 14 19 183 
W R Chamberlain 15 13 20 12 14 16 14 14 17 14 11 18 178 
Shatford . 13 10 15 6 9 17 5 9 17 14 10 15 150 
Fishinger . 12 14 11 13 14 18 13 12 17 13 13 19 175 
Moeller . 11 13 15 10 12 16 11 14 16 10 13 18 164 
Stout . 13 12 17 13 12 16 12 15 14 15 12 20 176 
J T Wells . 12 13 18 13 14 19 12 10 18 15 11 19 174 
Purbaugh . 3 8 13 5 7 10 10 8 12 11 7 12 106 
H E Smith. 12 13 19 14 13 18 12 12 17 14 13 20 177 
Webster . 14 14 17 12 14 18 11 14 17 15 12 19 177 
J H Smith. 10 11 16 13 12 17 12 13 17 14 12 17 164 
F P Hall. 14 11 15 9 8 13 9 13 17 14 13 17 154 
J E Walters .13 10 16 13 10 14 11 13 17 12 14 18 160 
F Alkire . 12 13 18 12 13 19 13 15 15 14 13 19 177 
J E Gaston. 13 7 14 9 9 12 12 13 12 11 11 13 146 
F Y Wilson .14 11 13 10. 4. 62 
Clay . 12 10 10 5 9 12 6 . 64 
J W Valentine.... 9 10 11 9 10 14 9 13 9 14 7 12 127 
C Price . 14 13 15 11 13 16 14 13 17 14 14 16 170 
Henderson . 14 11 17 14 12 18 12 12 17 12 13 17 170 
F Sayers .10 8 12 10 12 13. 65 
C Shell .14 14 18 11 12 17 13 13 16 13 13 17 171 
B Cooper .15 14 19 14 13 18 13 14 18 13 13 19 184 
French . 11 15 7 13 17 8 14 12 97 
Peidner.12 18 11 14 16 10 .. .. 85 
J N Hedges.10 14 11 14 16 14 10 18 107 
C B Hedges. 10 14 8 13 14 11 13 14 87 
Roemick .. .. .. 17 12 12 12 9 11 14 77 
Burris. 5 12 12 12 9 11 14 72 
Shattuck. 12 15 18 14 12 20 91 
Lamb . 12 11 10 8 6 12 59 
Davis .io 12 9 15 47 
Mackey .12. 12 
