June 6, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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ENDORSED BV THE U.S. ORDNANCE BOARD! 
THE WINCHESTER 
The Only Repeating Shotgun So Honored 
T HERE never was a time since its introduction when the Winchester Repeating Shot¬ 
gun was more popular or in greater demand than it is to-day. The number of them 
being used in the field and at the trap is rapidly increasing and they are steadily supplant¬ 
ing double guns for all kinds of shooting. Some restless experimenters who are always 
following strange and unknown gods have from time to time laid aside their trusty Win¬ 
chesters to try some new and loudly heralded contraption, but they have speedily and 
gladly come back to their first choice, convinced by comparison and experience that the 
“one best bet” in the repeating shotgun line is the Winchester. There are other makes 
of repeating shotguns, but the Winchester is the only one that has successfully stood 
every conceivable test that sportsmen could put it to, and also the rigid technical trials of 
the U. S. Ordnance Board, embracing strength, accuracy, penetration, endurance, excessive 
loads, defective shells, rust and dust. Its popularity with sportsmen and the official en¬ 
dorsement by the Government are all-sufficient proof of its reliability and wearing and shoot¬ 
ing qualities. Further, it is not necessary to become adept in the sinuous art of contortion 
in order to load it. Winchester Repeating Shotguns are made in four grades, listing at 
from $27.00 to $100.00, and are sold everywhere. 
Stick to a Winchester And You Won’t Get Stuck 
Pennsylvania State Tournament. 
May 26, 27 and 28 were the programme days of the 
eightenth annual tournament of the Pennsylvania State 
Sportsmen’s Exposition, held at Bradford, under the 
auspices of the Bradford Gun Club, an organization of 
energy and progressiveness. The neat and well equipped 
club grounds are on the outskirts of the city, situated 
in a narow beautiful valley, flanked to the right and left 
by a range of large rugged hills, somewhat in appear¬ 
ance like small mountains. The grounds are gently 
irregular in surface, though quite level enough for shoot¬ 
ing purposes. As the contestants when at the scores 
faced lengthwise with the valley, the background was 
mostly sky, though there were a few shadowy nooks, 
for the right and left quarterers, which helped for a 
brief moment to obscure the flight, and a few objects 
in the distance which also helped to dull vision when 
the flights of the targets were athwart them. On the 
whole, however, the conditions were favorable for high 
class performance with the shotgun. The bright, deep- 
green color of the entire landscape was an untiring de¬ 
light to • the eye. 
Tents furnished comfortable quarters for shooters and 
spectators, and in one a satisfactory lunch was provided. 
Five sets of traps were installed, the covers of which 
were distinctly novel and useful. They were made of 
boiler iron. Besides insuring perfect safety to the 
trappers, they were neat and uniform in appearance, 
compact in form, and were as protective as a safety 
vault against the possible destructiveness of marauders. 
They were painted a deep green, harmonizing with the 
color of the surounding herbage. They are depicted in 
the picture of the grounds herewith presented. The club 
houses and tents afforded accommodations for the shooters 
and spectators. Of the latter, many were ladies, beauti¬ 
fully gowned, and keenly observant of the competition. 
The tournament ran very smoothly and was admirably 
managed. Mr. R. S. Pringle, of the local club, was very 
much to the fore in bearing the burdens which are in¬ 
cidental to successful management. The office was in 
charge of Manager Luther J. Squier, who handled 
the cash with perfect ease and accuracy, besides tak¬ 
ing part in the competition. Mr. B. Elsesser was the 
able compiler of scores. The traps were in charge of the 
expert, Mr. Charles North, and it goes without saying 
that they performed perfectly. Much praise was be¬ 
stowed on him for his alertness and efficiency. In other 
respects, he made himself generally useful in furthering 
the interests of the tournament. Mr. L. R. Lewis and 
Mr. John Vantine assisted generally and efficiently in the 
management. Other office assistants were Messrs. F. E. 
Durfy, M. C. Hutchinson, R. C. Lindse and John Artley. 
The Squier money-back system was adopted in lieu of 
added money. For each target thrown during the three 
days, one cent was set aside for this purse, and it was 
further added to by the exaction of $1 per day additional 
entrance charged to each amateur who took part in the 
tournament. Any surplus, after paying the losses, to be 
divided among the high-gun amateurs who shot in all 
the regular events. To participate in the general aver¬ 
age money and the special purse, contestants were re¬ 
quired to shoot through the entire programme, which 
had a total of 510 targets and a total entrance of $50. 
The daily average amateur money was $50, divided $10, 
$9, $8, $7, $0, $5 and $5. There was a like division of 
the $50 for genera! average money. 
A grievous misfortune, in the form of an attack of 
appendicitis, on Sunday morning, happened to Mr. 
Homer E. Young, of Butler, Pa., who was one of the 
U. M. C. Co. representatives in attendance at the tour¬ 
nament. A surgical operation being necessary, it was 
successfully performed by Dr. Hall, a member of the 
local trapshooting club, and renowned as one of the 
most skilful surgeons in America. The latest advices 
were very gratifying, their tenor being that Mr. Young 
was convalescing nicely. 
May 25, practice day, had a programme of ten 15 tar¬ 
get events, $1.30 entrance. The results did not figure as 
any part of the tournament proper, nevertheless as be¬ 
ing of snecial excellence they are deserving of notice. 
There were 78 contestants, and of these, Lester German 
was high with 145 out of 150, over a 96 per cent, performance. 
Of the Amateurs, S. G. McCarty was first with 144, while 
three, Atkinson, Hawkins (professionals) and Mink tied 
on 143. The professionals who participated on practice day 
were Messrs. N. Apgar, J. E. Pratt, Lester S. German, W. 
B. Darton, L. R. Lewis, H. H. Stevens, J. M. Hawkins, 
J. R. Taylor, F. E. Butler, J. P. Garland, and R. S. 
Pringle. Other professionals who were present at the 
tournament as missionaries or shooters were Messrs. A. 
H. Durston, O. S. Sked, FI. Overbaugh, J. G. Heath, 
L. J. Squier W. J. McMann, Col. G. F. Hamlin, H. 
Grubb, H. L. Worthington, J. Lewis, C. G. Grubb, Sim 
Glover and H. S. Welles. 
May 26, First Day. 
There were eleven 15-target events, entrance $1.50, a 
total entrance of $16.50, with $1.00 additional for the 
special purse of the Squier money-back system. The 
twelfth event was the Milt Lindsey trophy. Of the 
amateurs, Mr. L. Weltz, of Spring Valley, made high 
average of the day, 160 out of 165. He also made a run 
of 71. McCarty was second with 159; third, Buckwalter, 
158; fourth, Kelsey, of Pittsburg, 157; fifth, Atkinson, of 
New Castle, 155; sixth, Anderson, 154; and Moore, Hickey, 
Strohs and Hess broke 153 each. In the professional class, 
Hawkins broke 162, missing only three targets. Stevens 
was second with 158. Taylor, Apgar and German broke 
157 each. The latter had some trouble with his gun 
which interfered with his scoring. 
The weather was a bit mixed, rain in the midday 
hours interfering with the shooting for a while. Scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 11 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Brk. 
Mallory, Jr .14 15 13 14 14 14 14 13 12 14 13 150 
Conneely . 
.... 13 
12 
15 
14 
14 
14 
12 
13 
14 
15 
14 
150 
Henline . 
.14 
13 
13 
13 
14 
14 
14 
12 
14 
11 
15 
147 
Pringle . 
15 
15 
14 
15 
13 
14 
14 
13 
14 
14 
156 
H E Brown ... 
.12 
12 
12 
14 
14 
12 
9 
14 
13 
13 
12 
139 
C H Miller . 
. 15 
12 
13 
13 
14 
10 
13 
14 
14 
14 
10 
142 
J A Stoops ., 
G J Elliott . 
.13 
14 
12 
11 
13 
12 
14 
14 
13 
11 
12 
139 
11 
12 
12 
12 
13 
14 
12 
14 
14 
12 
138 
R C Stoops . 
J D Elliott . 
.13 
15 
13 
13 
13 
12 
15 
14 
15 
15 
14 
152 
.14 
15 
13 
12 
13 
13 
11 
12 
14 
11 
13 
141 
Runk . 
.12 
14 
12 
12 
12 
12 
12 
13 
12 
10 
12 
133 
Alan . 
.12 
12 
13 
11 
12 
13 
13 
13 
14 
11 
13 
137 
Jackson . 
.12 
11 
13 
13 
9 
8 
13 
12 
10 
13 
9 
123 
Grove . 
.12 
11 
13 
12 
12 
13 
13 
12 
15 
12 
14 
139 
Seitz . 
.11 
12 
13 
13 
11 
11 
12 
13 
13 
8 
9 
126 
Stroh . 
. 13 
15 
14 
11 
14 
15 
12 
14 
9 
13 
14 
144 
Hess . 
.15 
14 
13 
15 
14 
13 
12 
14 
14 
14 
15 
153 
Trego . 
.13 
12 
10 
12 
12 
10 
13 
10 
11 
7 
11 
121 
Rishel . 
. 8 
11 
11 
12 
12 
10 
14 
10 
12 
13 
12 
125 
Long . 
. 14 
14 
14 
13 
13 
8 
14 
13 
13 
13 
14 
143 
Atkinson . 
. 13 
14 
14 
14 
15 
14 
12 
15 
15 
15 
14 
155 
Kelsey . 
.15 
15 
13 
14 
15 
15 
15 
15 
13 
15 
12 
157 
Hickey . 
.13 
13 
13 
14 
14 
15 
15 
12 
lo 
15 
14 
153 
King . 
. 10 
12 
13 
13 
15 
15 
14 
12 
10 
13 
13 
140 
Anderson . 
.15 
15 
14 
12 
13 
14 
14 
14 
15 
14 
14 
154 
Heil . 
.14 
13 
13 
12 
13 
14 
15 
15 
14 
13 
14 
150 
C N Miller . 
. 12 
6 
13 
13 
8 
14 
12 
13 
13 
13 
14 
131 
Schlicher . 
.14 
15 
15 
15 
15 
14 
13 
12 
12 
11 
13 
149 
Hansell . 
.12 
13 
14 
15 
14 
13 
12 
14 
12 
14 
11 
144 
Herrold . 
.14 
14 
14 
11 
13 
15 
14 
11 
15 
15 
15 
151 
I^andis . 
. 13 
10 
13 
10 
11 
14 
13 
10 
13 
12 
14 
133 
Eames . 
.14 
14 
13 
14 
15 
12 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
147 
Newcomb . 
.12 
13 
12 
13 
15 
11 
15 
15 
14 
13 
11 
144 
McCarty . 
.14 
15 
14 
13 
15 
15 
15 
15 
14 
14 
15 
159 
Tansy . 
.13 
11 
13 
12 
11 
14 
12 
11 
12 
13 
13 
135 
.14 
12 
12 
14 
11 
12 
13 
11 
8 
12 
12 
131 
Bennett . 
.1.2 
15 
13 
14 
13 
12 
14 
14 
13 
13 
13 
146 
Firth . 
.12 
11 
12 
15 
10 
11 
14 
14 
11 
13 
13 
136 
E Ford . 
. 15 
13 
11 
14 
14 
12 
11 
10 
14 
10 
11 
135 
F E Butler . 
.14 
14 
12 
14 
11 
14 
11 
13 
14 
12 
13 
142 
.15 
15 
15 
14 
15 
15 
15 
14 
14 
15 
15 
162 
Squier . 
.11 
14 
15 
13 
14 
15 
12 
14 
13 
15 
15 
151 
L R Lewis . 
.13 
12 
14 
10 
14 
12 
11 
12 
13 
12 
10 
133 
Speer . 
.14 
14 
14 
12 
15 
13 
11 
14 
14 
12 
13 
146 
German . 
. 14 
14 
13 
14 
15 
15 
14 
15 
15 
14 
14 
157 
Apgar . 
. 14 
15 
14 
15 
15 
15 
13 
14 
14 
14 
14 
157 
Taylor . 
..... 14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
15 
15 
15 
15 
12 
15 
157 
Darton . 
.13 
14 
13 
14 
13 
15 
15 
14 
14 
14 
14 
153 
.14 
15 
15 
14 
14 
13 
13 
15 
15 
15 
15 
158 
Mink . 
.13 
15 
13 
14 
14 
14 
15 
15 
13 
11 
13 
150 
Buckwalter . 
.15 
14 
15 
15 
13 
15 
15 
14 
14 
13 
15 
15S 
.13 
15 
13 
12 
12 
13 
10 
12 
15 
12 
12 
139 
.13 
10 
12 
11 
13 
13 
11 
12 
12 
11 
11 
129 
Empire . 
.13 
15 
14 
12 
13 
15 
15 
12 
15 
11 
15 
150 
Coleman . 
.14 
11 
13 
14 
15 
12 
12 
14 
14 
14 
14 
147 
E Korner . 
.13 
13 
14 
14 
12 
15 
13 
10 
15 
14 
14 
147 
Matson . 
. 13 
13 
10 
14 
13 
15 
12 
14 
10 
12 
11 
137 
Wagner . 
F Korner . 
.14 
15 
13 
10 
12 
14 
15 
12 
15 
14 
15 
149 
.10 
12 
15 
13 
10 
13 
13 
15 
12 
13 
14 
140 
Bodine . 
.11 
12 
13 
9 
11 
13 
12 
14 
14 
12 
14 
135 
