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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 8, 1910. 
The third registered tournament of the Parkersburg, 
\V. Ya., Gun Club, to be held on Oct. 11-12, has an 
attractive merchandise event each day, at 25 targets, 
lGyds., on the first day, and added target handicap on 
the second. The ten sweepstake events each day are 
alike, ten 20-target events, $2 entrance, $10 added. Shoot¬ 
ing each day will begin at 9 o’clock.. Class shooting, 
30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent, will govern. Ship guns, 
etc., prepaid to Secretary E. F. Ball. 
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The Afro-American Trapshooters’ League has issued 
the program of its Sth annual grand Afro-American 
handicap, to be held under the auspices of the Pleasant 
Hill. Mo., Gun Club, Oct. 10 and 11. There are twelve 
events each day, of which eight are alternately at 10 and 
15 targets. On the first day, there also are two mer¬ 
chandise events. On the second day there also is one 
merchandise event, and the grand handicap, 50 targets, 
$2.50 entrance. Each day, $25 is divided among four high 
and two low averages. Ship guns, etc., to J. S. 
Thompson. 
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For the Missouri Trapshooters’ Association tourna¬ 
ment, to be held at Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 25-27, the 
program provides ten 20-target events, total entrance 
$24, $1 > 0 added, cn the first day. On the second day, 
eight 20-target events, one event at 20 targets, 19yds., 
use of both barrels, and one event at 10 pairs; total 
entrance and added money same as on the first day. 
On the third day, five 20-target events, which also 
wrl 1 constitute the Missouri State championship at 100 
targets, for solid gold watch charm. Also the Missouri 
handicap at 100 targets, in strings of 20 targets; handi¬ 
caps 16 to 21yds.; prize, a gold watch. Members of the 
association who are residents of Missouri are eligible. 
Average money for 360 targets, $20, $15, $10, $7.50 and 
$5, and $5 and $5 to each of the low guns. 
Bernard Waters. 
Guthrie Tournament. 
Guthrie, Okla., Sept. 2$.—I enclose the scores of the 
two-day registered tournament held at Guthrie, Sept. 
26-27. Weather conditions the first day were very hard. 
It was very cold and disagreeable. The second day con¬ 
ditions were much better, as shown by the scores. 
W. H. Heer was high professional, Ed. O’Brien, of 
Florence, Ivans., was second. Freemont Huston, of 
Perry. Okla., set the pace in the amateur class, Mr. Geo. 
Schwake, of McAlester, Okla., being second. 
In the first day the weather conditions were very un¬ 
favorable for good scores: 
First Dav. 
Second Day. 
A. 
A 
--1 
Shot at. 
Broke. 
Shot at. 
Broke. 
JF Huston . 
. 200 
182 
200 
182 
Geo Schwake . 
. 200 
172 
200 
185 
Toe Apoleman . 
. 200 
169 
200 
180 
W P Walker. 
. 200 
153 
200 
ISO 
O H Nutt. 
. 200 
148 
200 
1S5 
Robt May . 
. 200 
161 
200 
159 
F Charles . 
. 200 
169 
200 
167 
C S Bates. 
. °00 
171 
200 
163 
F Ilsmith . 
. 200 
149 
200 
167 
R V Smith. 
. 100 
60 
200 
140 
A W Clark. 
. 200 
178 
W C Williams. 
. 200 
176 
T B Clemants . 
. 200 
137 
ioo 
76 
I W Eagan. 
. 200 
184 
100 
80 
Toe Bell . 
. 200 
152 
T Honea . 
. 140 
111 
200 
17S 
E C Bohan . 
. °00 
151 
W W Haller. 
. 200 
140 
T Morris . 
. SO 
54 
20 
13 
W P Iveesey. 
200 
179 
E Walton . 
20 
13 
Professionals: 
W H Heer. 
. VIO 
191 
200 
195 
Ed. O’Brien . 
. 200 
185 
200 
185 
Chris Gottlieb . 
. 200 
173 
200 
186 
H T Donnelly. 
. 200 
175 
200 
183 
Fred Bell . 
. 200 
165 
200 
182 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Six members were on hand for the weekly shoot on 
Oct. 1, many of the members having gotten their fill 
of shooting at the tournament and staying away. Offner, 
who used to be a regular attendant in the old days, is 
getting back again, and we hope will get out often. To¬ 
day he was high gun with 61 out of 80. Supt. McFee 
got into two events and made good, as usual, breaking 
47. Dr. Bird came next with 46. 
Targets: 25 25 15 15 Total. 
Offner . 17 22 9 13 61 
McFee . 23 24 .. .. 47 
Dr Bird . 23 .. il H 46 
F Pope . 19 19 .. .. 38 
Piepig . 9 18 .. .. 27 
Berdmyer . 13 .. 12 .. 25 
The Forest and Stream may he obtained from any 
newsdealer on order. Ask your dealer to supply you 
regularly. 
Hell Gate Gun Club. 
New York. —The final contests for 1910, at the real 
things took place at Schaefer’s, Allentown, Pa., last 
week. Six members and a guest arrived tile even.ng 
previous to the shooting day, and Baudy, Lange and 
Schorty stopped at the Duck Farm Hotel. For a num¬ 
ber of years five of us spent the evening together, but 
two of the original five have departed to the unknown 
land—Peter Albert and John Kretb, the latter a slmrt 
time ago. He was the dean of the gun c.ub in point 
of age, passing away suddenly in his 66th year. John 
was a good shot of the old style, gun down; but a yard 
or two made a great difierence in results of his shoot¬ 
ing on account of his failing eyesight. May we meet 
again beyond the Great Divide. 
The day of the contests proved to be ideal for the 
sport, the threatening weather, wind east, shifting to 
tne south rd, then to west, accelerating the flight ot the 
winged targets and testing the Skill of the participants. 
The morning squad, as usual, had the live.iest birds, 
though but three had to be induced to fly out of the 
606 shot at. 
Bandy started off with two asterisks. He made fine 
stops on his 4th and 15th birds with the second barrel, 
and a judicious first barrel bn his 27th, a fast one. 
Charley Lange scored his 4th with a long second, run¬ 
ning straight for his September score. His 11th, 22d and 
29th were long firsts. He looked like high man, losing 
but one out of his first 23, but he dropped three in a 
bunch, his 24th, 25th and 26th. 
Schorty lost his third, a fast one; was caught napping 
on his 24th. a whirlwind in blue from the jNo. 5 trap, 
never touched him, and the next one a comparatively 
easy proposition driving to the left, winning out with 
27 of the 30. His 15th, 18th, 20th and 27th were stops 
on fast ones. 
John Schlicht tied Schorty for high score. John shoots 
3yds. in from scratch, but holds the gun well down 
and his kills are spectacular. His 15th, 16th and last 
three were clever stops. His 23d, marked with a star, 
was a very fast one. 
Our President, Colonel John H. Yoss, performed in 
ragged fashion to-day, using the second barrel but three 
times in the 23 that he scored. He drew some very 
fast birds in the last 10. His 15th was a lightning - first 
barrel. 
Joe Selg, who broke his right collar bone in a carriage 
accident a short time ago, was a bit tender in the 
shoulder and used light loads, accounted for but 12 in 
the total. Some men would not take a chance at all, but 
Joe stopped his 19th, 26th, 29th and 30th in good style. 
Mr. Mersloh, one of our guests, made crackerjack 
kills on his 5th, 9th, 14th and 15th. Mr. Sproessig, who 
has not attended regularly , showed the lack of practice, 
though his 21st, 22d and 26th were good seconds. 
Mr. Belden, who shoots the quickest first barrel in 
the club, improved as he went cn, getting 7, 8 and 9, 
losing three fast ones dead out. 
Mr. Forster also had three out, but had three corkers 
in his first in the September score, which he negotiated 
in fine style—his 2d, 4th and 6th. 
Mr. Meckel, one of the 30yds. men, started badly, 
losing his first two, but then dropped but two more 
of his balance of 28. His 10th was a precise 2d at about 
50yds. 
Mr. Hughes, naturally a slow shot, drew some scream¬ 
ers. He lost his 3d on the gun safety, but made ex¬ 
cellent stops on his 5th, 6th, 12th, 16th, 17th, 19th and 
22d birds. 
Mr. John Kroeger, another guest, had three dead out, 
and had a fast run of birds. Plis 11th and 25th were 
good kills. Mr. Pierce Brennan, one of our 26yds. men 
used his 10-gauge from the 28yds. mark, losing two dead 
out; the 1st bird was a scorcher. His 14th and 24th 
were good ones. 
Mr. Mahnken, a beginner, scored 7 of the 10 he shot 
at. the 1st one being a long second. 
Lange, Schlicht and Forster accounted for all in the 
September shoot. 
Schorty alone in the October contest, and Hughes and 
Brennan in the November, 10. 
In the three 6-bird sweeps which followed, Schorty got 
them all, but lost his 2d, marked with a star. Meckel 
scored 13 out of 18. Forster, 16 out of 18. Sproessig, 
12 out of 18. Brennan, 14 out of 18. The others as 
follows: Bandy, 8 out of 10; Mersloh, 9 out of 10; 
Selg, 8 out of 16; Hughes, 7 out of 10; Voss 11 out of 
14; Schlicht, 3 out of 4, and Mahnken, 2 out of 4. Birds 
were excellent; only three sitters. 
R Bandendistel, 28 .**12211212— 8 
Chas Lang, 29.2122211122—10 
L H Schortemeier 31 .2202211111— 9 
J Schlicht. 28 .2212221112—10 
r II l oss, 29.011111111*— 8 
1 II Selg, 26.0000010022— 3 
H Mesloh, 28 .1011211122— 9 
A E Sproessig, 28.1000112012— 6 
T A Belden, 28.11*212201*— 7 
H Foster. 28.2221221211—10 
E A Meckel. 30.0022021112— 7 
T Hughes, 28 .0102122111— 8 
T Kroeger, 30 .111112111*— 9 
P Brennan. 28 .*1211111*1— 8 
H C Mahnken, 27.2*22101110— 7 
H Mesloh, J. Kroeger and H. C. Mahnken were guests. 
Referee and scorer, L. II. Schortemeier. 
October contest: 
Bandendistel, 28 .1210200112— 7 
Lang, 29 .1221101112— 9 
Schortemeier. 31 .1222112212—10 
Schlicht. 28 .2111220111— 9 
Voss, 29 .1121111210— 9 
Selg, 26 .1001101011— 6 
Mesloh. 28 . 2202211*11— 8 
Sproessig, 28 .0022111211— 8 
Belden, 28 '«•..2021221*12— 8 
Forster, 28 .02111111*1— 8 
Meckel, 30 .1211211120— 9 
Hughes, 28 .2201111121— y 
Kroeger. 30 .221211*220— 8 
Brennan, 28 .0101101122— 8 
November contest: 
Bandendistel, 28 _ 
Lang, 29 . 
Schortemeier, 31 
Schlicht, 28 . 
Yoss, 29 . 
Selg, 26 . 
Mesloh, 28 . 
Sproessig, 28 . 
Forster, 28 . 
Meckel. 30 . 
Hughes, 28 . 
Kroeger, 30 . 
Brennan, 28 . 
Mahnken, 27 . 
Grand total: 
Lang . 
.26 
Sproessig 
Bandendistel . 
. 23 
Forster . 
Schortemeier . 
.27 
Meckel . 
Schlicht . 
.27 
Hughes . 
' OSS . 
.23 
Kroeger 
Selg . 
Brennan 
Mesloh . 
Mahnken 
. 1101111210 — 8 . 
. 1110 * 01111 — 7 
. 1210022212 — 8 
, 11 * 1011212 — 8 : 
. 1101010210 — 6 - 
,0000010011— 3 
.1121202010— 7 
,2221022100— 7 
, 0212211221 — 9 - 
, 2122 * 2 * 121 — 8 
. 2112111221—10 
. 2120101100 - 6 
. 1111201 * 12 — 8 
. 1112111121—10 
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Manhatta. 
The Fred Macaulay Business Men’s Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J. — Clever marksmanship by C. \V. Bill¬ 
ings, Phil Coffin, Louis Colquitt and John Geiger fea¬ 
tured the weekly shoot of the Fred Macaulay Business- 
Men’s Gun Club, held Sept. 27 at the club’s traps on the 
Speedway. The four tied for the high average prize of 
the day. They were also the onlv gunners, with the ex¬ 
ception of Rube Waddell, the Newark Eastern League 
pitcher, to have a perfect score of 25 birds in a single 
siring. 
The weather was anything but ideal for hitting the 
saucers, and the scores turned in by the gunners are very 
creditable. The Wheaton medal shoot was the feature 
event of the day. and the results in this event furnished 
a big surprise. Frank Mihlon, who was tied with James 
Ouinn in the first place for the gold medal, failed to 
qualify for the final. In his first string of 25 birds, 
Mihlon missed 10, and in his second string he had but 
14 kills to his credit. Fred. W. Macaulay smashed 43' 
birds out of a possible 50. He missed but one bird in bis 
first string, and the rest in the remaining 25 birds. The 
standard-bearer of the club still has 100 birds to shoot at, 
which he will finish up next Tuesday at the weekly shoot, 
as darkness interfered with the gunners in completing the 
four rounds Tuesday. Macaulay now lias a chance to 
hustle Quinn for the medal. 
Rube Waddell injured bis right hand when be at¬ 
tempted to fix a gun that belonged to Frank Million, the 
captain of the club. Something on the shooting pull 
became loose, and the baseball player, seeing that some¬ 
thing was the matter with Million’s gun, offered to re¬ 
pair it. In trying to tighten one of the screws with a 
small screwdriver, it slipped and the screw driver went 
deep into the right hand. Tile member is swollen con¬ 
siderably, but nothing dangerous is expected to result 
from the injury. 
The Business Men’s Gun Club is trying to arrange to 
shoot a ten-man team match with several of the gun clubs 
in this vicinity, to be held some time in the near future. 
Tt is expected that the affair will be home-and-home 
matches. 
Following are the scores made Tuesdav: 
Rube Waddell . 22 19 21 22 2? 25 23 21 20 17 25 
Tas J Quinn.15 13 15 13 14 13 18 13 13 16 13 
Fred Macaulay . 15 24 19 . 
Frank Mihlon . 19 18 15 14 16 21. 
R Hooper . 24 21 17 20 22 21 IS. 
T S Thompson. 19 17 16 17. 
'C W Billings. 20 23 25 24 24 23 24 . 
F Lawrence . 22 21 23 19 . 
Louis Colquitt . 25 24 23 23 25 24 21 . 
1 Geiger . 22 22 23 23 23 21 25 25 .'. .. .. 
Phil Coffin . 23 25 24 18 22 20 . 
T Fanninsr ..16 11. 
N J Matthews.•. 14 17 20 . 
R McCabe .. 9. 
TT Smith . 17 18. 
Wm Stengel . 16 14 14. 
Matthew L. O’Brien, Sec’y. 
Lowell and Poplar Springs Gun Club. 
Poplar Springs, Ind., Sept. 25.-26.—Rainy weather 
cut down the attendance. F. Bills, professional, scored 
193 out of 200 each day. Scores follow: 
First Day. Second Day. 
,_A__^ ,_A_^ 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
H O Burnham. 
. 200 
183 
200 
172 
H Carstens . 
. 200 
188 
200 
189 
F G Burnham. 
. 200 
177 
f Surprise . 
. 200 
185 
200 
174 
H Stade . 
. 200 
190 
F Regie . 
. 200 
184 
A Glover . 
. 200 
184 
F Bartlett . 
. 200 
164 
1 Lewis ... 
. 200 
183 
200 
io5 
Win Turs . 
. 200 
179 
T Nimetz . 
. 200 
185 
200 
ii3 
R O Krepke. 
. 200 
171 
A Buse . 
. 200 
185 
200 
174 
H Ewen . 
. 200 
194 
200 
173 
E Gregg . 
. 200 
182 
F Bills . 
. 200 
193 
200 
193 
W I) Stannard. 
. 200 
190 
200 
195 
R O Heikes. 
. 200 
192 
200 
188 
T Martin . 
. 200 
192 
F Martin . 
. 200 
1S5 
W Brown . 
. 200 
154 
T Kammerman . 
..... 95 
86 
A fones . 
. 70 
53 
F Schmall .... 
. 200 
151 
E Surorise . 
700 
182 
Geo Schmerlein . 
200 
190 
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