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as it would seem from the number of lawsuits arising 
in connection therewith. 
’ The Phellis trophy is still going the rounds and keep- 
ing up the interest in the Ohio gun clubs. The last 
contest for same was held at Newark, Dec. 27. 
President Roosevelt has been appealed to through a 
petition signed by four hundred ranchers of the West- 
minster district, in the county of Orange, California, 
asking him to investigate the dam placed‘ across the 
Bolsa Chica Bay, thereby stopping. navigation. The 
offenders are said to be the Bolsa Chica Gun Club. 
A new hunting club has been organized at Havana, 
Ill., the incorporators being C. J. Guderiahn, T. D. Whit- 
ney and Henry Schiller. 
Mrs. Nellie Bennett, of Denver, is now traveling in the 
West. She was reported to be at Ogden, Utah, and 
there held a contest at the traps with such noted shots as 
John Browning, Gus Becker, Mat. Browning and Archie 
Bigelow. 
t the annual meeting of the Sangenois Gun Club, of 
Chicago, IIll., the officers elected were: President, Henry 
Bib! Wieeeeireasurer,N. . Hoyt; Secretary, P.. B. 
oyt. 
Bob Emslie, the old baseball umpire, who has resided 
at St. Thomas, Can., for several years, captained a team 
of trapshooters that were victorious on the occasion of 
a late meet at the gun club grounds. 
A newly organized gun club will hold weekly contests 
ae N. Y., under the name of the Mountain 
ides. 
The Cumberland Gun Club, Davenport, Ia., at their 
annual business meeting elected their officers, viz.: Pres- 
ident, Henry Eggers; Vice-President, Thies Wilkin; Sec- 
retary, W. Kroy; Treasurer, Carl Thode; Ground 
Manager, Harry Kohler; Assistant, James Hilton, Board 
of Directors, H. N. Boy, Charles Kessler, Wm. Dunker, 
Jack Spiel, Chas. Hagerman, Harry Martens and Dr. 
OMG ROSES. 
It is rumored that with seventy-five members, so many 
have ceased to take an interest that the last shoot of the 
Valley Beagle Gun Club, of Wheeling, W. Va., will likely 
be that held on Christmas Day. 
* The ducks are being slaughtered in untold members at 
Lake Arthur and other points in Louisiana. It is very 
discouraging to other sportsmen who preserve the game 
on its passage through other States, to learn that there 
are localities where the professional market-hunter can 
get in his destruction. 
E. M. Noyes is in the lead for the cup put up by the 
Havelock Gun Club, of Lincoln, Neb. 
The Rod and Gun Club, of Omaha, Neb., is holding 
meetings to prepare amendments to the State game laws. 
George H. Mayne, A. S. Hazelton, and Ed. C. Brown 
are the legislative committee. 
The Cumberland Valley Rifle Association, of Carlisle, 
Pa., has now as a member Chas. A. Bender, the famous 
baseball pitcher. : 
The Chihuahua, N. M., Gun Club, now has thirty-two 
members who are enthusiastic as to target shooting, as 
they meet each Sunday afternoon. The club will be 
housed in a large tent. 
_ The Illiopolis, Ill., Gun Club has lately been reorgan- 
ized with Dr. J. W. D. Mayes President; Lee G. Met- 
calf, Vice-President; Rodney C. Turner, Secretary, and 
M. T. Fasett, Captain. The club have leased Calamus 
Lake and the property that adjoins it, and there will be 
some tall shooting there when the ducks come north 
in the spring. John A. Wheeler, the State Game Warden, 
has been made an honorary member. 
Jan. 13 will be the date of a team shoot at Media, Pa. 
The Wilmington, Del., Gun Club will be the opponent. 
Sixty fat geese were disposed of at the shoot held at 
Lemars, Ia., during the holidays. 
The regular monthly shoot of the Allentown, Pa., 
Rod and Gun Club has been set for the second Mon- 
day in each month, rather than that of the first day in 
each month. 
The good news comes from Pence, Ill., that a gun 
club has been organized with F. R. Pance President, 
- and Harley James, Secretary. 
The Atlantic and the Houghton, Mich., gun clubs are 
holding team shoots. In the first shoot, Houghton Gun 
Club was victorious. 
‘ E. J. Bowman took a try at the delusive clay target at 
Anaconda, Mont., and did some very fair scoring. This 
club is becoming very popular, and the membership is 
rapidly increasing. 
Steve Kurtz and John Kates will, on Jan. 18, shoot a 
match at Mahanoy City, Pa., for $100 a side and the 
gate money. The rules provide for 2lyds. rise and 60yds, 
boundary. 
The new Pueblo, Colo., Gun Club has now fifty-one 
memnhers, and more are expected to sign the roll at 
the first meeting. 
Twelve hundred dollars cash will look good to the 
shoooters when they arrive at Hamilton, Canada, on 
Jan. 16 for the annual tournament. 
McArthur, Ohio, Gun Club was organized recently. 
Drs (©; “Ss, Cox, President; Cy EF. Will, Jr, Treas- 
urer; C. O. Ward, Scorer. Members—M. L. Pearce, Dr. 
W. T. Cherry, A. Weisenbarger, C. F. Quick, W. B. 
Lyons, T. A. Darst, C. O. Ward, D. McKeever, E. D. 
Keek, W. B. Barnhill and J. L. Will. 
J. H. Burger, of Adair, Ia., is at home with a broken 
arm, caused by being thrown from the steps of a street 
car as he was returning from a shoot held at the 
Omaha, Neb., shooting park. The accident was a very 
bad one, and was caused by the carelessness of the con- 
ductor, who gave the signal to start before Mr. Burger 
had boarded the car. 
At the holiday shoot of the Elgin, Ill., Gun Club, 
George Wardlow won the club badge; Paul Kilmer, the 
gold, and Charles Middleton, the silver badge. 
The Pueblo, Colo., Gun Club shoot was a success. 
At St. Charles, Mo., the Riverside Shooting Club held 
a match Sunday afternoon. The younger members of the 
club were well pleased with their scores while shooting 
among themselves, but when they competed with the 
shooter known as the “Old Man,” they simply were not 
in it. He showed them several tricks, which made them 
open their eyes. 
It was reported that many of the Arkansas trap- 
shooters passed through Pine Bluff on Monday last, 
en route to Stuttgart, where the gun club was to hold a 
shoot. Mr. J. T. Loyd, of Pine Bluff, joined the crowd 
at that point. 
_ The members of the Greeley, Colo., Gun Club are not 
idle these wintry days. Their last shoot was that of a 
team race for an oyster supper. 
We are pleased to note that there is evidence of life in 
the Niles, Mich., Gun Club, as a shoot was held there 
last week, at which much enthusiasm was aroused. 
Since Jim Head went on the road as a salesman we do 
not hear so much of the trapshooting at Peru, Ind., as 
formerly; yet it is stated that the amateur shooters are 
planning for the formation of a new gun club at the 
“old stand.” 
Harry Hess was defeated by a very small margin at 
the shoot held by the Scranton, Pa., Rod and Gun Club 
on Tuesday last. 
There is not half the trapshooting in Illinois that there 
was when live-bird shooting was permissible. 
That the Springfield, O., Gun Club has grounds fixed 
up suitable for the purpose of trapshooting can be 
readily understood when the management advertises that 
a shoot will be held rain or shine. 
Shooting at Norristown, Pa., the members of the Penn 
Gun Club finished up their six months’ handicap shoot 
on Wednesday last. The result of the entire series shows 
that the aggregate scores were: Bean 263, Shambaugh 
238, F. Gross 221, Scheetz 174, Nyce 105, Ploor 104, Nor- 
wood 59, 
The East Connersville, Ind., Gun Club held the first 
shoot last week. During the day great interest was 
manifest by members and onlookers, and new shooters 
are seeking admission. 
The Trenton, O., Gun Club held an enthusiastic meet 
on Jan. 1. A large crowd was in attendance. 
At the shoot held New Year’s Day by the Ebensburg, 
Pa., Gun Club, the weather was cold and a heavy snow- 
limited the attendance. The highest score at 50 targets 
was Lane, with 45. 
The Cripple Creek, Colo., Shotgun Club has a new 
automatic trap, and the members are aching for a team 
race with some nearby club. 
The secretary of the Pueblo, Colo., Gun Club reports 
that the indications are that the new club will have one 
hundred members. on 
A shooting match has been arranged between Phillip 
Gallagher, of Audenried, and Harry Curry, of Hazelton, 
Pa. They are to shoot at 7 pigeons, for a purse of $50. 
The date and place has not been set, but as both are 
very fine shots the match will attract considerable at- 
tention. 
Notice has been sent out that a meeting will be held 
at which the officers of the Duluth and the Highland 
