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PORES FAWN D sa GREAM: 
[JAN. 27, 1906. 

Capt.. C. G. Blandford, of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun 
Club, writes us as follows: ‘‘We have two special shoots 
scheduled. The annual president’s shoot, for members, 
Feb. 22, and our annual Decoration Day merchandise 
shoot, open to all amateurs end to experts for targets 
only.’”’ 
td 
Mr. ands Mrs. Hood Waters went to Washington Sun- 
day to attend the funeral of Capt. Frank De Witt 
Ramsey. Captain Ramsey was a member of the staff of 
General Adna R. Chaffee, and was one of the best rifle 
shots in the Army, leading his regiment, the 9th, for 
many years. 
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“A Social Tramp” writes as follows: “Mr. T. Haze 
Keller, from New York, who succeeded Mr. Storr in this 
territory, was at the Baltimore Shooting Association 
shoot Saturday, being introduced to the members and 
making many friends. Good luck to you, Haze, in 
your new field.” 
td 
The two live-bird matches shot by Mr. S. C. Aiman at 
the Point Breeze track, Philadelphia, Jan. 20, the first 
with Mr. D. Wilson, 25 birds, the second with H. McAfee, 
15 birds, were won by him. The scores in the first match 
Aiman 19, Wilson 16. The scores in the second 
Aiman 18, McAfee 10. 
td 
Mr. A. W. King writes us that the East Canonsburg, 
Pa., Gun Club has been organized, and that it has 
erected a club house. The officers are as follows: Presi- 
dent, Chas. Richards; Vice-President, George Hardys; 
Secretary-Treasurer, Harry King; Property Man, Irwin 
Block. The club starts with a membership of 20. A 
shoot will be held on Feb. 3. 
Re 
The team of the Haddonfield, N. J., Gun Club de- 
feated that of the South End Gun Club, of Camden, in a 
target match by -5 targets. The members and their 
scores were: Haddonfield—W. Holloway 12, Bennett 20, 
F. Holloway 21, Everett 14, Shreve 19, Peacock 19, C. 
Holloway 18, Stafford 11, G. Rexon 15, C. Vaughan 18, 
Eyster 17; total 184. South End—Johnson 15, Hincline 
19, Ratelle 15, Dixon 18, Jaggards 24, Peake 18, Pesch- 
mann 17, T. Rexon 19, Green 16, Hill 8, Simpkins 10; 
total 179. 
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Treasurer A. J. Harvey writes us as follows: ‘Please 
make mention under your trap notes that this Associa- 
tion will hold an all-day target shoot on the Mechanics- 
ville Game Protective Association grounds at Mechanics- 
ville, N. Y., on Feb. 22. Open sweepstakes for ama- 
teurs. Everybody welcome to shoot for price of targets. 
Also that the second annual tournament of the club will 
be held on Memorial Day, May 30, at which event valu- 
able merchandise prizes will be given.” 
4d 
At a meeting of the Sheepshead Bay, L. I., Gun Club, 
Jan. 18, officers were elected as follows: President, J. J. 
Pillion; Vice-President, Ira McKane; Secretary, H. Wil- 
liamson; Treasurer, H. J. Montanus; Captain, E. Voor- 
hies; Steward, Hans Kromika; Trustee, D. J. Heffner. 
New members elected were F. Thier, Frank Creamer 
and Dr. Weiskotten. Eugene Carolan won the McKane 
yearly prize, and also donated a prize for the next regu- 
lar shoot, to be held on Feb. 15. <A vote of thanks was 
tendered to the officers. The treasury is in a satisfactory 
condition of fullness. 
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Our criticism has been invited concerning the holding 
of a team contest with fifteen or more men to each team, 
the ten best scores of the respective team members to 
count. In our opinion, those conditions are admirable. 
They meet many necessities of team competition. They 
were devised by some one who possessed a profound and 
comprehensive knowledge of trapshooting matters. Let 
us briefly examine the difficulties which a club captain 
encounters in selecting a team. He has as a rule only 
two or three high class performers on whom he can rely, 
both in the matter of skill and attendance. The others 
shoot “in and out’; that is to say, they may shoot 
almost perfect in one event and make a very poor score 
in the next. Or a shooter may perform very well on 
his own club grounds and poorly elsewhere; or he may 
perform well in commonplace competition and lose his 
nerve in a competition of special importance. By select- 
ing a team as aforementioned, the real power of the 
club is more equitably brought into club representation; 
the annoying crippling consequent to absentees is elim- 
inated; more club members have an opportunity to 
engage in capturing honors for the club, and as the 
conditions apply alike to all, they are equally fair for all. 
BERNARD WATERS. 
were: 
match were: 
WESTERN TRAP. 
Cincinnati, O., Gun Club. 
Jan. 20 was a summer day in the middle of winter. A 
big crowd took advantage of it to visit the grounds, 
‘wenty-three men took part in the Ackley trophy event, 
Trimble being high with 46. Ahlers and Leever tied on 
45 for second. A lot of the Goshen shoaters were on 
hand, and entered into the sport. Le Compte was here 
and showed up well in the practice events. 
Jan. 14 was a rainy, disagreeable day, but, nevertheless, 
quite a number of the boys got out to visit with Supt. 
Gambell, and while at the grounds shot their scores in 
the Clements trophy contest. No one made scores which 
approached the high guns of the day previous. 
H Sunderbruch,16..23 17—40 IDEn mich Gs coidnaancc 16 22—38 
Cady,’ 10 acteters.s/-1s/eror 22 18—40 Miles, 16 
Gambell and Bonser (the Boy Wonder). had a little 
mixup, which resulted in the boy ‘getting the best of the 
Superintendent, as follows: 

Bonsersestechiices 22 25—4T GamDbellgees oe aes oe 21 25—46 
Ackley trophy, 50 targets 
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Ahlers al ORs. saiclletteesteettte Molly; Ot a otmrcteicees 
Teeevers 16. acids esse seers Dreths, 219)0 teciacieatremctes 
Bonsery oD ace wasyacte sions Williams, 20 
Pohlar 218) rete Herman, 16 
Randall 190 ance Frazer," 6i cette ase: 
F Holmes, 16 Johnson, 16 
ROU 16 ok otnactaies deere NOMES.. ML Giuristeiere ate aisle .etetd aoe 
GP HolmesiiG ce eeteedeees IMeimunger: 116) va. «sercoees 24 
Pall, (16m cesossea.c section Radclitie 16 Gicscas nines tices 23 
Maynard, 20 
Team race, 50 targets: 
Ganibellis ce cscsnese Poblar gente cenesaenses 24 
IBONSErs sinmncletedoercets 25—49 Trimble tia. caste sens 24—48 
Ohio Trap Notes. 
Mist and rain on the afternoon of Jan. 13 made very 
disagreeable conditions for shooting, but over a dozen 
members of the Columbus Gun Club were on the grounds 
and enjoyed good sport. H. E. Smith was first in the 
contest for the Sporting Goods Co.’s trophy with 45 out 
of 50; Webb 43, Togo 387, Treat 31, Sprague 30. Wellman 
was high gun for the day with 93 out of 110, Togo 80, 
E. M. Treat 80, H. E. Smith 76 out of 95, Sprague 68 
out of 100, Loar 67 out of 80, Denison 60 out of 75, Meyer 
58 out of 85, Donaldson 56 out of 80, Williamson 50 out 
of 65, Wells 48 out of 65, Shattuck 48 out of 55. The 
prospects for a large attendance at the tournament on 
Feb 1 are good. Shooters from Newark, Dayton, Ur- 
bana and several other places have announced their in- 
tention of being present. 
Ten men took part in the regular weekly shoot of the 
Cleveland Gun Club on Jan. 13. The contest for the 
Northern Ohio championship cup was won by Doolittle 
with 89 out of 100. This cup has been shot for seven 
times, and Doolittle has won six of the contests. In this 
‘shoot Mack scored 84, Hogen 78, Boardman 71, Wallace 
63, Tamblyn 638, Ong 63. J. Taylor was a visitor and 
headed the list of course, breaking 27 out of his first 30 
and 95 out of his last 100, finishing with 122 out of 130. 
Doolittle 114, Mack 109, Hogen 102, Boardman 93, Wal- 
lace and Tamblyn 87 each, Mean 93, Ong 85. The club 
will hold a holiday tournament on Feb. 22, which is 
bound to be a big success. An interesting programme 
will be provided, and a good time is assured. 
George Haswell, of Circleville, who used to be an 
enthusiast at trapshooting a few years ago, was in Cin- 
cinnati this week attending the dog and poultry show. 
He still retains his interest in the sport, but has been 
obliged to drop out of active participation owing to 
business. E. M. Stout, another Circleville man, who 
was among the topnotchers, in this section, and who at- 
tended about all the tournaments, is in the South, and 
has given up the sport for a while. The club at Circle- 
_ville still holds regular shoots during the season, but 
there is not the enthusiasm among the members that 
there was when Haswell and Stout were pushing things. 
The annual meeting of the Dayton Gun Club was held 
at the Phillips House on Thursday evening, Jan. 18. 
There was a large attendance and much enthusiasm was 
shown over the reports of the secretary and treasurer, 
which showed a marked improvement in affairs of the 
club, financially and otherwise. Considerable additional 
stock was subscribed at this meeting. The following of- 
ficers were elected: Charles W. Sander. President; A. 
F. Kempert, Vice-President; John M. Curphey, Secre- 
tary-Trcasurer; Executive Committee, Zenas A. Craig, 
H. M. Carr, Isaac Brandenberg. A shoot for the cham. 
piouship cup of the county will be held on the club 
grounds on Friday afternoon, Jan. 26, 50 targets per 
man, $3 entrance. This cup is emblematic of the cham- 
pionship of Montgomery county, was presented to the 
club by Michael J. Schmid and is shot for annually. The 
contest is open to every shooter of the county. This will 
be the opening contest of the year, and a large crowd is 
expected, should the weather prove favorable. This club 
begins the new year in fine shape, and proposes to have 
something doing on their grounds this season. 
At Toledo. 
Toledo, O., Jan. 17.—The annual shoot given by the 
Consolidated Gun Club was held yesterday. Considering 
that this is the winter time, the weather was fine for 
out-doer sport, and this stimulated the members, so that 
a full attendance was the outcome, In all 170 targets 
were shot at as follows: 
Events: TIS PUA Ha esi sfomiyy WG Goat) aided k abe] 
Targets: 25 25 25 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 
Wlarties ee setes saececues 1S 2121 A008 S 198 SOS SROs 
Grove: Reeasan tie alae cote 8S See TO ars 81 
Crab Patrtteeieciinat eiecenters 1.622) sce Ou Ol ste Omicin cuneiece 
Rott Mies ccsscedeeober 14-45. 13°07 24415 04a Gy Cain. 
Moller Soiasac ost ajestenistets . 238 21 2310 § ¥ 910 810 918 
Mic Cartymenciina sceme stent en etaes LOM GAM e seen 2G) oO lG 
GIOSSERL Msecrs vader ane sen cote cis Bike Sul Owe ae 
‘these shoots was held at Chapman, Kans., 
ELGILZNIAN Glance peinelccts eeu eae 9. 94.8 Te Su Seo Sere 
Patlcicd cSapteacenatiooecne 14 8 4°78 6. 2 OP ot Smee 
Stocks ecmacastemacecasciilen ceenmes 6° 4) Gs eac els bo. Sap 
EL | KRernivgescanccccicsc ness coremranere 4S Slee er Ome 
Ed. Kern “S2ssteacccconceulsettetemats Oe stance Canoe aL 
Jolinson 6 ciseesen cote cece mene 6S) cede: Ooms 
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Licking Gun Club. 
Newark, O., Jan, 15.—With targets towering against a 
wind that was blowing a gale, and so dark that the flying 
saucers were almcst indistinguishable, the Licking Gun 
Club held a shoot of six events on yesterday. 
After these events then can the two-man team shoot, 
which was very interesting. It was a sort of King-Fisher 
combination, as King and Fisher were on one side with 
Taylor and Keefe as contestants. The scores are given 
herewith, and show well, considering the almost blinding 
snow: 

Events: 2 3a oy 6 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 Brk. 
BK Burrell p.osc cee ccsvelocsveceler B 69 bie BGO 38 
C Schaller 7: “ese ies 6 42 
E W Murphy ete gts teh) ce) 37 
S Burrell‘). Sosesaneenes abnn0 105 aT RO CeOr 517. 43 
F-. King Wisict dae cn ecient G, 78 GLOW Eos 10 50 
Li Ficher bit sccsmonaeeenbeats CY ne it een 51 
Rt GrOLES cnt neni enicloetnanieteeine ag Ye rR) 44 
B McMillen . Pat ge ki RSS 26 
J Keefe ... 3, SSeS 42 
Ly Taylor Sl Sisecencss sone 8 8 10 10 9 53 
Two-man shoot: 
Git Orea re tecelelnieterse others 43 Laylor acseecuneacnc . 43 
ishenw jects parsers . 40—83 Keefe ....0.cccsccees043—00 
At Anaconda 
Anaconda, Mont., Jan. 14.—The shoot held here Sunday 
was one of the best in many moons. There were many 
present from Butte. Mr. Pat. Allen won the handicap 
medal with 49 out of 50, and this was the big event, out- 
side of the 100-target event. Confarr won the medal given 
by himself, and a score was shot for the powder trophy. 
The trophy won by Mr. Allen is an interesting feature, 
as it comes up only annually, and is the absolute prop- 
erty of the winner without any ‘‘ifs’? or ‘‘ans.” In all, 
there were forty shooters present. The scores: 

Events: Le2eome Events: 123 4 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 25 
Matthews....... 23 23 25 19 Nickey. curete 23 25 25 22 
Neil ® och ovscce ene corde alo CoH Smith .. 23 23 22 24 
Bungee seneceee 23 25 24 25 SCOtt enced . 22 25 18 24 
Hasley ssecsenace 20 24 20 25 Morley ....... «+ 20 25 21 24 
Le GaSmithe es 18 20 25 25 Walken tasesse 19 28 20 25 
Peckoyer) dusece 20 25 21 24 Goddard iwaceres 25 21 22 25 
Sullivan #eecnse 25 25 21 24 eff yb. Caos eeee 20 24 19 23 
Coyne Mamsscsme 15 24 25 23 Willoughby ..... 20 23 17 21 
Mahan! 00 sic 21 21 20 25 McGivern ..... . 25 24 21 25 
Drumgoole .... 16 21 16 23 P A Allenoccecs 20 25 25 25 
PtephensSunce. cess 16 16 22 20 Hogan ......... 25 21 22 24 
Confarr ........ 20 25 22 25 W._ Allen’. .2..2. 25 25 21 24 
Belige ee sasccestes 22 21 22 22 ©’ Brien eee . 16 22 21 24 
Paxsomucneesests 22, 23 18 23 Collins) J2..2e leek, 20;a3 
Burnett ae.caeeee 21 21 20 22 
For the handicap medal, 50 targets, Pat Allen scored 
49, Hasley 48, Confarr 47, Sullivan 46, Nickey 45, Burg 
45, Goddard 45, Walt Allen 45, L. G. Smith 45, McGivern 
44, Matthews 44, C. H. Smith 43, Walker 42, Mahan 42, 
Peckover 42, Hogan 41, Morley 41, Bell 41, Coyne 41, 
Scott 40, Nell 40 Neff 39, Paxscn 37, Stephens 36, Bur- 
nett 36, Drumgoole 35, Willobhy 36. 
In the shoot for the Confarr medal, 25 targets, Confarr 
22, Walker 22, McGivern 21, Sullivan 21, L. G. Smith 19, 
Borg 19, C. H. Smith 19, Goddard 18, Drumgoole 18, 
Nell 18, Matthews 18, Stevens 18. 
In Other Places. 
A news item from Eddyville, Ill., states that members 
of the gun club were quite enthusiastic during the holi- 
days, and that there was. prospect of same continuing 
throughout the year. 
With the consolidation of the Highland and the Cen- 
tral gun clubs, of Duluth, Minn., comes the information 
that another trap will be placed on the new grounds and 
that a tournament will be held during the summer of 1906 
on a larger scale than any heretofore attempted at :the 
head of the Great Lakes. 
Members of the Paducah, Ky., Rifle and Target Co. 
have a rule that there shall be no shooting on their 
grounds on Sunday, and they wish same enforced. 
The Aughwick Rod and Gun Club, Altoona, Pa., held 
their annual election and selected the 1906 officers, as fol- 
lows: President, Robert Cresswell; Secretary, G. Brown; 
Treasurer, J. Wilson. 
Joseph Rodgers, Frank and Joseph Joseph, and Frank 
F. Santon have formed a_ gun club at Petaluma, Cal., 
and anticipate great sport during the coming year, 
It is to regretted that the enthusiasm displayed by 
those who own shotguns and shoot at the trap during 
holidays cannot be displayed the year round. One of 
at which 
Pleasant Whitehair came away winner. 
There was a good crowd at the Delta, Ia., Shooting 
Club matches, at which J. Morrow was high gun. 
While there has been a few irregular periods since the 
last season closed, most of the shooters connected with 
the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, Dayton, O., will be muc 
handicapped when spring opens. . 
When the Somers, Ia., Gun Club met last week, an 
enjoyablé time was the result. It is said of Tommy 
Moore, that he can tell you who missed the most targets. 
Tuesday last the shooters of Body, Ia., were encouraged 
by the presence of some of the crack shots from West 
Bend, Rodman, Brodgate, Rutland and other places. 
Sam Swenson was high man with 28, Orrin Gullixson 22, 
Al. Williamson 18. 
