
JAN. 27, 1906.] 

A friendly match is “on tap” between the gun clubs 
of St. Edwards and Albion, Neb. 
J. G. McKernan, Sr., made the highest score at the 
shoot held by the Stanwood, Ia., Gun Club last Monday. 
Considerable interest is being manifested by the members, 
and there will be many new names added to the list. It 
is- hoped that many reports of good scores will be re- 
ported during the summer. 
F. S. Douglas, W. H. Reno, and H. M. Reno, won 
the team contest at the Phcenix, Ariz., Gun Club shoot 
at the territorial fair. The Douglas and Tucson clubs 
tied for second place. Messrs. Douglas and Reno were 
best in the individual contests, taking many first and 
second prizes. 
Tuesday of this week was the day set apart by the 
members of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, Dayton, O., 
for the election of officers and their annual banquet. 
The secretary writes that a handsome menu card was 
provided, and that nothing would be omitted that would 
add to the pleasure of the occasion. 
The Cripple Creek, Colo., Gun Club have arranged to 
build a comfortable club house, in order that the mem- 
bers might be comfortable during the cold weather. The 
team shoot between this club and that of Colorado 
Springs has been changed until a date subsequent to the 
completion of the club house. 
Monday last an interesting shoot was held by the 
Billings, Okla., Gun Club. In the 25-target event Hud- 
dleston broke 13, Corson 16, Wilkinson 6, McCluskey 15, 
Gilpin 7. There will be another shoot on the coming 
Monday, and it is thought that there will be a notice- 
able improvement in the scores made at that time. 
Just like getting news from home, to read of a shoot 
at Cottonwood Falls. The writer shot there twenty- 
five years ago, but the names of the shooters there now 
are not familiar. Shooting at 35 targets Tuesday, Wm. 
Bonigh 18, J. B. Smith 17, John McGee 18, Wm. Mc- 
Nee 28, Bruce Johnson 28, James Gloyd 16, Bert Allen 
238, Geo. McNee 15, Walt West 16, Dr. Harmore 22, Frank 
West 16, Claud Heck 14, Earl Johnston 16. 
The Hills Gun Club, Riverside, Ia., held a shoot on 
last Monday. 
Several of the men who own and use shotguns were 
out in the suburbs of the town of Harris, Ia., and 
Tuesday last and some of them brought home feathers 
to show their success, 
J. G. Nicolet, of Champaign, IIl., is authority for the 
prospect of organizing a gun club at that city, but claims 
that he is not ready to give out the plans yet which are 
not fully prepared. 
A shoot was held last Friday at Millensport, O. Chas. 
Bright, Rex Gill and Lou Fisher were the managers. 
“Daniel Boon,” better known as a prominent doctor 
in the town of Columbus, Junction, Ia., was one of the 
lucky ones at the last shoot there, as he was seen lug- 
ging home four ducks and one goose, 
P. A. Allen, of Butte, Mont., was on Sunday last a 
visitor at the Anaconda Rod and Gun Club. 
At a target shoot at Reading, Pa., Dan Flick made a 
score of 19 out of 25. Will Flick made 13, Chas. Baum 
18, Chas. Bossby 12, and Howard Adams 10, 
Jerry Flick is offering for sale the 2,000-pound bull 
that he won at the late shooting match. 
The Anaconda, Mont. Gun Club has now a new auto- 
matic trap. This late equipment gives this club as many 
traps and equipments as any club in the West. The 
club house will be enlarged, which will give more room, 
this being found necessary to accommodate the increas- 
ing membership, and the out-of-town shooters who visit 
the traps. 
‘Fred Ragles, won the shoot held by the Catlin, IIl., 
Gun Club with Ike Squires second, and William Jones 
third. At one time during the day Squires broke 29 
targets straight. 
T. O. Bushong, Robert Walker and Hosea Douglas, of 
Catlin, Ill., were hunting rabbits last week. They bagged 
forty-two and then reported that they had seen more than 
one hundred. 
John Hanerwass won for the third time at the shoot of 
Los Angeles Gun Club last Sunday morning. He only 
made two points over Joe Singer, but that entitles him 
to the medal and the championship. The scores: John 
Hanerwass 210, Joe Singer 208, Wm. Frick 203, R. J. 
Frazer 197, A. Maas 196, M. H. Tuesdale, H. H. Lock- 
ard, John Von Briton, O. H. Wescott, Frank Heubsch 
and Claude D. Black were also contestants. 
It is claimed that the Hill Rod and Gun Club, of 
Chester, Pa., is one of the leading clubs of that great 
State, as its membership comprises shooters from many 
parts of the State. On Saturday evening there was a 
meeting at the club’s headquarters at which the reports 
of the officers showed the club to be in excellent con- 
diticn. The newly elected officers are: President, Isaac 
Mitchell; Vice-President, Charles Birney; Sectetary, Wm. 
t; McDowell; Captain, Chas. Birney; Assistant Captain, 
ames Miller; Handicapper, Oscar Urian; Scorer, Henry 
Cullis, Jr. 
The shooters who think of being too old to shoot any 
longer should take courage from ‘Harp’? Wilson, the 
veteran of the Audubon, Ia, Gun Club. At the last 
shoot, though sixty-two years old and shooting from the 
1l6yd. mark, he made the high score for the medal, there 
being seventeen shooters. At 25 targets, W. W. Wilson 
broke 28, Dave Hart 22, Tom Anderson 20, F. Vermilyea 
20, C. Petty 22, T. Campbell 22, A. L. Brooks 19, A. 
Quimby 21, R. Talbctt 19, J. S. Sherman 17, C. Rules 17, 
Rules 17, N. Olsen 15, J. A. Cozin 14, Mr. La Foy 
18, H. Northrup 27, T. Boers 17. 
An informal shoot was held at the Iolo, Kans., Gun 
Club grounds last Thursday. It would appear that one 
of J. A. R.’s brothers had dropped in and there was a 
shoct arranged. Sccres: Dave Elliott 21 out of 25, 
Paul Klein 16, Mark Hillis 17, Carl Williamson 19, 
Edgerton 12. 
Tkere has been another great rabbit shoot at Payette, 
Idaho; 764 scalps were brought in. Of that number W. | 

FACTORY LOADED SHELLS 
First for the Sixth Consecutive Year. 

Sporting Life’s Trap Shooting Review for 1906 tells the same story, 
f only in different language, that it has told for the last six years: 
That is, that Winchester Factory Loaded Shells stand first in 
records, first in popularity, and first in shooting qualities. The two 
; / leaders for 1905, Fred Gilbert and W. R. Crosby, shot Winchester 
Factory Loaded Shells exclusively. The former’s average for the 
year was 95.6 per cent. and the latter’s 95.5 per cent., both having 
fired over 16,000 shots during the year. 
ateurs and professionals that shot at least 3,000 targets and made 
over go per cent. averages, and of this number more used Win- 
chester Factory Loaded Shells than all other makes combined. Of 
the first fifteen leaders, ten used Winchester Factory Loaded 
Such an array of facts is indisputable evidence as to which 
shells are the first choice among shooters, and further is a testimo- 
nial by the masters of the art as to the superior shooting qualities 
of Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. 
1904 and 1905, Winchester Factory Loaded Shells won 
first average for the year:—an unbroken chain of evi- 
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One unlucky fellow brought in only five. 
The Fremont, O., Gun Club lately shot a team match 
with one of the Sandusky township clubs and came out 
winner, 
Hammond Pasture, near the town of Atlantic, Ia., 
was the scene of a shooting tournament on Monday last. 
There were a number of prizes up for competition, and all 
present report the time of their life. 
The Marietta, O., Gun Club held a meeting last 
Thursday evening, at which important business was 
transacted. 
The good news has reached us that the Gun Club at 
Sterling, Ill., was beginning to take on signs of life, and 
eee there would be plenty of target shooting during 
1906, 
Tuesday evening the Paducah, Ky., Gun Club got to- 
gether and held a love feast, and the election of officers 
was also held, viz.: Hal Walters, President; James M. 
Long, Vice-President; John Weillee, Secretary; Dick 
Rudy, Treasurer; Ambrose Mercer, Captain; Haskell 
Hughes, Referee. It was the opinion of those present 
that the club house should be improved and put in best 
shape, and that there will be two tournaments held dur- 
ing 1906. Paducah is noted for the hospitality and the 
generous manner of conducting a shoot. 
Here is something that should hold the attention of all 
gun clubs. ‘the Columbus, O., Gun Club has divided 
its members into teams, and there wiil be some ‘tall 
shooting, as ithe championship will not rest easy with 
any one team. The teams are, viz.: No. 1—R. 5S. 
Rhoads, James Ward, George Buchanan, S. S. Wilcox, 
. Y. Bassell and J. A. Van Fossen. No. 2—William 
Webster, H. E. Smith, L. W. Cumberland, W. N. Wein- 
man, J. H. Smith, Fred Shattuck. No. 3—C. B. Wolf, 
Frank Hall, J. W. Mackie, Frank Subert, William Hop- 
kins, Louis Fink. No: 4—W.. H. Darby, G. M. Smith, 
QO. V. Shelling, C. E. Lacy, J. A. Conrad and J. M. 
Garard. No. 5—D. D. Gross, A. C. Wolf, J. T. Wells, 
Harry Allen, E. M. Treat and Harry Selbach. 
Fred Stone, the well-known trapshot and Scarecrow in 
“The Wizard of Oz,” has donated to the shooters of 
Chicago a very fine silver cup. 
At a meeting of the Watson Park Gyn Club, Chicago, 
Ill., Dr. C. W. Carson was elected president, J. Grafton 
Parker, Vice-President; F. H. Teeple, Secretary, L. C. 
Willard and Samuel Young are members of the Board 
of Directors. 
Shooting at Elyria, O., Thursday at 25 targets, Sorridge 
broke 22, Connors 8, Smith 10, Kuhn 19, Lyons 12, 
Blanchard 16, Dumas 10, Traxler 11, Olson 14, Malcomson 
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Favorable weather, a clear sky and just enough crisp~ 
