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TEXAS SHOTS 
Every year Texas crams the month of January full of important shooting 
Many of the best known Northern shooters yearly ‘go South” to 
measure the skill of the Southern marksmen. The final scores of the 1906 Texas 
circuit show that Mr. F. C. Riehl, of Alton, Ill., during the last six days of the 
Sunny South Handicap, had an average of nearly 97 per cent. 
At Bay City, 
January 31st-February tst, he completely out-shot the leading shooters of the 
country, breaking 432 out of 440—98.2 per cent., winning the combination 
High Average for the Bay City and Sunny South Handicap Tournaments. 
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g6 per cent. respectively. Messrs. F. A. Weatherhead, Harry Taylor, George 
City, also made 93% and 
Maxwell and C. E. Binyon, are some of the amateurs also shooting U. M. C. 
shells, who made scores nearly as high as those of the professionals, and justi- 
fying their long trips. 
VU. M. C. Arrow and Nitro Club Shells have won more 
than their share of Sunny South Handicaps 
THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 

Trapshooting. 

If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the following: 

Fixtures. 
Feb. 22.—North Caldwell (N. J.) G. C. all-day tourna- 
ment. T,. Quackenbush, Sec’y. 
Feb. 22.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. C. all-day shoot. 
A. A Schoverling, Mgr., 2 Murray street, New 
York. 
Feb. 22.—Utica, N. Y.—Riverside G. C. all-day tourna- 
ment. E. J. Loughlin, Sec’y. 
Feb. 22.—Ossining (N. Y.) G. C. President’s shoot. C. 
G. Blandford, Capt. 
Feb, 22.—Mechanicsville (N. Y) Game Protective Asso- 
ciation all-day target shoot. Geo. Slingerland, Sec’y. 
Feb, 22.—Harrisburg, (Pa.) Sportsmen’s Association. J. 
B. Singer, Sec’y. 
Feb. 22.—Cleveland (O.) G. C. tournament. F. H. 
Wallace, Sec’y. 
March 19-21.—Pinehurst (N. C.) G. C. tournament. 
March 21-23——Omaha (Neb.) Gun Club spring tourna- 
ment. W. D. Townsend, Sec’y. 
March 22.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. C. all-day shoot. 
April 12-13.—Toronto Junction (Ont.) G. C. target tour- 
nament. P, Wakefield, Sec’y. 
March 14-16.—Des Moines, Ia.—Iowa State Sportsmen's 
Association. C. W. Budd, Sec’y. 
April i8.—Piedmont (W. Va.) G. C. F. A. Ricker, Sec’y. 
April 18-20.—Great Bend (Kans.) G. C. shoot. B. 
McMullen, Sec’y. 
April 19.—Springfield (Mass.) Shooting Club’s Patriot 
Day tournament. ites, Sec’y. 
April 21.—Easton, Pa.—Independent G. C. third annual 
tournament: Edward F. Markley, Cor. Sec’y. 
April 24-26.—Fort Wayne, Ind.—Corner R. and G. C. 
tournament. John W. Linder, Sec’y, 
April 26.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. C. all-day-shoot. 
May 1-3—Oklahoma and Indian Territory State shoot. 
May 2-3.—Syracuse, N. Y.—People’s G. C. tournament. 
Fred. G, Willard, Mer. 
May 17-8.—Vicksburg, Miss.—Mississippi 
Delta League 
second amateur tournament. J. J. Bradfield, Sec’y. 
ee (N. Y.) G. C. tournament. B. D. Nobles, 
ec’y. 
May 8-10.—New London (Ia.) G. C. shoot. Dr. C. E. 
Cook, Sec’y. 
May 8-10.—Columbus (O.) G. C. tournament. F. Shat- 
tuck, Sec’y. 
May 9-10.—Wilmington, Del.—Annual spring tournament 
Delaware State Trapshooters’ League, under the 
auspices of the Wawaset Gun Club. W. M. Foord, 
ec’y. 
May 15-18.—Milton, Pa.—Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s 
Association tournament. 
May 15-19.—Kansas City, Mo.—Missouri State Game and 
Fish Protective Association twenty-ninth annual tour- 
nament. R. S. Elliott, Sec’y. 
May 16-17.—Auburn, N. Y., tournament. 
Mgrs. 
May 16-17.—Nashville, Tenn.—The Interstate Associa- 
tion’s Southern Handicap tournament, under the 
auspices of the Cumberland Park G. C.; $1,000 added 
money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
May 20.—Montpelier (Vt.) G. C. tournament. Dr. C. H. 
Burr, Sec’y. 
May 24.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. C. 
May 24-25.—Owensboro, Ky.—Kentucky Trapshooters’ 
League fourth annual target tournament, under aus- 
pices of Davies County James Lewis, Sec’y, 
Owensboro, Ky. F. Pragoff, peciy Keys (Sandee 
May 24-25.—Montreal, Can.—Canadian Indians’ first annual 
tournament. Thomas A. Duff, High Scribe. 
May 30.—Mechanicsville (N. Y.) Game Protective Associ- 
ation second annual tournament. Geo. Slingerland, 
ec’y. 
May 30.—Ossining, N. Y., G. C. merchandise shoot. C. 
G. Blandford, Capt. 
May 30.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. C. 
May 30.—McKeesport, Pa.—Enterprise G. C. tournament. 
Geo. W. Mains, Sec’y. 
June 5-7.—Lincoln, Neb.—Nebraska State Sportsman’s 
Association’s thirtieth annual tournament. Geo. L 
Carter, Pres. 
June 5-8.—Dayton, O.—Ohio Trapshooters’ League twen- 
Knox & Knapp, 
tieth annual tournament. Added money, $600. C. C. 
Rayburn, Pres. 
June 12-14.—Fairmont, W. Va.—Tenth annual tournament 
of the West Virginia State Sportsmen’s Association, 
under the auspices of Fairmont Gun Club; $1,000 
added to purses. E. H. Taylor, Mgr.; Ed. O. Bower, 
Sec’y-Treas. 
June 12-15.—Warm Springs (Ga.) G. C. tournament. 
June 12-15.—Baltimore, Md.—Maryland County shoot. J. 
Mowell Hawkins, Mgr., 1630 John St., Baltimore. 
June 13-14—Fargo, N. D.—North Dakota State Sports- 
men’s Association’s twelfth annual tournament. Rob- 
bins & Bailey, Mgrs. 
June 19-22.—Indianapolis, Ind.—The Interstate Associa- 
tion’s Grand American Handicap target tournament; 
$1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Megr., 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
June 28.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. C. 
July 4.—Edgewater, N. J.—Palisade G. C. 
July 17-19.—Philadelphia, Pa.—The Interstate Associa- 
tion’s Eastern Handicap tournament, under the aus- 
pices of the Florists’ Gun Club; $500 added money. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
July 26.—Edgewater, J.Palisade G. C. A. A. 
Schoverling, Sec’y. 
Aug. 8-10.—Hamilton, Ont.—Dominion of Canada Trap- 
shooting Association’s sixth annual tournament. W. 
P. Thompson, Sec’y-Treas. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The Sheepshead Bay, L. I., Gun Club will hold a 
special shoot on Feb, 22. A new set of traps will be 
installed on the club grounds soon. 
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The Easton, Md., Gun Club nine-man team defeated 
the Salisbury Gun Club nine-man team by a score of 
325. to 313, recently, at Easton. Each member shot at 
50 targets. 
