438 
FOREST AND STREAM. 


WESTERN TRAP. 
Cincinnati, 0., Gun Club. 
Quite a crowd was at the grounds on March 5, and 
good scores were made, although the weather conditions 
were not of the best. In the Ackley contest Gambell 
and Bonser scored 48 each, from l6yds., and not for com- 
petition. In a team match, Gambell made another 48, or 
96 out of 100. He can surely shoot when he puts his mind 
to it. The following scores were made: 
Ackley trophy, 50 targets: 
Gatmbelh® oa stecc oprenie dose so 48 Bleh Seas ccsie: see <eetettes 40 
Boner i wasnt carers cree: 48 French iP -orcics cseses orn s 40 
Barker Wap ccna sacieaeeste 45 Mallen iarcce siete saataeiers et es 39 
DICKS ales sat ee eatesme re 44 Maxbill Wet ccc rtehetercntrers 34 
Buller dick wewsnacveses ses 42, 
Team match, 50 targets: 
Gambell “is .wiesisiannies 48 Maynard. eacusentearis 46 
SOMGCI™ bie stalae elec ects 45 Bar leer. aiicrcaelsmiatcetste 44 
Dicky Sete snceeuestes 44137 Biuilerdick sae samesr 40—130 
March 10 was pleasant, but a rather strong, chilly wind 
made shooting conditions so disagreeable that only a few 
membeis were present. So far this week only four scores 
have been shot in the Clements trophy contest, Ahlers 
heading the list with 44, and Pfeiffer second with 40. It 
the weather is at all pleasant on the 11th, a number of 
the members will be on hand and shoot their trophy event 
score. ‘There was considerable practice shooting, Ahlers 
breaking 147 out of 160, Williams 1388 out of 190, Maynard 
120 out of 150. The following members are requested to 
be present on March 18 to practice and to make final 
arrangements for the trip to Dayton, to take part in the 
first of the tri-city team shoots: Messrs. Ahlers, Barker, 
Bonser, Bleh, Randall, Trimble, Pohlar, Faran, Harig, 
Maynard and Williams. As substitutes: Gambell, Dick, 
Bullerdick, Peters and Sunderbruch. Some of the team 
will go to Dayton in autos, making an early start. 
Ackley is slowly improving, and with the advent of 
warmer weather, he will be able to get out. This is news 
which will please his host of friends, and they all wish 
for his speedy and complete recovery. 
Several members will put in three days at Rylands this 
week, at the live-bird tournament. 
John Coleman (‘‘Williams’’?) was treated to a most 
pleasing surprise on March 8, when a few of his friends 
tendered him a farewell supper at Schuler’s. Williams is 
about to leave the Queen City, and will probably locate 
in the northern part of the State. In the few years he 
has been here he has made a host of friends, all of whom 
will be sorry to hear of his departure. Gambell did little 
shocting to-day, resting up for next week, likely. Charlie 
Dreihs was here to-day, being home for a few days. He 
shot in the practice events and got 41 out of 50. Ahlers 
made a grand start, losing only 2 out of 50, and shot a 
92 per cent. gait for the day. He will do his part to win 
a victory for the team at Dayton. 
Ohio Trap Notes. 
The Greenville Gun Club opened the season of 1906 
on March 5, nine members participating. Several mem- 
bers were out of the city or the attendance would have 
been larger. Ed. McKeon was high gun with a perfect 
score of 50, including a handicap of 1. ) 
A squad of the Dayton shooters visited Springfield on 
March 3 and shot a return match with a ten-man team ot 
the shooters of that place. After the shoot the Spring- 
fielders entertained their visitors at a banquet given in 
the Bookwalter Hotel. Covers were laid for twenty-five. 
William Poole presided, and toasts were responded to by 
Heikes, Cord, Rike, Rayburn, E. C. Watkins and Del 
Gross. The Dayton boys were victorious by 2 targets. 
Following is the committee having charge of the plans 
for a new club house on the Dayton Gun Club grounds: 
Messrs. C. H. Cord, A. Kempert, C. J. Hahne, W. C. 
Kette and E, J. Bundenthall. The committee will act 
with the executive committee of the club, viz.: J. M. 
Curphy, Chas. Sander, H. M. Carr, Z. Craig and J. 
Brandenberg. The season will be opened in April. 
Ten members of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, of 
Dayton, visited their grounds on March 8, and had an 
afternoon of practice in preparation for the big team 
contest. The weather was decidedly Marchy, and none 
of the boys shot up to their average. After a warming-up 
event at 10 targets, in which Cain was the leader with 9 
breaks, a match at 100 targets in four 25-target events, 
with three prizes, was shot. Cain first, with 85; Craig 
and Carr 81 each; Buck and Oldt 78 each; Mack and 
Hanauer 74 each; Hodapp 71; Smyth 66; Schaerf 62. 
In Other Places. 
The Monongahela, Pa., Gun Club Club was organized 
recently with several of the well-known local marksmen 
as members. The folowing were the choice for officers: 
President, James McGregor; Vice-President, Carl E, 
Gibson; Secretary, Albert Buck; Captain, Alonzo McKee. 
The Great Bend, Kans., Gun Club held a meeting last 
Thursday night and discussed the plans for the coming 
State tournament. The purses will be large, the at- 
tractions many and interesting, among them that of a 
lady shooter. 
The contest between the Florists, of Philadelphia, and 
the Allentown Rod and Gun Club was postponed until 
March 27. This will be anniversary day, and a reunion 
of the club will take place that day. 
The Willow Creek Gun Club, West Point, Neb., com- 
posed cf shooters of Garfield, Sherman and Cunning 
townships, heid their first bluerock shoot on Sunday 
afternoon last. The organization seems to be in a 
flourishing condition. 
Such good shots as Chas. E. Hauer, of York, Pa., and 
Sam_ Trafford, of Lebanon, participated at a shoot held 
at Harrisburg last week. There was much talk of a 
match between these gentlemen at 100 live birds and a 
neat side bet. Marksmen generally would be greatly in- 
terested in a match between these gentlemen, as they 
are recognized as two of the best live-bird shots in the 
State of Pennsylvania. 
Some of the business men of El Paso, Tex., take ad- 
vantage of all holidays for a try at the target game, as 
they cannot spare the time on any other of the working 
days. 
There is some concern among the members of the 
Hamilton, O., Gun Club as to what the season will 
bring forth. There are 4,000 targets on hand, the grounds 
and traps are all in shape, and yet the shooting has 
not been inaugurated. Some of the boys want to know 
what is going to be done. 
Ten members of the Massillon, O., Gun Club are 
looking forward to a visit in the near future from the 
powder representatives who are traveling in the State. 
Albert Olsen will manage a shoot at Cedar Bluffs, Ia., 
March 19 and 20, at which some of the best shots of the 
Staie will compete. 
The regular meeting of the Steel Works Gun Club 
was held last Sunday at Joliet, Ill., and many partict- 
pated. 
Boys at Cottonwood Falls, Kans., were out in full force 
on Iriday, and made fair scores. 
J. C. Hudleston, of Trinidad, Colo., attended the shoot 
at Pueblo, and will now proceed to burn up his prize 
which he won—not that it was no good; well, it was a 
box of cigars. 
A team shoot was held Thursday at Lancaster, Pa., and 
Pequea team won over the Christiana-Atglen by 6 tar- 
gets. ‘There was a banquet after the shoot, at which Dr, 
A. E. Leaman was toastmaster. There were speeches 
and other entertainments. The scores, each shooting at 
25 targets: Atglen 25, Jebbs 18, Wilson 20, Benner 20, 
Filles 19, Minker 20, D. Martin 12, Williams 19, Mattson 
22, Lewis 17, Ludwick 14; total 181.. Pequea Club— 
Pequea 25, Ressler 22, Bornham 17, Anderson 20, Grube 
22, Phillips 16, Leaman 17, Barr 18, Cable 18, Dougherty 
23, Miller 14; total 187. 
John Price, Cripple Creek, Colo, won the high average 
at the Pueblo shoot with 170 out of 200. The weather 
conditions were very bad for outdoor sport. 
The Omzha, Neb., Rod and Gun Club held a meeting 
Friday night and conferred as to place for holding their 
meetings for 1905. A committee was instructed to con- 
fer with the management of Courtland Beach grounds, 
and if no good accommodations can be found there, to 
seek grounds elsewhere. 
The North Gun Club, Appleton, Wis., met Sunday 
for the annual election of officers, with the following 
result: President, L. C. Wolf; Vice-President, A. G, 
Koch; Secretary, J. H. Dietzler; Treasurer, Frank Wien- 
kauf; Captain, J. C. Malone; Assistant Captain, Peter 
Rausch. 
When the tournament season opens at Wheeling, W. 
Va., April 19, under the auspices of the McMechen Gun 
Club, there will be many valuable trophies for the vic- 
tors. It is announced that such well-known shots as 
Sim Glover, Lee Davenport and Rolla Heikes will be 
present. The McMechen Club have the reputation of 
being the best club in the State, and besides, have the 
best furnished grounds. 
The Pastime Gun Club, Scranton, Pa., held a meet 
Thursday, at the new driving park. Thomas J. Murray 
made best score, George Freund winning second honors. 
The next shoot of any consequence will be held on 
Decoration Day. 
An application was lately made for a charter for the 
Cold Spring Rod and Gun Club, of Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
The object is to propagate, protect and take game and 
fish upon the private property of the corporation. 
There were many interesting events shot during the 
afternoon at the meet of the Penn Gun Club, Norristown, 
Pa., Friday last. At the next shoot the club’s prizes, 
amounting to $50, will be awarded the eight high men, 
At the annual meeting of the Michigan Trapshooters’ 
League, held Monday night at Battle Creek, Mich., it 
was decided to hold the State shoot at Grand Rapids, 
Mich., as that club proved to be the highest bidder. 
Officers: President, Ralph Widdicomb; Vice-President, 
W. B. Jarvis; Secretary, Charles Greenway; Classification 
Committee, C. P. Wood, Detroit; William Watts, Grass 
Lake; Ben Scott, Jackson. 
Henry Anderson, of Salina, Kans., after a retirement 
for some time from the shooting game, when at Hois- 
ington last Thursday won all in sight. He made one 
run of J18 straight. Anderson was formerly a visitor at 
most all the tournaments held in the Western and Cen- 
ral States. 
In the match shoot held by members of the Central 
Gun Club, Duluth, Minn., Webb’s side defeated Nelson 
with 221 to 192. The victors were dined by the losers at 
the Commercial Club, where speeches, songs and stories 
were in order. At 25 targets, Webb, captain, broke 20; 
Clark 25, Berry 22, Abbott 28, Freetham 14, Hogan 13, 
Adams 20, Travers 12, Abell 14, Alex 19, Holmberg 20, 
Byer 19. Nelson, captain, 23; Wong 24, Lock 12, Porter 
17, Hoople 13, Coons 18, Frecker 17, McCollam 14, O}- 
son 17, Lounsberry 8, Bradberry 17, Bloomstrandt 12. 
Mr. Mark Hillis, of the Iola, Kans., Gun Club, has 
been informed by Dave Elliott, president of the Mis- 
souri-Kansas League, that a shoot will be held at his 
town the first week in August. It is expected that ar 
least seventy-five of the best shots of the West will 
participate. 
With the coming of the robins there is the awakening 
of the desire to “pull the trigger,’’ so it is not surprising 
to learn that the members of the Lead, S. D., Gun 
Club are very anxious to begin the summer campaign. 
Members of the Fairhaven, O., Gun Club met twice 
for practice last week. R. S. Simpson took the honors 
in the first, and George Geise in the second shoot. 
The Haviland, Kans., Gun Club pulled off a hunt last 
Saturday. Ike Carson’s side was victor. In all three 
hundred and fifty-six rabbits were slain. Ike Carson 
and Will Cook each killed thirty-one. All report hav- 
ing had an enjoyable time. 
Block shooting is now having a run in the York, Pa., 
neighborhood. The prizes are a bull weighing 1,300 to 
2,000 pounds, with an occasional valuable driving horse 
thrown in. 
In the voting contest being held at Duluth, Minn., the 
Hill site has the lead for the gun club home for the 
coming season, there being 66 votes for the Hill site 
[MarcH 17, 1906. 
and 26 for the old Central grounds. 
yet to be recorded. 
The secretary reports that the shoot to be held on the 
West wuluth, Minn., Gun Club grounds was postponea 
on account of the trap being frozen. Capt. Holmberg 
says that when the ice melts that the shoot will be held. 
The Muskogee, I. T., Gun Club were so well pleased 
with W. R. Crosby’s visit that a shoot will be held on 
Decoration Day, at which time it is very much ex- 
pected by all interested that Harold Money will be 
present with his pump gun. 
The members of the Springfield, O., Gun Club are 
just now looking for a new home. The ground they 
now occupy is about to be sold, hence it will be neces- 
sary to return to a more suitable locality, where they 
will not be disturbed by a change of ownership. 
The Gordon, Neb., Gun Club held a shoot Thursday 
that was attended _by Messrs. Fred Metzger, Ed. Col- 
lins, Bert White, L. Rockwell, Clyde Childers, Dr. Me- 
Dowell and Capt. Fuller, from Mooreman, and Dr. Shef- 
fur from Hay Springs. The purse of $60 was more 
than half won by the visitors. 
At a shoot held at Rushville, Neb., Del. Wilson and 
B. W. White, of Merriman, tied on first. In the after- 
noon, B. W. White won first, Fred Metzger second, and 
Art. Shane, of Gordon, third. 
Hoisington, Kans., was selected for a tournament 
because those who desired could take to the famous 
Cheyenne bottom for a duck hunt, 
Kansas is making some strides toward getting back 
to her former popularity as a trapshooting State. Last 
week there was a gun club with over fifty members 
organized at Arkansas City. Let the good work go on. 
The Topeka, Kans., Gun Club expressed a desire that 
the Kansas State Athletic Association arrange its big 
pavilion with a view of accommodating the trapshooters. 
The Crescent Rod and Gun Club, which was or- 
ganized in the faraway 1876, held a reunion last week 
at Columbus, O., at which most of the old members 
were present. 
Mr. Ford, the Iowa trapshooter, is located at Fort 
Leavenworth, Kans., and of late has been getting the 
officers interested in target shooting. Capt. Raymond, 
of the Engineer Corps, won the medal on the first oc- 
casion, though he had a handicap of 6 targets. The 
medal will be decided aiter twelve contests. 
The shooters at Ottawa, Kans., are now a lively lot of 
shootists. At the Jast shoot there were some forty pres- 
ent. Shooting at 200, Jim Haley was high with 177; 
Bailey Johnson 175. 
A report comes from Boise, Idaho, that a successful 
shoot was held there as an opener for the season, with 
good scores. Mr. Hillis gave a fine exhibition with both 
the shotgun and the rifle. With this for a starter, the 
announcement is made that a shoot will be held every 
Sunday. 
Breaking 23 out of a possible 25 targets, Galloway car- 
ried off the honors at the Pueblo, Colo., Gun Club 
Thursday last, making thus the highest score without a 
handicap for the powder trophy. The air was on the 
chilly order, and that prevented the shooters from mak- 
ing better scores. 
The shoot of the Catskill Gun Club Monday, held at 
Farmersville, N. Y., was hindered by the stiff wind, 
hence the low scores. The badge was won by Howland, 
nt the silver cup by Charles Post, who beat Russ on 
the tie. 
The St. Charles, Mo., Gun Club members are busy 
now trying to arrange for a two days’ shoot, that will 
take place during April. One day will possibly be set 
apart as a picnic occasion. 
The Santa Rosa, Cal.. sportsmen, who are members of 
the gun clubs and enjoy the sport of smashing blue- 
rocks, are anticipating the coming season with much 
pleasure. Last year the smashed targets numbered many 
thousand. This number will be increased this year. 
At the regular meeting of the Omaha, Neb., Rod and 
Gun Club, heid Friday night, these were the officers 
elected: President, Dave O’Brien; Vice-President, Jeff 
Bedford; Secretary, Earl M. Matthews; Treasurer, H. C. 
Townsend: Directors, Fred Dufrene, William Wagner, 
H. B. Crouch, Al. J. Lately, Dr. Teal and itenry 
Baumer. It was decided that on April 1 the membership 
fee would be $5 instead of $1. There are now 453 mem- 
bers, and after April 1 the books are to be closed. The 
club proposes to build a handsome club house. The 
members are all active sportsmen who are doing all they 
can to preserve the game of the State. This is the 
largest club of the kind anywhere in the West. 
The old shooters of Illinois will remember George 
Rexroat, and they will be glad to know that he can still 
win the prizes, as he lately shot with the club at 
Virginia, Ill., and came off a winner. Others shooting 
well were Al. and Tine Davis, R. Wankle and Al. 
Webster. 
The third annual tournament of the Pacific Coast Trap- 
shooters’ Association will take place on May 26 and 27 
at Vallejo, under the direction of the officers of the 
Vallejo Gun Club. 
If present signs do not fail, there will be some con- 
tests between the Elgin and Aurora (Ill.) gun clubs. 
Considerable rivalry formerly existed between the marks- 
men of Elgin and Aurora, and a lively. contest is in 
prospect. 
As several of the trapshots of Texas met at Dallas on 
last Thursday, there was a lively time with the live birds. 
There were twenty-five shooters who took part, and 
yet, owing to the high winds, the scorese were conspicu- 
ous for the few straights made. At 10 birds, Webster 
killed 6, John Hay 8, Frank Faurote 6, H. Smith 4, 
Young 9, Cockrell 8, Lingo 6, McBean 7, J. G. Wil- 
liams 9, Meredith 9, Motley 9, Speer 8, Lupus 8, Mosely 
7, Saxut 8, Hillis 9, Wayne 8, H. Faurote 3, T. Hubby 
8, Meeks 6, Stith 7, Griffin 7, W. Clair 6, Meeks 4, 
Kingston 5, H. Money 10. 
The initial shoot of the Bering Gun Club, Houston, 
Tex., will come off Thursday. This club was organized 
lately, during the visit of a celebrated trap shot. It 
will no doubt take its place alongside many other good 
Texas clubs. 
The Lake City Gun Club, Madison, Wis., held their | 
first 1906 meeting last Thursday, each man shooting at 
25 targets. 
There are 26 votes 
