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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[APRIL 7, 1906. 


WESTERN TRAP. 
Cincinnati, O., Gun Club. 
Tue following scores were made in the Clements 
drophy event on March 20. The weather being fairly 
good, the attendance was better than on the previous 
day, and the traps were kept busy until late in the 
afternoon. In the practice events Bonser was high with 
157 out of 175, Ahlers came next with 132 out of 165, and 
Bleh third with 108 out of 125. 
Clements trophy, 50 targets: 
Yds. Brk. ‘ Vids. oe 
TilViaINS) seicie cic; 20 43 H Sunderbruch..16 3 
mikes Ses ease 20 42 Bullerdick <--.-.- 18 34 
Gambell ......- 18 41 Pfeiffer, <i. aeees 16 33 
Davicsiccseste seo 20 38 
March 24 was the first pleasant day we have had for 
two weeks, but the attendance was not large. The wind 
blew a gale across the traps and caused an unusual 
number of goose-eggs to be recorded. Mr. Stone, of 
Wizard of Oz “Scarecrow” fame, was out on the 30th 
with Mrs. Stone, and both took part in the sport. Mr. 
Stone shot an 88 per cent. clip, which was pretty good 
work in a gale. In the trophy event he was second high 
with 42, Bonser being at the top with 47. Lutie Gambell 
is doing some good work, 23 out of 25 to-day. On April 
18 the tri-city team match will be shot here, and it is a 
safe bet that the winning team will not have as big a 
lead as was the case at Dayton. Bonser is trying a 
double barrel, and seems to have got the hang of it 
pretty well, as he broke 9 out of 100 shot at. The 
scores: 
c trophy, 50 targets, handicap: 
By aa tanea wr *Pohlar ie nieiateistalee 19 38 
*Stone ...csescecs 16 42 SWaillie Mees ccr ces 16 38 
Keplinger ......- 16 41 Jackson <.....5.. 19 36 
*T, Gambell...... 16 41 ROU Latenietetercfanete ecetet= 1% 36 
Stacey scenes acne 16 39 Flerman Scseeses 17 35 
The attendance at the club on March 24 was the 
smallest ever recorded for a regular meeting day. A 
driving snowstorm kept many away. Only four took 
part in any shooting. Maynard was the only one to shoot 
his score in the Clements trophy, and he made 46. 
Lutie Gambell defeated Williams in a match at 50 tar- 
gets by a score of 42 to 3. é 
The second contes‘ in the tri-city team matches will be 
held here on April 18. The programme will consist of 
five 20-target events. $2 entrance, open to all, shooting 
to begin at 11 o’clock. ‘The match will begin at 1 
o’clock, which means, with Supt. Gambell, just 60 
minutes past 12. There are five 20-target events, with 
optional sweeps, $2, open to team members only. Money 
divided 35, 30, 20 and 15; if less than twenty entries, 50, 
30 and 20 per cent. 
Team Match at Dayton, Ohio. 
The first in the series of three team matches between 
Dayton, Cincinnati and Columbus, was shot on the 
grounds of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, at Dayton, 
on March 21. The weather was fine, but the shooting 
conditions were not the best for high scores. The ground 
was covered with ten inches of snow, and the bright 
sun shining on the white expanse, made a glare which 
was blinding. A strong wind was blowing most of the 
time. 
There were eight 20-target events on the programme. 
Joe Hohm and Phil Hanauer had charge of the edibles, 
‘and other refreshments were dispensed by the genial 
John Schaerf. Those who attended pronounced the shoot 
one of the best ever held in Dayton. 
Inter-city team match, ten-man teams, 100 targets per 
nidn, in five 20-target events; $70 per team, targets extra, 
optional sweep in each event, $2 entrance, four moneys, 
35, 30, 20 and [5 per cent: Scores: 
Dayton Team. Columbus Team. 
Eieikeseiuteesmieerere- 95 Wiebsterm tinecceeee 91 
Rikienee een sete eres 93 GTOSS J onalneeanot: 85 
Watkins mined stiwenet 93 Buchatian® ecco &4 
Mack poate ats ayeiere © eictete 89 Wartd>, scanennterires 84 
Lindenmuth ....... 87 Cumberland ...2.5.. 82 
Graiase esis nestanatee se 86 Rhoads! yy. ars-pieleie oe 85 
CarrPiee rr eewnees 78 Shatwek wi piiteniesaree SD 
CAR Soak Saree Sete eric ciate 78 Jennings) Ss... sites. > cle 74 
(Oty 4 Yaa soeto soot 77 Ele ie Seb etetesie {ak 
SSCHWittal Weer bisrestee= 71—847 Hishin vere eee. ee 70—S806 
Cincinnati Team. 
Re rambles se iaaas 91 Pobiar we cuh.esismgiasuas 79 
IBONSEL: ..dccntaeeradic cemeee Kgacialk Sie aetna. 76 
Maynard) Gascucsirsen 86 WD rloe Saini mes weeeias TL 
idwards eas episaiciatp 84 Kiert ye pacman tsstiniers val 
Bell easee ee eeannissst 83 WADICES ci ccuniceireaes 70—798 
The Rohrer’s Island Gun Club, Dayton, will open their 
season on April 4, and for thirty weeks will hold their 
regular shoots on Wednesdays. On the first Wednes- 
day of each month the club medal will be in competition, 
the winner to hold it until the next month, or until he 
is defeated. The members are to be divided into three 
classes, and each week each class will shoot for a prize 
certificate, redeemable with the treasurer for 50 cents. 
At the opening shoot there will be sweepstakes open to 
all, and the usual refreshments will be served. 
Things are booming across the river among the shoot- 
ers. At Covington, Ky., a new gun club has been or- 
anized with fourteen members. A meeting was_ held 
last week to perfect the organization and elect officers. 
Shoots will be held regularly at either Rosedale or 
Milldale. 
The Welfare Gun Club (N. C. R.), Dayton, are at 
work on the details to insure the success of the State 
shoot, to be held on their grounds in June. Everything 
will be done for the comfort and pleasure of the visitors 
poe Welfare Dining Hall, with a seating capacity of 
The season of 1906 will open for the Rohrer’s Island 
Gun Club, Dayton, at their grounds on April 4. The 
club has decided to try the old Buckeye Gun Club’s 
certificate plan at the weekly shoots this year, and shoot 
for the club medal only once a month. All visiting 
shooters will receive a hearty welcome at their meets. | 
The Dayton Gun Club has plans under way _ which 
will make their grounds among the best in the State. 
In Other Places. 
Cass Lake, Minn., Gun Club has already started out 
with extensive plans for the season. A new trap has 
been ordered, and the idea now advanced is to give a 
tournament during the firemen’s meet on June 20-23. 
The Horicon Shooting Club, of Fon du Lac, Wis., 
has renewed their lease on the Horican Marsh for a 
term of thirteen years. However, the owners may at 
any time they see fit drain the land or sell any part of it. 
A new gun club has been organized at Middletown, 
Pa., named Susquehanna. Some of the members are S, B. 
Gingrich, Elmer McCreary, Harry Stoner, Harry Beach- 
ler, Fred Hauser, 
William Gray and Goldie Gray. : 
There will be an all-day tournament at Bloomington, 
Ill., April 25. 
The ore bed property near Poughkeepsie, N. Y., has 
been purchased by a rod and gun club, and will be 
fitted up in fine shape. Several cottages will be erected 
during the summer. 
W. S. Doty, a prominent trap shot, of Butte, Mont., 
and Mr. Shemwell, a crack of Colorado Springs, lately 
met at Salt Lake, Utah, and proposed to stir up the 
shooting game. The idea advanced was to hold a series 
of big shoots throughout the western country, especially 
in the large cities. The Anaconda tournament, slated 
for May 18, 19 and 20 is one fixture. 
Elyria and Lorain (O.) gun clubs have arranged a 
series of eight club shoots, to be held twice a month. 
Thomas W. Armstrong, president of the Hubbell Gun 
Club, Calumet, Mich., has presented the club with a 
beautiful gold medal. At the first meeting same was 
won by J. B. Cooper, and he will have it until some one 
outshoots him. 
At a meeting recently held by the newly organized 
Fountain Gun Club, Bellefontaine, O., it was determined 
to hold an all-day shoot just as soon as the new grounds 
can be put in condition. There will be money prizes 
for the best talent. Officers: S. L. Rairdon, President; 
John L. Hornberger, Vice-President; L. Marquis, Sec- 
retary, and William Doll, Treasurer. 
Salem, O., Gun Club, at its annual meeting, elected 
officers and transacted other important business: Presi- 
dent, Claud Taylor; Vice-President, Dr. W. D. Sigler; 
Secretary, D. B. McCune; Treasurer, Charles Carr; 
Captain, E. W. Silver; Board of Censors, A. O. Silver, 
Dr. E. E. Dyball and Charles Carr. The Board of 
Directors: Claud Taylor, Dr. W. D. Sigler, Charles Carr, 
E. W. Silver and D. B. McCune. A committee was ap- 
pointed to arrange for a tournament, to be held soon. 
_ The reporter for the Springfield, O., Gun Club shoot 
is responsible for the following: ‘‘A week ago Fred 
Hilderpbrand was awarded a leather medal for his score 
= ibs aap which was a lonely one target broken out 
of 175.” 
The constitutionality of the Louisiana State law pro- 
hibiting the possession of bird feathers for trimming 
ladies’ hats was upheld by the New Orleans court. 
The Woodmere Gun Club, Detroit, Mich., has elected 
the following officers: President, Paul F. Schumann; 
Secretary, M. C. Fohey; Treasurer, Ernest Hill; Cap- 
tain, C. R. Wilson. 
At the recent annual meeting of the Chase Benjamin 
Gun Club, Alpena, Mich., new officers were elected as 
follows: Robert H. Rayburn, President; George Burston, 
Vice-President; F. B. Johnson, Secretary, and W. A. 
Prince, Treasurer. These officers were appointed a com- 
mittee to attend to the banquet. 
The Elgin, Lil., Rod end Gun Ciub has built a new 
club house at Baswood Island. 
_ Flora, Ind., Gun Club is developing some fine ‘‘shoot- 
ing stars.”” Nick Smith holds the record, 48 out of 50. 
Mr. Ben Mohan, secretary of the Anaconda, Mont., 
Gun Club, has been presented with a fine gun by the 
club members, as a token of esteem for services he has 
rendered -the club. 
The Centralia, Wash., Gun Club held their first shoot 
recently. There were shooters present from Tenino and 
Castle Rocks. New traps have been installed. ‘The 
shooters were much pleased with the trophy lately put 
up by a representative of a powder company. The club 
will hold a big tournament in May, which will be given 
by the South Washington Gun Club Association. 
Live-bird shooting will be started at the famous 
Waiiace Park, used by the old Paducah Gun Club during 
this month. 
A gun club with eight members was recently organ- 
ized at Cary, Ill. President, Andrew Sherritt; Secre- 
tary, H. E. Morris; Treasurer, Harry Newbold. The 
members: A. C Weaver, Jos. Tomisky, Wm. Burley, 
H. E. Morris, Al. Turner. 
At the Texas State shoot professionals will be barred 
and expert amateurs liandicapped. The 80 per cent. 
men will get the best of it. Instead of giving prizes 
and money for high average, the money will go to low 
men, 
‘the annual tournament of the League of Gun Clubs 
of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan will be held at 
Ironwood, the latter part of June next. 
The officers of the Illinois State Sportsmen’s Asso- 
ciation shoot, to be held at Bloomington, May 23, 24 and 
25, have arranged an attractive programme after much 
discussion. The business men have been appealed to, and 
they will put up a trophy and the club will also put up 
$100 in gold. The idea is to make this shoot one of the 
best ever held in the West. When the annual meeting is 
held there will be an effort to reorganize and adopt a 
constitution and by-laws. The old Association has long 
ago outlived its usefulness, that of a game _ protective 
association, and the new one will be strictly a_trap- 
shooting association in name and being. Dr. C, A. 
McDermand is very enthusiastic, and he will not leave a 
stone unturned to put the shooters of Illinois upon a 
sound foundation that will stand as a lasting monument. 
Bloomington is centrally located, with plenty of railroad 
William Bryan, William Foreman, © 
facilities, and the very best accommodations as to hotels. 
The Newark, ©., ‘sun Club has issued a challenge to 
shoot an inter-city match with Cincinnati and Dayton 
clubs. Thus the interest in trapshooting does not lag 
in the central and southern parts of Ohio. 
The Kaukauna, Wis., Gun Club made a fine record at 
the trap Sunday last. Gus Hilgenberg, broke the record 
by going 25 straight. This club has lately received a 
challenge for a team shoot with Oshkosh. 
There is a prospect of a new gun club being organized 
at Norwalk, Wis. 
Magnolia, Ill., will have a gun club with the name of 
Oxbow. The incorporators are Charles W. Trone, Robert 
A. Ward and Y. Sherman Glenn. : 
Interest has been aroused at the grounds of the Salt 
Lake, Utah, Gun Club. Until now one set of traps is 
not sufficient to accommodate those who attend the 
meets. Others have been ordered, and there will be 
several tournaments held auring the year. 
Members of the Soo Gun Club, Sioux City., Iowa, held 
a club shoot, March 22. and although the air was full of 
snow, there were many of the shooters present. F. 
Krister was high with 43 out of 50. Scores at 50 targets: 
Spatz 28, Hawman 27, F. Krister 43, M. Krister 32, C. 
Smith 31, Ellis 39, Hunter 36, W. F. Duncan 27, Meyer 
29, Boyle 27, Hoax 24, Red Fern 35, Hogan 35, Langers 
39, Orton 39, Boyd 32, Hoberg 32, Seymour 26, Forbes 18. 
E. Bigler, Beatrice, Neb., has stated that a new gun 
club will be organized at his city. Some of the pro- 
posed members have been working together for the past 
two seasons, and he hopes that there will this year be 
an united effort to keep the target game alive. 
C. W. Still, D. McElroy and W. F. Klans, Taylor, 
Tex., have incorporated a gun club for the mutual amuse- 
ment oi the members. 
The Ashley, O., Gun Club held the first shoot for 
members last Wednesday. At 55 targets, B. A. Clay- 
pool scored 48, Ray Gamble 47, C. Winsor 41, Tracy 
Claypool 32, R. Bartholomew 32, 23; J. Cackle 24, 11; 
H. Hale 25, 14. 
It is a great pleasure when a sportsman meets another 
sportsman, especially if he be like unto Mr. Horace 
Comstock, of Indianapolis, Ind. This gentleman excels 
at the trap and in the field. He loves the dog and gun 
for nature’s sake. Four months of the year is spent by 
him afield with dog, gun and rod. And to be a good 
game shot he must be able to stand the test of endur- 
ance and to know the habits of game and just where to 
look for same. Mr. Comstock is one of the few sports- 
men who can shoot or cast a fly from either shoulder 
or hand. 
C. E. Robbins, of Fargo, N. D., writes that the shoot- 
ing grounds for the gun club have not yet been settled, 
but that all things will be in readiness by the time of 
the State shoot, June 13 and 14. 
The Clay Center, Kans., Gun Club will this year keep 
up regular practice at the traps. 
Announcement is made that the Third Lake Gun Club, 
Waukegan, Il., will contest with the Fourth Lake, IIl., 
Club, in the near future. 
Frank B. Bowman, of the East St. Louis Rod and 
Gun Club preserves, has announced a change of the 
management. Peter Volger, who for eight years has 
held that position, will be succeeded by John Gutter- 
mann. The club is popular among the East St. Louis 
sportsmen. 
The McLean County Gun Club, Bloomington, IIl., 
proposes to keep busy up until the time for the State 
shoot, at least. 
A Cashton, Wis., correspondent, sends me the informa- 
tion that an organized gun club has been formed for the 
purpose of shooting clay targets, and then states that he 
considers that better than that of shooting harmless 
animals and birds. 
Will County Gun Club, Joliet, Ill., held their annual 
meeting Wednesday night and elected officers and 
transacted such other business as came before the club. 
It is now on what they term a paying basis. Many 
new members have been brought in with the practice 
shoots. A committee was selected to arrange for an- 
other one of their popular tournaments. The new of- 
ficers are: President, A. Hoffman; Vice-President, J. 
Liess; Financial Secretary, C. N. Stoll; Treasurer, 
Robert Bruce. The committee includes G. Hoffman, C. 
Werler, A. Anderson, F. Shaw and J. Schiek. 
The Hamberg, Pa., Gun Club, with a membership of 
sixty-five, is one of the best in the State. It lately elected 
officers, viz.: President, Harry M. Buck; Vice-President, 
Chas. Rehlor; Secretary, Alvin Ritter; Treasurer, Harry 
Bowman; Trustees, Warren Bowman, William R. Sun- 
day and Henry Kummerer. 
The Dallas, Tex., Gun Club has issued a challenge to 
any five men belonging to any team in their district. 
There is a proposition to make up two or three teams 
and shoot for targets only. 
One cf the features of the shoot lately held at Dallas, 
Tex., was the prizes, as the first five events were for 
high class English setter puppies. 
Jefferson, N. Y., Gun Club held its monthly shoot 
Saturday, at which highest score was made by C. D. 
Jump, with Arthur Pierce and F, L. Frazee second. 
The Bob White Gun Club, Middletown, Pa., held 
their second meeting last Friday evening, and con- 
siderable business was transacted. 
A crowd of the followers of the shooting game were out 
at the Plymouth, Pa., Park, Saturday last to witness a 
match between James Meekin and Jonathan Ford, two 
crack shots. Meekin shot at 5 live birds and killed 2, and 
was allowed one by Ford, who killed 2 out of 4. Thus 
the race itself was short and exciting, and just half the 
birds live to be trapped some other day. 
O. N. Ford, the well-known Iowa trap shot, broke 
away from his position as guard at the Leavenworth 
Federal prison long enough to take in the Iowa State 
shoot, where, as usual, he shot among the top-notchers. 
He was not seasoned to the snowy zero weather, and 
hence his score, made with half-frozen fingers, was all 
the more to be noticed. rit ot 
P. C.. Blank, of Bethlehem, Pa., defeated George 
Gross, of Seidersville, in a contest at 10 live birds, which 
was noted for the number of misses. But then these 
