
790 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 16, 1907. 


The. Teuring Squad. 
EAstMAN, Ga., Nov. 7.—No one who has witnessed: the 
interest taken in the exhibitions of trapshooting ability 
given by the Winchester-Dupont squad of five men now 
touring the Southern States and taking part in tourna- 
ments held at various points in the South, could with 
any degree of justice accuse the Southern sportsmen of 
lack of interest in one of the cleanest sports of the 
present day To me, the crowds which have gathered 
together at the different shoots and watched and ap- 
plauded the skill shown by the members of the squad, 
was certainly a great surprise. 
It is true that when the squad first started on its trip 
the crowds were not what might have been hoped for, 
but then the weather was most unseasonable and abso- 
lutely unfit for either competitors or spectators to re- 
main out of doors. Later on—that is, for the past week— 
the weather has been really delightful, and overcoats are no 
longer a necessity. And as for the Southern hospitality 
extended to the boys, the only regret we have is that 

the shoots are so close together in point of dates and 
the means of communication between the different citiés 
and towns by no means easy, that we have no time to 
be more than barely courteous to our hosts, who re- 
peatedly urge us to stay and let them show us a glimpse 
of Southern life 
Most of the boys started out on the trip from Balti- 
more, where they indulged in some preliminary practice 
at the shoot given by the A. G. Alford Company, on 
Oct. 22. At that shoot the squad was made up of J. 
Mowell Hawkins, of Baltimore: W. R. Crosby, of O’Fal- 
lon, Ill.; Lee R. Barkley, of Chicago; L. S. German, of 
Aberdeen, Md.; and John R. Taylor, of Meckling, S. D. 
Mr. German occupied the place to be taken later by Fred 
Gilbert, who was lost somewhere between the snowline of 
the Rockies in Montana and the Terrapin town on the 
shores of the Chesapeake Bay. As reported later he 
showed _up at Wilmington, N. C., and from that time 
(Oct. 27), he was and is still the life of the party, al- 
though the two “kids” of the squad (Barkley and John 
Taylor) keep him guessing “heap plenty” by their many 
pleasantries, 
At the Baltimore shoot Billy Crosby, as usual, topped 
the list with 191 out of 200; but great as that score was 
he had lots of trouble to keep out of the way of the 
Delaware amateur. W. M. Foord, of Wilmington, Del., 
who broke just 190 of the targets he shot at. John Tay- 
lor broke 188, German 185, Hawkins 184, Barkley 182. 
Accompanied by H. Linn Worthington, of Rising Sun. 
Md., one of the W. R. A. Co.’s missionaries, the squad 
left on the evening of Oct. 23 on the Old Bay Line boat 
Virginia for the Jamestown Exposition. I joined them 
on the boat, ard since then have not had a moment's 
time ‘to’even search for a cause for regret at the action. 
There was 1 tournament scheduled to be held on the 
pier near the West Virginia coal tower in the Exposition 
grounds on Oct, 24-26, under the management of W. N 
White, of Portsmouth, Va. As manager of the crowd 
of shooters, all arrangements were left in the hands of 
Mr. Hawkins, who persuzded us all to arise in time to 
get cff the boat at Old Point about 6 A. M. When-we 
did get up (and how cold it was that morning) fresh 
orders were issued, and we went on to Norfolk, making 
our way thence to the Exposition grounds and to the 
a ide Inn, which was to be headquarters during the 
shoot. 
rhe wind blew a gale from the 
greater pait 
] I he northeast during the 
of the day, making it impossible to do any- 
thing in the shooting line until about 2 P. M. Then 
19) targets were shot at, the programme being cut in 
half.. Hawkins was high with 96, John Taylor, H. G. 
Teylor, of Meckling, S. D., (who joined 
day), and W. H. Heer broke 95 each: 
ley each had 93, and German 90. 
d the squad that 
Crosby and Bark- 
The second day of the shoot (Oct. 25) was Norfolk 
Day at the Exposition, and consequently there was a 
good crowd in the grounds, and despite the chilling 
winds there was always a fair crowd present to witness 
the shooting. Crosby and John Taylor each broke 193 
out of 200; L. S. German and Hawkins tied on 191, 
Billy Heer had 189, while Barkley who had a little bad 
luck, came in with 187. Harry Taylor netted but 184 
breaks, 
The third and last day of the tournament, Saturday, 
Oct. 26, was just about as bad as the first day, so far as 
weather conditions were concerned. A late start had 
once more to ‘be made, and the programme cut in half 
again, as it was next door to impossible to stand on the 
boardwalk and face the traps. Crosby and Heer led with 
96 each out of 100;. John Taylor had 95, Hawkins 94, 
Barkley and H. G, Taylor 93, German 91. 
The cup donated to the amateur making the highest 
score on the second day of the shoot was won by M. y. 
Regan, of the Colgate Gun Club, of Baltimore, Md., 
who also broke 88 out of his 100 on the last day. 
Sunday, Oct. 27, found us en route for Wilmington, 
N. C., the trip being enlivened bv the grumblings of 
Lester German, who wanted to get home in time for the 
opening of the ducking season on the flats at Havre de 
Grace, and who was afraid that Fred Gilbert would not 
show up so as to take his place and let him off. Gil- 
bert, however, met us at the depot in Wilmington, and 
(as he puts it), ‘‘no one ever looked so good to Les’ as 
I did when he saw me on the platform.” 
Monday, the 28th, was a terror as to wind, a gale blowing 
and sand and dust filling the air. There being practically no 
protection from the elements out at the local club’s 
grounds, it was deemed advisable to call off the tourna- 
ment, and enly go out to the traps late in the afternoon 
when the weather had moderated. Some practice was 
had at 75 targets each, but no records were kept of the 
informal shoot 
Tuesday, the 29th, we left bright and early for Fay- 
etteville, N. C., where an afternoon shoot was scheduled. 
John Desportes, of Columbia, S. C., a W. R. A. Com. 
pany missionary, had joined us at Wilmington and 
helped materially to keep up the spirits of the party. 
Together with Linn Worthington, Desportes looked after 
the traps, pulling and doing general work, while Linn 
himself acted as cashier, scorer, etc. The programme 
called for 150 targets, and of that number Crosby broke 
148, Hawkins and H. G. Taylor 147 each, Barkley and 
John Taylor 146, with Fritz Gilbert in the rear with 149. 
Harry ‘Taylor had a run of just 100 even. , 
Accommodations at the hotel were somewhat limited, 
as it was Fair time, so we were obliged to take what 
we had given us. As a result, one of the rooms allotted 
to the party (luckily a pretty large room) sheltered 
Crosby, Gilbert, Harry Taylor and myself. There were 
two beds, and two shakedowns on the floor. The latter 
were occupied by Fritz and Crosby, Gilbert saying that 
he wanted to sleep on the floor, as it would remind him 
of recent happy days in the Rockies with John Boa, 
Cramped as were our accommodations at Fayetteville, 
it was nothing to what was thrown at us in the Columbia 
Hotel at Columbia, S. C., where the State Fair was in 
progress. The hotel management generously voted us 
one room—eight in our party! In the room there were 
five beds, one washstand, one bureau (small size), and I 
thiak two chairs. When the eight of us got in the room 
and held a council of war, all standing, there was pre- 
cious little room for anything else. Protests to the hotel 
management were of no avail, so Mr. Hawkins and my- 
self roomed outside in a private house, John Taylor 
going to Desporte’s room, thus leaving five for the four 
beds, the balance of us sharing the cost of our “hotel 
zccommodations.”” We endeavored to get even on the 
management by raids on the dining room, but could 
gain no advantage. ‘ 
It is hard, however, to down the spirits of a bunch 
like we had, so it was a source of joy when, chamber- 
maids being mighty scarce, Fritz Gilbert by virtue of his 
low score at Fayetteville, was forced to act as room 
attendant. 
The tournament scheduled at Columbia was for two 
days, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The grounds were located 
inside the Fair grounds, and only a late start was made 
on the first day owing to a football game and automobile 
races being counter attractions. Then, when the boys 
did get to work, the traps had been pitched so close to 
the fence surrounding the race track that the shot 
“pinked” an occasional horseman and his horse. The 
management of the Fair thereupon sustained a protest 
and made us move back a bit. Thus only 150 targets of 
the programme were shot off, but some very good scores 
were made on targets that were by no means easy. 
Gilbert was high with 148, Hawkins had 147, Barkley 146, 
John Taylor 145, and Crosby 142. Harry Taylor had 141. 
It is worth noting that by virtue of being low man in the 
squad for the day, Billy Crosby was unanimously elected 
chambermaid for the succeeding day. He, however, 
found a substitute in a real chambermaid who took his 
place for value received. 
How the squad broke two world’s records the follow- 
ing day, Nov. 1, smashing 978 out of 1,000 and 493 out of 
500 will have to be left to my next letter. The above 
feats were accomplished by reason of good, sound work 
on targets that were decidedly not to be classed as 
“dubs.” Epwarp Banks. 
Death of James Hildreth. 
A MOURNING card, bearing the following sad announce- 
ment from the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., came to 
us on Monday of this week: 
“With sincere regret, we announce the death of our 
Mr. James Hildreth, at Denver, Colorado, November 
seventh.” 
Mr. Hildreth died suddenly of heart failure in St. 
Joseph’s Hospital, Denver. Although he had been in 
ill health during the past two or three years, his death 
was unexpected, and_was a profound shock to his in- 
numerable friends. He was professicnally a traveling 
salesman of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., which 
position he held during eighteen years past. His terri- 
tory was in the Southwest and West, and in his calling 
he attained distinguished success. He possessed a bright 
intellect, charming graces of person and an unvarying 
amiability, combined with sterling manhood, which won 
for him the lasting friendships of all who knew him. 
His birthplace was London, England, whence he came 
to this country when about eleven years old, dwelling 
in Wilmington, Del., till about twelve years ago, when 
he moved to Brooklyn, N. Y. He was a Mason of high 
degree. His body was removed from Denver to his 
home in Brooklyn. The funeral service was performed 
by Rev. C. H, Coon, at the Reformed Episcopal Church 
of the Reconciliation on Monday evening, Nov. 11, after 
which a Masonic service was held by Lotus Lodge. 

Trap at Point Breeze. 
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 9.—The match, which was the 
special feature cf the meet at the Point Breeze track to- 
day, resulted in a tie. The principals, Messrs. Daniel 
Killian and J. Scott, each scored 21 out of the 25 live 
birds. The contest was for $50 a side, 28yds., rise. It 
was arranged that the tie be shot off on Saturday of 

this week. Two sweepstakes also were shot. Scores of 
the match follow: 
Scott 0222220222100222292299999-91 
Killian 02120212022111210122—91 

Ten bird handicap: Sanford’10, Murphy 10, 
9, Franklin 9, Felix 9, Butler 9, Redman 8, 
Poulson 8, Aiman 7, Wark 6, Holznagle 5. 
Five birds: Murphy 5, Sanford 5, Felix 5, 
Wyngate 4, Paul 3, Poulson 2. 
Welixe. Iitey 
Killian 8, 
Redman 4, 

At Point Breeze. 
Four tied on 8 in the handicap at 10 birds, $5 entrance, 
as follows: 







Pickering, 30 1111012101— 8 
Murphy, 30 .... 2212201120— 8 
Killian, 28 0021121112— 8 
Stone, 212010222— 8 
Good, 28 . 2120120202— 7 
Felix, 30 . 0200202— 6 
Churchill, £ . .1201012002— 6 
Williams, 1021022000— 5 
Scott, 26 2000200222— 5 
Parks, 26 0021020200— 4 
New York Athletic Club. 
Y., Nov. 5.—The holiday shoot 
was well attended. Conditions $5 entrance. Event No. 
1, monthly trophy, won by Capt. Borland. This score 
also counts on yearly average for a $125 Sauer gun. 
Event No. 2, holiday trophy, won by C. W. Billings. 
No. 8, Sauer gun trophy, won by T. O’Donohue. No. 4, 
Hunter trophy, won by Dr. J. Held. No. 5, Walsrode 
Powder trophy, won by Dr. Held. No. 6, trophy, won 
by C. W. Billings. No. 7, won by Billings. No. .8 won 
by Dickerson. 
Travers Istanp, N. 


Events: i 2 3 1 5 67 8 
HT. ETT Pee ‘ 
Targets: 25 25 5 25 25 25.25 25 
Dr J S Held...., (440 2:20-2:97 2/045 150s 
P Robinson..... 643 320 321 3:19) 3 19a ore 
J SSutp linens. 10°35 5: 21 oS... sires eevee 
ly Nic Gahils tise. 4.37 2:18" °2)12) 3°22" “819 ee 
Cyubtigrosarcccr 8 i194 28 9 4 20 +428 402s 
F Hodgeman... 8 42 421° 420 49% :492 d5veug 
J Dickerson..:.°:4 28° 215 216 216 218 19 a9F9 
ASvESIE A eats 445 215 218 222 222 229317 
O Wagner 10 25: B20) osu cen ete nate a eee 
Cy UBIe sasreastees D1 eae ere oobon oe. 
Gus Greiff °.... 0.36..-019 0-21 9\0° 19 SN Octo eee 
C W_ Billings... 440 -2:26°° 1:21) “ad 22g ose 
T O’Donohue..,. 4'41 218 2°25 123 oer Sieonae 
H. Rosloff, tc... » - O12 "010 | SS" Scey eee 
Capt Borland..;. 647 2 22°" 2°25 2°19 ip eee 
HG Hamilini..: 416. 418) 4018 ane eee 
R R Debacher... B22 imei Pee hoe 
T Longcake..... 0.18.) Sogatings ames 
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Trapshooting season 1907-1908 programme. Every Sat- 
urday afternoon and holidays. First event, 25 birds, 
practice; second event, 50 birds, monthly cup; _ third 
event, 25 birds, Sauer gun; fourth event, 25 birds, Hunter 
vase (November and December); fifth event, 25 birds, 
Walsrode cup (November and December). Other events 
if time permits. 
Holidays.—In addition to the foregoing events, a 25- 
target event for special cup; 50-target event for holiday 
cup, to become the property of gun winning three legs, 
not necessarily consecutively. 
Club championship, 200 targets, Dec. 21 and 28, 100 
targets each day. 
Season trophy.—Scratch, high average for the season 
in monthly cup and Sauer gun competitions; members 
must shoot at least 1,050 targets to qualify, and fourteen 
selected scores to be taken; $125 Sauer gun. 
General Rules.—Scheduled events at 16yds. rise, self- 
adjusting handicaps, five birds limit to 25 targets. 
High gun drops one point in all trophy events, 
Straight scores win in a tie. 
Visitors shoot from scratch. 
Member whose shooting ability is unknown shoots from 
scratch for at least two events. 
The committee reserves the right to change handicaps 
when in their opinion circumstances warrant it. 


















Handicaps: 
Adolph.’ Hy -Gzecseesaece cna) Fleischman, A Q...... = 0 
Bechtel, Geo ......0008 ae Foot,’ James: Disnsvesee aD 
Brooks, Dr. H 5 Foster, C E T. See 
Billings, C W ... 1 Greiff, Gus E.... ne 
Borland, J N 2 Glass.) Johny Jreameeeee 5 
Bradley, D I...... 2 Gallagher, W (Gii.eic.se 5 
Byersie dial Seageismestcicte 5 Hibbard) Te Wis-seserees Saiz 
Bavier, ow tNinccnecuedse yen Huyler; -BranksK...: cen Bos 
Batterson alt Garnaesctee 4 Huyler, David 5 
Chadbourn, A H... 3 Huggins, E N... 5 
Crowe, a sesame 2 Hodgman, F A 4 
Cattus, J V A 3 Hamlen, Dr. G as 
Dugro, C H. wae Hall, Thos! Mipseeene Oo 
Debacher 5 Hollister, Giese seen 5 
Dickerson, J S... 2 Hegeman, Capt J R,Jr 2 
Dench, Dr E B.. 5 Held) Dei Reese eee sway 
Dexter, Geo. T..... 5 Jacob, Chas Eereia O. 
De Wolfe, Dr E R..... 0 Kitz... A. Wiseaieonummmeree 5 
Dewing: El iBarweneeeee 4 Kuchler, Geo W....:. yt 
Douglas, Dr W G...... 4 Kitner),(Gaveenen ee SAG 
Danzels’ S.52 casices weed Robinson, P R.. 5.) 
ENiott, i) Mlseecsesen cvoee 5 Radcliffe, R D... ser 
ICo chy Branle saa cn jnises ote 5 Scott, Stuart .... se 
Kin oye hag oo Wie s 5 scobles hr MDpeaas eA | 
Le Roy, Dr C L 5 Schauffler, F H.. att) 
Leveridge, Dr S P..... 5 Suter | GoAyaeee. che: 
Murphy, daG cece. cobs 5 Seaman, A H.. 5 
Montague, W. P........ 5 Schattery J (Cuncetcoberes 5 
Mc Cahill Salar) elas seen 3 Striifler, "he Cea eee oD 
Mulford, R... 5 Starr Dr A R.... gh 
Mia ckay.s eivie Sis een ioe J Sturgis, Dr F R... a ot 
Mic Muntry,) cH eeayens. me Sutphen, J S 5 
Miey eric tuveve otetes 4 Schaeffler, F ... 5 
Norton, 3 ME aeccs aces ee Stuart, M eas 6 en hakachie te 
ODonohues Ii Jinstsscses 5 Thomson, Geo M...... 5 
O’Donohue, T G Jr al Tilt. Av lcs gee eee Se 
POSSOns, At tive seasons 5 Vilmar, Fred ... 3 
Porson be aWieteeoenee mS Woodhouse, J S. 4 
Pelham, Geo F......... 2 Wagner, Otto 5 
Philips 5 Wrights DSW. sere avieleD 
Perkins 4 Watson, Walter, Jr..... 5 
Pisani, J / 5 White. F R ; 5 
Elias, W J 4 Zittel, H E 5 
C 5 
dey WOe LA onan rere 
Nov. 9.—A fine day greeted the gunners to-day and 
good scores were the rule. The genial Jack Fanning 
was with us and had his good eye with him, as usual. 
First event was for practice at scratch, and was a tie 
between Greiff and Pelham. Second event, November 
cup, won by Bechtel after tie with Pelham, both getting 
full scores, both getting 47 actual targets. No. 3, for 
Sauer gun, leg won by Dickerson, No. 4, Hunter vase, 
leg won by Tilt. No. 5, Walsrode cup, leg won by 
Greiff. No. 6, trophy shoot, won by Pelham, with fuil 
score. No. 7, trophy shoot, won by Tilt. 
Our annual big shoot for national championship will 
be held on Dec. 17. 



