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FOREST AND STREAM. 
of us to wish 
one would have liked to 
[DeEc. 14 

The Southern Squad had been otherwise. Still I for 
sort of vegetables ar 
see the debated question settled, 
e like, ask Billy Crosby, John Taylo 
or any of the boys, 
I know that the description wi 
WILMINGTON, Del., 
ago from Birminghan 
rain was 




the Winchester team were 
themselves 
Gilbert, 





whole trip seeing thz 
became 
The boys 





when 



sigh 
table. 









for I have tried the mul 
Maybe he could have d 
he shoot was one of the most 
who have visited Tampa 
, and those who have not been 
word for it, that there will alw 
until the happ 
Col. Anthony, 
Dec. 5.—When I wrote let with th 
on Thanksgiving Day, the 
the remaining members of 
doing their best to entertain 
expense of a brother, to 
e shotgun and 
you a week : 
- one it, but 
be vivid enough and fi 
shoelaces were a matted mass of 
I had been on the grounds less th 
climb up one’s socks and dig 
the occasion. — 
arp spiny things afte 
an ten minutes 

ant of the trip. 
all about Ybor City 
can take my 
lacking in their lives 
Anyway, that’s how 
tender skin. 
prings is a lovely spot, with a beautiful har 
e main street, surrounde 
homes and boa 
thy Nortkerners and Westerners. 
1 spot in which to spend those month: 
is flying up North, and when coal a 
has to be shovelled into the furnace. 
is also famous as the sponge market o 
ays be some- 
moment ar- 
Harold Money 
many days 
suburb of Tampa 
excellent Spanish 
red_wine straight 
e Louis New, a 
gunners of the bor or bayou at the foot of th 
by Nias foliage and pretty 
houses of weal 
in fact an 
when the snow 
“$7.50 delivered” 
Tarpon Springs 
; sunny South 
acquainted 
were finding Fred hard to 
Harold Money 
go in for vaudeville, 
of contentment went ul 
beat, and later on 
1 made him 
that a deep 
y is the cigar-making 
ral good cafes where 
ad, graced with good 
and I took him off anc 
impression 
D from all 
nd boasts of seve 
dinners may be h 
from across the Atlantic. 
r i With us wer 
genial traveling representative of Et 
A chance meeting with Frank 
trician of the Dupont 
ham on business for hi 
between 


Fred’s 



that he 

K. Tryon Co., of 
of Bartow, who was in- 
da cowpuncher, and whom I 
d fellow and a good shot to 
ere three in number, but not 
the United States. 
fact, and bought a 
use in cleaning his 
Mathewson, chief elec- Billy Crosby took advantage of thi: 
big sponge or two to take home fo) 
Fred Gilbert followec 
ponge or two for little Thomas Marshal 
akley Gilbert to clean 
Philadelphia, and T. 
troduced to me as a Floric 
found to-be a rattling goo 
Our Tampa hosts w 
knowing wh 
Ss company, led to a trial of skill automobile. 
opponent small rifle, their school 
candor 
is 
they got 




its perch, 




a bowl. 



Since all 
Decatur, 



ished 

























team, 
at excuses they may have made at home to 
or their absence while looking after our wel- 
ay nothing further, with 
on of thanks to them for 
experience. 
Tnesday, Nov. 19, an nearly 
the steamer 
Petersburg, some tw 
I can’t say whether 
, but as they took 
my mileage book, I take it for 
Harold Money, too, did 
market, but bought the biggest h 
for his father, Capt. Money 
a big bath sponge, but used 
the dogs with his when 
(Note.—Harold’s s 
trunk, and it is a 
its intended destination.) 
That evening we were booked to 
about 8:15, but our train 
the habit” and c 
not overlook the sponge 
e could find as a present| 
who, Harold says, “likes 
to object to our washin 
Noel and I were youngsters. 
went to Chicago in Lee Bark- 
question whether it ever reaches 
not quite in Fred’s class, but it is perhaps as well to s 
né shooting g ee ce ip 2 F 
shooting g the exception of an expressi 
a most thoroughly enjoyable 
The following morning, 
through with tl 
if the place had been 
and no clay dudeen Goh, 
apologies to Pete Holohan) 
allery it looked as 
bird remained on 
my dudeen,” with 
bore even the semblance of 
Manatee, sailing at 7:30 for St. 
six miles down the bay 
my figures as to distance are correct 
twenty-six miles out of 
to Nashville, Tenn., where from Tampa. 
leave for Leesburg 
our respective 
, as told in a previous letter, “got 
ame in an hour or so behind time. 
the trip, 
é dispersing to 
the evening of 
Resuming where I 
first item to mention 
along the shores of tl 
Tampa Gun Club 
ground that can’t be beaten. 
trap (a Leggett) 
pagoda-like towers of the T 
or four 
the background is prac 
It was therefore a ma 
found 
take his usual position « 
owing 
needed the dentist’s 
unfortunately deprived o 
valuable 


































































some 
down 
top of this misfortune came 
Hawkins to permit Fred 
he was still unde 
The 
to the score as follows: 
G. Taylor and H. Money. 
McPherson squad, Col, 
friends 
Tampa, Fla., the Stanted they knew the dist 
ampa Bay Hotel 
Ballast Point, where the 
t grounds, with a back- 
Forty yards in front of the 
Tampa Bay, with the 
ampa Bay Hotel some three 
In other words, 
we went to Leesburg, wh 
boys did in the way of s 
trap, has all found its w 
be repeated. 
place and a date not 
likely to be forgotten 
moons to come, 
Friday morning, Novy, 
Leeburg over the A. C. 
The early start necessitated 
even earlier rising, but 
even Harold Money, and no- 
It was foggy the 
ightfully warm at 
nd how Fred and Bill 
pelican went lumbering 
lled over and over close 
at we found there, and what the 
mashing records over the club’s 
ay into your columns, 
Leesblurg, Fia., Nov. 
to be lightly passed over, and not | 
in trapshooting circles for many | 
is the trip from T everybody caught the boat, 
body went without 
greater part of the trip, but most del 
We were all out on deck, a 
Gid long for a .30-30 when an old 
along or when a big porpoise ro 
breakfast either. 
is the shore 
miles were were booked to leave| 
L., somewhere about 11 o’clock, 
like the one of the previous 
so far behind | 
at it was only by | 
et squad was able to get | 
the programme, before the 
rge grand stand out at the| 
On that 100 | 
tically one o J 
tter of regret to all of us when it 
Taylor was absolutely unable to 
“anchor”) on the 
and porpoises for them to 
practice work on. 
We were a little late 
to the fog, so 1] 
do their imaginary 
night, also gotten ‘the 
time that we arrived in Ocala so late th 
hustling that our 
through 100 targets, just hal 
sun went down behind the la 
Fair grounds, where the 
targets Gilbert and Barkley were high, and shook hands 
warmly on breaking 98 apiece. 
96, while Hawkins and John Tay 
of fifth man (or getting to St. 
: : Petersburg, owing 
ost no time in getting 
out to the grounds, 
middle of a field of long 
almost due south. 
not be considered really easy, 
y to throw an unusually 
rom the sun. 
Thus was the squ 
f the services of one of 
attractive) members. 
decision of 
Gilbert also to stand 
and not feeling quite him- 
reconstructed 
Hawkins, Crosby, I 
for the remnants of the 
Anthony and I doubled up with 
and had a bully 
grass, with the traps facing 
tally, the targets could 
particularly as it 
low one owing to the glare f 
expert traps, which we carried with us had to 
into service, and I am sorry to sa 
that, combined with the goodly nu 
shoot was 
was necessar 
The three 
be pressed 
y they acted so badly 
imber of amateurs on 
pete for the purses and prizes offered for 
professionals 
Crosby was next with 
lor for a change hunted 
Money had 94, while the 
end running 
Harry Taylor, 
ack on him a bit during the 
had to retire at the end of fifty targets 
tr the weather 
Colonel and I tied on 90, m 
his last 26 straight in a fiercely bad light. 
whose gun had been going b 
past few days, 
Barkley, H, Southern fri 
competition, 
were only 
shoot at 100 targets each, 
amateur ranks. It must not be forgotten that 
time all 
prevailed upon to sit still, 
and, as often happens 
out 
Barkley tied for |} 
could be shot 
the programme. 
had his first 119 in th 
away. 
The 
(and 
party 
and 
when 
since our boat 
was late in arriving, and as also a con- with a disabled 
¢ could not be 
so he finally got in the game, 
not feeling 
firearm that put him out of business. 
There being no street car out to the Fair grounds 
every two and four-wheeled vehicle was impressed into 
service for carrying the crowd of shooters and spectators 
out to the scene of action. 
of the grand stand during the shoot held a wonderful 
mixture of autos and carriages of all kinds, much interest 
being taken in the visit of the squad of experts to Ocala, 
This display of interest caused us to regret all the more 
the dilatoriness or the misfortunes of our train in the 
winter’s day did not allow 
ing out the programme, 
like clockwork. 
Of the profession 
John Taylor 99 
and Gilbert 
team total of 488 out of 500, 
Harry Taylor was high with 
Anthony three deep in my game s 
When we had completed our 100 targets, 
sent of the management we withdrew so 
them to carry out their programme of ten 
as far as possible. 
when one 
bout. everything in sight. 
high average with 145 out of 150, 
g to our not being able to finish 
ey had a run of 129, 
€ game sack before he let one 
Not so bad for a sick man. 
professionale 
d Money 144, 
A impression 
two targets), 
Anthony with 130. 
And let me tell you of an amateur who fi 
it came to smashing 
any too much time for carry- 
even if everything had gone off ‘ 
The home stretch in front 
als the squad made a dandy record: 
, Crosby and Hawkins 98 each, 
man on the 
Of the McPherson squad, 
93, Money and I had 92, 
while Gilbert Barkley 97, 
F scores 
Gilbert 145, Crosby anc 
I’m 
Barkley and 
Hawkins 143, myself 

ack with 89, 
with the con- 
as to enable 
20-target events 
They did, in fact, get to the end of 
nine events, with the result that L. N. 
On Saturday morning, Nov. 
Jacksonville, leaving me 
writing done, my plan being to t 
for Jacksonville, 
Sunday, the 24th, to Waycross. 
the boys went on to 
in peace to get some of my 
ake the sleeper at night 
and go on with them in the evening of 
Col. 
ured pretty 

Haley and E. H. 
Hansborough, of Tampa, 
pretty 
out of 
the top than he was, 
Eubanks, who had come along with 
the bunch that 
in first and second places, 
turned out, went on to Way: 
cross was not by any means the same that had come to 
Anthony went direct 
Charlotte, N. C., while Crosby and J. R. Taylor went 
us from Tampa, 
hard in the opening event, respectively with 140 
breaki : 
breaking only the Friday. 
for he missed but 5 out of his last 
a good and interested crowd of 
finishing with 
borough’s 
Arthur, P, 
Messrs, 
manner of means out of the rur 
side partner, W. H. Stacey, N 
on cracking-his targets at a 
while Doc. Oppenheimer, 
Ways gave 






of his 
Bay Gun 











entire : 
doing that committee 
About 
Company, looked 
although he would 
to be on the firing 
spectators, among the number several 
added much 
summerlike weather. 
school house also took 
The deep and dry 
charming ladies, 
joyment of the really mid- 
The children from a neighboring 
in the proceedings 
sand made a splendid 
home to O’Fallon, : 1 
This fact has been tcld in a precious letter, 
referred to again 
and Newark, O., respectively. 
and is only 
here for the sake of leading up to 
what I feel sure will be some statistics of interest to 
any who have wasted their time in reading what I have 
already written 
Fayetteville, N. 
mgtes—Messrs. 
to our en 
Logan and C. E. Sa 
nds did good work, 1 
N. Haley, by no more interest 
0. 5 in our squad, he kept 4 
scrambles were fierce and long. 
ered a goodly portion of his d 
boys and girls alike to ser 
pitched into the sandiest s 
children thought this 
afternoon session had closed, 
St. Petersburg’s popul 
ing grounds, 
learn how to 
Harold Money squand- 
ay’s earnings by getting 
amble for nickels and dimes 
pots he could pick out. 
the greatest sport, and when the 
every juvenile member of 
ation seemed to flock to the shoot- 
If the young idea of St, Petersburg did not 
shoot that afternoon it was not our fault. 
That evening the boys went on to Tarpon Springs, 
C., Oct. 29, was the first place where 
the squad got together as a unit, and Ocala, Fla., Nov. 
I have compiled therefore from the 
records of the official scorebook the following table, which 
gives each man’s average and detailed scores for the 2350 
at the thirteen shoots in 
other attractions, al- 
Promise of a straight until toward the end 
string. 
In fact the amateurs at the 
Ballast Point shoot showed 
up most strongly and greatly 
to the credit of the Tampa 
H. Lester, of the Knight & Wall 
Is on the grounds, 
unquestionably have much preferred 
Ike Craft, of the same com- 
targets shot at by each 
. which this squed tcok part. 
after the sale of shel 
was a busy man, 
entertainment 
taking the cares of almost the 
some thirty-two miles north, as they had to shoot there 
committee 
the next day, Wednesday, Nov. 20. 
St. Petersburg and 
Taylor, 
I stayed behind in 
Among the visitors was joined them at Tarpon Springs about 
Thomas, 
was in poor health, 
twenty-five 
tournament, 




























tilities 
time of year, and it is 
of the Tampa ( 
purses 
Florida. 
had 
to the 
trap 
Tampa Hardware Company, who 
they were halfway through the programme 
and not able to enter even one event. 
adjourn for lunch. 
The traps worked well, 
was a hard 
come across), 
Hawkins, 
ToGRS 
and about to 
and although the background 
ing as any I have 
some of the boys made really wonderful 
circumstances, 
Taylor were pre-eminent in that respect with 
although perhaps Crosby’s 
for he dropped four out of 
last 189 with only two losses. 
as the boys say. 
osely bunched—Money had 190, 
Taylor 187, 
29.—Fayetteville, N. C 
31.—Columbia, S, C... 
1.—Columbia, S. C 
5.—Augusta, Ga. .. 
- 7.—Eastman, Ga. 
. 13.—Moultrie, 
. 15.—Jacksonville, 
.16.—Lake City, Fla. 
Petersburg, Fla... 
20.—Tarpon Springs, Fla...¢ 
Leesburg, Fla. A 
—Ocala, Fla. 
it was a goodly gathering for the 
safe to surmise that the generosity 
mun Club in adding $100 in cash to the 
overlooked by 
It was unfortunate for th 
gramme could not be finished, 
one (just about as deceivin 

and John 
195 apiece, 
194 was even more remarkable, 
his first 20, and then ran the 
But then “that’s old Bill’s 
The other five professionals were 
Barkley 188, Harry Tay- 
Anthony 185. 
my average 
the amateurs 
e club that the pro- 
but that misfortune was 
giving way of a part of the foundations o 
trap house, causing a suspension of hos- 
hands had 

and 
(so-called) 
tepaired the damages 
Crosby, 5 
missionary in Flor 
Gilbert 186, and Col. 
glad I only shot at 100, for while 
was _ below that of the Colonel. 

Barkley 
Holleyman (the W. R. A. Co.’s 
4) and myself journeyed back to the 


in the hotel’s launch Herbert, the reason f 
trip being that T. 
some forcibility 
Tampa Bay’s 



mullet” 
apparently 









he 
the Herbert. 
of the world, 














vicinity 
of champion mullet shot as h 
undecided, for the mullet 
and refused 
them for keeping under cover, a 

Of the amateurs, Mr. Beckett did some good 
making a straight score in event 8, and 19 out 
events 2, 6 and 10; ending with 170 out of 200, 
Eubanks and Haley were with us 
shot through the programme, 
partner, Mr. Haley, dropping out e 
the other amateurs, Messrs. 
spirit in the Tarpon Springs 
Decker did the next best work. 
There was one feature in connection with this shoot 
which will stay with me for some time, and that was the 
way in which the Tarpon Springs sand spurs found out 
that I was wearing Oxford ties, and acted accordingly. 
The grass around the club house was chockablock full of 
the meanest and sharpest sand spurs it h 
lot to run up against. 
2277 2250 2242 
97.4 96.8 95.7 95.4 
a grand total of 
squad, 11,353 were scored 
wonderful squad average for the 
Bill Crosby had expressed himself with 
regarding his ability to shoot some of 
“leaping mullets” 

on the jump. 
way, well deserves its name, as it 
greater part of 
jumps from the water of more or less h 
he couldn’t. 
trip across the water, which you can bet 
you _wouldn’t have gotten Bill into a boat the 
Whether Crosby, the champion target shot 
could have added to his many laurels those 
e averred he could, is still 
got wind of his being in the 
You can hardly blame 
nd perhaps it is selfish 
The “‘leap- again to-day, but only The above figures show that out of 
11,750 targets shot at by the 
“dead,” this giving the 
thirteen shoots of 96.62 
By way of some slight explanation, I might sa 
each case the published programme called for 20 
At Fayetteville, N. C., St. 
only a portion of each 
for reasons given previ 
Nov. 8, the shoot had to be c 
stormy weather. 
unwise to permit 
arly in the game. 
G. E. Noblit, the moving 
Gun Club, and W. W. K. 
could, Hence the 
was smooth 
Petersburg and Ocala, 
programme could be completed, 
At Spartanburg, 
alled off'on account of 
At Macon, Ga., Nov. 11, it was deemed 
Fred Gilbert to shoot, as he was feeling 
and the weather was drizzly and raw. 
as ever been my 
If you don’t know what these 
a 



