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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Ocr. 9, 1884. 
THE TRAP. 
Correspondents who favor us with club scores are particularly re- 
quested to write on one side of the paper only. 
‘SECOND CLAY-PIGEON TOURNAMENT. 
Hditor Forest and Stream; 
Please note the following modified rules. 
ssued in about ten days: 
No. 1. Five Traps.—Tiaps to be placed 3yds. apart, each trap being 
equidistant from the score. Angle of rise, 15 degrees, A net 4ft. 
high to be placed in front of the taps at 30ft, distance. Traps to be 
refilled after each shot. Direction of flight of bird not to be changed. 
Number of en to be decided by pool ball. The traps numbered 
qrom left to right shail be set to throw approximately, as follows: No, 
1, right quartering; No. 2, right half-quartering; No, 3, straightaway; 
No. 4, left half-quartering; No. 5, left quartering—though a ‘fair!’ 
bird failing to take the direction above indicated, when the traps are 
so set, shall still be considered a “‘fair™ bird, 
No, 2. Fair Birds.—All birds which are thrown over the net, or if 
net 1s not used, 4ft. from the ground, at a distance of a0ft, from trap; 
such birds to be scored whether shot at or not. 
No. 8. Broken Birds.—When the bird is broken by the trap plainly 
perceptible without ‘‘retrieving,’’ it shall be ‘*no bird." 
‘Dead’ Birds,—A bird to be scored ‘‘dead"’ shall be broken in the 
fir; that is, a clearly perceptible piece must be knocked out of it be- 
fore it touches the ground. No retrieving allowed, 
No, 4. Double Birds.—To be shot from traps No. 2 and No. 4; should 
only one fair bird be thrown, another pair must be shot at, 
No. 6, Guns and Rise.—Rise for 12-bore gun, singles, 18yds.; double, 
d5yds. The 10-bore shall be hindicapped 2yds., while those of lesser 
gauge shall “go in” yd. for every size less than 12-bore, 
No. 6, Charge.—Powder unlimited; shot limited to 114 ounces, 
Dixon's standard measure, struck off, 
No. 7, Ties.--On single birds, 3 birds each; doubles, 1 pair. 
No. 8 Position of Gun,—Butt of gun to be held below the armpit 
ite atter the shooter calls “pull.” Guns to be loaded at the score 
only. 
No, 9. Judges and Referee.—Two judges and one referee. Judges’ 
decision to be final. Im case judges fail to agree, referee to decide. 
No, 10. Pulling Traps.—When the shooter calls ‘pull,’ the trap or 
traps shall be sprung at once. Should the puller (in éstimation of 
udges) in any manner balk the shooter, the latter may accept the 
ird or demand another. 
No. 11, Purses.—To be divided in 50, 30 and 20 per cent. of entrance 
money, unless otherwise agreed upon. 
No, 12. Bribing Trappers and Pullers.—Any shooter convicted of an 
attempt to bribe, or in any manuer influence the trappers or pullers, 
to be barred from all further contests during the tournaments. 
No, 18. Sweepstakes—Will be “'class shooting,’ unless otherwise 
stated, The *tchampionship matcbes”’ shall be “‘no class shooting.” 
Wo, 14. Handicap of Winners,—The Ligowsky Handicap Rules shail 
govern, provided the majority of shooters on the ground the first day 
of the tournament are in favor of same. 
No, 15. Entries—Ulose with the firing of the first gun in each mateh. 
In team contests, choice of position wil! be awarded in the order of 
entering. Each team will finish its. ‘singles’? before shooting 
“doubles;\’ each member of team willremain at the score until he 
finishes his *‘singles,”! ete. 
No. 16. Points not herein contained, but which may require a de- 
cision, shall be determined by the Liguwsky rules, 1884-5. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 4, 1884, Tue Ligowsry ©. P. C. 
Pull programmes will be 
CLUB SCORES.—Correspandents whe fav-r us with scores are 
requested to send them in_as soon as possible afier the matches 
described. We go to press Wednesduys; and it is necessary that 
matter for publication should be in hand by Monday, or Tuesday 
at the latest. 
CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 27.—The Hast find Gun Club, of Cincinnati, 
visited Madisonville, O., to shoot a mateh with the gun club of that 
place. The Kast End Guu Club did not reach the shooting grounds 
until after 3 P. M., aud the match was arranged for 10 sinzle clay- 
igeons each, [Syds. rise, 5 traps. The result was in favor of the 
adisonyille Gun Club by one bird. A return match will be shot on 
the grounds of the East End Gun Club, Saturday next, Oct. 4. Every- 
thing passed oif pleasantly, and the Cincinnati boys all express them- 
selves highly pleased at the caurteous treatment they received at the 
hands of the Madisonville Club. Following are the scores: 
Madisonville Gun Club. East End Gun Club. 
ZT Demar....... 1101111011—8 tess 1111011001—7 
© Stevens........ 1110010110—6 Jb TLE ae eee 1 0000000001—1 
W B Shattuck... .0100111111—7 Stuart....-....-2. 1010010110—5 
James Demar....1110001000—4 Schatzman....... 001 1111110—7 
H Bramble. ..-...0011111001—6 DuBray .,..-....-0111111011—8 
EH Stevens......- 1100111010—6 GUY G)>.= beans ates 1111101110—8 
E Leinard........ 1100111110—7 SEOILR fs 24-75 -5 1100111011—7 
A Bandle ........ 1111101110—5 TIEN PVs osanae ean os 1100010001 —4 
Peters ........--. 1110011110—7 (6/0) ee 101011110i—7 
D Bramble... ....0100010001—3—62 Mason.....:.- --: 1110011101—7—61 
Helmer, - fF... svc.se se 0111011i—5 Duryea ...... gore ore 0111011—5 
Krumbeck. ...)....+-:005 111000i—4 Iyon... .......... rots ah 01100117—4 
Barlow........-.----- --1101111—6 Eberhardt............... 1100(01—3 
BAMRITETS oot ples Yow cen: 0141%31—6 Wahlen... .....52..5.... 0110111—5 
iG 2 es Pe 00001i70—2 Tapken.... ........ _.. 1010111—5 
GAYE EYES Oy cs pow veinm: = 11111016 Stocky.-.......... ....1011111—6 
TYG AR ee, Sp ere 1111111—7 Schoener....... ........ wihi—7 
Ties of 7 at 27yds., for medal—Franz 111, Schoener 000. Clay- 
pigeon sweepstakes: i 
RANLOLAL = Sines csc sws 01111101118 Hberhardt............ 1111011101—8 
PABA T Zw ah nites piss on 01000001j1—4 TTapken.... .......... 0000011000—2 
WRIGHTSVILLE GUN CLUB.—Wrighisville, Fa., Sept. 25.—This 
afternoon our club again met for practice, and the result shows that 
a few at least are improving: f ey 
A Krueger....,. 100001013100001i—6 8 Wilton........-. 00000100001000i—3 
D Beidler ......101001000010101—6 § Kocher........ O0000w =) 
B Beidler,..:... 160000110000000—8 RAZOR. 
SOMERSET, Ky., Ocv. 1.—Conditions, l&yds. riye, 15 clay-pigeons, 
for gold medal: 
Mgram. <...,..\.. WW11110111111—15  Patton..,.,-... 111111110000011—10 
Duifacker_.,...111110141111111—-14 Hughes. .., ....111110111100010— 9 
Waddle.....-.. 111111111010101—14 Dill... ,...-..--- 101011011011111—10 
MeweH cec--- .111010341111111—13 Richardson. , . -.001101001111111—10 
Parsons--....-- 111111111101010—12 Dunn .,.,..,.,-. 111101100111000— 9 
Hicks_,.., _-- --0119111111003711--12 Owens.... ,.,., 114012011110110—11 
a" Ue 111114000110101—11  Vickery...,..., 113111019100101—10 
Bartells..-,..... 111111111100111—12 
CLUB SCORES.—Correspondents who Juvor us with scores are- 
requested to send them in as soon as possible after the matches 
described. We go to press Wednesdays; and it is necessary that 
matter sa publication should be in hand by Monday, or Tuesday 
at the latest. 
CAPITAL OITY GUN CLUB.—Washington, D.C. , Oct, 6,—Tabu 
lated statement showing the result of the weekly contests of this 
club for the season of 1834, giving the relative standing of the mem- 
bers, as shown by percentage of hits in all matches shot, condition; 
15 clay-pigeons each match, from 5 traps, i8yds. rise. Many of the 
matches have been shot under very unfavorable conditions, as the club 
grounds face a clay bank, which on cloudy days proves a yery bad 
Dack ground: 
Matches. Sus: His Percent aEy, 
Wm Wagner......- tnd 16 : g 91% 
EL Mille. en ee 21 B15 279 S85 
“Rigi Ere al he eee OI gee 21 816 255 ~, 809 
W *B MeKelden...,............-. 15 225 186 80 
BM Mcleod ......-.--...-.ce0ss 22 380 259 784 
Jas Smith.... ed 60 46 166 
RL Magruder A 165 120 2% 
C Corson.. ..... am) 90 63 -40 
J W Jobnson.... w14 210 140 666 
RNG SPORES Coote OL letarste terete efnevey s 5 103) 49 -653 
J A Goldsborough... ....--..-- 10 150 9G bd 
Burridge Wilson - 14 210 134 638 
HW ubeck ey ire onegeeces v6 rooe 14 210 188 minh) 
DH EIOSLOE Cn pre sure vnee eee hens 20 200 I8t 62 
W W =«Bildridge-.........-----0++« 14. 210 122 50, 
SUSHIL ATL te deccercie’o eleicied el Raine, sk 4 60 od. 566 
Fa Serra ein See eee ee) Ferd 60 a3 5B 
Thester Bartlett... 2.2.6. cseee-s- 5 46 as 508 
BHP Goodrich 7202 -+.- nce. e ee. eld 180 Ba ABC 
SOB BARCE x6) Fide altt eee ear as P7 20 10 .838 
WP IBOUS& is s.0cck yer tee reer enee OF 90 28 BL 
240 2600 2505. 696 
CLUB SCORES.—Correspondents who favor us with scores are 
requested to send them i as soon as possible after the matches 
described. We go to press Wednesdays; and it is necessary that 
matter for publication should be in hand by Monday, or Tuesday 
ut the latest. 
MALDEN GUN CLUB.—At Wellington, on Saturday, the 4th of the 
present month, a goodly number Of members and iriends met to 
annihilate a few of the featherless birds, both black and red. The 
day was fine, and much enjoyment was had by each and all. Some 
of the fair daughters of Hve graced the grounds of the Malden Gun 
Olub, and were highly interested and amused at the misses and. hits, 
The gold medal was won by young Mr. Pratt, a youthful sportsman 
of much promising skill. The various sweeps resulted as follows: 
1. Field and Pratt first, Snow and Stanton second, Souther third. 2. 
Wield first, Hathaway second, Brown third, 3. Field first, Brown and 
Souther second, Stanton third. 4, Pratt and Field first, Hathaway 
second, Snow third, 6. Hathaway and Snow first, Stanton second, 
Pratt and Field third, Scott fourth. 6, Field and Pratt first, Scott and 
Brown second, Stanton third. 7. Miss and out, taken by Field, 8. 
Hathaway first, Scott second, 9. Field first, Scott second. 10. Scott 
first, Snow second, Field third. 11. Snow and Field first, Hathaway 
and Brown second. Scott and Pratt third. The Malden Gun Club is 
prospering, and has funds in the treasury. The elub-house is free of 
debt, which will be pleasant information to those who have sn in- 
terest therein. Shooters from yarious clubs of Néw England visit 
our grounds, evidently attracted thereto by the spacious accommo- 
dation, the cool and bracing breezes from Malden River and the gen- 
tlemanly treatment of the President and Treasurer, Messrs. Adams 
and Scott, who do all in their power to make gunners and their friends 
welcome. Mr, Adams and Mr. Scott have done much in building up 
the club in a social and financial point of view, and a large amount 
of credit is due to them for their executive ability as well as for their 
time and labor gratuitously given. Give honor to whom honor is 
due. Itisnot always that the workers of a club receive their due 
reward, but very often an ungrateful return, The above gentlemen 
have worked indefatizably for the best interests of all, and have by 
their united endeavors lifted the incubus of debt that for a long time 
hung like a pall over the club-house and buried it so deepin the abyss 
of the past that to be resurrected will be an utter impossibility while 
they guide the helm of our financial affairs.—T. ©. FP. 
Ganocing. 
FIXTURES. 
Oct, .—Rochester 0. C., Pall Races at Irondequoit Bay. 
AMATEUR CANOE BUILDING. 
Sixteenth Paper. 
. -TENTS AND CAMP BEDS. 
A TENT of some kind is an essential part of the outtt 
AX of every canoeisi, as he never knows when it may be 
needed, even on a2 short trip. A head wind, foul tide or 
sudden storm may make it impossible to reach the proposed 
stopping place and, force the canoeist to seek refuge for a 
night or from the rain as quickly as possible. 
ents for canoes are of three kinds: First, a small shelter, 
merely for sleeping under; second, a square tent, high 
enough to sit under and to cook or read in; third, shore 
tents large enough for two or three. The simplest of all is 
improvised from a rubber blanket hung over a boom or 
paddle, one end of which is lashed to the mizzenmast the 
other resting on the deck. The sides will need to be tied 
down or kept in place by stones. A. better device is the 
shelter used on the Windward; shown in the drawing. This 
tent has a ridge rope, one end of which is hooked to an eye 
or Cleat at fore end of well, the other end being made fast 
to the mizzenmast about 3ft. above deck. The cover is a 
piece of sheeting or drilling lemmed around the edges, with 
MNeohicaw Tera 
Clyde Jem Mearguee 
a hem also down the center in which the ridge rope is run. 
A triangular piece is fitted to the lower end, running across 
the foot, and tapes are sewn at intervals along the edges to 
tie down with. This tent, shown with the flap open, makes 
a good shelter and sheds rain well, but is hardly roomy 
enough where much sleeping aboard is done. It has, how- 
ever three advantages, in being easily set and stowed, taking 
up little room in the canoe, and offering littie surface when 
viding head to wind. 
Of the second class the favorite one is that commonly 
known as the Mohican, but first used by Mr. C. L. Norton 
ou .the Kittiwake. This tent in its present form is also 
shown, ‘The top piece is of canvas, 22in. wide and 6 to 
7ft, long, At each end a bem is turned in, to. take a round 
stick, #in, in diameter and 22in. long. The sides and ends 
of the tent are made of striped awning stuif, which comes 
29in, wide, so that three breadths may be used. The tent is 
30in. wide at bottom, and about 1ft, longer on bottom than 
ontop. The sides and ends are sewedZtogether at the cor- 
ners, but the middle breadth on each side is sewed only to 
the top, making a curtain which may ve rolled up, as shown. 
These. curtains lap over the adjoining sides a little, and are 
provided with tapes to tie them fast. The botfom of the 
tent is fitted with grommets which hock over small screw- 
heads under the beading of the deck. The tent is supported 
by two ropes fastened to the masts. 1i is sometimes desir- 
able to have small windows in the tent, which may be made 
of circular pieces of glass 24in, diameter, each baying two 
holes drilled near the edge by which it is sewn fast, 
For use on shore a ground cloth 24x7ft. may be used under 
the tent. The sides should be about din. high, to keep ont 
rain and wind under the sides. The floor cloth should be 
waterproofed. 
In another form of tent two bamboo uprights, one at tach 
end of the well, are used, the tent being square, with a 
rounded top, somewhat like a wagon. A ridgepole, jointed 
in the middle for stowage, is supported on the uprights, the 
tent spread over these, and the top extended by four strips 
of bent oak, let into hems across the top, The Pearl canoe 
is fitted with a tent ot this description, the uprights being 
made in two pieces, one sliding in the other, so that by ex- 
tending them the tent is raised, for cooking or reading, but 
at night they are let down, making the tent lower and less 
exposed to the wind, 
An A tent is sometimes fitted to a canoe, using an upright 
at each end of the well, or one at the fore end and the miz- 
zenmast, with the painter stretched across as a ridge rope, 
but a wider top, as shown in the Mohican tent, is better, 
For shore use a tent is usually carried large enough to ae- 
commodate two or three persons, The simplest form is the 
ordinary A tent, made about 64ft. square at the bottom, and 
6ft. high. Itis supported-by two upright poles and a ridge 
pole, or the latter may be dispensed with and a ridge rope 
used, the ends being made fast to stakes in the ground. 
A better and roomier form is the wall tent, a very good 
style being that devised by some of the Clyde C. ©. This 
tent is usually about 6ft. wide, 7ft, long, and 6ft, high, the 
walls being 2ft, high. The bottom is sewn to the sides 
and ends, except the flap, which serves as a door, thus pre- 
venting all drafts, It is well to have a second bottom of 
light stuff laid inside over the main one, and not sewn fast, 
so‘that it may be lifted out for cleaning the tent, A ridge 
pole and two upright poles, all jomted, are used, Where 
the walls join the roof, a hem 2in, wide is sewn, and in 
this four or fiye grommets are set to take the tent ropes, 
The tent pins are of iron rod tin., galvanized, 10in. long, 
With the upper end turned into a rine to draw them 
out by. A flap is sometimes made in each side of the roof 
for ventilation. In setting this tent, it is unfolded on the 
ground and each corner fastened with a pin, then the four 
pins for the corner ropes are driven, each at the proper dis- 
tance from its corner, which will be found the first time that 
the tent is set and marked permanently on one of the poles 
for future measurement; the Corner ropes are made fast to 
the pins, allowing slack enough to hoist the tent, then the 
ridge pole is run through, the canoeist goes inside the tent, 
raises the after end, slips the upright under the ridge pole, 
walks to the other end, holding up the latter, and slips in 
the other pole. Now the coruer ropes may be hooked over 
and tightened, the remaining pegs driven and the ropes made 
fast to them, and the ground sheet spread inside, The 
entire operation, if the tent is properly folded, can be per- 
formed by one man in five minutes. Sometimes the ridge 
pole is made to extend about 18in, beyond the front of the 
tent, thus keeping the upright out of the way of the door. 
It is as well to have the rear upright inside, #8 it is useful to 
hang clothes on, a few hooks being screwed in it, It will 
also be convenient to have «a few canvas pockets hung to the 
walls for brush, and comb, etc. 
Canoeists in America have used for the past few years a 
very good tent, of the form known as ‘‘Marquee.” The 
grouud space may be 7x7ft., the height to peak being about 
the same. But one pole is needed, which is in the center of 
the tent. The roof portion may be 24{t, on cach side, and is 
extended by four small sticks running from the central pole 
to each corner. The four lower corners are first staked 
down, the pole is slipped into the cenier of the roof, raising 
the latter, then the four slicks are pushed into place, and all 
isready. These tents are usually made without a bottoni, 
but a ground cloth should be used in any case. 
For small tents, heavy unbleached sheeting may be used, 
and for the larger ones a light drill or duck. To render 
them waterproof they may be coated with boiled linseed oil 
and terebin, one gill of the latter to two quarts of oil, two 
coats being sufficient. The Mohican tent has a top of heavy 
canvas and sides of awning stuff, neither being waterproofed, 
and the marquees are generally imade of the latter material. 
If a stay is made in any place for some time, the shanty 
tent, described by ‘“Nessmuk” in ‘“*Woodcraft,” is probably 
the best known, but in canoeing the halts are usually but for 
a day or two, and often for a night, so the tent must be 
quickly set and stowed. ’ 
Next to the question of shelter comes the bed, a point of 
special interest to most canoeists, who for fifty weeks of the 
year sleep in a comfortable bed at home. } 
Many canoes are now furnished with a matiress of cork 
shavings, which makes an excellent bed, and also answers as 
a life preserver. This mattress, the invention of Mr. O, H, 
Farnham, is 50in. long, 18in. wide and 4in. thick, made of 
some light material, such as burlaps or Japanese canvus. 
It is divided by two partitions, each made of muslin sewn 
to top, bottom and ends, into three parts, each 50x6x4in., 
and in each of these about 14 pounds of cork shavings is 
placed. The partitions are intended to keep the cork dis- 
tributed evenly. Hooks and rings at the ends, with straps 
for the shoulders, make it easily adjustable as ‘a life pre- 
server, as it is long enough to encircle the body. 
In connection with this mattress, Mr, Farnham, much of 
whose canceing has been done in cold climates, has devised 
a sleeping bag or quilt and cover. The quilt, when extended, 
is nearly heart-shaped, being 7ft. long and 7ff. at the widest 
part. ‘The small end does not come quite to a point, but an 
ovalend piece is sewn in. The quilt is made of silk or silesia, 
stuffed with 24 pounds of down, evenly quilted in, the edges 
being strengthened with a binding of tape, Around the 
edges are buttons and buttonholes, by which the quilt may 
be converted into a closed bag, in which a man may ¢leep 
warmly in the coldest weather. A cover of the same shape 
is made of fine muslin, cuated with boiled oil, and being 
provided with buttonholes, may be buttoned closely, keep- 
ing off entirely the dampness of the ground or even rain: 
The entire weight of the quilt is 44 pounds, and of oiled 
coyer 2 pounds 6 ounces, and both may be rolled into a very 
small bundle for stowage. The amount of covering may be 
regulated to suit the weather, the canoeist sleeping with 
either oiled cover, quilt, or both over him, or if yery cold, 
rolling up in both and lying on the cork mattress. The cork 
mattress is used in several waysas # cushion during the day, 
Canoeists usually carry in summer a good pair of blankets, 
and sometimes a sleeping bag, made of a quilf or blanket 
doubled and sewn together at the edges and across one end, 
the other being kept open for ingress. ‘<s 
if weight and space are of importance on sicri summer 
cruises, a single good blanket may be taken, with a lining of 
