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In New Jersey. 



AT THE CARTERET CLUB. 



Dec. 11.— There were only seven shooters at the Wednesday special 

 shoot this afternoon, but that seven kept things moving in a very 

 lively manner.- Promptly at 2 P. M. the programme was commenced, 

 and from that minute there was no delay, the afternoons being 

 short enough just now. When quitting time came nine events had 

 been shot and 312 birds trapped— 194 singles and 59 pairs, the traps 

 having been pulled 253 times. -'Quitting time" means, at this season 

 of the year, about 4:40 P. M., and that was the hour they stopped 

 shooting at Carteret this afternoon ; the above figures show, there- 

 fore, that the traps were pulled at the rate of about 90 per hour! This 

 speaks well for the speed with which the birds left the traps. They 

 were indeed good birds, and they were aided considerably by a strong 

 east-northeast wind; this may sound rather strange, but it should be 

 borne in mind'that the Carteret are not like other grounds, the traps 

 facing about west-northwest, perhaps a point or two more to the west; 

 a : northeast wind, therefore, has not the same effect at Carteret as it 

 has at moBt other grounds where the traps face as a rule to the east 

 of north. 



A curious feature of to-day's shooting was the success of Seaver 

 Page at pairs, who scored 20 out of 22 at that style of shooting, but 

 could only score 13 out of 21 at singles ! The best work of the afternoon 

 must be credited to George Work, who scored 26 out of 30 at singles, 

 and 19 out of 22 in the pairs. Mr. Godchalk, a member of the River- 

 ton Gun Club, started off at a great rate, killing his first 15 straight, 

 dividing both the first two events. The following table will show the 

 work of each shooter during the afternoon: 



, Singles. , , Pairs.- , 



Killed. Shot at. Killed. Shot at. 



Chapin 14 21 15 20 



Seaver Page 13 21 20 22 



Edey 26 33 5 30 



Godchalk 27 33 6 12 



McAlpin 25 28 6 12 



Knapp 23 28 15 20 



Work 26 30 19 22 



In connection with the above figures it should be stated that Work 

 was not shooting his own gun, having sent it in for some repairs; he 

 was shooting a gun that belongs to Mr. W. Watrous, and although it 

 was strange to him, he handled it all right on fast birds, but the loss 

 of a couple of slow, easy birds may very properly be laid at its door. 

 McAlpin shot well, as usual, at single birds, but strangely enough he 

 was not in it this afternoon when it came to pairs. He got mixed 

 somewhat on his first pair in event No. 3, losing a bird by Killing one 

 on the ground and then missing the second when it flew; the latter of 

 course was scored lost, and he shot at another pair, the last bird 

 shot at to count; he killed both and was accordingly credited with a 

 miss and a kill. 



The traps were pulled as follows: 



No.l. No. 3. No. 8. No. 4. No. 5. Total. 



Chapin 11 7 5 3 5 31 



Page 7 5 10 5 5 33 



Edey 6 8 7 4 13 38 



Godchalk 8 5 9 10 7 39 



McAlpin 9 8 5 4 8 34 



Knapp 10 11 4 8 5 88 



Work 12 6 10 5 8 41 



63 50 50 39 51 253 

 As 50 would be about an average, it will be noticed that tbe fall of 

 the traps was very even so far as Nos. 2, 3 and 5 were concerned, No. 

 1 making up No. 4's deficiency, 



Nos. 1 and 4 were 5 birds, $5; No 2 was a miss and out with a handi- 

 cap allowance of misses as kills, viz , 31 and 30yds. men allowed two 

 misses before being out, 29yds. men allowed three misses, ^Syds. men 

 four misses, 27yds. men and under five misses; $10 entrance. This 

 event was divided between McAlpin and Godchalk, who had each 

 missed but one at the end of the 11th round; Nos. 3, 8 and 9 were at 

 pairs, No. 3 being 810 entrance; Nos. 8 and 9, $5; Nos. 5, 6 and 7 were 

 $5 miss-and-outs. In all the events except the miss-and-outB the purse 

 went to the two high guns. Scores in detail were as below: 



Trap Score Type— Copyright jsos by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



No.l. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. 



121 12114 15 51 



Chapin 1 2 • —2 2 1 1 2-4 2 — 1 2 — 1 



5231 53543 2 33 



Page 1 1 2 -3 2 1 1 0-3 -0 2 • — 1 



55213 55525 2525135 23 



n^tl 1 " 1%*-** TtNTT-"? Ha 



Edey 2 1 2 2 2—5 2 2 2 0-3 2 2 1 2 1 2 2—7 2 —1 



46454 24314 2235135 158 



^«-T*\T l\S<-S~C -TT\T-»<-*"> «-\*» 

 Godchalk 2 1 2 2 2-5 • 2 1 1 0-3 2 2 1 2 2 2 0-6 1 1 0—2 



45353 243 451 

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McAlpin ,. 2 2 2 2 0-4 2 2 —2 2 2 2-3 



1411 23445 133 13 



Knapp 2 120 —3 2212 2—5 2 2 • —2 2 • — 1 



14213 12412 5145485 353 



Work 3 1 2 2 2-5 1 1 1 2-4 3 1 2 1 1 1 1-7 2 2 0-2 



No. 2. No. 3. 



2 2 5 5 8 113 



CM Chapin (30),... 2 .10 —2 10101011 —5 



1414335 13 213 



*r-^ \-> <-\ \-> 



J S Page (80) 2 1 1 2 2 * —5 110111111 1—9 



13148451341 3 5 3 



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W S Edey (29) • 2 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 •— 8 • 1 1 1 —3 



31341341424 1 1 



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 E H Godchalk (29)2 221122221 0-10 1 —1 



3 3211525412 5 1 3 



G 8 McAlpin (39). .0 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2-10 1 1 . -2 



124b 3 52 1 8 2 1 2 



J P Knapp (31) 2 2022220 -6 il 11 li 10 —5 



3311 52423 

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George Work (81).. 2 2 -2 1 1 1 1 1 li 11-8 



No. 7. No. 8. No. 9. 



35831 432 214 



Chapin 2 2120 —4 11 10 1 1—5 1 1 1 1 1—5 



11 252 3 4 4 



Page 2 —1 11111 1—6 11 11 1— 



5 5 3 2 4 



Edey 2 2 —2 1 tl —2 



5 5 2 4 3 3 



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Godchalk 1 —1 1 1 1 1 1 0-5 —0 



132153 1 1 5 



J-^/TT** «-*-;»1l<-T 

 McAlpin 2 2 1 1 2 2-6 1 1 1 1 0—4 



124453 124 254 



</*J \S *V -M- 



Knapp 2 2 2 1 2 2-« 1110 1 1-5 110 11 1—5 



135158 123 511 



Wi-T-»*t <-*- \\ S\ -»t /v, 



Work. 1 2 2 112-6 111101-5 1 1 1 1 1 l-« 



CLIMAX GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 11.— The Climax Gun Club, of Plainfleld, N. J., held its last 



monthly shoot for the season of 1895 on the Fanwood Road House 

 grounds. Fifteen members put in an appearance and shot their 

 strings. At the first shoot of the 1896 series the prizes will be dis- 

 tributed to the winners and new handicaps awarded. The score in to- 

 day's shoot was as follows: 



Brantingham (25) 1111111111111111111110111 -24 



D Darby (30) 111101111111101111110111001111 —24 



Schorty (26) 11111101111111110111111111 —24 



C Smith (25) 1110111111111111111011111 —23 



Singer (35) 11110111101000110010101111000101111—22 



Manning (27) llOllOOlllllllllllOlllOlOll -21 



J Darby (32) 11011101110111010101001101001101 -20 



T H Keller (25) 1110101111110111111110011 —20 



Swody (31) llllOlOlllOOOlllimOOlOllOlOOl —20 



H S Craft (25) 0111110111110111110011101 —19 



Scott (28) 1111000110001111110110111110 ' —19 



D Terry (26) 11111101001101110110010111 —18 



W Terry (30) 000011111111101100110010011110 —18 



J E Goodman (32) 01001000101101111011010111001100 —17 



Squires (27) 010011111111011 100110001001 —16 



A team race was shot with the result that Schorty 's team paid for 

 the targets shot at by Dutchy's team. Score: 

 Dutchy's Team. 



Brantingham 1111011111111111111111111—24 



D Darby 1111130111111111111010101—21 



Keller 1000111111011111111301111—20 



W Squires 1111001101001111111111111—20 



Smith : 1111100110001111111130111—19 



Scott .- 1111000110001111110110111—17—121 



Schorty 's Team. 



Manning 0101111111111110111101111—21 



Schortemeier 1001011111111111130311110—20 



D Terry 1010110011111010101111111—18 



Craft 1010130310110111001330111—17 



Goodman 1101301010111011111110000-16 



J Darby 0100100010100100001011111—11—103 



WALSRODK GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 11— The banner shoot in the history of the Walsrode Gun Club, 

 of Newark, N. J., was held to-day on the club's grounds, foot of Elm 

 Road, Newark. Nineteen shooters took part in the seven sweeps, over 

 1,200 targets being thrown in the events decided. Both Piercy and 

 Ferment shot well up, while several others were not far behind them. 

 Scores: 



Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 12 3 4 5 6 7 

 Targets: 10 10 10 15 15 10 10 Targets: 10 10 10 15 15 10 10 



Piercy 9 .. 9 10 14 5 9 Knoblauch,... 2 7 6 9 8 1 5 



Perment 9 8 9 14 9 5 5 Heber 4 6 5 8 .. 6 .. 



Thomas 9 7 6 12 7 7., Schock 9 7 10 . 



Winters 8 9 6 11 13 4 4 Young 6 8 7 ..... . 



Hepsley 5 4 6 7 9.. .. Hassenger 7 3 11 13 7 5 



Lenthauser... 9 8 8 9 10 7 3 Farrelly 5 11 9 6 . 



Riebold 3 6 6 11 7 4 2 Koeller 8 9 7 2 



McKelvey .... Glockler 3 6.. 3 



Duff 3 3 5 7 6 7 6 Kraemer 5 6 



Erhardt 5 3 7 8 9 2 6 



AT YARDVILLK. 



Dec. lil.— Gib Geiberson, of Allentown, N. J., and Will Weidmann, of 

 Trenton, N. J., shot a match here to-day on Zwirlein's grounds. The 

 conditions were: 25 live birds per man, $25 aside. Geiberson won by 

 two birds, scoring 21 to his opponent's 19. The race was a tie at the 

 end of the 16th round, at which stage of the game both men had lost 

 three birds. Weidmann then lost his 18th, 20th and 31st, thus giving 

 Geiberson, who failed to score his 25th bird, the match, as stated 

 above. Score: 



Gib Geiberson 101 1 3 323 123 21 020121111210—21 



W Weidmann 1201322111212100101001211—19 



SOUTH SIDE'S SATURDAY. 



Dec 1U.— The South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., opened its club 

 house and grounds as usual this afternoon. Owing to many counter 

 attractions the attendance was small. The weather was bright and 

 clear, but a strong wind at times made the targets hard to locate. 

 Scores: 



Events: 12 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 



Shaw 8 7 10 7 4 8.. Dawson 4 2 6 5 



Folsoin 6 6 9 6 5 10 6 Whitehead 9 8 10 



W M Smith. . . 10 6 6 7 Thomas 7 8 5 10 8 



Orton 8 6 4 5.. 7 5 Hedden 10 .. 



Team race: 



Shaw's Team. 



Shaw 1101101001011110110100111-16 



Thomas 1111111001111111111101011-21 



Orton 1011111001011010111001001-15-52 



Folsom's Team. 



Folsom / 1111311100111110101331111—21 



Terrill 0103100300003100110100001—10 



W M Smith 1111001031010111011111001—17—48 



On Long Island. 



THE LAIR-IBERT MATCH. 



Dec. 9. — The Lair-Ibiert match was shot to-day on the Dexter Park 

 grounds, Lair throwing up the sponge at the close of the 50th round. 

 The conditions of thf» match were: W. H. Lair, of the Fountain Gun 

 Club, to stand at the 30yds. mark and shoot at 100 live birds; Frank 

 Ibert, of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club, to stand at the 25yds. 

 mark and shoot at 125 live birds, a side bet and the price of the birds 

 depending on the result. Although as a rule Lair is the much superior 

 shot, the enormous allowance he was giving Ibert made several people 

 favor the latter's chances; but even those people must have been as- 

 tonished at the outcome of the match. 



Lair started off at a capital gait, killing 18 without a skip, Ibert 

 loBing 3 out of that number; then Lair stopped gaining on his adver- 

 sary, both losing 4 out of the remaining 12 of the first string of 25, 

 the score showing Lair 21, Ibert 18. In the next 25 Lair fell to pieces, 

 only killing 16 out of his second string. Ibert, on the other hand, was 

 shooting very well, killing no less than 20 out of his 25, and actually 

 was in the lead by one bird when the 50th round had been shot. With 

 the match in such a shape it was wise of Lair to withdraw and save 

 the price of 125 birds. The scores were: 



W H Lair (30) 1122211121233032023200211—21 



■1203101010200102001211113—16—37 



F Ibert (35) 3200102112221011011202011—18 



0121102022111012221221210—20—38 

 A sweep at 10 live birds finished the afternoon's sport. The scores 

 were: L. T. Duryea (30) 10, W. H. Lair (28) 9, Frank Ibert (28) 8, S. J. 

 Held (28) 8, Louis Neir (25) 7. 



NORTH SIDE GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 10— The North Side Gun Club held its monthly shoot this after- 

 noon in cold and raw weather. The birds were a very uneveu lot, the 

 vast majority needing flushing with the scare ropes. Chris. Meyer „ 

 during the afternoon shot at 29 birds, killing 28 of them, many of the 

 28 being really hard birds, as Meyer seemed to have the faculty of 

 drawing most of the fast birds in the traps. Harry Heyer and J. H, 

 Jennings are still a tie for the club championship, both of them losing 

 a bird in to-day's club shoot. There are three more contests yet be- 

 fore the badge can be awarded. John Tiernan, of Rockaway Park, 

 led in to-day's shoot witb the only straight score; J. N. Meyer was 

 shooting a 10-gauge that was too heavy for him, a gun that he has 

 not shot for a long time; the result is apparent in his score. The scores 

 of the club shoot, and of the miss-and-outs that followed, are given 

 below: 



J J Tiernan (28) 1322112—7 E B Edwards (28) 121.111—6 



J H Jennings (30) 12212.1-6 Herman Ollen, Jr (38) . . . 2010122-5 



C M Meyer (28) 2221.22—6 Dr Halsey (28) 1001123-5 



Harry Heyer (28) 2202222—6 J N Meyer (30) 02.112.-4 



No. 1. miss-and-out, SI: E. M. Meyer 6, Jennings 5, Tiernan 5, Ed- 

 wards 8, J. N. Meyer 2. 



No. 3, same: C. M. Meyer 6, Tiernan 4, Heyer 4, J. N. Meyer 8, 

 Edwards 3, Jennings 1. 



BUSHWICK GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 10— The Bushwick Gun Club held a shoot this afternoon at its 

 grounds in Newtown. There were ten entries in the club event, George 

 Schaefer winning the handsome gold badge with the score of 18 out 

 of 20 targets; H. J. Williams was second with 17 breakd. The scores 

 in this event and in the two 10-target sweeps that followed are given 

 below: 



Club shoot, 20 targets: 

 GSchaeferllllOllllllllOllllll— 18 GMorrison 0111110000011 3003 110— 11 

 H WilliamsOlllllllllllllllOllO— 17 P Young. .00011131010003100101— 10 

 J HNolan. 11101110130031111111— 16 A Murphy.ll 310000001100101000— 8 

 Johnston. .11101110130303011101— 14 J O'Brien .11000010001101000001— 7 

 Richards'iillOOlOOlOlllllOOlOll— 12 E Hudson. 10000100010000110000— 5 



Sweepstake, 10 birds: Schaefer 10, Williams 8, Morrison 8, Nolan 7, 

 Murphy 6, O'Brien 6, Richardson 6, Johnston 5, Young 5, Hudson 3. 



Sweepstake, lif birds: Johnston 9, Young 9, Schaefer 8, Nolan 8, 

 Murphy 8, Williamd 7, Morrison 7, O'Brien 7, Richardson 7, Hudson 3. 



VESVON ROD AND GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 7. —The attendance ^t the weekly shoot of the Vernon Rod and 

 Cun Club, held this afternoon on the club's grounds, Enfield street, 

 near Liberty avenue, Brooklyn, wa*> very Bmall, only three shooters 



putting in an appearance. The brothers W. H. and F. A. Thompson 

 shot a 50-target race, F. A. winning by 3 breaks, scoring 39 to 36. The 

 scores were: 



FA Thompson 1001111111111011011011101-19 



m 0011111111011101011111111—20—89 



W H Thompson 1110111131111100301110110-19 



0131111010001001111111011—17—36 

 During the afternoon F. A. Thompson shot at 30 more targets, 

 breaking 16 of them. W. H. shot at 10 extra and broke 8 out of the 

 10. Dr. Allen shot at 30 targets for practice and scored 19 of them. 



PARKWAY ROD AND GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 11.— The Parkway Rod and Gun Club held its regular monthly 

 live bird shoot this afternoon. In the club shoot, C. M. Meyer, J. 

 Bennett and Henry Bramwell tied for the medal, the tie being shot 

 off tniss-and-out,Bramwell forcing Meyer to kill 8 straight to win. After 

 the club shoot several sweepB were decided. Scores: 



Club shoot, 7 live birds: C. M. Meyer (30) 7, H. Bramwell (28) 7. 

 J. Bennett (28) 7, A. Botty (28) 6, S. Short (28) 6, D. S. Van Wicklin (28) 

 6, J. Wye (28) 6, G. Clark (30) 5, H. J. Selover (28) 5, A. Andrews (27) 

 5, E. Helgans (28) 4, H. J. Bookman (28) 3. ' 



Tie for Medal: C. M. Meyer 8, H. Bramwell 7, J. Bennett 3. 



No. 1, 10 birds: C. M. Meyer (30) 10, A. Botty (28) 9, H. Bookman 



(29) 9, T. Short (28) 8, H. J. Selover (28) 8, J. Wye (29) 8, A. Andrews 



(27) 7, H. Bramwell (28) 7. 



No. 2, same: E. Helgans (30) 10, C. M. Meyer (80) 10, H. J. Bookman 



(28) 10, T. Short (28) 8, A, Andrews (27) 8, H. Bramwell (28) 7. 



Tie for first money: E. Helgans 5, C. M. Meyer 4, H. J. Bookman 4. 

 No. 3, 5 birds, tie shot off miss-and-out: A. Andrews 5 and 4, C. M. 

 Meyer 5 and 3, H. J. Bookman 5 and 3, E. Helgans 5 and 2. 



UNKNOWN ROD AND GUN CLUB. 



Dec. li.— The Unknown Rod and Gun Club held its December club 

 shoot this afternoon, 7 members taking part in the main event. This 

 competition is at 7 live birds per man, handicap rise, the scores in the 

 monthly shoot counting in the yearly averages for the gold champion- 

 ship medal. To-day's shoot resulted as follows: 



H. Housemann (30), M. Brown (28) and J. Akhurst (25) 6 each, W. 

 J. Skipmore (25) 4, E. A. Vroome (28) and H. von Staden (23) 3. A. C. 

 Rankin (28) 2. . ' 



Sweep at 3 live birds, then misa-and-out: Brown (28) 4, Housemann 



(30) and Von Staden (25) 3, Rankin (25) 2, and Skidmore (25) 1. 



NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 



Dec. lh.— Seven members of the New Utrecht Gun Club faced the 

 traps at the club's grounds, Woodlawn, L I., in the club shoot at 10 

 live birds per man. Three of the Beven scored 9 birds, Chris. Meyer 

 losing 2 out of his 10, but dividing the third event with 8 straight. 

 Scores: 



No. 1, club shoot. No. 2. 



Dr Littlefleld (A) 3220122121-9 



CM Meyer (A) 222112022.-8 . .. "" 



A Eddy (B) 1222221101-9 1111202^-7 



J N Meyer (B) 1202231121-9 



W F Sykes (B) 1.22220202-7 1222232202 -9 



C Kattenstroth (B). 22.0312202—7 .... 



P Adams (B) 2.02102021—6 13l6oi.ii6 —6 



No. 3, 5 live birds, then miss-and-out, nominal entrance: O. M. 

 Meyer 8, Dr. Littlefleld 7, J. N. Meyer and Jere Lott 4; P. Adams 3. 



ORESCENT •ATHLETIC CLUB. 



Dec. Ik— Messrs. F. Geddes, White, Chapman and Bunn, members of 

 the Crescent A. C, of Brooklyn, N, Y,, met on the club's target 

 grounds at Bay Ridge this afternoon and shot a series of strings at 25 

 targets per string. Geddes averaged 19 out of 25 for 5 strings, White 

 averaging 14 for 4 strings. The best scores made by the four shooters 

 above named were as follows: 



Geddes 1111110111111111101110111—23 



White 1110O1111101311O1O11OO1O1—17 



Chapman 0111011030110100110101111—16 



Bunn ; 0001100001011000100000001— 7 



IDLE HOUR GUN CLUB. 



Dec. 16.— The Idle Hour Gun Club held its regular monthly shoot 

 this afternoon. The club shoot is at 7 live birds and, although there 

 were ten entries, W. Sandford wan high with a score of 5. Result- 



WSandford 1212100—5 H Meyers 2201000—3 



ABusch 1100302-4 H Offerman 0200102-3 



H Boemmermann 2002002—3 H Hoffman.. 0001020—2 



C Lakemann 1302000—3 G Veimeister 0020000—1 



F Elfers 0210002 —8 F Wilsheausen 0000020—1 



After the main event a 3-bird sweep, $1 entrance, was shot off: 

 Sandford, Offerman, Meyers and Wilsheausen, 3; Busch and Boem- 

 mermann, 2; Elfers, 0. 



Are You Coins' to Texas? 



Are you going to Texas? Have you ever been to Texas? Have 

 you ever seen Oscar Guessaz, the indestructible man? Have you ever 

 seen Joe George (which is postmaster), the innocent man? Have you 

 ever seen the Alamo? Have you ever seen Sadie, the chile queen; or 

 Marie, the new chile queen? Have you ever seen old San tone? Have 

 you ever seen quail shooting in Texas? Have you ever seen duck 

 shooting where there are ducks? Have you ever Been the South in 

 the winter time, when the days are short? Have you ever seen the 

 Southern men? Have you ever got the idea in your mind that you 

 would like to meet a red-hot lot of shooters who were right in your 

 own class? Have you ever had trouble with your liver? Are you 

 blue, depressed, cast down, despondent, melancholy? Have you ever 

 felt that tired feeling in the morning? Have you megrims, spells, 

 fits or personal peculiarities? Have you ever seen a shoot where you 

 could shoot for money and for sport at the same time, and enjoy 

 yourself every living, breathing minute of the day? 



Well, if you have, or if you haven't, you want to go to the 



MIDWINTER TOURNAMENT 



at San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. This is the Bhoot run by 

 Joe George and Oscar Guessaz. They add $3,000, and that goes. If 

 you have ever been to San Antonio you will want to go again thi» 

 winter, and you will want to meet all the Southern gentlemen at the 

 San Antonio Midwinter. If you never have been to Texas, you have- 

 never lived. 



Don't pay rent. Don't buy an overcoat. Save your money and buy 

 a ticket to San Antonio (which will not coat you much). Take th» 

 word of every man who has ever seen San Antonio, or Texas, or Oscar 

 Guessaz or Joe George, and believe them that you will never regret 

 the trip. The experience is a most enjoyable one that you have ahead 

 of you. Go to the Midwinter, and take your friends. You will meet 

 a hundred men you ought to know, and you will make friends whom 

 you will remember for many a year. Incidentally, you will feel as 

 though you had been at a shooting match. 



The time is short now. Load your shells for Santone and the big 

 Midwinter shoot. Remember the Alamo. Remember Oscar and Joe. 

 Address them at 101 Commerce Btreet, San Antonio, Tex. 



909 Security Building, Chicago, Dec. 14. E. Hough. 



PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 



Ducks, Quail and the Sunny South. 



The picturesque Shenandoah Valley route, a railroad that carries its 

 passengers through the finest scenery and the best hunting grounds 

 of the sunny South, offers this winter special attractions to the sports- 

 man tourist. Among the points mentioned In its list of Itineraries are 

 the following places in Texas: San Antonio, Rockport, Houston, Gal- 

 veston, El Paso, Eagle Pass, Austin and Corpus Christi (who hasn't 

 heard of "The man from Corpus Christi?"), 



The list of California tours, going and returning same route, or re- 

 turning by another way, with San Diego, Los Angeles and San Fran- 

 cisco as objective points, is one that cannot be passed over. The rates 

 for "same route" are $135; for "another route" $138. 



Winter excursion tickets to points in the Land of Flowers, via the 

 Shenandoah Valley route, are another specialty of this railroad's busi- 

 ness. 



Full particulars and all details can be obtained br addressing W. B, 

 Bevill, Gen. Pass. Agt., Roanoke, Va.; or J. E. Prindle, N. Y. Pass. 

 Agt., 317a Broadway, New York City. 



Philadelphia, Oct. 29, 1895.— Messrs. 0. W. Cole <£ Co., New TorJc, 

 N, Y— Gentlemen: On July 15 last I received from you a small oiler 

 of "Three in One," and with the object of keeping my firearms free 

 from rust, I applied it to probably thirty rifles and upward of 100 re- 

 volvers belonging to my private collection. 



After a lapse of over three months I find that not a particle of rust 

 has accumulated upon any of the weapons, while they are clean to 

 handle, which would not have been the case had they been coated with 

 oil. 



I also used "Three in One" as a lubricant for a few gun locks, and 

 have found it to give the best of results. 



N. Sperins, 1330 South 13th street, Philadelphia, Pa.— Adv. 



The Forest and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 

 Correspondence intended for publication should reach «a at the 

 latest by Monday, and as much earlier as practicable. 



