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FORES'! AND STREAM. 



[FEB. 14, 1889. 



ESTIMATING TRAJECTORY CURVES. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



In your issue of Feb 16 of last year, 1 gave an easy method of 

 determining the trajectory of a ride by means of intermediate 

 screens, similar in general procedure to that followed in making 

 the well known Forest and Stream tests, divested, however, of 

 much of the minuteness of accuracy which characterized them, 

 though sufficiently close for practical purposes. Another expedi- 

 tions method recently suggested itself, and having tried it with 

 good results, 1 bring it to the attention of your readers. 



It depends upon the principle of similar triangles. A graduated 

 peep sight is a necessity, and a vernier is belter. Find by trial 

 what it reads to hit the target at such poiuts as it is desired to 

 find the ordinates to the curve, say every 50yds. If it does not 

 give readings in decimal parts of an inch, the reduction should 

 be made by count ing the number of divisions to the inch or part 

 thereof. For example, if twenty divisions on a sight, equal .Tin., 

 one division equals .085in. Then the readings taken to whole 

 divisions and tenths, multiplied by .035, give parts of an inch. 

 Measure carefully the distance between trout and rear sights, and 

 reduce to decimal part of a yard. 



Lot us suppose it is desired to obtain the ordinate at 100yds., 

 from curve to line of sight to 200yds. The base of oue triangle is 

 the distance between sights; its perpendicular is the difference 

 between readings for 100yds. and 200yds. The base of the other 

 triangle is lOOy s.; its perpendicular is the ordinate we wish to 

 find. Since these are right angle triangles and each has an angle 

 equal to the other at the front sight, they are similar and their 

 sides are proportional. We may therefore say, distance between 

 sights in yards is to 100yds. as difference of readings in inches is 

 to ordiuate in inches. The ordiuates at the quarter points may be 

 found by subtracting their readings from that of the line to 

 wiiieh they are referred, and making proportions as abuve. If for 

 practical use, the ordinates from line of sight as found above are 

 just what is wanted, but if for comparison they should be cor- 

 rected for distance between front sight and center of bore, in 

 inverse proportion to distance from muzzle. The correction for 

 first quarter would be three-quarters, for the middle one*half, 

 and the last quarter, one-quarter of this distance. 



To illustrate more fully, I give test of a .32-cal. rifle, using 35grs. 

 powder and l"3grs. grooved bullet. To find ordinates at 50yds., 

 100yds. and ISOvds., referred to line of sight to 200 vds.: 

 Slvds. : 50yds. :: .142in. : 8.7in. 

 81yds. : 100yd*. .103iu. : 12.7in. 

 81yds. : 150yds. :: .054in. ! lO.Oin. 



Correcting to reduce to center of bore we have (>.2in., 13iu. and 

 10.31 n. respectively for 50yds., 100yds. and 150yds. From the same 

 data we may compute the ordinal es for 150yds. range at the 50 and 

 lOOvds. points, obtaining 5.4 and 6.0m. respectively to line of sight, 

 or 5.9 and 6.3in. to center of bore; and at 50yds. for 100yds. range 

 2.4in. to line of sight, or 2.7in. to center of bore. 



It would seem that with a fine vernier sisrht and taking great 

 care throughout, close work may be done by this method. Eveu 

 using a Lyman sight as I did and spending perhaps an hour or 

 two in getting the correct readings for the various distances, it 

 gives you very satisfactory results. 



It is so simple that it must be well known to riflemen, though I 

 have never seen it mentioned in your columns or elsewhere. 



T. H. G. 



Elizabeth, ST. J- Jan. 9. 



BOSTON, Feb. 9.— The weather conditions were good to-dav at 

 the range for rifle shooting and some high scores resulted. Mr. 

 Munroe won the gold medal in the 20-shot match, and Mr. Lee the 

 championship medal. Following are the best score to-dav: 

 . Twenty Shot Rest Match, 200vds. 



J R Munroe 10 11 11 9 12 10 9 11 S 12 



12 9 10 10 12 11 11 11 12 9-210 

 D L Chase 10 10 12 9 11 10 10 12 11 10 



9 12 10 11 7 12 12 Ml S 11-208 

 J Francis 9 11 12 8 11 12 10 12 12 12 



9 8 9 10 12 9 9 9 9 8-201 

 L R Avay 8 10 8 10 10 10 10 11 12 11 



9 10 9 8 11 9 10 11 12 9-198 

 Champion Medal Match, 200 vds. 



H L Lee 9 0980 10 097 9-82 



W Charles 8 9 10 7 5 9 8 8 7 10-81 



A Loring 9 6 10 10 4 7 fi 5 8 10-75 



J AFrye 667779798 7-74 



Medal and Badge Match. 200vds. 



H L Lee 8 7 10 10 9 10 8 6 8 8—84 



CTMoore .HI 8698857 10 8-81 



A S Hunt 9 8 10 6 7 7 8 10 6 8-79 



Victory Medal Match. 



JAFrve - 9 10 8 10 8 8 8 8 7 10—88 



A Loring 10 8 8 7 10 10 6 8 8 8-82 



A S Hunt 9 9 7 10 6 6 7 9 7 9-79 



ST Webster 999669878 6-78 



Pistol Match. 50yds. 



J B Fellows 1" 9 19 9 10 10 9 9 8 8-92 



W Charles - 10 10 9 10 S 8 8 8 9 9—89 



J K Edward, with revolver . . .. 7 6 9 7 7 5 9 6 10 9—72 

 All-Comers' Match, 200yd?. 



HLLee - 8 7 9 10 7 9 8 10 8 9-85 



W Charles ---- 8 9 9898087 8—88 



A Loring - 10 3 5 7 7 9 10 8 10 6-80 



W Buwuta (miL) 10 8 7 5 10 9 7 9 9 5-79 



C C Clarke 5 9 4 8 4 8 9 9 9 10-75 



DL'hase 8 6 6 7 10 5 7 9 8 4-70 



B G Barker -..7 5 6 3 8 6 6 8 7 6-63 



S Ham 5 6 7 5 8 6 6 6 4 4—57 



Rest Match. 200vds. 



J R Munroe .12 12 12 12 10 13 11 12 12 11-116 



J Francis 11 9 10 12 10 11 9 111111-105 



A L Avay 9 11 12 11 10 7 9 9 11 12-101 



WP Stevens 8 9 11 9 6 7 9 9 9 7— 84 



E A Stevens S 12 6 9 6 8 6 9 6 8— 75 



G- C Ames 8 11 7 9 10 7 7 6 6- 80 



SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3.-The target ranges at Shell Mound 

 Park were well patronized to-dav. The air was clFar and the 

 wind low. It was a perfect day for target practice. Company B 

 of the Third Regiment held their monthly shoot. They shoot 

 with the regulation Springfield rifle, and their scores, considering 

 their practice and t .he style of gun, are as good as the larger 

 made by other teams; 10 shots: 



FB Young 40 P Sweeney 34 



J Neberbacher 37 A P Bailey 26 



F Ostrich 40 W J Kennedy 25 



FPrichurd 34 W Brnslipr 26 



The old competitors representing the Nationals were on their 

 stands. The scores of the three representatives are improving 

 every week: 



F Young 5444445444—42 A Johnson 5555551154—47 



A H Bi od 1555554555—48 



Battery A of the Second Artillery held its monthly pistol prac- 

 tice at. 100ft. range; 10 shots: 



Captain Smy the 48 J Mosser 45 



C d'Arey 47 C Forters 45 



GMuller 46 A Behnernann 45 



J Folkers 46 D Beatty 45 



Monthly medal shoot Independent Rifles: 



George Muller 4454-"44453— 41 R" Goetjen 3244443533—35 



P Kick hoff 131 1314314— 37 L Boversen 2420433431—29 



C L West 4405543344—30 C Moeller 243.1843203 -28 



Monthly medal shoot of the City Guard: First class— L. B. 

 Townsend, 44; second class— Irving B. Cook, 39s third class— P. J. 

 Clifford, 34. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 9.— The members of the St. Louis Pistol 

 Club were away off in their shooting at the last meet of the club, 

 and the only reason to be assigned for it is lack of practice, on 

 their part, and that 77 should ever win the medal was a grand 

 surprise to all. But it will never occur again if practice, will pre 

 vent it, because the members are going to buckle down, and they 

 are determined that no score under 85 shall win it in the future'. 

 Mr. O. Andrews proved the fortunate individual at the last shoot, 

 and he of course will have possession of the medal until the next 

 meeting of the club on next Wedne-day night. For all shooting 

 the club uses a 20yds. standard American target and a .22cal. gal- 

 lery pistol. The following are the scores: 



O Neuhaus 9 7 10 6 6 8 7 7 10 7-77 



FA Fodde 10 9 7 7 8 10 6 7 7 7-76 



LVDPerret 10 10 8 9 7 6 7 6 7 6-76 



EMohrstadt 9 66989778 7—76 



M Billmeyer 7 10 8 7 8 7 7 6 9-75 



MSummerfield ...7 5 9 6 6 8 5 7 10 10-73 



WHetiel ;.7 8 7 10 7 6 7 6 7 6-68 



MMackwitz 7 5 5 4 5 6 9 8 6 7-62 



A E Bengel 10 8 8 4 7 6 6 5-60 



AJLee ..5 8 7 8 5 5 7 7 6-58 



Unseii Fritz. 



CREEDMOOR.— Dr. Bush introduced a bill in the Assembly 

 similar to Gen. Husted's bill of last year, providing that the State 

 shall take charge of the Creedmoor rifle range. It gives certain 

 privileges to the old association not contained in the Husted bill. 



LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 3. -The following scores were made 

 to-day at the regular monthly shoot of the Turn Vcrein Rifle 

 Club at the 200yds, range, German tarsiet, 25 center: 



n ow? S -•- 31 19 lfi 19 11 17 33 13 18 9-167 



Ur^H ....15 20 13 16 23 17 23 6 18 17-168 



WGinter 23 8 22 22 19 14 11 19 13-141 



J Singer. 13 17 19 14 13 14 14 13 22 15-159 



L Odermatt 13 17 13 12 21 18 16 11 14 12—148 



CGolmer Bj 9 7 7 7 3 20 22- 94 



V Taerg 18 24 2 4 25 0- 82 



Jllanerwass 18 23 22 13 ,112 01210-124 



i w ?p i e 13 8 20 8 1 16- 66 



L Winter 18 16 18 22 12 22 8 11 10 16-153 



NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.-Gen. Wingate having de- 

 clined to serve another year as president of the National Rifle. 

 Association, a committee has been appointed to select a suitable 

 candidate for the office. Other officers elected Tuesday for the 

 ensuing year are: Vice-President, Gen. John B. Woodward: Treas- 

 urer, ( T en. R. C. Ward; Secretary, Capt. John S. Shepherd. The 

 committee which presented to I he Legislature the bill providing 

 tor the extension of the Creedmoor Range reported that an 

 amendment had been inserted giving the members of the Associ- 

 ation the use of one-quarter of the ranges every Saturday during 

 the shooting season. 



THE TRAP. 



scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanks 

 jrcpared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to clvh 

 secretaries. Correspondents vho favor us unth club Moras are par- 

 tovutwlu requested to write on one side of the paper only. 



Secretaries of Blubs aiid managers of tournaments are requested 

 to keep us advised of the dates of their shoots, so that we may 

 give dite notice in our column of fixtures. 



FIXTURES. 



Middlesex Gun Club, Dunellen, N. J., Friday, Feb. 22. 

 New York Suburban Shooting Grounds Association, Fri 

 Saturday, Feb. 22 and 33. 



'riday and 



MAK-SAW-BA MEDAL MEET. 



CHICAGO, Feb. 4.— The Mak-saw-ba Club met in force at their 

 grounds in Davis. Iud., Friday and Saturday last, Feb. 1 and 

 2, to con test the races for the Wilcox live bird and the Organ 

 blackbird club medals, and smash a few hundred targets on 

 other accounts. A Mak-saw-ba Club meet means something 

 more than a trap shoot. It is an unique sort of a family gather- 

 ing, m which ladies as well as gentlemen join, which is a synonym 

 for a large-sized good time, and which absolutely must he seen to 

 be fully understood. Free from the license which too often 

 marks a tournament, distinguished by courtesy and consideration 

 and yet above all. full of a spirit of irresistible jollity, a Mak-saw- 

 ba meet is something of a puzzler to the reporter of average trap 

 shoots. There isn't anything like it. It lies in a high plane of 

 sportsmen's recreation, and as such an event cannot be too highly 

 recommended. 



The club house is about three hours distant from Chicago and 

 the Friday night delegations were a little late in arriving. 'The 

 lac;- reception room was full, and from the sounds that arose in the 

 general Babel it might be inferred that the members were indulg- 

 ing in one of the permitted luxuries of the club, a little game of 

 "red, white and blue," whose dimensions are never allowed to ex- 

 ceed ten cents. "I stood a raise of ten cents on a pair of fours," 

 exclaimed one feminine voice triumphantly, "and got, another 

 four and two queens in a draw, and didn't I make Mr. Kinney put 

 down his hand!" From this it might be Inferred that there are 

 ladies in the Mak-saw-ba Club who know a thing or two when 

 they are down in Indiana where nobody can overhear them 



The club register bore the following rather startling record of 

 members and guests present: 



Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Organ, Bombay; Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Taylor 

 Ireland: Me. and Mrs. H. A. Sloan, Germany; Miss Mattie Hull' 

 Cork; Mr. T. Benton Leiter, Dublin; I). McCranor. Butte, Mont • 

 W. H. Haskell, Peoria; Joel A. Kinnev, Paris; John WatSon. 

 Turkey; J. F. Whitney, Spain; W. A. Barton. China; Dr. Hutch- 

 inson, New York; G. W. Randall, Persia; Slick Sharp, Poland- 



Andrews. Lisbon; W. P. Mussey, Joliet; W. N. Lowe, Mexico- 

 Messrs. W. L. Shepard. (4. W. Bars tow, T. H. Miller. W L 

 Welles, G. B. Reed and L. K. Waldron, who got down either at 

 midnight or on Saturday morning, arc supposed to have come 

 from just plain ( Jbieago. 



Consultation of the score book showed that the above cosmopol- 

 itan assemblage had been doing a little shooting already, and it 

 was confidently predicted that Mr. Kinney's .score of 14 out of 15 

 would win the live bird medal over anything that the late comers 

 could do. 1 oUowing are the scores of Friday, Feb. 1: 



Match No. 1. 10 live birds, sweepstakes, Tucker system- 



K B Organ 1111101111- 9 G W Randall...".. .'.0110111101— 7 



John Watson 00111P101- 6 H R Sloan 1100011111— f 



J A Sharp 1100000101— 4 T McNeill 1111101111-9 



W H Haskell 1UU111U-10 J F Wliiting imi00110-7 



T B Leiter 1100111111- 8 njiutum-, 



Haskell won first, Orgau and McNeill divided second, Leiter 

 won third. 



Match No. 2, 10 live birds, swpepstakes. Tucker system- 



R B Organ Ill 01 m 10 1 -7 T McNeill , , .1000001111-5 



John Watson 1110000110—5 J Kleinman 1111011111—9 



.1 A Sharp HOOOllOOl-5 J E Price 1010011111-7 



W HHaskeU 0111100010-5 H C Buecbner 1011011000-5 



T B Leiter 1111011010—7 Joel A. Kinney 1110101101—7 



G W Randall 1101101111-8 C S Petrie 0001110001-4 



W A Sloan 1101U01101— G F Morcum 1011111111—9 



Kleinman and Morcum divided first, Randall won second, Price 

 third. 



Match No 3, Wilcox live bird medal shoot, 15 singles. 30vds: 



R B Organ 111111101101111—13 



T B Leiter 111111110111010—12 



C S Petrie 100011110000011- 7 



Dr H C Buecbner 011110011111001-10 



G W Randall 110101111111110—12 



J A Sharp 000010110011001— 6 



H A Sloan 011111111110110—12 



(i F Morcum 001101000011000— 5 



Joel A. Kinney 011111111111111—14 



WH Haskell 101111111110000-10 



J E Price OllllllllllluOO— 11 



J F Wliiting 111111111001111-13 



J Kloinnian 111111111001111—13 



John Watson 111110010101111—11 



There were two or three entries of non-members in this shoot, 

 and these competed for a £5 sweepstakes which was added. Not 

 all the medal competitors joined this sweepstakes. Mr. Kinney 

 did not, and therefore won nothing, although his score was high- 

 est at date of shooting. The sweepstakes was decided as follows: 

 Organ and Kleinman divided first on 13 (best two of those quali- 

 fied); ties for second were shot miss and out, and Randall won 

 second with 5 straight; Watson won third, with 5 straight on miss 

 and out. 



Feb. if. —The remaining competitors for the live bird medal being 

 now 011 hand, shooting on Saturday morning began with the con- 

 tinuance of that match as follows: 



W L Shepard 111111111111111-15 



W P Mussey UU0111U11110— 13 



LK Waldron 011 w 



TH Miller Hill 10 w 



Mr. Shepard had on the garments of shooting, and was too much 

 for the boys with his 15 straight. Mr. Kinney was obliged to 

 relinquish his prospective hold upon the medal, and Mrs. Urgao, 

 wife of the president, handed the tasty little trophy over to Mr. 

 Shepard, who blushed and said he didn't mean to win it. Mr. 

 Organ, whose score in this shoot is nearly always 13 or 14, and Mr. 

 Mussey, one of the very best live bird shots in Chicago, take it 

 the year through, were obliged to sigh and sit down. 



Match No. 4, sweepstakes. 5 live birds, S2 entrance: 



WP Mussey 11110—4 W N Lowe 11010—3 



F H "Hollister" 11110-4 W L Welles 11100-3 



J C Price 11101-4 Chas E VVillard Hill— 5 



FC Donald 11011-4 LK Waldron 10101-3 



Geo Andrews 10001- 2 C S Burton H60I— 3 



J H Miller 11001-3 W L Shepard 11111-5 



Dr Hutchinson 10111-4 Thos McNeill 11000-2 



John Gillespie 11010-3 



The three moneys were divided and not shot out. 



d^SS* 1 No ' 5 - sweepstakes, 5 live birds, $2 entrance: 



W i? l ?£ ul 1 ?? y - 11101-4 Chas E Willard 11101-4 



Ti^n,? 01116 ^ 1, 10111-4 L K Waldron..- 11101-4 



J E Price. 11111-5 C S Burton UII0-4 



F O Donald 11101-4 W L Shepard 01111-4 



£ e i9 A ,P.4 rews 11111-5 Thos McNeill. 10101-3 



r\ ^I 11 , 6 ? 11 H 0-4 E Hougb 11110-4 



Dr Hutchinson 11111-5 R B Organ 11101-4 



Gillespie 11111-5 G W Randall 01011-3 



W N Lowe 11110-4 John Watson Ulll-5 



WL Welles 11111-5 



Ties on 5 divided. On 4, Mussey, "Hollister," Willard, Burton, 

 Stiepard and Hough divided second, with 4 cacb. The birds being 

 now exhausted, McNeill and Randall divided third. 



lhe blackbird traps were now put in, and after a few side 

 matches, the first shoot after dinner was begun, this being the 

 race for the blackbird champiouship. 



Match No. 6, Organ medal shoot, 20 Peoria blackbirds, two traps; 

 sweepstakes added for members and non-mem tiers: 

 T B Leiter 11111011111101111111-18 



g 1?8J*8S .00010111101011110101-12 



l ' 3 "HpUister 1 1 1 101 1 0111111 1011 111—17 



D C Hutchinson 10011011001011000100— 8 



??? Andrews 11100000001 111100101— 1 



J, £.£ rice . 11110111011011110101—19 



J Gillespie. :!i ..00q00m0lw. 



Sj I Donald •. ldlloillllioloill Ul-1 



) v ,I J Welles aillllllllllimllll— 2(J 



U 'MY^aldron 01000100010001 110010- 7 



£ E Willard H111100U1111111111-18 



T S Mdler 1100110100000000C010- 6 



WL Shepard 101101110111 1011110-15 



R B 0. rg . an 11)111111 111 11111111-20 



J F Whiting 01101111101111110001-14 



Organ and Welles divided first in the sweep. Lciterand Willard 

 second. 'Hollister" won third. Mr. Leiter having the highest 

 score of any qualified competitor, won the medal in this shoot. 

 He having won it at the two preceding medal shoots, it was now 

 awarded to him for permanent possession. Mr. Leiter will prob- 

 ably present, the club with another medal for competition. His 

 scores in the two former matches were 17 and 19 out of 20. Mr. 

 Leiter shoots a 6%lbs. special Edinburgh made gun. 12 gauge; in 

 appearance he is slight, erect and quick; a confident and rapid 

 shot. 



Match No. 7, sweepstakes, 20 Peoria blackbird, 2 traps! 



G B Leiter 1111110! 1101 11000100-13 



C S Burton 1 11. 1 01 11 01011110110— 14 



H "Hollister" 11111111111011101111-18 



J E Brown COOOOOOllOOOOHUOOl- 7 



£0. Don a l<l 1 1110111 011011110111—16 



W L Welles 10110111011101111111—16 



C E Willard 11 lllllUllOllOHIOI— 17 



W L Shepard 11111111101001011111—16 



KB Organ 10111110111111110111—17 



Hollister won first. Organ and Willard divided second, Donald, 

 Welles and Shepard third. 



Match No. 8, sweepstakes, 12 Peoria blackbirds, Tucker system, 

 last five for ties: 



F H" Hollister". .1111H111111— 12 C E Willard 011010011101- 7 



F C Donald 111001111011— 9 W L Shepard 111111101110—10 



WLWelles 111111110111-11 RB Organ..- 111111010101— 9 



Hollister won first. Welles second and Shepard third. 



The Tucker system, of aUowing the last four or five shots of 

 each score decide the ties, is not liked by the Mak-saw-bas, who 

 think it better adapted to large tournament shoots. 



There is a growing tendency toward lighter weights and smaller 

 gauges for guns in this club. I saw but three or four hammer 

 guns in the racks, and of these most were 12s. The day of the 10- 

 gauges is past, especially if it has ears on it. Tidy little H/Ah. 

 Dalys are favorites. The president of the club, Mr. "Roll" Organ, 

 shoots alight Daly, and could not now be persuaded to use a 10- 

 gauge. At the score Mr. Organ is a model of presence and stvle, 

 and hits his birds apparently harder than anybody else, so strong 

 is his control of the gun. His wife, who sat through the shoot, is 

 undisguisedly proud of her husband, and nobody blames her. The 

 Mak-saw-bas could not have a better president. Mrs. Organ her- 

 self shoots. Last summer she bagged 36 rail in one afternoon. 

 She killed two pigeons straight from the trap on Friday, but de- 

 sisted because she had not her own gnu with her. Mi's. Organ 

 won the short-range gold medal at Lincoln Park in archery davs. 

 It would not do to close mention of a Mak-saw-ba Club shoot 

 without naming Cleaver, Mr. Organ's Chesapeake and Gordon 

 dog, who acts as retriever-in-general at the live-bird matches, and 

 in the evening sits on a chair and shakes hands with everybody, 

 and offers to go bring in tbe wood, or get a pair of slippers, or 

 get the newspaper, as he does at home in the city. Nothing is too 

 good for him at home. His master has a life-size oil painting of 

 him in the parlor, and be says, "When Cleaver wears out one car- 

 pet, we go and get another. It's easier to get a good carpet than 

 a good dog." 1 1 may be supposed, therefore, that Cleaver, petted 

 by men and women alike, only jerks his thumb contemptuously 

 over his shoulder toward the sign which says "No dogs allowed 

 in the club house." 



Another popular member of the Mak-saw-bas is Dr. Hutchin- 

 son, who is fat, short-haired and forty or so. It is said of Dr. 

 Hutchinson that one day, being a trifle exhilarated by the brac- 

 ing air, he shot all day at a single pigeon, and only learned 

 toward evening that it was a bug sitting on his eyelash. 



At the shoot in question there were 41 persons present. This is 

 not quite so many as upon one previous occasion in warm weather, 

 when there were 92 shooters present one night. The club house 

 has beds for only 40. The president skirmished aronnd a while, 

 and as midnight came in with the announcement, "I've got beds 

 for all of 'em but fifty, and the rest will just have to amuse them- 

 selves the. best they can." There were enough members and 

 guests present this time, however, to have a mighty good time. 



AMERICAN SHOOTING ASSOCIATION. 



and Auditor, J. A. H. Dressel, New York, of the Union Metallic 

 Cartridge Co.; Secretary, Elii t Smith, New York, president of 

 the American Wood Powder Co.; Treasurer, Solomon, Tim k 

 New York, president of Laflin & Raud Powder Co. Add^d to the 



advisory board was also chosen, compose! as follows: S A 

 Tucker, Delavan, 111.; Ed. Taylor, Cincinnati, O .; H. MeMurchv 



ington Territory. Ma j. Taylor was unanimously elected, general 

 manager and will at once set about organizing matches for the 

 year's campaign. 



Those represented at the meeting were: Union Metallic Cart- 

 ridge Co., Charles W. Dimick, LeRoy Shot & Lead Manufactur- 

 ing Co., Merchants Shot Tower Co., Biiley. Farrell & Co., Elliot 

 Smith, Laflin & Rand Powder Co., Bandle Arms Co., Kings Great 

 Western Powder Co., Peters Cartridge Co., Oriental Powder Co 

 and Philip G. Samford, representing the Winchester Repeating 

 Arms Co. 



The offices are in the Stewart Building. Broad way, New York 

 A meeting of the advisory board has been called at Cincinnati, O ' 

 Monday, the 18th inst.. as many of its members will be in that 

 vicinity at the time. It is expected that they will formulate 

 standard rules for both Jive bird and inanimate target shooting 

 map out a plan of operations for this year and decide on other 

 matters which may be brought to their attention. In all proba- 

 bility the plan of giving five tournaments, as suggested in our 

 last issue, will be adopted, and in addition to this the Association 

 Will no doubt pursue the policy of guaranteeing tournaments 

 given under their rules, but not directly under their manage- 

 ment. This plan will more than anything else, we believe, tend 

 to increase the numher of shooters all over the country, and thus 

 attain one of the cbiel'aimsof the Association. Due notice of 

 tbe advisory board's action will be given in our columns. 



ST. CATHARINES, Feb. 4.— The Peninsular Gun and Game 

 Club was organized this evening, when the following officers wero 



Rogers, H. Olutten buck, 11. K. Woodruff, E. Dorr, E. Dicer and 

 J.S.Carlisle. The principal objects of the club are: To encour- 

 age all legitimate sport with the gun; to encourage the desti uc- 

 tion of hawks, weasels and other game-destroying birds and 

 animals, and to encourage preservation of game and close season. 



