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FOREST AND STREAM. 



|J€NE 16, 1892. 



C, E. Willard.—l have wired for a car-lot of 10-bore Colta. 

 Tuck and I sold a lot of 10-bores before the meeting adjourned last 

 night. 



H. McMurchy—I wear these glasses to make people think I am 

 older than I am. I'm too young looking, that's what keeps me 

 back. I start for the factory to-night, to see if we can't scrape up 

 a few old 10-gauge hammer Smiths for the Chicago trade. 



Jim Stice.— Yea, Charlie Strawn got married. He hasn't been 

 right for some time. 



Frank Parmalee — W-w-what do I th-th-think of this-s-s-s-s? 

 S-s-say. you s-s-say this is to be be c-c-c-continued in our n-next. 



John Orr, Han Francisco— I am on my way to New York. I have 

 not he en in Chicago for twenty-three years. A wonderful place 

 or wonderful fine body of sportsmen. We cprtainly are having 

 some pigeon shooting here. Our trouble on the Coast is to get 

 the birds. We import a great many birds from Kansas City. 



W. W. McFarland.—l think putting a 10-gauge gun at 33yds. 

 would have been an outrage. 



F. H. Lord.— It Frank Place had killed all his birds, and not 

 missed them all, on our team, my name would be Lord. As it is, 

 it is F. H. Holl'ster. 



Tom Laflin — Yes, I broke my leg. If I couldn't have got around 

 in time for the shoot, it would have broken my heart. 



W. Allen, I7idionapoli8 — r £he rain ruined our shoot. We would 

 not send out any scores at all, it was so light. I think Forest 

 and Stream is dow the best trap paper published. 



Gib Harris —I have no photograph of myself except one show- 

 ing me with a cigar in my hand. If you use this you must cut the 

 cigar off, for I wish to appear only as a very moral young man. 



Rolla Heil\es.—I guess I'm 'bout even. 



Milt Lindaley — The difference between me and MeMurchy is 

 thai my glasses have gold bows. He has a little more glass in his 

 but be can't afford anything but steel rims. 



0. H. Porter— People needn't think the game is further West. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



"Will a 12-gauge shotgun send a charge of shot through an inch 

 board at 50yds.?" asked one of the amateur shooters at the late 

 Knoxville tournament. "Of course it will," said another, "and 

 further I think it will come pretty near doing the trick at 100yds." 

 This statement brought forth a volley of "yes" and "no's" from dif- 

 ferent sides, and in order to settle the qtiestion Paul North, J. H. 

 Hunter and the writer went down to the foot of the bluff and began 

 to blaze away at a hemlock board 50yds. distant. After putting 

 several charges under, over, or to the right or left of the board, North 

 gave up the job in disgust, and handed his gun and cartridges to the 

 writer with the advice to "try some of your rifle shooting work on 

 that thing." The writer fired ore shot at the above distance and 

 down went the board with a clean hole through it, the hole being 

 almost the exact size of a 12-bore shell. A little later in the day I re- 

 peated the experiment at 96yds. distance. Not having the elevation 

 of the gun I was of course obliged to fire several shots before "find- 

 ing'' the board. Finally, however, over went the board, and there 

 was another hole almost identically the same size as the one made at 

 the shorter range. The board had been placed against a telegraph 

 pole, and after passing through the board the charge had ploughed a 

 good-sized groove across the width of the pole. Both shots were 

 made with a 12 bore L. C. Smith cylinder, the charge being 3J4drs. of 

 American Wood powder and l}4oz. chilled shot. Several others tried 

 the experiment and failed to do more than to spatter the boards until 

 they were "let in" to the scheme of cutting the cartridge completely 

 in two just in f rout of the powder, this practically transforming the 

 front portion of the cartridge into a bullet. 



The Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association intends to publish 

 an elaborate programme for its State shoot at Reading in August. 

 On the front cover, in gold will appear the title of the organization, 

 and list of officers and directors for 1892. Inside the book, in order 



Frank Class will open his new shooting grounds at Morristown, 

 N. J., with a two-days' tournament, the dates to be announced later. 



•*.** 



Saturday will be live bird day at Syracuse and the events will be 

 open to the world, 



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A match at fifty bluerocks, S3 entry, open to all, will take place at 

 Dexter Park on Monday. 



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Atlantic City. N. J., will draw shooters from all over the country 

 July 4 to 7, inclusive. 



, .Ten-bores and 20-bores on the same mark ! What a rule for a State 

 like Illinois. 



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The next "Interstate" tournament will be held in Watertown N. 

 Y., the second week in July. 



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Hot work is expected in the contest for the Dean Richmond troph v 

 at Syracuse to-morrow. 



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L. J. Alston, formerly of Atlanta, Ga., who represents the Lefever 

 gun in the South, is at the Syracuse shoot. 



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.Tulv 4 has been fixed upon for a tournament of the Machimoodu s 

 Gun Club at Moolus, Conn., and a big time is expected . 



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Judging from the local turnout at Woodlawn Park last week, Lou g 

 Island is in need of an artificial target boom. 



JI.;- -'.0. 



BUKNSIDE STATION, NEAR WATSON'S PAPvK. 



EVENING— WAITING FOR THE TRAIN HOME. 



I have just been all over the West on a business trip. They say 

 there the game is further East. 



Si. D. Cairncross.—I would take a position with a good gun 

 house. 



Jolm Watson.— 1 lose my lease on Burnside grounds July 1, and 

 have not yet secured another site. I kick on the World's Fair 

 Bu'ldiners. Thev coax my pigeons away from home. 



Paul North— The report that the trappers struck Thursday is a 

 canard. The traps had a hot box. 



Ed. Taylor.— I reeret to sav that our friend Wick, of Cincinnati, 

 is in a bad way. He is dying of laziness. Wick is so lazy he 

 carries a ben under each arm to do his breathing for him. Me? 

 Oh, I'm all right. 



M. J. Eich.—My name is not really Mary Jane. That is only a 

 joke the boys have. My name is Michael January Eich, and it's 

 a cold day when I get left. I am Italian by descent. I wish it 

 understood that I dr> not drive a street car for profession. Several 

 people have asked me how I got a lay-off from my car. 



Billy Crosby— Westfleld.— This is not sunhurn. I was born that 

 way. 



Lew Harrison, of Minneapolis.— Whitest set of men in Chicago 

 on earth. 



C. A. Young— This is a good place to shoot targets, if you know 

 how. 



Jim Elliott.— I am going down the line again . Going to shoot 

 everybody. 



Abe Kleinman —I think thfi new 10-gauge rule is all right. 



Charlie Budd.—l have bought me a farm, and may take a notion 

 to reform and »ettle down. I am still young. 



Dick Merrill.— John Watson raises the hardest birds and also the 

 hardest chickens in America. 



Chicago.— Come to the World's Fair tournament. It will lead 

 the world to date. 



The State Shoot at Maple Bay: 



The latest advices from the seat of war report heavy firing at 

 Maple Bav just out of Syracuse, on Onondaga Lake. Tuesday 

 was the day set for the bombardment, but an advance squad was 

 on the field Monday afternoon and opened the proceedings of the 

 State shoot with sweepstakes until the sun went down and the 

 most eager enthusiast could no longer see to shoot. 



Monday night the convention assembled in Music Hall. In the 

 absence of President Horace White, Vice-President Gates filled 

 the chair with ability and dignity: and for the twenty-ninth 

 annual occasion Mr. John B. Sage, of Buffalo, as secretary, called 

 the roll. Forty-eight clubs responded as follows: 



Oswego Boulevard Gun Club, North Cayuga Gun Club of Cato, 

 Saratoga Gun Club, Oundiaga Gun Club of Onondaga Castle, 

 Leather Stocking Game Club of Oswego, Frankfort Game and 

 Fish Protective Association, Rochester Rod and Gun Club. Lake- 

 side Gun Club of Geneva, Salina Gun Club of Liverpool, Union 

 Gun Club of Western New York, of Buffalo, Pultenay Rod and 

 Gun Club, Honeoye Falls Gun Club, Spencer Sportsmen's Club of 

 Lyons. Syracuse University Gun Club, Canajoharie Gun Club, 

 New York County Guq Cluh of New York, North Side Gun Club 

 of Brooklyn. Johnstown Game Protective Association, Riverside 

 Gun Club of Rochester, Lyons Fish and Game Protective Associ- 

 ation, Fountain Gun Club of Brooklyn. German Gun Club of 

 Syracuse, Trojan Gun Club of Troy, Clyde Gun Club, Lefever 

 Arms Co. Gun Olub of Syracuse, Canostota Gun Club, Anglers' 

 Association of the St. Lawrence River. Emerald Gun Club of New 

 York, Chu-lotte Gun CJuh, Hill Top Gun Club of Pompev, Lake 

 Ontario Gun Club of Irondequoit. Lafavette Gun Club, Auburn 

 Gun Club, Syracuse R fie Club, West End Rod and Gun Club of 

 Syracuse, Anglers' Association of Onondaga, Northern Wayne 

 Gun Club of Williamson, Onondaga County Sportsmen's Club of 

 Syracuse, Rome Gun Club, Buffalo Audubon Club, Oneida County 

 Sportsmen's Association of Utica, Cortland County Sportsmen's 

 Club, Wateitown Gun Club, Syracuse Gun Club, Genesee Sports- 

 men's Club of Irondt quoit. Shamrock Gun Club of New York, 

 Syracuse Indoor Gun Club, Lima Woodp°cker Gun Club of Lima. 



The committee from the February sportsmen's convention re- 

 ported a new plan of organization and this was adopted. Their 

 report will be found on another page. 



President Mann, in behalf of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club, 

 invited the Association to come to Rochester in '93, and after a 

 graceful yielding in favor of Rochester by the Brooklyn, Saratoga 

 and Lyons clubs, it was voted to go to the beautiful city on the 

 Genesee. The kingbirds were adopted as the targets. 



The entries for the Tuesday events were very large and there is 

 every promise that in attendance and management of the shoot 

 the Onondagas will have abundant reason for satisfaction. 

 The Forest and Stream, as usual, will have full reports of the 



event. 



will appear the constitution, by-laws, rules for inanimate target 

 events with diagrams, rules for handicaps, rules for live-bird shoot- 

 ing, roster of clubs comprised in the Association to June 1. 1892, 

 open seasons for game and fish in the State, list of Pennsylvania 

 Fish Commission, reasons for joining the State association and blank 

 form of application. 



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What should be a closely contested and interesting match at live 

 pigeons will take place at Woodla wn Park, on Tuesday, June 28, be- 

 ginning at 2 P. M. The principals will be William Tell Mitchell, the 

 well-known trap and field shot and dog handler, of Lynch Sration 

 Va., and J. Frank Class of Pine Brook, N. J. The conditions will be 

 100 live birds per man, 30yds. rise, Hurlingham rules, for $250 a side. 

 The shoot will take place rain or shine. This will be the first of a 

 series of matches, the second to be shot at the Morristown (N. J.), 

 Driving Park, at a later date. 



Winchester, Va„ on the Valley Division of the B. & O. railroad, 

 will be the center of attraction for a large number of trap shooters 

 next week, when the Winchester Gun Club, one of the strongest and 

 most popular shooting organizations in the State, will hold a three 

 days' tournament. The events, with one exception, will be open to 

 the world and the list of prizes is of a character to insure a big Use of 

 entries. The affair will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thursday, shooting to begin at 9 A. M. each day. 



*** 



During the second day of the Woodlawn shoot only two Keystone 

 targets were broken in the traps during the nine regular events. This 

 is a record that is hard to beat and it speaks for the traps and their 

 adjustment as well as for the new Keystone targets, which are pro- 

 nounced perfect. Mr. Penrose says that ten new machines are ready 

 for work turning out these targets, the capacity of each machine 

 being 4,000 per day. In order to catch up with orders he says the 

 factory will run three gangs of men and work twenty-four hours a 

 day. 



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The secretary of the South Norwalk Gun Club requests Connecticut 

 teams who enter for the Keystone trophy shoot on July 4 to enter 

 their teams immediately upon their arrival on the grounds, as it is 

 desired to start the team race at 11 A. M. in order that the afternoon 

 may be devoted to sweepstake shooting. Clubs may enter as many 

 teams as they choose, but no man can shoot on more than one team. 

 The entrance per team (three men) is $1.80, this being the price of 

 the targets. 



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J. W. Tredway, of Tredway & Wirth, of Philadelphia, was at the 

 Woodlawn shoot exhibiting his "Comfort Recoil Check," for shot- 

 guns and rifles. Those who examined the appliance pronounced it 

 "just the thing." It comprises a false butt-plate with springs let 

 into the butt of a gun. We wUl have more to say about this article 

 in a later issue. 



A letter from S. Van Gilder, captain of the KnoxviUe Gun Club, 

 states that their next shoot will be held the last week in May, 1893, 

 w T hen 81,000 cash will be added to the purses. Mr. Van Gilder adds: 

 "We propose to make this 'the big shoot of the U. S.,' and so ar- 

 range our programme that every shooter in the land will have a show 

 for his 'stuff'." 



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The programme of the Independent Gun Club for June 23 at Plain- 

 field. N. J., comprises five 10 target events, three, at 13 targets each, 

 one at 20 and one at 25 targets; one 4, one 5 and one 7 live bird event, 

 and a miss-and-out. The shoot will begin at 9:30 and continue until 

 dark. 



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W. A. Story of Portland, Oregon, sends us a statement to the effect 

 that about a dozen of the Portland shooters went over to the Salem 

 shoot and were so overcome by the royal reception they received 

 that they were unable to win places in the target events. 



"Dutchy" Smith says he wants "the earth" to be represented at 

 the tournament of the Independent Gun Club at ;Plainfield, N. J., on 

 June 23. Live birds and Keystones. 



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H. A. Penrose says he used only 2J^drs. of "S.S," powder during 

 the Woodlawn tournament. On Thursday he ran up a total of 23 

 straight kills in the pigeon events. 



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The annual Keystone tournament will be held some time in August. 

 A feature will be the contest between ten Jerseymen and ten from 

 Connecticut. 



There will be a two clays' target shoot at Flernington, N. J the 

 latter part of July. 



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Charley Wingert gave a great exhibition of pump-gun work" at 

 Woodlawn Park last week. 



Walnut Hill will draw a big crowd of trap shooters on June 29 

 and 30. 



Don't forget the Winchester, Va., shoot next week. 



C. H. Townsend. 



A New Plan for Scoring. 



The plan for scoring live bird events, explained below, was de- 

 vised by a veteran sportsman of Washington, D.C., and Is warmly 

 commended by members of the Capital City Gun Club. 



Example of improved system of scoring, 10 men in sweep, 8 

 birds apiece, use of both barrels, but a kill with the second barrel 

 counts .75 instead of 1: 



128U8 6 78 



A 3 1 -75 0 .75 .75 0 1-5.25. ...4th. 



B 0 10 10 110-4 



C 75 .75 .75 1 I 1 .75 1—7 2d. 



D 1 0 1 .75 1 1 0 0-4 75 



E 75 1 1 0 .75 1 .75 l-6."25... 3d. 



F 0 10 10 0 1 0-3. 



G- 1 1 1 .75 I .7o 1 1-7. 50.... 1st. 



H 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .75-3.75 



I 1 0 I 0 1 1 1 0-5. 



K 0 1 .75 .75 0 1 1 0-4.50 



This method gives a slight advantage to a kill with the first 

 barrel, besides varying the scores, thus diminishing the chanceB 

 of tie3. and consequently the jockeying for places. By the old 

 method of counting, a shoorerin an f-bird sweep could score 

 from nothing up to 8; that is, it was possible to make 9 different 

 scores. By the present method it is possible for every shooter to 

 make any one of 30 different scores. This, counting the second 

 barrel .75, gives greater variety than by counting it .50. 



The slight advantage given to a clean kill with the first barrel 

 is in favor of that humanity which should always govern sport. 

 Nevertheless the shooter who steadily counts, though with the 

 second barrel, has a fair chance. At 8 birds he can score 6, even 

 should he use the second barrel every time. 



For all sweepstakes it ia undoubtedly the fairest and best 

 system. Comis. 



The Colt Gun Club of Hartford. 



The club has juat finished the aeries for last year and it was 

 so successful we are to try it over again. The conditions are 

 that the club is to shoot every two weeks for 24 shoots, and any 

 member shooting 10 times out of the 24 is entitled to be in for the 

 prizes, his total of 10 best scores to count. This ypar a committee 

 of three is appointed to handicap the better shots by giving the 

 poorer shots from 1 to 7 birds each shoot. Last year we had over 

 $400 worth of prizes; the principal ones were two Colt hammer- 

 less guns, $50 in cash, one target revolver and many others. 

 Scores of Jane 11 follow: 



Decker 11 Nichols 11 Burbidge 24 



Peard 11 Green 17 Collins 5 



J Cook 5 White 8 Hotchkiss 23 



Treat 20 Melrose 19 Wood 22 



Willey 20 Risley 22 Hyde 12 



Douglass 23 Alger 20 M Cook 21 



M. F. Cook, Sec'y. 



Syracuse Shots. 



Syracuse, June 9.— The Onondaga Sportsmen's Club members 

 to-day commenced shooting under a new system of handicaps. 

 The shoots will be once in two weeks and extend over a period of 

 one year. Members must contest in twenty shoots to have their 

 scores count. The member breaking the greatest number of birds 

 at the end of the year's contest will receive a $200 Lefever gun; 

 second best, a gold medal valued at $25. The score of to-day's 

 shoot with handicaps follows: 



Mowry, shooting at 52 birds... 51 Mann, 5« birds 48 



Luther, 55 birds 52 Ayling, 58 birds 51 



Mosher, 55 birds 47 Duguid, 58 birds 49 



Hookway, 55 birds 47 Asbton, 58 birds 48 



Lefever, 55 birds 47 D Walters, 58 birds 48 



Holloway, 55 birds 45 Giuty, 58 birds 86 



Hudson. 55 birds 14 McCormick, 58 birds 37 



Allen, 55 birds 38 Denieon, 61 birds 29 



Courtney, 56 birds 51 Strange, 62 birds 47 



