FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Mabch 80, 1808 



A Suggestion to Amateur Pigeon Shooters. 



"While I have not made it a study, I venture to assert that the pre- 

 ponderance of lost hu-ds as disclosed by the Forest and SxRKAJt's 

 patent pigeon type will be found to be right-quartering birds. And it 

 comes into my mind to say a few words about this subject, because I 

 have just b6en looking at the score of the match between Mr. Hoffman 

 and Captain Anson in the issue of Feb. 23. It is not for thehkes of me 

 to be criticising the shooting of either of these gentlemen. I suppose 

 either of them could beat me in a match for the simple reason that I 

 should probably be afraid to unbuckle my gim in their presence; but, 

 nevertheless, I have shot at many a pigeon at the trap, and have found 

 out a good many things by experience that, if good shots were more 

 prolific writers, I might tave found out at less cost of time and 

 patience. 



First, this right-quartering bird. He is the bane of amateurs al- 

 though the low-flying straightaway bu-d is the hardest of all birds, to 

 kill. The trouble is, we don't know how to hold on the right-quarterer. 

 For example, Mr. Anson n^issed say 25 birds in his match. About 15 

 of them were right-quarterers. If he had killed the same ratio of the 

 right-quartering variety that he did of the others, he woiild have been 

 a 90 bird man in this match, and probably he will say to himself if he 

 reads this, "Yes, and in many another match as well.'" One-third of 

 his birds were of this sort, and he missed one-half of them. Of course, 

 his killing a fair proportion of these birds would not have brought 

 his score up to quite the 90 mark, but the being on better terms with 

 himself on that account, would have made his other birds that much 

 surer that he would have killed 90. Not that the Captain is not a good 

 shot. It takes a mighty good shot to get 76 when he is missing one- 

 half of all his right-quartering bu-ds. 



For a good while I experienced similar difficulty with this kind of 

 flyer. That is, I had the same trouble with all of mine that the 

 daptain had with one-half of his. I missed them all. When I swung 

 my gun around on them, I swung it away from my cheek or at least 

 away from the proper line of sight. I either sighted with the wrong 

 eye over the corner of the breech of my gun, or I just didn't look over 

 that end of the gun at all. I tried holding my cheek tight against the 

 stock of the gun, but it didn't woi-k. "Lost bird for Kennedy." I 

 tried increasmg the lead. Same result. One day a very successful 

 amateur — a thoroughly even-shooting pigeon shot — said in my pres- 

 ence, "I used to aim over the left side of the breech of my gun and 

 miss them, but I changed my plan and now I always aim at a right 

 quartering bird over the right corner of the breech. This makes Tne 

 give them just the proper amount of lead, and I generally get them." 

 He might truthfully have said that he always got them. I knew that 

 was not a good plan for everybody, but it made me think that the 

 trouble was as I have stated, viz., the aiming over the middle sight in 

 front but over the left corner of the barrels in the rear. After that, 

 when I had a right-quartering bird, as I thi'ew my gun up I also threw 

 my body around so as to make him a good deal more of a straight 

 away bird. If he quartered sharp in toward me I quartered too and 

 and he became mine. After that I killed 23 out of 25; 25 out of 27; 23 

 out of 25 and 24 out of 25 consecutively, but on successive Saturdays. 

 I shudder to think how badly I had been shooting before that. 



The second suggestion came from a famous pigeon shot in my part 

 of the country and it was simply this: "When you go to the score and 

 throw up your gun to shoot, do it with a death grip and with all the de- 

 termination that you would evince if you were going to jump over a 

 ditch." Now it occurred to me that there was something in this, too. 

 A man just couldn't jump over any kind of a ditch in the careless, 

 loose-jointed way in which a great many amateurs shoot at the trap; 

 and nobody thinks it is easier to kill pigeons than to jump ditches. I 

 believe many a bird would be saved to the amateur by a strict attention 

 to this hint. The reader need not suppose that this made me able to 

 kill ino birds instead of only 90, because I found this latter out long be- 

 fore I became able to cope with the right-quartering bird so that its re- 

 sults enter into the 90.1 fAnd while I am in that veui of thought, I may 

 as well saj'^ that this is the first time I ever appeared in print as any 

 kind of an amateur pigeon shot at all, and that I never expect to touch 

 the 90 mark or the subject again. I only mentioned it because I 

 wanted to illustrate what improvement can be attained by even a poor 

 shot if he can only hit on the right way, and I woxild not have men- 

 tioned it even then if Kennedy was my real name. 



Every man who has shot a great deal either at the trap for pleasure 

 or in the field for delight, finds out many valuable things about shoot- 

 ing on the wing. I have been at least modest in that I have only told 

 the two things that were found out by others. 



I wish the Captain would "back around" on some of those birds and 

 ' see if he don't naU 'em. George Kennedy. 



Powder Charges. 



Philadklphia, March 1. — Editor Forest and Stream; I see in Feb. 

 23 issue an article over the name W. T. Mitchell on Ught charges of 

 powder. The gentleman is amused at Mr. Von Lengerke's experience 

 m killing good strong live birds with 'i^&vB. of Schultze powder. I 

 write this to corroborate Mr. Von Lengerke's statement, that 23^drs. 

 of Schultze loaded properly in smokeless shells is sufficient to take the 

 breath away from any strong pigeon at 30yds. rise. 



I believe most shooters use too heavy charges, at least that has been 

 my experience by actual test at the traps and in the field. 



Last dunstmas day I shot a match at 10 birds, 30yds. rise, 80yds. 

 boundary, Hurlingham rules, Schultze powder bought last October, 

 2^drs. ; No, 7 sof t shot (IJ^oz.), in smokeless shells 3%in. long. Gun 

 used, Parker hammer 12-gauge, weight 71bs. 2oz; right barrel ej'linder, 

 left full-choke, Result; 8 killed, 7 falling stone dead close to trap by 

 using the open barrel, my opponent killing 7, using SJ^drs. of Ameri- 

 can wood powder. 



I have no interest in Schultze powder further than that I am wedded 

 to the use of it, as it fills the bill according to my notion, in every par- 

 ticular. Quite a number of shooters were a little skeptical when I told 

 the smaU quantity of powder used, but it is a fact all the same. I con- 

 tend that by using shells having the No. 3 primer in, considerably less 

 powder is sufiicint to obtain the same or better results. On Feb. 22 

 the second match took place, when I used 3drs. of Schultze. Kesult: 

 7 killed out of 10, 6 with cylinder bore; oppenent 8, using American 

 wood powder 3}^drs. In two weeks the third match takes place, when 

 I shall surely use but 2?4drs. of Schultze. Mr. Mitchell says 3i4drs. is 

 as little Schultze as wUl drive l^oz. of shot with the requisite pen e 

 tration. That may be true in some gims ti-ied at boards and pads, but 

 for killing game and pigeons dead, not scratchgd down, at 55 to fiSyds. 

 distance, 'why 23|di's. or 3drs. of Schultze is sufficient for 



H, ElSENBBEY. 



An Oregon Handicap Scheme. 



Portland, Oregon, March 6.— Observing the many communications 

 I beg leave to join in offering a plan or proposing a .system to eft'ectu- 

 ally prevent the better shooters "hogging the pot" and to give the 

 jjoorer ones a chance for their money. 



The plan I am to sugge.st you may have heard manj' times, but_I 

 never have seen it in your paper. 



Ten men enter for a race of 10 birds. Each puts in |1. After de- 

 ducting the usual price of targets C2i^c. each) there remains to be 

 divided among the shooters ^7.50. A breaks 10, B 8, C 8, D 6, E 5, F 4, 

 G 3, H 3, 1 3, J 2, altogether 50 broken targets. Now there is .$7.50 to 

 be divided and 50 broken targets. Then for each target broken by 

 any shooter in this match he wiU be entitled to one-fiftieth part of 

 $7.50, or 15 cents. A breaks 10 and receives $1.50, B breaks Sand 

 receives ^1.20, while F breaks 4 and receives 60 cents, and so on. 



Some may say this involves too many fractions and the amount a 

 shooter should receive for each broken bird is too hard to arrive at. 

 Study it a little. It is easy. Suppose these ten shooters had brok»^n 

 68 targets instead of 50, then we divide the $7,50 this time by 68 and 

 find the price of a broken bird to be ¥,108. This is not exact, hnt so 

 nearly so that multiplying is by the number of birds any shooter 

 broke you must be within less than one cent of the exact amount he 

 is to receive. 



With any number of shooters and any number of birds it is solved 

 equally as readily Seven men in a l2-blrd race, $1 entry, kill com- 

 bined 72 birds; deduct the price of targets, leaving $4,90 to be divided. 

 Now $4.90 divided by 72 is $,068, the amount due the shooter for each 

 bird he has broken. The decimal places are all that are necessai-y, 

 L, A, Wheeler, Champion AVing Shot of Oregon. 



Bidgewood Gun Club. 



Thtrtebn members of the Eidgevrood Gun Club shot for the first 

 time this season at Deckelman's Ridgevvood Park for the club's gold 

 medal on Friday, March 24. Each shot at 7 birds, club handicap. 

 Long Island rules. L. Gehi'ing won the medal with the straight score 

 of 7. The scores: 



L Gehring. 1212213—7 C Duest 2210012—5 



F Ibert .1010212—5 J Kirzey 1200121—5 



J Welz 1210121—6 F Keigel 2201112—6 



JNulty .,1011001—4 J Kramer 0321111—6 



J Martin 0201120-4 P Eppig 9120121—6 



C Zerwick 2201200-4 S Weir 0021221—5 



F Gardes 1301102—5 



Atlantic Bod and Gun Club. 



•OlftVten members of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club shot for the 

 Wo cups given by Judges Newton and Sutherland at the West End 

 ounds, Couey lalano, on Thursday, March 83. Tbe weather was 



miserable, a cold, drizzling rain falling all through the shoot, "Snap- 

 per" Garrison and C, Furguesen tied with 9 each, and a good race took 

 place for the first prize, Furguesen won on the seventh round, H, 

 Knebel, Jr,, outshot Frank Q<)odale and C, Mohrman for the second 

 prize. Some good sweepstakes followed, C, Furguesen winning the 

 whole of the money, C, Furguesen's son, a boy of 10 years, kUled 12 

 out of 15 in the sweepstake shoots. The scores: 



C B Morris 202.221102— 7 H Knebel, Jr 1101201121—8 



E Garrison 2202222222—9 D Monsees 3120032020^6 



F Goodale 1210110321-8 C Mohrman 10111231-1— 8 



J Murphy 100[220012— 6 M Bonden .1100011200—5 



R Richards 0200020022—4 C Furguesen 2221111012—9 



Sweepstakes. $2 entrance, 1 money: 



E H Garrison 11313—5 



CE Morris 22022—4 



P Goodale 03300—2 



C Furguesen 13121—5 



C Furguesen, Jr 02131-^ 



20202—3 11013—4 



22220—4 22333—6 02202—3 



11111— 5 00330—2 11101-4 



11112— 5 11113-5 



11101—4 01133—4 



Auburn Defeats Bochester. 



Atjbukn, N. Y., March 23,— The shootmg match between the 

 Rochester Rod and Gun Club and the Aubtirn Gun clnb was won by 

 1 he Auburnians after one of the most exciting contests which has been 

 held in this city in years. The score was. Auburn -371, Rochester 368. 



There was a large crowd of sportsmen and spectators thronging the 

 grounds all day. Besides the Rochester team of 21 men, there were 

 gunners present from Palmyra, Syracuse. Geneva, Seneca Falls, Ska- 

 neateles, Cato, Cortland and Groton. They were all eager to shoot 

 and the traps were kept busy all day long, A fine programme of 

 sweepstake shoots had been arranged and all wei-e interesting, but of 

 course the greatest interest centered on the team race. The teams 

 were divided into squads of six men each. When squad six went to 

 shoot, Aubm-n was 19 birds ahead of its opponents. When the smoke 

 had cleared away after squad six had finished, Auljurn was only, one 

 bu-d ahead. Of course this brought the interest up to fever heat and 

 raised the hopes of Rochester. They were doomed to disappointment, 

 however, as squad seven increased Auburn's score 3 more birds and 

 the match was won. 



The weather was cloudy and there was quite a wind with several 

 flm-ries of snow, but it was not enough to interfere seriously with the 

 marksmen. The scores in detail are appended. 



Aubm-n Gun Club. 



Brigden 1100011111111111101011X11-20 



Luther 1001111111011111111011111—31 



Stewart 1111110111111010111111110—21 



Goodrich 0111001110011101001101101—15 



Webster 1110011001110101110101100—15 



Pierson 0010111011100111110010001-14 



Garrett 0111101111000110111101110—17 



Barnes 1111011110110111111111011—21 



Baker 1110011101100000010011111-14 



Egbert 1011000001101111110010111—15 



Nellis 1001001110111111111111111—20 



Rich 0110011111001001011101110—15 



Vanderloo OlOlllllOOlOlOllOllllOoll— 16 



Schemerhorn 1011011111011100111111111—30 



Corning 1111111111101111011111111—23 



HiU 1000100111000001110111111—14 



Tuttle 1110111000111101000101010—14 



Wbeaton 1111111111000011000001010—14 



Whyte 1110111110111001110101110—18 



Carr llOllllllllllllllOlUllll— 23 



Whitney lOllllOllllllliOlllOlllll— 31— 371 



Rochester Gun Club. 



Richmond 0011011110000011 100111010—1 3 



C Smith 1111111100110111111111010—20 



Norton 10111111111111110011111]]— 22 



Hadley 1110001 1101 1 110101 100101 1 —16 



Van Ostrand lllllllllllOlllllllllllOl- 33 



F Smith 11011100111000010011111]]- 16 



Rissinger 1111011111101111111111011—23 



Bahcock 0011100110101101 001110000—1 2 



Tassell 11010101011110100110111 10-16 



Bourst 000101011 111011 101 1001 110—15 



Woollcott 1101011111110001101011010-16 



W. Smith 1010110100101100011111111—16 



Foley 1110001110111011010001110—15 



Bruif 1100110001111111100111101—17 



Quirk 0101111000000010011000100— 9 



By er 10001 1110110110111101 1111—18 



Lane 1111111111111111111111000-22 



Meyer 1100111111111111101111111—22 



Mann Oil 1 111 111010110101111110— 19 



Stewai-t 1101010011111011101011111—18 



Hicks 1111111110111001011111111—22—368 



IV^aplewood Monthly Cup Shoot. 



Orange, N. J., March 35. — The regular monthly cup shoot of the 

 Maplewood Gun Club was held last Saturday. Eleven members en- 

 tered and a pleasant shoot was had. Keystones. 5 traps; 



STillow lOlllllllllIllllIOIOlOlOOlOlOllOlllloniOOllOlllOO— 36 



O L Yeomans llllllllllllllllinilllllllllinilllllUlllOllllOl— 48 



WSnuth 11111111111111101111101011111011111111101010111111—43 



W Van Idestine. . , ,0l0l0llll01000011110101011111000u00100110111101100— r37 



W .Tackson 00110100100000011110101001000011101110110111111000—25 



WN Drake 01111110001111111101111111111110111111111111111101^3 



ASickley. linOlOlOOlllOlllllOlOllllllOOllllllOlOOlOlOOUlll— 35 



Dr Fisher anninilllOllIlllOlllllllllOlllllllllUlllOllllO— 43 



E Reeves UOmonOOOOOOllOlOlllllOOllllOllOOlOlllllllUOlll— 33 



J ASiggins lOloninilimilOOllOllllllllOlOllllllOlOHOlllll^l 



H Quad 11101111101 01 01 ] 1 100111110111111101111100110001011—36 



Ten birds, $1, two moneys: 



Van Idestine 1011111110- 8 Drake 1111111111—10 



Yeomans IIIIUOIU— 9 W Smith IIUIOIIII— 9 



Tillow lOllllllU— 9 



Drake first, second diirided. Mohegan, 



Hell Gate Gun Club. 



Twenty-nine members of the recently organized Hell Gate Gun 

 Club visited Dexter Park on Thursday, March S3, and had an excellent 

 day's sport, considering the drizzhng rain. Each shot at 10 birds 

 under Long Island rules, E, Doeinck was the onlj' straight scorer with 

 10 and won the medal. J. Voss and H. Drostel tied for second with 8 

 each. The scores; 



H Drostel .1312332300—8 C Weber 1000110011— 5 



F Knodel 0111013013—7 H Thau 1100322013— 7 



G Rieger 0021311110—7 



C Stadtman 0200012331—6 



J Rosmus 1100202030—5 



J Voss 3111012101— . 



H Freitag 0002120000— 3 



E Doeinck .1111112221—10 



HWoefel 0322302000—5 WHogan 0001020110—4 



H Mollerbrook 0002210000—3 E Foerater .0201210011— 6 



H Stadtfeld 1001000000—2 H Sehmuck 1000000021— 3 



AKieeht 1100111010—5 G Shaefer 2001000210— 4 



T Linck 0101000201—4 S Shaefer 0030130000— 3 



FLmdar 1023100003—5 J Huber 2311001021— 7 



LMoeUer 1000010001—3 C Daniels 0011020000— 3 



H Fraentznie 2001000200—3 J Dannefelser 2122101(XI3— 7 



H Schin 2002000000—2 R Regan 0303210001— 5 



J Fraemel 20(30220300—4 



Brewer and Apgar. 



Capt. Jace: Brewer and Neaf Apgar shot a race at the Morris 

 Heights Oval Club grounds, New York city, last Saturday under the 

 patronaee of Messrs. Robert and Ogden Goelet, W. P. Havemeyer, 

 James M. Waterburj% W. V. Lawrence, George R. Sheldon, John H. 

 Isehn, Dr. F. Le Roy Satterlee, David H. King, Jr,, Charles M, 

 Oelrichs, G, Weaver Loper, J, Clark Read, W, K, Vanderbilt, William 

 P. Dougla, Gen. Wilham J. Palmer, Julian T, Davies, Hugh N, Gamp 

 and Forrest B. Royal, The match was at 50 single live birds, 30yds,. 

 21yds, bound. The time was late in tJie day, when the sunhght in the 

 face of the shooters, combined with a dark background and a fau- lot 

 of biids, made a demand for the best mettle. The score: 



Brewei- 21211312122231113233222331212220212121123311312221—49 



Apgar 12121213311110031331111111011111111313311211312210—46 



Down Town Gun Club. 



The Down Town Gun Club of New York held its first shoot of 

 the season at Dexter Park on Friday, March 24, Twelve entered for 

 the club's gold medal at 10 birds each. Long Island rules. C, WulfC 

 was the winner of the medal with 9. The scores: 



J Schwanger 11100<D1010— 5 A Goetz 1101101001—6 



H Lang 1200210201—6 J Huff 1013I2i30Ol— 6 



H Muller 2000001030-3 C Wulff 3121121022—9 



L 3Iaisch lOaiiXJCeoi— 3 H Fajen 0110100111-6 



H Zahn 1331230Cill— 8 C Doscher OOIUOOOOS^-^ 



W Jooat. 1200020010—4 H Breitsteiii , . , „ 1101110010—6 



Trap at Watson's Park. 



Burnside, III., March 15. — Scores made here to-day by the Auduboli 

 Club, of Chicago; 15 live birds each, new Illinois rules, for two elegant 

 prizes, first and second to be shot for in a series of monthly shoots 

 endmg December, 1893, the highest two winnings to determine owner 

 ship respectively. Bird handicap, number of birds (dead) added to 

 score marked opposite name: Agg 



Chas Morris (4) 200013010338020— 8 r ; 



R B Wads worth. 0211323020w. 



Thomas Stagg (2) OOlOOw. 



J E Price (3) 121131101010111—13 1 



C S WUcox (3) 331221010012103—11 1 £ 



C E Felton 311003312220231—12 VZ 



F E Place 021313201103211—12 13 



LMHamline (-2) .-...102031122201112—12 14 



A Torkington .~. .022221211101200—11 11 



C B Decks (1) .020112111223110-13 13 



F R Bessel (2) 101000120100100— 6 



Shot for Birds. 



Anson 21222111222211111111-20 L Hamh-ne.222221120213311 -14 



C Wilcox. . 10310003322101212211—15 F E Place. .82121 — 5 



C B Dicks..020100310202122l0211— 13 Ravelrigg. 



Emerald Gun Club. 



Twenty members of the Emerald Gun Club had a good day's sport 

 at Dexter Park, on Tuesday, March 31. It was the regular monthly 

 shoot for the club medals that have been in competition for the past 

 two years. L. Gehring. L. Schortmeier. J. Voss and E. Doeinck have 

 all been winners, and on the shoot-off the second barrel was only to 

 count a half bird. L. Gehi-ing was the winner, with 9 but only count- 

 ing 8. L. Schortmeier killed 9 and tied with E. Doeinck on the count 

 with 7 for second place. T. F. Russell won the second medal with 9. 

 A sweepstake shoot followed. The scores: 



P Butz 2220222003—7 Dr Klein 2002010000-3 



Dr Hudson 3011000120—5 



H Wolfers 1000120203—5 



L Schortmeier 2211201212—9 



C Maesel 0020002013--1 



J Voss 0211011013—7 



J Maesel 2112012200—'. 



E Doeinck •. . .1110110101— 7 



H Fitzgerald 0201201220-6 



T Cody 1010010111—6 



L Gehring 1210111113—9 



0 Fessenden 1003(10320—6 . 



H Thau 1032101001—6 



J H Moore 0120023003 -5 



Dr Leveridge 1000111331—7 ' 



N Maesel 1211301031—8 



P F Russell 1131101311—9 



R Reagan 3300000100—3 Dr Horn 0010032033—5 



Sweepstake, 5 birds, 25yds., 3 moneys; 



L G Gehring. 02113—} L Ochortmeier 21023-4 



E Doeinck 22012—4 J Voss 21112-5 ' 



T F Russell 12221—5 J Maesel 11311-5 



Dr Hudson 02112—4 N Ma.esel 10113- 4 



C Fessenden 00121—3 H Thau 00l"23— 3 ' 



Jeannette Gun Club. 



The members of the Jeannette Gim Club held their regular monthly 

 shoot at Dexter Park on Friday, March 17. Sixteen members com- 

 peted for the three club medals, and 10 birds each, modified Long 

 Island rules. J. Kroeger won the first with 9, C. Steflens the secona 

 with 8, and F. Reichard the third with 7. The scores: 



C F Offerman 0120123110—7 J Vagts 0120303011—6, 



N Brunie 1200111102-7 H Hoops 1000012001-4 



C Bosh 1021110100-6 0 Steffens 1100121121-8 



H Often 2031310303—7 J Kroeger 3221110121-9 



C Loeble 0110300113 -6 C M Meyer 1110031011—7 



C Busse 1033313030-7 A Chester 2120110111—8 



L Lehing 1033000013—5 C Mever llSCeiOlOl— 7 



0 Dish. .". 0003313010 -5 F Reichard 1010111220—7 



Sweepstakes, miss-and-out, S5yd8., $1 entry: 



J Vagts. . 



No. 1. 



No. 2. 





110 





0 





1122310 





10 



0 





0 



0 



10 



1112111 



0 



10 



111 



0 



No. 3. 



0 

 0 



1113 

 120 



1110 

 0 



No. 4. 



isiiiii i 



0 

 0 



12120 

 2111111 1 



Hanover Gun Club. 



The members of the Hanover Gun Club held their second regular 

 shoot on Tuesday, March 31, at the Queens County Driving Park, > 

 Maspeth, L. I. Only six members competed at 10 birds each for thei 

 club's medal and exti a pi izes. C. M. Meyer won with the only straight i 

 score of 10. Sweepst.ako and uiatch shoots followed. The scores; 



Club Shoot. Miss-and-out sweeps, i 



W R.Smith 2112033313— 9 110 21 20 



J N Meyer 11.31103130— 8 0 .. UOl 



HStarkey 1311101111-9 1111230 11 20 



J Tiernan 0101101011—6 1131212 ., 1111 



CM Meyer 3111111111—10 lllllSl ., 8101 



HDick 11101.30300^ 6 0 0 0 



HLauretzan.. 0 0 SO 



C Offerman 2220 10 



First match, 5 birds, §10: 2d Match at 4 birds: 



WR Smith 02113-4 00 HDick 1300-2 



H Lam-etson 10010—2 13 C Offerman 1 103—3 



Vernon Bod and Gun Club. 



The Vernon Rod and Gun Club, composed principally of medical 

 men and students, held its regular monthly shoot at Dexter Park on 

 Satiuday, March 35. Twelve members shot at 7 bu-ds each, modified 

 Hurlingham rules. W. H. Thompson and Dr. AVischert kiUed 7 each 

 for the first prize money and divided. F, Ost«rhout and J. Merrihew, 

 after out-shooting three othei's, divided the second. Dr. Lamadrld , 

 took the third with 5. The scores: 



WH Thompson 1111322—7 J Bullwinkle. . . , IICSIOO— 4 



FATIiompson 2112210—6 J Leighton 0012000—3 



Dr Little 202-2211— 6 J Simpson 0001112—4 



Dr Lamadrid 2203101—5 H Hackett 01 01 000—2 



Dr Wischert 2212131—7 H Bernsee 1101311—6 



FOsterhout 3122220—6 J Merrihew 2122320—6 



Hurlingham Bides. 



Rules of the Hm-lingham Gun Club and the Gun Club CLondon), , 

 blue and gold, vest pocket size. New edition, price 35 cents. 



No notice taken of anonymoas connuunioatfoiiS, 



C. E. B., SchuylervUle, N. Y. — ^We cannot tell you where to buy 



MongoUan pheasant eggs in the East. 



B. A, D,— We think it probable that you will find good partridge 

 shooting in the Maine locality named, but of course the game will not . 

 be in season before the middle of September. 



C, W. H., Wellsboro. Pa, — ^Please tell me through your columns how' 

 to make canvas canoe waterproof, and what kind of paint to use on it, , 

 Ans, First dampen the canvas, then paint with boiled Unseed oU and, 

 japan di-yer, using any color desired, 



H. W, G,— Will the editor kindly answer my questions through this 

 paper next week, I wrote you about the loth of February, Ans, We 

 do not know who H. W, G, may be, nor what his question was. The 

 line in full-face tjqse at the head of this column will explain why 

 anonymous correspondents are not replied to, 



T, W. H, C, SheU, Johnson Co., Wyoming.— How can I bleach deer' 

 skulls pure wiiite? The horns go into the water if boiled. Ans. Let the, 

 skull soak for a few weeks in a tub of water. The meat can easily be 

 removed and the bone will bleach pure white. Sometimes, however, if ^ 

 the bone is greasy, this takes a long time. The addition of a Uttlej 

 pearline often hastens mattters. 



A. C, Jr., Dungeness, Fernandina, Fla.— A. says that if a number of 

 men shoot at 25 bu-ds, and two of them kill ^'.t each, and a third kill* 

 34, theone who kills 24 gets second money, aud that the first two shd 

 off, and the one of theni who kills most g'ets first money and the othi. 

 nothing or they divide first money. Ans. A. is right. In case ofl 

 tie. if an agreement to divide is not reached, the tie is shot off, aft 

 no one but the winner is entitled to a share of the prize money. Tfii 

 rule is one established by long- precedent. 



