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FOREST AND STREAM. 



(May 4, 1898 



Coney Island Athletic Club Tournament. 



f The fourth contest in the Coney Island Athletic Club's Shooting 

 tournament for the team championship of the Kings county gun clubs 

 was held on Tuesday at the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club's grounds, at 

 West End, Coney Island. The eight teams originally entered were on 

 hand to compete for the cup, witli five men on each team, 15 birds for 

 each man. Owing to the delay in getting the birds, the match did not 

 get started until over one hour late in the midst of a driving rain 

 storm. The Parkways started the shoot, followed by the North Side, 

 Crescent, Glenmore, New Utrecht, Atlantic, Vernon and Coney Island 

 clubs. The birds from the start were a good fast lot, but toward the 

 close the rain seemed to cause them to hang to the traps, and as 

 another unfortunate coincidence they were short of birds and the 

 Parlfways having completed then- score it was decided to let the 

 leading clubs shootout; the Glenmores and the New Utrechts at the 

 time were on a tie, both having to kill their last 5 bu-ds; they did so 

 and finished with 67 each, good scores considering the weather. The 

 other teams will shoot out their scores at the next meeting, which 

 will be held at Dexter Park on Tuesday, May 23. The scores: 

 Parkway B. and G. C. North Side G. C. 



.T Bennett . .31020.222322012— 11 J Tiernan. ..00.111100122012— 9 



J Blake 222112112202113-14 J Grau 002020000000000— 2 



ABotty. .1011«20212iai00-10 W Emken... 00.121101011011— 9 

 T Short . .212201011111231—13 J N Meyer. .0122211201.2120-11 

 E Helgans..3212«11121210l2— 13— 61 S Lyon 1011.20211 — 7—38 



Ci'escent G. C. 

 J Sheppard.01.221121110222-12 

 J Vagts .... 111211110111011—14 

 O Mohrman 201111021211110—12 

 L Hopkins. .2001201 0221112.— 10 ■ 

 ■Winchester.0202122210 — 7—55 



New Utrecht B. and G. C. 

 D C Bennettl21101101011021— 11 

 Furguesen. .201212111112212—14 

 D Deacon... 112111121211111— 15 

 C M Meyer.. 211110221102210— 12 

 G Nostrand.111222122222311— 15- 67 



Vernon B. and G. 0. 

 Gus GreifE. .112011212111111— 14 

 Dr Little . . .101102022212221—13 

 F Thomps'n001200002321110— 8 

 WThomps'n0112]2111100021— 11 



Glenmore R. and G. C. 

 W Levens. .210222223222012—13 

 .J A Eppig. .120022222201111—12 

 Schlieman. .212112112012111— 14 

 Englebrecht202011211121112— 14 

 W Hartye. .122022222113212—14—67 



Atlantic B. and G. C. 

 J Voorhees. 111120102111111— 13 

 D Monsees.. 121021121122121— 14 

 C E Morris..222221211220212— 14 

 H Balzer. ...012011213221220—12 

 G Morris. . ..1001100221 — 6—59 



Coney Island E. and G. C. 

 F Pfaender. 110103111212312— 13 

 C Detlefsen.21 1011121111211—14 

 Ike Hyde. . .111212110222.21— 13 

 C Plate 111110012111202—12 



J Osterhoutll21112111 —10—55 Northridge. 2210122012 — 3—60 

 Eeferee, Mi\ W. F. Sykes. 



"Long Island Sportsmen's Club. 



Fourteen members of the Long Island Sportsmen's Club had a good 

 afternoon's sport at Dexter Park on Monday, April 34. Good scores 

 were made, the birds being rather slow. J. Link, C. "VVissell and Mr. 

 Scbottler had a good race for the club medal, each kilUng ten. Wis- 

 sell won on the shoot off. The scores: 



J Link 1113131112—10 A Pluegel 2010032111— 7 



CWissell 2122111131—10 C Bieber 0010301102 — 6 



M Schottler 1113133111—10 J Rausch 1300110011— 6 



M Goetz 1201313111— 9 C Hofer 2000012011— 5 



J Gunther 1130102312— 8 L Kress 1320001001— 5 



PKunzweiler 1102U1211— 9 C Frese 1310000100— 4 



'VV Gentzlinger 0310122111— 8 B Guensche 0010110010— 4 



Down Town Gun Club. 



Ten members of the Down Town Gun Club held a pleasant after 

 noon's outing at Dexter Park on Friday, April 38. The competition 

 was for the club's gold medal at 10 birds each, H and T traps, old 

 Long Island rules. Chris Wolff was the winner of the trophy for the 

 thii-d time and the medal was presented to him by the president of the 

 club, Mr. Otto Goetz. The scores: 



H Zahn 0100101001—4 L Maisch 1000100222—5 



0 Wolff .1210112201—8 J Fajen 0101001011—5 



J Schwenger 0110100111—6 F Huff 1101O20302— 6 



O Goetz 0001102100—4 J Flack 0110010102—5 



J Breitstein 1211000100—5 H Lang 0201011021- 6 



Union College Gun Club. 



Schenectady, N. Y., April 35. — Inclosed find scores made by members 

 of the LTnion College Gun Club at their first spring shoot. Tiie day 

 was all that could be desired, and a goodly number gathered at the 



f rounds in expectation of seeing a lively contest; but only foai- mem- 

 ers were willing to enter the sweepstakes. 

 Sweepstake No. 1, 10 targets: 



A J Boy 0111111011—8 T V Anthony 1011101111—8 



D NTallman 1111111110—9 GHMiUer.; 0011011110—6 



Sweepstake No. 2, 15 targets: 



A .1 Boy 101111001111111—12 T V Anthony. . .111110110110111-13 



D NTaLbuan.... 111111111101110— 13 GHMiUer lOOlllOllOlllOl— 10 



G. H. M. 



The Eureka Gun Club. 



A more dismal, uncomfortable, unfavorable afternoon than that of 

 Saturday, April 29, could not be easily imagined. Yet a good attend- 

 ance was i^resent, and the shooting did not end till darkness closed in. 



The wind, raw and damp, blew a half gale diagonally across the traps 

 from the rear nearly all the afternoon. Sometimes it lulled for a 

 moment, but only to come with a wild gust, which made most erratic 

 flights and poor shooting. To add to the discomfort a cold rain set in, 

 which lasted through two shoots. The traps worked wretchedly bad, 

 and caused many annoying delays. The shooting was at unknown 

 angles, but never were such a lot of unknown angles displayed. They 

 covered all the space between a bird which would skim about 15ft. in 

 a straight line to the ground, and one which towered high in air. 



There were some noted visitors in attendance. The genial Mr. A. G. 

 Courtney, of the Lefever Arms Co. ; 3Ir. W. J. Scott, a son of a mem- 

 ber of the great Enghsh gun firm W. &. C. Scott & Sons, and Mr. A. 

 W. Adams. The shoot was simply a practice shoot. Following are 

 the scores: 



Shoot No. 1, 25 blue rocks : Heikes 23, Bingham 19, Courtney 16, 

 Adams 17, O'Brien 10, Steck 20. Drake 9, Waters 7, Bobbins 19. Scott 3, 

 Maltby 2, WUlard 18. Taylor 10, Patterson 15, Lamphere 16, Pride 20, 

 Thomas 17. Ist, Heikes; 2d, Bmgham and Bobbins ; 3d, Willard. 



Shoot No. 2, club shoot, 25 blue rocks : Heikes 22, Bingham 20, 

 Adams IS, O'Brien 14, Steck 19, AVaters 14, Maltbv 8, Willard 15, 

 Taylor 12, Patterson 19, Lamphere 13, Courtney 20, Drake 15, Bobbins 

 18, Scott 5, Thomas 15. 1st. Heikes ; 2d Bingham and Courtney. 



Shoot No. 3, 25 blue rocks : HeUces 19, Bingham 23, Adams 15, O'Brien 

 14, Steck 18, Waters 11, Maltby 4, Willard 17. Taylor 9, Lamphere 11, 

 Patterson 17, Com-tney 17, Drake 14, Scott 9, Thomas 17, O'Neil 20. 

 1st. Buigham; 3d, O'Neil; 3d, Heikes. 



Shoot No. 4, 25 blue rocks: Heikes 22, Bingham 20, Adams 15, Waters 

 11, Maltby 4, Willard 18, Taylor 7, Courtney 16, Drake 12, Bobbins 10, 

 Scott 12, Thomas 19, O'Neil 16, Patterson 15, Lamphere 15, Adams 11. 

 1st, Heikes; 2d, Bingham; 3d, Thomas; 4th, Willard. 



Shoot No. 5 was started, but tai-gets ran out and darkness interposed, 

 ending the shoot. B. Waters. 



Dexter Park Siveepstake Shoots. 



The heavy rain of Thursday prevented a great many Long Island 

 wing shots from visiting Dexter Park for sweepstake shooting. Those 

 present had some good sport when the rain cleared off. The scores: 

 1st, 5 live birds. 2d, same. Sd.same. 



T McKeuna 10202-3 03003-2 00211—3 



Dr Little 21202—4 11012—4 10013— ;3 



CDethloff 12033-^ 00002—1 21122—5 



Sweepstake shoots, 10 targets: 



1 S 3 h 5 1 S S U 5 



Dr Little 8 9 9 5 8 T McKenna 14... 



CDethloff 6 . . 9 5 F Marlborough 10 6 . . . 



T Short 5 9 7 9 5 



Glenmore Rod and Gun Club. 



Owing to the previous day's team shoot and the Glenmore's tieing 

 with the New LTtrechts for first place, the members did not turn out 

 very strong for the regular monthly shoot for the Claus diamond badge. 

 W. Levins and 0. Hubbell tied for it with seven straight each, but on 

 the shoot-off Hubble won. E. A. Vroome, C. Hubbell and J. A. Eppig 

 took the several moneys in the sweepstakes. The scores: 



CEngelbrecht (24): 2031201—5 W Levins (28) 1211121—7 



J A Eppig (30) 0111112—6 E A Vroome C30) 1121120—6 



J Simpson (28) 1001101—4 J Gastriger (25) 1101111—6 



DrBoehm (28) 0112111—6 P Leibinger (25) 1110112—6 



C Magee (25) 1010111—5 C Hubbell (38) Ulllll— 7 



PMaier (25) 0111000—3 



Some time since we mentioned the fact of a fox-terrier 

 being used in England to carry electric Avires through a pipe. 

 The modus operandi is explained in the GhripMc: Strip's 

 method of working is as follows: The workman lay down 

 in the desired position a short length of the stout iron pipe 

 which is to shelter a corresponding length of the copper wire, 

 along which the electric current will ultimately pass. The 

 iron pipe having been fixed, Strip is called, has the end of the 

 capper wire fastened to her collar, and at the workman's 

 sign goes in at one end of the pipe— "and comes out at the 

 other end," says an intelligent but too hasty reader. Not so, 

 however. The other end of the iron pipe has a bar across it, 

 over which the copper wire must be strained to keep it taut. 

 Strip, having entered the pipe with the wire fastened to her 

 collar, presents herself at the other end to the workman 

 awaiting her there, who thrusts his hand under the bar, un- 

 fastens Strip's collar and draws it and the wire out. Strip, 

 when she feels her collar gone, turns round, retraces her 

 steps, comes out again at the same end she went in at, and 

 lies down on the workmen's coats until she is wanted again. 

 During the recent bitter cold weather Strip sometimes longed 

 to shirk, and showed a moment's hesitation when told to 

 enter the dark, cold iron pipe; but the kindness the true 

 English workingman is ever ready to show to animals, used 

 always to provide a bone or two to be kept handy for these 

 moments of reluctance in Strip's working day. With one of 

 these tempting morsels the gallant little worker was then 

 encouraged and rewarded, and all went well. 



Instver^ to ^ams^andiints. 



No notice taken of anonymous communications. 



G. A. P., Whitnej-vUle, Conn.— Will you please send me directions to 

 make pitch for birch bark canoes. Ans. A preparation of tallow and 

 rosin is, we believe, most often used. 



SwAitfpsEED, Portland.— Jeffries marine glue is largely used for deck 

 seams. We do not know the preparation you mention, but there are 

 several compositions put up for use on vessels in place of common 

 putty. 



J. G., Hamilton, Ont.— Yoiu- boat wUI probably carry 7001bs. in the 

 fln and lead bulb. The fin is secured between two angle irons, which 

 are bolted through strong floors Inside the hull. The keel and both 



angles are then riveted together. 



S. D. P., Scranton, Pa.— Does a non-resident of New York, who fishes 

 in a public stream for trout in season not dare take them out of the 

 Stater Ans. A non-resident of New York State, fishing in New York 

 legallj^ may take what trout he catches anywhere he pleases. 



G. W. C., Pine Island, N. Y.— Has a non-resident a right to fish or 

 himtin the State of New Jersey? I understand by your edition of 

 March 23, that they have, hut residents say not. Please advise in 

 your next issue. Ans. Your understanding is the correct one. The 

 New Jersey non-resident law has been repealed. 



W. L. S., Boston, Mass.— Where in Vermont, in the vicinity of Lake 

 Ohamplain jDreferred, can I find good camping grounds with good bass 

 flshmg in the vicinity. Ans. We would advise you to go to some point 

 on the Great Back Bay of Lake Champlain. In the neighborhood of 

 Maouam, or St. Albans, Vt., there is good bass fishing and camping 

 ground. 



M. W. W., Chatham, N. Y.— WiU you kindly give me dimensions of 

 the German 35-ring target? Ans. For 300yds. the German ring target 

 has a bullseye 12in. in diameter. The whole target, including bullseye 

 is divided into circles %m. apart, countmg from 25 down ; 250 is the 

 highest possible for ten shots, and to achieve this score all the shots 

 must touch the 35 circle, which is but 1 J-^in. in diameter. 



H. C. T., Tassfield.— What rifle is used mostly in the West as a gen- 

 eral all-round rifle. What caliber gives the best satisfaction? Ans 

 All the standard makes of rifles have their advocates in the West as in 

 the East. Repeaters are more often to be found than single-shot rifles 

 The .45-70 cartridge is probably the easiest to buy in all parts of the 

 West, and judging from this we should say that rifles of this caliber 

 are the most popular. 



F. M. C, Cleveland, O.— 1, Where in the Southern peninsula of Mich 

 igan should I go for two or three days of grayling fi.shing? 3. What flies 

 and what size should I use in the middle or latter part of June' Ans 

 1. The Sturgeon Elver has trout and some grayling. The Little Man- 

 istee, near Kalkaska, has grayling stiU. The Au Sable is less acces- 

 sible, but has better fishing tor grayling. 2. Oak-fly is standard: 

 gray-di-ake also good. Use flies not larger than No. 8. 



Ontjutta, Thompsontown, Pa.— 1. I would like to know the proper 

 flies to use for trout at the opening of the Pennsylvania season, and 

 for the different periods of the day? 3. Above what length only do 

 you think brook trout should be retained? 3. How should a leader be 

 attached to thehne? Ans. 1. Special flies for AprU. black-gnat, (or 

 midge), claret-gnat, gray-gnat, olive-gnat, dark-fox, red-fox, black- 

 back, etc. The gnats are morning flies and the fox evening. 3 Six 

 inches. 3. The leader should have a loop and the line attached by a 

 simple adaption of the flat knot. 



T. P. L., Allentown, Pa.— Having been referred to yju by W. L. 

 Powell, one of Pennsylvania's State Fish Commissioners, for informa- 

 tion, I beg leave to ask you a few questions in regard to the raising of 

 bullfrogs. Can they be raised to an advantage if a good place can be 

 had to do so? What is the proper food to feed them when they are 

 kept in large numbers? What sort of a bed should the pond have? 

 Ans. We know of no successful instances of raising bullfrogs in large 

 numbers. The fact that fro^s are cannibals, preying on the smaller 

 individuals of their own species, would seem to predude anything in 

 the nature of farming^r-except perhaps imder specially favored con- 

 ditions. Marshes intersected with numerous water channels, in which 

 were to be found abundant insect food, might possibly be turned to 

 advantage for tlus purpose. 



O. W. H., Elisabethtown, N. Y.— 1. How can I prepare a hawk, owl, 

 etc., for the taxidermist when at a distance from the city. 2. Also 

 price of same set up by some good taxidermist. 3. Also can you 

 recommend any particular place? Ans. 1. When flr.st killed handle the 

 bii d very carefully so as not to disarrange the feathers before it 

 stiffens. Bemove all blood from the plumage by pressing it out with 

 some implement, such as a knife blade. Plug up the mouth and 

 nostrils with cotton. For shipping it is often sufficient simply to draw 

 the bird, but if you are doubtful about its keeping, skin it, opening it 

 from the breast bone to the vent and taking care not to stretch the 

 skin. The skull should be left attached to the sldn about the beak, but 

 should be thoroughly cleaned and the eyes removed. Use plenty of 

 salt. 2 and 3. Write to some of the taxidermists whose names you wUI 

 find in our advertising columns. 



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