Oct. 7, 1898. 



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solong as no'good reason offers for a change. In this way the expense 

 of a meet- will be reduced about one-half, the work imposed on the 

 officers and committees will be greatly lessened, and far better ar- 

 rangements for mess, transportation, etc., can be made. If this plan 

 should be put into practice, the best place in the United States for 

 such a semi-permanent site is on the St. Lawrence River, within easy 

 distance of Clayton in New York State and Gananoque in Canada. 



Amendments to A. C. A. Constitution. 



Editor Forest and Stream: . , ^. . , 



In accordance with A. C. A. constitution, Article XU., notice is here- 

 by given that at the next general meeting of the executive committee 

 the following amendments will be submitted for adoption: 



BOAHD OF GOTERNOHS. 



Board of Governors.— Kwr. IV., Sec. 4. The executive committee of 

 each division, as soon after the passage of this section as convenient, 

 shall elect one member of that division to serve on the board of 

 governors of the Association, whose duty it shall be to have general 

 control of the Association. ^ , ^ 



The board of governors at their first meeting shall by lot determine 

 their terms of office, one to retire on Nov. 1, 1894, one on Nov. 1, 1895, 

 one on Nov. 1. 1896, and one on Nov. 1, 1897, and thereafter all mem- 

 bers shall be elected in each division at its annual meeting in the same 

 manner as its other officers, and their terms of ofBce shall be for four 

 years or until their successors are elected. The commodore shall be a 

 member ex-offlcio. , , „ a. 



Duties.— Ska. 5. It shaU be the duty of the board of governors to 

 appropriate and apportion suitable sums to the officers and commit- 

 tees for necessary expenses for the running of the Association and 

 the meets, etc.. from the finances in the bands of the secretary-treas- 

 urer. They shall hear and determine all questions of dispute on 

 appeal from the decisions of the regatta or executive committees 

 when referred to them. , , , 



Quorum.— Sec. 6. At aU ireetings of the board of governors three 

 Shall constitute a quorum, but in the event of the absence of any 

 member, the executive committee of the same division from which 

 he comes may select any member to represent him during his dis- 

 ability only, and in the event of a vacancy occurring, the same shall 

 be filled for the unexpirpd term by the active members of the division 

 in the same manner as for a full term. 



Meetings.-SEC. 7. The stated meetings of the board of governors 

 shall be held during the annual meeting of the Association m August 

 and at the annual meeting of the executive committee in November, 

 but special meetings may be held at any other time and place at the 

 call of the president or at request of three members of the board. 



Officers.— Sec. 8. The officers of the board shall be president and 

 recorder, whose duties shall be as in other organizations and they 

 shall be chosen annually at the stated meeting in camp. 



Art. IX., Seo. 1. Amend by adding after the word "commodore" in 

 sixth hne, "but no money shall be paid out in excess of the appro- 

 priation made bv the board of governors;" and substitute in sixth 

 and seventh lines "he shall" for "and to." Bobert. J. Wilkin, 



Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 26. A. C. A. No. 47. 



The Next A. C. A. Meet. 



Editor Forest and Streavi: 



The American Canoe Association has held fourteen annual meets, 

 all but three of which have been located in the territory of the Central 

 Division, and one of these three— Stave Island— was only a few feet 

 over the border line. Stony Lake in Canada, 188-3, and Jessup's Neck, 

 Ixjng Island, 1890, were the only camps in other places, away from the 

 center of canoeing interest. Five of the meets were located on the 

 St. Lawrence. , , „ , , „, 



It is said that all roads lead to Rome. Lake George, Lake Cham- 

 plain, Jessup's Neck and Stony Lake are reached by practically only 

 one road each. The Thousand Islands are the canoeman's Rome. 



The A. C. A. commodore for 189-3-4, Mr. Irving V. Dorland, a member 

 of the Atlantic Division, has a rare opportunity to make himself 

 famous with the help of his executive committee- A permanent camp 

 site has been suggested, and the idea meets with considerable favor. 

 There is no need for any legislation on the matter. Let the '94 meet 

 be held on Old Grindstone, and the Eastern men will almost certainly 

 select that site for '95, the Central Division in '96 and the Canadians in 

 '97, will call us back to Stave Island, just across the narrow channel- 

 Grindstone being selected the work of the transportation, camp site 

 and regatta committees will be vastly simplified, as there will then be 

 no unknown quantities to bother the workers. It is unnecessary to 

 name the advantages of Eel Bay and Delaney Point, they are too well 

 known, 



The selection of a site is in the hands of the Atlantic Division. The 

 members of that division can pursue a narrow and selfish policy, and 

 try to make a successful meet near home on saltwater. It may be 

 possible to do this. The experiment of a salt-water cruise was once 

 fried, and it succeeded, largely on account of the novely ; but the cost 

 was far beyond the means of the Association, and those from a dis- 

 tance would not be likely to come again in view of their trials and trib- 

 ulations of 1890. , , . „ . . 



If selfishness obtains in the management of the A. C, A., its days 

 are numbered. New life is needed now, new racing blood, and new 

 members, who really use canoes. The next meet should be a canoeing 

 meet, not a dudes' camp or a summer hotel picnic. Not only is new 

 blood needed, but some of the old "bloods," too, who have drifted 

 away these last few years. Name Grindstone and many of them will 

 rally to the call. A Radical Conservative. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Something should be done to encourage more men to enter into the 

 events of the ' A. C. A." me«ts, as every year sees a decreasing num- 

 ber of entries while the membership of the A. C. A. increases. The 

 trouble seems to be that a competitor to enter the races with any 

 hope of success, as they are at present arranged, must spend money 

 freely on his boat and rig and devote the entire season to constant 

 practice. No encouragement at all is given to new men, and it is 

 utterly useless to bring anything but a fast racing boat to a meet. 

 Now, it is well enough to have some races unlimited in every respect 

 for the encouragement of the highest development in sails and canoes, 

 but surely the majority of the members of the A. C. A. have a right 

 to expect that the majority of the races should be arranged so that 

 an ordinary boat could have the chance of competing with the pros- 

 pect of success. I would, therefore, suggest that the proeramme 

 this year ai n CO two or three sealed handicap races, say 75ft. sail 

 limit. By sealed liandicap I mean: No one would Imow their handi- 

 cap so all would have to sail tlie entire race no matter what their 

 position would be. Entries would have to be made about a week be- 

 forehand, so that the handicap could be arranged. I believe this plan 

 would encourage more competitors than we have ever had before. 



Mr Vaux's letter of last week, suggesting that the triangle be 

 changed to one with mile sides seems a very practicable reform, as 

 men would have the old triangle for scrub races during the first week 

 of the meet. His other suggestion to have tlie races directly to wind- 

 ward and return hardly seems practicable, as it would prevent all 

 trials over the course before the races, unless the outer buoy was 

 changed to windward daily. , ^ ^ , . 



There has been some discussion about the presence of ladies in camp 

 during the past two years, and I think a much needed reform would 

 be to compel all ladies who attend the meet and sleep iu camp to 

 become members of the Association previously. I think thi.s would 

 increase the ladies' camp, as they could know who each other were, 

 and from whom to get introductions, as ladies, of course, are not like 

 men, and cannot make each others' acquaintance without a formal 

 introduction, as the men do. Henkt H. Smyths. 



Editor Forest and Stream: . . „ . ^ ^, . 



Yoiu- invitation to the members of the A. C. A. to express theu- 

 views on the needed changes in the racing regulations has not met 

 with a very heartv response, and 1 do not expect that the subject of 

 this letter will elicit any more communications, but in the hope of 

 arousing some of the old and experienced men in the Association to 

 activity I will ask the use of your columns to speak of the duties of 

 the secretary-treasurer, and how in my opinion they may be lightened. 



It is the secretary's duty to publish the year book, and as far as 

 collecting the statistical part or arranging what may be termed the 

 ornamental portion, this is a pleasant enough task. It is when he 

 begins to pay for its publication that the year book becomes a m'ght- 



The Association makes no provision for payment, and of late years 

 it seems to be expected that the year book will show a profit after 

 deducttng the cost of publication from receipts for advertisings As 

 a matter of fact, bad the year book not contained advertisements and 

 had the other receipts and expenses of the Association been the same 

 as they were, the A. C. A. would now be so deeply in the mire as to 

 be almost beyond extrication. 



I think it will be admitted that the advertisements are not an orna- 

 mental feature iu the book. Experience has sliown that it is an 

 awful job to secure them, and so it becomes a question whether it is 

 fair to ask the secretary, who occupies nominally an honorary posi- 

 tion, to undertake the pubUcation of the year book under present 

 conditions. 



The principal receipts of the Association are derived from member- 

 sbipldues, initiation fees, c^p dues and advertisements. . If you do 



away'with'the last item the other three must be made to bear the 

 extra burden, and the questions that I would like to ask are: Would 

 the members of the Association be willing to pay ,51-50 per annum 

 instead of $1? Can the camp dues be raised lo 82 instead of SI ? Can 

 there be brought into the A. C. A- an increased number of new mem- 

 bers each year representing S400 to £500? 



Either one of these plans, combined with an economical adminis- 

 tration, would obviate the necessity for the advertisements, and make 

 what is at present an irksome task a pleasant duty. 



Kingston, Sept. 28. E. Easton Burns. 



The Site for the Meet of 1894. 



Arlington, N- J., Oct. ^.—Editor Forest and Stream: The incom- 

 ing officers of the American Canoe Association have spent consider- 

 able time during the past two weeks looking for a desirable salt-water 

 camp site with very unsatisfactory results. 



It would be a matter of sincere regret to them if for lack of knowl- 

 edge of whatever good camp sites we may have in or near the Atlantic 

 Division waters the executive committee should decide to hold the met 

 of 1894 on Lake Champlain or the St. Lawrence River. Any mforma- 

 tion, particulary that giving full description and photographs if pos- 

 sible of suitable camp sites that may be known to your readers will be 

 appreciated. Irving V. Dorland, Commodore. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The weekly gallery shoot of the Greenville Rifle Club, at its club 

 ranges on Cator avenue, Greenville, N. J., on Friday night, was weU 

 supported by the members. C. Boag and C. H. Chavant divided the 

 honors for the best score, each having 241 points out of a possible 250. 

 The scores are appended, 10 shots, possible 250. distance 25yds: 0. 

 Boag 241, C. H. Chavant 241, Capt. Robidoux 240, W. C. OoUins 238. G. 

 W. Plaisted 237, Geo. Purkess 235, J. Boag 230, J. Spabn 227. J. Hill 

 233. 



The SO shot handicap match between the members of the club, which 

 was booked to come off in Armbruster's Park on Saturday afternoon, 

 Sept. 29, did not receive the support that was expected. Several of the 

 members who had entered for the match failed to show up. The 

 weather conditions could not have been more favorable. A cloudless 

 sky, with a moderate wind and the atmosphere as clear as a bell, gave 

 those who were present an opportunity to make records for them- 

 selves. The scores of the members who participated are appended: 

 Geo W Plaisted C.38-55-300 lub. Bal.). .28 21 25 25 23 21 22 21 22 19-222 

 Scratch man. " 20 18 23 24 20 25 19 21 24 19-213 



18 23 24 18 23 24 22 21 24 22 -219 

 21 22 22 21 22 22 24 23 20 23—220 

 23 24 22 20 23 24 24 24 21 25—2.30 



W C Collins C.,32-20 lub. Bal). , 



1104 



...15 22 17 22 15 19 22 25 SI 22—200 

 23 18 25 17 19 19 20 11 25 22-199 



19 20 22 22 19 12 11 20 22 13—180 



20 17 20 19 16 22 19 21 14 16-184 

 23 24 22 18 22 18 23 18 19 19-206 



Handicap 60 



1029 



Geo Purkess (.22 R. F. short Bal."). . . .11 18 19 12 17 21 23 17 15 19-172 

 19 16 5 18 20 21 19 25 23 5—171 



19 21 22 21 21 16 21 22 19 17—199 

 16 15 20 21 19 22 14 22 18 21—188 



8 15 16 25 24 17 21 12 19 21—178 

 Handicap 75 



m 



C H Chavant r.38-.55 300 lub. Win.) ... .20 16 21 22 21 19 21 22 23 17—203 

 10 18 18 16 17 22 17 19 19 17—179 



20 21 21 12 21 20 19 15 20 18—187 

 20 24 18 22 24 19 retired. 



Handicap 40 



After the close of the 50-8hot match the following two 3-shot pools 

 were shot off: C. H. Chavant 6.3, 71; Plaisted 63, 66; ColUn8 63, 58; 

 Purkess 65, 49; Dodds — , 54; Robidoux 37, 56; Hill 45, 43, 



A Trip to Paterson, TT. J. 



On the beautiful banks of the well known Passaic River, which 

 turns its course through the city of Paterson, is a delightful spot 

 called Bunker Hill, and to this place the Hudson Rifle Club journeyed 

 on Oct. 1. They were cordially welcomed at Paterson by a committee 

 of ten gentlemen from the Paterson Rifle Association, and after the 

 regular preUmiuaries were dispensed with a match of ten men teams 

 took place. The shooting on both sides was quite evenly balanced 

 during the first half of the match, but after that the visiting team 

 began to crawl a little higher and at the finish they were 70 points 

 ahead. The Paterson Rifle Association is composed of gentlemen of 

 very amiable, sociable and good-hearted dispositions, and after meet- 

 ing with a defeat in their first experience of team shooting, they still 

 had the grit (which a good many older organizations are not blessed 

 with) to'cordiallv invite all present to partake of an elaborate dinner 

 which was in waiting in the Italian Hotel. The caterer served a good 

 meal, but he wished to make enough profit to keep him for the balance 

 of the winter, and it was very unfortunate that the home club was 

 compelled to pay an exorbitant price for the entertainment of their 

 guests. Every one expressed themselves in like manner about the 

 jolly friends they had met, and hoped that the friendship would last 

 foi- years to come. Among the visitors were noticed Messrs. Hansen 

 and Hennessey, of the Excelsior Rifle Club, and Messrs. Chavant and 

 Purkess, of the Greenville Rifle Club; also the old and well-known 

 trap shooter. Mr Al. Heritage, of Marion fame. Although the range 

 is in a good location the Paterson boys have a good chance still to 

 makH it one of the most attractive iu the country, and it is hoped ere 

 another year passes that they wfil retain the pluck they have started 

 with, and forge ahead into rifle notoriety by actual work at the butts. 

 Appended are the scores: 



Hudson Rifle Club. 



HMahlenbrock 20 17 17 17 10 14 16 14 17 19-163 



J Rebhan 19 18 15 20 16 17 19 17 18 18-180 



C Fut-ch "'" 20 17 20 19 17 19 20 18 18 18-186 



A S^teuber .' 15 16 18 18 19 18 20 16 18 17—175 



CEBird "V ' 14 18 8 0 15 10 14 16 17 12-132 



H L Hansen 18 18 19 19 16 20 18 16 20 15-177 



CStaderman 14 7 12 17 15 11 15 15 19 9-134 



G W Graf 13 18 10 19 15 17 18 20 17 96—162 



FSes«man 14 0 12 17 13 17 13 19 10 19-134 



A Braun 14 19 19 16 18 15 13 15 19 20—168—1609 



CaptaiiiVH.' Maiilenbrock, Scorer, C. E. Bird. Judge, E. P. Ingram. 

 Paterson Eille Association. 



WMeCalloch 1" i'^ H IG 17 13 16 17 19 12-157 



W Dutcher 17 1? 16 IG 15 19 19 18 13—168 



J W,Iohnson 19 12 IS 14 18 16 9 9 12 18-136 



Jos Vonan 9 16 15 19 18 17 18 19 IB 7-145 



W S Newbv 18 14 14 1~ 11 15 18 17 15 13—150 



Tas Irons 12 18 18 15 17 10 15 20 14 15—152 



Jas \Ve\ch&-'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 17 17 1 5 16 13 1 4 1 2 17 20 12-154 



Jos Fairhurst 13 11 8 17 14 18 161 4 13 14-141 



R McCoUock 14 12 19 20 18 20 17 12 17 19-168 



A Dietrich 14 16 18 18 18 14 19 12 20 18—168—1539 



Captain, a'. "Dietrich. Scorer, F. R. Stokes. Judge, J. W. Foster. 



Cincinnati Kifle Association. - 



Cincinnati, Sept. 24.— The regular shoot of the Cincinnati Rifle As- 

 sociation took place on their range to-day- Conditions, 200yds. at 

 standard American target, o£E-hand: ^ « ^ 



fSinrtple 5 7 10 6 9 9 7 8 7 10 — 77 



^'^'^^ 10 10 7 9 8 9 10 10 10 8-91 



7 10 7 6 10 8 9 10 9 6—82 



Simon 6 9 8 4 10 9 6 10 9 7—78 



796759586 5-67 



799666497 6—69 



7 9 9 S 7 9 6 7 7 5—74 



65 10 59 3 866 6—64 

 856687745 7—62 



6 6 2 8 10 3 7 5 7 5—59 



767874335 6-56 

 686654516 9-56 



Randall 10 8 10 7 9 9 8 4 7 9-81 



9 9 10 8 8 9 9 7 5 7-81 



S98999754 8—76 



c-pp 6 7 7 7 9 10 7 S 9 9—79 



^ 6576988 10 9 9—77 



8957 10 6578 10—75 



Ruthoff . . 8 6 8 8 4 7 8 5 5-65 



5 4 3 7 8 5 8 5 8 3-56 



7 3 6 5 10 5 3 7 4 3— .52 

 ...553 3 52746 4—44 



545424244 4—37 



88663046 10 6—52 



Stegner . 



Topf . 



Nagel., 



Excelsior Rifle Club. 



The Excelsior Club opened its gallery shoot for the season 1893-4 at 

 its headquarters in Montgomery street, Jersey City, on Tuesday, Sept. 

 26. Six members were in attendance and participated in the competi- 

 tion. The scores are appended, handicap rules, 10 shots, possible 250, 

 distance 25yds. : „ , „ ^ 



L P Hansen Scratch-23g J Spicher 2244- 3—227 



JBinns 207+26—233 J Hughes Scratch— 224 



RHDufl 226-f .3—229 



The weekly shoot of the club in Armbruster's Park. Greenville, on 

 Friday, Sept. 29, brought together only three of the beat members. 

 There' seems to be a lack of interest among the members for outdoor 

 shooting. Our news gatherer. Plaisted, being in attendance looking 

 for items, was invited by Messrs. Hansen and Weber to participate in 

 a friendly match, 50 shots per man. Being in a mood for shooting and 

 thinking that he had a soft snap, he was easily drawn into a contest 

 that turned out somewhat different from what he anticipated. Mr. 

 Hansen proved to be iu fine shooting form and rolled up a score that 

 would bother some of our experts to overcome. The scores are ap- 

 pended: 



Capt. Hansen 25 19 25 14 22 22 22 21 19 24—212 



. 21 21 21 20 25 21 24 21 19 24—217 

 21 25 21 23 19 25 20 20 19 23-216 



21 19 19 25 16 20 23 21 22 22—203 



24 23 23 24 21 22 23 21 24 22-227—1075 

 Plaisted 24 21 23 19 17 22 15 18 24 25-207 



18 20 21 25 22 22 22 18 24 22—214 



22 21 21 14 20 19 22 24 22 17—202 

 21 22 17 23 25 18 24 17 24 25-216 



20 22 23 00 23 55 20 22 22 2.3-200—1039 

 Weber 18 18 21 22 12 18 14 19 19 14—175 



19 19 21 20 22 21 17 15 20 18—192 

 17 19 23 19 22 24 10 18 10 21—202 

 14 21 22 16 20 21 21 23 20 20-198 

 Retired. 



The official scores for club medals are as follows: 



Hansen 21 21 21 20 25 21 24 21 19 24—217 



C Ward 22 23 19 22 23 20 23 19 21 19—210 



Weber 24 18 18 21 22 12 18 14 ^ n-185 



Greenville vs. Puritan. . 



The Greenville and Puritan rifle clubs opened the season with a 

 team match, on Friday night. Sept 29, on the ranges of the Greenville 

 Club, Greenville, N. J. The members of the Puritan team are an en- 

 thusiastic set of shooters, and as the scores advance they will if 

 properly handled put up some good team scores. The members in 

 both teams showed considerable unrehability in their shooting, but 

 much of this will disappear before the season is over. The news of 

 the match brought together a large gathering of interested spectators 

 from Greenville, and also from Newark the home of the Puritans. In 

 anticipation of such gathering the Greenville Club had provided a 

 goodly layout for the hungry and thirsty shooters and their guests. 

 The result of the match was as expected, an easy victory for the Green- 

 ville team by 127 points. But the Puritans are not in the least dis- 

 heartened over their defeat, when the result of the match was an- 

 nounced. Capt. Weiler (of the Puritans"), immediately challenged the 

 Greenville team for a return match on the home ranges of the Puritan 

 Club in Newark. The match to be shot off on Tuesday night, Oct. 3. 

 The scores are appended; 10 shots per man, 10 men a side: 



Greenville Team. 



Plaisted 243 



Robidoux 230 



Collins 228 



Purkess 231 



Chavant 232 



J Boag 2.31 



C Boag 224 



Bovce 233 



Do'dds 221 



Puritan Team. 



F Weiler 2.32 



Lambert 212 



Woods 207 



C Weiler 231 



Helb 211 



Hanselman 222 



Walbrecht 217 



Van Berg 212 



Kopf 234 



Dorrler .'.'.*,".'.". . 245—2318 Sauer 214—2191 



Scorers, C. W. Agnew and F. Weiler. 



Buss vs. Vogel. 



The return match between L. Buss, of the Empire Rifle Club, and 

 Louis Vogel, of the Miller Rifle Club, which was shot on Oct. 1, has 

 been a matter of much interest to the friends of the two shooters. 

 After the defeat of Vog«l by Buss in the previous match some weeks 

 since, many of Vogel's friends hoped that he would begin to profit by 

 his experience. But he is one of those never inclined to quit until the 

 last shot is fired and his own or his backer's exchequer exhausted. 

 This spirit of tenacity when used with judgment tends to success, 

 but used otherwise is apt to invite disaster and mortification. We 

 would caution Vogel to use more judgment in the future in making 

 his matches. Should he profit by his experience his friends may 

 then have the pleasure once in a wiule of extending their congratida- 

 tions over a victory. As to Buss, he is one of our young shooters in 

 close touch with the best of our metropohtan riflemen; young in 

 years, good eyesight and a moderate amount of nerve that will increase 

 with his experience. The conditions of the above match called for 

 100 shots per man, to be shot on the range of Sulzer's Harlem River 

 Park, distance about 75yds., the l8-ring target, with .22cal. rifles. 

 The stakes were SSO a side. Charles Zetrler, .Jr., was referee and 

 stakeholder. W. Rosenbaum coach for Buss and M. Kolp for Vogel. 



Scores follow: 



LBuss 169 166 160 167 192 166 166 163 167 160—1646 



Louis 'V'ogel 163 160 152 156 168 163 167 158 165 164—1616 



Hudson Rifle Club Prize Shoot. 



The fifth annual prize shooting festival of the Hudson Rifle Club, 

 Captain Henry Mahlenbrok, of Marion, N. J., will be held at their 

 ranges. 35 Giles avenue, Oct. 23, 24 and 25. Programme: Shooting 

 from 7 to 12 each evening. German 25 ring target, open to all comers, 

 any 22cal. rifle. Tickets unlimited. Fourteen prizes from $50 to $3. 

 Well-laiown shooting rules to govern. Shooting committee: Henry L. 

 Hansen, Pres.; Chas. E. Bird, Sec'y, Aug. Steuber, Henry Boddey, 

 Sam Middleton. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



Now that we are approaching the end of the season for outdoor 

 shooting our shooting associations should turn their attention to gal- 

 lery practice. A well appointed rifle gallery with the personal atten- 

 tion of an experienced rifleman, will make a shooter out of a novice in 

 quicker time than the same experience will at the outdoor or long 

 range. There has never been in the history of rifle shooting a body of 

 expert shooters turned out equal to the Zettler Rifle Club, and the 

 first exporience of all of these riflemen has been in the gallery with 

 the gaUery rifle. With the gallery rifle the novice in his awkwardness 

 escapes the possibility of having his proboscis brought into violent 

 contact with the rear sight, thereby creating a feeling of ftre-shyness 

 which only a long experience can overcome. The modern gallery rifle 

 as used by the Zettlers and other first class gallery men is almost a 

 fac simile of the outdoor or long (200yds.) range rifle. After a win- 

 ter's practice in the gallery it is surprising with what ease one be- 

 comes accustomed to the use of the larger caliber. In the gaUery one 

 becomes accustomed to the proper mode of holding, sighting, etc. It 

 is, in fact, a new acquaintance, one that to him who has been blest 

 with those characteristics which, with proper culture, develops the 

 true sportsman, an acquaintance that never leads to that familiarity 

 that is sometimes styled contempt. But on the other hand it is an ac- 

 quaintance that becomes as close in its affinities to our personaUty as 

 nature itself. 



So we say to our many shooting societies in and about New York, 

 and in fact all over this glorious country wherever there is an organi- 

 zation of the kind, bring your members together in the gallery once a 

 week or once a month during the winter, encourage those who are 

 slow in iheir abiUty to become proficient, help them along in their 

 efforts, and thereby create in them a desire to become shooters. 



Rifle shooting requires practice, and with practice comes proficiency. 

 It is not like manj^ of our other sports, easy to acquire, and herein 

 probably lies the reason why so many neglect it for other sports. They 

 do not realize that there is a charm about it that is only to be appreci- 

 ated when one has acquired proficiency. 



Now we have in New York city scores of shooting societies, some 

 whose membership reaches beyond a thousand, and out of all this 

 membership there are not 5 per cent, that can be termed shooters, or 

 in fact know the first rudiments of rifle shooting. 



The consequence is that these societies are in a measure governed 

 by this element of non-shooters. The real shooters are held in suspen- 

 sion, as it were, and the societies become simply social in their 

 workings. 



If the Bundes Fest, which is to held be in New York in 1895, is to be a 

 success it will re<inire a great deal of labor; and if our societies do not 

 make an early start to create a proper interest in shooting among 

 their members the festival will hardly be a success. We should like to 

 see some of our city societies, lilre the New York Corps, Independent 

 New York, the Central, the City, the (ierman- American and others, 

 make a stai't in this matter. PUiVisted. 



The Hon. Thomas A. Logan ("Gloan") of Cincinnati and W. B 

 Leffingwell, the talented author of "WUd-Fowl Shooting:," also write 

 in high praise of these boots, and the approval of judges as competent 

 as these gentlemen are speaks volumes for the quaUty of the Hanna- 

 ford Ventilated Boot Company's product. Sportsmen will find them 

 just the thing.— jddw^ 



