Feb. 24, 1804.] 



178 



Trap at Watson's Park. 



Bubnsibb, 111. , Feb. 3".— Sweepstake shooting. 10 live birds, $5 en- 

 trance, two moneys, Illinois State rules: Geo. Kleinman 6, R. S. Mott 

 7, Abe Kleinmau 8, Cbas. Eseman 8, J. P. O'Brien 6, W. H. Skinner 6, 

 Ed. Bingham 9, C. E. Willard 10. 



Same as above: Chas. Eseman 8, R, S. Mott 6, Geo. Kleiuman 5, L. 

 H. Goodrich 3, R. M. Stewart 4, J. P. O'Brien 10, Ed. Bingham 9, C. E. 

 Willard 9. 



Same as above: 



A Kleinman 1100021011— 6 N HSkinner 1111111010— 8 



R S Mott 0010211110— 6 E Dingham 2222222222-10 



G kleinman 1121201220— 8 C E Willard 0111102001— 6 



0 Eseman 1201122112— 9 L H Goodrich 0120001110—5 



J PO'Brien 0021111011— 7 R M Stewart 1020222220- 7 



Same day, 25 Peoria blackbirds, 3 unknown traps, known angles: A. 

 Kleinman 22, E. Bingham 22, G. Kleinman 24, L. H. Goodrich 22, J. P. 

 O'Brien 22, C. E. Willard 19, R. S. Mott 22. 



Sweepstake shooting, 25 Peoria blackbirds, 5 unknown traps, known 

 angles: A. Kleinman 18, R. S. Mott 19, J. P. O'Brien 23. 



Same as above: A. Kleinman 16, R. S. Mott 15, J. P. O'Brien 20. 



Same as above: A. Kleinman 23, R. S. Mott 15, J. P. O'Brien 22, W. 

 H. Skinner 23. 



iTeo. 6.— Chicago Shooting Club, 15 live birds per man, for. club 

 medal, Illinois State rules: 



E Bingham ..,.202212020221202—11 M.TEich 122102012110111—12 



L M Hamline. . .202202202222212-13 *W F Quimby. .012120211210222-12 

 G Kleiuman , . . .002212212112021—12 *R M Stewart,. . .001011122000210— 8 

 R B Wadsworth202001010100110— 7 *Von Lengerke. 011210222112221— 13 

 *Not members. 



Ten live birds, $5 entrance, two moneys: 



L M Hamline 0100012221— 6 W F Quimby 2212110200— 7 



G Kleinman 1221222212-10 E Bingham 0222222' 1 . 



M J Eich 02211 11211— 9 R M Stewart 1022212220— 8 



Twenty-five Peoria blackbirds per man, $2 entrance, one money: E. 

 Bingham 21, Geo. Kleinman 24, W. F. Quimby 20, W. J. Eich 22, Tom 

 Hall 23. 



Feb. 7.— Ten live bird sweep, f 5 entrance, two moneys, Illinois State 

 rules: 



R B Wadsworth 2120011210— 7 C E Willard 2000200000— 2 



J P O'Brien 1121211202— 9 G Kleinman 2121110221— 9 



Dr Forthingham 2000010221— 5 R M Stewart 2201201212— 8 



E Bingham 2222222222—10 F A Place 1102212022— 8 



W F Quimby 1201222222— 9 



Same as above: W. F. Quimby 9, R. M. Stewart 8, E. Bingham 9, G, 

 Kleinman 6, J. P. O'Brien 8, F. R. Bissell 6. 



Same day, 25 live birds for the birds: 



W F Quimby 2212201012122102222201112—21 



O Von Lengerke 9201222202122111222012202-20 



Feb. 7.— Shoot at 100 Peoria blackbirds per man, three unknown 

 traps, known angles: 



WPMussey 01111101010101001111011110101111111001110111111110 



11111011011111101011111011110011110011100110111001—72 

 LM Hamline 10011100011101010111110111111111111111111110100111 



11111101111111110100011111001111110011011101111111-78 

 FA Place 011 111 10001011 110111100011010110110010111111111000 



11110110110101011111011001110011010101111111011100-07 

 FR Bissell 10010111111011010111011001111111011111101111111101 



01100111111111110110111110011110111111111111101111-79 

 ■ F. A. Place pays 20% of price of birds and suppers for the four, W. 

 P. Mussey pays 50$ of price of birds, L. M. Hamline pays 30$ of birds, 

 F. R. Bissell gets out free. 



Match the same day between Ed Bingham and George Kleinman, at 

 50 Peoria blackbirds per man, three unknown traps, known angles: 



Kleinman 10111011111011011111011111111 lllllllll 10111 0111 111— 43 



Bingham 10111001111101110010111111101111110111110111110111—39 



Same day, W. P. Mussey and L. M. Hamline, 50 Peoria blackbirds, 

 three unknown traps, known angles: 



Mussey 111011010101 11101 1 11 1 01 111110101 1 111 1 10011 1 1101001 — 37 



Hamline 11111110111111111111101101011011110111001100111101—40 



Same as above: 



Mussey llOlOlllllllllllOllllOllllllllllllOOll 111111111011—43 



Hamline 11011011110111101110110111111001110110111101111111—39 



Feb. 10. — Ten live birds, $5 entrance, two moneys: 

 Abe Kleinman 03<1022023=- ' Ed Bingham .222202222- 



George Kleinman. ...2111122222— 10 C E Willard 3132021100—7 



Dr Forthingham 1212200220— 7 J D Hibbard 0000220001— 3 



R S Mott 1222220011— 8 



Same as above: 



R Donnelly 1211101010—7 Dr Forthingham 1022000020—4 



C L Eaton 2021010000 -4 Ed Bingham 2222220222—9 



Win Kent 1211012222-9 G Kleinman . . 0-3 3 u _;■ 



R S Mott 0110122102-7 J D Hibbard 0210100111—6 



A Kleinman 1100211203—8 C E Willard 1002121020-6 



Same as above: 



A Kleinman 2122101122—9 C E Willard 1020202222-' 



R S Mott 2110200110—6 J D Hibbard 2110002021—6 



G Kleinman 0020200100—3 C L Eaton 0102000102—4 



Ed Bingham 2220222222—9 Dr Forthingham 2222201212-9 



Wm Kent 2202222221—9 B Johnson 0000100000—1 



R Donnelley 0011222221—8 



Feb. Ik. — South Chicago Club, 20 live birds per man for club medal: 

 AWReeves.22211122021201122111— 18 Learning. , .21001012201121201101—14 

 LCWillardl2112ll2121221121121— 20 



Thirty Peoria blackbirds, for club target medal: 



Ties. 



A W Reeves 111111111111101101111101011111-26 111011111111101 



LC Willard .'. 111111111011111101111011101111-26 111011111111111 



Same day, 10 live birds, $5 entrance: 



Ties. 



L C Willard 2212222221—10 11111211211211 



A W Reeves 1211011121- 9 



Geo Kleinman.,... 2221111112—10 21112211111210 



Same day, 5 live birds, $>3 entrance: 



Ties. Ties. 



Geo Kleinmaul2121— 5 12221122111 A W Reeves. .21001—3 



L C Willard.. 11211— 5 11111122110 Learning 11110-4 



Same day, 20 Peoria blackbirds: 

 GKleinmanllOlllllllllllOOOlll— 16 DrHoward.OlllOllOOllllllllOll— 15 

 LCWillard. 11111101111110111111— 18 AWReeves.11111111111111111011— 19 

 Dead Eye. .11111110101100101000-12 



Same as above: 



LCWillard. 11111110111111111111— 19 DrHoward.lOOOOOllOlOOOlOOflOlO— 6 

 GKleinmanlllllllOllllllllllll— 19 AWReeves 11111111111111100111— 18 

 Dead Eye. .01110111110111101001—14 



Feb. IS.— Scores made to-day by sweepstake shooting, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 

 at 10 live birds, Nos. 4 and 5 at 20 Peorias: 



1 2 S U 5 1 2 $ U 5 



M J Eich 9 8 10 15 15 J P O'Brien 8 6 8 11 13 



Geo Kleinman 10 9 8 14 12 



Feb. 17.— Five live birds, $2 entrance, one money: 



RSMott 00010 -1 21001— 3 Goodrich 10101—3 00110 -2 



Dr Forthingham .02222— 4 01122 -4 Rockfellow 12021—4 10101—3 



Same as above: 



RSMott 12212—5 20002 -2 R G Young 22000-^3 



DrForthmghaw.OOOOO— 0 22112—5 C L Eaton 21020—3 20012 -3 



Ed Bingham 22222- 5 22322-5 



Same day, 10 live birds, $3 entrance, two moneys: 



RSMott 0101111121—8 1211201212— 9 0120111112-8 



Ed Bingham 303 ' V '3 '— 0 3 I 1 " 2- 0 > > 3 .'20030— 7 



Or Forthingham 0112120212—8 1111211121—10 2020200212—6 



Rockfellow 1100200211—6 0122212010— 7 



CL Eaton 1220102020—6 0001010020— 3 00220220-73-6 



Goodrich 2021100010—5 1200021012— 6 0022010122—6 



J R Wilson 0220002220- 5 0010120222— 6 0222000002-4 



Drake 0001001010—3 



Ravelrigg. 



Acme Gun Club. 



Regular monthly shoot Acme Gun Club, on Tuesday Feb. 6, at 

 Miller's Dexter Park, 20 targets. A. A. rules, club medal: 



F W Pfaender 00011110111111110111—15 



L Blotz 01010101111110111111—15 



O oluetzle 0 1 001 1 1 1 1 0001 1 01 01 1 1 —12 



T Short 01010111111111111101—16 



CMunk 00011000001000000001— 4 



A Botty 10100111000100011011—10 



CHorncy 11000100011001010010— 8 



WVorbaeh 10110110110010111011—13 



G Honecke 10000011001000100011— 7 



H Bailer 10100010010001010011-=-- 8 



C Krabbe "Ill pim.WW.i0jo- ; 



North Side Gun Club. 



Only three members of the North Side Gun Club were present at 

 the Queens County Driving Park on Wednesday, Feb. 14, to partici- 

 pate, in the monthly shoot of the club. There was a heavy blanket of 

 snow upon the ground, which was a handicap upon the shooters. In 

 the club event at 7 birds for the best average for the club trophy C. 

 M. Meyer showed up in the best form, killing his 7 birds. A sweep- 

 stake followed the club event. C. M. Meyer killed 8 out of the 10, Smith 

 7 and Otten 6. Scores: 



Club event. Sweepstake. 



CM Meyer 2232111-7 1111120022— 8 



W C Smith 11»1030— 4 1110120101— 7 



H Otten, Jr 0120011-4 1102100101- 6 



[Parkway Rod and Gun Club. 



The monthly shoot of the Parkway Rod and Gun Club at Miller's 

 Dexter Park on Wednesday, Feb. 14, remains as one of the red letter 

 days in the annals of the Parkway's monthly events. The-sreatbei 

 was clear and cold, with a wind sufficiently strong to lend strength to 

 the rapid flight of the birds furnished by mine host Miller, who, by the 

 way, is adding much to the popularity of this famous resort by the 

 quality of the birds which he has been furnishing his patrons for the 

 past few months. 



Among the members of the club who are noted for their many and 

 varied talents, none are more famous than Thos. Short, a house 

 painter by trade, but who has gained quite, a reputation as au artist 

 with his brush and pencil. Artist Short's specialty is hunting scenes- 

 sod animals, and his handiwork is to be seen upon the walls of the 

 offices and houses of many of Brooklyn's trap-shooters. The extra 

 prizes offered by the club at this shoot were a set of paintings donated 

 by artist Short, one picture for each class— A, B and C. 



"Fifteen members were present to compete for the club medal and 

 extra prizes in the club event at seven birds. E. Helgans and Cbris 

 Meyer tied for the club medal with seven each. In the shoot off it re- 

 quired fout teen birds to settle the matter, Helgans losing on his four- 

 teenth bird, which fell dead over the boundary, Meyers killing his bird 

 with his second barrel, thereby winning the medal and extra prize. H. 

 Bramwell wou the class P. prize with seven straight. Archie Andrews 

 and H. Selover tied for the class C prize, and on the shoot off Selover 

 won on the third round. 



Mine host Miller had one of his famous chowders prepared for the 

 hungry shooters and the large crowd of visiting sportsmen who were 

 present. . 



Following the. club event. came a series of sweeps at live birds. The 

 first event at 3 birds had six entries; Bennett, Andrews, Wooly and 

 Edgerton tied with 3 each for first money; Selover and Muller with 

 2 each for second money. Second sweep at 3 bird3 had thirteen 

 entries. Edgerton, Helgans, Andrews and Bromwell tied for first 

 money with 3 each; Selover, Botty, Bennett, Van Wicklen aud Cbris 

 Meyer tied for second money with 2 each. On the shoot-off Van Wick- 

 len and Bennett dropped out on the second round, Botty on the 

 eighth; Meyer and Selover fought it out to the eleventh round, when 

 the latter dropped out, giving the purse to Meyer. Scores: 



Club shoot, at 7 live birds: 



Class A. 



Tie. 



E Helgans ., 2212222-7 2232223232222. 



J Bennett 203211.-5 



A Botty 0201121—6 



D Van Wicklen 2122021-6 



Chris Meyer 1122222-7 22212323222231 



Class B. 



Thomas Short Vimil— 6 H Lemaire 1222011-6 



T T Edgerton. Jr 21«121«— 5 L Miller , 1209111—5 



H Bramwell.. 1111311—7 



Ciciss C 



JWooley 0111013-5 Tie. J G Kay 0201210-4 



A Andrews 2221112-7 220 J Young 0101021-4 



H J Selover 2311113—7 1 1 1 



Extra sweeps, 3 live birds each, $1 entry, 2 moneys: 



No. 1. No 2. No. 1. No. 2. 



J Bennett 121-3 011—2 C Meyer 011—2 



H Selover 110-2 110-2 E Helgans 111—3 



A Andrews 111—3 111—3 W Frost 100—1 



JWooley 122—3 100—1 D Van Wicklen 110—2 



J J Edgerton, Jr.... 11 1—8 111—3 J G Kay 010—1 



L Miller 031-3 010—1 A Botty .... 101—2 



H Bramwell 022-2 111—3 



Meyer killed 11 straight in the shoot-off for second money in No. 3, 

 defeating Selover and Botty. 



Princeton Gun Club. 



Princeton, N. J.— Saturday, Feb. 10, was a red-letter day in the his- 

 tory of wing shooting at old Princeton, calling out the largest number 

 of spectators and participants ever seen at a gun club shoot in this 

 place. The occasion thereof was a free-to-all contest at the 'Varsity 

 club grounds for a very artistic game picture and two kegs of powder. 



The event of the day was the racu between Mr. C. B. Lewis, of Phil- 

 adelphia, secretary of the College Gun Club, and Dr. E. L. Tiffany, of 

 the Theological Seminary. Mr. Lewis shot in his usual good form up 

 to his tenth bird, where he seemed to lose his grip and finished with 

 13 out of 30. 



Dr. Tiffany, who was unfamiliar with the grounds, shot indifferently 

 up to his fifteenth bird, when he struck his gait, and with 5 straight 

 kills tied on 13. In the' shoot-off, Mr. Lewis led with 3 kills, which the 

 Doctor duplicated. Then catne a miss, hit, and niis«, and 3 straight, 

 kills for each, and with the ninth lird excitement was at fever heat 

 and the men still a tie. Both broke their tenth, Lewis lost his eleventh 

 and Tiffany getting his last two won with one bird to the good and a 

 run of 16 out of his last 18. It was a hot finish and both men received 

 repeated applause. 



The day was fair, but a gusty vrind, diagonally across the score, sent 

 the birds wild, which had somet hing to do with cutting down all the 

 scores. 



The matches being open to all comers, the Kingston and Rocky Hill 

 clubs sent their best men to com pete, and a number of resident Prince- 

 tonians (all crack shots) tried their hand. 



In the first race the College Gun Club men had decidedly the best of 

 the guests; but in the team race honors were divided equally between 

 members aud non-members. Many dropped out of both races on ac- 

 count of the erratic flight of the birds. Inclosed find copy of scores 

 of those who shot out first match and those who tied in second. 



At 30 Keystone targets, from 3 traps, expert rules, free to all. 



Lewis 11111111101101001000-13 Judson 01010111010011010100—10 



Ke 1 ledy. .OOQ11001 0110011 11100— 10 Tiffany.... OOOlilOOlllOlOlOllll— 13 

 Swain . .001010010010111 1001 1—10 Stryker . . . .10011001100000001110— 8 

 Willock. . ..01101100001010101111— 11 Hoff 10001011100000110010— 8 



Tie: 



Lewis 111010111101— 9 Tiffany 111010111111—10 



For teams of two men each, 15 Keystones per man, expert rules. 

 Four teams tied as follows: 



Kennedy.. ..111011010011000— 8 Blackwell. ..001110000111101— 8 



Clark..!.... 100011101100011— 8—16 Snook 010011110110011— 8—16 



Swain 000100011100111— 7 Davis 000100111100101— 7 



Pierson 011010111101011— 9—16 Lloyd 111001110110010— 9—16 



The last round (of 3 birds each> was shot after sundown, so the 

 shoot-off was postponed until the ne.xt Saturday on account of dark- 

 ness. Wads. 



Spokane Rod and Gun Club. 



Spokane, Wash , Feb. 12.— Inclosed find scores of the weekly shoot 

 of the Spokane Rod and Gun Club held yesteru'ay. The members 

 turned out in good shape audit wan one of the best days of the season. 

 T. B. Ware won the A medal again, and J. R. Burke the B class: 



Medal shoot, 20 singles and j pairs: 



Morgan (a).... lOOJOOOOOGOlOOOOHOi 10 10 10 10 00— 9 



Eckhardt fa) 00111111000000111000 00 10 10 00 11—13 



Burke (b) OlllOlllOOlliOllOOll 11 10 10 11 01-20 



Carson (a) 01101101110101110000 00 10 10 10 10-15 



Warren (a) 11110110111111011101 10 11 10 00 11—23 



A Ware (b) 0101J.OOJ0011 OOlOOlOl 10 10 10 10 00—13 



T Ware (a) 11111011 HiliiOlOUl 10 10 11 10 10—33 



Duffy (b) 0101111O001100101010 10 10 10 10 00—14 



Francotte (b) 11110110:00100111010 11 10 10 10 1 0—18 



Monteith 01111111110010011111 10 11 10 10 00—19 



Mason (a) 1101111111. ■;<: 10 .,0 10 00-15 



No. 3, 10 singles: T. Ware 9, Eckhardt 8, Warren 6, Morgan 5, Duffy 

 5, Monteith 5, Carson 7. 



No. 3, 10 singles: Francotte 4, Mason 9, A. Ware 7, Monteith 5, Duffy 

 7, Eckhardt 8, Morgan 4, T. Ware 9, Carson 7. J. W. Withers, Sec'y. 



Hell Gate Gun Club. 



Hell Gate Gun Club, private shoot at Brickner's Pelbauo. Heights 

 grounds, Feb. 14. Sweepstake at 7 live birds. 28yds. rise. $2 entry, two 

 moneys, modified Hurlingham rules: 



CWeber 0001120—3 C Rabenstein 1010120—4 



J Brode 0022121—5 E Doeinck 1021202—5 



M Seharf : 1100000—2 L Schubert 0002101—3 



JLinck 2100200-3 



Sweepstakes at 15 keystones, 18yds. rise, unkno wn angles, $1 entry, 

 two moneys: 



Rabenstein 000011001000000— 3 Schubert llfllOOHOOOOOOO— 5 



Weber 011010012U1010— 8 Scharf 1O00000 101 00000— 3 



Linck 0001 00001 000000— 2 Doeinck. ...UOllllllOltllOO— 10 



Brode 011011011101011—10 



Sweepstakes at 8 keystones, $1 entry, one mouey: 



Brode lllOUlO— 6 Doeinck , 11111111—8 



Weber 10110011—5 



Pansy Gun Club. 



Kingston, N. Y.— Scores made by members of the Pansy Gun Club 

 at their regular weekly shoot on Feb. 10. A very strong southwest 

 wind blew directly across the traps, giving the birds a very irregular 

 flight, which accounts for the low scores: 



No. 1, shoot lor club badge, bird handicap, 5 traps, rapid-firing: J. 

 A. Cable (25 birds) 17, W. S. Smith 027 birds) 22, J. R. Kenyon (31 

 birds) 21, J. M. Schaffer (29 birds) 19, C. Hume (50 birds) 34. Hume 

 won badge. 



No. 2, team race, Messrs. Cable and Van Anden against Schaffer and 

 Smith, 25 birds per man: 



J A Cable 1010010111110110010111111—17 



W C Van Anden 1011100001101111111111101—18—35 



W S Smith 1101001101101111010111010—16 



J M Schaffer , 1011010101101000011111111—16—32 



No. 3, 25 birds: 



J R Kenyon 0100010001010100100100011— 9 



Win Weston' OllOMlOllOOllOOOllUOlOO-14 



C Hume " 0011010100001100110010101—11 



Howard MVef . .' .' 0010011011010110111111101—16 



Loshborough OOlOlOOlOlOlllllOlllllOlO— 15 



No. 4, 10 singles: C. Hume 2, Howard Myer 6, W. S. Smith 9, Wm. 

 Weston 5, Loshborough 8, W. C. Van Anden 6. W. S;. S. 



Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. 



Cbicago, Feb. 13.— Editor Forest and Stream: The executive com- 

 mittee of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association have selected the 

 week of June 4 to 9 inclusive for the holding of their twentieth annual 

 convention and tournament; a brilliant programme is promised. 



W, L. Shepard, Seo'y, 



Westerly Gun Club. 



Westerly, R. I., Feb. 12.— Since the heavy snowfall of three weeks 

 ago not much shooting has been done here by the club. Some of the 

 members were getting very auxious to have a few rounds with the 

 targets, so much so in fact, that they had no special regard for any day 

 of the week, and on Sunday the llth, a number of the boys assembled 

 on the grounds at Burden's Pond to try their skill and at the same time 

 keep themselves in practice. The day was a very bad one for shooting 

 as it was rather cool with a very stiff breeze blowing from the west 

 and flawy, causing the targets to fly quite unsteadily. But taking 

 everything into consideration, the shooters did fairly well. Appended 

 is the score, 25 keystones per man, unknown angles, gun held below 

 elbow until the word kill was given: 



M Chapman 0011101110101100001010111—14 



A Clark 1011011110011101110111010- 17 



R Hoxie... 1100111001100011111110100—15 



If. Morgan 0011100111001010010110001—12 



.1 Dolau 1000011011011110100110110-14 



M Rt.at 0010101011100000001101010—10 



F Pingley 1001010010100011 1 01011011—13 



G Chapman 001 1 11 1 1 1101 1 110111011010— 18 



Second event same: M. Chapman 13, A. Clark 14, R. Hoxiel4. 



One Of 'Em. 



Maplewood Monthly. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Herewith I send you scores of the monthly medal contest of the 

 Maplewood Gun Club, held Saturday, Feb. 10. The shooting was Key- 

 stone system, except that winners of last month had to shoot expert 

 rules, and as a consequence their scores dropped considerably. Last 

 month's winners vye.e 0. Warren Smith, Dr. Van Ide and Edward 

 Reeves. The winners th.s month are O. L. Yeomans, class A; A. A. 

 Parry, class B; E. Reives, class C. Badge contest, 25 bluerocks: 



O L Yeomans llOlllllOllllllOllllHlll-22 



W A Drake 1011111011101110111111110—20 



Warren Smith , ..1110110101010111101111011— 18 



A A Parry 1100111101111111100101001—17 



W Van Ide 1111101101100111011100000-15 



D Wolff ,0110010111011100011100110—14 



E Reeves 0010011001001011100111110—13 



Sweep. 10 bluerocks, $1; 



W Van Ide lillllllll— 10 Smith 1111011001— 7 



Yeomans 1111111110— 9 Reeves 1011101011—7 



Parry 1 01 1 1 1 11 10- 8 Mohkgan. 



Colt Gun Club. 



Habtpord, Conn., Feb. 10.— Medal shoot: 



Collins 0110100000110000111100110—11 



Melrose 1111110111111111111100111—22 



Cook 1111111111011111111111111—24 



White 1101101101111111111011111—21 



Sexton 1001111111110111110111111—31 



Tucker 1111101111011111101110011—20 



Treat 1111111111111111110101111—24 



\V Hill 1111011011111011111011110—20 



Pitkin 1111110100111111111111111-23 



Vibberts 1110111111111111111110111-23 



Risiey 1111111111111111111111111—35 



McMulliu 1100100110111110111110111—18 



J Alger Ill 1 1 1 1 1 1 1001 1 1 11011001 11— 20 



Inswerp to (H/orrespondqnts, 



No notice taken of anonymous communications 



F. C, South Orange. — An excellent bird lime may be made from lin- 

 seed oil by boiling it down till it becomes thick and gummy. 



Nims.— You can kill further with a 13-gauge than with a 16-gauge. 

 Either one of the two guns you name is a serviceable arm; we cannot 

 attempt to discriminate betw T een makes. 



J. W. J.— Will some one be so kind as to inform me through the col 

 utnns of the Forest and Stream how I can take the odor away from 

 goatskin rugs; they are tanned, but there is a strong odor that is any- 

 thing but pleasant? 



F. L. S., New York City.— I wish to practice^rifle shooting -with a 

 .32-40 Mariin, and as they do not allow such large cartridges to be used 

 in city galleries I wish to find where I can use it. Ans. Apply to Geo . 

 Klingelhaefer, 185 Graham avenue, Brooklyn, 



E. B., New Orleans.— The rules of the societies should prescribe 

 duties of recording and financial secretaries; in the absence of such 

 rules we cannot determine them. If the rules provide a fine for non- 

 attendance at meetings, it was right for the president to levy the fine, 

 even if (and all the more because) there was not a quorum present. 



T. J. G., Newark, N. J.— Would you kindly inform me what is the best 

 food for trout. I have a friend that has a trout pond, and we have 

 been discusing for quite some time which is the best food to feed them 

 so as to produce the most rapid growth. Ans. Fresh meat such as 

 beef or horse meat will produce a rapid growth of trout in ponds. 

 Horseshoe crab eggs when available and small fish are also good. 



E. L. - R., Altoona, Fla. — I have had some sport here with the quail 

 and fishing for "lake trout," they call them here. I think they are 

 large- mouth bass; they grow very large; are said to have been caught 

 10 and 121bs. I have not caught one over 61bs. yet. They take the 

 phantom minnow very good, and live bait, bream and shiners, and are 

 nearly as gamy as lake bass in the North. State in correspondence 

 column what form of fish they are and oblige. Ans. Large-mouthed 

 black bass. 



E. H., Richmond, Ind.— Will you kindly print in your Answers to 

 Correspondents full directions how to pack eggs of the fresh-water 

 smelts so they can be transported one or two nundred miles and re- 

 tain their vitality? Ans. The eggs of the smelt become adhesive a 

 few minutes after impregnation; then they will adhere to sticks, 

 stones, grass or the inside of a tin pail. They have been taken on 

 stones and tiles in water and transported short distances. Stones cov- 

 ered with the adhesive eggs have been carried many miles in water and 

 hatched naturally. In this way many New England lakes have been 

 stocked with the smelt, the object having been to provide suitable food 

 for lake trout and other members of the salmon family. Eggs of 

 white perch and other fish having adhesive eggs have been shipped in 

 tin pails after having become attached to the sides and bottom, White 

 perch eggs were kept several days in the Potomac River in cans, then 

 forwarded to Washington, where they hatched in three or four days 

 more. Pike-perch eggs are now treated with starch water, to remove 

 the sticky covering, and are afterward hatched in jars in the usual 

 manner. When the covering has been washed off, the eggs are sent to 

 the hatchery on flaunel trays, just as whitefish eggs are shipped. In 

 conclusion, if naturally impregnated eggs are obtained, let them ad- 

 here to the stones, twigs or grass on which they were deposited, and 

 ship them in water. If artificially impregnated eggs are secured and 

 the new method of separating has been applied, ship them on flannel- 

 covered trays. The percentage of hatching is very low, usually about 

 one-half. The time about thirty days, with water temperature vary- 

 ing from 40 to 60°. The eggs will not stand a strong flow of water, 

 and the young wili live nine days without change of water. 



Wild Pigeons, Smethport, Pa. — Will some of your many readers 

 and correspondents please inform me through your columns as to the 

 whereabouts of the wild pigeons? It was thought at one time that 

 they were nearly extinct. Two years ago next March there was a 

 large number of these birds in Indian Territory, and when they left 

 there I lost track of them. G. E. B. 



