Jan. 18, 1896.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
6 a 
Larchmont's Amateur Championship. 
When J. P. Knapp started out at the end of 1894 to get up a large 
live-bird sweepstake for the members of the prominent amateur clubs 
of this section, he fixed the number of birds at 100 per man, the 
entrance fee at $100 each, and named the Larchmont Y. C.'s shooting 
grounds as the place where the shoot was to come off. The dates 
chosen were Jan. 11 and 12, 1895, and the title given to the event was 
the "Amateur Championship." On the above dates 9 men shot for 
the cup and the money (4 high guns), Knapp winning easily with the 
magnificent score of 95 out of 100. On the second day he scored 49 out of 
50, his 62d bird falling dead out of bounds; this bird seemed to receive 
the full charge of shot from his first barrel and fell to the ground with 
its wings Bpread out; Knapp, thinking it was surely scored, broke his 
gun and left the score without using his second barrel; that spoiled a 
50 straight, as the bird rose when the dog went to retrieve it, manag- 
ing to get over the boundary before being gathered. The other scores 
In the shoot were: George Work 89, Louis T. Duryea 88, C Furgueson, 
Jr., and F. G. Moore 86, Capt. Money and W. S. Edey 80, W. Wynn 79, 
and B. Madison 65. 
IN 1896. 
So successful was the above event that it was decided to repeat it 
this year. Entries came in very fast, and the gathering at the Larch- 
mont grounds on the morning of Friday, Jan. 10, was a much more 
representative one than that of last year. The conditions of the shoot 
were precisely similar to those of the previous shoot: 100 birds per 
man, 8100 entrance, 30yds. mark everybody, cup valued at $250 pre- 
sented by the Larchmont Y. C, and 45 per cent, of purse to the win- 
ner, 25 per cent, to 2d high gun, 15 per cent, to 3d high gun, 5 per cent, 
to 4th high gun, and 10 per cent, to the club. As there were 14 entries, 
the purse of $1,400 was divided as follows: §630, $350. $210 and $70 to 
the 4 high guns, and 3140 to the club. 
The preparations for the shoot were very complete, Fred Knopf, 
the superintendent of the Bhooting grounds, having put everything in 
apple-pie order before the shooters arrived on Friday morning. There 
was thus no delay in starting on almost schedule time— 10 A. M. on 
Friday morning, Jan. 10. The weather conditions were very similar to 
those which prevailed last year. There was about the same amount 
of snow on the ground, but perhaps a little more in the air, snow 
squalls being very frequent during the first day's shoot, particularly 
in the morning, when the air at times was full of snow. The wind on 
Friday, too, was very raw and cold, and was coming from the wrong 
direction, being almost directly in the shooter's face. Under the 
circumstflnoes everything was against the birds and largo scores were 
looked for. 
Regarding the birds, something must be said in praise of them. 
With a cold, chilling wind right in their faces, with snow all round 
them on the ground, and with snow squalls in the air to add to their 
bewilderment, sitters were only to be expected. And plenty of them 
there were; but what a deceptive lot those same sitters proved to be! 
It wasn't very long before the shooters got shy of waiting for one of 
the "loafers" to be scared up; they were too hard to size up correctly. 
Many of the best birds of the day were some of those that shooters 
waited for patiently— in many cases to their regret. It is true that 
some of them flapped along lazily like owls, but there were several 
that took a sudden spring and were off like a flash to the woods on the 
right of the score. Those birds were hard to stop on account of the 
poor background. 
THE GROUNDS AT LARCHMONT. 
So far as background goes these grounds are about as bad as any 
in the vicinity of New York. To the left is a steep rocky little hill, 
whose gray rocks, bare of snow, and scattering trees make a pigeon 
that take a left-quartering flight very hard to locate; in front is a 
swamp, an arm of Long Island Sound, we believe, the far side of it 
fringed with some heavy timber; to the right is a big bunch of large 
trees on a knoll, the base of the rise being practically the boundary 
line of the shooting grounds. As a matter of fact, the grounds would 
make a very pretty spot for a lawn tennis ground and summer house, 
but they are hardly up to the mark for pigeon shooting. 
To return to the birds: Outside of the climatic conditions there 
seemed no reason why the birds should not have been great flyers; we 
have seen some excellent birds leave the traps under just the same 
conditions, and now and again during this shoot we struck a crate or 
two that created lots of havoc in the scores. Still it is a fact that the 
birds as a whole were below what they should have been when so 
much money and a certain amount of glory was at stake. The man- 
agement had done their part. A stove had been specially erected so 
that the coop in which the birds were kept prior to being selected and 
crated for the match might be warm and pleasant for them. They 
were not placed in the crates for any length of time before being 
needed at the ecore, and when they did arrive at the score the crates 
were kept in the pulling house, where a small stove made things warm 
and comfortable for the trap-puller. Everything likely to make them 
slow had apparently been carefully guarded against, and the birds 
themselves were a beautiful looking lot; it was, therefore, a great dis- 
appointment to the management to have so many of them loiter when 
the traps were pulled. 
NAMES OF THE SHOOTERS. 
The entry list contained fourteen names, the draw for position on 
the score resulting as follows: 1, H. B. Wright; 2, W. Gould Brokaw; 
3, F. G. Moore; 4, H. Yale Dolan; 5, Edgar Gibbs Murphy; 6, George 
Work; 7, Louis T. Duryea; 8, J. B. Ellison; 9, W. S. Edey; 10, Charles 
Macalester; 11, E. F. Thomas; 12, W. H. Stafford; 13, Fred Hoey; 14, 
J. P. Knapp. The above was the order in which the men went to the 
score, the detailed score, which is given later, placing the men in the 
order in which they finished. Fred Hoey was in doubt at first as to 
whether the No. 13 hole was a hoodoo; he is now of the opinion that 
there is more in those figures than meets the eye. 
As usual John S. Hoey acted as referee, and did his best to hustle 
the men up to the score, as there was a big day's work ahead if the 
first 50 rounds were to be completed that day. But for the number of 
"no birds" called by the shooters and the referee, the 700 birds neces- 
sary to complete the 50 rounds could have been trapped before it was 
too dark to shoot; as it was 644 birds (46 rounds) were disposed of 
before Mr. Hoey called the shoot off for the day. The official score 
waB placed in our charge, while A. L. Camancho faithfully braved the 
cold and placed red and white buttons on the score board in a 
thoroughly impartial manner. Mr. Camancho's efforts deserve special 
mention, it being by no means as easy feat for him to reach the two or 
three top rows on the board. 
Taking this shoot right through from beginning to end, it was an 
exciting and highly interesting contest. The cup winner was not de- 
cided until a tie for first place had been shot off, Edgar Murphy and 
Charles Macalester tieing on 92 each. In third place, but only 2 birds 
behind, was last year's winner and this year's favorite, J. P. Knapp; 
Duryea, Work and Wright were closely bunched with 1 kill less than 
Knapp's total. It was a pretty race, no less than four of the shooters 
having the lead at one time or another during the two days' shoot. 
FIRST DAY OF THE SHOOT. 
As above stated, the event commenced close on schedule time; it 
was just 10:10 A. M. when Wright stepped to the score and made the 
first kill of the race; everybody followed suit with the exception of 
Brokaw, who failed on a driver from No. 2 trap. Round No. 2 was 
marked by four losses, Moore, Duryea and Ellison losing easy birds, 
Stafford drawing a hard bird from No. 1 that fell dead out of bounds. 
In the third round Moore scored his second miss; this time it was a 
hard bird that fell to his lot. Brokaw lost his bird dead out of bounds, 
making his second miss too. The surprise of the round was Mac- 
alester's miss of an easy incoming bird. Work killed a fast bird from 
No. 5 in this round, using his second barrel with telling effect. In the 
fourth round Thomas was the only one to lose a bird, a driver from 
No. 3 getting a long lead before the second barrel was sent after it. 
Dolan's bird in this round was one of the "best birds in the match;" it 
was a splendid kill that scored it to him. Wright and Edey spoiled 
their straight scores in the fifth round, Wright's bird falling dead out 
of bounds; Stafford was unlucky enough to lose his bird in the same 
manner, though a little, more care on his part should have saved the 
bird. The best birds in this round were Wright's, Work's, Duryea 's 
and Macalester's, Wright's being a very fast one. 
Duryea lost a bird in the 6th round, making his second cypher; 
Brokaw also scored a lost bird, this being his third marked with a 
white button by Camancho, who was rooting for him to the best of his 
ability. These were the only losses in this round. In the 7th round 
Work lost a very hard bird indeed, a right-quartering driver from No. 
5, that went like a streak as soon as the trap was opened, reaching 
the boundary before coming to the ground. Brokaw, Duryea, Thomas 
and Stafford also lost birds in this round, five white buttons in all 
being the result of the 14 shots. Murphy and Knapp spoiled straight 
scores in the 8th round, both men losing birds that they certainly 
shoujd have scored. The only other shooter to miss In this round 
was Edey, who lost a comparatively easy bird, the pigeon like Mur- 
phy's falling dead out of bounds. Duryea, Ellison, Thomas and 
Stafford were the unlucky ones in the 9th round, their scores showing 
at this early stage of the proceedings: Duryea 4 losses, Ellison 2, 
Thomas 3 and Stafford 4. As there was something wrong with his old 
gun, Duryea at the end of this round changed to his new one, and 
killed from that point until the end of the shoot (tie birds included) 
94 out of 101, 3 of the 7 lost falling dead out of bounds. The 10th 
round saw but one white button go up, Edey being the only one to 
lose a bird. At the close of this round there were only 2 straight 
scores— Dolan and Hoey; 5 others had 9 each to their credit. 
HOEY IN THE LEAD. 
Fred Hoey was left In the lead after the 11th round closed, Dolan 
drawing a very hard bird that beat him out; Hoey's kill of his bird 
was a good piece of work, the pigeon being a very fast one. In all 13 
lost birds were scored in the rounds 11-15, inclusive: Wright 1, Moore 
2, Dolan 1, Ellison 4, Macalester 1 (a very hard bird indeed), Edey, 
Thomas and Stafford 1 each. This left Hoey still with the lead at the 
commencement of the 16th round, there being 4 right after him with 
14 each: Dolan, Murphy, Work and Knapp— a hot quartette. 
In the 16th round Murphy, Ellison and Thomas drew hard birds, 
scoring them by good second-barrel work. There were only three lost 
birds in the 16th, 17th and 18th rounds: Brokaw's 16th, Hoey's 17th and 
Thomas's 18th, Owing to Fred Hoey's loss the leaders were closely 
bunched, but it was still very early in the game. The two next 
rounds saw Camancho place 7 white buttons on the board: Hoey and 
Dolan each got two, their 19th and 20th birds; the other three were 
placed opposite Work's, Edey's and Stafford's names. Hoey's 19th 
was a fast bird, but his 20th should have been scored; as it was it fell 
dead out of bounds. Work and Dolan drew hard birds in the 20th 
round. The score at the commencement of the 21st round, so far as 
the leaders were concerned, was: Murphy and Knapp 19, Macalester, 
Work and Wright 18, Dolan and Hoey 17. 
Ten more losses were recorded in the next 5 rounds, 5 of them fall- 
ing in the 21st round— Brokaw, Moore, Work, Ellison and Macalester. 
Everybody scored in the22d round, Ellison and Edey being respectively 
responsible for a loss in the 23d and 21th roundB, both birds falling 
dead outside the boundary. In the 25th round three more white 
buttons went up on the board, but none of the leaders were candi- 
dates for them. 
AT THE QUARTER POLE. 
The close of the 25th round, one-quarter of the match, found the 
scores as follows: Murphy and Knapp, 24; Wright, 23; Dolan, Work, 
Macalester and Hoey, 22; Durvea, 21 ; Moore and Thomas, 20; Stafford, 
19; Brokaw, IS; Edey, 17; Ellison, 16. 
It would be tedious, perhaps, and take up too much apace, to go 
through the shoot r.'und by round; we will therefore only touch upon 
the more important features of the race, taking into consideration the 
scores of the leaders. 
In the 26th round Macalester went back to join Duryea, a towering 
right-quartering driver getting away from him. Then Murphy and 
Work lost their birds in the 29th round, Murphy joining Wright and 
Work following Macalester's example; this left Knapp alone in tb« 
lead by a single bird. The 30th round saw Wright go back to join 
Hoey and Dolan, both of whom were shooting very well. The next 
round, the 31st, sa w Macalester again lose a bird; this'time it was an- 
other difficult bird from No. 5 trap. The 32d round gave Camancho 
lots of work to do, 6 white buttons being required before the la<?t man 
on the list had left the score. Among the six were DoIaD, Work, Hoey 
and Knapp; the latter was once more tied with Murphy for first place. 
Murphy lost his 36th and 38th birds, while Knapp lost his 37th, the lat- 
ter keeping the lead from the end of the 38th round until the referee 
called a halt at the close of the 46th round. 
The scores at this stage of the proceeding were: Knapp 43, Dolan 42, 
Murphy and Hoey 41, Macalester 40, Wright, Work, Moore and Dur- 
yea 39, Stafford 37, Thomas 36, Ellison 34, Brokaw 33 and Edey 30. 
Owing to the match being less than half over, the referee decided that 
the three last-named shooters should retire in order that matters 
might be hastened. 
THE SECOND DAY. 
The second day, Jan. 11, opened clear, bright and cool. There was 
only a light wind, but that was rather more to the west than that of 
the previous day, and was therefore more favorable to the birds. 
The bright sun made the white of the snow very dazzling and painful 
EDGAR MURPHY— IN SUMMER ATTIRE. 
to the eyes. It hardly looked possible for the boys to roll up big 
scores, but they did; so appearances must have been deceitful and our 
judgment at fault. Some great scores were made to-day. The follow- 
ing is an analysis of some of the best work: Murphy, 61 out of 64 ■ 
Macalester, 60 out of 63; Duryea, 60 out of 64; Work and Wright, 59 out 
of 64; Knapp, 47 out of 54. As a squad of six men, the above shooters 
scored 346 out of 373, an average of 92.7. 
Shooting began at precisely the same time as yesterday— 10:10 A. M., 
Wright leading off with a kill. As a natural consequence of the sur- 
vival of the fittest, the scores were not so marred this day with white 
buttons, only 38 losses being recorded in the rounds 47 to 75 inclusive. 
The commencement of the 51st round found Knapp still in the lead 
with what seemed like a comfortable margin of two birds over his 
nearest opponent, the scores showing: Knapp 47, Murphy and Hoey 
45, Dolan and Macalester 44. Wright, Moore and Work 43, Duryea 42. 
Stafford 40, and Thomas 39. 
KNAPP LOSES THE LEAD. 
The first 10 rounds of the 3d series saw quite a change come over 
the score board. Knapp, who had not been shooting in his usual 
steady and effective manner, managed to lose 4 birds and with them 
of course the lead. The 60th round, therefore, saw the scores as fol- 
lows: Murphy 55, Macalester 54, Wright, Work, Hoey and Knapp 53, 
Moore and Dolan 52, Duryea 51; everybody bunched, as it were, and 
anybody's race. In the 65th round Wright and Work each lost a bird, 
both pigeons falling dead out of bounds and spoiling runs of 18 
straight since the start this morning. In the 67th Murphy lost a bird, 
the shooter going back to join Macalester in a tie for first place. 
Work and Knapp lost their birds in the 69th round, Moore dropping 
his 70th, an easy circling incomer that fell dead against the house. 
At the end of the 70th round the scores stood: Murphy and Macalester 
6"4, Hosy 63, Wright, Dolan and Knapp 62, Moore, Work and Duryea 61. 
The next five rounds saw as many losses recorded on the score sheet ; 
the unfortunates were: Murphy, Macalester, Hoey, Dolan and Duryea. 
The score at the commencement of the last series of 25 stood as fol- 
lows: Murphy and Macalester 68, Hoey and Knapp 67, Wright. Moore 
Dolan and Work 66, Duryea 65. IC that's not a close race at the three- 
quarters pole with nine men left in, we'd like to know what is a really 
close race. 
Macalester's los3 of his 75th bird, which fell dead just over the boun- 
dary, was received with groans, the white button it called for bring- 
ing to an end a run of 28 straight since the start to-day, which added 
to the 7 straight he killed the previous evening made a consecutive 
run of 35 without a miss. Just about this stage of the proceedings, so 
cool and so sure was Macalester in his work that Murphy and the rest 
of the boys were whispering one to the other that it looked as if 
J'Macalester was it." Duryea was plugging away in a quiet but effect- 
ive way, making a run of 21 between his 52d and 74th birds The 
scores for the third 25 were: Macalester, 24; Wright, Moore, Murphy 
Work and Duryea, 23; Dolan and Hoey, 22; Knapp, 20, 
SHAMROCK AND ORIOLE NECK AND NECK. 
The last series of 25 was a hard fight; of the seven that finished in 
the race three scored 24, three more scoring 23, out of their last 25 
birds. Murphy lost his 76th bird, a driver from No. 2, which he seemed 
totally unable to locate with his second barrel, his time being very 
poor. This loss made it look Btlll more as if "Macalester was it !" The 
Baltimorean, however, evened up matters by letting his 81st get away 
with the loss of only a few feathers. From the 75th to the 85th rounds 
inclusive Dolan lost 2 birds, Work and Knapp 1 each, Hoey 4, the lat- 
ter losing 2 dead out of bounds. At the 86th round then the score 
stood: Murphy and Macalester (the Shamrock and the Oriole) 77- 
Wrightand Knapp, 76; Moore, Work and Duryea, 75; Dolan, 74,'and 
Hoey, 73. With only 15 more birds to shoot at, there was still a chance 
for some changes, so closely were the leaders bunched. 
The next ten rounds saw the retirement of Fred Hoey, additional 
losses in the 88th, 91st and 95th rounds making the requisite number 
of 15 white buttons on his score. Wright lost 2— his 90th and 95th 
birds; Dolan also scored 2 losses— his 88th and 89th birds. Work and 
Duryea lost a bird apiece; while Moore, who up to this time had been 
doing great work to-day, lost 3 birds in quick succession— his 92d, 94th 
and 95th, Thus, with only 5 more birds to shoot at, the scores stood: 
Murphy and Macalester 87, Knapp 86, Wright, Work and Duryea 84, 
Moore and Dolan 82, Hoey 80. In those next 5 rounds only 3 losses 
were recorded: Knapp's 96th dead out of bounds, and Moore's 96th 
and 98th, the latter causing his retirement. Moore's loss of 5 out of 
his last 7 birds was a great surprise, coming as it did after great 
shooting during the entire day. 
The final scores showed Murphy and Macalester still a tie for 1st 
place with 92 each; Knapp alone for 3d money with 93; Wright, Work 
and Duryea tied for 4th money with 89 apiece; Dolan, the only other man 
to finish, came out with 87. As a proof of how tough a struggle it had 
been, we quote the following figures: Wright, Duryea and Work, who 
were tied at the close of yesterday's shoot with 39 each out of 46 shot 
at, to-day scored 50 out of 54; Macalester, who last evening was 1 bird 
behind Murphy, to-day killed 52 out of 54 to Murphy's 51 out of 54 
ending by tieing him for the cup. 
HIS DEFEAT BV BRADLEY WIPED OUT. 
Ties were ordered to be shot off at 10 birds. At the start of the 
shoot-off Murphy seemed to have entirely lost his time, being desper- 
ately slow on his first two birds, his friends being given cause for 
heart-failure on both birds. Then he quickened his time and came 
back to his old form when Macalester let his 5th bird, a alow circling 
incomer to the right, get over the boundary before being gathered 
The last 5 birds didn't bother Murphy a bit, all were easy except the 
last but one; he didn't give it chance to get hard, but snapped it up 
within a few feet of the trap. He did, however, succeed in giving hlB 
friends one more little scare on his last bird: this was a slow incomer 
which he cleanly missed apparently with his first; he then held his 
second barrel until the bird was less than 10yds. from him before let- 
ting it have the contents. 
Murphy's victory was a very popular one, and he received many 
congratulations on hia success Macalester shot well enough to win 
almost any match, and it must be stated in all fairness that Murphy 
had a bit the best of the birds. That fact, however, should not be 
allowed to detract from the brilliancy of his victory, for a win in such 
company would be a feather in any shooter's cap. 
One of the pleasantest features of the race to us was the form dis- 
played throughout the match by Wright, who shot excellently the last 
day, and was by no means favored by the birds. We never like to 
question a referee's decision, much less a decision made by such an 
excellent one as Mr. John Hoey; we feel sure, though, that Mr. Hoey 
will not take it ill if we say that we think his ruling on Wright's 94th 
bird was acting a little too strictly to the letter of the rule and not 
taking into consideration Its intent. As we were not at the score we 
can only give Wright's account of the affair: The bird, a driver from 
No l,left the trap very fast and low; it was hit hard with the con- 
tents of the first barrel, the second barrel also hitting it; the bird flew 
to the boundary and fell against the wire fence; the dog went to re- 
trieve it and the bird flipped up, getting over the fence before the dog 
gathered it. A balk was claimed by the shooter on the follow- 
ing grounds: First, that the dog was let go before the second 
barrel had been discharged; and second, because the trapper in his ef- 
forts to make fast time had started for the traps before the second 
barrel had been discharged. The question as we take it is: Was the 
shooter balked by either man or dog, or was the bird chased out by 
the dog being released too soon? Since the shooter used both barrels 
we think his claim to a balk on the first query is negatived, and we 
think Mr. Hoey so ruled on a case in which Mr. Thomas claimed a balk 
on Friday, Thomas claiming that a rapping on the window while he 
was at the score balked him, causing him to miss the bird, his atten- 
tion being attracted by the rapping. On the second query, we can 
only say that in our j udgment the difference in time between when the 
dog did reach the bird and when it would have reached it had it not 
been released until the second barrel had been fired, would have been 
so slight that it would have made no difference in the result. Under 
the circumstances, the shooter having used his second barrel, we think 
he should have been made to abide by the result. Of course we have 
only Mr. Wright's account of the affair to base our argument upon 
The referee's decision was based upon the following rule of the Larch- 
mont Club: "Rule 10. If, in the opinion oC the referee, the shooter is 
balked by any antagonist or looker-on, or by the trapper or dog 
whether by design or otherwise, he may be allowed another bird '' 
Acting under such a rule, the referee was strictly within his limits • 
the only point we differ on probably is as to "opinion." ' 
The tie for 4th money was shot off at 10 birds, Duryea beating out 
Wright and Work by killing his 10 straight, his opponents each losing 
their first tie bird. fi 
THE HIGH RUNS, 
During the two days' shoot some good runs were made, notwith- 
standing the uneven character of the birds, their very unevenness 
making-no two alike for either speed or direction. The following are 
most of the double-figure runs: Macalester 35, 19 and 11; Murphy 24 
20 and 20; Wright 24, 16 and 14; Duryea 23, 20, 14 and 11; Knapp 23 15' 
14 and 10; Work 20, 14 and 12; Dolan 17, 14, 11, 11 and 10 Hoey 16, 14, li 
and 11 ; Moore 15, 15, 13, 10 and 10; Brokaw 10. j , 
GUNS, SHELLS AND POWDERS. 
Gun. Shell. Powder. 
Murphy Purdey V. L. & D E. C .... 
Macalester.. Purdey Trap , E. C 
Knapp Francotte. . V. L. & D Schultze. 
Duryea Francotte. .V. L. & D Schultze. 
Work Purdey Trap E. C . . . 
Wright Purdey V. L. & D Schultze. 
Dolan Purdey. .... Trap Schultze . 
Moore Purdey Trap Schultze 
Hoey Purdey Eley's V.L.&D.Schultz=s, 
Thomas Greener Trap E. C . . 
Stafford . . . .Purdey V. L. & D Schultze" 
Ellison Purdey Trap. E. C . . . 
Brokaw ....Purdey V. L. & D Schultze! 
Edey Francotte.. V L &D Schultze, 
The above is a complete list of the guns, shells 
used by the.shooters in this event. 
Grs. Loaded by. 
.45..V. L. &D. 
.48.. Self. 
.45. .V. L. & D. 
.48.. V. L. &D. 
.48. .Dannefelser 
.48..V. L.&D. 
.48..Krider. 
.48..U. M. C. factory. 
.50..V. L. &D. 
.48.. Self. 
.45.. V. L. &D. 
.42.. 
.45..V. L & D. 
.48..V. L. &D. 
and loads of powder 
No. 4. No. 5. 
HOW THE TRAPS FELL. 
It is always of interest to know just how the traps fell to each 
shooter. In this event an automatic pulling apparatus was used the 
if*?! b ? ing Polled for "good birds" just 1,173 times in the match 
itself; the traps pulled in the shoot-off are not included, as a eomDari- 
son of the figures would then be hardly equitable. 
No 1. 
Murphy 21 
Macalester 18 
Knapp 16 
Duryea 20 
Work 27 
Wright 18 
Dolan 23 
Moore 17 
Hoey 23 
Thomas , 9 
Stafford 14 
Ellison 3 
Brokaw 13 
Edey 11 
233 
An average for each of the five traps would be about 234; No i was 
just about right, but Nos. 2 and 5 were away above the average- No 4 
was pulled very seldom in comparison to the others. A curious fea- 
ture is that Ellison drew No. 2 trap just 17 times out of 46. 
THE SCORE IN DETAIL. 
The score in detail, showing just what sort of bird each man drew 
which trap it came from, and what was done with it, follows: ' 
Trap Score Type -Copyright by Forest land Stream Publishing Co. 
32534223234231531221535 44 
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.2 211122.2 2 22222221212 22 2 2-S 
No. 2. 
25 
23 
22 
29 
15 
23 
24 
28 
18 
20 
18 
17 
14 
9 
285 
No. 3. 
19 
13 
17 
13 
19 
17 
19 
15 
11 
15 
14 
8 
7 
14 
201 
9 
26 
100 
12 
34 
100 
21 
24 
100 
13 
25 
100 
13 
26 
100 
15 
27 
100 
12 
22 
100 
15 
23 
98 
22 
21 
95 
9 
18 
71 
13 
12 
71 
9 
9 
46 
5 
7 
46 
4 
8 
46 
172 
282 
1,173 
E Q Murphy, . 
-24 
5345524311545515235512155 
1 2 20222122.2.22221 2 2 . 2 2 2 2-21 
513 3 112552255115532133513 
2222221121222121011 1 1 0 2 2 2-23 
2123511242221453222251132 
0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2-24- 92 
5215541334325551123222524 
\^^V-\ !/>r> \< — >-» f ^-4 \ 
C Macalester. ..2 2011122221111011121021 1 2-22 
1253255121233422555255 4 54 
0121202112 2 2101 t 21 2 1 22 21 2-32 
