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I Feb. 16, 1896 
cited a good deal of interest in and around New "Vbrk and New Jersey. 
Morfey has a record for winning matches that Is hard to equal and 
which has probably seldom been equaled, while Jim Elliott is known 
from one end of the United States to the other. 
The officials at this match were: Oapt. A. W. Money, referee; W. 
Dutcher, scorer; Charles Lee, trap-puller ; Joe Boyle looked after the 
birds and trappers. Morfey's red setter dog Eagle and Boyle's Nancy 
did part of the retrieving, being relieved by J, Doty's gordon setter 
Who put In some of the finest work that has ever been seen on these 
grounds. He is perfectly under control, there being no occasion to 
hold him when a shooter is at the score. He does not start to retrieve 
until told to do so, and can be called back any time when in the full 
run for a bird. This was shown to-day when Elliott eleeted to gather 
a doubtful bird. The dog answered the whistle when within a few 
yards of the bird, coming to heel promptly amid the applause of the 
crowd. Then Elliott tried his hand on the bird, but lost it. 
The shooting was very fine, the birds being a fair lot of strong 
flyers. The close of each of the first three series of 25 saw the score 
a tie, both men scoring 22, 21 and 23 out of the above series in order 
named. The tie was finally broken when Morfey lost his 81st bird; 
losses in the 85th, 88th and 95th rounds left him four birds to the bad 
at the end of the 100th round, Elliott having finished the race with a 
run of 42 straight. In addition to his unfinished run of 42 straight, 
Elliott made runs of 16, 14 and 11; Morfey's high runs were 16, 13 and 
12. The time for the first 100 birds was 57 minutes; the second 100 took 
66 minutes, making a total of two hours and 3 minutes for the 200 
birds. In the last half of the match the traps broke down twice, 
making a delay of a minute or two each time. 
The scores in f ull,;showing trap and the flight of each bird, are given 
below: 
Trap score type— Copy right , isse, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
422335:.' 451522 3 2 2444313521 
I T t \ t H \ T S T $ T M-/ ->->-n> / 
-Elliott ....2 •022122223282»338222322 2—22 
2 5 3 4 4 4 15 15 2 3 114 2 4 2 5 2 5 3 12 5 
222222002220 0 22222221122 2—21 
233451322113 2444132142232 
2 2 0 2 2 2-2 •22282 2 2222222222 2—23 
3 5 155 22422143421352323542 
-»->\-> t-v T H->\->*'-^->->4./ , <-f \-»H \ 
1222222222222222122222.J2 2-25-91 
4213285222 5 54552255113253 
Morfey • 220 2 2222202112122121222 1—22 
3 414355331422314133214423 
"l^VlTo 1i2 "2^2*2 ^^l^~2~t~2o'\ ^"t"!— 21 
51435111254143455 2 2315215 
S, T<-'^\^/*/ , -*\T/-^HNN/-m-\->H \-> 
2 2 2»21222212211202212112 2—23 
215 2 111114541524221454334 
122210222022»22211102122 2—21—87 
The following sweeps were also shot, Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 being $2 miss- 
and-outs; No. 3 was a 10-bird match between Capt. Money and Hill: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
Brewer 1222—4 222-3 2222—4 0 —0 
Money 2110—3 212—3 2221112112—10 121 —3 2121221—7 
Morfey 20 —1 220 —2 2812222—7 
Class 20 —1 2222222—7 
Hill 2111—4 220-2 0211122222- 9 2220—3 20 —1 
Dutches. 
On Longf Island. 
CONEY ISLAND POINT. 
Jan. 81 — This afternoon a number of business men of New York 
and Brooklyn held a shoot at targets at Coney Island Point. Con- 
sidering that some of the shooters had never shot at targets before, 
the scores were good. Each man shot at 40 targets. Among the 
shooters was Mr. Doan, a visitor to the East from Minnesota. The 
scores were: 
Henry Lemaire ....1001101111111111111111111110100001111011—31 
Albert Battersbee 0001111111011011101111111111111101110010-30 
Frank Lawrence 1111111111110001001101101111100011111101—29 
Capt Prazer 1111111001111111011111100011011110000000—26 
Doan . . . . 1110010011001010011100110001110101100010-20 
J Sullivan 1110000010000011000100010000100000010010— 11 
Wm Monroe 1000001001100010000110100000001000100000—10 
Law. 
old mill rod and gun club. 
Feb. 1, — The regular bi-monthly shoot of the Old Mill Bod and Gun 
Club was held at Kaiser's Hotel, Old Mill, L. I., this afternoon. The 
club shoot was at 15 bluerocks, John Blake winning the eold medal 
and Bob Schneider taking the silver medal. Scores: J. Kaiser 10, R. 
Kaiser 10, B. Schneider 11, S. Gales 9, W. Edwards 4, E. Forbell 10, A. 
Schoverling 8, A. Kessel 6, A. Curran 6, John Blake 12, A. Ritzier 2, B. 
Cruger 7. 
EUREKA GUN CLUB. 
Feb. 3.— The Eureka Gun Club, of Brooklyn, N. Y., held its monthly 
live-bird contest at the North Beach shooting grounds this afternoon. 
The 'club shoot, which is at 7 live birds, was won by Philip Myles 
after a tie with two others. The scores were as follows: 
P H Myles (28) 1211202—6 C W Williamson (28; .... 1000101—3 
S R Johnson (26) 2111120—6 K H Kennedy (26) 1200010—3 
Harry Claverly (26) 2121220- 6 A W King (26). . . ; 1000110—3 
George King f26) 021 1020-4 D W Ryan (26) 1200200—3 
Thomas Porter (25) 0112002—4 Fred Reynolds (26) 0100001—2 
Shoot off for the badge: Myles 3, Johnson 2, Claverly 1. 
SEA GATE GUN CLUB. 
Feb. A,— A new trap-shooting organization is the Sea Gate Gun Club, 
of Brooklyn. This club was organized very recently and held its first 
shoot this afternoon at Sea Gate, L. I., formerly Norton's Point, 
Coney Island. There was a good attendance of members, the club 
ghootat 15 targets attracting 11 entries; the scores in this event count 
in the yearly averages for prizes at the end of the season. ' The score 
in to-day 'b shoot was asfollows: 
Thomas Lloyd. 111110111111111—14 Daniel Long.... 011010011100111— 9 
W Henderson... 111010111111111— 13 Chas E Dobson. 101010101110001 — 8 
W R Samuels. .011111011110111—12 J G Britton 100010010110010— 6 
J G Robertson, 011011111011101— 11 FVan Anken. .,010010110001000— 5 
R Lampson. . . ..100111010011111— 10 T Bennett 101000001000001— 4 
HW Vincent... 011101001001111— 9 
The officers of the Sea Gate Gun Club are: President, J, G Robert- 
son; Vice-Presidents, H. W.Vincent and Thomas Lloyd; Secretary, 
Charles E. Dobson; Treasurer, Richard Lampson; Captain, W. B. 
Samuels; Trustees, W. G. Henderson, James Britten, Frederic Van 
Anken, Thomas Bennett and Daniel G. Long. 
BUSHWICK ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
Feb. A— A 25-bird race was shot to-day on the grounds of the Bush- 
wick Rod and Gun Club, the contestants being Thomas G. Dawson, of 
Brooklyn, and P. J. O'Brien, of the Bergen Gun Club. The conditions 
were: 25 live birds per man, 28yds. rise. Dawson won by 3 birds, the 
score being reported as: Dawson 15, O'Brien 12. 
CONEY ISLAND ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
Feb. 5.— The monthly shoot of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club 
-was held this afternoon at Dexter Park. The contest for the Hughes 
.diamond badge was productive of much sport, Helgans, Pfaender and 
Lair tieing for it with straight scores of 7 kills. On the shoot-off, miss- 
»nd out, Helgans won by scoring 4, Pfaender scored 3, Lair 2. The 
scores in the club event were as follows: E. Helgans (29) 7, Fred 
Pfaender (29) 7, W. H. Lair (29) 7, Henry A. Mueller (87) 6, Dr. Parker 
/27) 6, Dr. Fuller (27) 5, J. B. Voorhees (29) 5, H. McLaughlin (29) 4, 
pr. Little (29) 4, Hy. Knebel, Jr. (29) 4. 
AR VERNE ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
Feb. 5.— The members of the Arverne Rod and Gun Club held a shoot 
to-day for the first time in many months. All events were at targets, 
the club event being at 15 targets: The scores were: 
Club shoot: J. G. Foster 13, F. G. Henderson 10, T. R, Wentworth 
9, J. H. Schaeffer 8, C. T. Elliott 7, G. H. Kennedy 5, A. E. Murphy 4, 
T\ J. Higgins 3, F. H. Philips 3. 
WOODSIDE ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
Feb. 5.— At the WoodsideRod and Gun Club's shoot to day James B. 
Colgan secured the first honors on 9 out of 10 targets. The scores in 
the club event were: 
James B. Colgan 9, Edward V. Kent 6, Henry P. Schmidtt 5, James 
J. O'Brien 7, Ulysses V, O'Connor 5, Andrew J. Henderson 5, James R. 
Seaman 8, James W. Heaney 4, Henry P. Cummings 6, Samuel P. 
Schleuter 7, Edward 8. Norris 4, Wm. fi. Hunt 5. 
AT DEXTER PARK. 
Feb. 6.— The weather to-day was enough to break the heart of any- 
body except the moat eager pigeon shooter. A live-bird handicap 
race had been fixed for to-day and several of those who had put up 
their forfeits were on hand to take part in whatever was going. The 
wind blew a gale that swung around from the northeast to the south- 
east, blowing all the while at about 60 miles an hour. This wind was 
right in the teeth of the shooters, making incomers terribly fast, and 
carrying lots of birds that had been killed in the air over the boun- 
dary, the shooter being credited with a lost bird. In consequence of 
the disagreeable weather conditions it was decided to postpone the 
handicap until Feb. 10, those who were present then going in for 
several sweepstakes, although the rain was coming down in torrents 
all the day, particularly between the hours of 2 and 4 P. M. The 
scores made were as follows: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. 
9 
9 
4 
4 
8 
5 
6 
9 
8 
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6 
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No. 1 was at 10 live birds; all others were misB-and-outs. 
WAVERLY ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
Feb. 6.— Notwithstanding the desperate gale and pouring rain, sev- 
eral members of the Waverly Gun Club went to the club's grounds at 
North Beach and took part in the monthly live-bird shoot of the club. 
Henry G. Ranken won the badge after tieing with Richards and 
Schaeffer. The tie was shot off miss-and-out, Ranken Rcoring 3, Rich- 
ards 2 and Schaeffer 1. The scores of the shoot were as follows: 
H. G. Ranken (27; 6, T. W. Richards (26) 6, J. G. Schaeffer (26) 6, W. 
G. Hennessv (25) 5, D. H. Longman (26) 4, O H. Kelley (26) 3, A. V. 
Williams (25) 1, J. 0. Bertram (26) 8, S. W. Murphy (26) 2. 
NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 
Feb. 8.— There was only a small attendance this afternoon at the 
grounds of the New Utrecht Gun Club, at Woodlawn. Six shooters 
were present, but only five took part in the club shoot at 10 birds. 
Coulston, the only A Class man had, of course, an easy thing, having 
only himself to beat for the honors in that class. Conny Fergueson 
had three competitors in Class B, but none of them gave him any 
trouble, he killing his first 9 birds without a miss. Scores: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 8. 
G W Coulston (A) 0222221102—8 20221—4 B2212— 4 
Conny Furgueson (B) 2222212120—9 11202—4 01010—2 
F W Duryea (B) . . , 12120012.0— 6 21222—5 10102—8 
J Gaughen (B) ....... 212001101«-6 21122—5 12112—5 
C T Pennnington (B) 1200201010—5 12211—5 11028—4 
D Bennett (tJ) 22221—5 02222—4 
Messrs. Coulston and Pennington shot two matches this afternoon. 
The firBt was at 10 birds, Coulston allowing Pennington one miss as a 
no bird; this match Pennington won by killing 8 out of 11, to Coul- 
ston 's 7 out of 10. The second match was arranged as follows: 25 live 
birds per man, Pennington being allowed five misses as no birds; this 
match Coulston won as Pennington was shot out at the end of his 26th 
round. Score: 
Coulston 0222221102221201221020221 —20 
Pennington 12002010100021220»02128110— 15 
Trap Around Buffalo. 
IDLE HOUR GUN CLUB. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 30.— The Idle Hour Gun Club held a shoot to- 
day at Audubon Park. Thirteen members took part in the sweeps 
shot during the afternoon. The scores were as follows: 
Events: 12 3 4 Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 25 10 10 10 
HB Smith 12 , 
P Smith 14 
P Hovey 6 . . .. 
Norris... 5 8 
P Meyers 5 8 
Porter 5 fi 
Targets: 25 10 10 10 
BF Smith 19 8 6 9 
R Hawkins 18 .. 7 7 
Jos Gray 11 5 .. .. 
A Trimmer 13 6 . . 
FSink 13 6 .. .. 
Wm Daw 17 7 7 5 
J Ambrose 15 7 , . 
1 »Events 5, 6, 7 and 8 were a series of matches between B. F. Smith and 
Norris; they resulted as follows: No. 5, 15 targets: Norris 12, Smith 
11. No. 6, same: Norris 10, Smith 12. No. 7, 10 targets: Smith 10, 
Norris 9. No. 8, 5 targets: Smith 5, Norris 4. 
HEINOLD IN GOOD FORM. 
Jan. SI. — A 3-men team race was the special attraction at Audubon 
Park to-day, the event bringing out quite a large number of shooters. 
The teams were: A. Heinold, L. W. Bennett and A. Forrester, against 
F. D. Kelsey, E. C. and C. S. Burkhardt. The conditions of the race 
were sporting ones: 25 live birds per man, 28yds. rise, 60yds. boun- 
dary, and 25 targets per man, 16yds. rise, unknown angles. "Heinold's 
team won by a majority of 5—119 to 114. 
The day began well and everything looked promising for a fine day, 
but before the last sweep was brought to a close a drizzling rain 
made it unpleasant for the shooters. In the first half of the team 
race, the live-bird part of it, team No. 2 led by 1 kill, scoring 60 to 59. 
In the target half team No. 1 led by 6 breaks, scoring 60 to 54. It is 
but fair to the losing team to state that C. S. Burkhardt's unlucky 
drop from his average number of breaks down to the low score of 14 
was the chief cause of the team's failure to come out ahead. A. 
Heinold, of the winning team, led in almost all the events of the day. 
In the live-bird event he beat the others by some excellent shooting. 
All the members of the team are Audubon Gun Club men, and all are 
well known in the State Of New York. The scores in the sweeps and 
team race are as follows: 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 
Targets: IS 15 15 15 15 10 
C S Burkhardt. , 12 13 9 13 9 10 A 
A Forrester 8 12 .. 12 18 9 P 
E C Burkhardt.. 12 9 10 8 9 6 F 
Norris 13 10 .. 11 9 .. E 
L W Bennett. ... 12 4 13 ... . 8 B 
The scores in the team match were 
No. 1 team, live birds. 
Heinold. . .22«2231112221«32212013321-23 
Bennett. . .12022«2183212el2330210112-30 
Forrester. 2«2001«311111032.10031111-17 
Events: 13 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 10 
Heinold 12 12 12 14 15 8 
G Meyers 10 10 
D Kelsey .. 13 .. .. 8 
Storey 7 
F Smith 13 10 .. 11 10 .. 
as follows: 
Targets. 
1111111101110011111110111-21-43 
0011111111010111111111111-31—41 
1101111100011110101011 111-18—35 
59 60 119 
No. 2 team. 
Kelsey. . . .221220«212221201«32231122-21 1011111010011111111111011-20- 41 
EBurkh'dt822218«3201»2212100212021-19 1100111111101111110101111-20—39 
CBurkh'dt21121»0«332al202220112222-20 1010011001110110100110011-14-34 
60" 54 114 
AUDUBON GUN CLUB. 
Feb. 1— The Audubon Gun Club's weekly shoot was held to-day at 
Audubon Park. The badge race was the main event of the afternoon. 
In this event the members of the club are divided into three classes, 
A, B and C. Class A badge was won by A. Forrester with 23 out of 
25; Reid won the Class B badge with 21, the Class O badge being taken 
by Miller, who broke 16. Scores: 
OlssS A. 
A Forrester '....1111111101110111111111111—23 
Fisher 1111111111101100111111101—21 
L W Bennett llllOllllOOllllllllOlOlll— 20 
C W Burkhardt OllllOlllli 11100111111110—20 
B F Smith. llllOlllllllOlOllllOOllll— 20 
B Talsma r 1 1011011011 1 1 1 1 0 1 0101 101 1 —18 
E Burkhardt 1011110111110101111010100-16 
E W Smith 1111 11001010111001 lOOul 11— 16 
P Meyers 00011101101 01110111100101—15 
E Storey 0101000111000101101110101—13 
Class B 
Reid '.....1011111111101111110110111—21 
LErb 1111100111111110011101111-20 
Hanks 1110111111011010011101111-19 
Williams 0011 011 11 1 1 1 10 1 0111 101 11 1—19 
O'Brien 0111110111110101110111010—18 
McArthur 1011011110111110100110011—17 
Brown 1001100110011111111000111—16 
Class C. 
Miller Ill 001101 1000011 1 1 01 1 101 1 —16 
Haigh , 0000111101011111100000001—12 
Woodbury 0100111100100011000001110—11 
Csomus 0100100100001010010010011— 9 
King's Smokeless Gun Club. 
Madisonville, O., Feb. 1.— The scores made in to-day's shoot by 
members of the King's Smokeless Gun Club, of this place, were as be- 
low, all those taking part in the events using Peters's shells and Milt 
Lindsley's new powder — King's Smokeless: 
Events: 13345678 Events: 13345G7S 
Targets: 10 SO 10 30 25 10 20 15 Targets: 10 20 10 SO 25 10 SO 15 
Mackie .... 10 19 9 19 23 10 19 15 Settle 10 17 10 19 20 9 16 14 
Conklin.... 8 15 7 15.. 7..,. Burton.... 916 817., 71512 
Stinkorb... 7 15 8 16,, 81412 Stevens.... 716 918.. 81613 
J. H. Mackie, Seo'y. 
Lynchburg* Guii Club. 
Lynchburg, Va.. Feb. 4.— The weekly shoot of the Lynchburg Gun 
Club was held to-day. In addition to the scores given below, Dornin 
and Scott shot four 25-target matches and one 20-target match with 
the following result: No. 1, Dornin 22, Scott 19; No. 2, Scott 21, Dornin 
20; No. 3, Dornin 24, Scott 18; No. 4, Dornin 20, Scott 17; No. 5. 20 tar- 
gets: Dornin 20, Scott 15. Total out of 120 targets: Dornin 106, Scott 
90. The other scores were: 
No. 1. No. 2. 
Nelson 1011111111111110011111111—22 1110011110111111111101111—21 
Terry 1110110001110100110111111—17 0111111110010111111101101—19 
Scott 0111101111101101110011101—18 1100110111110011101011011—17 
Dornin 1011111111111101111111111—23 1111111101111001111111111—22 
Stearns 0111111110111111001011101 -19 1101111111101010101101110—18 
Moorman 1100011011011111101001111—17 
No. 3. No. 4. 
Nelson 1111111111111101111111111-24 1111011111111000111111101—20 
Terry 1111010011111111111110011-20 1111111111001110111001011—19 
Scott 0111101011110111111110111-20 1001111111101111001011011—18 
Dornin 1110111111101110111101111—21 1111111111111111101111101—23 
Stearns 1110101011011111111011111—20 0101011111110111111011101—19 
Moorman.. . . 1001111101001110011111110-17 1100110011111111011011111—19 
No. 5. No. 6. 
Nelson 1011101111101111111111101-21 1101111111111111111111111—24 
Terry 1011110011110011111111011-19 1110111111111101111101011—21 
Scott 0101010011111010011011111—16 1111111010011001111110101—18 
Dornin 1111111111111011110101111—22 1110110111111001111111111—21 
Stearns lllOlOlllllllllllOlOHlll-21 1110011110110101011111111—19 
Moorman .. .0111010110110001011111101— 16 1111101111111111110010111—21 
F. M. D. 
Smashing Targets in Colorado. 
Timnath, Col., Jan. 30.— The North Timnath Gun Club shot a race 
to-day with a team from Greeley, the losing team paying for the tar- 
gets. The conditions were 25 targets per man. Timnath won by 12 
breaks. Scores: 
North Timnath Gun Club. 
J M Edwards 1111111101101110111011011—20 
S J Reed 0001000101011001000011010— 9 
C Parker , 1011111111111011111101111-22 
G Woodard 1111 1 1 1 1 101 1 1 1 01 1 101 11011 -21 
F Paige 0011001001001110001000101—10 
H G Springer 0011101011001001110110001—18 
J L Gray 1101111101111101110110110—19 
C Adams 0100101000111011111110110-15 
J Hayden 1110111111111110101111011—21—150 
Greeley Gun Club. 
W J Baxter 1101101111111111011000111—19 
H Sorenson 1011001101101001101110110-15 
E M Neusbaum 0111101111111111001111001—19 
F E Smith 0101111001000010000100011-10 
Wm Lee 1111101100111011010000110—14 
H Cooper 0110101100000110011101101— 18 
E McKinney 10111011001101110111 00111— 17 
W Henderson. 1011110001011111001011010—15 
I Igo .1001111111111011000011001— 16— 138 
J. M. Edwards, Sec'y. 
Farmer Jones's Handicap. 
Albany, N. Y,, Feb. 8.— Some one has said that the sooner the 
almighty dollar ceases to play so important a part in our tourna- 
ments, and that the clubs holding these shoots do not endeavor to 
make all they can out of the visiting sportsmen, the sooner the attend- 
ance will increase. All of this is true. One must pay for his pleas- 
ure, and no one ought to gain more out of it than his proportion. The 
club should have a fair recompense for its hard work and should 
charge as small a price for birds and shells as the times warrant. 
Make it a pleasant day for all the shooters; see how much they can 
give them for their money; pay some little attention to the poorer 
shots; make it a day of pleasure (if not profit) to them, and tbey will 
come again. Charge every man the same entrance and give him what 
he has won in proportion to his skill. No sliding scale— one man SI, 
another $2; some at 16yds., and some at greater distance. Away with 
all this ! and take in pleasure what you can't win. But serve all alike, 
irrespective of rank. My neighbor has fifty cows; I have twenty. 
He sends his milk to the same factory, pays the same price per pound 
for making his share of the butter as I do, and has to pay for the same 
in proportion to the amount of milk sent. The writer gets the same 
proportion, but at the end of the year has received less money than he 
of the larger number of stock Is not this correct? What about the 
handicap? Why, "straight out;" is there anything more equitable 
and fair for all the shooters? The better you shoot, the more you get 
of the cash, and "dropping" won't work. No one to blame but the 
contestant if he don't get a piece, and no one will get more than he is 
entitled to. Farmer Jones. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications 
A. T. L„ Delawanna, N. J.— No sailing yacht can sail faster than 
the wind. 
S. R. T„ Scranton, MisB.— Jeffrey's marine glue is used between 
planking of boats. Directions for use are furnished by the makers 
with each package. It is not used for hollow spars, special glues 
being used for this purpose; the composition being the secret of the 
spar maker, 
P. J., 111.— Canvas will make a strong and durable boat. The model 
should carry the sail named. You can reach the Ohio from Pittsburg, 
Pa., but will have to use the rail from New York to Pittsburg. Such 
chartB as are to be had of the rivers are published by the Hydro- 
graphic Office, Washington, but we believe the Ohio and Mississippi 
are not charted. 
W. G., Toronto, Canada.— 1. Which yearly report of the U. 8. Fish- 
ery Commissioner contains the best practical hints, etc., to one who 
desires information on the breeding and raising of speckled trout and 
also of the black bass? 2. Can you give me the address of any taxi- 
dermist or any one from whom I can purchase hackle feathers, etc., 
suitable for fly making? Ans. 1 and 2. Write to J. B. McHarg, Jr., 
Rome, N. Y. 
H. A. C, Laconia, N. H. — I wish to inquire through your correspond- 
ing column the best place in Maine where I could find good trap- 
ping and fishing. Ans. There is no "best place" for trapping and 
fishing in Maine, or anywhere else for that matter. Trapping is played 
out in Maine at present, and where expert trappers cannot make ex- 
penses there is no opening for anyone else. You can find fishing of 
one kind or another almost anywhere in the State. Consult our hotel 
advertising columns. 
S. M. Van A., Jamaica, N. Y.— I have taken interest in New York 
police pistol practice. I read this week of too light pistols, holding in 
hand, etc. Could you give me any information in this respect, as I 
have been trying to learn to shoot a Stevens single shot, but can't 
seem to hold it steady? Ans. To shoot a pistol or revolver with any 
degree of accuracy, the weapon must be held in such a manner as to 
make it an integral part of the shooter's arm. No other cause is so 
productive of wild shooting as a weak grip at the point where the pis- 
tol is held, which permits it to turn to either side or wobble up and 
down. The inevitable shaking of the pistol arm is of little conse- 
quence as compared with the slightest motion at the grip, as owing to 
the shortness of the barrel such motion is multiplied tenfold. Do not 
permit yourself to pull off with a jerk, but gradually tighten the 
pressure on the trigger, meanwhile keeping a firm grasp on the pistol 
and your arm extended in the direction of the target, with the sights 
as near the center of the bullseye as you can hold. When you have 
learned to grasp the pistol firmly, so that no matter how your arm 
moves about the pistol itself will always point just where your arm 
does, you will have no difficulty in doing good average shooting. 
PUBLISHERS 5 DEPARTMENT. 
$27.50 Round Trip. 
NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS. 
The Southern Railway, Piedmont Air Line, operating the Washing 
ton and Southern Vesoibule Limited, composed of Vestibule Coach 
Dining and Sleeping Oars, between New York and New Orleans, an! 
nounces that on Feb. 14-17 they will sell round-trip tickets, Washing - 
ton to New Orleans and return, for S27.50, these tickets good to return- 
within fifteen days. This low rate is given so as to enable all to attend 
the Carnival, which takes place ia the Cre3cent City on the 17th of 
February. The attendance from the East this year will be very large. 
Already a number of special car parties have made arrangement to 
take in this great celebration.— A.dv. 
