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Eureka Gun Club of Chicago- 
Owing to the extreme bashfulness of most of our members, the 
absence of the writer, and the much regretted illness of that prince 
among men and sportsmen, Mr Waters, of Forest and Stream, our 
doings have not been published for th° past four weeks, so we make 
haste to let our friends hear from us. Looking over the scores made 
while I was away, I find nothing to be ashamed of; perhaps it was 
thought that we might be able to get a few matches, if our scores 
were not published; and by the way, why do we not , here in Cook 
county — with so many gun clubs? Why do we not visit each other 
more? and shoot a club races of 10 or 15 men now and then? Why do 
we not have a city or county league, with team and individual con- 
tests, regular meets and annual trophies? If this meets approval let 
us hear from you. The Eureka Gun Club will join in a call for a 
meeting with this object in view. Our shoot of June 2^ was not as 
well attended as usual, owing to its being Derby day, but we managed 
on this dull afternoon to throw 1,500 clays, for what we lacked in 
numbers we made up in enthusiasm. 
Though we have many visitors at our shoots, we still wish to repeat 
our invitation to shooters visiting or local to meet with us as much 
and as often as they may wish; our grounds are at Seventy-ninth 
streeth and Vincennes avenue, Auburn Park, Eastern Illinois or Rock 
Island railways, 1 P. M. train; buy a ride of some club member, most 
of whom have 10 ride tickets; or take State street cable cars, trans- 
ferring at Sixty- first street to Auburn Park car, 5 cents for the whole 
ride. Wm. F. DeWolf, Cor. Sec'y. 
Medal shoot, 25 birds, known traps, unknown angles: 
Cl&ss .A. 
Willard: ',...1110111010111101110011111—19 
Adams 1111111101111111111111111-24 
Bingham 1111111111101111111101111—23 
Stannard 1111101111111101011111111—22 
Miller 1010110001110111111110101-17 
Class B. 
Ferguson 1011110110111111111101111—21 
DeWolf 1110011001111100101011101—16 
Buck .'...,1000111001111011111111111—19 
Carson 1111110111111011001111111—21 
Visitors. 
Isigrigg 00111 101 01 1011001 0101 101 1—15 
Bradley 1111011010010111110110111-1S 
Hinkins 1111001011111111111110111 21 
Corcoran 01011 101 11 w. 
Scores of five matches, each at 25 targets, unknown angles: 
1 2 S U 5 1 g S h 5 
Adams 24 20 21 18 23 Buck H 16 20 .. .. 
Willard 22 18 21 23 19 Carson 20 14 19 .. 
Bingham 23 22 23 .. .. Isigrigg 17 13 16 .. 
Stannard 24 25 21 ,. .. Bradley 19 .. 19 w 
Goodrich 12 16 Hinkins 21 21 17 
De Wolf 20 32 13 .. 19 Ferguson 13 16 14 .. 
Corcoran 11 .. 19 .. .. Miller 19 18 21 
Spokane Rod and Gun Club. 
Spokane, Wash , May 28 —The Spokane Rod and Gun Club held 
their last medal shoot of the season yesterday Tom Ware and H. 
Doolittle won the A and B medals respectively at yesterday's shoot. 
The whole season was twenty-six shoots, and the member winning it 
the most number of times becomes the winner. Tn the A class Tom 
Ware has won it 18 times, Carson 2, Eckhardt 2, MeBroom 2 and 
Mason 2, in consequence Tom Ware is the A class winner. In the B 
class J. R. Burke has won it 9 times, Knight 5, Doolittle 5, Duffy 4, 
Morgan 2, A. Ware 1, and so the B class medal falls to the lot of 
Burke. Following are the scores of yesterday's shoot: 
Medal shoot, 20 singles and 5 pairs: 
Class A. 
Wise 11101100101100111101 
Mason 11011011100100111101 
''arson 10110110111010001110 
T Ware 11111011110110011100 
Class B. 
A Ware 0H1 11 0000001 0*00000 
Doolittle 01 01 01 1 j 1 11 00! 1 1 1 01 1 
Morgan 00010101011011110011 
No. 2, 10 singles: 
7, Morgan 4. 
No. 3, 10 singles: 
Ware 6, Mason 6. 
T. Ware 9, Doolittle 8, Morgan 7, Ma«on 7, A 
J. W. Withers, Sec'y. 
00 11 11 11 10 -20 I 
01 11 11 00 10-19 
10 10 01 01 10 - 17 , 
10 10 11 10 11—21 
11 00 00 10 00-10 
11 10 10 11 00-20 | 
1" 11 00 10 11—17 
T. Ware 1 ■>, A. Ware 7, Doolittle 7, Mason 7, Carson 
A. Ware 9, Carson 9, Doolittle 7, Morgan 6, T. 
No. 4, lO singles: 
Ware 7. 
The New Dupont Nitro. 
The Messrs, Dupont describe their new smokeless powder as fol- 
lows: "The powder in color ia similar to sawdust— yellowish white. 
It gives as good pattern and penetration as the best grades of black 
powder, while the pressure in the gun is no greater than with black. 
In loading any good paper shell may be used, preferably those having 
the No. 3 primer. Priming with black powder is unnecessary. No 
more wads should be used over the powder than will allow of at least 
J4in. for crimp. The wads should fit the shell tightly and should be 
set firmly on the powder; owing to the hardness of the grain no dan- 
ger need be apprehended from ramming. For good close pattern at 
40yds. the following loads are recommended: For 12 gauge guns 2% 
to 3drs. by measure, for 10-gauge guns 3 to 3}^drs bv measure, for 
16-gauge SJ^drs.; use the same measure as for Dlack powder. 
Princeton's Wind-Up. 
Princeton, N. J.— Owing to the heat that cut down the attendance 
of the resident members and the close of college that accounted for 
theabsenceof our best shots, the university contingent, the attend- 
ance at the Princeton Gun Clun grounds on June 18 was light and the 
shooting poor. The only contest was for a handsome game piece, the 
joint gift of Mr. J. L Haukins and Dr. E L Tiffany. Robert R. 
Schellinger captured the trophy in good style. Score, at 20 targets 
from unknown traps, and balance rapid-fire from known traps, fol- 
lows: Schellinger shot at 32, broke 17; Wesley, 40-10; Skirm, 35— 15; 
Hoff, 28— 16; Johnson, 31-8; Rose, 39—16. This shoot will probably 
clo^e the regular events of the club for the summer, the fall campaign 
opening about Sept 15. Wads. 
"Trap-Shooter's Ready Reckoner." 
There has just cime from the Forest and Stream press an ex- 
tremely useful pocket reference book for trap-shooters. Its full title 
reads: "Trap-Shooter's Ready Reckoner. A series of tables showing 
at a glance the division of purses under all conditions, simple and 
complex, with entries from one to fifty. For use by individuals, clubs, 
and tournaments. Compiled by J. C. Clark, Secretary Kansas State 
Sportsmen's Association." Price 25 cents, postpaid, by Forest and 
Stream Pub. Co. 
Powder Hill Gun Club. 
San Antonio, Texas, June 16 —Match at 30 singles and 5 pairs tar- 
gets: 
AOhnesorge 101111111111000111111001110111 01 11 11 10 11—32 
FMGloeckner 111110111111010111111100001000 00 00 10 00 10 - 22 
Critzer.... 1101110111111 IH01111101111101 01 01 11 11 10-32 
Dyer 111111111111001101111001111111 11 10 1 0 10 11—32 
24-Gauge 101111111111111110111111111111 —28 
^mw#t§ to C£orretyondcnfa, 
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P. W., Yonkers. N. Y., is advised to consult out hotel advertising 
columns. 
C. K. L., Upper Montclair, N. J. — 1. The birds may have been mourn- 
ing doves though they are much larger than a robin. 2. There are a 
few woodcock, but you will have to look them up yourself. 3. Coltons 
hav-> published a number of excellent road maps of Essex and Union 
counties at fifty cents. We can furnish it. 
N. L. L., Fulton, N. Y. — Will you kindly inform me if pickerel and 
pike are protected in the Oswego River, and the open season if pro- 
tected? By pike I mean the wall-eyed pike, or pike-perch, and from 
the descriptions in your columns the "pickerel," as known here, is 
the "Northern pike." Ans. The law prescribes no close time for 
wall-eyed pike in the Oswego River, nor for pickerel. 
J. H. S., Wyalusing, Pa.— What kmd of fish would be most suitable 
1o stock a pond of the following description: Size, about five acres; 
spring water, depth about 30ft., mud bottom; now contains minnows 
and small bullheads. Has some cranberry marsh and pond lilies. 
Should the fish now in it be destroyed? If so, how could they be 
killed? Ans. We should try black bass. The fish now there cannot 
be cleared out. 
Culpepper, Los Angeles.— 1. Is chilled shot lighter than soft shot, 
pellet for pellet of same size? 2. Would this difference in weight, if 
any, have any effect on the shooting qualities at long range? 3. Which 
do you consider the best for ducking at long range, chilled or soft? 4. 
Does the use of chilled shot injure the barrels or cut the choke out' 
4. Which is best for use with nitro powders, chilled or soft? If you 
would answer the above you would greatly oblige Ans. 1. There is 
no appreciable difference in weight. Chilled shot is theoretically a 
trifle the lightest. 2. No. 3. Chilled shot. 4, Possibly, but it has the 
advantage of not leading the barrel. 5. For most purposes, chilled 
shot. 
A. G B., Holland, Mich— 1. Would you kindly identify the following 
described birds for me? They are young, probably two days old. 
Length 5in., bill , tarsi lin., middle toe lj^in. Bill sharp, blackj 
with a white band around both mandibles near tip and a white spot 
on upper mandible near base. Eye brown. Tarsi naked for J4in. 
above knee. Color of chick entirely black and general form rail-like." 
Are they young king rails? Coues mentions the chicks of the clapper 
rail as being entirely black, but of course the clappar rail is not found 
here. 2. What is meant by "powder down tracts" on herons? Ans. i. 
It is impossible to say exactly what the birds described are. That 
they are rails, or rail-like birds, is clear. The yaung of the genus 
Rallus are black, as are also said to he the young of the purple gal- 
Iinulo; the downy young of the Florida gallinule is black, but has a 
few silvery hairs on throat and cheeks. It is altogether probable that 
the birds described are young king rails. The bill should decide. 2. 
Powder down tracts are found in several families of birds, but are 
especially noticeable in the heron and their allies. They are described 
as thread-like down feathers which continue to grow indefinitely and 
which constantly b-eak down at the ends of the barbs. This constant 
breaking down results in the tracts being dusted over with a dry 
scurfy exfoliation, whence the name powder down. By parting the 
feathers on either side of a bittern's breast, the powder down tracts 
will be seen. Different families of herons have these tracts in varying 
numbers, and they have been regarded by some ornithologists as of 
value in setting aside the families and sub families of this group. The 
purpose or uses of the powder down tracts are not well understood. 
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