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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 18, 1894. 
Shooting at Little Bock, 
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 28.— During the past month the following 
shoots have taken place here: 
LENOW VS. DULEY. 
Tuesday, Sept. 4, the pigeon match between Dr. J. H. Lenow and 
W. R. Duley took place. Duley lost his first bird, a hard left- 
quarterer, from No. 5 trap, dead out of bounds, while the doctor 
killed his first bird with one barrel and took the lead at the start, 
which he steadily increased, and when the race was finished he was 5 
birds ahead of his opponent, though Duley had the misfortune to lose 
4 birds dead out of bounds, while the doctor had but 1. The day was 
an extremely hot, sultry one, and the birds were a fair lot considering 
the weather, a little slow in starting, but quite fast when once on the 
wing. The doctor shot a 7%tbs. Purdy ejector gun, 3J4drs. of E. C. 
powder, lJ4oz. of No. 7 chilled shot, in TJ. M. C. Co.'s Trap shells. 
Duley shot a 7l4lbs. Smith ejector gun. 3>4drs. of hard grain Schultze 
powder, lJ4oz No. 7 chilled shot, in TJ. M..-C. Co.'s Smokeless shells. 
Conditions. 25 pigeons per man for price of the birds, American shoot- 
ing rules to govern: King's automatic traps were used: 
Duley •21211200»12102121«111«QO-16 
Lenow . .111122110101102.312211112— 21 
LENOW VS. DICKINSON. 
Dr J. H. Lenow is very fond of pigeon shooting, and is never so 
well satisfied as when he has a match on with some one. He is ready 
to shoot any of the local shooters a pigeon match for the price of the 
birds, but is averse to shooting for money, and has met and defeated 
all of the local shooters who are in his class and who shoot pigeons 
for glory only. After endeavoring in vain to get on a match with 
some one in his class he went out of it, as the saying goes, and 
bantered John Dickinson for a match. The latter iuformed him that 
he would shoot him a race on the following conditions: Lenow to 
shoot 28yds. rise and Dickinson at 32, each to use 12-gauge guns. 
After considering the proposition for some time the Doctor finally 
accepted it and the match took place Tuesday, Sept. 18. 
The day was an ideal one for the sport, with a good stiff breeze to 
help the birds, which were of the finest quality. When they had shot 10 
birds apiece the race was a tie, but after this Dickinson struck his 
gait and lost only 2 birds of the remaining 15, one of them dead out of 
bounds, this bird he knocked down apparently stone dead with his 
first barrel, and the dog was sent to retrieve it; when he had got 
almost to it, it rose and flew over the dead line, and there fell dead, 
the shooter in the meantime having left the score. Dickinson was 
also handicapped by his gun, which on the discharge of the first barrel 
would jar safe, this caused him to lose a bird or two in the early part 
of the match, as on several occasions he was unable to use his second 
barrel. The Doctor did not shoot up to his usual form, and after the 
tenth round was not in it. Instead of improving he fell steadily off 
and was beaten by 7 birds Lenow shot the same gun and load as in 
his match with Dul*y. Dickinson shot an 8lbs. hammerless gun, 3}^ 
drs. of hard grain Sc lultze powder, lJ4oz. of No. 6 chilled shot, in 
TJ. M. C. Co.'s Smokeless shells. 
Conditions: 25 live pigeons per man for the price of the birds, 
American Shooting Association rule3 to govern. Leno'v to shoot at 
28yds. rise and Dickinson at 32yds.: 
Trap score type— Copyright /sw, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
/-«-<-T->T^^-*T\/ ^->^<-' ^ ^/ , / , \-v 
Dickinson l»0l«120221202212211111« 1—19 
Lenow 0 •1100111100120100001200 1-12 
PULASKI COUNTY MEDAL. 
The following scores were made in the last two contests for the 
Pulaski county medal. The attendance at the last two medal contests 
has been rather slim, only six shooters competing for the trophy each 
time Tuesday, Sept. 11. the weather was cool and cloudy, with a 
good stiff breeze blowing from the northwest. Dr. IT. L. French won , 
the medal on 41 out of 50. He was the only man of the local cracker- 
jacks to put in an appearance, and had ODly the awkward squad to 
contend with. As the scores show, he was a long way ahead of his 
nearest opponent when tbe race was over. Conditions, 50 singles, un- 
known angles: 
Francis .11111110101110011101111111111111011101111110101111—41 
Duley OOOl'llOlllOllllOlOlllOHIOllOllOOlflmlH U 1100011 -32 
Schaer 111000001 1 000110011110111 00001 10110101 10001 1 0000001—22 
Baise 10001 101 1000111 11 HOlIOlOinOlOOlllOUOOOlOll 01011 — 'AO 
Carleton 00001 1 001 000000 1 000000000000110 1 1 00000100000000011 — 1 1 
Drake 0110101111001COOni0000000001111l0100COnill010llO-25 
The contest, Tuesday, Sept. 25, was a close and interesting one, 
being hotly contested from start to finish. It was won by R. F. Baise 
with 42 out of 50; his victory was a pleasant surprise to all the boys. 
Forty-two out of 50 under the existing conditions was really a good 
score: the traps were set to throw a low bird and as hard as possible, 
while the strong north wind that was blowing right across the traps 
made their flight very erratic; the angles were very acute. The 
weather was perfectly clear and quite cool. This had a tendency to 
create a desire to be afield with gun and dog rather than smashing 
saucers, while not a few remarked that if such weather prevails next 
week they would be sure to be "among them" (the quail), as the sea- 
son opens October 1 
Condition of medal shoot. 50 singles, unknown angle: 
French 11101011011011111111101111111110111111011010001110-38 
Duley ' 01101110111111110111111111101111111111110100010011-39 
Dickinson lOOlllllllllllllllllOlllllllllllOOlllOHOOlllOllll-41 
Woodson lllllOllIlllOOHOOOOlllOOllOlllllOlllllOllOOllOlll— 35 
Baise lOllllllOlOllO'lllOlllllllllllOllllOlllllllllllllll— 42 
Drake." lOlOOllOOOOOOlllOOlOOOOOOllOlOOOlOlOOOOHOllOlOOOO— 18 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Live Birds at Morristown. 
A dull sky, threatening rain every minute, put an effectual damper 
upon the attendance at Frank Class's Park Hotel at Morristown, N. J., 
on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 3. Class had some 250- to 300 birds in 
his coop; enough for an afternoon's amusement. Only five shooters, 
however, took part in the sweeps, two of the five hailing from Tren- 
ton—Charlie Zwirlein and Eddie Hill. Class, Timmons and John Leon- 
ard formed the home contingent. Before the sweeps commenced 
Zwirlein and Hill shot at 10 birds each for practice. Zwirlein killing his 
10, Hill's ninth dropping dead out of bounds. Class next tried his 
hand and knocked over 5 in succession, using but one shell to each 
bird. The pigeons were not of the kind usually termed hard, but 
there were some corkers among them. After looking over the birds 
in the crates, Hill bet Zwirlein that he could kill any five birds picked 
from those on the ground; the consideration was— "liquid refresh- 
ments for the crowd." Class picked the birds carefully, but Hill 
nailed each one with his first barrel. Among them were two drivers, 
two right-quarterers and one left-quartering incomer. During the 
afternoon's shoot Hill shot at 50 bh ds, killing 47 and losing one dead 
out of bounds. "Scotty," of course, did the trapping, while Class's 
Sancho, who made a name for himseif at Dexter Park last April, 
retrieved the birds. Scores in the sweeps were as follows: 
Trap score type— Copyright, -jkh, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
Sweeps, 5 iive birds, $3 entrance, 28yd. rise, 2 moneys: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. h. 
<-TH->V TT/ , TT 
Timmons 1 112 2-5 11111-5 2110 1-4 • 1 2 • 1—3 
Zwirlein 2 0 10 1- 
T/ , /*T*t T/VT*' 
3 1 0 2 1 2—4 1 2 2 • »-3 1 • 1 2 1—4 
Harrisburg Shooting Association. 
The following scores were made at the annual fall tournament of 
the Harrisburg Shooting Association on Sept. 2" and 28, bad weather 
preventing a better attendance: 
First Day. 
FNo, 1, 10 targets, $1 entrance: J. H. Worden 10, Corcoran 7, Long- 
necker 7, Brewster 7, Burnham 5, Hobart 4, Krueger 8, Brewer 10. 
No. 2, 15 targets, $1.50 entrance: Worden 12, Brewer 13, Krueger 15, 
Burnham 5, Corcoran 10, Hobart 9, Brewster 12. 
No. 3, 15 targets, $1.50 entrance: Krueger 11, Brewer 11, Corcoran 
12, J. H. Worden 12, Burnham 11, Brewster 12, Hobart 11, Long- 
necker 12. 
No. 4, 20 targets, $2 entrance: 
Brewer. . . .10111110111111111111—18 Brewster. .11010111011111110100-14 
Krueger. . .01101101111101101111—15 L'ngneck'rlOOOOlOOlOOHlOOllll— 10 
Hobart.... 11111111101111011111— 18 Burnham. .11110111011111111111— 15 
Corcoran.. 11011011111010101111— 15 Ertter 10110011011010010101—11 
Worden . . . .011111111 1 1111111101—18 
No. 5, 20 targets, $2 entrance: 
Brewer. . . .01111111111111111101—18 Krueger. . .11011111010101111111—15 
Hobart.... 11011111111111011101— 17 Corcoran.. 11101111101111110011—16 
Worden. ...11111010111011111011-16 Brewster. .11111110111101111111-18 
Burnham. .01101110011110011111— 14 
No 6, 15 targets, $1.50 entrance: Hobart 13, Brewster 9, Burnham 
11, Wellington 10, Kreuger 14, Worden 13, Longnecker 13. Corcoran 12. 
No. 7, 15 targets $1 50 entrance: Kreuger 11, Hobart 14, Worden 13, 
Longnecker 10, Burnham 9, Wellington 11, Corcoran 12, Brewster 13. 
No. 8, 15 targets, $1.50 entrance: Hobart 11, Worden 14, Brewster 
13, Wellington 13, Kreuger 14, Burnham 12, Corcoran 13. 
No. 9, 10 targets, $1.00 entrance: Worden 9, Kreuger 8, Brewster 7, 
Wellington 8, Corcoran 8, Hobart 9. Longnecker 4, Burnham 7. 
No. 10, 10 targets, $1.00 entrance: Worden 7, Hobart 9, Kreuger 6, 
Wellington 6, Corcoran 8, Rrewster 9, Burnham 9, Longnecker 8. 
Individual target trophy presented by Harrisburg Shooting Associa- 
tion, 50 targets, everything known, $3 00 entrance: 
Worden 11111111111111111111111111111111110111100111101111-46 
Brewster 11101111101111111111111111111111111101110111111001—44 
Kreuger 10110111111111100111011111110101011111011111111011- 40 
Burnham 11101101011101011111100101010111110101111011111111—38 
Longnecker 11101111011101111111010100011110111111110111001111—38 
Wellington 00111111111101011111111110011000011101110110110110—35 
Special race, Brewer vs Kruger, 100 targets. $50 a side: 
Brewer 1111111110111111111110111-23 
1111111111111110111111111—24 
1111111111111111110111111—24 
1101111111111110110111111—22-93 
Kruger llinilinoilllllllOlllOll— 21 
1111111011111111011111011—22 
1111111110111110111101111—22 
1110111111111111011111 111—23—88 
Second Day, 
No. 1, 20 targets, $2 entrance; 
Kruger. . . .11111111101111111110-18 Worden . . .11111111111111111111—20 
Hobart. . . .11111101111111111101—18 Schaaber. .01111111111111111111—19 
Denny 11100111011100101100 -12 Schmeck. ..11111111110111111101—18 
Brewster. .01101101111110111010-14 Mellot 01110111111110111111—17 
Smith 11018110111000111000-11 
No. 2, 15 targets, $1.50 entrance: Worden 10, Shaaber 11, Denny 5, 
Schmeck 15, Longnecker 12, Brewster 11, Kruger 14, Hobart 14. 
No. 3, 15 targets, $1.50 entrance: Hobart 11, Kreuger 11, Schmeck 
14, Mellot 11, Denny 12, Worden 13, Schaaber 14, Brewster 13, Long- 
necker 15, Smith 6. 
No. 4, 10 targets, $1 entrance: Schmeck 8, Schaaber 9, Longnecker 1, 
Denny 4, Worden 8. Hobart 8, Brewster 9, Mellot 10, Kreuger 10. 
No. 5, 25 targets, $2 50 entrance: 
Schaaber. 1111011110111100101101101—18 
Kreuger 1111010011110111010111110—18 
Schmeck 1011100111111111101111110-20 
Worden 1111111101111111111111111—24 
Denny 1110011110101111101011 000— 1 6 
Hobart 1111011110101101111111100—19 
Longnecker 1 111100001011011011101111— 17 
Keystone Top Shot Wad Company's trophy, 20 live birds per man, 
$5 entrance, birds extra: 
Worden.. . .22222222221021022222—18 Mellot 21111222102111221122—19 
Schmeck . .12011201021201121221—16 Foose 21022112212010102221—16 
Brewster. .01121102111220222121—17 Wellington 11112111212111212210— 19 
Denuy 21022222202222222022—17 Longnec'er21121011211201202201— 16 
Schaaber. .21111212110221222111—19 
Ties for trophy, 9 birds: 
Schaaber 110121020-6 Wellington 111111212—9 
Mellot. 220211120—7 
Extra No 1, 15 targets, $1.50 entrance: Kreuger 14, Schmeck 11, 
Schaaber 13, Worden 14, Denny 11, Mellot 12. 
Extra No. 2, 10 targets, $1 entrance: Kreuger 9, Schmeck 4, Schaaber 
9, Worden 9, Denny 10, Mellot 8. 
Extra No. 3, 10 live birds: 
Denny 2222022202— 8 Brewster 2112111120— 9 
Schmeck 2222222221—10 Worden. . . : 1102202100 — 6 
Extra No. 4, miss and out, $4 entry, 11 entries: Brewster, Welling- 
ton, Denny and Worden killed three birds and divided: 
Class..,, 
Hill 
Leonard. 
,,11 10 0—3 
— >\ 
,.1212 1—5 
12 12 1—5 12.21-4 1211 2—5 
2 1 1 2 1—5 2 0 0 1 2-3 2 2 2 1 1—5 
No. 5. 
Timmons 0 111 0—3 
Wit/* 
1 2 112-5 
Zwirlein. 
Class.... 
Hill , 
.12 12 0-4 
TT/T/ 
..1211 1-5 
No. G. 
\J.T-*-> 
12 11 1-5 
112 1 0-4 
1111 2-5 
112 0 1—4 
No. 7. 
T<-<-W 
0 111 2-4 
.1 -t- 
1112 0-4 
112 2 1—5 
1111 1—5 112 2 1—5 
f tfv*>-\ 
Lennard...... 0 0 2 0 1- 
-2 1112 0-4 
Lynchburg Scores. 
Lynchburg. "Va,, Oct 2.— To-day the Gun Club held a shoot at the 
Fair grounds under the auspices of the Fair Association, it being the 
annual exhibit of the Agricultural and Mechanical Association. On 
account of bad weather and the hurry and bustle of building new ex- 
hibition grounds the club had but a few days to arrange for the occa- 
sion. The fixings were all put in place, however, in good time, and 
the programme arranged for the occasion was carried out. The 
shoot, with one or two slight mishaps, passed off in good shape. The 
day was bright and not too warm, the company excellent, and being 
determined to enjoy the day, had everything their own way. The vis- 
itors who were made most welcome, were Messrs. Fonda, Daniels, 
Gilmer and Jordan, of Greenboro; Col. Anthony, of Charlotte, N. C; 
Tell Mitchell and E. Taylor, of Lynch's Station; Chambers, of Pam- 
plins, and Ficklin, of Cumberland, Va. After shooting the Fair pro- 
gramme all hands went to the club grounds at Riverment and finished 
^The^p'rogramme included nine 15-target races, $1.50 entrance, and 
three 20-target races, $2; everything was shot at known traps, un- 
known angles. Scores: 
3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 li 
No of targets in e vent 15 
Fonda 9 
Gilmer 12 
W Tell.Mitchell 12 
Daniels 10 
Terry H 
Dornin 11 
Cleland 12 
Empie 10 
Claytor 6 
Moorman 10 
Col Anthony 8 
Jordan 11 
Scott 9 
Taylor 9 
Nelson U 
Stearns..... 
Durphey 9 
Fleppen 12 
Chambers. 
Miller 
SO 15 
15 11 
17 8 
14 12 
12 9 
14 9 
14 13 
12 11 
13 6 
13 11 
15 11 
15 12 
15 10 
13 10 
19 6 
17 12 
13 10 
3 7 
SO 15 
14 10 
13 11 
14 14 
12 12 
15 13 
15 10 
10 10 
15 10 
11 9 
14 10 
11 11 
20 13 
10 6 
10 .. 
13 9 
14 10 
3 .. 
SO 15- 15 
15 11 13 
14 18 14 
13 11 
12 .. 
17 11 
12 
10 
11 
14 10 
12 5 9 
12 9 11 
10 11 8 
18 11 14 
17 12 11 
16 13 12 
13 12 10 
9 6 9 13 
5 8 7 
..12 6 
15 15 15 15 195 
10 12 13 12-145 
11 14 12 13—152 
15 13 13 12—158 
-77 
13 13 13 14—154 
— 97 
9 14 12 10—126 
10 13 13 13—186 
— 51 
9 — 98 
14 11 15 12—152 
14 14 .. ..—138 
-48 
— 44 
10 13 11 14-151 
7 12 8 .,—109 
— 22 
— 12 
— 75 
7 11 9 9- 54 
F. M. D. 
Boston Shooting Association. 
Wellington, Mass., Oct. 3— The following scores were made in the 
tournament of the Boston Shooting Association held here: 
No, 1, 10 targets: Herbert and Dickey first, Jones and White second, 
Wheeler third. 
No. 2, 10 targets: Jones first, Wheeler, Herbert, Rule and Dickey 
second, White third. 
No. 3, 5 pairs: Rule first, Dickey and White second, Herbert and 
Wheeler third. 
No. 4, 10 targets: White and Rule first. Jones second, Herbert and 
Dickey third. 
No. 5, 15 targets: White first, Herbert second, Rule and Dickey 
third. 
No. 6, 5 pairs: Herbert, Wheeler and Climax first, Dickey second, 
Jones third. 
No. 7, 20 targets; White first, Herbert second, Jones, Wheeler and 
Rule third, Leroy and Dickey fourth. 
No. 8, 10 targets: Herbert first, Jones and Dickey second, Rule 
third. 
No. 9, 5 pairs: Jones, Wheeler and Rule first, White, Sanborn and 
Herbert second, Dickey third, Leroy fourth. 
No. 10, 10 targets: Climax and Sanborn first, Jones, White, Herbert 
and Allison second, Wheeler, Snow, Stanton, Leroy and Curtis, third, 
Rule and Farrar fourth. 
No. 11, 10 targets: Herbert, Wheeler and Snow first, White, Leroy, 
Olimax and Dickey second, Jones, Rule and Stanton third, Allison and 
Sanborn fourth. 
No. 12, 10 targets: Sanborn, Jones and Burbridge first, Leroy, Her- 
bert and Allison second, Wheeler and Climax third, Lyman, Rule and 
Stanton fourth. 
No. 13, 5 pairs: Jones first, Wheeler second, Pickles third. 
No. 14, 10 targets: Wheeler and Dickey first, Rule second, Jones, 
Climax. Allison and Stanton third, Herbert fourth. 
No. 15, 10 targets: Jones, White, Leroy, Rule and Climax first, 
Herbert and Stanton second, Wheeler and Snow third, Allison, Farrar 
and Dickey fourth. 
No. 16, 10 pairs: Wheeler first, Leroy second, Herbert third. 
No. 17, 10 targets: White, Herbert. Climax and Snow first. Jones 
and Stanton second, Leroy, Wheeler, Rule and Allison third, Dickey 
fourth. 
No. 18, 25 targets: White, Wheeler and Rule first, Jones second, 
Dickey and Stanton third. 
No. 19, 10 targets: Herbert first, Stanton and Farrar second, Leroy 
and Walls third, Snow, Allison and White fourth. 
No. 20, 10 targets: White, Wheeler and Dickey first, Jones, Rule, 
Allison and Snow second. Herbert third, Leroy fourth. 
No. 21 , 10 targets: White first. Allison and Wheeler second. 
No. 22. 15 targets: Leroy first, White and Dickey second, Jones third. 
No. 23, 10 targets: Wheeler first, Jones and Stanton second, Gore 
and Dickey third, Herbert fourth. B. S. A, 
" Trap-Shooter's Ready Reckoner." 
There has just come from the Forest and Stream press an ex- 
tremely useful pocket reference book for trap-sh<5oters. 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, hy Forest and 
Stream Pub. Co. 
Green Ridge Gun Club. 
Scranton, Pa,, Oct. 1.— The live bird shoot held at the Baseball 
Park on Sept. 28 under the auspices of the Green Ridge Gun Club, Was 
a great success. The event of the day was a great success. The 
event of the day was a 25 live bird race, $10 entrance, birds extra. 
No less than 38 entries were obtained, the number preventing all tiea 
being shot off before darkness put an end to the day's sport. The 
event was open to residents of northeastern Pennsylvania only. The 
following are the scores: F. M. Spencer 21, H. D. Swartz 21, A. C. 
Monies 18, W. H. Davenport 22, Clem. Marsh, Jr., 19, J. C. Highfield 21, 
Fred. Mason 16, L Young 21. Will. Frey 21, C. J. Maddox 20, J. D. 
Mason 20, Phil. WUlmms 14, James Twiss 18, F. H. demons 18, E. A. 
Highfield 19, C C. Stacbhouse 10, J. A. Van Bergen 18, T. J. Ely 22, 
Rob. Wallace 19, John Coyne 17, Sim. Davis 22, Dr. J. W. HouBer 31, 
David .1. Davis 19. W. G. Fassold 21, Thomas Carter 13, Williams Evans 
20, L. Bunnell 6, H. W. Kistler 12, C. M. Brownell 10, Will. Annaman 
18, W. H. Watley 19, R. J. Grimes 15, Thomas Lewis 19, Sol. Jones 21, 
John Hughes 19, Wm. Thomas 8, Chas. Gardner 15, Rob. Clayton 17. 
Davenport, Ely and Davis tied for first prize with 22; in the shoot-off 
in series of 5 birds Davis killed 10 straight and won. Eight shooters 
tied for the second prize, Dr. J. W. Houser winning by killing 10 
straight, Spencer and Highfield scoring 9 each. 
Hebbard Beats Brewer. 
Capt. J. L. Brewer, having just gotten a new L. O. Smith gun, was 
showing it to Mr. Charles C. Hebbard, of the W. Fred Quimby Com- 
pany, the other day. The gun is a 7%-pouud live-bird gun, very 
straight in the stock. Mr. Hebbard, in throwing the gun to his shou.l- 
der, said that he could beat the man who shot it at targets. A match 
was made, and the result given below shows that Mr. Hebbard's judg- 
ment was correct in this instance. The shoot took place on the 
grounds of the Boiling Springs Gun Club at Rutherford, N. J., on Sat- 
urday afternoon, Oct. 6. Score: 
Match at 100 targets, known traps, unknown angles: 
Brewer ; 1001111101111101110101111—19 
1110101111110111111111111—22 
1111101111111111111111111—24 
1111111111111110110111111—23—88 
Hebbard 1111011111110111011111111—22 
1110111111101111111111111—23 
1111111110101111111111101—22 
• 1111110111111111101 111111—23-90 
Chattanooga Gun Club. 
Chattanooga, Oct. 3.— The following scores were made yesterday at 
our regular Wednesday practice shoot on our club grounds near 
Riverview. The attendance was small, owing to our "attorney mem- 
bers" being engaged at court Conditions of each event were 25 
singles, known traps, unknown angles. 
No. 1: 
White 1111111101110111111111111-23 
O'Connell 110101011.1 111111000111111—19 
Woodwarth lllll 11111111110111111111—24 
Pooler 110111 110011 1000110101111 — 17 
Reif 1111111111011111010110011-20 
No. 2: 
White 0111111 111110111111111111-23 
O'OonneU 1110000111111100111000111—16 
Woodworth lOlillllill 11101111111111-23 
Pooler 111010100001 1101 1 01010 110—15 
Reif * 1100011111101111110110111—19 
F. H, W. 
^miver§ to (^omspondytik, 
No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
Brewer to Carver and Elliott. 
New York, Oct. 4.— Editor Forest and Stream; I notice in the New 
York Sun of Oct. 1, that Dr. Carver and J. A. R. Elliott are to shoot 
again for the "World's Championship," on Oct. 11, 12 and 13, at 
Kansas City. As Mr. Elliott has just won from the Doctor, what they 
claimed was the "Championship of the World," may I be allowed to 
ask if the proposed shoot is for the championship of Mars or some 
future world? If it is, why not make it an open event and let us all 
enter, champions, ex-champions and would-be champions, so as to 
determine who is to go to this strange world duly credited as the 
champion pigeon shot of this world of ours. I always thought that I 
was the champion wing shot of this sphere, but it seems that I was 
mistaken and that all the champions of the world, and of the world to 
come, are to be settled by contests between these two indiviuals. 
I wish to call attention to the fact that I have a forfeit of §150 de- 
posited in the hands of the American Field, and am anxiously await- 
ing the naming of the dates and places when I can have my little say 
as to the championship which I have ever been ready to defend since 
1888. Now I once more ask the Doctor to name dates and places, 
giving me two weeks notice, and thus show the sportsmen of this and 
other countries that he really means to shoot me a match. 
j, l. Brewer, Champion wing shot of (this) world. 
J. R. P., Philadelphia, Pa.— Various receipts for waterproofing have 
been published in the Forest and Stream of Jan. 16, 1890; Jan. 19, 1882; 
and July 27, 1882. 
W. D.,Paterson, N. J.— Please decide the following: Ten men en- 
tered in a sweepstake for three moneys; one man won first; two tied 
for second place and as I decided at request that they divide second 
money between them or decide it by the best target, or as a last re- 
sort shoot it off and the winner take all and the loser nothing, and the 
next highest man on score to take third money. Ans. In rifle matches 
or sweepstakes the highest scores Ukes the money. All ties divide. 
Louis, Saratoga, N. Y. — The "bug" which you send us is what is 
called the walking stick, an insect belonging to the order Orthoptera, 
nearly related to the grasshoppers and crickets. It closely simulates 
in its appearance a twig or a stick, and so is called the walking stick. 
Another name for it is Mantis, and there is an European species 
known as the praying mantis, from the attitude which it assumes 
when disturbed. Any work on injects, or any good natural history, 
will give you further derails about this insect, 
Z T. E , Jr., White Castle, La.— Inclosed please find sample of, as I 
suppose, wild rice seed. Some time ago I wrote Forest and Stream 
in regard to purchasing and planting wild rice. In answer I received 
names of parties from whom I could gat the seed, with instructions 
for planting. Last December I purchased 221bs of the seed and 
planted some in Lake Natchez, twelve miles from this place. On vis- 
iting the lake ten days ago I found a strange plant bearing the accom- 
panying seed. The plant was not where seed was sown but about a 
quarter of a mile east of where rice was suwn. There are not less 
than 300 bunches of this pLrnt g owing with an average of about five 
heads of seed to the bunch. Never having seen w ild rice growing I am 
in doubt whether this is wild rice or not, but from what I can remem- 
ber of the seed sown < think it must be the rice. To settle all doubts 1 
send sample of seed gatherfid from the plants. Ans The seed is 
clearly wild rice, and it none grew in the lake before It sf certain 
that your sowing must be responsible for the plants you found. Could 
the seed have been carried by a current from the paint where yo 
sowed it to where it is now growing? 
