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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 22, 1894, 
The Morfey-Clark Series. 
Altoona, Pa., Dee. 20.— Two hundred spectators witnessed the first of 
the series of three matches already announced between W. G. Clark of 
this place and Thos. Morfev of Paterson, N. J., at the Juniata Base 
Ball Park on Monday, Dec. 17. The shooters faced the north and a 
perfect hurricane swept across the traps from the west. The birds 
were a good lot, although some were a little tardy in the start, due to 
the cold weather. 
Although Clark at the end of the first quarter had lost six to his op- 
ponent's one bird, the race was a very interesting one. Clark seemed 
to Fettle down to solid business, and when he had killed his next 25 
straight it looked as though Mr. Morfey had no cinch. He shot a re- 
markably good up-hill race. This being the first match he had shot 
at as many as 100 birds, one could see that his lack of experience as 
compared with the years of practice by Morfey was a great handicap. 
Any one who thinks that Bill Clark is not developing into the higher 
ranks of shooters will some of these days meet with a surprise if they 
cross his pathway. It's only a few years since we of the Alleghenies 
saw Bill shoot at his first flying target. What a steady change has 
taken place since then ! Taking advantage of every opportunity (and 
a sport to the backbone) he has developed into one of the best all 
around shots in the Keystone State. There was some excuse for his 
losing the first bird, for a more difficult one never left a trap. He hit 
it hard but it managed to get beyond the boundary. He made re- 
markably fine kills on his 15th, 46th, 48th, 59th and 90th birds, while 
the only inexcusable lass was his 84th, which he missed clean. He hit 
nearly every bird lost, but only raggedly. 
Morfey shot a winning race from start to finish. At no time did he 
seem other than confident of winning. His kills were clean, and 
whether a bird was hard or easy seemed to give him little concern, 
His 37th, 44th, 54th, 81st and 84th kills were exceptionally fine ones. 
He remarked after the race was over that he had never shot quite so 
good a gait in his life. He thought some of those down wind quar- 
tered were the fastest he had ever seen, and they certainly were" 
hummers. 
The match was governed by the I. M. & D. A. revised Hurlingham 
rules. Both men stood at the 30yds. mark. The traps used were a 
new invention by Bill Clark and Thomas House, a machinist of this 
City. They are made entirely of hard wood and worked to perfection. 
Letters patent have been applied for, and they will be heard from in 
the future. 
Both shooters used Greener ejector guns. Clark shot 45grs. E. C. 
and l^oz No. chilled shot in first barrel, and 50grs. E. 0. and lj^oz , 
No. 6 chilled shot in second barrel, using U. S. Rapid cases. Morfey 
shot 50gr8. E. C. and lj^oz. No. 7}4 chilled shot in first and 50grs. E. O. 
and l}4oz. No, 7 chilled shot in second, using U. M. C. Trap cases. 
Elmer E. Shaner, of the I. M. & D. A. made a very acceptable referee. 
The score, 100 live birds per man, $ 1C0 a side: 
Trap Score Type— Copyright -)S9Jt by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
WG Clark.,....* .122222121222020.122122 0—19 
i" / Si T S S H Si / -> I S / S S S <? *V *n N T Si W 
2 1222111212 2 211211222121 2-25 
21112012211.311231333122 1-23 
12 220101111 2 102221.12 21. .-19-86 
T W Morfey 1 2222112112120 2 221221111 2—24 
< — V^\/ , ^Si/TVH*-*V , /<->*V<-<- / * 
2 1122221. 21211112111212 2-24 
J, /T\->-»\\NH/^«-N i/< — AiN/i 
11 • 1 1 2 11 2 1 1 21 2 11 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 2-23 
\^H4^H/*/*-^SlSj-4-^Si;*\Si\v^VSlSl<-K' 
11111121122121221111.221 2-24—95 
Second Match. 
The second match of the Morfey— Clark series was decided Dec. 19, 
at Willard Park, Paterson, N. J., Morfey winning by 8 birds with a 
score of 90—82. 
Clark handicapped himself most decidedly two different ways: in 
the first place he traveled all the night previous to the match, leaving 
Altoona at 10:40 P. M., Dee. 18, arriving in New York about 7:30 A. M., 
Dec. 19; that can hardly be considered a very good preparation for a 
stiff 100-bird race. In the next place he was obliged to use a new load 
as he found the load he used on Monday was too light for the job he 
set it. These two things or any one of them, are often sufficient to 
handicap a man out of a race. Shooting as Morfey is now, no one has 
any license to beat him easily, his present form being worthy of the 
cracks. Of course he misses a bird now and then, they all do it at 
times, but his misses come in few and far between. 
It must be conceded that Clark had very hard luck, no less than 9 of 
his birds falling dead out of bounds, while 7 others got away hit ap- 
parently hard enough to stop them. Bird after bird flew over the 
boundary line, and dying in mid-air, dropped to the ground like a 
stone. It looked very often as if he undershot many of his birds, par- 
ticularly incomers; this may be, and probably is, due to a very large 
extent to the extreme drop (about 3J4in.) in the stock of his Greener. 
His longest run was only 13, whereas Morfey made one of 31 and 
another of 14. 
The birds were a good lot, as good a lot as one needs have to shoot 
a race at. As a means of judging how good they were, and how 
rapid the work of trapping and retrieving was, the following figures 
are quoted, giving the time for 50 birds: First 50, 25 minutes; Srcond 
50, 24 minutes; third 50, 25 minutes; fourth 50, 25 minutes; making the 
total for the 200 birds of 99 minutes! If Willard Park can supply the 
same class of birds for the Grand American Handicap next April 
there'll be no kicking at the advertised price, 25 cents each. 
Among the lookers-on were Paul North ("from Ohio") ; J. A. H, 
Dressel, of the V. M. C. Co.; Elmer E. Shaner. referee of the match; 
James Condrin, Altoona, Pa.; Charlie Zwirlein, Yardville, N. J,; 
Frank Class, Morristown, N. J. ; James Timmons, Morristown, N. J., 
etc. Frank Class was trap puller. 
In the score given below the top row of figures denotes the trap 
pulled in each case. Scores: 
Trap score type— Copyright, ism, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
114 5 3 3 4 5 4 12 4 4 3 14 4 5 5 15 5 14 1 
W G Clark 2 212222112221012021111.2 2-22 
1242111221221242343545444 
0232122322.122122.0.121. 1—19 
4354445551214312443312424 
212122202222.222212212..1- 
21 
223 3 354522424352333535344 
202121202102210212222.22 2-20- 
212543235155254155531532 1 
-*-^(-^\-><-->->V\TT\^'\1X l M--4 T-» 
T W Morfey. .,.•221121201 1 2 12222212222 2 1—23 
323224523 4454122531322124 
p s>< — >T\T it^XSi i/<-/t 
112212122. 2 2222 1 022122222 2-24 
5231222444355211111112545 
? \\<-H/ TTTTi p \/h>->/' T T M-y<-<- 
20i 2 21 1 220222.212021222 1 1—20 
3314153551514424 4 14523111 
<- T-V T/* t ^ "s l M-i/4.->W-»~>'\W 
22 . 2 2 2 211102 1 2 2 2 2112 2 2 1 2 2-23- 
■90 
After the conclusion of the above match the following sweep was 
shot off, at 7 live birds, $5, three high guns: 
TW Morfey 212.022—5 C Wright* 1121123-7 212 
WG Clark 2212222—7 20 EW Morgan 2012222-0 
F Class* 2222211—7 222 J Timmons 2112212-7 110 
CZwirlein* 2122212—7 122 
♦Divided on the shoot-off. 
Third Match. 
The third match, and concluding one of the series, was decided on 
Charlie Zwirlein's grounds at Yardville, N. J., on Friday, Dec. 21, Mor- 
fey winning by the score of 94 to 88, Clark's experience gained in the 
first two matches standing him in good stead. He shot a far superior 
race on this day to the one he shot at Paterson on Dec. 19. His score 
of 88 shows that, while a glance at the flight of his birds discloses that 
the luck of the birds was with Morfey, Clark drawing a long way the 
hardest birds. Taking the first 50 birds, the race was a good one, the 
score showing 46 to 45 in favor of Morfey. Charlie Zwirlein had prom- 
ised to have a supply of good birds on hand, and he kept his promise 
well, although there were, as usual, « few duffers among the lot. The 
grounds at Yardville are very convenient and comfortably fixed up 
for spectators and shooters, while, as at Morristown on Wednesday, 
the dinner in the middle of the day waB, to use a favorite term, "out 
of sight." 
The time consumed in shooting the 200 birds was 112 minutes, 13 
minutes longer than on Wednesday The day was an exact repro- 
duction of the two preceding ones, each of which were bright, clear 
and cool, with hardly a breath of wind stirring; just the days for good 
scores. As a result of the three matches, Morfey killed 279 out of 300 
to Clark's 256 out of the same number, a lead of 23. Prior to the first 
match Morfey stated that he would make an average of 90 for the 300 
birds; it will be seen that his average was just 93. Clark's average 
was just a fraction over 85 per cent. 
Morfey's star run of the series was one of 57 made in this match 
the third one. After having his 34th bird drop dead out of bounds he 
killed straight up to the 92d round ; his 92d and 93d birds, both cork- 
ing good ones, got away from him just when it looked as if he was 
going to kill right out; as it was he killed 73 out of his last 76 birds, 
having missed 3 in his first 24, viz: his 6th, 8th and 24th. His 10th 
tried hard to get out of bounds but failed to hold on to the top of the 
fence, falling dead inside just when it appeared sure to get away. 
Clark did some fine work with his second barrel, saviDg many a bird 
that looked as if it was lost; Morfey's second barrel was really 
needed very little as his first was very sure indeed. 
As in the other two matches, Elmer E. Shaner, of Pittsburg, Pa., 
waB referee. John Bowles of Willard Park, was trap-puller. Score ; 
Trap scoretype— Copyright jsm, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
3 311444322324235115254352 
T<-\^T<— >T<-T"T-»/ , / , < — ^TH/-* 
Morfey 1 11120202222121122122120 2-22 
2455255522122438454115154 
\<-<-T TT-»i ^«-/«-<-/* ? TN T T < t<- 
21121111.121112121222112 1— 
5 2 3 5 3 2 3 3 13 13 1114 113 2 15 3 4 1 
t^<-^ Si <-(-<-«- /f J- M-Mv**'VH<-i 4- 
122211211221111211121122 2—25 
341235224 1255115535111532 
W \P I ^ \7> T T t ? H/*<-T 1 
2 1 2 2 2112 1 2 2 2112 2 0 0 1 22112 1—23- 94 
4524141153452232455143325 
<S % i/T T \T $ T T \Si t <~ t v^Vf-T t <-*W 
Clark 0 22222222120211222122112 1-23 
1443452223451152534345233 
<-*- \*- 1 1 ->-> S t S 1 4- \ T J* ^ T 1 
122012111102110211222221 1—22 
52355441441342414 43425144 
1 liVWt-V i T T *S ? ^ t H ? Si t Si \-> 
101100111221111201122222 1—21 
4115322351525332244512544 
? l/f *"T*-<-T r \^<r-\<^1'^^^ »I^V-> 
0201^1122122122122222120 2—22—88 
Grant. 
Emerald's Monthly Shoot. 
Dexter Park, L. E, Dec. 20.— The Emerald Gun Club held it regular 
shoot on Tuesday last, Dec. 18. Th« day was clear and co , with a 
northwest wind. That the birds were corkers is well show by the 
trap score type giving the flight of the birds. Not a sing] straight 
score was made; L. Gehnng and R. "Woods" each scorea 9 out o 
10; there were four with 8 and thirteen with 7 each. The attendance 
was 28 as against 30 at the last shoot of the club, held Nov. 20. Scores: 
Club point handicap, 10 live birds: 
Trap score type— Copyright is»A, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
h Gehring (80) .11112 1.11 2-9 
/^TTT<-S,TS<H 
R "Woods" (30) ■ , 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2—9 
Thos Short (28) 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 2-8 
^-HX-mV/TSiT 
L H Schortemeier (30) 1 21 1 22 1 0 2 0—8 
->\<-\/i<-Si->/i/ 
F W Place (25) 1 1 1 . 0 2 1 2 1 2-8 
"Mulcahey" (28) 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2—8 
J H Richmond (28) 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 1—7 
N Maesel (25) 2 2 1 1 1 . 2 0 1 0—7 
Wtf £ \£ & Jv- 
Gus Greiff (28) 1 01112.02 2—7 
wT7'Si<-<£ t H->T^\ 
H P Fessenden (28) 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 1—7 
J H Voss (30) 1 1 0 2 2 1 1 1 • .-7 
SiTS^/" 
J H Moore (25) 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1-7 
-*T^S.t^^ 1 3i?-> 
M Herricgton (30) 1.1.2222. 2-7 
Joshua "Wash" (28) 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0-7 
J Maesel (28) 1 23 1 0 0 0 2 2 2-7 
F Walters (30) 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 2—7 
J Woelfel (25) 0 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 2-7 
l-mf^iSi 
T Codpy (28) 1 2 2 0 . 1 1 1 0 1—7 
W E Hogan (25) , 1 1 1 .0 2 2 2 . 2—7 
-j^^HSi/'WvV 1 
"Plummer" (28) 1 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0-6 
Levens (28) 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 0—6 
Si-^-H-T-^^ 
E Doeinck (30) 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 2—6 
\^S.r4-^t^^T 
G Nowak (28) 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-5 
T H Keller (28) ....... 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 . 1—5 
Dr Leveridge (28) 0 0001 01 21 1—5 
^//"kS'Si/i^ 
H Thau (28) 010.. 0.11 2-4 
<-<- *V vV -» T X s " 
C Maesel (25) ,..,0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 . 0-2 
^^^-[^^ 
P Butz (28) , . 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0—1 
Half-Shell. 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
Des Moines, la., Dec. 14.— To-day Mr. C. O. Perkins gave a special 
live bird shoot on the Highland Gun Club grounds, 25 live birds, en- 
trance price of birds. To those making 100 per cent, went five tur- 
keys; 90, 80 and 70 percent, got one turkey, and 60 per cent, won a 
chicken. Budd and Perkins made 88 per cent., Hicks and Burnett 72 
per cent., Whitney 60 per cent. The rest of the boys bought meat for 
a Sunday dinner, The weather was fine and a good stiff breeze helped 
the birds outside the boundary. We have done but little trap-shooting 
the past two months, but as the game season is about over we will 
soon be in line with our weekly shoots, the scores of which I will send 
you. Scores: 
Budd 1222121212222280012012212—22 
Perkins 221211002022221221212121—22 
Kirsher 0302020201121120020002100—13 
Burnett , 0101101011212111001112220-18 
Byers 022S000122001210121000011— 14 
Whitney 0020121002130102112001011—15 
Hicks ,. .0110210201111220320110221—18 
Bruce 12201021 1021012 w —11 
Brooks 10100W — 3 
Gwinn., lOOllw —3 
C. W. Budd. 
Effect of Suction on Gun Wads. 
Mr. Tenner says that wads are stretched (thickened?) to twice their 
length by the suction of the shot charge. If the shot charge moves 
faster than the wad during their passage through the barrel, and 
nothing fills the space between the shot charge and the wad, then 
there is a vacuum. Does Mr. Tenner claim that this is the case? Sup- 
pose it is the case; then there is no pressure of any kind against the 
upper or shot-charge side of the wad, but the powder gases are 
supposed to be pressing against the lowest side of the wad and push- 
ing it along the barrel; this can have no tendency to stretch or make 
the wad thicker. The only way a wad can be stretched, is for its two 
sides to be pulled or pushed in opposite directions at the same time, 
and pressure on one side and nothing on the other, does not do this. 
If the vacuum theory is correct, then a pressure test taken at that 
part of the barrel in which the vacuum occurs, would show no 
pressure. Has any one ever found that place? 
During their passage through the barrel the vacant spaces between 
the felt fibres of the wad are filled with powder gases which leak 
around the edges of the wad, and are forced in among the fibres al- 
though the wad is at the time under tremendous pressure between 
the shot charge and;the propelling gas. In other words, the wad is 
charged with gas at a high pressure, and does not stretch, because an 
equal pressure surrounds it, but the inBtant it leaves the barrel this 
outside pressure is removed and the gases within the wad then force 
its sides apart, sometimes tearing it entirely apart, but generally only 
thickening it. If Mr. Tenner is rightly understood ,he says the loose 
base wads are drawn up the barrel during the passage of the charge 
along the barrel. 
How can this be, when the space between the wad and the base wads 
s filled with gases that are driving the charge out of the barrel? 
Those base wads were driven up the barrel in the following manner: 
These wads were loose in the bottom of the shell. Gas leaked behind 
them and was compressed there, not moving the base wad because 
there was the same pressure on both sides of it, but when the front 
pressure was removed by the discharge of the wads and shot from the 
muzzle, the compressed gas behind the base wad blew it partly 
through the barrel. The gases behind the base wad were also assisted 
by a partial vacuum that is always in the barrel an instant after its 
discharge, and which is caused by the air being blown away from 
around the muzzle of the gun by the powder gas, and the gas immedi- 
ately afterward losing the greater portion of its volume through sud- 
den loss of heat. That there is a vacuum in the barrel after the dis- 
charge, the writer found accidentally, when a boy, by putting the 
muzzle of a rifle a few inches under water and trying to shoot a fish. 
On withdrawing the gun from the water a quantity of powder- 
blackened water ran out of it. A great deal more than there would 
have been if the water had only risen in the barrel to the height it 
stood outside of it. If the shell was not gas tight around the primer, 
this vacuum might be sufficient to draw the base wad into the barrel. 
It seems improbable that suction, as Mr. Tenner calls it, could move 
the base wad into the barrel with sufficient force to bulge the barrel, 
for suction, as the word is used here, means the removal of air or gas 
pressure from the upper side of the base wad, and it is then, according 
to Mr. Tenner's theory, pushed up the barrel by the pressure of the 
air below it, and this pressure, it is well known, is less than 151bs. per 
square inch. Would so light a pressure force a base wad up the bar- 
rel hard enough to bulge the barrel? O. H. Hampton. 
Woodruff beats Batsch. 
The following score was made at the grounds of the Midway Plais- 
ance Club at Earle's Half- Way House on Dec. 13. The match was for 
$100 a side live birds per man: 
Trap score type— Copyright iS9t, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
S \7 T ^ Si->/" \^ </Si / * 4. N T-w— 
Frank Batsch. ,2 12212002210222212221222 2-23 
i//-»/*< — M-i^Si W^/ 1 \\ \/^\//>Si^<- 
22202010212222 2 222022122 2-21 
/ \/< \<-i/ , ^Sj-^->->->/ 
120102222021221222212111 2—22 
N, \/" S< \7< Si Si i\Si \-> t \ v^Si Si \N Si /> ^ 
2 3 0212213102002222200022 2—18-83 i 
^ Si -4 Si,* N /-V! \/" T \/ /» -V \ \Si / / iWs 
Woodruff 2 1111001 12 22223201112100 0—19 
\\/ N^^-Vir^W-W-^SiSiSi-*-* 
022212231312021211220221 1—22 
122222220221212212121012 2—23 
22 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0—23—80 ! 
Wm. M. Parker. 
Essex Gun Club. 
Newark, N. S., Dec. 21.— The Essex Gun Club held its club shoot at 
Erb's grounds yesterday afternoon. The attendance was not large, 
but made up in quality what it lacked in quantity. The scores made i 
were as follows: 
No. 1, club shoot, 10 live birds: 
Herrington. . . 0010201200—4 Reinhart 0311222110-8 
Green 221021113.-8 Erb 1010010110—5 
Griffin 2201102111-8 
Four birds, $3: No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
Erb 2233-4 0223-3 2311-4 0121—2 
Green 1111—3 1112-4 1102-3 3111—4, 
Herrington 0101—3 1131—4 0132—3 012o— 2 
Reinhart 0201—2 3310-3 2111—4 1011—3 
Griffin „ 1312-4 1212—4 1121—4 2321—4 
No. 6, for price of birds: 
Griffin 222211-6 Reinhart 923001— 
■ Newark. 
Flushing Shooting Club 
This following scores were made on the grounds of the Flushing j 
(L. I.) Shooting Club, near Murray Hill station on the Long Island 
Railroad. For some unaccountable reason only two of the numerous 
entries for the Invitation Cup put in their appearance, L. T. "Daven- , 
port" again beating his solitary opponent and winning the cup for the 
second time. Score: 
No. 1, Cup race, second contest, 25 live birds, $10. birds extra: 
L T Davenport (31) 202002123222121222221 *200-20 
C M Meyer (29) 22012.1220231222332310002—19 
No. 2, 5 birds, $1, two high guns: 
C M Meyer (29) 21131-5 F Deraismes (25) 22111—4 
L T Davenport (31) 10323—4 C M "Drake" (26) 22100—3 
TRowe(25) 09222-3 
No. 3, same: 
O M Meyer (29) 22221-5 T Rowe (34) 00220-3 
L T Davenport (31) 12122—5 F Deraismes (25) 21001—3 
^mwer§ to (^omBpondqnfa. 
O. W. W., Oneida, N. Y.— Send for report of Fish Commissioners, 53^ 
Broadway, New York. 
J. M. S., Simcoe, Can.— Any of the cartridge companies or dealers 
advertised in our columns will furnish the shells you desire. 
T. B. L , Chowen, Minn.— Will you kindly let me know through your 
Answers to Correspondents where the best deer hunting region in 
Minnesota is? Ans. Try Pelan, Kittson county. 
W. H. Kay, Davenport, la.— Can you recommend the Linenoid 
canoes? Has this material proved itself to be equal to wood for boat 
building? Ans. Superior canoes are made of this material, which, to 
the best of our knowledge, are both strong and durable. 
C. A. P., Norwalk, O. — I. Will Southern quail do and breed well 
brought North and liberated? 2. Where is the best place to buy? 3. J 
Which month should they be brought in? 4. What the best way of 
handling and transporting quail for breeding purposes? Ana. 1. YeBj 
though they are of course not as good as native birds. 2. See our ad- 
vertising columns. 3. As late in the season as you can get them. 4.. 
See full directions in Forest and Stream of May 5, 1894. 
R. K,, Brooklyn, N. Y.— For deer shooting what caliber is most ap 
propriate? What distance iB best to target a rifle at? What actioc 
you consider the best, lever or sliding action under barrel? Whether' 
smooth or octagon barrels? Ans. Caliber and the other points men-; 
tioned are matters upon which there is a wide diversity of opinion 
Personally, we prefer the heaviest caliber that can be handled without 
inconvenience to the shooter. The .45-90 is a very powerful gun. The- 
.38-40, .44-40 and .38-55 are good guns for deer hunting. We have never; 
been able to see that the octagon barrel had any advantage over th« 
round barrel. Target your rifle at 5Qyds. Either action will give sat 
sfaction. 
