430 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 25, 1895. 
work on the musical bars being especially good. They 
empty the magazine in very swift fashion, with hardly 
the least wavering of the muzzle of the rifle. Miss Clin- 
ton shot a souvenir target for Forest and Stream at the 
close of one of their performances, and at 25ft. eleven of 
the fifteen shots were in the one-inch black, the other four 
just out. The firing was about as fast as one would 
snap his fingers. Two very painstaking and hard-working 
young people these seemed to be, and between acts they 
went around and enjoyed the Exposition much as any- 
body. In their work they use open sights, three of their 
guns being Winchesters and one a Stevens. 
The Natchaug | Silk Co. 
—The Natchaug Silk Co. deserved a better showing than 
it* had at the Exposition. In fact, the tackle trade was 
not so well represented as it should have been in any 
respect. Of the Natchaug lines only four varieties were 
shown, these among others in a general display. Rods, 
lines, flies and material for angling could well have 
been displayed in greater abundance. 
E. H. Gerrish, 
the canvas canoe builder, bad a very handsome specimen 
of bis handiwork on exhibition. With this beautiful 
model for an object lesson, it is no wonder the Indian 
birch has been superseded. 
r [Notes of Some Other Exhibits. 
The Obrig Camera Co. made an elaborate exhibit of the 
art which is such an important adjunct to outdoor life, 
and to the sportsman in particular, the art which brings 
past acts and situations to the eye of the present, as the 
pen brings them to the memory. Mr. A. C. Wilmerdmg, 
the well-known dog fancier, a member of the firm, was 
affably in evidence in connection with the firm's com- 
plete display of photographic goods. 
The Heublein Brothers made an exhibit of medicine of 
universal purport, which they claim was discovered 
during the Revolutionary war, and which, they also 
claim, was very popular with the noble, stern people of 
that day, and has been to the present time. They claim 
also that their medicine does much to solace the disceur- 
aged, cheer the unfortunate and make life brighter. 
Messrs. George Barnard & Co. , of Chicago, whose hunting 
clothing and equipments for athletic, outing, gymnasium 
and sportsmen's use have found favor and approval with 
sportsmen these many years, had a neat exhibit in connec- • 
tion with that of Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Co. The dif- 
ferent costumes used in athletic outdoor sports were real- 
istically displayed on figures of men and women engaged 
in the sport of which each costume was an index. As to 
the quality and appropriateness of the costumes, the un- 
broken success of the firm and the wide patronage which 
it enjoys are testimonials of their value far above the 
force of mere words. 
The group of guides from the South and West added 
much to the interest in the artistic exhibit of the United 
States Cartridge Company. The exhibit consisted of a 
log cabin, with a wide and cheerful fireplace, which de- 
picted life in the wilderness with a fidelity which won 
unlimited praise. Of the guides, Ira Dodge was dressed 
in the full panoply of a Western hunter— buckskin, much 
fringe and a six-shooter; also boots and a hat. Mr. Dodge 
is the only man living who has been largely eaten by a 
bear and grown into usefulness again. He killed the 
bear after one of the most desperate battles ever related. 
Then there were Mr. J. W. Schultz and Mr. White, 
also of Montana, famous as guides and mighty hunters; 
and from Maine were the equally famous guides, Messrs. 
Jock Darling and Joe Francis. 
In the Forest and Stream exhibit a mounted deer's 
head, "The Challenge," by CarlE. Akeley, of Milwaukee, 
was the most admired American game piece in the Ex- 
position; a muskalonge head by the Daniels Antiseptic 
Co., of Chicago, would have excited the envy of the 
"Kingfishers;" and the big bear foot sent by Mr. Bobo to 
Mr. Hough, lent truth to the the tales of the "Sunny 
South." 
Horse Show at Wissahickon Heights. Special 
Excursion Tickets via Pennsylvania Railroad. 
The fourth annual open-air exhibition of the Philadelphia Horse 
Show will be held on St. Martin's Green, at Wissahickon Heights 
Station, Philadelphia, May 28 to June 1, inclusive. 
The announcement of an exhibition under the auspices of this 
organization, which is composed of leading citizens of Philadelphia, is 
an assurance of perfection in everything appertaining to an entertain- 
ment of this character, as all visitors to the exhibitions in former 
years will attest. 
The prize list is liberal, and representatives of the best society of 
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, Washington, and other Eastern 
cities will enter their hors. s and equipages in the competition for the 
PF The "grounds which are located immediately on the Germantown 
and Chestnut Hill branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, eleven miles 
from Broad Street Station, are ample for all purposes of the show, 
and the accommodations for visitors are complete. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will sell special excursion 
tickets from Philadelphia, New York, and principal intermediate 
stations to Wissahickon Heights Station, including coupon of admis- 
sion, at reduced rates. T o 
Tlchets will be sold May 27 to June 1, good for return until June 3, 
inclusive.— Adv. 
FIXTURES. 
* Dates marked thus are unofficial. 
MAT. 
24 Royal St. Lawrence, opening and squadron sail, Montreal. 
25. ' New Rochelle special, cabin cats, N«w Rochelle, bound. 
25^-26. San Francisco cruise to Goat Island. 
26. California annual regatta, San Francisco Bay. 
26. Williamsburg opening sail, Sound. 
30. Atlantic opening race, New York Bay. 
30. Harlem annual, Sound. 
30. Brooklyn opening, Gravesend Bay. 
30 Audubon annual, Hudson River, 
SO. Cor., San Francisco race, San Francisco Bay. 
30 San Francisco cruise San Francisco Bay, 
30 New Jersey annual, Hoooken, New York Bay. 
30' Fall River open, Fall River, Mount Hope Bay. 
30 South Boston open, South Boston, Boston Harbor. 
ao! Plymouth opening, Plymouth. 
30 Southwork annual, Philadelphia, Delaware River. 
30*. Cleveland squad sail, Lake Erie. 
The editorial which we reprint from the Boston Advertiser goes 
direct to the heart of a very important matter, one that directly con- 
cerns the future prosperity of yacht racing. What the Advertiser 
says is perfectly true, and by no means exhausts the subject. Assum- 
ing that the new Cup defender is successful, will she lead to renewed 
interest in yacht racing aB a popular sport, or to the building of more 
and better yachts: or, on the other hand, will she not discourage, 
through the unwarranted expense, the individual ownership and the 
general use of racing yachts. It is hardly likely that she wi)l lead the 
way to any practicable improvement in construction, and she cer- 
tainly will not induce any one or more yachtsmen to build to beat 
her. She may and probably will save the Cup, hut at a very serious 
cost to American yachting. 
Southern Y. C. 
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN— NEW ORLEANS, LA. 
The Southern Y. C. held its forty-sixth annual regatta, on May 11 , 
over the club's regular course-a 5-mile triangle, three times around, 
15 miles in all. When there is a regatta to be sailed on Lake Pont- 
chartrain there is, as it seems, either too much wind or not enough, 
never a happy medium such as one drpams about. The annual 
regatta of last year was held on a stormy day. the Sully cup race for 
schooners was fought out in a gale of wind and last Saturday s event 
has, likewise, its memorable feature. . ... 
The race started at 1 P. M. in a very light air. the first leg of the 
course being a beat right down into a very ominous black squall that 
was rapidly making in the northeast, and it was a question whether 
the leading boats or the squall would get to the mark buoy first. The 
race could be won on that first leg, as the fellows that could reach the 
mark and round it before the storm broke were going to have con- 
siderable advantage, so every nerve was strained and every inch or 
canvas carried until the minute before the squall struck the fleet. 
Then there was a dousing of canvas on the laggards and the majorry 
of the fleet came to anchor in various stages of confusion. In just 
one minute it was blowing forty miles an hour and in less than two 
minutes a sea was kicked up that rolled the little ones bowsprit under. 
Three of the yachts had succeeded in weathering the stake and had 
squared away for the eastward mark before the wind increased. The 
famous open sloop Mephisto, Vice-Coin. Brewster, had walked through 
and weathered the whole fleet, and after rounding the stakeboat she 
started down the course before the storm, with jib alone, like a scared 
deer. J. Walton Glenny's new and unnamed cabin sloop, with jib 
alone, and Peter Labonisse's big cabin sloop Mpntauk, with jib and 
scandalized mainsail, followed. After rounding the eastward stake, 
Mephisto took in her large jib and set a jib from the mast for the 
reach to the home stake. In the meantime the wind was moderating 
and the boats at anchor were reefing and getting under way. By the 
time the first round was completed, the wind had gone down to a stiff 
lower sail breeze, and found the various classes well dispersed and 
bumming aloDg In the form of a procession long drawn out and not 
very interesting as a race. The guests of the club had been well re- 
paid, however, for their visit in seeing some excellent seamanship dur- 
ing the fierce blow, there being no accidents or capsizes during the 
half hour it lasted. The new Glenny boat, her maiJen race, sailed 
well and looked better and is undoubtedly fast. She is said to be 
built on the lines of Madrine. the fast Northern sloop. Another new 
sloop, Naiade, G. B, Penrose, also won her maiden race, and with the 
before-mentioned sloop and the little 18ft. fin-keel Trilby was the 
center of attraction. Although not sailing a winning race. Trilby 
demonstrated the fact that she is a great little vessel and could not be 
capsized. She was as bard on the mouth as a yoke of untamed Texas 
steers: her helmsman could not hold her, so it is evident her sail plan 
needs attention, or perhaps it is that dark secret of the fin-keel that is 
said to be not yet understood. She hammered along through the 
water and her crew of three say any other boat of her inches would 
have been wrecked and lost half a dozen times. At one time, if not 
most of the time, she was nearly on her beam ends, with bar sails al- 
most in the water, and, although she would not luff, she eventually 
bobbed up nobly. , , ... . ... 
The following boats were awarded the (cash) prizes in their various 
classes: Class 1, cabin sloops, Montauk; class 2, Florence; class 3, 
Glenny's Entry; open sloops, class 5, Naiade; claBS 6. Nyanza; class 7, 
Alice; class 9, catboats, Honorine; class 10, motors, Idylle. L. D. S. 
*' Unsportsmanlike." 
From the Boston Advertiser, May 0. 
So much is being heard just now about the costly construction of 
the Bristol boat, Defender, that the average reader of yachting news 
might be well excused if he drew the inference that the greater the 
cost of a cup defender the more reason there is for pride oh the 
part of the American people. Correspondent after correspondent has 
gone into ecstacies over the calculations which prove that so many 
tons of aluminum at 81,600 a ton must he used in the construction of 
the cup defender. The statement that "money is no object," as a 
motto of the cup-defender syndicate, has been repeated more than 
once in the past two weeks, and it seems true enough, for although the 
cost of aluminum has been much reduced within recent years, the metal 
still costs between 75 and 85 cents per IK 
Altogether, it is calculated by the gleeful champions of the syndicate 
that the actual cost of putting the defender in a position to race for 
the America's cup, will he certainly above $150,000, and possibly as 
much as $200,000. Of course, from certain points of view it is nobody s 
business what kind of a boat the New York syndicate has decided to 
build. Yet the friends of true sport in this country have a proper 
interest In this matter, inasmuch as it concerns not only the affairs of 
the gentlemen connected with the syndicate, but also the interest of 
amateur sport in the United States. Two years ago, when the trial 
races for the America's cup defence were held, four new boats com- 
peted. This year but one new yacht will take part, although the Boston 
boat, Jubilee, will prohably be remodeled in time to enter the trial 
races Still, it is tacitly admitted among American yachtsmen that 
the task of defending the America's cup properly has grown so expen- 
sive that only a millionaire can afford to undertake it by putting a new 
boat into the field. 
Surely, this is not a pleasant condition to contemplate. It was 
hoped that the contest for the America's cup would bring into play 
the best talent obtainable in yacht designing and yacht building; but 
as matters now stand, it is practically certain that some worthy gentle- 
men, whose names can be predicted beforehand, will give the designer, 
whose name may also be announced confidentially in advance, an 
order for a single vessol of such and such a length. So far as the 
main body of American yachtsmen are concerned, they have no per- 
sonal part in the matter, and are merely privileged to look on at the 
races which the eminent and respectable millionaires have decided to 
hold. , 1 . ^, . , 
Unless the signs of the present time are at fault, men of the style 
who formerly upheld the yachting supremacy of the United States in 
the Cup races will be compelled to give way to a new class of men 
whose money is their only qualification. Nobody supposes that the 
average American yacht in the near future Is likely to be built of 
aluminum, and there is no reason why the Cup defender should be 
built of that metal. The purpose for which the America's Cup races 
were originally designed was to promote an improvement in the de- 
sign of yachts generally, and the trial races produced the best models 
which could be worked out at that time. Under the new system, how- 
ever, the Cup races are likely to show merely the improvement which 
can be secured by some single favorite designer, whose eminence is 
sufficient to insure him the order from the millionaire syndicate, which 
may have charge of the construction of the Cup defender at that time. 
It is to be regretted that the so-called deed of gift of the America's 
Cup itself encourages heavy expenditure, inasmuch as it does not 
allow small sloop yachts to race for the Cup. There would be as much 
pleasure and as much profit in hodling a Cup race between two 40- 
footers, as there will be, this coming autumn, in the Cup race which 
will be held bstween the two 90 footers. At the same time, in the for- 
mer case there, would be a great number of competitors at the trial 
races, and the results would almost certainly insure a greater diver- 
sity in yacht designing and construction, than may fairly be expected 
under the present costly and exclusive system. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
The Brooklyn Y. C. will sail its annual spring regatta on Monday, 
June 10, over the club courses in New York Bay. As in former years, 
this regatta will be open to members of the principal yacht clubs 
located on New York Bay and the Sound. Entry blanks and circu- 
lars may be obtained by addressing the Regatta Committee, Box 154, 
Brooklyn. Entries must be filed not later than June 4; yachts will be 
classified according to their racing length. 
§mtje mid §nUcnL 
Revolver Shooting in England. 
London. England, May 2 —At the South LoDdon Rifle Club, on April 
25, in a pusty wind, the following revolver scores were made: 
Twenty yards, stationary target: „. 
F Rand ..... 555777-36 E Howe. 447775-34 
Capt T W Heath 775547- 35 OF Lowe 574276—32 
At the North London Rifle Club, on May 1, the revolver scores were 
as below, Mr. Comber being the first to complete his scores for the 
championship count, totaling 313; this is too little to be of any use. 
None of the other members have shot out their scores yet: 
Series IV,, 50yds : 
Walter Winans 776754—36 
Comber 747674—35 
C F Lowe 255767-32 
Clementi-Sinith 574636 - 31 
Howe ,644565-30 
F Rand 665535-30 
A J Comber 650774-29 
McCormick" 547453-28 
Carter 536733-27 
Knapp 235564-24 
Capt Earle 345H54-24 
Franzmann 265722—24 
Zettler's Rifle Club. 
New York, Mp y 12.— The third shoot of the season in the outdoor 
tournament of the Zettler Rifle Club took place yesterday morning at 
Wis?el's Cypress Hills Park, There were fifteen competitors, in- 
cluding some of the best rifle shots in the country, and each man fired 
10 shots at the German ring targets, 200yds. range, off-hand Michael 
J Dorrler led with 231 points out of a possible 250 The next highest, 
man was Champion Fred C. Ross, who scored 226. Geo. Plaisted had 
225 Ignatz Martin 217, H. M. Pope 213, Charles G. Zettler 213, M. B 
Engel 210, Dr. Boyken 208, H. Hofges 200, H Graue 200, Qus. Nowak 
199 Bernard Walther 188, William Soli 176, George Balenstadt 162, 
and H. Heintz 154. On the Wissel target of honor, same range, 3 
shots, with a possible total of 75 points, George Balenstadt made 3 
bullseyes and won, scoring 75. 
A. C. A. Membership. 
Eastern Division: Amory H. Waite, Newton, Maes. 
Division: Charles H. Lester. 
§m^glwofintf. 
FIXTURES 
May 31-24.— Knoxville (Tenn.) Gun Club's fourteenth annual tourna 
ment; $3,000 added to the purses. 
May 21-25— Houston, Texas.— Tournament of the Houston City Gun 
Club; live birds and targets; open to all amateurs. ' 
May 22-24.— Rome, N. Y.— Annual tournament of the Rome Gun Club; 
two first day at targets, third day live birds. W. p Ray land, .Sec'y. 
May 23 — Wauzeka, Wis.- Opening shoot of the Wauzeka Gun Club. 
May 23^-24 —Lancaster, Pa.— Tournament of the Fair view Gun Club; 
first dav, targets; second day, live birds. . 
May 27-30 — Littlic Rock, Ark.— Fifth annual tournament andmeet- 
ing of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association. For programtm a 
address Paul R. Litzke, Little Rock, \rk. _ 
May- 29-30. —Canajoharie, N. Y.— Eastern New York Trap-Shooters' 
League, under the management of the Canajoharie Gun Club; targets. 
Chas. Weeks, Sec'y. _ . , . _ „ 
May 29-30.— Reading. Pa.— Tournament of the Independent Gun 
Club, of Beading. A. Knauer, Sec'y. 
May 29-20 — Janksville, Wis.— Fifth annual shoot of the JaneBVille 
Shooting Club; live birds and targets. H. H. McKenney, Sec'y. 
May 29-31.— Urbana, Ills,— Annual tournament of the Crystal Lake 
Gun Club, of Urbana, Ills , $200 added money. 
May 30— Motjntville, Pa.— Tournament of the Mountville Gun Club; 
t fir u tits 
May 30 — Moline, 1)1.— Tournament of the Highland Gun Club. 
May 30-June 1.— Grand Rapids, Mich.— Valley City Gun Club's 
annual tournament; targets; $500 added money. C. F. Rood, Sec'y . 
May 30.— Altoona, Pa.— All-day snoot of the Altoona Rod and Gun 
Club at Wopsononock. . . , , 
June 3-8.— Chioaoo,I11— Illinois State Sportsmen's Association annual 
ournament. Convention at Sherman House, J une 4. 
June 11-13.— Memphis, Teun.— Memphis Gun Club's annual tour- 
nament; $2,000 added money. ... VT 
June 13-14.— Fargo, N. D — First annual tournament of the North 
Dakota State Sportsmen's Association; targets. Programmes ready 
May 15. W. W. Smith, Sec'y- „ „ , 
June 13-15.— Omaha, Neb.— Annual tournament of the Nebraska 
State Sportsmen's Association; $500 added money. F. S. Parmelee, 
June 13-15.— Portland, Ore.— Eleventh annual tournament of the 
Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest, under the auspices of the 
Multnomah Rod and Gun Club. D. L. Williams. Sec'y, Portland. Ore. 
June 14.— Worcester, Mass.— Seventh and closing tournament cf 
the New England Shooting Association, under the auspices of the 
Worcester Gun Club. 
June 15.— Wilmerding, Pa.— Tournament of the Wilmerding Gun 
Club. A. A. Maekert, Sec'y. , „ . , ,, 
June 19-21.— Cleveland, O.—Chamberl in Cartridge and Target Com- 
pany's second annual tournament: $1,200 in cash added. 
June 24-28.— Saratoga, N. Y.— Annual tournament of the New York 
State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Saratoga 
Gun Club. H. M. Levengscon, Sec'y. 
June 26-27.— Vicksburg, Miss.— Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under the auspices of the Vicksburg Gun Club. 
June 29 Marion, N J— Fifth tournament of the New Jersey Trap- 
Shooters' League, under the auspices of the Endeavor Gun Club, 
July 10-12. — Altoona. Pa.— Third annual tournament of the Altoona 
Rod and Gun Club at Wopsononock; targets. W. G. Clark, Sec'y. 
July 17-18 —Macon, Qa — Tournament of the Interstate Association 
under the auspices of the Macon Gun Club; $200 added. 
Aug. 20-24.— Holmesbuhg, Pa— Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's 
fifth annual tournament, under the auspices of the Keystone Shooting 
League of Philadelphia. John C. Shallcross, Sec'y, Frankfort. Pa. 
Aug. 29-31.— Hot Springs, S. D.— Hot Springs Gun Club's Becond 
annual tournament. . . 
Oct. 9-11.— Newburgh.N. Y.— West Newburgh G. andR. Association 
tournament. W. C. Gibb, Sec'y. 
Atlantic 
Steam Launches. 
Marine Iron Works, Chicago, have just issued their 18S5 catalogue, 
mailed free.— Adv. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The Trenton, N. J., Advertiser of Mayl2says: "The Eleventh Ward 
Gun Club was organized recently with fifteen members in Hangers 
Hall on Home avenue. The following are the officers: President, 
Nelson W. Peck ; Vice-president, Chris. Grouser; Secretary, Henry 
Green- Treasurer. Victor Hangers; Trustees, John Schumann, Steve 
Gedlinsky, and Charles Kale. The other members are: Robert Tootel, 
Charles Green, John Schimmel, August Kook, Albert Weber, Fred 
Schumann, Albert Weiss and Charles Blickert." 
Very few trap-shooters have as many assumed names as Louis 
Schortemeier of this city. "Schorty," "L. Biff," "J. O. Blotz 
"I'rohcs," etc., are some of the titles under which he conceals his 
right to many a good score at live birds or at inanimate targets. As 
he is a member of a round dozen of social and sporting clubs, "La 
Paloma," 201 Pearl street. New York city, Louis' place of business, is 
a place where visiting sportsmen will always find many kindred 
Bpirits, and learn any news in the shooting line that may be going. 
The result of the informal meeting held in the club house at the 
Lynchburg Gun Club's ground, after the Interstate tournament had 
been brought to a close on Saturday night, must be very gratifying 
to the Interstate Association and its manager, Elmer Shanpr. The 
resolution endorsing the handicap adopted by the Association was 
most enthusiastically carried by the very men who had shot under 
that system for two whole days. They should know what they were 
talking about. 
For the information of all shooters from New York, New Jersey, 
etc., who are intending to be present at the Memphis shoot during the 
second week in June, I want to state that the 4:30 P. M. train on the 
Southern Railway Company's schedule carries a through sleeper from 
Jersey City to Memphis, Tenn. The schedule is thirty-nine hours be- 
tween those points, the train arriving at Memphis at 7:25 on the second 
morning. 
The Lynchburg boys know how to make it pleasant for their guests, 
and they turn their knowledge to good account. The Interstate Asso- 
ciation's tournament, held at that city on Friday and Saturday, last 
week, was one of the pleasantest shoots at which I've ever been 
present. Dropping for place was "out of sight" entirely; no such 
business would be tolerated by the gentlemen who compose the 
Lynchburg Gun Club. 
The'photograph of the "Big Six" at Cincinnati, viz.: J. W. Connor, 
E. D. Fulford, S. Glover, F. Van Dyke, Dando and Charlie Young, 
taken Immediately after their record-breaking score of 116 out of 120, 
is a capital likeness of each man. The blackboard is the background, 
each man's score appearing in clear, sharp figures, speaks in a telling 
manner of the way in which they smashed the bluerocks. 
At 1 he Sportsmen's Exposition on Friday of last week Paul North 
was distributing among his friends a badge that will be a pleasant 
