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FOREST AND STREAM, 
[Oct. 3, 1896, 
On lionsr Island. 
NEW YORK GERMAN GUN CLUB, 
Sept. i6 — The New York Qerman Gun Olub met to-day for its 
monchly live-bird shoot at Dexter Parli. Dr. Hudson won the club 
medal after shooting oflf the tie in a sweep. Several miss-and-outs 
were ahot after the club race, three of these events being won by J. 
S. S. Remsen, a visitor, who ran 14 straight as a wind-up. The scores 
in the olub shoot and in three Hweeps were as below ; 
No. 3. 
11002-3 
02011— S 
22101—4 
30110—3 
Club Shoot. No. 1. No. 2. 
Dr Hudson 11121101—7 111—3 23220^ 
F Sauter , ,.,.,..00120101-4 122—3 10000—1 
ASchmitt ,...01111«01— 5 201—3 11112-5 
PGarms, Jr....... ...... i..l02»2011-5 121—3 11181^ 
MBonden 1100111»-5 ... 
EDoeink .....v 2ni2i'00-6 ... 10220—3 ..... 
HOehl ......^i 020330a0-4 ... 10110-3 
H Leopold 11110000—4 ... 
HThomforde 121S1031— 7 ... 00113—3 
H Boesennecker 20111102—6 ... 10010—2 
JWellbrock. ,,..10011111—6 ... S0»ii—3 20311-4 
H Nobel .,....,....022110n— 6 ... 11111-5 22101-4 
ERadle 0001000;;-3 ... 00200-1 
J S Remsen* ... 01120—3 20320—3 
* Guest. 
IDLE HODR QVS CLUB. 
Sept. SI. — Nine members of the Idle Hour Gun Club took part in the 
club's monthly live-bird shoot held to-day at Dexter Park, L. I. Four 
members tied for hieh place in the club event, while one other lost 
only 1 bird and that fell dead out of bounds. Scores: 
F Markert 1121121—7 H Boemmerman 1111010—5 
J Bamberger ,2231121—7 
Geo Helmsteadt 2311311—7 
H Meyer 1111111-7 
H Hoflfman..,»,,.„.,,,...lll»lll— 6 
JFCElfers 1012001—4 
Chris Larkeman ..1003103—4 
Wm Burrowes .0100032—3 
HELL, GATE QUN CLCB, 
Sept. SS — The Hell Gate Gun Club held its monthly club shoot this 
afternoon at Dexter Park, L. I. There were 26 shooters in the club 
event at 10 live birds per man, but only one of the 26, Henry Forster, 
managed to kill all his birds. Seven others managed to get withip 1 
of his score. The totals made were »8 below: 
Henry Forster 1122222121-10 Richard Regan 0221120011— 
Fred Trostel 1202121222- 9 
EPaynter 1121011112— 9 
Eugene Doeinck 2101211121— 9 
John H Voss 2122112021— 9 
Chas Webber 2112102222— 9 
H W Voss 2110121212— 9 
r-has Schaefer 2121112021— 9 
Wm Sands 2203210122— 8 
GusNowak 2220210121— 8 
J P Dannefelser 0111110222- 8 
Jacob Himmel8bach.2220220S!12— 8 
PhilWoelfel 0011»'3lall— 7 
John Krebs 0010111121 
Emil Marquardt ]lll«00112— 
Adam Stern 0101220101— 
Louis Stetzle 0031100112— 
John Sehm •a002210«l— 
Albert Klechle 20202021»»- 
L C Muench 001100«121— 
Emil Stefifens 2002012001— 
Henry Alsheimer. , , .1020001012— 
F W Richter 00202»0122— 
Emil Metz 0»22200«20— 
Chas Lang 0020300200— 
FALCON QtTN CLUB, 
Sept. The Falcon Gun Club held its monthly shoot at Dexter 
Park this afternoon. The club event is 7 live birds, old Long Island 
rules, second barrel kill to count one-half. Scores in the club race 
were: 
AugValges 1111101—6 H Van Staten 0200001— lU 
John Vagts 0212110— i Chris Meyer 2111111— 6ia 
Chas DoBCher 0000110—2 John Hermann 1110110—5 
John MoUer 2001111—41.5 J H Meyer 0101011-4 
Two team races, 5 men to a veam, 3 biids per mati, were shot. In 
the first Chris Meyer's team won by 10]^ to 7. The same teams com- 
peted in the second race, Meyer's team allowing the others one miss as 
a kill. As a result Knebel's team won by using its handicap allowance. 
Scores: 
No. 1— Chris Meyer's team: 0. Meyer ZU, J.MoUer 2U, H. Otten, Jr., 
1, Geo. Valges 3, Chas. Doscher ii^— lOJ^ 
Knebel's team: H. Knebel Jr., a, J. Hermann J^, J. N. Meyer 8, J. 
Vagts 1, H. Van Staden 1}^2— 7. 
No. 8— Meyer's team: C. Meyer 3, Moller 3, Otten Valges 1, 
Doscher 2— lOJ^. 
Knebel's team: Knebel 3, Hermann 1, J. N. Meyer 3, Vagts 1, Van 
Staden SJ^-IOJ^ -f 1 allowance 11]^. 
NEW UTRECBT GUN CLtJB. 
Sept. 25.— The New Utrecht Gun Club has made arrangements to 
start in tlive-bird shooting on Saturday, Oct. 3. Negotiations have 
been begun for new grounds, but until they are ready the club will 
patch up its old ones and use them. The scores in the club shoot and 
the Hegeman trophy events, shot to-day at the Dyker Meadow 
grounds, were as below: 
Dr Littlefleld (A) . . . . lOlOllUlllOlOlOlllOl 1111—19 
D Deacon (A) 0110110011011110111100111—17 
Dr Wynn (A) 1011001110011111010001111—16 
J E Pool (B; 0011111110110111111110110-19 
Dr O'Brien (G) 0111011000111111110010001—15 
A Eddy (C) 0011100100011011111000110-13 
15 
10001 w 
lllIllllllUlll 
01100 w 
0010010011101100 — 7 
10111111011011101—13 
OllllOOOOllllOOlO- 9 
Cook County Trap-Shooters' League. 
Chicago, 111., Sept. 19. — The scores made in the team races of the 
Cook County Trap-Shooters' League, shot to-day on the grounds of 
the Eureka Gun Club, were as below: 
class a. 
Eureka. 
FPStannard 1111111100111111111110111—22 
H Carson 1001110110010111111111101—18 
Patterson 1110111111100111111101111-21 
A W Adams , 1001111011010111111110010-17 
Steck 1111111110001111011111001—19 
W D Stannard 1101111111111111110110001—20—117 
Garfield. 
Von Lengerke 1000011110111110111010111—17 
S Palmer ,.......„, 0001000100011111111110101—14 
Hicks ....,„„. 1111110111111011111111111-23 
Skinner.. .....1011111001101111111011111-20 
FE Adams ,1,.,. ........ .-1111110111011111111100010— 19 
T Eaton OOllOOOOOOOlOOOOl 01 010100- 7— ICO 
CLASS B. 
Garfield. 
Richards. llllioilllliliiilioiiliu— 23 
LIddy , ... 010111 11 11 101111110001010-17 
Kuss i,.ioiioionoonoiiiiio]oon— 16 
Fehrman .....1111010111100111111111111-21 
Shaw lllllOllllllllllllllllUO-23— 100 
Calumet Heights. 
Lamphere 0111 1 1 01 OOl 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 Oil 1 10-18 
Westcott 1111001001101100111111011—17 
Hodson 111101111101 1010111101011— 19 
Young 1001010010001000010010100— 8 
Booth 1100000101110001010011111—13 ■ 
Ferguson OlllOllllllllllllllOlOm-21— 96 
Garden City. 
Rextord «...,„ 1111101111111111011110011-21 
Ruhl ......... .......... r 1111101111111101111011111—22 
Bissell 1000010111010111000000000- 9 
Antoine lllllOllllllOlimiOlOlll— 21 
O 0 Kemp 0001100101111000110001010—11— 84 
Eureka. 
Goodrich , 0110110111101010111110101—17 
De Wolf 1010001011001101110011011—14 
H B Morgan lOlOOOlOOOOOlOOOlllOlOOlO— 9 
Glover 0010110111001111101000111—15 
W A Jones OlOlOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOllIOll— 7 
E C Morton 0101101111100110111111011—18— 80 
Cicero. 
A Cheeseman 0010101111001011110101011—15 
Lowrey 1111110111011001000101111—17 
Fox loioiiionoiinioooiiiioii— 16 
Knott 1101011101010111011100111—17— 65 
Douglas. 
M J Eich 10001101000.11111001101111—25 
\ CLASS C. 
Calumet Heights. 
Black 0111011011111001101011100—16 
Norcom 1010011110111011101010111—17 
Houston 1000001000101101001000001— 8 
■ Metcalf , 0000101010001101101111111-14 
Greeley 1101010011101000110011011—14 
Whitman 1000010101001101101011111—14— 83 
Buck, of the Eureka, scored 16, and Levy, of the Garden City, scored 
10 in Class C. 
The Garfield Class B team was short one man ; the Garden City team 
in the same class was also a man short. The Cicero Class B team 
needed two men to make up its complement. In Class C the Calumet 
Heights Club had things Its own way. 
W. A. Jones, of the Eureka B team, won the keg of Du Pont powder 
on the Bhoot-ofl by the lowest scores on each team. 
Warren Gun Club Tournament. 
Warren, O., Sept. 19.— The following scores were made at the tour- 
nament of the Warren Gun Club, held Thursday, Sept. 17. Although 
the attendance was not large, the majority proved to be stayers. 
There was a large attendance of spectators, who were quite inter- 
ested in the working of the magautrap. This trap gave excellent 
satisfaction, and all present voted it a success. 
Event 6 was at 50 targets, for an L. C. Smith gun of $80 gradp, and 
was won by Mingo fJ. A. Flick), of Ravenna, O., on a score of 46. 
Event 7 was at 25 birds, for a handsome gold badge given by the 
Peters Cartridge Co., and was won by J. W. Nonneman, of this city, 
on a score of 24, The contestants in this event were restricted to the 
use of Peters cartridges, loaded with King's Smokeless powder. 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Per 
Targets: 10 
Mingo 10 
Bwalt , 
Schoonover 
Sheldon 8 
Snow 10 
Elliott 5 
Grant 6 
Cleve 
Hull 7 
Nutt 7 
Bodie 7 
Fry 8 
G E W 6 
Wright 8 
Nooneman , 6 
Jones 
SutelifC 8 
Stiles 7 
Mark 8 
Andrews 7 
Germaine 3 
Neracher 5 
LoomiB 
Biery ,. ,. 
Leask , . . 
15 10 15 10 50 S5 10 16 So 15 Shot at. Broke, cent. 
14 9 15 
14 7 15 
13 10 11 
14 8 14 
7 14 
8 13 
8 13 
9 12 
7 10 
6 13 
7 14 
7 12 
8 13 
13 
11 
12 
14 
12 
12 
12 
9 
15 
11 
14 
10 
7 
8 
.. 10 
7 .. 
9 9 
6 9 
6 9 
6 II 
7 .. 
6 .. 
7 13 
3 .. 
5 46 .. 
9 45 21 
8 43 23 
10 36 31 
6 43 20 
10 40 21 
8 36 18 
8 40 18 
7 41 19 
4 32 20 
8 38 11 
10 40 . . 
7 42 24 
7 ,. .. 
8 41 24 
8 43 18 
5 ., 8 
9 36 .. 
7 .. .. 
5 .. 14 
7 .. 
9 14 
10 14 
8 11 
10 11 
9 13 
8 10 
10 13 
7 10 
8 10 
8 12 
8 7 
.. 11 
7 11 
6 7 
23 14 
23 14 
20 13 
18 11 
24 13 
33 12 
20 14 
14 14 
12 .. 
.. 13 
19 .. 
21 .. 
6 .. 13 
6 7.. 
6 .. .. 
9 13 28 
7 7.. 
9 30 
2 
18 
9 10 
4 13 
175 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
200 
190 
185 
175 
185 
150 
160 
85 
120 
135 
95 
120 
no 
110 
60 
85 
75 
110 
20 
R. 
159 
180 
167 
161 
172 
100 
158 
146 
141 
127 
131 
118 
133 
56 
101 
98 
55 
89 
87 
64 
38 
50 
55 
76 
5 
90.8 
90 
83.5 
80.4 
86 
80 
79 
76.8 
76.3 
72.5 
70.8 
78.4 
83.1 
65.9 
81.2 
72.6 
57.7 
74.1 
79.1 
58.1 
63.3 
58.5 
66.8 
69 
25 
W. EWALT. 
Calumet Heishts Gun Club. 
Chicago, 111., Sept. 19.— In to-day's trophy contest Lamphere won 
in class A with a straight score of 25. A similar score has only been 
made onco in the trophy contests of this season prior to Mr. Lam- 
phere's score. The other was made by S. M. Booth. Houston won 
in class B after shooting off the tie with Norcom. R, B, Carson won 
in class C. Scores: 
Patty '. . . . 1111111111011111111111101-23 
Lamphere 1111111111111111111111111—25 
Dr Shaw 0110111111101011111111111—21 
Class B. 
Houston 1111100001110111111111111-20 
Metcalfe j^.,„.. 1101011 1 1100001001 1 1 11101—16 
Norcom 0111110111111111111010101—20 
Olsss C 
Harlan 111001 1101 10101 10101 00010— 14 
Davis 0111100111011100111001001-15 
R B Carson 1110111001110100011010111—16 
Ten other events were shot off, as shown in the table below. Nos. 
1, 8 and 10 were at known traps, unknown angles; No. 2 at 5 pairs; 
No. 7, snipe shooting; the others were at unknown traps and angles. 
The day was bright, but a strong wind blowing in from the traps had 
a tendency to carry the targets to a higher elevation than usual. 
Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 were team races, the teams being made up as fol- 
lows: Houston's team— Houston, Lamphere, Dr. Shaw and R. B. Car- 
son ; Norcom's team— Norcom, Patty, Metcalfe and Harlan. No. 3 was 
a tie on 39 each; Nos. 4 and 6 were wins for Houston's team by 41 to 
36 and 48 to 41 respectively. Norcom's team won Nos. 6 and 7 by 43 to 
43 and 21 to 18. 
Scores in the ten sweeps were: 
Events: 18345678 Events: 18345678 
Targets: 10 10 16 15 IB 15 10 %5 Targets: 10 10 IB 15 16 15 10 S6 
Patty 7 7 8 9 13 12 4 ., Harlan 4 2 6 7 7 7 1 .. 
Lamphere. 10 9 12 14 13 12 4 .. Metcalfe... 8 .. 12 13 13 13 9 22 
DrShaw... 9 6 10 11 13 12 8.. RBCarson., 2 7 6 7 7 2.. 
Houston... 8 7 10 10 15 11 4 13 Norcom.... 3 13 7 8 11 7 18 
No. 9 10 targets, imknOwn traps and angles: Norcom 5, Metcalfe 4, 
Houston 4. 
No. 10, 25 targets, known traps, unknown angles: Metcalfe 18, Hous- 
ton 17. Patty. 
Pawtuxet Gun Club. 
Pawtuxkt, R. I., Sept. 12.— The shoot of the Pawtuxet Gun Club, 
held this afternoon on the club grounds, was the sixth of the series of 
eight now being held in competition for prizes, and made some 
changes in the standing of the various contestants. The crowd of 
shooters and spectators was as large as usual, and the rain interfered 
but little with the work at the traps. The scores. Including that of 
Fessenden, who is not a member of the club, were as follows: 
Class A: Whitaker 22, Greene 19, Sheldon 19, Wilson 17, Waterman 
13, Mooney 10, 
Class B: A. Hawkins 32, Badmington 13, J. Armstrong 10, King 10, 
Bain 9, Arnold 8, Fessenden 8, Barber 6. 
There are two more of these shoots, to be held Sept. 19 and 26, and, 
as the prizes will go to the members having the four highest ^totals 
selected from the eight scores, the leaders may yet be passed by those 
further behind in the race. Tne totals of the four leaders In each 
class are now as follows: 
Class B. 
Amasa Hawkins... 15 17 15 22-69 
Graves 16 16 20 16-68 
Arnold 16 14 12 15-57 
Badmington 15 15 13 13—56 
Sheldon 20 24 23 21—88 
Whitaker 20 20 19 22-81 
Wilson 14 19 23 17—73 
Greene IB 15 18 19—67 
Waterman 17 17 16 17-67 
These shoots will end the season for the club, as the bunting season 
commences in October. As practice shoots, they have developed new 
men and advanced the club until it is now the strongest trap-sbooting 
club around Providence^ W. H. Sheldon, Sec'y. 
Audubon Gun Club, of Buffalo. 
BDBTfALO, N. Y., Sept. 19.— The scores made at the regular weekly 
shoot of the Audubon Gun Club, of this cit.y, are given below. Event 
No. 1 was the badge shoot, and E. O. Burkbardt won tbe honors in 
Class A. Bird was high In; Class B with 17 breaks, McArney with 16 
breaks laying claim to hign score in Class C. The totals of the dif- 
ferent events are given in tabulated form, seven events in all being 
decided. 
Events: 1 8 3 4 6 6 7 Events: 13 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: SO 
Norris 20 
0 S Burkbardt 15 
GMcArthur.. 16 
E C Burkbardt 20 
J J Reld 14 
WHines, Jr... 17 
BFSmith..... 18 
10 15 15 SO SO 20 
4 12 10 13 13 . . 
7 8 10 12 18 12 
8 11 7 8 11 .. 
8 12 11 9 16 15 
9 10 11 13 13 7 
9 10 12 9 16 14 
8 10 9 
Bird 17 6 10 2 
Targets: SO 10 
L W Bennett. 15 .. 
Dr McMichael. 13 . , 
Coombs 14 .. 
Forrester 19 .. 
J Peters 15 ., 
Tom Fidler... 13 ,. 
McCarney.... 16 .. 
Sandle 14 .. 
15 15 
., 9 
.. 10 
SO 20 SO 
15 8 8 
11 .. .. 
12 
11 
'9 
8 
13 11 .. 
.. 10 .. 
8 7.. 
is '6 15 
High Scoring at a Match. 
Algona, la., Sepi;. 16.— G. L. Taylor and H. C. Mortenson, of this 
place, shot a race to-day against A. Sundstrom and C. J. Lenander, of 
Bancroft. The home pair won easily, Taylor losing but 1 target out 
of his 100, and his partner only losing 6. The totals were 193 against 
158. Scores: 
e L Taylor. . .11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111- 50 
11111111111111111011111111111111111111111111111111-49- 99 
HMorten8on.llllllllllllllllll0101111111111111111111011111111l-47 
11101101111111111111111111111111111111111110111111—47— 94 
193 
ASund8tromllllOO11101111OllllOlllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllO-44 
1111111111111111101111011111111011011)111000011111-42— 86 
CJLenander.llllOllOllOllOllllOlOOllOlllOlllllOllllllOlinilOO-37 
10110111010010111011111001111001111110011111101011—35- 72 
John G. 
168 
Smith. 
Blue Rock Gun Club. 
Tucson, Ariz., Sept 20.— The following scores were made to-day by 
members of the Blue Rock Gun Olub, of this city. Birds gave out 
before the 10th round was completed: 
H H Pease 2212101100-7 
F Wilding .2002000021—4 
K L Hart 0221001210— 6 
J Jernigan 0101201012—6 
O Meyer. 1012121111—9 
Chas Dimick 22i21011£0-8 
JHBehan 210220001 —5 
J J HalloweU 222222122 —9 
Chas Weber.., 11200 —3 
jyr. Tiffany's Powder. 
Guilford Center, N. Y., Sept. 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
That a lie travels further and faster than the truth, and has more 
help on the way, is proverbial. 
That few who read in the trap cohimns of a late issue of your paper 
the half truth— always worse than a whole lie— over the signature of 
Noel E. Money will take the trouble to read this letter is very possible. 
But, in justice to ray friends and to myself. I can hardly do less than 
take up the gauntlet he throws down; and I am sure that Forest and 
Stream, that baa accorded Mr. Money the freedom of its columns, will 
give me a fair field and fair play there, even though I am not a paying 
advertiser. 
In the letter previous to the one quoted from by Mr. Money (a letter 
which I notice he is careful not to use) 1 said in substance this: "I 
notice that you have put a new powder on the market. If you like to 
send me a sample to teat I should be glad to give it a thorough trial. 
If it pleases me I shall want it in quantity." Was there anything 
criminal in that? I hold it a legitimate business transaction for the 
following reasons: Few trap shots buy a new nitro until they have a 
chance to try it. All the fraternity know that. It is our privilege, and 
few forego it. It something better than we are using is out we want 
to know it; but why should we invest in a new thing that may not be 
a practical success or may not please us as well as our old favorite 
until we have a chance to prove to ourselves that the new claimant 
for our favor is O. K. ? That is a question the powder manufacturers 
are accustomed to answer by sending us "old timers" samples of 
their new products as soon as they are in the market; often before. 
I plainly and frankly asked Mr. M. for a sample. There was no com- 
pulsion about it; he v/as free to graiit or refuse my request. Back 
came a pound can of his powder, but with it a bill for 60 cents. I 
immediately wrote Mr.M. that had I wished to buy his powder I could 
have purchased a pound of it of my New York jobber for 48 cents, or 
in 101b. lots at 45 cents per pound, 2 per cent, off, and have had it 
shipped by freight, with other goods, at practically no expense; that, 
therefore, 60 cents plus 25 cents express charges was a price he of 
course could not expect me to pay (this part of my letter he doesn't 
publish, I notice), but that he had entirely misunderstood my former 
letter, in which I plainly asked for a sample to test, for I never bought 
a "pig in a poke." nor a new powder until I had had a chance to 
try it. 
As for my statement that if a powder manufacturer has a good 
thing he loses nothing by letting me try it, I have some of the proofs 
of the fact before me as I write, and forward them for your inspec- 
tion. A latter dated July 10, 1894, from the Du Pont Powder Co., states 
that among other goods they are shipping me on that day Is a sample 
of their new Smokeless, "which," so runs the letter, "we would like 
you to try and let us hear the result." These are some of the results: 
1. I have the receipted bill of the Du Pont Co., dated Aug. 3, 1894, for 
five 6141b. kegs of Du Pont Smokeless. Twice in 1895 I was the direct 
means of selling 251b8. of that powder, and in a receipted bill of May 
14, 1896, from a leading New York jobber, among other items I note 
one filled for 251bs. Du Pont Smokeless— 106}41bs. in two years. Did 
the Du Pont people "lose" anything by the hide lib. sample of their 
excellent nitro given me two years ago? I call it a good investment 
on their part, and I think they do. 
Last year the Hazard Pdwder Co. sent me a lib. sample of their new 
smokeless powder, and I divided it among ''the boys" to test. In less 
than ten days a cash order went in from this place for 251bs. of it, and 
before the season closed another 251bs. had been bought and divided 
among half a dozen of us. Did the Hazard people lose anything by 
their 2}r act ical advertising of a new thing? Hardly. 
Almost three years ago, not by personal solicitation, but through 
the kind offlces of my good friend "Tee Kay" Keller (of IT. S. car- 
tridge fame), I received a small sample of the then new Walsrode 
Smokeless, loaded In good old U. 8. Climax cases. I would hardly 
dare to tell the amount of that powder I have influenced the sale of— 
certainly much more than double that of Du Pont. But I feel sure 
the Walsrode Co. do not regret their modest investment. 
E. L. Tiffany, M.D. 
Advertising in Programmes. 
At least once a week, more generally several times a week, Forest 
AND Stream has to go through the unpleasant task of saying "No" 
when it would really like to say "Yes." The number of requests that 
come to this ofiQoe asking us to "Take a page in our programme" 
would, if footed up annually, surprise even ourselves. If every re- 
quest received favorable attention, the amount of cash paid out each 
year to make our word good would form a respectable bank account 
for even a married man with a family. Forest and Stream plays no 
favorites, so if one request was granted all would have to be treated 
alike. We cannot and do not advertise in tournament programmes, 
and club secretaries or tournament committees can save us the pain 
of dictating polite refusals if they will stick a pin here. 
On the other hand, how about reciprocity? We advertise your 
shoots; we boom them with items of interest in regard to such shoots 
furnished us by the management; we extract from your programme 
matter that seems to us likely to be of importance and interest to 
possible guests at such gatherings. In fact, we don't do a thing to 
you, and very often you don't do a thing to us. When the tourna- 
ment is over everybody is tired and it is often a case of "Oh I bother 
the scores I" You drop out of sight and we don't hear of you again 
until it gets to be time to "put in the papers" something about your 
steenth annual. You remember us then because we are necessary to 
you. Haven't we stated the case exactly as it occurs many times a 
year? Is that your idea of reciprocity? 
To convey our idea of what reciprocity means as related to gun 
clubs and Forest and Stream: Why, instead of asking us to pay for 
a page in your programme, don't you go to work and devote a small 
space in that work to telling the boys what sort of a paper we are, and 
what a lot Forest and Stream has done for trap-shooting? You 
needn't be afraid of laying it on thick; we won't give you away and 
others cftTijiof. Honest Injun! If we tell the boys what you are going 
to do for them, what the prospects are for a shoot, whereto send their 
shells, guns, etc., and do not charge you a cent for doing it, you ought 
to reciprocate a .little. Anyway, don't write and ask us to "take a 
page," but just hurry up your scores. Edward Banes. 
No notice taken of anonymous commnaicationa 
C. G. G.— At what age should bitch pups be spayed? Ans. About 
six months. 
J. E. N.— Ans. We can find no record of the dogs you mention. Ad- 
dress secretary A. K. C, who may be able to give you the informa- 
tion you desire. 
C. F., Ansonia, Conn.— My dog has been troubled for some time 
with a disease which causes him to bite his paws continually. The 
flesh is black and on his forearms black things have come which look 
like warts. Will you please recommend some remedy and state the 
name of the disease. Ans. Treat for worms. Give Weyth'a com- 
pound sulphur tablets tliree times a day. Apply following ointm'snt 
to sore ana irritable places: Balsam fern 3 ii., thiel 3 i., zinc oint. 5 ii. 
Mix together. 
L. D. H., Hartford, Conn.— My two English setter dogs, one three 
years old Snd one fourteen months, both drool quite badly. At times 
the saliva hangs in strings from one or both sides of the mouth, and 
at others it will lie in a frothy lump just inside the cheeks, and when 
the dog shakes his head he throws it out. I cannot exactly place the 
time when the older dog's trouble began, but the younger one never 
did until he had a light attack of distemper last spring. They are 
both perfectly healthy or seem to be; eat well and feel well; always 
ready for a run. 1 feed them almost entirely on scraps from the 
table, sometimes a little bread and milk or a meal of dog biscuit. 
They are fed twice a day, a light meal in the morning and a good one 
at night, and are never chained up; have the run of a big yard, with 
from an eight to tweut.y mile run once a week. 1 notice the frothy 
matter more when running and being in the water, but the drooling 
is around home at any time. Ans. The drooling is from one of the 
following causes: disease of the gums or cheeks, paralysis of the 
facial muscles, or due to a drug. Which of these it is can only be 
determined by an examination. 
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