Oct. i-y, laiW.] 
FOREST AND STREAM„ 
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Shooters in the vicinity of New Yorfc should not forget the prize 
shoot of the Endeavor Gun Club, of Jersey City, N. J., to be held on 
the Marion grounds, Oct. 23-24. The management of the club is work- 
ing hard to make the shoot the success it should be, and the induce- 
nients it offers ought to draw a large attendance of amateurs. Entries 
for the handicap events (a 100-target handicap event each day), ac- 
companied by S2, the price of the targets, should be made not later 
than Oct. 33 to Carl von Lengerke, 8 Murray street, New York city, or 
to A. R. Strader, 371 New York avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Either of 
the above named gentlemen will be glad to furnish any further infor- 
mation that may be asked for. 
On Saturday, Oct. 5, the B-men team of the South Side Gun Club, of 
Milwaukee, Wis., tried to beet the high total already put up by the 
Waukesha team In the contest for the Burnham medal. The trial 
took place at the Lake Station grounds, but was unsuccessful, the 
scores only aggregating 123 out of 150, a good team total, but not high 
enough to set a new record for the medal. The scores were: Johnson 
28, Holtz 27, Seefeld 25, Drought 32 and Milbrath 21. Bach man shot 
at 80 targets. 
At the weekly shoot of the Audubon Gun Club, of Buffalo, N. Y.. 
held on Saturday, Oct. 5, 18 members took part in the club shoot. C- 
S. Burkhardt won the badge in Class A witn 22 out of 25. The win- 
ners in the B and C classes were respectively J. J. Reid, with 19 
breaks, and McCarney, -with 31. The Audubon Club's grounds are 
now under the management of Mr. Garby. The annual prize shoot of 
the club was held on Saturday last, Oct. 10. 
Fixtures for nest season come in slowly. It begins to look as if we 
were to have a respite from big tournaments in 1897. Probably one of 
the largest affairs of the kind to be held next year will be the one at 
Syracuse, N. Y.. to beheld under the auspices ot Mr. Jenkins, of the 
Syracuse Herald Mr. Jenkins is already planning great things for 
this shoot, and it may be taken for granted that no mistake will be 
made in drawing up an attractive programme. 
Attached to a copy of the score of the Claridge-Malone match for 
the Du Pont trophy, sent us by H. P. Collins, of the Du Pont Powder 
Co., was the following note: "Claridge accepts Roll's challenge, and 
147 challenges the winner of that race." That means that George 
Roll, of Blue Island, 111., will have to come to Baltimore to shoot 
Claridge for the tropby, and that John L. Winston, of the Austin 
Powder Co., will tackle the winner of that match. 
Elmer E. Shaner has been considerably under the weather since the 
State shoot at Harrisburg, having been confined to his bed for several 
days. In a personal letter to us, written Oct. S, he saya: "This is my 
first appearance at my desk since my return from Harrisburg " Mr. 
Shaner was far from being a well man at the commencement of the 
Shoot, and the heavy rain that prevailed on Sept. 29 undoubtedly had 
a good deal to do with the above attack of sickness. 
The fifth shoot of the New Jersey Amateur Trap-Shooters' League 
will be held on Saturday next, Oct. 17, on the grounds of the Oritani 
Field Club, Hackensack, N. J. Sweepstakeshooting will commence at 
10 A, M., League team race at 2 P. M. sharp Take trains from Erie 
depot to Central avenue, Hackensack, or New York, Susquehanna & 
Western to Hackensack, Two sets ot traps will be in position. 
In the programme issued for the tournament at Dexter Park, L. I., 
to be held under the auspices of the Emerald Gun Club, of New York, 
a mistake was made in the names of the officers of the club. The 
officers who look after the welfare of that club are: President, Louis 
SchortemPier; Vice-President, Frank Lawrence; Secretary, Dr. G. V 
Hudson, 9 Madison street, New York City ; Treasurer, John H. Moore' 
On the second day of the Paris, 111., tournament, Oct. 2, the tearn 
race between teams from Paris, Terre Haute, Mat toon and Charles- 
ton resulted in a win for the teams in order named above. The Paris 
men scored 105 to 99, 93 and 88 respectively. The scores of the Paris 
team were: Draper 24, Smith 24, Davis 23, Kerns 20, Postner 14; Dotal 
105. 
On his return from the shoot at Baltimore last week, Elliott ex- 
pressed himself in regard to Claridge's capabilities as a live bird shot 
as follows: "They rather underrate that young man's capabilitie.". 
He's a rattling good shot on live birds, and can make anybody hustle 
to beat him," 
A short time ago Adrian C. Anson and McPherson, the latter a mem 
her of the Pittsburg (Pa.) Gun Club, shot a race at 50 live birds on 
the Davis Island grounds, at Pittsburg. McPherson beat the ball 
player by the score of 47 to 44. McPherson ran his first 25 straight. 
The Independent Gun Club, of Reading, Pa., will probably hold a 
big tournament at t-argets and live birds some time early in tne spring 
of '97. A substantial sum of added money will be hung up for the 
boys to go after. 
The Elizabeth (M, J.) Gun Club's eighth bl-montbly tournament will 
be held on Oct. 87-^. Targets the first day and live birds on the sec- 
ond day. 
Oct. 13, Edward Banks, 
Martinsburg Shooting' Association. 
Martinsbukg, W. Va., Oct. 7.— The Martinsburg Shooting Associa- 
tion held a tournament yesterday and to-day. There was a good 
attendance at the shoot, and much interest was taken in the decision 
of each event. To day a special event at 35 targets was on the pro- 
gramme; the winner in this event was to be entitled to the honor of 
claiming the championship at targets of Frederick and Washington 
counties, Md , and Jefferson and Berkeley couaties, W.' Vd. The 
event, which ia No. 1 in the table ot scores given below, resulted in a 
well-earned victory for C. A. Smith, a memoer ot the Frederick Qua 
Cliib, with the score of 23 out of his 25. A strong wind blew over the 
traps during the day, making high scores extremely hard to secure. 
The scores made to-day were as follows; 
Events: 123456789 10 11 
Targets: 
IB SO 10 15 SO 15 15 15 
W H League 14 . , , . 7 
C J Weaver 16 ., .. 7 7 10 
EPMantz.... 22 13 18 ,, 14 14 14 14 10 
JHanshew 11 .. .. 3 
HWAnkenny 16 .. .. 6 11 , . 9 .. 12 
R Burkhart 18 ,. ., 10 .. ,, 
J T Miller , 9 .. ., 7 
*FMPhoebu8 22 13 15 8 11 17 1414,. 
J Custer 11 , .. .. 
RIGibson 20 .. 14 7 .. ., 14 8 ., 
C:A Smith 23 15 30 8 11 15 11 10 1-^ 
HLSmith 13 11 13 6 10 .. .. 9 ., 
A Oden 18 ... . 3 8 5 
WASpickler 11 11 7 5.. 7 8 10., 
Harry Little 14 13 15 ,. 13 14 10 .. 11 
CaptMJBillmyer....... ...... .. 13 17 .. 11 14 .. 8 .. 
RL Trimble 16 .. II 
10 15 
., 9 
8 7 
6 12 
6 ., 
9 .. 
.. 11 
3 13 
4 .. 
5 14 
8 13 
3 ,, 
6 6 
7 ,. 
.. 11 
Lynchburg Gun Club. 
Lynchbukg, Va., Oct. 7.— The regular weekly shoot of the Lynch- 
burg Gun Olub was held to-day. The contest for the Silverthorne 
badge was event No. 3. Moorman won the badge with 23 out of 25. 
Scores: 
No, 1: No. 3: 
Nelson 11 1 111011 1011011010011011—1 8 101 11101011010110111 11100— 17 
Terry 1111001110011011101101110-17 0111111011001111001101111—18 
Dornin 1111111011011101111101110—20 1111111111101111101011110—21 
Scott iioiiiioiiooiioioiiiniii— n looiiiiooioionioiiiiiiii— 18 
Moorman. . ,1111110101101111101110111—20 1111110111111111101111011—23 
Miller 1011001110100111011110111—17 1001100111100110101101111—16 
No. 8: No. 4: 
Nelson 1111101110011111001010011—17 1111111110111100110011110-19 
Terry 1011100111101010101101101-16 1111101011111101101111110—30 
Dornin 1111111111110101011111111—22 1101111111001110111111110-20 
Scott 0101101101010011011111111—17 1110011101011101011111111—19 
Moorman.. . ,1111011111010110111111111—21 1011100111110101011111111—19 
MUler 1011110101011101111111111—19 1100011100101010101111111—16 
F. M. D. 
Cobweb Gun Club. 
New York., Oct. 10 —Below are the scores made to-day by members 
of the Cobweb Gun Club in the contests for the club medals and the 
President's cup: 
Class A. 
Medal shoot. Tie. President's cup. 
EMiller..... ,. .. ....... 01113-4 302222—5 202233 w 
CZorn..,,....,,. 22220— 4 202203-4 202203 w 
Q Nichols . 00213-3 1212333-7 
F A Kerker. 01200-3 
Class B. 
McDonnell 1111«— 4 ' 010 w 
AEUiott 01031-3 011311—5 
Class C. 
Purdy lOilO-3 
Class Z. 
Baee ..12101—4 
R Hughes 00001-1 
GEOi W. Thompson, 3a.., Seo'y. 
In New Jersey. 
AT KLKWOOD PARK. 
Sept SO.— There was only a small gathering of shooters at Elkwood 
Park to-day, but thoFe who put in an appearance got all the shooting 
they could ask for. Nine events in all, besides a match at 10 birds, 
were decided. All the 10-bird races were $10 entrance, and all the 
5-bird events were $5 entrance; each event was "high guns." Scores: 
Events: 12345678 Events: 123456 7 8 
Birds: 10 7 B 5 5 5 10 10 Birds: 10 7 B B S 6 10 10 
P Daly. Jr.. 9 6 7 7 ALoening, 6 6 ,. 
W Patten . . 8 5 2 3 6 5 . . 6 Seymour 4 5 5 5 5,, 
EG Murphy 7 7 9 10 BWSinger 3 3 3 3,,,. 
In another event at 10 birds Murphy and Daly divided with 9 kills 
each 
Walter Patten and B. W. Singer shot a match at 10 birds, Singer 
winning by 4 birds. 
ORITANI FiKLD OLUB. 
Oct. — No withstanding reports to the contrary the Oritana Field 
Club held their monthly shoot Saturday for the olub cup. This is a 
handicap event of 50 targets. The following gentlemen entered: 
Messrs. Sloan. Henderson, Blauvelt, Snyder, Banta, G P. Ricardo 
Wra. Ricardo, Q. Ricardo, Smith, Conklin and Holberton. Mr Banta, 
with a handicap of 9, and Holberton, with 10. tied for first place with 
a total of 50. The tie will be shot off on Saturday, Oct. 34, The fol- 
lowing sweeps were shot during the afternoon: 
Events: 13 3 4 Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: IE 10 10 10 Targets: 15 10 10 10 
Smith 8 R Snyder 10 9 6 6 
GPRicardo 15 9 10,, TBarow,.,,, n 8 6.. 
J Conklin 11 9 .. B auvelt 5 7 8 
J H Sloan 10 G Ricardo 6 7 
J W Holberton. l\ T 7 7 
During the afternoon John L Brewer gave an exhibition of target 
breaking, scoring 49 out of 50 targets. The targets were all well cen- 
tered. This expert shooting was loudly applauded by those present. 
The day was most unfavorable for good scores, as there was a strong 
northeast wind, amounting to almost a gale, blowing in the face of 
the shooters. 
The club shows its progressive spirit by providing two sets of traps 
for its next league shoot, which occurs Saturday, Ojt. 17. This will 
enable those who do not shoot on the team to continue sweepstake 
shooting while the team shoot is in progres.s J. W. T^olbkrton. 
FORKSTHR GUN CLUB, OP NEWARK. 
Oct 10 -The Forester G.un Club, of Newark, held Its regular shoot 
to-day. The scores made by the seven members present were as 
below : 
Events: 12343678 Events: 12345678 
Jewell. .., 7 8 7 8 8 8 7,, DrCummi'gsB 7 5 9 7 9 8 7 
D Fleming, 6 8 6 7 6 8..., Wambold 88. 
Winans,,., 3 6 .... 3 3 3 5 CSmith 8 7 7 8 9 
T Smith.... 10 8786778 
Nos, land4 were at known angles; Nos. 3, 5 and 7 at unknown 
angles; Nos, 2, 6 and 8 at reversed order. H. E, Winaks. 
ARLrNOTON SHOOTING ASSOCIATION. 
Oct 7.— Inclosed aro scjres made by members ot the Arlington 
Shooting Association at their regular monthly shoot held to-day. 
Didn't I tell you that Tony Schuler would be all right when he shot a 
good gun and W-A powder f Scores in the club event were: 
A Schuler 01101 11011 11010 mil 11110—19 
MHerrinf-ton..,,, 4. llOll 10110 11100 10111 11111—19 
W W Keyler. ,,„.,., f. 01101 llOlO 11100 11110 11011—17 
J Sickles 11010 OHIO 01010 11100 11101—15 
J L Simpson iiOOl 11010 11010 11110 01000—14 
^ M. Hbrrington. 
BERGEN COUNTS GUN CLUB. 
Oct. 10.— The shooters of the Bergen County Gun Club, of Hacken- 
sack, were disappointed to-day when, at 3 P. M , Capt. Smith, of the 
Maplewood Gun Club, appeared with a four-men team to sboot the 
first of a series of three races, twelve men a side. The Be gen County 
men had a full team on the grounds and expected a hard brush with 
their guests. Captain Smith found it impossible to muster his men, 
so many had gone game shooting. The race was postponed and will 
probably be shot next month. Notwithstanding tols mishap a pleas- 
ant afternoon's shooting of sweepstakes was enjoyed by the twenty 
or more who took part during the afternoon. Near the close of the 
day two teams were chosen by Louis H. Sehortemeier on one side and 
T. Bell on the other. Shorty's team won by several birds. 
During the entire arternoon the wind blew half a gale, and the tar- 
gets were thrown fast and low, making the shooting very difficult. 
Several of those present congratulated President Bell on behalf of 
the club in securing a handsome silver challenge cup, which will rep- 
resent the championship of the State of New Jersey. 
The team race above mentioned resulted as follows: 
Schorty's team: Schorty 24, Brewer 24, Canfleld31, Smith 19, Banta 
18, Drake 16—133. 
Bell's team: Apgar 20, Dallett 19, Bell 18, Griffiths 18, Capt. Money 
16, Beatty 15—106. 
Capt. A. W. Money and President Bell shot a race at 35 targets, the 
result being a tie with 23 breaks each. 
Scores in the sweepstake events were as below: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 15 10 IB SO IB 10 Targets: 10 la 10 IS SO 15 10 
T^uoley 7 14 7 9 17,, .. Oanfleld 81510 6 
Beatty 8 9 9 11 14 11 8 Drake 11 11 3 
Capt Money.. 8 12 8 10 1110.. Dallett 7 io 6 4 
Cruger 3 9 2 4 .. .. 8 Smi.h 10 14 11 5 
Bell 8 14 7 14 15 13 9 Lewis ' 7 
Schorty ...... 8 9 8 13 15 13 8 Lefferts " 8 
Apgar 10 13 8 14 16 13 7 Ellison " 16 " " 
Remsen 7 11 6 9 18.. .. Banta io 9 
James 6 Wanda 10 
B Johnson 6 3 10 3 4 Edwards 11 's 
Linson.,., 3 6 Brown ' .'. ".*. || \[ 15 
C. O. Gardinbh, Sec'y. " 
On Long Island. 
KUBEKA ROD AND GUN OLUB. 
Sept. 29.— The Eureka Rod and Gun Club held its first live-bird shoot 
for this season oa the Bay Side grounds, L. I , this afternoon. The 
weather was rather wild, there being a strong wind aeros-' the traps 
that aided the b'r. s very much. Beaumont, Worthley and Wunder- 
lich made clean scores in the club eveit, which was at 7 birds. Oa 
the shoot-off for the badge, miss-and out, Beaumant won on the 
second round. Scores: 
J J Beaumont (27) 2222222—7 Dr Jelliffe (26) 0220322 -5 
H Wunderlich (27) 2111311—7 W H Rydesburg (35) , . ,0032110—4 
J G Worthley (i7) 2122123-7 H A Nolan (28)7. ...1011000 3 
O P Herbert (28) 3210111-6 A J Reinecker (26) 1030300- 3 
PUlrich (27) 1110312- 6 J Anderson (26) 0010003 -2 
C T Morrissey (28) 1022103-5 
BERGEN ROD AND GUN OLUB. 
Oct 3.— The fourth competition for the trophy offered by the presi- 
dent ot the B-rgen Rod and Gun Club, of Brooklyn, for competition 
among the members of the club, took place this afternoon on the 
club's grounds at Flatlands. The event is a handicap, 15 live birdslper 
man. Capt. Hamilton, R. J. Frazer atd R. W. O'Brien tied for the 
trophy on 14 kills each. On the shoot-off, miss-and out, Capt Hamil- 
ton won on t he 5th round. Scores: 
Capt. James W. Hamilton (28) 14, Robert J. Frazer (26) 14, Richard 
W. O'Brien (27) 14, Robert J. Valentine (30) 13, Philip H Myles (29) 13 
■^,?'^']^,I'y-.¥9"^y I'^u's Q. Jenkins (36) 9, Thomas L. Mur- 
phy (36) 7, Nelson T. Ellery (36) 5. 
CONEY ISLAND ROD AND OCN CLUB. 
Oct 7.— Twelve members of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club 
took part in the regular monthly live-bird shoot ot the club held 
to-day at Dexter Park. H«nry Knobel, Jr., won the club badge with 
the only straight score. Ex-Judge James B. Voorhees was second 
with 6. The fact that only 3 out of the 12 shooters could score better 
than 5 out ot 7 speaks volumes for the quality of the birds supplied to 
the club. Scores: 
H Knobel, Jr (30) 1211221—7 Dr Raynor (26) 2031810-5 
J B Voorhees (29) 2012223-6 H McLaughlin (27) 0002311—4 
T Lewis (80) 2220102-5 W Hughes (27). 2000312-4 
W Rial (29). . , 1100112-5 Dr Van Ord (27) 0233001-1 
W R Allen (38); 0303332-6 F McLaughlin (37) 2003031—4 
J Lotersen (38) 1120310-5 J E Lake (28) 0011001—3 
WOODSIDE ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
Oct. 7 —The Woodside Rod and Gun Club, of Brooklyn, held i's club 
shoot to-day. The club event is at 7 live birds. J. W. Colgan, J j 
O'BrienandS. P. Schleutertiedfor first place with straight scores' 
On the shoot-off, misj-and-out, Colgan won on the fourth round 
scoring 4; O'Brien scored 3 and Schleufer 2, Scores: ' 
James W, Colgan (58) 7, Edward V. Kent (29) 6, Henry P. S nith (26) 
5, James J. O'Brien (38) 7, Ulysses V. O'Connor (-.'6) 5, A. J. Henderson 
(36) 5, James R. Semen (26) 3, James W. Heaney (26) 4, Henry P Oum- 
mings (26) 6, Samuel P. Schleuter (28) 7, Edward 8, Morris (^) 6 
William H. Hunt (26; 4. 
UNKNOWN BUN OLUB. 
Oct S.— The Unknown Gun Club, an organization that is getting tb 
be quite formidable in numbers, met to-day at Dexter Park for its 
regular monthly livcbird shoot. The club event is at 7 live birds, 
handicap rise. In this event E A. Vroome and A. C. Rankin tied for 
first place with straight scores. Below are given the scores of the 21 
members who competed in that event: 
E A Vroome (28) 21111H-7 Louis feolb (25) 0101111— B 
A C Rankin (23),-. 2122111-7 Robt Smith (25),.,. 0121280-5 
vVm Sands (29) 2302323-6 Richard Tinke (25) 1010120-4 
JBVorhees (27) 1101211—6 John Bohling (36) 0101001—3 
A B Jennings (27) 3111023-6 John Vogt (25) 0081001—3 
P J Sweeney (27) 1011111—6 John Akhurst (33) 2100010-3 
J Knebel (35) 1211103—6 H von Staden (23) 0010101—3 
Ed Kane (35j 2101112-6 Wm Quick (23) 1100002-3 
M Brown (38) 2011110-5 Ed Hauff (25) '.0020080—2 
H Boemmermann (28) ,.1101101— 5 Wm Roth (23) . . , . OlOw 
W A Skidmore (25) ..... , 1201220—5 
THE CUCKOOS AT ROOKAWAT PARK, 
Oct. 9.— A few members of the Cuckoo Social Olub, of Rockaway 
Park, together with some friends, opened the trap-shooting season at' 
the club's grounds this afternoon. Eddie Bourke, the captain of the 
club, was on hand, and with his inimitable good humor, together with 
his capacity for executive work, kept the boys shooting until it was 
time to take the train for the city or stop all night at Rockaway Park. 
Five events were shot, the first being at 15 targets "for love." The next 
was a 50-target handicap, an allowance of misses as breaks being 
awarded the less expert shots. In this event Edwards was placed at 
scratch, the others receiving the following allowances of misses as 
breaks: Lewis 1, Dudley 2, Heyer 8, Bernard and Law 10, E. Bourke 
and Stone 12, Coleman 13 and Jones 15. These figures, added to the 
totals in the table below, give first money to Lewis with 46, second 
money to Law and Heyer with 43, and third money to Dudley with 42. 
The third event was similar in conditions to the above. The handi- 
caps were revised as follows: Edwards and Lewis, scratch; Dudley 2, 
Heyer 7, Law 9, E. Bourke 13, Bernard 14, Coleman 20. With his 
handicap Bourke won first money with a total of 46; Edwards and 
Law divided second with 45; Lewis and Bernard third with 43. Scores 
in all events ivere as below, each event being at unknown angles: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 
16 50 50 S5 25 Shot at. Broke. At. 
TLewls..... .,,.,,...,,,..,,,..13 45 43..., 115 101 87.8 
Edwards 14 41 45 21 24 165 145 87.8 
W Bernard 6 28 29 10 20 165 93 56.3 
FLaw 7 33 36 17., 140 93 66.4 
EDudley.. 13 40 39 .. ., 115 92 80 
EBourke..,.....,.,,i^. 9 29 33 t-... 115 71 617 
JStone 6 27 65 33 50 7 
H Meyer 10 35 32,... 115 77 66.9 
FCuleman 9 19 17..., 115 45 39 1 
J Jones 26 50 26 53 
NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 
Oct. JO.— Only six members of the New Utrecht Gun Club put in an 
appearance at the Dyker Meadow grounds this afternoon. Donley 
Deacon did some good shooting, winning the Hegeman badge with 15 
straight and the club shoot also after a shoot-off with M. Van Brunt. 
In that shoot both Deacon and Van Brunt scored 23 each; shooting 
off the tie Deacon broke 34 to Van Brunt's 32. Scores: 
Olub Shoot. Hegeman Badge. 
D Deacon (A) 1110101111111111111111111-23 HllllllllllllJ-15 
M Van Brunt (A).. . .1111110111011111111111111—23 111111011110011—12 
P Adams (A) 1111101111001101110111111-20 101110111111110—13 
JGaughen (A) 0110110011111111101011011-18 111011101011001—10 
A A Hegeman (A)., ,0110011111110010010110101—15 111001111000100— 8 
C Cowperthwalt (C) 0010000010011100011000110— 9 OOlOOOOOllOOlOO— ^4 
* Did not shoot his handicap allowance. 
The following sweeps, all lO-target events at unknown angles, were 
also shot : 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 
7 9 5 9 ,. ,, Hegeman, 
Events: 
Deacon 7 9 5 9 ,. .. Hegeman 5 3 4 3 6 7 
Adams 9 8 8 7 6 6 Van Brunt 9 10 7 7 8 6 
Gaughen 8 7 9 6 .. ., Cowperthwalt,,. 5 5 4 4 .. .. 
G. E. Pool, Sec'y. 
Dr. Tiffany's Powder. 
The following letter from the American E. C. Powder Co. was re- 
ceived too late for publication in our issue ot Oct. 10, la his answer 
to Dr. Tiffanv's communication, in our issue of Oct. 3, the secretary 
of the E. 0. Powder Co., Noel E. Money, quotes from two letters, the 
originals of which he incloses for our perusal. Mr. Money's letter la 
as follows: 
Oakland. Bergen County, N. J., Oct. B.—Hditcr Forest and Stream: 
Dr. Tiffany begins by quoting a proverb about lies, but fails to point 
out where any lie comts in in our letter. 
We inclose Dr. Tiffany's fi(rst letter of Aug. 12, where he says In sub- 
stance that if we will kindly send him a can of powder he will intro- 
duce it to the members of his , gun club if he likes it, and then enumer- 
ates his powers as a shooter and "introducer" of powder; butthOTe is 
nothing about "ordering in quantity," 
This bleeding of the manufacturer and the sportsmen's newspaper 
by puffing or condemning goods over a nom de plume has gone on 
long enough. 
Dr. Tiffany calls it a "legitimate business transaction," for reasons 
which are rubbish, when he says: "Few trap shots buy a new nltro 
until they have a chance to try it." If that were the case, trap shots 
would indeed be fortunate, for with the number of new nitros that 
have come out during the last two years they could get enough pow- 
der for nothing to last them the season; Dr. Tiffany is wrong there, 
for most amateur trap shots prefer to pay for what they use. If Dr. 
Tiffany carries out this rule with equal success at drug stores, he 
could get enough medicine to last his lifetime, and ought never to pay 
for anything at all except beef and mutton, which are not manufac- 
tured in new grades at present 
We must congratulate Dr. Tiffany on his success as a powder puffer 
and trust that he will not give "E. 0," many black eyes over his nom 
de plume when he next writes powder articles. 
The American "E. C," Powder Co,, Ltd. 
Noel B. Monky, Sec'y. 
As a matter of fact, Dr, Tiffany's principles in regard to the testing 
of new powders would, if carried into other lines as suggested by Mr. 
Money, lead to something entirely new and profitable to all con- 
sumers, but equally unprofitable to manufacturers. For instance, 
Huyler receives a note in his mail to the following effect: 
"Dear Sir— Pleaee send me a box of your best candies. I have never 
tried them, hut am willing to give them a test. I have considerable 
standing at church sociables, and will, if suited, be able to do you 
much good and probably will be able to send you orders for candy in 
quantity later. Yours truly," etc. 
A similar letter reaches Hortoa, asking for ice cream. Both letters 
of course are considered favorably, and the recipient has a free blow- 
out with results that necessitate the instant dispatch of the following 
note to the nearest drug store: "Please give bearer a box of your best 
pills. It I find on trial that they are all you represent them to be, I 
shall be glad to recommend them to my friends, and will unquestion- 
• ably, owing to my social and political standing, be able to do you 
■ much good, and in all probability will be sending you orders for pills 
in bulk before long. Yours truly," etc. 
In a day or two the same drug store receives a note to the following 
effect: "Please give bearer at once some plasters suitable for stomach 
trouble. Your pills were everything you said they were, and I have 
been able to give them favorable mention when speaking of my pres- 
ent trouble to my friends and family. If your plasters prove half as 
satisfactory as your pills, you will have no cause to complain of lack 
of advertisetnent and pecuniary benefit through neglect of mine 
Yours truly," etc. 
Suppose that "Yours truly" does not get the better of his attack, but 
succumbs to the inevitable. Caskets and tombstones might be ob- 
tained by the stricken family on the same lines as "new nitros" are 
said to be obtained by trap shots, "Orders for caskets In quantity if 
the sample i-ent Is satisfactory" would make an undertaker smUe— 
something he nhould never do. 
But Dr. Tiffany seems to ignore, or to be unconscious of, the fact 
that to send in an advertisement to a journal under the guise of a 
public communication is a deception. That it is, in short, a dIshon€8t 
action. Without any reference to any one in particular, we know 
such things have been done, and it always impressed us as a peculiar 
phase of such transactions that to the principals it seemed all right 
that a man should, under a deception, work off an advertisement tuid 
collect the remuneration therefor. 
The other gentlemen to whom Dr. Tiffany would recommend the 
powder between times, when not busily engaged using samples have 
just as good right to ask for samples as he has; eroo— all men have a 
right to ask for samples. 
A consideration of the depths into which this "sample" idea might 
l ad us induces us to break off the point of our pencil and quit work. 
In the report of the Cambridge, Vt., tournament which appeared in 
our issue of Oct. 10, an error was made in the total of breaks made by 
Mr. E A^Worthen, of Burlington, Vt. The scores show 61 breaks, not 
55. Mr. Ellsworth asks us to make the above correction. 
