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P'OHEST AND STREAM. 
On Lons Island. 
KMEBAID OON CLUB, OP NEW YORK. 
Hov, 17.— The fimerald Gun Club, of New York, held its regular 
monthly live bird shoot at Dexter Park, L, I.; this afternoon. The 
weather was far too warm for the time of the year, and there was not 
a breath of wind stirring. As might be expected, the conditions were 
all against the birds. But Mr. Lippacb:, the proprietor of the grounds, 
had some good birds on hand, and straight scores were by no means as 
numerous as one would suppose. Of course the birds were not all 
good; there were a few slow tlyers among them that made the draw of 
the birds decidedly uneven. Some of those duffers spoiled straight 
scores too, I iWoods and Qua Nowak will both remember for many a 
day the easy ones they missed. Job Iiott also has cause to keep in 
mind a driver that went over the line before being gathered. G. B. 
Hillers made some good kills of some fast birds and landed with 9 
also. 
Four straight scores were made: Gus Grieff, E. J. Clarke, Tom 
Short and G. E. Loeble. So far as Gus Grieflf is concerned, he doesn't 
seem able to lose a bird on these grounds in the Emerald Club's 
monthly shoots. Out of the last seven shoots he has attended, he has 
scored 68 out of the 70 shot at. E. J. Clarke made his first appear- 
ance at the traps since he met with the accident that broke his collar- 
bone and caused his retirement from the shooting world for gome 
months.. Tom Short is a member of the club who seldom, if ever, 
misses one of this club's monthly gatherings, and almost as seldom 
misses one of the birds trapped for tiim; to-day he added a few more 
points to his record for the yearly prizes. Loeble has only recently 
returned from a trip after the ruffed grouse of the State of Vermont. 
His brush-shooting has done him no barm, as his score of to day tes- 
tifies; he bandies himself like a shooter when at the trap, and centers 
his birds well; the only slobber he made to-day was on his last bird 
and that bird didn't get very far after all. 
Among the 8s were Dr. Hudson, B. Amend and J. Woelfel. The 
Doctor is shooting a new Smith gun that he is not accustrmtd to as 
yet; it shoots very close and its owner will probably astonish his 
friends at ISden, NT C., when it comes to tackling the country birds at 
the annual shoot that always comes off when the Doctor gels down 
there for the quail shooting. We understand that he purposes leav- 
ing this city for Eden on Saturday, Nov 21, and i.as expressed his in- 
teution of bagging his own Thanksgiving turkey, and doesn't care 
much whether it's a wild one or not. B. Amend, another of the Ss, is 
a shooter who has improved both in style and execution during the 
past twelve months. J. Woelfel, another 8, drew some hard birds and 
made some good kills. 
To J. H. Moore, one of the old members of the club, and its present 
treasurer, belongs the honor of making the star hill of the day. He 
drew an outgoing bird and missed it with his first shell; ordinarily 
this wouldn't matter much, but Mr, Moore is now shooting a Win- 
chester repeating shotgun, a shotgun he is new to, and which conse- 
quently he sometimes forgets to "pump" That's what happened on 
this bird; when he remembered what was the matter and had got the 
second shell into the chamber, the bird was almost to the boundary 
line (.an SOyds boundary at that); but distance doesn't worry Moore; 
he pulled and the bird fell dead. The Emeralds (an organization that 
Schorty says is now composed of more frankfurters than "spuds") 
gave a good imitation of a college yell when they saw the feat of their 
treasurer. T. Codey, one of the regular shots ot the club, tried a 
new gun to-day with disastrous effect. The trigger pull and bend of 
the stock are both entirely different to his old-time weapon, with 
which he has rolled up some good scores at these monthly contests. 
The system of handicapping the members is of two kinds — rise and 
points. The members are divided into two classes, A and B; each of 
these classes is subdivided again into several different sub-classes, a 
member scoring the number of points in each shoot by which his 
score exceeds the number of his handicap points. The divisions ore 
as follows: 
Class A, 29yd8,, 7 points: Greifl, Clarke, Lott and Woods. 
Class A, 28yd8., 7 points: Dr. Hudson and T. Short. 
Class A, 28yd8., points; Loeble, Nowak, Sands, Fessenden, 
Vroome, J. Maesel, Muore and Place. 
Class A, 3 jyds., 6 points: R, Regan and P. Butz. 
Class A, tiSyds., points: B. Amend, W. Amend and P, Thiele. 
Class A, 28yds., 5 points: J. WoeUel, 
Class B, 26yds., 5t6 points: T. Codey. 
Class B, 25f ds., 5 points: Dr. Richter, E Weiss and G. K. Breit. 
Class B, 25yds., 4}^ points: C. Maesel and G. B. Hillers. 
From the above liuc It will be seen that Hillers, a Clan's B man, added 
points to his record by scoring 9 kills, his handicap points being 
414; Loeble's straight added 3}^ points to his total. The sco^'es in 
to-day's shoot were; 
Trap score type — Copyright, isse, by Forest and Stream Publiahino Co. 
«r'7"3.N->y?'t./'^-i 
Gus Greiff C29) 3 2^211121 1—10 
E J Clark (39)..,,. 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2—10 
T Short (28) 2 12121222 1—10 
G E Loeble (28) 2 22122122 2—10 
Job Lott (89). 2 1 2 • 1 2 1 2 2 2— 9 
G B Hillers (25) 2 ia2122»ll— 9 
R Woods (29) , 2 S 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2— 9 
W Sands (88) 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—9 
GuB Nowak (28) 1 211110 1 32—9 
Dr Hudson (28) 1 01112 1 2 0 2-8 
J Woelfel (88) 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1—8 
B Amend (28) • 2221022^2—8 
H P Fessenden (28) 2 21«02202 2— 7 
E A Vroome (38) 1 0S!012212»-7 
J Maesel (88).. 2 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 -7 
J 8 Remsen* (88) 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 2—7 
W Amend* (28) 0 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 »2— 7 
P Butz (38).. 0 a«102201 1— 6 
J H Moore (88).. a3i00ll20»-6 
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a Regan (28) 2 10180021 0—6 
Dr Leverldgt* (88) .2 1 0221 001 0—6 
E Weiss (35) ....0 0 2 2 2 0 2 3 0 1—6 
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F W Place (28) 0 0 l U 2 O 2 2 2 O- 5 
k;'<-«-7'<-/^/'\->i 
P Thiele (25) , 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 2—5 
Dr Elchter (2B) 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0—6 
0 Maesel (26) 2 0202»»028— 5 
a Breit (35) 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 01 2-4 
T Codey (26) ...0 00220001 1—4 
* Remsen and Dr. Lsverldge shot as guests of the club. W. Amend's 
score does not count in the competition for yearly prizes. 
We are indebted to Job Lott for his courtesy in fm-nishing U8 with 
the above score in detail. Edward Banks. 
IDLE HOUR GUN CLUB, OF BROOKLYN. 
Nov. 16.— The Idle Hour Gun Club, of Brooklyn, held its monthly 
«boot at Oext«r Park this afternoon. The attendance was very small, 
S. Knebel, Jr., and H. Boemmermann being the only meiflbers of the 
club that put in an appearance. Theie two gentleman tried their 
hands in three separate matches, and in each case the result was a 
tie. The first was at 15 birds, and each scored 11. The second was at 
5 birds, and again they tied, neither man losing a bird. Five more 
were then shot at, and each scored 4. 
RKMSEN IN GOOD FORM. 
Nov. 18.— J. 8. S. Remsen Is fond of shooting targets and has rigged 
up a little trap house in the orchard at Remsen Hall, Fiatbush, that 
gives him and his friends plenty of practice. The trap house is small, 
but accommodates a trapper and three traps. This afternoon P. 8. 
Edwards journeyed to Remsen Hall to try the traps and targets. A 
little 100-target race was shot, Remsen winning easily by 8 breaks 
with 93 to 85. The conditions were practically unknown angles, the 
three traps being set at regular angles— No. 1 a left-quarterer,.No. 2 a 
strAightaway, and No. 3 a right-qiiarterer. The puller, Mr. Remsen, 
Sr., pulled whichever trap be chose, and could pull one trap alter- 
nately it he liked; ail that was necessary was to give the trapper time 
to load the trap. The traps being close together, it was just about the 
same as one trap, unknown angles. The light in the afternoon Is a 
little hard, as the traps face nearly due soutu with a tendency to the 
west of south. The ground too slopes up hill from the score to the 
trap, making the shooting rather deceptive. Remsen's shooting was 
remarkably good, as he ran 38 straight and 82 straight, a total of 
68 out of 69 shot at. In shooting the race each man shot at 5 targets 
and retired. The scores wer«<: 
Remsen 10111111111101101111111111111111111111111111111111—47 
llOllUlliminillllllllllllllllllOlllllIOllUOll- 46-93 
Edwards 10111101011101111111111111110111101111111111011101-41 
01111111111110111011111111011111111111001110111111-44-86 
FOUNTAIN ROD AND GUN CLUB, OF BROOKLYN. 
Nov. 19.— The Fountain Rod and Gun Club held its monthly shoot 
this afternonn at Dexter Park, L. I. Eight members contested for 
the Brixey cup, W. H, Lair being the winner with 9 out of 10. This 
cup was presented several months ago by William R. Brixey, a mem- 
ber of the club, who stipulated that the cup should be shot for at 
eighteen of tiiese monthly competitions, and should ultimately 
become the property of the man who made the best average during 
that time. To-day's score, added to his previous records, make it look 
very much as if W. H. Lair would become the owner of this valuable 
trophy. The final shoot for the clip will be held on the third Thunday 
in December. Scores: 
W Rial (30) 0311222322 - 9 A Crook (27) 2232010110-7 
Dr Wynn (30) 11821012.1— 8 H McLaughlin (27).. 12101('«013-5 
Dr Eddy (89) 0102111210—7 S P Qiglio (35) 101010120«-5 
W R Allen (27) 0200111821—7 W R Brixey (28) •0021002»l-4 
INDIAN Giro CLUB, 
Nov. SI.— The Icdian Gun. Club, a new Organization, shooting at 
Dexter Park, held its regular shoot this afternoon. The club event is 
at 10 live bird"*, and this event was won by James Lydecker with a 
clean score. Below is the re'^ult of the main event; 
J Lydecker 3233322211—10 L Lilienthal .2200113103— 7 
J O Adams 1101211122— 8 B Porter .01.ill01023— 7 
A B Solomon 2113010111— 8 H Renner 1100020020— 4 
J Smith 211101(.211— 8 
NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 
Nov. SI.— The attendance this afternoon at the target grounds of 
the New Utfecht Gun Club at Dyker Meadow, L.L, was decidedly slim. 
Only two men put in an appearance: J Q«ugheu and the secretary. 
Dr. G. E. Pool. The latter did not iiave a gun on account of his not 
feeling well. Qaughen consequently had a walkover in the club 
event, scoring 20 out of S5. 
An Invitation Shoot at Travers* Island. 
Thk New York Athletic Club gave a most enjoyable shoot at its 
ground.-^, Travers' Island, N. Y., on Saturday, Nov. 21. Notwithstand- 
ing the wretched weather, for the day was one of the most depressing 
November days it is possiole to imagine, it is a hard matter to recafl 
a day's shooting that has passed off more smoothly and more pleas- 
antly than that at Travers' Island last Saturday. To Mr. J. D Foot, 
the moving spirit in the N. Y. A. C's target-shooting circles, the 
credit of the whole affair really belongs. He was here, there and 
everywhere, keeping things moving and doing his share toward en- 
tertaining the club's guests, and as a natural result his scores suf- 
fered; no man can work and shoot. 
To reach Travers' Island, unless yon can swim, possess a boat or 
are fond of walking, the best way to go is to take the Harlem River 
branch of the N. Y., N, H, & H. R. R. at the terminus of the Third 
avenue Elevated, The run to Pelham Manor, the station for Travers' 
Island, is about 25 minutes; but it doesn't seem quite so long when the 
company one is traveling with is as congeuiai as that with which we 
were blessed on the above date. All trains were met by stages from 
the olub house, so there was not . the slightest trouble in transferring 
shells, guns and shooters to theclub's grounds.- A drizzling rain from 
the east was coming down very steadily when a start was made with 
a 10-target event at about 11:45, while a thick fog that hung over Long 
Island Sound kept the "siren at one of the nearby lighthouses busy 
warning vessels off its rocks. Its-melancholy, weird cry was jokingly 
attributed to a sick sea cow in the Zoo on Glen Island, about 1,000ft. 
distant from the shooting grounds, but some of the boys maintained 
that It was the lamentation ot the mate of one of H. P. Fessenden's 
bull moose, the heroes of his moose story. 
The accommodation at the score was capital, the platform being 
covered by an awning that kept off the rain. A tent to the rear of the 
score was kept well warmed by a stove that made many friends dur- 
ing the day. It was a small affair, but— oh, my I Harry Daln and Jack 
Halsted both went into raptures over it, and paid it many compli- 
ments: "Just the thing for ua in the Bad Lands! How Ben O. Bush, 
of Kalamazoo, would love itl" said they. As a matter of fact it was 
a Government campaigning stove loaned for the occasion. In shape 
it is like an inverted funnel, about 18in. in diameter, with a stovepipe 
running up through the peak of the tent. The funnel is set on the 
ground, draft being furnished by a 2in. space between the "funnel" 
and the ground in front of the stove. Of course it is fed through a 
door, and with charcoal a very hot little stove is the result. 
The trap house is an excellent one, the trappers being able to do 
their work with absolute freedom. Qil came down from Newburgh to 
help the local boys, and he gave it as hia opinion that the trap house 
was about perfect. The electric pull worked well, bluerock expert 
traps and targets being used, with North's electric pull. About 2,500 
targets were thrown In less than five hours, with a generous allow- 
ance of 45 minutes deducted from that time for the enjoyment of the 
limch provided by theclub's able steward, Mr. Schwind. Two 10-tar- 
get even(s and a 25 target event were shot off before lunch, and were 
amply suEftoient to furnish the guests of the club with a topic of con- 
versation in regard to "the way those targets go." 
Something stiouid be said about the way the targets were thrown. 
Being thrown over the water, lost targets and broken pieces falling 
into Pelham Bay, there was absolutely nothing by which to gauge 
their speed. They went far and fast, while straightaways were com- 
paratively scarce. "Shooting behind" was tne trouble with the 
scores, while slow shots were outgunning themselves time and again. 
Nos. 4 and 5 traps too threw a little high, targets from these traps 
being frequently undershot. A tree to the right of No. 5 trap caustd 
trouble on sharp right quarterers, it requiring quick work to break 
them before th«-y got out of sight. For this reason shooters were 
allowed to stand well to the left of No. 5 score to abate the trouble. 
In practice Edwards stood slightly to the right of No. 5 score and 
drew a sharp right-quarterer and— the tree got the load of TJ^ chilled 
shot. 
Dr. Kennedy ofl^lciated as referee, being assisted during the team 
race by 0, H. Taggart, of Newburgh, who stood at one end of the 
platform and acted as judge in case of a disputed target. It is only 
fair to Dr. Kennedy to state that Mr. Taggart's office was practically 
a sinecure. The cashier's department was in charge of Mr. Gregory, 
who, though new to the busiuess, soon caught on to "the mysteries'' 
of the Rose system, and divided up the purses and paid ouc the 
moneys as soon as each event was over. Carl von LsngerJce had 
charge of the traps and acted as manager of the shoot. 
The team race was started immediately after lunch was over, about 
2 P.M. The first round ended with the Newourgh team, who were 
the favorites at the start, two targets in the lead with a score of 67 
out of 75; the Endeavor team was second with 65, and Boiling Springs 
third with 62. The second round showed a lower average generally, 
28 being high and only two men making that number: Huck and Loom- 
Is. At the close of the match the totals showed the Endeavor Club 
ahead by 3 breaks, with a total of 127 out of 150, an average of a frac- 
tion over 81 per cent. In order came Newburgh 134, Boiling Springs 
138, N. Y, A. 0. 112, Blooming Grove Park Association 110. 
Mason, ot the Newburgh team, was high with 44; Carl von Lengerke, 
Loomis and Huck coming next with 43 each; Adams, Apgar, Ed- 
wards, Piercy and Stanbrough scored 43 each. The aoove totals tell 
plainly enough that there was something about the shooting that the 
'boys had not fathomed. Or, may be, it was the limch! So easily and 
smoothly did the team race pass off that there was time enough after 
it was over to ahooi a couple ot 30-target events. Some of the shooters, 
however, had had enough of it, and preferred to go over the grounds 
of the club and take a look at the famous single-sticker, the Defender, 
which lay at anchor, topmast housed, between Travers' Island and 
Glen Island. 
The scores in the different eyents ware as foUows: 
T6am race, three-men team, 50 targets per man, unknown angles, 
$10 per team, one money: 
Endeavor Gun Club. 
C von Lengerke . , . 11111011111111111011111110111110010111011111111111-43 
G H Piercy 11100111111111111111011011101111011111101111011111-4^ 
F S Edwards 11110110111111111111100111011111010111011111111111—48 
127 
West Newburgh G. and B. Association. 
PH Mason.. 11011111111111101111111111111101111111100111111110-44 
W M Stanbrough.. 11111110011111111111101111011011111111101111010111- -42 
H P Dain.. 01111111111111111010111111111111011110110000011100-3^ 
124 
Boiling Springs F..and G. Club. 
W H Huck. ..... . .11101110111111111110011110111111110110111111111111— 4^ 
Neaf Apear 11111011011110111111111110011011111111110111101111-48 
G E Greiff 11011110111100011111111011101111101111110101111010-38 
New York Athletic Club. 
Piatt Adams 11111101001111101111111111111110110110110111111011—43 
J EBradshaw.... 10111011111001011100111111111101011011011111101110-3? 
G E Ponvert. 11111110100101011000110010011111101001111111100111—8^ 
112 
Blooming Grove Park Association. 
LLoomis, 11111111111111111011010101111011101110111111111111-48 
HO Higginson.... 00001100111011111011011101110111100110111101111111—85 
J D Foot ..10011000010011111011111011111111000101001011110111—38 
lio 
The following "unattached" shooters shot along to fill up the last 
squad, Halsttd and De Wolf entering in the optional sweep decided 
in connection with each strine of 25 targets: 
J B Halsted lllllOlOllOllllllllUlllllOlOlllOlOlIlOlllllllllOl— 41 
Dr De Wolf 11011110111110110111111111011111110111100101000111-88 
L Piercy 00000110010111111111010111011111111111111010111111—87 
Sweeps Were decided as below: 
Events: 18 3 4 5 
Events: 
1 S 3 4 6 
Targets: 10 10 iS 20 25 
Edwards 8 9 20 15 22 
Dain 8 8 20 .. .. 
Halstead 9 10 15 . . . . 
G Piercy 6 9 20 18 18 
Higginson 6 8 15 .. .. 
Mason,..., •„ 9 7 16 19 .. 
Loomis.,,.,. ...... 10 5 16 .. .. 
Foot ..,„. 6 8 19 8 .. 
Stanbrough. 7 6 22 11 .. 
Another 20-target event was also shot. This event had three squads, 
Piercy being top score with a 20 straight. Edward Banes. 
Targets: 10 10 ^5 SO 35 
C VL 8 7 19 11 .. 
Adams,.... 9 5 16 14 .. 
Ponvert.. ...4.. ..J. 6 6 17 10'.. 
Bradsbaw.. 15 11 ... 
De Wolf........ 13 11 .. 
Greiff 17 .. .. 
Huck 19 14 
Apgar 17 .. 
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O. P. P., White Plains.— Deer shed thehr horns annually during the 
season from December to March. 
O. McN , Providence.— No King Ctharles Spaniels are advertised, and 
we are unable to refer you to what you are seeking. 
Constant Rbadkr.— There is no law forbidding use of batteries in 
any Long Island waters. See issue Oct. 24, page 828, relative to the 
Long Island law. 
Boston, Boston, Masa.— I am stocking an Island on the coast of 
South Carolina with pheasants and other game, and as hawks are 
very plentiful in that section, I am anxious to get the best possible 
advice as to the best possible way of destroying these hawks. Could 
they be trappiedf If so, how f Ans.— Hawks are commonly trapped by 
fastening an ordinary steel rat trap firmly on top of a pole standing 
in a field. The birds alight on the open trap and spring it. This 
method would not be likely to be successful in a thickly timbered 
country. The hawk chooses the top of the pole as a vantage point 
from which to overlook his surroundings. Of course no bait is needed 
for the trap. 
J. A. R., Bay St. Louis, Miss. — 1. How may deer feet be prepared 
for gun racks? 2, By whom is the best book on dog training written? 
Ans —1. The feet should be out off at the "knee"— which in really the 
wrist — in front and just below the hock behind. Split down the back 
to between the hoot and turn back the skin down to the edge of hoof. 
Remove all tendons and fat, and rub inside ot skin and the part alwve 
the hoof with amixtur« of one-third by weight ot powdered alum to 
two-thirds white arsenic. Turn back the skin and sew up the seam 
with strong white thread, taking care that the stitches shall be con- 
cealed by the skin and hair. Bend back the toes at right angles to 
the metapodial (leg) bone, and tie them there to dry. Do not use 
fine string for this, but rather s'rips of cloth, or else wrap the foot 
and leg loosely in paper before tying in position. In two weeks the 
leg should be dry. Then the shank must be fixed in the wood which 
is to support the rack. Any carpenter can make a neat job of this. 
2. To train a pointer or setter get Hammond's "Training vs. Break- 
ing;" to train a spaniel, Mercer's "The Spaniel and its Training." 
These cost each $1. "House and Pet Dogs," paper, price 50 cents, is 
the best book for training house dogs. 
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