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FOREST AND STREAM. 
(Sajs. 23, 1897. 
George Work (30)... 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
.UNKNOWN GUN CLUB. 
Jan. 1 —At the regular monthly shoot oC the Unknown Gun Club, 
held to-day at Dexter Park, ai members took part in the club event. 
Of this number six scored 7 straight. Scores were as below: 
M Brown (28). ,81UtSil— 7 Wm Sands (a6).i,,....,,..,02?2a20-5 
H Houseman (28) 2311123-7 Dr Moore (26) 020ieS2-5 
W G Skidmore (Sg) .1312113-7 P J Sweeney (26) 1S02103-5 
H Knebel (?6). .1122111—7 G Selig (25) , . . .01»2011— 4 
JO'H:ara(24) 2192111-7 B JenniDgs(25) 1103200-4 
J F Knebel (22) 2U2122— 7 W Siemering (25) 20O0121-4 
DrSchwartz (28).... -....211 1201— 6 A 0 Runkin (24) 0012102—4 
J Akhurst (25) 1121220—6 E Smith (25) OiSfliOO— 3 
J Hyde (29).. 1011011—5 D Timke (21)... 00011()2— .3 
E A Vroome (29;........1110 10-5 H von Staden (23) 1»10100— 3 
JBohling (20) t012202-5 
aOCKAWAY POINT BOD AND GUN CLUB. 
Jait. If.— The Rockaway Point Rod and Gun Club, a trap-shooting 
OrganizatioD composed ;o£ New York and Brooklyn shooters who hold 
their monthly shoots at Rockaway Point, L. I., during the winter 
months, h&d its annual ineetiDg and election of officers this evening. 
ThefoU wing offi ets were elected: President. Joseph A. Bourke; 
Vice-President, Major Edward Spott; Secretary, J. H. W.Fleming; 
Treasurer, Edwarci F Bourke. The treasurer's report showed that 
the club was in excellent condition financially. 
il'AI.PIN DBF3SATS WORK. 
Jan. /2f.— George S. McAlpin added another victory to his alreadjr 
long string by defeating George Work in a SOi-bird match shot to-day 
on the grounds of the Westminster Kennel Club. The boundary was 
a: short one, onlySiyds. ; this, added to the strong gale from the 
northwest that sent the birds away from the traps at an immense 
rate of speed, is the chief e.t:planation of the otherwise low score. 
Taking the birds at their best, and also taking into consideration the 
extra. good quality of George Mott's pigeons, McAlpin must surely 
consider himself lucky to have won from Work with the seore of 151 
out of 300, no matter how strong the wind was- 
Work started out badly, losing 5 out of the first 8 shot at. Although 
he then pulled himself together and n^ade a i-uu of 1.3 straight, he was 
barely in it at any stage of the game, although he certainly had 
many chances of gaining on McAlpin time and again. The fact that 
the best he could do at any time was 19 out of 35 shows that Work is 
not in anything hke his true form. His one big score at the Riverton 
grounds is about the only good shooting he has done this season. 
McAlpin, on the other hand, has been making a record for himself 
in the past few months, and has done some extra good work with the 
gun. The short boundary to-day had unquestionably a great deal to 
do with the low scores, the number of "dead out of bounds" being 
respectively: McAlpin 13. Work 11, 
The most interestmg point of the match was at the end of the 93d 
round. Woi-k was then 7 birds behind. McAlpin with 4 consecutive 
misses quitfkly reduced that lead to 3 birds, the score at the end of 
the ICOLh round standing 74 to 71 in McAlpin 's favor. Although 
McAlpin lost his 101st bird, still further. reducing his lead. Work once 
rnore began to lose birds in quick time, and was nev6r again within 
good hailing distance. Scores: ■ . . 
G S McAlpin (30) 2829210221022323210322222-28 
2 '2202»22222S22f02210 1 222—20 
20202122«2«20321»' 22a2M2— 17 
■ < 1022»0202<-010120220»00i2a_15 
022202222022122«0.il 812222— 20 
2022231 022-^023f 08 8^23S3«-a0 
322331223 22-<;2 0»22»20i33— 21 
221 00321C0 -020 .'2= 20220022— 16— 151 
•20?«20«1222?2222222S02:0-18 
222220u22«22021220.i2 2 00—18 
032 0O2««222222322f202283— 19 
" • ■ 2«»302?0022000S203223223a-]6 
203-2020022222220232222032— 19 
0228222.0- 0.'2002322 00323—18 
821021 O0222O032V202 2—17 
1222«22210002iSSl 1 020i200-17— 142 
PHBNIX GUN CLUB. ... 
Jan. 1?.— Nine members of the Phenix Gun Club took part in the 
monthly live- bird shoot of the club held this s-fternoon at Dexter 
Park. The club event is at 15 live birds, and the badge this afternoon 
was won by Moses Chichester, who scored 14 out of bis 15. He was 
closely pursued by W. Hughes, who scored 13, losing his 8th and I.3th 
birds.- Scores were: 
M Chichester.,, 111111102211121-14 J Smith. 01111220:311101—11 
W Hughes 1U22K01918031— 13 JC Henry 0:)8i00108an311-10 
J Akhurst 820111821012120-18 P Gardner 030110020112011- 9 
D Freleigh...., 0011100311111 11— 11 Dr C B Parker. 1 0^000001100,0— 6 
ABotty 0182203281210.0 -n 
- At the annual meeting of the club, held last night in the club's 
rooms, 832 Court street. HrooKlyn. the following officers were electf>d 
for 1897: Pres., David Freleigh; Vice-Pres., Moses Chichester; Sec'y, 
J. H. Chasmer; Treas , Jotin Akhurst. One of the members, Abram 
Rutan, having resigned from the club, Dr. C. B. Parker was elected 
in his place, the membership of the club being limited to 10. 
ERIE GUN CLUB, 
Jan. 15.— The regular monthly shoot of the Erie Gun Club was held 
at Dexter Park to-day. Four shooters scored all their birds in the 
club shoot, as below: 
Chas Plate 1232323-7 J H Plate ,.»Sl'0;23-6 
H Dohrmann 2832218—7 Geo Fuchs ,.,1011111— 6 
Chas Murphy 1111121—7 Harry Blackley.,,...... 101 10 li 5 
John Plate 8122111-7 Bernard Plate 2100018-4 
Henry Muller 1103113 6 Gus Shufeld. , ., £0 0220-4 
HJankowsky i038l23-6 Jacob Schmidt , 3s;03;'«« 3 
Jan. Ji.— The annual meeting of the Erie Gun Club was held this 
evenipg at 853 Van Brunt street, BrooRlyn. N. Y., and the following 
list of officers for 1897 wa.<; elected: President, Frederick Gref ; Vice- 
President, 3 Cenry Dohrmann ; Treasurer, Chas. Plate; Secretary, Chas. 
H. Luhrssen. 
PARKWAY ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
JcMi. 13 —The Parkway Rod and Gun Club, of Brooklyn, held irs 
monthly dub shoot this afternoon on the club's grounds near the 
Old Mill, Jamaica Baj'. Lee Helgans and Tom Short did some good 
shooting before Helgans finally captured the club's badge. Scores 
follow : 
Club shoot. Tie, 
L Helgans {30) 2322282 7 2288?22322a222— 14 
T Short (88) ...1318111-7 18221183211210-13 
JBennett(30) 1138223 - 7 110 —3 
H J BooKman (30) 1202111 -6 
H Bramwell (28) 13 2223—6 
H J Selover (3 1). 821 3011— 6 
D S Van Wicklen(36) ....2811011- S 
John Wye (25) 1113201—6 
Anthonv Botty (30)... 0'lca.2-5 
W R Seiover (ii8) .2120110— 5 
FOUNTAIN GUN CLUB, OF BROOKLYN. 
Jan. lit —The annual meeting of the Fountain Gun Club, of Brook- 
lyn, was held this evening in the club rooms, 361 Platbush avenue, 
thB president. Abel Crook, being in the chair. The election of officers 
for 1897 resulted as follows: Presiaeor, Abel Crools; Vice President, 
William R Brixey; Secretarv-Treasurer, John A.Carney: Trustees, 
Dr. A. Eddy, Dr. W. Wynn, L. T. Duryea, James E. Orr, Charles W. 
Wingert and-WilIiam Siebert; Official Scorer, W. H. Lair. The pres- 
entation of the Brixey cup to the winner, W. H. Lair, was to have 
taken place to-night, but owing to Mr. Lair being confined to his 
home through sickness, the presentaiion was deferred to a future 
date. 
The system of handicapping adopted for the ensuing year is as fol- 
lows: Class A men, «9yd8, and upward; class B men, 29yds. and 
below. There will be prizes donated by the club for competition in 
both classes. 
NEW YOKK GERMAN GUN CLUB. 
Jan. IS — ^The New York German Gun Club, an organization which 
holds regular monthly live-bird shoots at Dexter Park, held its annual 
meeting and dinner this evening at 12 East Eighth street, New York 
city. The following list of officers were elected for the ensuing 
twelve months: President, August Schmitt; Vice-Pre.si4ent John 
W llbrock; Treasurer, John P.jDaonefelser; Secretary, G. A. Leut- 
heusser; Captain, Fred Sauter; Auditing Committee, Wedbrock.- 
Sauter and John Rockey; Handicapping (Committee, John Schlicht, 
J. P. Dannefelser, Fred Sauter, J. Wellbrock and G, A. Leutheusser, 
NEW UTRBCHX GUN CLUB. 
Jan. 16.— The regular weekly shoot of the New UtrechfGun Club 
was held on Dyker Meadow to-day. The club shoot, which was at 25 
targets, known traps, unknown angles, was won by Deacon, with 24 
breaks to his credit. Sweeps Nos, 1, 3, 3 and 4 were at targets, un- 
known angles; Nos. 5, 6 and 7 were at 5 pairs. Scores: 
. Events: . 1 2 3 4 5 6 T Events: 1^ 3 4 5 6 7 
GaHgler..,,.^.. •8 -9 8 8 6-7.. Deacon. , ., 6 7 7 7 5 ,. 
Fleet..;,,.,.,.. ■ 8 6 7 3 4-5.. jABennett.. 10 7 9 6 8 8 
D O Bennett., 9 8 8 9 5 6.. Thompson... .. 9 7 10 6 9 8 
Shepard ,-8 8 5 3 , O'Brien .. .. .. 6 5 7 4 
P G, ,,,,,,,, 9 ,,, t, I. Frost,,. ,,,,,, 4 >> (« 
jP^r)r,,(i«iiei< 4 *t i f i* U t* " 
NEW UTRECHT GVS CLXTB. 
Jan. le.— There was a good attendance at the target grounds of the 
New Utrecht Gun Club, Dyker Meadow, Bay Ridge, this afternoon. 
Eleven members took part in the club shoot at 25 targets, known 
traps and angle". In this event Donlev Deacon took first honors in 
Class A with 84 out of 25. Five sweeps at 10 targets each, tmknown 
angles, and one sweep (No. 6) at 5 pairs, were also shot. The scores 
are given in tabulated form below, No. 1 being the club shoot: 
Events: 18 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 !4 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: S5 10 10 10 10 10 10 Targets: S5 lo 10 10 10 10 10 
D Deacon.... 34 ., 6 7 7 7 5 DC Bennett.. 16 9 5 9 9 5 6 
F Thompson. 21 .. 9 7 10 6 9 Dr Shepard.. 15 3 8 
J Ganghen... 21 8 9 8 8 6 7 DrPool .14 3 
Drc/Brien... 31 6.. 7 EGFrost..,. 9 4.,.. 
CC Fleet 20 8 6 7 .. 4 5 E G Parr 7 4 
JABennett.. 19 ,. 10 7 .. 6 8 
t, ' CRESCENT ATHLETIC CLUB, OP BROOKLYN, 
Jaw, 16,— There was plenty of shooting this afternoon on the Bay 
Ridge grounds of the Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn. Eiglit 
events of 85 targets each were decided, 7 members of the club taking 
part in the sport. Nos. 1, 2, 5 and 6 were at known traps and angles; 
Nos. 3 and 4 at unknown angles; Nos, 7 and 8 at expert rules. Scores 
were: 
Events; 1 3 3 4 5 » 7 S Events: 12345678 
G C White, 15 15 30 15 14 18 15 . . Pickett 11 10 . , . , 8 
L Hopkins, 8 . . 12 10 . . 11 . , 12 G Notman IB 20 10 16 
Werleman, 7 3 It 6 9 8 10 10 C A Sykes 14 21 17 , . 
D Geddes 17 13 ., 16 17 15 
Arlington Shooting Association. 
.Arlington, N. J., Jan. 6.— Eight members of the Arlington Shoot- 
ing Association participated in the regular monthly competition to- 
day. Conditions: 35 sing e targets each. The scores: 
F Wallers OllOlllUlOllllllllllllIOl-20 
Herrington 1111011011011111111161011—80 
R Woods. , 1011111110100001111001011-16 
A Crawford 01011110001 lOflOOlUlOOOOl— 13 
W Lawrance ..mo ....... OOOlOOlOlOUlOlOOlOllllOl -12 
J Simpson M . M . lOOlOluulOlOlOOl lUOlOOOl 0—10 
NRogers .....OdOlCOOCiOlUh 0000 10110!)— 8 
Montgomery. . .CODOOOllOOlOKOOiOOOOOOOO— 5 
• ' H. Fbapwell, Sec'y. 
No Qotice taken of anonymous commaaicatioas 
fl; F. B., Boston, Mass.— There is no reason why wild rice would 
not grow in your locality. Ste answer to J, P, C, .Jr. 
G, B. Hillbes —Grand American Handicap was shot at Dexter Park 
twice: April 5. 1893, and April 6, 1894; at Willard Park, Paierson, N, 
J., April 3-5, 1895; and at Elkwood Park, N, J., March k4--<6, 1896, 
England, New York City. Please inform me what kind of rifle is 
most used for hunting in Africa'? Ans. Double express rifles are 
commonly used for big game in Africa, though American repeating 
rifles and the new small-bore smokeless rifles are coming into more 
geneial use. 
J. P. C, Jr , Council's Station, N. C— 1. We see no reason why 
your wild rice did not grow unless it is that your seed was old. Wild 
rice seed soon loses its vitality, and it is always safest to plant in the 
early fall, as soon as the fresh seed can be obtained. Beginning 
with the latter part of September, you will always find the name.« o£ 
a number of reliable dealers in our advertising columns. 3, The • 
bezoar stone found in deer is a calculous concretion which frequently 
appears in the intestines of certain ruminant animals, which used to 
be regarded as an antidote for poison, and a remedy for eruptive 
diseases. 
J. A., Frankford, Pa.— 1, Would you consider a l2-gauge gun, 
weight 7ibs, 13oZ„ reliable for shooting swans, geese and ducks? 2. 
The gun was targeted at 40yds. on a 3'jin. circle, loaded with U^oz. of 
No, 7 Tatham chilled shot, S9grs. Du Pont's powder; each oarrel 
threw 245 pellets in the circle. What kind of a target would you call 
that? 3 Would 3;in, barrels have the advantage over Win. for close 
and hard shooting? 4, Would there be very much advantage in 
having a 10-bore, weight 9 to 93/^lbs,, over the above-described"gun 
for the above game? 5. Also, is it advisable to use light buckshot 
in a gun heavily cnokedf Ans. 1. Yes. 2 Good. 3, No; aside from 
the fact that they would burn heavy charges of black powder some- 
what better 4. .For ducks, geese and swans the heavier gun is to be 
preferred. 5. Buckshot may be used in a choked gun, provided 
they chamber properly. Lay on a table the number of buckshot 
comprising a layer in one of your shells and invert your gun barrel 
over them. If they fit tightly or wedge it would not oe sate to shoot 
them. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Tlie New York and Florida Limited. 
A THROUGH route to southern Florida is afforded by the Florida 
Short Line, via the Pennsylvania R. R., Southern Railway, Florida 
Central & Peninsular R, R., and the Florida EistCoast Railway, The 
new New York and Florida limited train reduces the time nearly two 
hours over previous running time, ai.d makes the l,000-m)le journe.v" 
in less than twenty-eight hours. 
From winter to summer in a day's luxurious journey ! From suow 
lo the tropical palm in a day, with the fatigue of traveling having 
been rendered almost impossible by the wonderful management of 
one of the world's most progressive railroads. It sounds hke an im- 
possibility—a leaf from a fairy tale-but that is what the winter 
schedule of the Southern Railway Company means. Leave New 
York at noon to-day and to-morrow atternoon, at 4;40, you .step off 
this superb Limited PuUman Vestibuled train at St, Augustine in a 
garden ot flowers, and within view of the most beautiful hotels on 
this continent. 
Unceasing and untiring in its efforts, the Southern Railway, with 
its ambition to provide absolutely perfect transportation between the 
North and the South, has, with its schedule, added another 
chapter to railroad history. Beginning Jan. 18, the Limited, between 
New York and St. Augustine, composed exclusively of a dining car, 
sleeping car, compartment car, library and observation car, will 
leave New York daily, except Sunday, at 18:10 nOon.— ^dw, 
The J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co. 
The J. Stevens Ai'ms and Tool Company and Wiebusch & Hilger, 
Ltd., announce that by mutual agreement the relationship of manu- 
facturer and agent for many years existing between them is dis- 
solved. 
Hereafter Mr. Charles Folsom, 79 Chambers street, will be the New 
York agent for the Stevens Company. 
The London, England, office ot the J. Stevens Arms and Tool Com- 
pany is 960 Tabernacle street, Finsbury, E. 0. — Adv. 
The Theory of Success. 
The New York Central management evidently proceeds on the 
tbeory that the more care there is taken of a traveler the more he 
will travel— witness its "Limited" trains, block signals, free at- 
tendants and the comfort and luxury surrounding one from begin- 
ning to end of a journey on "America's Greatest Railroad."— ^rfi>. 
A Treat for Artists. 
The an^umn scenery of the Hudson River and Mohawk Valley 
lends additional charm' to a trip over the New York Central at this 
season. Fourteen fast trains every day between New York and 
Buffalo aLd Niagara Falls. —Adv. 
When you go South to the great Texas midwinter shooting carni- 
val at San Antonio, or to the Arkausaw Traveler's annual winter 
tournament at Hot Springs, Ark., remember the Missoiu'i Pacific R. 
R, When you go South tor a bit of the best shooting in America, to 
the Texas Gull Coast or the Indian Nations, remember the Missouri 
Pacific R. R. Elegant through trams out of St. Louis, with all the 
luxuries of modem travel. Special tournament rates. Address H 
0. Townsend, G, P. A,, St. Louis, Mo.— Adv. 
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St, Louis reached quickest and most 
.comfortably by toe supejb Soutowertem Limitea of tlie New York 
Oewtral.— 4ci5tf. 
A MODEL LIFE INSURANCE REPORT; 
The first of the large life companies to publish it 
annual report for several years i«st has been the "Rm 
York Life Insurance Company, This year it appeared ix 
the afternoon papers of Jan. 9, with ample details of ini 
come, disbursements, policies issued and paid, and s 
complete list of its bonds and stocks owned. The lia 
comprised 257 lots, with full particulars of name, date, rati 
of interest, date of maturity and market value. Of these 
securities the Company holds |113,446,867, over$10,000,00^ 
of which are United States bonds. 
We refer to this feature of the report at length because: 
we think the Company is wise in thus taking the public 
into its confidence. A great corporation that appeals tc 
the confidence of men — that asks them to place in trus^ 
with it funds for the maintenance of their families when 
they themselves shall have passed from earth — must give 
some tokens of being worthy of confidence. A great. 
Life Insurance Company claims to have millions of dol« 
lars invested — nearly two hundred in this case — and it! 
increases a man's interest and confidence at once when 
the Company says: "Here are our investments; look 
them over and see if they are not worth all we claim f oi 
them." The Company prints this list for distribution, to;, 
gether with a full description of every piece of real estate 
owned by or mortgaged to the Company. These lists are 
'sent to any policy-holder who asks for them, and are 
freely used by agents in soliciting business. 
The legitimate fruits of such methods in the manages 
ment appear in the other portions of the report. Although 
1896 was a hard year for business men generally, foi 
reasons which are well known, yet the New York Lif< 
reports over $121,000,000 of new insurance paid for dutt 
ing the year, and an increase of paid-for insurance in 
force of over $27,000,000, the total in force on Jan^ 
1 being over $826,000,000. The total income for the yeai 
was over $39,000,000, total payments to policy-holders 
over $18,000,000, total assets Jan. 1, 1897, over $187,- 
000,000, of which over $36,500,000 was surplus. The 
total number of policies now in force in the Company ie 
about 300,000. i 
Another noticeable feature of the report is a compari- 
son of the figures of the Company five years ago, when 
President McCall took office, with those of the preseu 
time. This comparison shows an increaqe of $61,000,00( 
in assets, $11,500,000 in surplus, $7,000,000 in annual in-! 
come, and $251,000,000 insurance in force. The substance 
of a great company— greater than some that are fif ijj 
years old — has been added to the New York Life in th^ 
brief space of five years. Probably the most potent fac^ 
tor in the Company's growth has been the liberality of itq 
policy contracts. ' 
Five years ago it introduced the Accumulation Policy 
without restrictions of any sort, and with the one condi-* 
tion that the premiums be paid as agreed. During th^ 
past year the Comj)any has added an annual cash Burren-j 
der value feature to this policy, its aim being that ifc 
policies shall embody the best there is in life insurances 
An Adjustable Accumulation Policy for sub-standai^ 
lives was also introduced in 1896, which provides insuri 
ance for those who are unable to pass the rigid examina; 
tion necessary for acceptance on the ordinary plan. On4 
of the new features introduced five years ago was that ol 
loans to policy-holders upon their policies, after a certain 
number of premiums have been paid, and the Companjj 
publishes the statement that during 1896 it loaned direc 
to 4,250 of its policy-holders, on the sole security of theii 
policies, upward of $3,000,000, at 5 per cent, per annum, 
without fee or other- charge. Five years ago the Com' 
pany's loans upon pledge of bonds and stocks wen 
$4,551,000, and upon its own policies $531,700; now thfl 
loans upon pledge of bonds and stocks are $984,300, an( 
the loans upon its own policies are $6,996,391.97. It ii 
thus carrying out in good faith the declaration of Presi 
dent McCall when first elected, that he should "aim t( 
conduct an administration ot the policy-holders, by th< 
policy-holders and for the policy-holders," ; 
The Company's Accumulation policy, first announced iji 
1893, is now issued with guaranteed cash values or annua 
loans in any year after the third; allows a month's graoi 
in the payment of all premiums after the first; providei 
for a reinstatement during the five months following th 
month of grace if the insured continues in good health 
is automatically non-forfeitable after three yeai-s' pre 
miums have been paid; is incontestable after one yeai 
and payable immediately upon approval of proofs o: 
death. This policy contains no restrictions upon th( 
insured, the one condition being that the premiums bi 
duly paid. 
Life insurance was never more important than now 
and the policy contracts were never so favorable to thi 
policy-holder. If competition has not lowered the costd 
insurance, it has at least provided a better article, h 
proof of which one has only to compare the iron-cla 
contracts of a few years ago with such a policy as the 
outlined above.— J.dy, 
