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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 6, 1897. 
some instances where traps fell irregularly, notably in the cases of 
Hoey and Stafford. 
THE OFFICIALS. 
The officials to whom the shootinpr committee entrusted tlje run- 
ning' of this shoot were: Referee, Edward Banks; official scorer, 
Jabnb Pentz; blackboard scorers, first day. L. H. Sehiirtemeier and H. 
P Fessenden : second day, W. W. Wa'rous ; trap puller, Fred Knot. 
The Messrs. Gilbert, father and son, of Philadelphia, who provided 
the birds, were both on hand, Mr. Gilbert, Jr., personally superintend- 
ing the catching, crating and handling of the birds. The retrieving 
was done by the club's setters, Don and Snipe. To Mr. Alfred Mar- 
shall, chairman of the shootine; committee, the successful carrying 
ojit of all the plans of the committee is entirely due. Although he 
openly expressed himself as determined that he "wouldn't he causht 
in the same box again," the Larchmont Club cannot afford to allow 
him to stick to that resolution at its fourth annual championship 
shoot. 
THE SCORE IN DETAIL. 
Conditions: 100 live birds per man, 8100 entrance, 80yds. rise, Slyds. 
boundary. Cup valued at $350 and 40 per cent, of the purse to the 
winner (|560), 5!5 per cent. ($350) to the second, 15 per cent. ($ilO) to 
thfe third, 10 per cent. ($140; to the fourth, and 10 per cent, to the 
club. 
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— 4-19 
After the championship contest had been decided several miss-and- 
outs were shot off, the following being the records made in the 
same: 
No. 8. No 4. No. 
2111 30 10 
0 20 0 
0 2332 222332 
8228 2223 233230 
0 220 332133 
No. 1. 
Work 23i 
Gilbert ..2.0 
McAlpin V23 
Hoey ...30 
Stafford .,. 
Watrous 
Moore ,. , 
Bradley.,.,,..,.. 0 
Wynn 
Butler 
Marshall , 
Hooper , . ... 
No. 2. 
5^1310 
23222 
30 
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23<.0 
0 
No 6. 
133 
320 
228 
230 
0 
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2330 
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30 
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Two other sweeps, both miss-and-outs, were shot as follows: 
No. 8- Gilbert and Hoey 5. Moore 4, Stafford 0. 
No. 9— Gilbert, Hoey and Stafford 3, Moore and Marshall 1, Wat- 
rous 0. ISdwabd Banks. 
Boston Gun Club. 
Boston, Jan 29.— The Boston Gun Club inaugm-ated its winter prize 
series to-day at Wellington, Mass., with a most successful afternooa's 
shoot, an attendance of seventeen marking the event. Absence from 
the traps for several months hud considerable effect on the scores, 
but the shooting was none the less enjoyable, and as the scheduled 
dates progress practice will insure a remedy in this direction. The 
new Boston Gun Club disappearing target was tested for the first 
time and aroused considerable interest as an aid to snap-shooting. 
The target appears for but an instant behind a screened aperture, 
and the card repre^^entation of bird in flight records the pattern of 
gun if quick and active sighting has been made. The cards make 
nice souvenirs, and for a first attempt some good results were ob- 
tained. It is Intended to offset the stiffness and precise method of 
the average trap-shooter, whose gun must be placed to shoulder and 
cheek and everything ready for bis "Pull," all of which prevents a 
successful day ia the brush when his turn comes for field outing. 
With gun below the elbow this practice for quick handling of gun 
is the best yet. 
Entire shooting as follows: 
Events : 
Targets: 
1 » 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1!! 13 
10 S 6 6 10 10 5 6 10 5 5 6 6 
4 3 8 
8 3 
4 8 4 
Se wall (15) 5 3 
Nichols (16) 8 5 
Benton (14) 1 1 
Spencer (16) 9 5 
Miskav(17) 3 
Wyman (14) 1 
Kirk wood (16)..,.. 1 .. 
Horace (15) , 1 . - 
Dove (1(5) 6 
Needham (15) .... 3 
Underwood (15) 3 
Hardy (15)..... 6 
Harris (15) v.;.*; B 
Payne (15) .'..i*..^,.. 8 
Du Pont (15) .«.t.,,.4...' 7 
B Smith (3.3) ...i.v 7 
Williams (15) 8 .. 4 
Events 1, 5, 6 and 9, known angles; 3, 7, 9 and 11, imknown; 3, 8, 13 
and 13, pairs; 4 and 10, disappearing targets. 
Prize match, winter handicap series, 3t targets, 10 known angles, 5 
unknown, and 3 pairs; distance handicap: 
2 1 
2 i 
2 1 
3 '6 
Dove (16) 0111111111-9 11111—5 
Miskay(17) 0111110111—8 11011—4 
Spencer (16) 0101111001—6 10111-4 
Hardy (15) 1111110110-8 00111-3 
KirkwoodrtS) 1110110011-7 11011-4 
Harris (15) 1100100101—5 11111-5 
Needham (15). ...0101100111-6 11101-4 
Sewall (15) .>..,....... OOllOOlOU-5 11000 -3 
Underwood (15) 1011100101—6 11011- 4 
Du Pont (15) 0100001011- 4 00111—8 
Wyman (14) 0010100000—8 11110 -4 
Payne (15) 0000001001—3 00001—1 
Williams, Nichols, Benton and Horace withdrew. 
10 10 O0-2-16 
11 10 00-8—15 
10 10 11-4-14 
00 11 01-3-14 
10 10 01-3-14 
03 11 00-3-13 
00 10 00-1-11 
11 00 01—3-10 
00 00 00-0—10 
10 00 10—3- 9 
00 00 01—1— 7 
00 00 00-0— 3 
Boston. 
Hastings Gun Club. 
Habtihgs, Neb.. Jan. 33.— Five members of the Hastings Gira Club 
competed to day for the Laflin & Kand Powder Company's silver 
trophy. After shooting off a couple of ties, Creeth became the owner 
of the trophy. Scores were as below : 
Trophy shoot. Tie. 
Creeth (10) lOIllllOOBlllllllllllllOllllOO-24 (5).lllin00010110l-10 
Holzworth (7), 111101111111111111101111101111-27 (3) 101111101111101-18 
Bernhard (7). .110111011010111111101111101111—24 (8).11010110im010-10 
Averill (-16). . ..OlOOOOlllOloaiOOOOOUMlOHlOO -12 
McKinney (10).1001110110;01100}0010011101110-16 
, Creeth and Holzworth shot off their tie on 15 each, and Creeth won 
with 10 out of 15 and 5 added; Holzworth withdrew in the 13th round 
with 9 out of 18, 
The following match at 15 singles, expert rules, and 10 pairs, was 
then shot: 
Holzworth lllO'OlllllllU 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11-31 
Duer lUllOIOOllOlll 11 11 11 01 11 11 11 11 01 11-39 
Lawson 111101101111110 11 11 00 10 11 10 11 11 30 11—87 
Lyman lOOlOOOOlOOOllO 11 10 10 10 01 10 11 11 00 11—18 
Secretaby. 
Imwet^ to ^arresfiand^ntBy 
— S— 64 JMu notice taken of anonymous communications 
G. H. B., East Providence —Will you be kind enough to inform me 
if wild rice will grow in a salt marsh ? Ana. Yes. 
A. P., N. Y. City.— Kindly answer through your valuable paper 
whether or no a dog without a pedigree can take a prize at a dog 
show. Ans. Yes. American Kennel Oliib rules say that for entry a 
dog must be listed or registered Listing, 25 cents; registration, $1. 
Pedigree not required for listing. 
S., Toronto.— Kindly inform me where is the most important field 
trial held for setters in America. Ans. There are three which rank 
about equal in importance— the Eastern Field Trial Club, the oldest 
in American, with grounds at Newton, N. 0., S. C. Bradley, Secretary, 
Greenfield Hill, Conn.; the Continental Field Trials Club. W. S. Bell, 
Secretary, Pittsburg, Pa.; the U. S. F. T. Club, W. B. Stafford, Secre- 
tary, Trenton, Tenn, 
C. H. M., Nantucket.— My six-months-old beagle has a place on her 
side like little spots in it. I take the Fohest and Stkeam after get- 
ting the dog, because of everything that I get hold of I like to know 
all. Ans. First scrape the spot with a blunt knife, then apply tinc- 
ture of iodine every day till skin becomes sore; after this apply an 
ointment made of equal parts of zinc and tar oiniments till the spot 
is quite healed. If you think it necessary you might treat the dog 
for worms. 
Long Islander, Beliporfc, L. I.— Will you kindly let me know 
through your paper the best way to soften up a deer sklnf Ans. The 
skin should be tanned. Soak first in four gallons of cold soft water 
to which has been added one-half pint of soft soap, one-half ounce of 
borax, one-half pint of salt, and three-quarters of an ounce of sul- 
phuric acid— this latter being to set the hair. Leave the skin in the 
mixture three or four hours, and then take out and thoroughly clean 
the flesh side. Stretch and work over a pole when drying, and finish 
as described in answer to E. N. 
E. R , Port Huron.— Please give me a few pointers on shooting with 
both eyes open Ans. There is no essential difference between the 
manner of shooting with two eyes open and shooting with one. The 
manner of holdmg the gun and sighting are practically aUke, and 
either can be learned only by practical experience. This on the as- 
sumption that both eyes are alike sound. If one eye has a different 
focus -from the other, or one eye is much stronger than the other, or 
has an imperfect lens— all common Infirmities -there may be such 
an aberration of vision in looking along the line of sight that shooting 
with both eyes open is impracticable. 
A, E. P., St. Paul, Minn.— I have a fine Gordon setter bitch, now 
two and a half years old. Do you think she is too old to be broken 
to hunt? She is a very intelligent dog, and will mind me like a child. 
If I had the time I am stu-e I could teach her 'most anything, but I 
have not. Will it pay me to try her or would you advise getting a 
puppy and break it? She has not been spoiled in the field. Ans. 
Your bitch can be broken, not having been spoiled by bad handhng. 
It may be a bit more difficult to accomplish her schooling, but with 
a dog of an obedient disposition there is no more trouble to train at 
two and a half years than at a year. You will find the whole matter 
fully covered in "Modern Training," price or "Training vs. 
Breaking," price fl, both for sale by us. 
E. N., Westchester, -Pa.— Can you, through yoiu" columns, give me 
a simple and thorough method for tanning the skins of muskrats? 
Ans. Mix loz. of pul verized oxalic acid and half a pint of salt in 
two quarts of cold, soft water. Submerge the skin and let it soak 
for an hour. Then take it out of the liquor and scrape it clean of all 
pieces of flesh and fat that remained after it was stripped from the 
rat. Replace in tne tan hquor for three hours more. Then wash in 
cold water, and whpn nearly dry sti-etch it and work over a smooth 
stick_^held between the knees until it is soft and pliable. To secure 
extra softness the skin may be treated by thorougbly rubbing in on 
the flesh side a mixture Of one part soft soap, one part neat's-foot oil, 
and one-half part alcohol. When drying the skin should again be 
stretched and worked. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Florida Travel. 
Fob the last ten days the tide of travel has tui-ned toward Florida 
Aiken, Augusta and western North Carolina. The superb service 
offered to winter travel this season by the Southern Railway has In- 
duced many to visit the charming resorts of the South, which are lo 
easily reacned in such a short time. The New York and Florida 
Limited leaves New York daily except Sunday at 12:10 noon— a most 
magmfleent Pullman vestibuled train of dining, stateroom and draw- 
ing room, compartment, sleeping, library and observation cars reach- 
ing Jacksonvdle the following afternoon at 3:30, and St Augustine 
one hour later, 4:30. 
The schedules are so arranged this winter to give the Florida travel 
a "limited" train from the East to St. Augustine, reaching its destina- 
tion before night, attached to the New York and Florida Limited 
and a Pullman drawmg room sleeping car, New York to Augusta' 
which arrives at latter point following morning at 11 :20 after living 
New York. Connections are also made at Trenton for Aiken— a few 
minutes' ride. Two other fast trains are operated to Florida Aiken 
Augusta, New Orleans and the Pacific coast, with through sieepioff 
car service. For information call on or address New York office 
Southern Railway, 271 Broadway.— ..Id y. 
Boats Wanted for the Nashville Exposition. 
Mr. Wm. Hawkes, of the Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Tenn 
writes Forest and Stream as foUows: ' '' 
"I have been a constant reader of your valuable paper for manv 
years, and on this accounthave had mailei \\ j a bird's-eye view of 
oiu- approaching exposition. lama lover of guns and' boats— the 
latter we have some difficulty in getting down here, there being no 
one handling them in this country. When I refer to boats I mean 
canoes, fight ducking boats, etc. I think if some of your builders 
could be induced to make a display, the result would prove to their 
advantage."— u4di'. 
Through Car Service-New York to Nashville, 
Tenn. 
Commencing on Sunday, Jan. 24, 1897, the Pennsylvania and South- 
ern iuaugiu-ate a through Pullman Sleeping Car Line between New 
York and Nashville, Tenn., via Washington, Ashevdle and Chatta- 
nooga. The new line passes through the scenic Western North Caro- 
Una, the "Land of the Sky," and gives the most excellent service be- 
tween New York and Nashville. The through car will leave New 
York daily at 4:30 P. M. For further information call on or addrfess 
New York office. 271 Broadway.— .4ci«. 
Calendar. 
The Page Woven Wire Fence Co , Adrain, Mich., sends us a neat 
calendar illustrated by a half-tone reproduction from a photograph 
of a landscape in which the Page fencing figures in the foreground 
The picture is a very attractive one, showing a smooth, rolling pas- 
ture bounded in the distance by a dim range of hills. 
If we are not mistaken this is a part of Mr. Butherfurd Stuyve- 
sant's place, at AUamuchy, N. J. 
According to the caption, there are "twenty miles of Page on this 
farm."— .^dv. 
Monitor "Vapor Engine and Power Co. 
The Monitor Vapor Engine and Power Co., of Grand Rapids, Mich., 
have recently is-ued a new descriptive circular of "Monitor" and 
"Mogul" marine engines These engines require no Government in- 
spection, and are cleanly and easily carea f or. They are buflt in 
vai'ious sizes from Mup to 16 horse power, single and double cylinder 
The Monitor Co. are also builders of launches.— ^ffo. 
The American Boat Building' Co. 
The American Boat Building Co., St. Louis, Mo., issues a catalogue 
descriptive of knock-down boats, launches, pleasure boits, etc. This 
company is prepared to furnish in the knock-down anything from a 
10ft. canoe to a large launch or sailing yacht. H. W. Stone is super- 
intendent and designer, and Fr. Siebert mechanical engineer,— 
Fred Medart. 
Fred Mkdart, of St. Louis, Mo., sends us his catalogue descriptive 
of fine pleasure boats and power launches. Associated with him are 
Wm. C. Callan and C. C. Pittman. They ttu-n out a full line of 
cruismg and cabin laimches, as well as sailing yachts, pleasiure boats, 
canoes, etc. — Adv. 
Tennessee's Centennial Exposition opens at Nashville, May 1. 
1897. It will be another ''White City" second only to the World's 
Fair at Chicago. It promises to be ahead of this In one respect, 
namely, that on the day of opening all the buildings will ha complete 
and exhibits in place. 
The shortest route to NashviUe is via the Norfolk & Western Rail- 
way, which offers a choice of three routes, namely ; 
Route No, 1— By the famous and beautiful Shenandoah Valley route 
via Luray Caverns, Grottoes, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Bristol, 
Knoxville, Chickamauga— Chattanooga National Military Park and 
Lookout Mountain. 
Route No. a— By steamer to Old Point Comfort or Norfolk, thence 
all raU via PetPrsburg, Lyncbburg, Roanoke, Bristol, Knoxville, 
Chickamauga— Chattanooga National Military Park a ad Lookout 
Mountain. 
Route No. 3— Going via Route No. 8 and rettu'ning via Route No. 1,. 
or vice versa. 
These routes offer the very best opportunity to visit Nashville and 
the best, most historic and picturesque part of the South at the same 
time. 
For descriptive matter, excursion rates, further information or 
tickets, address L. J. Ellis, Eastern Passenger Agent, 487 Broadway, 
N. Y.-Adv. . 
We would like a copy of Forest and Stream of Nov. 5, 1891 (Vol. 
xsxvii. No. 16), for a contributor who has in it a story. 
Forest and Stream Pub, Co, 
