Apbil 10, 1897.J 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Oil Stoves for Tacbts. 
New Yoek, April 1— Editor Forest and Stream: Having 
had considerable experience with stoves of all kinds on a 
yacht, I have found the one called the Oil-gas. made by a 
firm on Pearl street, this city, to be the best. The burners 
should be renewed every season to get the best results. 
I understand that there will be another blue flame kero- 
sene stove for yachts brought out during the summer, about 
which great claims are made, but which are yet to be proved, 
A stove called the Primus is gnorl, but small, and apparently 
not as controllable as the Oil-gas. Neither of these have 
wicka. The Florence wick stoves are manufactured still to 
the best of my knowledge. E. T. Birdsall. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES 
The prospect for a large fleet ia tho trial ra^-es of the Sea- 
vranhaka 20ft. class is improving as the beginning of the sea- 
son nears. The contract for the Rouse-Hovt fin keel has 
been placed by Gardner & Cox with the Spalding St. Law- 
rence Boat Co., and work will commence at once. The same 
firm has also an order from C. H. Crane for a 20 footer in ad- 
dition to the boat already built by Lawleyior Mr. Crane. 
The second boat is for a syndicate of which Mr. Crane ia a 
member. 
Scythian, steam yacht, Miss Susan De Forest Day. reached 
New York on March 30 after a cruise of thre*' months in the 
West Indies, calling at St. Croix, Saba, St. Christopher, 
Basse Terre. St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, San 
Domingo, Point a Pitre, St. Lucia and Jamaica. A good 
deal of heavy weather was enconutered on the cruise, but it 
was most enjoyable; the yacht has proved herself a comfort- 
able and seaworthy craft. It will be remembered that the 
yacht vvas originally a trarap steamer, but refitted last year 
when purchased by Miss Day. 
Eleanor, steam yacht, W. A. Slater, has been chartered by 
Tams & Lemoine to. Oliver H. Payne, of New York, who 
will sail about June 1 for British waters and the Baltic. 
Capt. W. 0. Scott, who was formerly in command of Mr. 
Slater's yacht Sagamore, and who has been connected with 
Eleanor since the first plans were made, afterward taking 
her around the world, is still in command. 
Yampa, schr., R,. S. Palmer, has been laid up all winter at 
New London, where she is now fitting out for a cruise to 
British waters and the Baltic. On her rruise to the West 
Indies a year ago all of her boats were smashed in a blow in 
the Gulf Stream. Messrs. Tams & Lemoine have just 
furnished her with two new boats from special designs by 
W. P. Stephens, and built by the Spalding St. Lawrence 
Boat Co. at Ogdensburgh, The gie is 24fr,. lone and the 
cutter 20ft., the latter fitted with a centerboard and two 
rigs, sprit mainsail and mizzen or mainsail and jib. 
Messrs. J. F. Lovejoy and H. C. Wintringham will remain 
on the Larchmont Y. C. regatta committee for the present 
season, with Mr. Howard W. Coates as the third member. 
Lasca, schr., Gen. Jas. S. Watson, has reached Gibraltar. 
Com. George J. Gould, A. Y. C, has reappointed Gen. T. 
L. Watson fleet captain and Dr. W. R. Townsend fleet sur- 
geon for the season. 
Narada, steam yacht, nee Semiramis. ex-Margarita L, 
now owned by Henry Walters, will visit England this sea- 
son. She is now at New London. 
Alcedo II., the new steam yacht building for George W. 
Childs Drexel from designs by A. S. Chesebrough, will be 
launched on April 10 at Harlan & HoUingsmith's yard, Wil- 
mington. 
On March 17 the two American steam yachts Varune, Eu- 
gene Higgins, and Ma.rgarita II., A. J. Drexel, were at 
Venice; their next port being Messina. 
Buccaneer, steam yacht, W. iT.' Hearst, was at Nassau on. 
March 23. 
Duquesne, steam yacht, T. R. Hostetter, arrived at New 
York on March. 2G from a long cruise in the West Indies. 
Columbia, steam yacht, J. H. Ladew, arrived at Key West 
from Nassau on March 25. 
Lufra, ketfh, has been cruising this winter in the West 
Indies with Sir Cecil and Lady Miles. 
Nourmahal, J. J. Astor, arrived at St. Thomas ou March 
9, and sailed two days later for St. Ci'oix. 
AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 1896-97. 
Commodore, John N, MacKandriok, Gait, Cauada. 
Bec'y-Treas , John R Blake. Gait, Canada. 
Librarian, W. P. Stephens, Bayonne, N. J. 
PXTB8BRS. 
Atlantic DiWsion, H W. Fleiachman, 1611 N, Slat St., Phila , Pa. 
Central Division, Laurence 0. Woi d worth. Gouverneur, N. Y. 
Eastern Division, ti\ J. Burrage, West Newton, Mass 
Northern Division, Francis H. MHonee, Elagaton, Canada. 
Annual dues, £1; iBitiation fee, $1. 
WESTERN CANOE ASSOCIATION, 1895-96. 
Commodore, C. P. t^ennewell, Detroit, Mich. 
Vice-Commodore, Nat. H. Cook, Chicago, 111. 
Rear-Commodore, E. H. Holmes. Milwaukee, Wis, 
Sec'y-Treas., W. D. Stearns, Detroit, Mich. 
Executive Committee: R. M, Lamp, Madison, Wis.; C. J. Steadman, 
Cincinnati, O.; F. W. Dickens. Milwaukee. Wis. 
The lanthe C. C. will hold a smoker on Saturday, April 10, 
at S P. M., at the club house at Wood&lde, near Newark, to 
which all canoeists are invited. The club house may be 
reached by the Newark Branch of the Erie R. R. from the 
foot of Chambers street, New York, by the 7:30 P. M. train 
British Canoe Association. 
From coiTespondence from the other side of the big water 
we learn that the prominent sailors of theB. C. A. will make 
a most determined eflFort to win back the Challenge cup 
which was won by W. W. Howard, of the New York C. C , 
The races will be sailed during the latter part of June. 
The B. C. A, annual meet will be held July 10 to 31, and 
they will try the experiment of a genuine crui.'^ing meet from 
Athlone down the Shannon through Lough Dey to Killaloe, 
with seven different camping sites en route. 
A. C. A, Membership. 
Applications for membership may be made to the purser 
of the division in which the applicant resides on blanks tur- 
nished by purser, the applicant becoming a member provided 
no objection be made within fourteen days after his name 
has been officially published in the Pop.est A3SD Stream. 
NOI?THKI!>J PIVISIIIN. 
Name. Resiclence. Cluh, 
Arthur F. Macnee . . . ..Peieriioro, Ont Kingston Y. 
CKNTUAL DIVISION. 
Andrew Irving Gouverueur, N. Y — Gouverneur C. 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 
San Francisco, Cal,, March 14.— There was a lot of rifle and o'stol 
work at Shell Mound ranges to day. The liarht was erood during the 
greater part of the day, and the wind was fair. Good scores were 
made. 
A. H. Pape broke the S-.sbot rifle record in the Bush^ell modal 
match. He made 1, 1, 4—6 in three conseoutiTO shor.s. This means 
that two bullets struck the inch center and the third was only 2in. 
from the center, or an average of 3 shots in a Sin circle, off hHnd, 
SOOyds. In this match Pape yesterday lowered his record by 6 
points, his best 30-shot scores averaging 90 points on 31n. bullseye 
hits. 
The class medal scores and best scores on the re-entry matches, 
Columbia target, were as follows: 
Rifle, SOOyds., clatfs medals, for members only: 
Champion class; A, H. Pape 65, F. O. Yoimg 7'. F. E. Mason 96 
First class: O A. Bremer 75. A, B. Dorrell 77, E. Jacobson 81, C. M. 
Daiss 8(3. G. SchnUiz 101, A. Gehret 103. 
Second class: J. E. Gorman 71, M. J. White 121. G. Barlf.y m. 
Third class: G. Mennel 133. C. Hinterman 1E9, V. J. Lamotte 14?, 
Mrs. M. J White 175, Mi-s. L. J. Crane 182. 
Pistol, 50yds., 10-shot scores: 
Champion class: C. M. Daiss 43, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 47, F. O. Young 
54, J. B. Gorman 55. 
First class: F. E. Mason 46, M. J. White 67, E, Jacobson 77. 
Second class: G. M. Bailey 50. 
Third class: C. Roberts 72. H. J. Wicker 77. R. W. Forrest 96. Mrs. 
M J White 96, Dr. J. J. Giusti 108. Mr, L. J. Crane 13', A. Hinterman 
151, Mrs. C. F. Wallham 171, V, J. Lamotte 913. 
Rifle, all-come'-s, re-entry matches. F. H. Bushnell medal, S-shot 
scores: H. H. Pape B. 10. 11; F, O. Young 13, 12. 
William Gliudeman military medal. 10 shots, Creedmoor count: E. 
Hovey 48. 46, 45; F. O. Young 46, .J. E. Gorman 45, E. Jacobson 44, C. 
F. Waltham 42. 
F. O. Young riflp-reoord medal, 10-shot scores: O. Young a",.!. 
E. Gorman 65, F. E. Mason 71, Dr. Bangs 76, Dp. Barter 80 
Achille Roos .22ca]. medal. 50yds., 5-shot scores: E. Jacobson 8, 9. 
10, 11, 11; H. J. Wicker 15: Mrs. L. J. Crane 11, 12, 14; Mrs. C. F. 
Waltbam 20, 22; Mrs. M. J- White 2S, 33. 
Pistol, aOvds.. Gordon Blanding medal, .S-sbot scores: P. O. Young 
7, \0, 11,' 13; C. M. Dai.ss9, 9, 11, 11; S. Carr 18, 14. 
Howard Carr— Any revolver, medal, 6 shot scores: C. Roberts 36, 
3P, 47, 47. 
Diamond pistol, medal. 10-shot scores: C M. Dais« 3% iO. 4-^, 44; F. 
O. Young 54, 57, 60; Ed Hovey 54, 57; S. Carr 49; A. B. Dorrell 51. 
The Madison Square Tournament. 
The Tournament Committee having; in charge the manaeement of 
the recent tournament in Madison Square Girden. during the week of 
the Sportsmen's Exposition, baa wound up its affairs and gone into 
retirement with honor. 
The committee met on Thursday last. Aji'il 1. in Room 1,009. 377 
Broadway, the quarters of the Sportsmen's Association, and pre- 
sented a .statement of its receipts and disbursements for the purpose 
of haying the same audited and approve<l by the secretary treasurer 
of the Association, Mr. J. A H Dressel. The balance to the credit 
of the committee was a sum approximatiog $3)0. That sum will 
be held in trust by the Association, io be placed at the disposal 
of the committee for next year's tournament when such committee 
is appointed. 
An elaborate scheme is under advisement for next year's tourna- 
ment. In addition to contests similar to those he'd this year, team 
matches and contests for telescope sights, .23 lonsr rifles, etc . wUl in 
all probability And a place on the programme. The prizes, too. will 
be proportionately greater, and the number of ratges more than 
doubled. 
c. 
c. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send in notice like the followinar: 
FIXTURES, 
April 10— Windsor Locks, Conn.— All day tournament of the 
Windsor Locks Gun Club. Targets. C. F. Cleaveland. Sec'y. 
April 14-16.— Atchison, Kan. — Airy Lou Hart's third manufacturers' 
amateur and fourteenth open to-all tournament |.750 added money. 
April 14-16.— Baltimore, Md —Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under the auspices of the Baltimore Shooting: Association. 
April 15 — YouNGSTOWN, O. — First tournament of the Pennsylyania 
ann Ohio Border Gun Leagrue. Geo H. Jones, Sec'y. 
April 15-17 —San Antonio. Tex.— Tourn amen t of the San Antonio 
Gun Club. Open to amateurs only. Willard T. Simpson, Chairman 
Ex. Com. 
April 16.— BBinGEPDRT. Conn. — All day shoot of the Bridgepor 
Gun Club. Targets. V A Blakeslee, Sec'y. 
April 17.— NuTLEY, N J.— All-day shoot of the Yanticaw Gun Club. 
Targets from a magautrap. Shooting chmmences on arrival ot 9:52 
train from Chambers street. New York. 
April 19.— HiNGHAM, Mass.— All-day shoot of the Hingham Gun 
Club. 100- target hand ican. G 0. Hender^o'n. Treasurer. 
April 20-2'.— Rochester, N, Y.- Tournament of the Rochester Rod 
and Gun Club Targets 
April 20-23.— Lincoln, Keb.— Twenty-flrst annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen s Association. $1,000 added. 
April 21-23.— San Antonio, Tex.— Second annual meeting and toiu-- 
nament of the Texas State Sportsmen's Association. O, C. Guessaz, 
Sec'y. 
April 27-';9 — Binghamton, N. Y. — Tournament of the Binghamton 
Gun Club. Two first days, targets; third day, liye birds, 
April 27-30. — Fonda, la.— Tournament under the management of 
Geo. E. Hughes and C. B. McCord. Live birds. $800 added money. 
April 28-'.9.— Richmonu, Va.— Tournament of the Interstate Associ- 
tion, under the auspices of the West End Gun Club. 
April 58-29.— Peru, Ind.— Tournament under the management of J. 
L Head 
May 4-6 —Des Moines, la.— Tournament of the Iowa State Snorts- 
men's Association. Live birds and targets. F. C. Whitney. Sec'y. 
.May 5-7.— Newbuhgh, N. Y. — Annual spring tournamentof the West 
Newburgh Gun and Rifle Assreiation. First two days, targets; third 
day. live birds. $30 average money to three high "guns in all pro- 
gramme target everts. Open to all. 
■•'May6. -Sh rburne, N. Y —Annual tournament of the Sherburne 
Gun Hub. One day at targets. L D tiiainard, Sec'y-Treas 
.May 11-13.- Peekskill, N. Y Annual tournamen: ot ihe Peeksklll 
Gun Club Firsr rwo days, targets: last day, live birds 
May 11-14 —Waterloo, la —Tournament of the Waterloo Gun 
CluD. E. B. Walker. Sec'y. 
May Ii'-13. — Connersville, Ind - Tournament of the Connersville 
Gun Club. Live birds. T. b^. Thomas, S( c'y 
May 17-23.— Kansas City. Mo.— Annual lourrament of the Missouri 
State Game and Usti Protective Association. Fred T. Durrant. Sec'y. 
May 18.— Albany, N. Y.— Annual spring tournament of the West 
End tiun Club. Hcace B. Derby. Sec'y. 
May 16-19.— Forest City Ia. - Hill Ciiy G m Club's second annua 
touriiament ; S'OO added. J. W Mahoney. Sec'y. 
May 19-20 - Savaknah. Ga - Tournameiit of ibe Interstate Associa- 
tion vnder the auspices ot the Forest City Gun Club. 
May 19-21. Canton, S D. -South Dakota Sportsmen's Association 
annual. C. 8. Seely, Sec'y. 
^lay 20 — Greenville, Pa. — Seci'ird tournament of thePennsylvania 
and Ohio Border tiiin League. Geo H Jones, Sec'y. 
May -29.— East St. Louis, 111.— Annual tournament of the King's 
Smokeless Gun Clnb. 
May 31.— Canajoharib-, N, Y.— Eastern New York Trap-Shooters 
League tournamert, uoder tne auspices of the Cana.ioharie Gun 
Club. Charles Weeks, Sec'y. 
June 2-4. — --pringfield, u. — Annual tournament of the Ohio Trap- 
Shooters' League, under the auspices "f the Springfield Gun Club. 
June 7-8 - Parkersburg, W. Va.— Tournament of the Mountain 
S '.te Gun Cl'iti Target . $.350adried r.eon .1 Epstein. Sec'v. 
J nt 8-9.— Tournameit ot the Trap thooters' League of Indiana. 
June B-)l.— AUBURN, In. Y.— New York state Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion tournament. C. W. Euttle, Sec y. 
•lune 9-10.— Monroe, La.— Tournament of the Interstate Associa- 
tion, under the au•^plces of the Monroe Gun Club. 
June 10,— Newcastle, Ha. -Third louruameni of the Pennsylvania 
and Ohio Border Gun Liigue. Gen. H. Jones. Sec'y. 
June 15-18,— Cleveland. O — Fourth annual tournament of the 
Ch-imberlin Cartri'ige and Target Company. 
Jii le lti-J7 — FaRBO, N D.— Third annual lonrnament of the North 
Dafcjta bportsraeo's Association, Targets. W, W. Smith, Sec'v. 
June 92-25.— Oil City, Pa.— Seventh annual tournament of the 
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of 
the Oil City Gun Club. Targets and live birds. Black powder 
barred. Special event: 25 live birds per man. $25, $1,000 guaranteed. 
Send entries toH C. Reeser. Sec'y. Oil City. Pa. 
July 14-15.— New Havbn, Conn.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
oeiation. under the auspices of the New Haven Gun Club. Wm. H. 
Hazel, Sec'y. 
.Tuly 22.— Meadville, Pa.— Fourth tournament of thePennsylvania 
and Ohio Border Gun League. Geo. H. Jones. Sec'y. 
Aug. 4-5.— Lewiston, Me.— Tournament of the Interstate Associa- 
tion, under the auspices of the Androscoggin Gun Club. 
Aug 17-19.— Toronto, Canada.— Tournamentof the R A.McOready 
Co., Ltd. Targets. $1,000 guaranteed. Opan to all. Write for pro- 
grammes. 
Aug. 19.— Warren, O.- Fifth touroament of the Pennsylvania and 
Ohio Border Glp Lepgue. Geo. H Jones, Sec'y 
Aug. 2.5-26,— Montpelier, Vt.— Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under tbe auspices of the Montpelier Gun Club. 
Sept. 15-16.— Portsmouth, N. H.— Tournament of the Interstate 
Association, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. 
Oct. 6-8.--NEWBURGH. N. Y —Annual fall tournamentof the West 
Newburgh Gun arii Rifle Association. First two days, targets; third 
day, liye birds. SoO average money to three high guns in all pro- 
gramme target events. Open to all. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club spcretaries are invited to send thr.ir scores for publication in 
these columns, also anynevjs notes they may care to have printed. 
Ties in all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. 
Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Fublishina Company, 
Broadway, New York. 
The board of governors of the California Inanimate Target Associ- 
ation held its annual meeting on Saturday, evening, March 20. The. 
meeting was held at the Olympic Gun Club rooms. The president ot 
the Association. Mr. M. C. Allen, occupied the chair. The president^ 
in presenting his annual report, recommended that some system of 
division of purses, whereby all ties divided, shonld be adopted at the 
next tournament He suggested the adoption of the Rose system or 
some similar plan. An in formal discussion on this point showed that 
the consensus of opinion on the part of those present was in favor 
of "all ties divided." The treasurer's report showed a handscne 
balance in hand to the credit of the Association. The Encinal Gun 
Club, of Alameda, was elected a member of the Association. The 
elec ion of officers resulted as follows: President, M. C. Allen. Olym- 
pic Gun Club; Vice-Presidents: F. B. Norton. Reliance Gun Club; T. 
R. Barney, Alameda County Sportsmen's Club; C. Carr, Monterey 
Gun Club; Chas. Van Valkenbury, Los Angeles City Gun Club, and 
C. J. Haas, Stockton Athletic Association Gun Cluh ;' Secretary Treas- 
urer, L. P. Bolander, Golden Gate Gun Club. A p1ea=!ing feature of 
the occasion was the presentation by Mr, Frank Norton, on behalf of 
the members of the Association and of thesnortsmen of California, of 
a gold watch and fob to the president, Mr. M. C Allen. The members 
p-esent at the meeting were: Lincoln Gnn Club, R. G. Wenzel and D. 
Daniels; Reliance Gun Club, Wra. Marshall, Col. S. I. Kellogg and 
B Norton; Empire Gun Club, F, W. King and F. L, Judd; Olympic 
Gun Club, H. H.White. M. C. Allen and T. R. Barney; AKmedq, 
"ounty Sportsmen's Club, Geo. E. Perkin« and T. R Rarney: Encinal 
Gun Club, J H. Walker, H A. Hoyt and H. Betten : Golden Gate Gun 
Club, T. Lewis, C. M. Wollam and L. P. Bolander. 
While in Hartley & Graham's store, 313 Broadway, on Saturday 
morning last, we had the pleasure of meeting Mr. R. P. Cory, of 18^8 
South Broadway, St. Louis, Mo. We very nearly shook bands with 
Mr. Cory without the ceremony of an iotroduetion, for he is an exact 
double of a very prominent member of the New York State Sports- 
men's Association who resides in Rochester, N. Y.,viz. : Mr. Rich- 
mond, a gentleman who never misses the State sboot or its annnal 
meeting. Mr. Cory, however, made amends for not being Mr. Rich- 
mond by showing us an invention for doing away with the necessity 
of two sets of barrels, field and trap. This invention has been 
patented about a year, and Mr. Cory is now devoting his time to put- 
ting it on the market, so we are not disclosing any secret by giving a 
description of it Mr. Cory handed us a neat little gun with 27 or 28in. 
barrels, and explained that it was a pure cyhnder, and naturally an 
'■xcellent quail or brush gun. He then pulled out of his pocket about 
2 n. more of the same gun barrels with a perfectly simple attachment 
underneath that practically made the gun 30in and full choke at that. 
' There you have a duck or trap gun," said Mr. Cory. And it was a 
fact. He further explained that over 5,000 trial .shots had been fired 
through the (what we may call) ''spUced gun," for the purpose of 
fully testing its capacity forwear and tear. He also told us that with 
the cylinder 28in. barrels he got a nice even pattern at regulation brush 
distance, and increased that pattern more than .33 per cent, when the 
"fplice" was made. Although the idea is not exactly new, the method 
of attachment is and it is the most simple, effective and practical one 
we have ever seen. Why shouldn't it be ju=t the tbing for a man who 
wants to shoot both quail and ducks with the same gun? 
In a letter to ua, advising that a programme of his tournament had 
been mailed us. Lou Erhardt says: "You will note a change in the 
programme. We will all shoot the Sergeant system, which is no ex- 
periment. We tried it, and it is simply perfect. Any club can use it 
without any extra cost. Any kind of target can be used. Our 
grounds this year are also perfect as to background. To protect 
amateurs we have five equal moneys, with $25 added to every purse, 
and $50 per day to the five high guiis." The Sergeant system referred 
to ia the idea of W. G. Sergeant, of Joplm, Mo., and may be described 
as follows: Shooters' platform is 1 2yds long, making 3yds. between 
each of the five shooters at the score. Three traps are placed direcUy 
in front of No. 3 score, 16yds. from that score, and each trap only 
30in. apart, or 5ft. between the two outside traps. By this means, that 
is, by having the traps so close together, it is claimed that no loss of 
time is the result of a target breaking in the trap. If a target breaks, 
the shooter calls "Pulll" again, and the next trap is pulled. All traps 
are pulled in rotation, and the traps are so close together that it is 
practically known trap, unknown angles, all the lime. 
One of'the funniest things in the way of reporting a shoot that we 
have seen lately occurred in a Rochester (N. Y.) daily quite recently. 
The article, which treats of a shoot held by the Rochester Rod and 
Gun Club, is headed "A New Tiap for Throwing Squabs." As a mat- 
ter of fact, the Rochester boys have just leased a magau rajs, and 
this is how the local reporter described Paul North's new machine 
and its workings: "Tbe magautrap is new in this section of the coun- 
try; yesterday's trial was the flrso it had had in this section of the 
State. One boy can run it. He rides astride a saddle and works bi- 
cycle pedals which revolve a sprocket, which runs a chain connecting 
with an arm. The arm revolves in a line parallel to the earth, or it 
can be elevated a little so as to send the birds in the air. The feeder 
holds as many squabs as one cares to put in it, and as the pile lowers 
it is only necessary to place others on top of those already in. One 
magautrap will send birds flying all day without stopping. E%ch is 
released by the action of eltc ricity, and as last as one can push a 
button a bird is released." 
The following notice has been sent out to members of the Boston 
Gun Cub; "Out of respect to the late Mr David Kirkwood, the Bos- 
ton Gun f^lub '97 prizes will ne postponed rwo weeks; the remaining 
sis shoots taking place April 14 to May 1 9 inclusive, instead of March 
^l to May 5." The following obituary no' ice is taken from a Boston 
p iper: • D^vid Kirkwood, of Mallen, who was so well known throughout 
New England as a gunmaker, with an office in Boston, died this morn- 
ing at his home, No. B7 Waite street, in that cty, after a lingering ill- 
ness. He was born in Edinburgh, Seotland. fifty six years ago, where 
he was apprenticed to the well known gunsmith Mortimer. After 
serving some years he went to Germany and worked at the trade, 
finally settling down for a lime in London. Mr. Kirkwood came to 
this country in 18^2, and soon after started in business with Henry 
Mortimer, a son of he man with whom be served his apprenticeship. 
After a few years the partne'ship was dissolved, and Mr. Kirkwood 
carried on the busint^ss up lo the time of his deacD. He served forty- 
six continuous .rears at the bench. His place of business in this city 
was on Elm st/eet." 
E. 0- Burkhardt. of Buffalo, was one of the 24s in the recent Grand 
American Handicap E. C had a lit le ill luck too, as his lost bird 
fell dead out of oounds. We don't know anybody who has worked 
harder in pa-^t years for honors in the Grand American than Burk- 
hardt; it was therefore with much pleasure that we handed him his 
order on tbecasbier for $188.45, the frutfs of his 24 out of 25. And by 
the way, Mr. Burkhardt did not return kind for kind, as he caused us 
no end of trouble by losing his 15th bird in the Consolation Handicap 
on the last day. Had he scored that bird he'd have saved us all the 
worry and bother of shooting up the raft of 138 who fell in for a share 
of the $14.40, the tenth money in that event. His remissness in this 
respect caused the cancellation of all entries for the closing event, 
the Long Branch Scramble, and robbed Elmer Shaner of the glory of 
finishing the programme. 
Immediately following Lou Erhardt's shoot at Atchison, Kansas, 
comes the 21st annual tournament ©f the Nebraska State Sportsmen's 
Association, to be held April 20-23 at Lincoln Park, Lincoln. Empire 
traps, pulls and targets will be used, and all events will be at known 
traps, unknown angles. One thousand dollars will be added to the 
purses, and fhe tournament will be thrown wide "open to the world " 
Programmes for the shout are ready for dislribu'ion. Write for oi e 
to the managers, George Rogers, H~ H. Barley, or K. M. Welch. 
