480 
J^OREST AND STREAM. 
[JiJiro 12,. imA 
Peoria cannot hold a shoot, but the last heard of Pres Fahnestock 
and his friend the Mayor ef Peoria, they were walking down the rail- 
road track toward home, with their grip sacks carried at a merry 
angle; and as they looked back over their shoulders at the city of 
Chicago, they sang a mellifluous duet, the chorus of the old song 
■which begins, "Oh, I donf know, you're not so warm!" 
But we have no 10-gauge rules now. 
At last Chicago is modern. E. Hou&h. 
[ 1206 BoTOK Building, Chicago. 
Connecticut Trap-Shooter's League. 
DBOOBATION DAT AT NEW HAVEN. 
T!bm second tournament of the Connecticut Trap -Shooter's League 
was held at New Haven on May 31 (Decoration Day). The weal her 
was by no means favorable for a large gathering, as heavy rain had 
Jioured down since 5 P. M on the previous evening, and was still com- 
ing down with a melancholy persistence when 9:30 A. M., the hour 
for starting the shoot on May 31, arrived. The clouds every now and 
then gave oht some hopes of better things later in the day, and we 
itnderstahd that Certain persons of known probity saw the sun for a 
tt'W mifahtes about 8 o'clock, or may be earlier. At any rate the sun 
did come out about 11:80 and stayed out, making himself a welcome 
guest by drying everything, even wet sweaters, and giving everybody 
a chance of a sunbath on the club house porch. 
As may be imagined from the phrase "wet sweaters," the boys 
could not be kept fi-om the traps when once they had reai'hed the 
grounds. It could rain all it wanted to, but Connecticut isn't a dry 
State and its trajs-shooters don't object to a little water— externally, 
that is. S© it came about that the first two programme events, and 
an extra to -'warm up,'' were alt shot with a stead,y and wetting rain 
falling. Then came the change and all was lovely. 
tKk atteNdanck affkctbd by rain. 
But the attendance was aHected by the downpour of the earlier 
hours. Hartford shooters were expected, but none showed up. 
Meriden sent a squad, but at least another squad had signified its 
intention of being on hand to take the morning train for the "City of 
Elms." Windsor Locks, too, was hampered in its efforts to get up a 
full squad for the team-race, owing to the failure of some of the 
members of the gun club to put in an appearance. Bridgeport, how- 
ever, was the banner club among the visitors. Messrs. Blafceslee and 
tJ. M. C. Thomas brought a delegation of 14 shooters to the grounds, 
and they shot right along and made their presence felt when it came 
to drawing down the moneys dealt out by Cashier Gould to those who 
"were in for money." The home club had enou h shooters on hand 
to make up almost three teams, the services of Edwards beiug pressed 
Jn to make up the sixth in the third team. In addition to the 42 shoot- 
ers taking part in the team-race, there were several others unat- 
tached, some students from Yale showing up in the afternoon for 
some practice after their victory in the intercollegiate race with 
Harvard, Princeton, Columbia ana Pennsylvania on Saturday last. 
LUNOH, MOSQCriTOES, EXO 
Although there were not as many shooters present as would have 
been the case had the weather been fine from the start, there were 
enough on hand to keep the five traps hustling to get through the 
programme before nightfall. The home club had arranged every- 
thing with a view to the comfort of its guests. The club house was 
thrown wide open, and a capital lunch was provided free to all. 
"There were other guests on hand in addition to the shooters, and 
these guests were neither welcome spectators nor idlers who had just 
dropped in to look at the shooting. On the contrary, they were as 
busy as possible all day, and kept others busy, too. These guests 
were a gang of the most outrageously large and black mosquitoes, 
who apparently hadn't had a thing to eat since Fast Day. Where 
they came from It is bard to say, although the swamp behind the 
club house looked a little suspicious. President Clark and Mr. Bristol, 
of the home club, accounted for their presence by openly stating that 
the Meriden boys bad brought them down in their grips and turned 
them loose out Of spite. Two very large ones, however, were posi- 
tively traced to Van Dyke's grip, and this is quite likely, as Van had 
Only left his New Jersey home the night previous. Anyway, there 
were mosquitoes to give away; we can vouch for that. 
President M. H, Clark brought his gun along, but shot only in the 
team race, preferring to take a hand as scorer, referee or any old 
thing, so that the attending shooters could have all the shooting they 
wanted. To Mr. Clark and Mr. Bristol most of the success of the 
shoot must be given; Mr. Bristol, in particular, was always busy one 
way or another, and had been on the ground since 7 o'clock prepar- 
ing everything for the 9:30 opening; there are very few men Tho can 
boast "tnree score years and ten" who can equal Sir. Bristol in en- 
thusiasm, energy and capacity for work. Mr. Gould, as on former 
occasions, acted as cashier, and did his work for the most part unas- 
sisted, and did it most excellently. 
tHE team race. 
The team race was, of course, the main feature on the programme" 
New Haven entered three teams; Bridgeport had two teams on hand, 
while -Meriden and Windsor Locks had one each. The race is at 40 
targets per man, SiO known angles and 20 tyiknown angles. 
The known angles were shot first, the teams shooting as a whole, 
not being split up. The order of shooting was decided by lot, the 
teams going to the score in the order designated by numbers drawn 
out of the box. Known angles were disposed of first, and at this 
style of shooting the New Haven No. 1 took the lead, breaking 108 
out of the 120 shot at. The Metiden team was second with 103. Then 
came New Haven No, 2 with 96 breaks, closely followed by Windsor 
Locks and Bridgeport No. 2 with 93 breaks each. Bridgeport No. 1 
was next with 91, New Haven No. 3 being last with 75. 
Then came the unknown angles. At this game New Haven No. 1 
increased its lead by breaking 104 to 103 by the Meriden team, Bridge- 
port'.s two teams and the Windsor Locks team all tied on the un- 
known angles with 87 breaks each, New Haven No. 'J dropping down 
to 84. New Haven No. 3 betteredits total made on the known angles 
by scoring 77 at unknown angles. It is worthy ot note that while so 
many people saj/ they can break more targets at unknown angles 
than at known angles, yet the New Haven No. 3 was the only team to 
make more at unknown angles than at known angles. The combined 
totals of all the teairs for each style of shooting sho w : ICnown angles 
659 breaks out of 840 shot at; unknown angles, 638 breaks out of 840 
shot at, these figures give an advantage of 31 breaks to the known 
angles. 
The team averages were: New Haven No. 1 88.3, Meriden 85,4, Wind- 
sor Locks, Bridgeport No. 2 and New Haven No. 2 75. Bridgeport No. 1 
74.1, New Haven No, 3 63.3. (In the scores of the New Haven No. 3 
team, Brown shot in place of Hazel in the second half.) The detailed 
scores were: 
New Haven No. 1. 
■ ■ Known angles. Unknown angles. 
FTan Dyke. .,,,....11111111111111111011 lllliniliniiaiOll- 88 
F J Potter lOlllllinniimill 11101110111111111111- 37 
MD Stevens llllllllllllllllllll 01111010011111311111-36 
B W Claridge lOlOOlllllllllllllU lllllllOlOllUlinil-35 
C B Bristol, 11011110111111111111 10l01111101inilllll-i:4 
H O Whitney. ...... .OlllllllllllUlOiOOO 1111011l0111l01111ll-3i— 312 
Meriden. 
HJMilla llllllllllllllOlllll llllllOlllllllllllll 38 
J R Hull ...01011111111111111111 11111111101111111111-37 
HRMerrltt, llllllllllllllllllll 01101000111111111111—35 
WF Parker 11100011111111111110 11101011111111111111-34 
LCHolcomb llllllllllOllOlOlOll 11011101111111111101-33 
L J Gaines lllCOlllllOOOOllllll 00110111101110111011-28-205 
Windsor Locks. 
JHVideon 11111111111111111111 11111101110111111111-38 
H L Cutler lOlllllOlllllll 10011 11011111111111000111—32 
John Jordan.. 11111111011101111111 OlOllliniOlOlOlllOl-32 
EM Coats OllOOOllOOlllllOllOl 10111011101011101111-27 
R B Penn lOllOlOllllOllOlUOl 10111111001111010000-26 
PD Washburn lOOOlOUlOlllOUlOll 11100001011110110101-25-180 
New Haven No. 2. 
FCowee. OlllllOlllllllllllH 00111111111101111111-35 
E Kelly lllllOlllUlllllllll llllOllOUOOOlllOlOO— 31 
HLEdgarton 11 111110011101011111 111010101 lllinoiOll-31 
Ortie.-. lUlOlOllllllllOlOU 01100011111111001110-28 
MH Clark 11001110111111101011 11101011110010110101—28 
J B Robertson lOlllllllOOOllOlOOOl OlllOJlllOlllllOllOl-26— 1£0 
Bridgeport No. 2 
I J Tuck lOllllOlllOlllllllU 10111011011111011111-33 
JClarkson lllllOllUlllUOllll OlOllOlllHO 1101111-33 
G Saunders OlOOllOlllllOllllllO llinilI110011in]ll-3i 
G King lOlOOlOlIlllllllClll 1101001110111111111 1—31 
F Burgoyne 11011010111111111100 OH110llJOlOi0011000-a6 
W Rennison llllOlllOijllOOlllOll 10111010111100100010 -25—180 
Bridgeport No. 1. 
Ed-Talor lllllOlllUlllllllll 11111011110111001111-35 
UMCThomas lOlllOlllOlllllllllO lllllCOllOllllllUlO— 33 
M A Beers. OlOlllOlllOlllllllll 10011101101111011100-29 
H Sanford Jr OllIOlOlllOllOlllllO 11101111011101110101—29 
J Beers 11000111011110111101 OlOllOlCOllOlllJlOll-27 
V A Blakeslee OlOllllOlOOOUOllOll 00011110110110111111—26-178 
New Haven No. 3. 
Edwards. llllllllllllllllllll lOllllOllllllOllllll 87 
Bassett IIIUIIIOOIIOOIOOIII IIIOIOIIIIOIUIIICIOI -i;9 
Longden llllllOllOCOUllll 1 in010011liiioilOKO-g9 
Haael lOllllOOllOOlllOOOlO llOlOllOailllOUOlO-25 
Treat niOOOlOOlOllOllllOl 101I0110001010I00010-21 
glttler. COOOQOOOCOQOOOOOUOO OlOOOOOnimOlOOOOl-11-163 
THE PROGRAMSIB EVENTS. 
In addition to the team race there were ten events on the pro- 
gramme. All these events were shot off, and also an extra at 10 tar- 
gets, No. 11 in the table below. A straightaway miss and-out, 50 cents 
entrance, brought the shoot to a close. This had eleven entries, the 
results being: Van Dyke and M. A. Beers 6, Parker and Coates 5, Hull 
4, Edwards and Jordan 3, (Jaines and Videon 1, Co wee and Claridge 0. 
The conditions of this race were all straightaway birds, the shooters 
going back 6ft. at the end of each round until they reached the club 
house, which they did at the end of the 4th round, finishingfrom that 
mark, about 24yds. rise from No. 3 ti-ap. Scores in the programme 
events were: 
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Targets: 
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Jordan 10 
Rennison, 
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Chicag'O Trap-Shooters. 
CICERO GUN CLUB. 
Oak Park, HI., May 31.— The Cicero Gun Club celebrated Decora- 
tion Day by giving a live-bird and target shoot on its grounds (Des- 
plaines River and Madison street). The birds were a fair lot consid- 
ering the time of the year, and the day was perfect for shooting. 
The sweepstakes were all small, owing to the limited number of 
shooters present; but the enthusiasm was well maintained because of 
the equality of the shooting, and there were many pretty shots scored ' 
at straight away drivers and quick-turning birds. The targets wex"e a 
hard lot, as the elec trie pull was in splendid shape and threw them 
very swift, and the scores were generally disappointing. The first 
two events were field shooting (we called it jicksnipe), the shooter 
being 20ft. in front of the traps, walking parallel with the row of traps 
with the gun over his shoulder. The programme of events, with 
results, is as follows: 
No. i, 20 targets, jacksnipe, unknown traps and angles, enti'ance 50 
cents: Lowrey 13, Von Platen 10, Barnard 9. 
No. 2, 10 targets, jacksnlpe, same, entrance 25 cents: Von Platen 5, 
Barnard 5, Lowrey 8, Weber 9. 
No. 3, 5 live birds, entrance $2, two moneys: Barnard 3, Weber 3, 
Von Platen 1. Lowrey 3. Tie shot off: Barnard 2, Weber 2, Lowrey 2. 
No. 4, 5 live birds, entrance $i, two moneys: Barnard 3, Weber 4, 
Von Platen 2, Knott 8, Lowrey 3, Dr. Mathews 4. 
No. 5, same: Knott 5, Barnard 4, Dr. Mathews 4, Weber 3. 
No. 6, 7 live birds, entrance 82, two moneys: Knott 7, Heal 7, Bar- 
nard 6, Dr. Mathews 4, Weber 3. 
No. 7, 7 live birds, same; Knott 5, Barnard 7, Halligan 3, Stickles 6, 
Noal 6, Weber 5. 
No. 8, IB targets, known traps, unknown angles, sweep, 50 cents: 
Knott 11, Von Platen 9, Weber 5, Neal 11, Lowrey 10. 
No. 9, 10 live birds, entrance $3 50, three moneys: 
Barnhrd .........2301.01130-7 Neal ,...2tll02a2-33— 9 
Knott 2222l32!:3-9 Stickles 2121230.i20— 8 
Beling 2010111223-8 Weber..,.....,...,„..,.llllC»2«20-6 
Steiger 0222100^00— 6 Halligan. .... .'.1032112111—9 
No, 10, 15 targets, known traps, unknown angles, sweep 50 cents: 
Steiger 9, Richards 11, Halligan 11, Lowrey 10, Neal 10. 
No 11, 15 targets same: Neal 10, Lowrey 11, Richards 10, Halligan 
10, Steiger 8. 
No. 12, 15 targets, same: Behng 5, Halligan 5, Steiger 4, Neal 12, 
Cutler 10, Richards 6, Long 2, Lowrey 8, Knott 3. 
No. 13, IB targets, same: Halligan 8, Beling 4, Weber 4, Richards 10, 
Steiger 8, Neal 13, Cutter 8, Long 5. 
No. 14, 5 live birds entrance $3, one money: Cutler 3, Barnard 6, 
Neal 0, Richards 3, Halligan 4, Liodley 1. , Cicebo. 
Dedham Sportsman's Club. 
Boston, Mass., May 31.— The Dedham Sportsman's Club held an 
all-day shoot to-day. Tne attendance was light owing to the threat- 
ening weather, it being showery nearly all day. In the following 
scores it will be noticed that some excellent shooting was done by 
both Mr. Cole and Mr. Leverett, theformtr having seven clean scores 
to his credit and the latter five. There were l,5i0 bluerocks thrown, 
out of whi 'h the members managed to secure eighteen clean scores. 
All events were at 10 targets each; 
Events: 1 2 S 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 
Smith 7 9 7 7 9 9 
Cole 10 10 8 10 8 8 
Leverett..., 7 5 5 7 6 7 
Gordon. 6 8 7 7 9 S 
Brown....,, 9 6 4 7 8 9 6 
Blinn... 7 5 7 7 6 8 
Miskay..,.. 6 ,. 10 9 8 7 
Horace 6 8 8 8 6 7 
9 9 10 7 10 6 10 6 
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No. 19, same: Smith 6, Cole 9, Leverett 8, Brown 5, Blirm 7, Denni- 
son 7. ' 
No. 20, same: Cole 10, Smith 8, Leverett 8, Blinn 6, Dennison 6. 
No. 21, same: Smith 8, Leverett 9, Dennison 7. 
No. 33, same: Smith 7, Leverett 8, Dennison 3. 
No. 23, same: Smith 7, Leverett 10, Dennison 5. 
Nos. 1, 4, e, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20 and 23 regular angles; Nos. 2, 5, 10, 12, 
14, 17, 19 and 21 unknown angles; Nos. 8, 7, 15 and 23 reverse angles. 
Ros. 
Omaha Gun Club. 
Omaha, Neb., May S9 —Below find scores made to-day at the regular 
weekly club shoot of the Omaha Gun Club. Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Day, 
of Duluth, were guests o£ the club: 
Learned... 11100111011101011101— 14 
Mont- 
morency 10101000101111111111—14 
Carmlcha'lllllllllOlllllOlOlll— 17 
Brucker. . .11111101011011011011—15 
Bates 01011101110111111111—16 
Peters 01100101111101010101—13 
Hughes . . .11101111111111111011—18 
Kenyon.. . .01110010111111111111—16 
Whitner... 10101111001011011010— 12 
McFarl'inellOOllOlOIlOlOlOllll— 13 
AckermanllOOllOHlCOllllllU— 15 
Townsend.lOOlllllllllllOlOUO— 15 
Read 11111111100110 110111—16 
Krug 11110111101110011111—16 
Dickey. . . .11110111011011111111 -17 
Mrs Day ..11111101111011101111—17 
Dr D HDayllllOUlOlllOlllllOl— 16 
W". D. Kenton, Sec'y. 
ll7orth Dakota State Sportsmen's Association. 
Chicago, III., June 5.— The third annual tournament of the North 
Dakota StateSportsmen's Association will beheld at Fargo June 16-17, 
an excellent programme being offered by the managers, Messrs. C. E. 
Robbing, W. W. Smith and H. E. Magill. The convention will be held 
the evening of June 16. The magautrap and bluerocks will be used 
under A. S. A, rules. North Dakota has a State gold badge for the 
target championship at 50 bluerooks, $3, winuer to take 60 per cent, 
of nest year's eotraace moeey. E, Hough. 
1S06 BevoB SuitoiHO, 
Portsmouth Gun Club. 
PORTSMOOTH, N. H., May 31.— The members of the Portsmouth Guii 
Club held an all-day shoot at their grounds to day. They had as 
guests four members each of the Haverhill (.Mass ) and Exeter clubs. 
The Somersworth Club also intended to participate, but the stormy 
weather prevented. Notwithstanding the rain excellent sport was en- 
joyed and some good scores resulted. Dinner was served in the club 
house, and a fine menu was prepared by the steward, assisted by the 1 
ladies of the club, ' 
The day's scores resulted as below, President Newick, of the Ports- 
mouth Club, shooting with the Exeter men in the team shoot. The 
out-of-town guests expressed themselves as much pleased with the 
manner in which they were entertained by the local club. All events 
were at known traps, unknown angles, five traps, six men up, walk- 
around. The division of sweepstakes was under the Rose system, 
which proved very satisfactory. 
The team race resulted as follows: I 
Exeter— Newick 11, Colton 8, Bickford 11, Langley 14-44. 
Haverhill -Laighton 14, Miller 9, Blake 9, I^ambert 10-42, 
Portsmouth— Frizzell 13, W. I. Philbrick 10, H. E. Philbrick 9, Noone 
10-42. 
Sweepstake scores are given below in tabulated form : 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ifl 
1^1 
Targets: 10 
Miller 5 
Frizzell 5 
Lalgnton 4 
Colton 8 
Lambert 7 
H Philbrick 7 
Blake 5 
Brown 1 
Dow , 4 
W I Philbrick 5 
Newick 8 
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Langley 
Roper. 
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Pitman 3 
J Weston 
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Ko notice taken of anonymous communication ■ 
T. S , Philadelphia, Pa.— Please give me the names of bass fishing 
grounds near New York. Ans. J. E. Waterstone, Greenwood Lake, 
N. Y. ; Bradford Weeks, Milton, N. J. I 
P. McC, Yonkers.— Please state in your next isSue if a bullet any ] 
size fired from a rifle straight up in the air has got the same velocity ' 
when it strikes the ground as it had when it left the muzzle of the 
rifle from which it was fired. Ans. No. The resistance of the air re- 
duces the velociiy, so that it is considerably less at the;moment o'f Im- ' 
pact than at the time of tiriug. ' 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Three Great Conventions. 
The Young Peoples' Society of Christian Endeavor meets at San. 
Francisco, Cal,, July 7-13. 
National Educational Association at Milwaukee, Wis., July 6-9. 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks at Minneapolis, Minn,, 
July(i-.9. 
These are all National conventions, and delegates and others inter- ; 
ested should bear in mind that the best route to each convention city 
from Chicago is via the Chicago, Milwaukee* St. Paid Railway. Two 
trains daily via Omaha to San Francisco; seven through trains daily 
via four different routes Cbicago to Minneapolis; six daily trains Chi- 
cago to Milwaukee. Choice of i-outes to California, going via Omaha 
or Kansas City, returning via St. Paul and Minneapolis. Through 
trains vestibuled and electric lighted. All train.s run on absolute 
block system. Low excursion rates to each convention.' Ticket , 
agents everywhere sell tickets over the (Chicago, Milwaukee & St. \ 
Paul Railway, or address Geo. H. Heaffiord, General Passenger Agent, 'i 
Chicago, Adv. 
A Vacation Trip to the Tennessee Centennial 
and the Mountains of Western 
North Carolina. 
Where can you go for a short vacation and have a more delightful 
time than to make a trip to the Tennessee Centennial Exposition at 
Nashville? The round trip rate, by rail from New fork, is only 
825.30, good for ten days. Tne Pennsylvania and Southern Railway 
operate a through line of Pullman drawing-room and sleeping cars, 
leaving New York daily at 4-30 P. M The route is through the "Land 
of the Sky," Asheville, N. C— a more delightful spot on earth cannot 
be found. Stop over and visit the Vanderbllt estate and numerous 
other attractive points of interest. Write to the New York ofBee. 871 
Broadway, New York, for information. Copies of illustrated pam- 
phlet of summer homes and resorts mailed upon application, enclos- 
ing 2 cents.— Adv. 
President McKinley's Trip South. 
THROUGH "THE LAND OF THE SKY." 
The President and party will leave for Nashville, Tenn., on June 7, 
to visit the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. On his return he will 
stop over at Asheville, N C, in "Tne Land of the Sky," for a day or 
two. This point is located directly on the line of the Southern Kail- 
way, the popular route between New York and Nashville. The pro- 
gramme of entertainment at that point has not yet been announced, 
but arrangements have been made at the Battery Park Hotel for his 
party; also, he will make a visit to the famous Bil more estate. 
There are numerous points of interest around the city w hich w ill 
make his stay in "The Land of the Sky" pleasant.— ^dv. 
Pantasote. 
Pantasote is a new material manufactured by an old company. It 
is adapted for a variety of uses. In one form it is used for upholster- 
ing yacht interiors; in another for making tents. Pantasote mack- 
intosh is light, warm and waterproof, and as it contains no rubber 
and is always soft and pliable, it is particularly adapted for hunting 
coats. Gun cases are also made from pantasote, wnlch do not rust 
the gun as do those made from rubber composition. In its heavier 
form pantasote resembles leather, and is used as a substitute for it, 
while in its lighter form it is more nearly like canvas in appearance 
and usefulness. Samples and particulars will be sent to those men- 
tioning Forest and Stream and mclosing stamp. Address, Panta- 
sote Co., 39 Leonard street, New York.— Adv. 
"Among the Ozarkg." 
The Land of Big Red Apples, is an attractive and interesting book, 
handsomely illustrated with views of South Missouri scenery, includ- 
ing the famous Olden fruit farm of 3,000 acres in Howell countj'. It 
pertains 10 fruit raising in tbat great fruit belt of America, the south- 
ern slope of the Ozarks, and will prove of great value, not only to 
fruit-growers, but to every farmer and home-seeker looking for a 
farm and a home. Mailed free. Address J. E. Lockwood, Kansas 
City, Mo.—Adv, 
Mullins's Metal Boats. 
W. H. MuLLiNs, Salem, 0., recently shipped a carload of double - 
ender pleasure craft and "Get There" duck boats tor use on 'he park 
lakes at Denver, Col. Also two "Get There" ducking boats were re- 
cently sent to London, Eng., to a large concern who will use a large 
quantity of them.— Adv. 
John Wood, Jr„ 76 Washington street, Boston, Mass., issues for 
tree distribution & calendar of the fish and game seasons for the New 
England States,— 4d«. 
