Obo. 11, 1897.] 
FOREST AND STREAM^ 
479 
We left New York Nov, 15, and did not return until Dec. 2. During 
all that time we never saw a newsparer of any kind. It was there- 
fore not until Dec. 3 that we read with deep regres of the death of 
our friend John T. Mascroft, of Sutton, Mass., who died on Nov. 18- 
The following clipping from the Worcester, Mass., Spjiof Nov. 19 
gives a brief account of Mi'. Mascroft's career a trap shooter, and 
also shows how deeply imbued he wa;* with the love of dog and gun 
even to the last: "John T. Mascroft, one of the most widely known 
bird and trap-shooters of this vicinity, died at his homft in Sutton 
last night from creeping paralysis, with which he had been afflicted 
for some years. He was a member of the Worcester Sportsmen's 
Club, the Worcester Gun Club, the Worcester Fur CluO and other 
kindred organizations. He was regarded not only as one of the best 
shots in Worcester county, but ^Iso had a high rank among the 
crack shots of the cotmtry. For years he had been a familiar figure 
at gim club shoots and tournaments far and wide. He had met on 
these occasions such well-known men as [Dickey, Gilbert, Van Dyke, 
Upson, Elliott and many others, and he never failed to make a good 
showing. The paralysis which finally closed his life did not seem to 
aflPect his shooting qualities, and he retained his skill with the gun 
until the very last. He was at the North Pond range of the Worces- 
ter Sportsmen's Club the past summer. IMr. Ma'^croft'a legs were 
first affected by the fatal disease, but long after he was unable to 
walk about he continued his favorite sport of bird shooting by driv- 
ing about the country in his carriage. A year ago this fall he shot 
eleven partridges in this way. the birds having first been flushed by 
his dog from the roadside. He had one of the finest private collec- 
tions of guns in this vicinity. Some eight or ten years ago Mr. Mas- 
croft cau.sed a sensation m this vicinity by winning a $30,000 cash 
prize in the Louisiana lottery, and a little later was lucky enough to 
win $1,900 more. Unlike many men who suddenly acquire money, 
be did not lose his head, but on the other hand made good use of it 
With a portion he bought a place in Sutton, where ho has since lived 
in comfort. He also bought a cottage at Falmoutb Heights, where 
he spent several summers, and was at one time postmaster of the 
place. The balance of his money was safely inrested, in a way that 
gave him a comfortable living. Mr. Mascroft was fifty-eight years of 
age, and had lived in Sutton many years," 
In the interuniversity trap-shooting contest held at Travers' Island, 
the home of the New York Athletic Club, on Saturday last. Dec. 4, 
Princeton defeated Yale by a somewhat small margin. There is, 
however, considerable feeling between the rival teams, not on ac- 
count of Yale's defeat, but due rather to a peculiar train of circum- 
stances that led Yale to understand that her rival could not get a 
team together, and would forfeit the trophy. When Mr. George S. 
McAlpin, Yale's coach, was assured almost up to the last minute, on 
what was supposed to be the best authority, that Princeton could not 
get a team together, while all the time the orange and black repre- 
sentatives were practicing at the Travers' Island traps, it looks as if 
a very serious error had been made somewhere. In speaking to Mr. Mc- 
Alpin on this point, he assured us most earnestly that he held his in- 
formant absolutely clear from all blame in the matter. As it was, 
Yale went to the traps for the match with practically no practice 
whatever. There is another curious feature about this contest. The 
conditions, as we were told, called for 6) targets per man,'imknown 
angles, A. S. A. rules to govern. How, in the name of all that is 
learned, could such conditions be interpreted (o read: "One man up, 
three unknown traps, knf^wn angles"? Yet such were the conditions 
under which the match was shotl 
The Lakeside Rod and Gun Club, of Burlington, Vt., held a success" 
ful shoot on Thanksgiving Day. Several of the prizps were chickens' 
etc. Prior to the above date the Burlington Free Press had made a 
note of the proposed shoot Mr Geo, H. Waldron, the president of 
the Vermont Humane Society, happened to have his attention called 
to the advertisement, and wrote the club on Nov. iO that it would 
render itself liable to prosecution if it held the shoot, and that he 
should see to it that all virilators of the law were punished, closing 
with the words: "A word to the wise is .sufBcient " The club imme- 
diately wrote Mr. Waldron, invuipg him to be its guest on that date, 
m order that he might see for him.self that, in shooiiugat bluerocks 
for prizes in the shape of chickens, none of the members of the club 
were violating the law relating to cruelty to animals. Secretary 
Denning, of the Lakeside Bod and Gun Club, tells us that the invita- 
tion was not accepted. Privately, friend Denning, the following 
clause taken from your announcement of the shoot is a little puzzlin?, 
particularly if the reader thereof is a layman: "Shooting for 
chickens from straightaway or angle traps or targets, as shooters 
may choose." 
On Thursday of next week, Djc 16, the Brooklyn Gun Cluh hopes 
to be favored with the best of weather for trap shooting. The abo^e 
date has been set apart for some wf<eks as the day on which the club 
will hold a field day on its grounds, Enfield street and Liberty avenue, 
Brooklyn, N Y. The grounds are very accessible, being within Ave 
minutes' walk of the terminus of the Kings County Elevated Rosd. 
The programme will be commenced promptly at 10 A. M. The club 
will have a lunch and cigars on hand, both to be dispensed free of 
charge. Programmes will be sent out this week; any person not re- 
ceiving the same, and who is anxious to attend, fan obtain a copy of 
the schedule of events by applying to John Wright, care of Von 
Lengerke & Detmoid, 318 Broadway, New York city. Some valuable 
silver trophies will be contested for, each of the trophy contests 
being a handiiap affair. Every shooter will know his handicap 
before commencing to shoot. 
Noel E. Money, secretary of the American E. C. & Schultze Powder 
Co., is having some good shootiner during his well-earned vacation in 
England. In a personal letter to us, dated Nov 20, he writes; "I have 
been having some very good shooting in Suffolk. At Henham Hall, 
last week, we killed about 500 pheasants the flr.at day, 900 the second 
day, and 1,300 the third day; the above figures are for pheasants 
only, and do not include the partridges, hares, rabbits and, other 
game killed on the three days. To morrow I go to Shropshire for a 
week's shooting, and then the next week back to Suft'jlk again; 
after that to Melton Mowbray for a fortnight's hunting." Oc all the 
sport that Mr. Money is likely to have, or to have had during his 
trip, we envy him most that two weeks' fox-hunting around Melton 
Mowbray. 
The Hamilton (Can.) Gun Club has decided to divide up the $1,000 
guaranteed to be divided at its tournament, Jan. 18-80, in the follow- 
ing manner: $100 guaranteed in a 10-bird race, $5 entrance, birds ex- 
tra 40, 30, 30 and 10; 8600 guaranteed in a 20-bird event, 815 entrance, 
birds included, fourteen prizes, $125 to the high gun; 8100 guaranteed 
in a 10-bird race under precisely the same conditions as the first race; 
$200 guaranteed in four $50 purses in target events. Sweepstakes 
will be run off ad m^niium. Live-bird events will be all high guns. 
Target events, with but few exceptions, will be class shooting, with 
the experts handicapped as at the New York State shoot at Buffalo, 
1886. (This handicap means that experts must get into first or 
second money or be out of a place.) 
A special from our Chicago corre.spondent, which appearel in our 
issue of Dec. 4, gave the names of the Chicago team for the intercicy 
match. Since the publication of those names, Kansas City seems to 
be the' favorite in this city, although it t'? recogmzei that the Mis- 
sourians will have no walkover. According to the dispatch men- 
tioned above, the Chicago team wUl be W. R. Morgan, Dr. H. H. 
Frothingham, George Roll, L. E. Williard, W. P. Mussey, w. w Mc- 
Farlan E. Bingham, J. A. Ruble, O. von Lengerke, Ur. W. F. Carver. 
Alternates will be 0. E. Felton, R. B. Organ, M. J. Etch, Aboer Price, 
Dr 8 Shaw, T. P. Hicks, F, H. Lord, Geo. Franklin, C. B. Dicks, 
Henry Ehlers, Geo. Klelnman. 
Mr. C. McL. Clark, of St. Louis, Mo., is spending a few days in this 
city prior to leaving on Saturday next, Dec. 11, for an extended trip 
on the continent of Europe. Mr. Clark is an enthusiastic target shot, 
and was one of the six who braved the disagreeable weather on Sat. 
urday last, Dec. 4, for the sake of breaking a few targets on the 
grounds of the Boiling Springs Gun Club, at Rutherford, N. J. In 
speaking of the recent tournament of the St. Louis Trap-Shooters' 
League Mr (3lark seemed somewhat disappointed at the small num- 
ber of entries obtained ouiside of "the regulars." 
John J. Hallowell, otherwise U. M. C, Jr., left this city on Friday 
evening last, en route for Chicago ahd her great week of pigeon 
matches. Before returning Eist he will take in the Limited Gun 
Qlub's shoot at Indianapolis. It may be of interest to note that ne 
has sent on some "sparrow loads" of U. M. C. factory -loaded ammu- 
nition Hallowell was one of the three straights in the 20 bird race 
on the ground.' of the Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, on 
Thanksgiving Day. There were twenty starters in that event. 
J D Gay, of Pine Grove, Ky , has once more taken the Kentucky 
Futurity under his care. Last year he won this event with a score of 
49 out of 50 Uve birds; this year he won with a total of 48 out of 50. 
He lost his 9th and 10th birds, finishing with 40 straight. Bland Bal- 
lard and Harris were close afier him with 47 each; and, curiously 
enough Ballard also finished with a run of 40 straight, losmg his 1st, 
Sd and 10th birds Harris lost his 2d, 4th and S9th birds. Mr. Gay 
used a Parker gun, 3i.^-]rs. Hazard Blue Ribbon In a 3}4in, Leader 
shell. Winchester factory-loaded .ammunition. 
On Friday last we saw a letter written by Mrs. Neaf Apgar, in 
-which she stated that Neaf was getting along splendidly. In fact, so 
rapidly was he convalesciug that the trained nurse was shortly to 
be dispensed with. Later reports tell of Apgar's continued improve- 
ment, and it is now only a question of time as to when he will be up 
and about agaui with both feet. 
Ferd Van Dyke has been so closely "chained to business" in the 
New York store of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. that many of 
the trap-shooters of this section fancied he was somewhere out in 
the woods, filling ruffed grouse and cottotitalls with lead pumped 
from one of his company's new "brush guns." Ferd promises to be on 
hand at Hackensack, N. J., Wednesday of this week, Dec. 8, to make 
things interesting for those who shoot for the Recreation cup on that 
date. 
The annual meeting of the Interstate Association will be held Dec. 
16, at Oakland, N. J. The election of officers for 1898, the plans for 
next season, the report of the manager, etc , will be the business be- 
fore the members on the above date. It would be as well if clubs 
which contemplate holding shoots under the auspices of this Associ- 
ation would make a note of the above, and forward their applica- 
tions at once to Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, manager, IS^D'amond Market, 
Pittsbiarg, Pa. 
The geese, brant and other feathered visitors to Pamlico Sound 
during the past three weeks or so know a thing or two. They early 
recognized the fact that we were on hand and ready to do biisiness. 
Taking advantage of a series of exceedingly low tides, they took up 
their abode on sandbars miles long, and discussed our good looks 
with honks, purrs and various other musical notes. We left enough 
for seed. ' 
Tom Keller is spending this week in Chicago. He is probably talk- 
ing Peters 'a cartridges and King's Smokeless whenever he finds time 
to get in a word edgeways during the shooting carnival at Watson's 
Park. Thus is one more attraction added to the already large list 
prepared for the delectation of the Kansas City delegation. 
During the first week of January next the Newburgh shooters are 
going to hold a two days' tournament at Fine Point, Orange Lake, 
near Newburgh, with the intention of tendering the receipts from the 
same as a testimonial to Neaf Apgar. The first day of the shoot will 
be devoted to targets, the second to live birds. If, as is more than 
likely, the ice on Orange Lake is in condition, the members of the 
Orange Lake Ice Boat Club will give the visitors some ice boating. 
Full particulars of the shoot will be announced later. 
JOHN" T. MASCROFT. 
The Empire Gun Club was organized at Lacona, Oswego county 
N. Y.,on Nov. 27 last. The following officers were elected: Presi- 
dent, H. F. Baker; Vice President, Virgil P. Corse; Secretary, Tad 
W. Harding; Treasurer, Walter A. Barlow; Directors, J. J, O'Connor 
and Gifford L. Hadley; Captain, W. E. Deremo. 
In a postscript fo his letter, which appears elsewhere in these col- 
umns, Mr. J. Q. Walton, secretary of the Sherbrooke (P. Q,, Can.) 
Gun Club, says: "Broke some 3,000 targets among ourselves on 
Thanksgiving Day and had a good time, Craig was high gun with 78 
per cent." 
We learn that Fred . Knopf, for some years manager of the shooting 
grounds at the Larchmont Yacht Club, has taken charge of the new 
groimds of the Carteret Club at Garden City, L. I. As Mr. Knopf 
was a success at Larchmont, he ought to be able to make his mark 
now that he has a much wider field in which to work. 
As usual, Paul R. Litzke, who has so ably represented Forest and 
Stream at most of the more important shoots in the South during 
the past few years, sent us last week a readable and comprehen- 
sive report of the shoot of the St. Louis Trap-Shooters' Leaeue 
Nov. 23-25. ° e"'=. 
Harold Money, the youngest son of Capt. A. W. Money, is now 
located permanently at Oakland, N. J., in the chemistry department 
of the American E. C. & Schultze Powder Co., Ltd. 
The Pike's Peak Gun Club, of Colorado Springs, Colo., will hold an 
all day shoot on Jan. 1. The club will add 8100 to the purses. 
Dec. 7. ' Edward Banks. 
John T. Mascrofti 
In our column of Drivers and Twisters in this issue we give an ex- 
tract from the Worcester, Mass., of Nov. 19, that tells of the 
death of Mr. John T, Mascroft, of Sutton, Mass. Below we give a 
portrait of Mr Mascroft in shooting costume, ready to step to the 
score and call "PuU." The many himdreds of his friends, who are 
readers of Forest anb Stream, will readily concede how true to life a 
photograph can be. 
In our issue of April 24 last, we gave in Drivers and Twisters a 
brief extract from a letter then just received from Mr. Mascroft, in 
which he said that he hoped to be at the Newburgh spring tourna- 
ment, "but not to shoot," There was, however, one portion of the 
letter which we did not make public at the time; it ran thus: "I feel 
that my shooting days are cer, but I do not like to think about it; so 
I go into my little room and load some .shells, and then I don't think 
so much." No words could tell more plainly how deep-rooted was 
his love for a gun. 
To what has been written above, and also to what appears in 
Drivers and Twisters, we can add nothing, save to say that Mr. Mas- 
croft's death has removed from the field of trap-shooting one of ihe 
truest sportsmen it has ever acknowledged. He shot simply for the 
pleasure of shooting, and was grateful for the chances it afforded hi g 
of making new acquaintances and renewing old ones of a spirit akin 
to his own. 
Missouri and Kaasas Notes. 
AT jOPLKi. 
LiTTLB Rocit, Ark.) Dec 2. -At Joplin, Mo., Nov. 33, W. E. Morgan , 
of that city, successfully defended the Sonthwest-Missouri-and- 
Southeast-Kansas live-bird trophy, defeating J. L Horn, of Galena, 
Kan., in a 25-bird race by a score of 32 to 18. Both men had two birds 
fall dead out of bounds, 
W. G. Sergeant then challenged the winner. This contest took 
place on Nov. 30, by which time there were others anxious to have a 
try for the trophy. Instead, therefore, of an individual contest be- 
tween Morgan and Sergeant, it resolved itself into a race of six en- 
tries, all anxious to secure possession of the trophy. The other 
entries were Taylor Cox (the one-arm shooter), of Carl Junction, Mo.; 
Chris. Stienback, of Joplin, and J. L. Horn and Lis. Carney, both of 
Galena, Kan. The contestants were in flue form, as no less than five 
scored 24 out of 25, Carney being the only one to drop out. he scoring 
but 19, It was immediately decided to shoot the tie off at 5 birds, 
Horn rm'ssed his first, Sergeant lost one of his five, while the remain- 
ing three killed their 5 birds straight. This tie was not shot off, it 
being thought best to defer a decision until some future date, 
KANSAS LIVE-BIRD CHAlIPIONSHtP. 
W. W. McTlhany, now of Galena, has chaUenged C. H. Calhoun, of 
Weir City, to shoot a match for the live-bird championship trophy of 
Kansas, now held by him. The latter has accepted, and the match 
will be shot at Weir City, Dec 13. It will be remembered that McII- 
hany held the trophy up to the time of his departure for Arizona last 
February, when he was obliged to relinquish his claims to it Ashe 
is now once more a resident of Kansas, he will endeavor to regain 
possession of it. After Mcllhany surrendered the trophy it was put 
up in open competition, which event took place at Weir City, March 
22. Caihoim proved the winner In this event, and has retained pos- 
session of the emblem ever since, no one seeming to have the nerve to 
endeavor to wrest it from him. 
THANKSGIVtNG DAT AT SALENA. 
On Thanksgiving Day the Galena Gun Club had a very interesting 
little shoot. There were no out-of-town shooters present, but the 
locals turned out in force. There were eight events on the pro- 
gramme, in all of which there were some valuable merchandise 
prizes hung up The seventh event was at 50 targets, for a handsome 
little medal which is subject to challenge, and will in the future most 
likely be conducive of some spirited contests. This resulted in a win 
for Mcllhany on a score of 43; he was immediately challenged by C, 
M. Sumner. 
The principal winners in the various events were Mcllhany, Sumner, 
Leeman, Hoffman, Horn and Carney, There was only one straight 
score made during the day, and that was creditedi to Sumner, who' 
scored 15 in the sixth event. PAttL, R. Litzke 
The Kentucky Futurity. 
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 25.— The Kentucky Futurity was decided to- 
day on the grounds of the Kentucky Gun Club, J. D. Gay, of Pine 
Grove, repeated his performance of 1836 by again carrying off first 
money and trophy without a lie. Last year he won with the great 
total of 49 out of 50; this year he won with a score of only 1 less— an- 
other great feat for this brillinnt shot. He was never very comfort- 
able, however, as he wa.s hard pushed from the 10th round up to the 
very last bird by Bland Bafiard and by Harris, both of whom ran out 
with 47 each. Ballard started in badly, losing his Ist, 3d and 10th 
birds- Harris lost his 2d and 4th and was tied with Gay at the end of 
the 10th round. Gay losing his 9th and 10th birds. From that point 
up to the 29th round they kept the tie unbroken, Ballard being only 1 
in the rear all the time. Then Harris lost his ii9th and Gay was 1 
ahead, with the others 1 behind him. All three killed out straight, 
both Gay and Ballard finishing the match with runs of 40 straight. 
A more close and exciting finish it would be hard to find anywhere. 
Hugens led up to the end of the 27th round, having losD but 1 bird— 
his !;4th. He then lost his 28th, finally going out with 45, a score that 
was tied by Fawcett. Miller, the only other competitor, was low 
man with 43 kills. Below are the scores: 
J D Gay... 2^2^232200223233232222232 -23 
2i223J2222iJ2332222222ii2i2-35— 48 
Ballard, , 020<!aiiia0<!2122I22222iail— 23 
222l2111232iil32232^22n33— 35— 47 
Harris 20ti021 1 123l 2<i2212 1213^223— 23 
122021122112121122<Sii22233— 24-47 
Hugens 12iai222vi21122312313ia303- 24 
1201201232021112223213310-21—45 
Fawcett 22s!0ia221 1032321211230 U3— 23 
032221 2225!032«123222-;222-23-45 
Miller 23li<!202S2212122G2s:0223:il— 22 
0021112120233332021221021—20-42 
Bessemer Defeats Crossland. 
Pittsburg, Pa , Dec. 4.— Below is the score of the Bessemer-Cross- 
land match, which took place to-day on the grounds of the Hazel- 
wood Gun Club. The conditions were: 50 birds per man, $100 a side 
loser to pay for the birds. Bessemer (J. E. England) lost his first 
bird, and then ran 49 straight, winning by 4 birds. W. S. King acted 
as referee. 
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51435541312452583 2 1215231 
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Bessomer 0 22222832222282282232222 8—24 
8545213112443433151553442 
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323823222222223322322832 2-35-49t 
3211241214453345554534155 
Crossland 2 21 12»8321322322222322«2 3-23 
12343354535112384 3 1432253 
' 0 33232323828038038232232 2-22-4S: 
PiTTSBORa. 
Parmelee Defeats Elliott. 
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 2.— Frank Parmelee, of this city, and J. A. R 
Elliott, of Kansas City, Mo„ met here to-day in a race at 100 iive 
birds, f 100 a side. A violent snowstorm was raging, which made the 
work of both men the more remarkable. Elliott was the favorite in 
the betting, but he suffered a severe defeat by the score of 91 to 97. 
This is the third time Parmelee has beaten Elliott. To-day the latter 
was playing in hard luck, losing 5 of his "lost birds" dead out of 
bounds. Tne conditions were 30yds. rise, 50yds, boundary. A, S, A. 
rules. Long runs were: Parmelee, 41 (unfinished) and 43; "Elliott 19' 
18, 14, 13 and 11. Scores: ' ' 
Elliott 3130S2 2221222102231022330—31 
8<i222l2312321222220322222-84 
8232322222222022232222233—34 
032«22332<!23220233222220— 22-91 
Parmelee 2231210i333i;22022;dl222222— 23 
2232223833 1 3223211 2322223-25 
2333232303222332332323233-34 
3283222333323322233222322-S5-97 
Cobweb Gun Club. 
New York, Deo. 8.— Below find scores of Cobweb Gun Club's 
monthly handicap class shoot held to-day at Baychester. The day 
was delightful, but, strange to say, there was a very light attendance 
of members. However, those that did take the journey to the 
grounds enjoyed themselves as well as at any of our monthly shoots. 
The principal feature of the day was the shooting of Gus Grelff' 
who is at present in his best form and hard to beat, as the scores of 
the various events will show. 
The shooting in the handicap resulted in Greiff winning in class A 
and Thompson in class C. 
Handicap. No. 1. No, 8. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No S 
G E Greiff (A- 30) 31-323— 5 21032 0 13 131 ' 
CZorn(A-30) 21012-^ 222.2 81« 20 220 2;322 ima 
W Cashan(A-30) 3«111— 4 22030 212 SO 0 20380 22«22; 
F Kerker (A-30) 00300-1 
E Miller (A-30) 31011—4 11221 0 0 20 
GThomp8on,Jr„(0— 27)00231— 3 
J Elliott C30) 128 • 122 - 
HeikeB Won the Cast-Iron Badge. 
Chicago, III., Dec. 6.— The Heikes-Grimm match for the Cast-lrott 
badge took place at Watson's Park to-day. The weather was cold 
with sleet falling, with the wind blowing toward the .shore. The birds 
were a lively lot, but there were an tmusually large number of incom- 
ers. Heikes shot a great race, winning with yl to Grmim's 87 
Only a few Kansas City men here to date. About twenty -five ara 
expected to arrive on Thursday, and a dozen more on Friday. 
E. HOUGB 
