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tions in doing^ thorough work on a limited number of 
species rather in doing more or less superficial work 
upon a larger variet\^ 
Din-iiig the past year, owing to tlie failure of the Gov- 
ernment to provide funds for carrying out this work, 
Dr. Fernow rented a testing machine with which to 
cany on his investigations. In the course of his work 
he made the important discovery that a constant math- 
ematical relation exists between the compressive and 
the tensile tests of any species of timber, and that hence- 
forth it will be sufficient to make a laboratory com- 
pressive test, the tensile strength being calculable from 
the data so obtained. Dr. Fernow gives the credit for 
this important discovery to Mr. S. F. Neely, one of his 
assistants. It is needless to say that the cost of oom- 
pleting the investigation of American woods will be 
greatly reduced, and it is to be hoped that Congress, 
encouraged by this fact, will grant the appropriations 
asked foT the coming year's work. — Scientific American. 
Dr. Fernow will be remembered by canoeists as one of 
the old Mohicans, when the club was in its glory; an 
old-time canoe cruiser. This important work could not 
be in better hands, as Dr. Fernow is an expert in for- 
estry. 
New York Y. C 
The annual meeting of the New York Y. C. was held 011 Feb. 
10, Hiili Com. iUorgan in llie cliair. ihe loUawing omcers were 
cectea: Lorn., J. i'ierpont Morgan; v']ce-L.om., i.,ewis L-ass 
J^eayard; ivear-Com., August l>einioui; bee y, J. V. b. Oddie; 
'jlreas., 1^. Vv. J. Hurst; iUeas., jolui JHyslop; r leet Surgeon, mor- 
ns J. Asch, M.Jl). Kegatta i^ornmutee: b. iNichoisou Kane, Ches- 
ler vjnswoid and Irving UnnneiJ. L,omnuttec on iVdmissions: Jid- 
ward JSi. isrown, C uuver iseiin, Lewis Cass Ledyard, vv. isuiier 
JJuncaii, Jr., and James A. Vvnghi. House CommitLee: iarraiu 
ir'ufnani, l.. L. i*. icobmson and i rank jS'l. Cronise. Lmrary Com- 
nmiee: l^ordham Morris, .viuiur H. Clark and ineouore C. 
j;.erega, Coniniuiee on ciuo biations: WiiJiani H. inonias, H. 
Benedict, h'. Augustus Schermerliorn, L. Vaughan Clark, iarrant 
I'umam, i<redeTicK i-*. Sands, Harrison si. j.Vj.ore, John i*. Duncan, 
.\mzi L. JjarDer and E-dward K.. Ladew. 
ihe lollowing new memoers were elected: W. R. Patten, Isaac 
Stern, Albert b. Jtiigeiow, Jtiutler Ames, Samuel i'. -tlouston, iVi. 
i^'. Jl'iant, Alfred h. Isenshaw, josepii K. Campbell, U. S. iN.; 
Ammen Jfarenholdt, \j. b. JS.; charies iVi. bcliott, Jr.; Clarence 
iVi. buscli, Cr. W. Denfeld, C. b. M.; Kobert H. lod, Francis' 
VVyckott JJelktiap, John 1. Thompson, £. Hamilton Burch, David 
Wilcox, Abram uaudouine, John Al. iiichmond, John H. iihodes, 
liaward trime and Walter b. Hoyt. 
The iollowmg memorial was read and it was voted two engrossed 
copies be made, one to be presented to i\irs. Goelet and one to be 
hung in the cuib house: 
Ugden Goelet died on board the Mayflower off Cowes, England, 
on Aug. 27, 1S97. 
Ogden Coelet joined the New York Y. C. in 1880, arid was 
always- conspicuous for his keen sympathy with the traditions of 
the club as well as the active interest that he displayed in all that 
concerned the highest development of yachting. 
For sixteen consecutive years, commencing in 1882, Ogden 
Goelet has presented to the club a cup for schooners and a cup 
for sloops, to be sailed over an ocean course off Newport, R. 1., 
open to A'essels comprising the squadron of the N. Y. Y. C, on 
its annual cruise. 
The races for these cups were of national interest, and their 
possession was eagerly sought in many of the most stirring con- 
tests that are recorded in yachting annals. - , 
Mr. Goelet's engaging personal qualities and Ifis enthusiasm 
for yachting made him one of the most popular and valued mem- 
bers of the club, and this tribute to his memory is an expression 
of the high regard and sincere esteem in which he was held 
by his felJow members of the N. Y. Y. C. 
S. Nicholson Kane, 
Lloyd Phoenix, 
George L. Rives. 
It is known that the annual gift of the Goelet cups will not 
be continued by Mr. Goelet's family, though_ the schooner cup 
given by him last year and not awarded owing to the lack of 
competition, will probably be presented to the club as a challenge 
cup. The tollowing letters offering new cups were read and the 
ofier of Mr. Astor was accepted: 
J. V. S. Oddie, Secretary New York Y. C. : 
Dear Sir — I am told that unless Ogden Goelet left provision 
in his will for continuing the Goelet cups for the Newport races 
they may be discontinued. 
This would be a great pity, and very likely he has provided for 
them.- 
If he has not, however, I should be glad to continue them, 
giving the same kind of prizes, to be called the Astor cups, and 
sailed for at same time and place. 
Please let me know what you think of this, and refer it to the 
committee having charge of the matter. 
I shall be glad to continue the cups during my life, and to make 
provision for the races in my will. Yours very truly, 
T. T. Astor. 
J. V. S. Oddie, Esq., Secretary New \''ork Y. C: 
Dear Sir — In the event Of the non-continuance by a member of 
tlie family of the Goelet cups I desire to offer to the New York 
Y. C. two cups of the same value as those heretofore presented 
by the late Capt. Goelet. * * * 
Should any foreign yachts be in these waters during the time 
of the event I reserve the right to invite the same to compete. 
The commodore and the regatta committee shall liave the same 
privilege. Otherwise the racing rules and time allow-ance of the 
club to govern. - W. GotiLD BrOkaw. 
The date of June 16 was selected for the annual regatta. The 
club now numbers 1,273 members, and 364 yachts are enrolled in 
its fleet. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
One of the small schooners designed by Messrs. Smith and 
Barbey is for Alfred N. Chandler, of the Corinthian Y'. C. of 
Philadelphia. She will be built by A. C. Brown & Son, at Totten- 
ville, Staten Island, her dimensions being: 43ft. l.w.l., 18ft. beam, 
and 4ft. 9in. draft. 
The proposed cruise of the steam yacht Nourmahal to the Med- 
iterranean is abandoned, and on Feb. 13 she sailed from New York 
for Honduras. 
The annual meeting of the New Rochelle Y. C. was held on 
Feb. 7 at the Hotel Slanhattan, New York, the following officers 
being elected: Com., Henry Doscher, cuttei Banshee; Vice-Corn., 
Joseph Fallert, sloop Wani'ta; Rear-Com., E. T. Birdsall, cutter 
Kelpie; Sec'y, O. W. Meyrowitz; Treas., A. W. Cross; Meas., 
?. R. Farrington; Trustees, three years: Wilson Godfrey, Eugene 
F, 
Lambden and Harry J. Meyers; two years: H. H. Todd and 
George W. Fuller; one year: R. M. Hyde, Jr. Law Committee: 
C. E. Kene and J. F. Lambden. Regatta Committee: P. A. 
Meyrowitz, J. C. Lippencott, L. Talbot, J. W. Rough and A. P. 
Weston. The annual regatta will be sailed on Saturday, July 2. 
On Feb. 7 the Staten Island Y. C- held its annual meeting 
at the club house, Stapleton. the following officers being elected: 
Com., Charles F. Hicks; Vice-Corn., E. F. Wiegand; Sec'y, Ed- 
ward S. Seguine; Treas., E. W. Simonson; Meas., Adolph Ran- 
nick; Trustees: C. L. Boswick and Charles Winsch. E. W. Si- 
monson, who has served as treasurer for eight years, received a 
handsomely engraved solid silver loving cup on behalf of his fellow 
inembers. 
the reloading of smokeless powder rifle amtnunition, and we 
therefore make the following general statement: . , , . 
"It has been the common experience of persons usmg reloaded 
smokeless powder cartridges to have a large number of shells so 
reloaded rupture in the gun. Extensive experiments earned on 
bv the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. and by the Ordnance 
Department of the United States Army with shells, guns and 
smokeless powders of nearlv every known manufacture have alike 
failed to find a remedy for this difficulty. Experiment sliows that 
after the first firing with smokeless powder the metal of the shell 
undergoes a slow, but decided, change, the exact nature of which 
the best experts have as yet failed to dctennmc No iminediate 
deterioration attends the shooting of smokeless powder, for by 
reloading and shooting immediately the shells may be .shot many 
times with no sign of rupture. If. however, the fired shells are 
allowed to stand for two or three days, no matter whether they 
are cleaned or uncleaned, wet or dry. loaded or unloaded, the 
result is alwavs the same, namely, the metal liecomcs brittle, and 
rupture of the shells at the next discharge is probable. Various 
proportions and kinds of material used in the manutacture of 
the brass have been tried. The brass has been siibiected to 
physical tests to determine its tensile and crushing strength; 
chemists have examined shells before and after firing to determine 
the exact corrosive effect of the gases of combustion; the products 
of combustion of various powders have been ctirefully analyzed; 
experiments have been made to ascertain if galvanic action is 
responsible for the brittleness; but all to no avail. Experiments 
show th.at this brittleness is characteristic of all smokeless pow- 
ders, and is in no way due to the material used in the shells, 
process of manufacture" or kind of gun used. No manufacturers 
of rifle ammunition are to-day able to successfully and satisfac- 
torily produce a smokeless powder shell suitable for reloading, 
and for this reason the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. cautions 
its patrons against the reloading of smokeless powder rifle ammu- 
nition, and wishes to do its utmost to discourage this practice. 
"In confirmation of the above statements, we quote from Lieut-- 
Col. J. P. Farley, commander of the Frankford Arsenal, in his 
report to the Chief of Ordnance, U. S. A., under date of June 
19. 1R96 (Report of the Chief of Ordnance. 1.S96, p. So), in which 
he says: * * « 'That the newly discovered defect of brittleness 
in fired .SOcal. cases is confined to no special metals or modes of 
manufacture, but is liable to develop in any case that has been 
fired and allowed thereafter a period of rest.' 
■'Under dale of Sept. 21, ISflfi, Lieut. L. M. Fuller, of the Ord- 
nance Department, V. S. A., reports to the commander of the 
Frankford Arsenal (Report of the Chief of Ordnance, 189(i, p. 85) : 
'From' the very extensive experiments made at this arsenal it is 
evident that no cases manufactured up to the present date are 
fit for reloading as ball cartridges. It is even a question as to 
whether it is advisable to reload as blanks the fired cases manu- 
factured up to the present date, for while several thousand have 
been so reloaded as blanks, it must be expected by the depart- 
ment that from 3 to 5 per cent, of these will split in the body of 
the case.' , . , , , 
"Again, Lieut.-Col. J. P. Farley, commander of the Frankford 
Arsenal, in his report of Sept. 24. 1896, to the Chief of Ordnance, 
U. S. A. (Report of the Chief of Ordnance, 1896, p. 85), says: 
'The employment of our product up to date for reloading as ball 
cartridges is shown bv the within report to be out of the ques- 
tion. Therefore it is that I respectfully recommend that no 
cartridge cases manufactured up to the present date be used for 
reloading as ball cartridges, and that only the best selected be 
employed for blank cartridges.' 
"The construction of all Winchester guns is such that a rup- 
tured shell can in no way injure either the shooter or the gun. 
"Winchester Repeating .'Vrms Co.. 
"New Haven, Conn., U. S. A." 
Zettler Rifle Club, 
New York, Feb. 14. — The shooting progr.amme of the annual 
gallery prize shoot under the auspices of the Zettler Rifle Club. 
219 Bowery, New York, beginning Feb. 20 and ending on Feb. 22, 
provides two events, both open to all comers. The first will be 
on the 25-ring target. Any .22 short cartridge allowed. Tickets 
of three shots, thirty five cents. Tickets unlimited, but only 
one prize obtainable by one shooter. There are eighteen 
prizes, ranging from $25 to $2. A premium of $3 will 
be given for the five best tickets; $2 for the three best. The 
second event is the bull's-eye target. Three shots, 50 cents, on 
4in. bull's-eye. Entries unlimited, but only one prize by one 
shooter. Best single shot to count bj' measurement. There are 
tw^elve prizes, ranging from $15 to .$1. For the most points, $3; 
second most points, $2. The committee are Reinliold Busse, 
chairman; PL Plolges, L. P. Plansen, C. Zettler, Jr., W. A. 
Hicks, Gus Nowak. secretary; B. Zettler, shooting master. 
Leading dealers in spoHsmeii's mj^pUes have advertised 
in our columns continuously for almost a quarter century. 
Nhro Powder in Rifles. 
New Haven, Conn. — Editor Forest and Stream: We think you 
will find our little circular in regard to reloading smokeless 
powder rifle cartridges interesting, and trust that you may deem 
It worthy of publication. As you will note, this information is 
based upon reports of the United States Ordnance, and can be 
relied upon: . , , , . . 
"We are constantly in receipt of letters of inquiry regarding 
If yoti want yotjr shoot to be announced here send in 
notice like the following: 
Fixtures* 
Feb. 15-19. — Hot Springs, Ark. — Second annual midwinter tour- 
nament. First four days, targets; last day. live birds. $1,100 added 
money. Programmes ready Jan. 15. Send your address for one to 
Jno. J. Sumpter, Jr., Box 111, Hot Springs, Ark. 
Feb. 17. — Lyndhurst, N. J. — Open sweepstake at live birds on 
the grounds of the Lyndhurst Shooting Association; 25 birds, $10 
entrance, birds extra. Take Erie to Rutherford, or the D., L. «& 
W. to Lyndhurst. T. W. Morfey, Sec'y. 
Feb. 18-20.— Davenport, la. — Merchandise tournament of the 
West End Gun Club. L. Haneman, Sec'y. 
Feb. 20-22. — Tucson, Ariz. — Fifth annual tournament of the Ari- 
zona State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Blue Rock Gun Club, of lucson. 
Feb. 22. — Atchison, Kan. — Tournament of the Atchison Gun Club. 
Live birds and targets. 
Feb. 22. — Buffalo, N. Y'. — Invitation target shoot of tlie Bison 
Gun Club. 
Feb. 22.— Sistersville, W. Va.— Tournament of the Sistersville Rod 
and Gun Club. 
Feb. 22. — Pawling, N. Y. — Tournament of the Pawling Gun Club. 
Feb. 22. — New Haven, Conn. — Tournament of the New Haven 
Gun Club; targets. W. H. Hazel, Sec'y. 
Feb. 22.— Worcester, Mass. — Tournament of the Worcester 
Sportsmen's Club at North Pond Shooting Park; targets. V. D. 
Kenerson, Sec'y. 
Feb. 22.— Bound Brook, N. J. — Opening shoot of the Bound 
Brook Gtin Club. Live birds. 
Feb. 22-23. — Lexington, Ky. — Tournament of the Lexington Gun 
Club; targets, crows and pigeons. V. K. Dodge, Sec'y. 
Feb. 22-23. — Buffalo, N. Y.— Second annual midwinter tourna- 
ment at Audubon Park, under the management of E. W. Garbe. 
Targets. $50 added. 
Feb. 22-23. — Henry, 111. — Tournament of the Henry Live Bird 
Club at the Big Four Driving Park. Targets and Jive birds. 
March S-10.— St. Thomas, Ont.— Tournament of the St. Thomas 
Gun Club. Targets and live birds. Added money, and an in- 
ternational live-bird trophy. Under the management of Jack 
Parker. 
March 15-18.— Utica, N. Y.— Tournament of the Oneida County 
Sportsmen's Association. Live birds and targets. Open to all, 
Henry L. Gates, Pres. , ^ , ^ , . 
March 22-23. — Stanhope, la.— Central Iowa shooting tournament, 
for amateurs only. Gold medal representing Iowa championship. 
Manufacturers' agents allowed to shoot for price of targets and 
March 22-24.— Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.— Interstate As- 
sociation's sixth annual Grand American Handicap. 25 birds, $25, 
jjirds extra; $1,500 guaranteed to the three high guns;. $600, $500 and 
$400; all surplus added. 
March 28-30.— Galena, Kans.— Interstate shoot. Two days tar- 
gets; one day live birds; $50 a day added. W. W. Mcllhany, 
Sec'y. 
March 29-April 1. — Reading, Pa.— Annual tournament of the 
Pennsylvania State Sportsmen s Association, under the auspices of 
the Independent Gun Club, of Reading. A. Knauer, Sec'y. 
April 5-8. — Baltimore, Md. — Annual spring tournament of the Bal- 
timore Shooting Association. Geo. L. Harrison, Sec'y-Treas. 
Apiil 7-8.— Platte City. Mo.— Annual spring tournament of the 
Platte City Gun Club. S. Redman, Sec'y. 
.'\pril 7-9.— St. Louis, Mo.— Tournament for amateurs only at 
the Du Pont shooting park, under the management of J. A. 
Corrv. , , , 
April 1,3-15.— Atchison, Kan.— Manufacturers fourth annual tour- 
nament. Added money later. Jack Parker, Manager; Lou Er- 
hardt, Sec'y. 
April 19-22.— Des Moines, la.— Charley Budd's shoot. First three 
days, targets: $350 added. Fourth day, live birds; 25 birds, $25, 
handicap, $50 added. 
April 27-28.— P eru, Ind. — Second annual athateur tournartieni. 
Jack Parker, manager. Address all communications to J. L. 
Head. Peru, Ind. 
May 17-20. , — .—Tournament of the New Jersey State 
biortsmen's Association. T. H. Keller, Sec'y. 
May 18-19.— Crawfordsville, Ind.— Tournament of the Crawfords- 
ville Gun Club. C. E. Lacy, oec'y. 
May 18-20.— Waterloo, la.— Annual tournament of the Waterloo 
Gun Cluh. 
May 24-27. — Ottiaha, Neb. — Twenty-second annual tournament of 
the Nebraska Stat6 Sportsmen's Association, F. S. Parmelee,. 
Sec'v. 
May 30. — Canajoharie, N. Y. — Decoration Day shoot of the Cana- 
joharie Gun Club. Targets. Charles Weeks, Sec'y. 
June 8-9. — Findlav. O. — Annual tournament of the Magautrap 
Gun Club. O. B. Marvin, Sec'y. 
June 8-10.— Parkersburg, W. Va. — Second annual tournament of 
the West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association. Address all 
communications to Ed O. Bower, Sec'y, Sistersville, W. Va. 
June 14-15. — Indianapolis, Ind.— Annual tournament of the In- 
diana Trap-Shooters' League of Indiana, on the grounds of the 
Limited Gun Club. 
June 14-15. — Stillwater, Minn. — Tournament of the Stillwater Gun 
Club. 
June 15-17. — Cleveland, O. — Fifth annual tournament of the 
Cleveland Target Co. Bluerocks thrown free of charge. Profes- 
sionals and manufacturers' agents barred from programme events. 
June 20-24. — Rochester, N. Y. — Annual tournament of the New 
York State Association, under the auspices of the Rochester Rod 
and Gun Club. Live birds and targets. 
Tune 21-23. — Sioux City, la. — Fourth annual amateur tournament 
of" the 000 Gun Club. Three sets of traps. W. F. Duncan, Treas. 
July 19-21. — Palmyra. Mo. — Eighth annual tournament of the 
Missouri Amateur Shooting Association, under the management 
of the Palmyra Gun Club. Targets and live birds. Added money 
announced later. W. N, liates, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
C/u6 secreiaries are imnted to send their scores for publication in 
these columns^ also any news notes they way care to have printed. Ties 
in all events are considered as divided unless o 'henvise reported Mail 
all such matter to Forest a7id Stream Publish htg Company^ 346 Broad- 
way y Neu< York. 
There was quite an excitement down at Rockaway Park, L. I., 
last week. The Cuckoos, as the members of the Rockaway Point 
Rod and Gun Club are called, were, of course, right in it. Two 
detectives and a coroner suddenly appeared at the Cuckoos' club 
house, carefully surrounding it and shutting off all means of 
egress, thus capturing all tlie club members most successfully. 
The "ijrisoners" w-ere informed that they must consider them- 
selves under arrest until the mystery of the human foot, reported 
to have been seen on thS club house ash-heap, had been cleared 
away. The foot was supposed to be a valuable clew to the identity 
of the man whose trtink and portion of one leg had been found 
recently fioating in the East River. Luckily for the captive 
Cuckoos, the mystery was soon cleared up; the human foot 
turned out to be an old bear's paw. an ancient heirloom of the 
Cuckoos that had long outlived any usefulness or any significance 
that its presence at Rockaway Park might have had. Joe Bourke, 
the future citizen of the Klondike region, who was one of the 
captured ones, quickly regained his cheerfulness, and informed 
the coroner that, though every good and loyal Cuckoo was rated 
Al at pulling anybody's leg, as a rule they covered their tracks 
most craftily, while the victims themselves, for their own peace 
of mind, were very seldom heard from. 
On the evening of Jan. 28 ihe Guelph Trap and Game Club, 
of Guelph, Can., held their annual meeting for general business* 
and election of officers for the ensuing year. There was a fair 
attendance of members. The treasurer's report showed the club 
to be in a flourishing condition financially. It was arranged that 
on Good Friday the Hon. President and President s(5ould choose 
sides and shoot a pigeon match, losers to pay for the suppers. 
The followmg is a list of oflicers chosen: Hon. President, His 
Plonor Judge Cliadwick; President, H. H. Cull, Sr.; Vice- 
Presidents, C. yuinn, R. S. Cull; Treasurer, L. Singular; Sec- 
retary, G. Porteous; Executive Committee; C. Quinn, W- G. 
Mitchell, J. Thatcher; Auditors: Geo. Richardson, A. G. Cull; 
Captain, A. G. Cull. 
The Chicago Inter-Ocean has this to say of the great forth- 
coming event in the trap world: "Local trap-shooters are taking 
a great deal of interest in the Grand American Handicap, which 
will be decided at Elkwood, _N. J., March 22 to 25. It is ex- 
pected that upward of 200 entries will be made from the different 
parts 01 the country, ine winner of the first prize will receive a 
purse of $1,200 and the championship trophy. This is the largest 
amount of money ever offered for an affair of this kind. The 
team which will le.ive from Chicago about March 19 be 
known as the Western team, and will comprise shooters from 
points m Illinois outside of the city, and from Wisconsin, Iowa, 
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and Utah. If the 
Western team makes a good showing in the tourney, an effort 
will be made to have the big handicap shoot held in this city 
next year." 
Paul Litzke writes us that: "On Jan. 31, at Joplin, Mo., W. 
G. Sergeant and W. W. Mcllhany shot a matcli for the medal 
representing the championship of southeastern Kansas and south- 
western Missouri, The conditions were 50 targets, unknown an- 
gles. This resulted in a win for Sergeant by 46 to 42. Mcllhany 
challenged him again, and this match was shot on Feb. 7. On 
this occasion Mcllhany won, the score being 44 to 41. Sergeant was 
not satisfied with this, and in turn challenged Mcllhany, and 
further requested that the match take place at once, as he in- 
tended to start for Hot Springs soon. Mcllhany immediately 
shot him another race, winning by a somewhat improved score, 
46 to Sergeant's 43." 
Mr. John L. Lequin, Secretary-Treasurer of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under date of Feb. 11 writes tis as follows: "Mr. Ed- 
ward Banks advises me that he has resigned his position as trap 
editor of the Forest and Stream to take the secretaryship of the 
American E. C. & Schultze Powder Co., Limited, and he asks 
that he be released from membership of the handicapping com- 
mittee for the Grand American Handicap of 1S9S. This Associa- 
tion has accepted his resignation, under the circumstances, and 
we hasten to advise you so, that you may make it public through 
your paper." 
The amateur championship commences on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 
and will last two days. As already announced, the conditions are 
100 birds per man, "$100 entrance. The event this year will be 
brought off on the grounds of the Carteret Ckib, at Garden City, 
L. I. It is hardly necessary to add that George S. McAlpin is 
the favorite: but such was the case last year, yet he suffered a 
comparatively easy defeat at the hands of R. A. Welch, of Phila- 
delphia, who won with a score of 92, a great total under the con- 
ditions. 
On Feb. 11 the Hazelwood Gun Club, of Pittsburg, held a meet- 
ing and elected officers as follows: President, John N. Crossland; 
First Vice-President, John G. Messner; Second Vice-President, 
T. C. Munson:, Secretary-Treasurer, John McNeil; Captain and 
Manager, T. N. Crossland; Shooting Committee, J. G. Wyman, 
J. O'H. Denny, T. C. Munson, J. G. Messner and John Mc- 
'Neil. The club expects to have its new ground in order for the 
monthly shoot, Feb. 17. 
Rolla Heikes and Charley Budd settle their little trouble about 
the Stove-Lid and its ownership next Tuesday, Feb. 22. The scene 
of the struggle will be the same as in the Grimm-Heikea match 
on Jan 1 of the present year, viz., Dayton, O., the home of the 
bald eagle of the Ohio Valley. Quite a lot of the boys who have 
been attending the Hot Springs sho9t will stop off at Dayton 
on their way home and witness the discussion. 
This is the week of the Hot Springs shoot, and from present 
indications it looks as though there was going to be a good at- 
tendance at the Arkansas health resort. 
