380 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 1898. 
Pawtaxet Gun Club. 
Representatives from the Providence and Centredale gun clubs 
attended the opening shoot of the Pawtuxet Gun Club, held April 
23, on the club groiuids, Fair street, Pawtuxet. Of the shooters, 
sixteen entered the competition for the Gold Dust cup, which 
was won for the shoot by Samuel F. Wilson, of the Providence 
Gun Club.^ The day was nearly perfect, not a breath of air stirring. 
A little rain fell at the close of the shoot, but not enough to affect 
the scores. 
The event of the day was the first shoot for the Gold Dust 
trophy, offered by the U. S. Smokeless Powder Company. The 
conditions of the contest are peculiar in that tlie cup will "be won 
by the rnan making the longest straight run of breaks in 50. This 
-is advantageous to the poorer shooters, for, as those straiglit runs 
are largelj' attended by luck, it gives them a show against the good 
shooters. 
The cup is open in competition to any member of any organized 
gun club in the State, and the shoots will be continued at intervals 
of two weeks throughout the season. The longest straight run of 
the afternoon was 21, made by Samuel F. Wilson, of the Providence 
Gun Club. As the winner of each contest has the privilege of 
naming the time and place of the next contest it will take place 
Thursday, May 5, on the grounds "of Ihe Providence Gun Club. 
The next highest runs of breaks were made by Armstrong, Greene 
and Root, of the Pawtuxet, and Griffith, of the Centredale Club. 
The highest score, 39, was made by three men, Root and Shel- 
don, of the Pawtuxet Club, and Griffith, of tlie Cetitredale. 
The following is the score by five birds: 
Longest 
Runs. 
S D Greene, Tr 
F Arnold 
E Whitaker .... 
S F Wilson .... 
5 
4 
3 
4 
5 
4 
4 
4 
4 
2—39 
5-39 
10 
3 
4 
4 
2 
5 
4 
4 
4 
4 
3 
5 
5 
3 
4 
4 
4 
4 
2 
3—37 
io 
4 
5 
3 
2 
4 
4 
2 
4 
3 
4—35 
i 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
4 
1 
4 
3—31 
5 
5 
5 
5 
4 
2 
1 
4 
0 
5-36 
2i 
4 
4 
4 
3 
4 
4 
U 
2 
0 
3—34 
2 
3 
3 
5 
4 
3 
4 
5 
5 
3—37 
io 
4 
0 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
3 
4 
4-2S 
4 
3 
4 
3 
*> 
4 
4 
3 
2 
2—32 
4 
3 
5 
5 
4 
4 
4 
2 
2 
4—39 
io 
4 
3 
1 
2 
2 
1 
4 
2 
2 
4—25 
1 
2 
3 
2 
1 
3 
3 
3 
9. 
5—25 
3 
5 
2 
1 
3 
3 
2 
5 
2 
3—28 
1 
1 
3 
2 
1 
3 
2 
* 
..—13 
1 
1 
1 
0 
2 
1 
0 
u 
1 
'2 
3-14 
w 
Repeater 
Charles 
* Withdrew. 
Other minor contests were shot oft' and some good scores were 
mad«. The new niagautrap worked to perfection, for, out of nearly 
2,000 bluerocks shot from it in the course of the afternoon there 
resulted but three breakages from any fault of the trap. After 
the shoot Israel R. Sheldon, the eight-year-old son of the vicc- 
i3resident of the club, William H. Sheldon, and the youngest mem- 
ber of any club in the State, gave an exhibition shoot, in which 
he made a score of 17 out of 20, the targets being thrown by hand, 
16yds. rise. He used a .44ca1. shotgun. Pawtuxet. 
Enterprise Gun Club. 
The first of the two days' shoot, April 22 and 23, at Reynoldton, 
Pa., was not well attended, owing to the threatening weather. In- 
terstate Association rules governed. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 
T Mack 9 11 14 14 . . 12 11 
C Crouch 3 11 11 11 .. .. 
D Hurley 5 9 
F Stephan 7 8 5 12 9 9 
D K Irwin 7 11 11 9 12 11 14 
W Crouch 
Mains • 8 
6 12 
10 8 
Becker 10 
U John 14 
Pills ■ 
8 
9 
10 
15 
10 
10 
11 
7 
13 
10 
i 
7 
3 
'7 
6 
6 
0 
13 
'9 
'9 
is 
*9 
'9 
6 
7 
3 
13 
9 
10 
9 
Carrick - i) 
In the shoot-off of ties in. No. 2 Calhoun won first. Crouch sec- 
ond, Irwin third. 
In No. 3: Calhoun first, Tim Mack second. Uncle John third. 
In No. 4 the winners were Calhoun, Uncle John and Mack. 
In No. 5 the winners were Uncle John, Cochran and Irwin, 
Calhoun failing to duplicate his former score. 
Nos. 9 and 10 were exti'a exents, 75 cents entrance, 50, 30 and 20 
per cent. 
SATURDAY, SECOND DAY. 
The complete programme was finished, notwithstanding the in- 
clement weather. The shooting was good, considering the un- 
favorable conditions. J. F. Calhoim won five of the nine events. 
Events: 1234567S 
Targets: 10 15 15 15. 15 15 15 15 
W Crouch 5 4 6 .. 7 
J P Calhoun 7 14 14 15 "M' 13- 15 15 
T Owens -..10 13 11 13 12 4 13 10 
T Mack 7 13 13 12-14 11 14 
G Watson 
13 13 14 6 12 
D K Irwin 6 11 13 13 12 13 \% 
8 
10 
7 
J E Warn pier 
E V WiUiams 9 ^ 
F SteTjhan , 1 > . . ; . t ; : : 6 
R Knight. 
C Crouch 
Mains 10 U 
Black S 
13 10 13 11 
9 11 11 13 11 .. 
6 11 8 13 12 11 
11 12 15 12 14 11 13 
.. 13 10 9 6 
6 
9 
10 
6 
11 
12 
Bibb 4 
Hurley 
J Christman 11 
In No. 1, Owens first, Williams second, Watson and Wampler 
third. In No. 2 Calhoun first. Mack second, Watson third. 
In No. 3 Calhoun was first. In the shoot-ofi of the ^ 13s 
Crouch and Watson tied on 8: Mack and Irwin on 7. They 
then shot off, miss-and-out. Watson won second, Mack third. 
In No. 4 the winners were Calhoun, Knight and Watson in the 
order named. In No. 5 Watson withdrew,, he and Knight and 
Calhoun being out, not duplicating previous score. Mack, 
Irwin and Owens were the winners. Knight, Calhoun and Irwin 
were the winners in No. 6. 
New Jersey State Sportsmen^s Association. 
Apkil 27. — The follow-ing letter has been sent to the secretary 
of each of the gun clubs comprising the New Jersey State Sports- 
men's Association: 
"Dear Sir — It has been found to be absolutely impossible to hold 
the annual tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen's As- 
sociation on May 17 to 20, the days selected for the shoot. 
"Many causes have combined to prevent the committee in 
pharge from carrying out successfully the plans for a tournament 
worthy of the name of the New Jersey State shoot, at so early 
a date as the third week in May, 
"It has therefore been decided to postpone the shoot to some 
future date yet to be decided upon. With a view to fixing such 
a date, you are requested to send three delegates (as provided in 
Section 1 of Article 3 oE the constitution of the Association) to 
attend a meeting' to be held in the rooms of the Association, No. 
877_Broadway, New York city, on Thursday, June 2, at 2"P, _M. 
"It should hardly be necessary to impress upon yow how vitally 
important it is to the future welfare of trap-shooting in New 
Jersey that there should be a g'ood representation of the leading 
"clubs of the State at the meeting above referred to." 
T. H. Keller, Sec'y. 
Old Reliable Rod and Gun Club. 
Detroit, Mich., April 25. — The club slioot to-day resulted as fol- 
lows : 
Club .shoot: 
O Scott en 1110021201221111211100012—19 
H Growtage 0010111210111012211101101—18 
T E Reeder 2211101112221222022220202—21 
Sweep at 25 birds: 
Scotten 1122210110021022210122001—18 
Growtage 0111222112121222211012211-23 
Reeder' 2002002010022222110022210—15 
M erc! er 10222021 02021122012021122-19 
Sweep, m.iss-and-out : 
Growtage 1212121 Reeder 122210 
Scotten 1323220 Mercier 1220 
Andfoseoggin Gun Club. 
Le,wiston, April 29.— The Androscoggin Gun Club held their 
annual Fast Day tournament April 28. The attendance was very 
good, considering the weather. The wind blew a gale all day 
from the northeast, making the bluerocks dip and duck, keeping 
the scores away down, although there would be a straight pounded 
out once in a while. Events Nos. 2 and 6 were unknown angles. 
No. 4, reverse. No. 8, straightaway. Nos. 9 and 5, pairs. The 
scores : 
Events : 1 2 
Targets: 10 10 
Wakefield 7 6 
L Keyes 6 . . 
Cushman 4 5 
Doten ,- , ,.- 7 7 
Ashley 7 4 
Coey 5 4 
Conners 10 8 
Noble 6 .. 
Barker 7 5 
Fletcher 7 G 
Wills 5 5 
Bickford 8 4 
Chamberlain 4 fi 7 6 
Arris 9 8 6 9 12 .. 19 
Alley 6 .. .. .. .. 3 17 
Moody S 8 
Hackett 5 .. 3 .. .. 6 16 
Lowell 4 .. 3 
Bean 
3 
10 
6 
5 
6 
7 
6 
7 
6 
8 
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
10 15 10 25 10 10 10 
3 8 
5 9 .. 13 .. .. 6 
7 
6 10 7 20 6 5 4 
7 .. 
8 15 
6 .. 
7 .. 
7 .. 
7 19 
.. IS 
2 
Tukey 3 
Francis 
Tavlor 
O "P Keyes 
Cain 
Norton 
Lara 
Parker 
Scribner ... 
Curtis 
Tudkins 
"Gledhill 
Mower 
5 17 
5 15 
10 
'9 
9 
.. 14 .. 
..11 5 
8 23 e 
6 14 10 
4 15 7 
4 16 7 
6 15 8 
.. 9 .. 
.. 8 .. 
.. 10 .. 
Lew Keyes, Sec'y. 
Fort Smftli Gun Club. 
Fort Smith, Ark., April 24. — The regular weekly shoot of the 
Fort Smith Gun Club took place at the Fair grounds Saturday 
evening. Nine members took part and some excellent scores were 
made. The grounds and traps have been much improved and are 
in^the hands of Mr. Tucker, lessee of the Fair grounds. 
Several ladies graced the occasion with their presence. Some of 
the boys shot a little better and some a little worse than usual 
on account of those same ladies. 
Matthews' new Greener seems to just fit him, and he is still 
keeping up his 92 per cent, gait and threatens to "break 'em all" 
from now on. 
Payne bids fair to m.ake it interesting for some of the "old re- 
liables" before the close of the season. 
Echols is a little "off," but is improving, and will soon be on 
top, where he properly belongs by reason, of his all-round good 
shooting and steadiness. 
Boyd is pounding along, at times doing great execution and 
again having a relapse. W'alter is like a great many others. Too 
many guns; too many shells. 
Rosamond lacks practice, not having shot targets for some 
years. He lias been also handicapped by sick headache, but he 
is improving, and will soon be among the top-notchers. 
Ci^eitz is a new man and a beginner, and is learning rapidly. He 
is a bit nervous, like all beginners, but will soon steady down and 
great things are expected of, him. 
Wirsing is the most erratic, jump-up-and-tumble-down shooter 
on the ground. At times he shoots like a house afire and again 
goes into a trance, where even the referee's loud yells of "lost 
bird" cannot avail. He too is afllicted with a new gun. Every- 
one would love to see Will shoot well, for he is one of the inost 
popular men in the club. 
Truschel is shooting with the boys, and is also a new man at 
the traps. He hasn't quite got his Burgess trained as yet, but is 
a fine field shot, and it don't take old field shots long to catch on 
to trap-shooting. All he needs is a little practice. Following is 
the score: 
Matthews 
Leach . . . . 
Payne — 
Echols 
Boyd ... 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
. 50 46 
50 
50 
50 
50 
44 
40 
39 
Av. 
,92 Rosamond 
.88 Creitz 
.80 Wirsing .. 
.78 Truschel ., 
.72 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
. 50 
32 
.64 
. 50 
28 
.56 
26 
.52 
. 40 
19 
.48 
Sodus Rod and Gun Club. 
SoDus, N. Y., April 25. — ^The Sodus Rod and Gun 
second sweepstake shoot on April 23. There wer 
Ten dollars were donated by the club for the three 
ages, $5, ,$3 and $2. Highest average was won by 
second by Lane, third by McCord. The weather 
pleasant. A large crowd was present. The scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Weller 9 13 7 13 12 7 12 12 7 16 
Wavte 10 13 9 11 13 6 14 10 8 1 
Jng'ersol 7 9 1 5 14 8 11 9 9 18 
Lane 10 12 8 15 19 10 13 13 9 20 
Eyer 10 15 10 13 20 10 14 15 10 19 
Austin 9 15 9 11 13 10 12 12 8 19 
Granger 9 11 7 8 10 3 11 13 9 11 
Wride 5 13 9 10 18 
McCord 10 13 10 14 18 
Davis 8 12 7 14 18 
East 9 14 9 12 13 
Hopkins 9 14 7 12 13 
Hunter 9 12 10 12 13 10 13 11 
Borst 8 15 8 9 14 
Fulton 10 12 -.. 
Cosad 8 U 8 6 . . 
Riekman 7 12 6 11 11 
Foley ; 7 14 9 12 16 4 
Wadsworth 6 . . 5 ...... 
Catchpole 9 11 . , 10 
Perkins 10 11 7 7 .. 6 9 .. 6 .. 
Green 3 5 5 6, 
Towler 5 3 
Seaman 10 15 9 13 17 8 12 
Miller 4 5 11 IS 8 9 .. 5 15 
Turner 7 . . 12 7 .. 
^\'^ eeks 4 . . . . 5 
Club held its 
e ten events, 
highest aver- 
L. V. Byer, 
was very un- 
7 13 11 9 12 
8 14 13 10 18 
7 12 12 8 16 
8 13 13 8 18 
6 10 14 5 13 
6 13 
.. .. 5 
14 13 6 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
140 
108 
.7714 
140 
105 
.7500 
140 
91 
.6.500 
140 
129 
.9214 
140 
136 
.9714 
140 
123 
.8785 
140 
92 
.6570 
140 
107 
.7642 
140 
128 
.9142 
140 
114 
.8142 
140 
117 
.8357 
140 
103 
.7357 
140 
109 
.7785 
70 
54 
.7714 
25 
22 
.88;)0 
70 
42 
.6000 
110 
80 
.7272 
80 
62 
.7750 
20 
11 
.6500 
40 
30 
.7500 
85 
56 
.6588 
50 
19 
.3800 
20 
8 
.4000 
95 
84 
.8842 
115 
85 
.7391 
35 
26 
.7428 
20 
9 
.4500 
Englist Sparrow Trapping. 
Me. W. B. Tegetmeier suggests this device for sparrow trap- 
ping: The framework of a large wire coop should be constructed 
at least Gft. long, 4ft. broad and 5ft. high, with a door at one end. 
This may be partially covered at the sides only with light board- 
ing, or the four sides may be constructed, if preferred, entirely of 
sparrow-proof netting. The top, however, should be of a hexagonal 
netting sufficiently large to allow the sparrows to drop through 
as they did in my pigeon aviary. Corn should be freely placed in 
the inside, and the sparrows allowed to avail themselves of it 
for a day or two by leaving the door open. I have no doubt that 
the sparrows would drop through, especiallj' if there were one or 
two others left in the interior flying about on perches, but they 
would be quite unable to find their waj' out again, not being able 
to fly up to and get through the large hexagonal netting at the 
top, and would be easily prevented from scrambling up the sides 
to the top by a narrow ridge of boarding placed in the interior. 
The sparrows caught in this contrivance might be taken' out at 
night, or, if preferred, thes^ might be driven through an opening 
at one end into a cage placed for that purpose. The practical 
utility of this suggestion entirely depends on the ^ fact as _ to 
whether the sparrows can or cannot cling to the horizontal wire- 
work forming the top, and so_ make their way out. The various 
cross battens supporting the wire-work on the top would encourage 
them to settle there' preparatory to making a descent. That they 
will readily drop through the netting to gain entrance I have not 
- the slightest doubt. This coop need not be made with any bot- 
tom, and would be so light that it could be carried about readily 
from one place to another. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
X. Y. Z.,, Uticat N. Y.--She is by DonoVan (14,680) out of 
Thasfiio Cadiz (Thasmo Ned-— Lady Vic). 
Cocker, Philadelphia.— The Br&nt Cocket Kennels,,. Bratttford, 
Ontario, Can., owned him the last we kiiew of him, 
D. E., Kansas City, Mo.— Mr. L. bet Mr. E. that when a man, 
shooting doubles, draws a broken and a whole target, , accepts 
both and shoots at both, the result, whether he loses or breaks 
them, is "No birds." You will oblige me by answering through 
the paper next week which man wins, as I am holding the money 
subject to your answer. Ans. The result is scored accordingly as 
the shooter breaks or misses, the sattle as if the targets were whole. 
IT., Massachusetts.— Have taxidermists a right to collect birds 
spring and summer months for mounting purposes? 1 saw one 
out to-day and told him the season was closed. The reply I 
got was he could collect at any time. Ans. Chapter 276, Laws 
1886, provides "that any person above the age of twenty-one years, 
having a certificate from the game commissioners, or from the 
president of the Boston Society of Natural Flistory, to the effect 
that such person is engaged in the scientific study of ornithology 
or collecting in the interest of a scientific institution, may take 
the nest and eggs of, or at any season take or kill, any undomesti- 
cated bird, except woodcock, ruffed grouse and quail." 
Jacobstaff, New York, — I have a friend in our burg who has a 
valuable setter that is sorely troubled with what he calls blue lice 
(not fleas). He has tried various soaps, washes, etc., etc,, without 
eifect; in fact they seem to increase or multiply the pests. Ans. 
Dip a comb in kerosene oil and draw through the hair. Repeat 
all over the coat till it is moistened. Keep the skin as free from 
the oil as possible. Repeat after a few days. Burn the old bed- 
ding and whitewash and clean out the dog's sleeping quarters. 
Or, use Persian insect powder, as for fleas. Any remedy needs 
to be repeated after a few days, as the eggs left will hatch out in 
that time and a new crop of vermin develop. Mercurial ointment 
is a dead shot for lice, but it needs, to be handled very carefully 
in applying it to dogs, and there is a possibility of poisoning by 
absorption. A comb and Persian insect powder are the most re- 
liable. 
_E. PL, Edgar, Neb, — 1. Suppose a gun barrel is exactly level, 
will the shot rise^ above the line of the gun after leaving the 
muzzle? 2. What is "point blank" as used in regard to shooting, 
as, for instance, one would say that "the shot was fired point 
blank?" ^ 3. Will a shot fired from a gun on an exactly horizontal 
line begin to drop as soon as it leaves the_ gun? 4. What is point 
blank range? Ans. 1. No. 2. The arm is , fired at point blank 
when it is aimed directly at the object, by the "line of sight," i. e., 
the straight line passing through the sights to the center of the 
target. 3. Yes. 4. The "line of fire" is a prolongation of the axis 
of the bore. When the arm is fired at a distant object, as the 
muzzle is elevated above the breech, the line of fire or trajectory 
intersects the line of sight and passes above it, on the ascent 
of the projectile, and intersects it again on the descent. The 
point of the first intersection is called the first point blank, the 
point of the second intersection the second point blank. 
PUBLISHERS^ DEPARTMENT. 
Regiment after Regiment for the Sunny South. 
The Southern Railway, the great thoroughfare of travel from 
Washington to the South, has for the last two weeks been moving 
a large number of special trains transporting troops to Tampa, 
Chickamauga, Mobile and New Orleans. This is the line that has 
the largest passenger locomotives in the world, and which has 
attracted so much attention in this and other countries. To give 
an idea as to the strength of the engines and capacity for high 
speed, one of these engines could pull a train of no less than 
thirty-three cars which would accommodate a regiment and over — 
such a train would be more than two-fifths of a mile long — and 
would attain on level track a speed of sixty miles per hour. No 
locomotive in the world has so large combined cylinder-area and 
steam pressure. The total weight of the locomotive is seventy- 
five tons. The Southern, with its powerful equipment, can handle 
any ntmiber of troops, and can put the boys to the front in 
double-quick time. New York office, 271 Broadway.— .-4(f'Z'. 
Among the almost innumerable devices for making angling 
easy and successful the luminous bait advertised by the Enterprise 
Mfg. Co. sliould take high rank. It is a generally accepted 
proposition that the biggest fish feed at night when — for obvious 
reasons— it is least easy to fish for them. The luminous bait in 
question has the double advantage of being visible to fish and. 
angler alike; the latter knows where he is easting and where his. 
bait is, while the fish is attracted by the light and is thus at once 
brought to the lure. — Adv. 
With the issue dated June 25, Forest and .Stream will com- 
plete its 50th volume. In commemoration of the event, we shall 
issue a special souvenir number, enlarged and handsomely il- 
lustrated and containing in each department many striking fea- 
tures. Among these may be named a full-page plate of one of 
our most important game animals, by one of the first animal 
pahiters in the country; a full-sized reproduction of one of 
Audubon's plates of birds; angling pictures and other illustrations. 
Besides going to its regular mail and news stand subscribers, 
this number of Forest and Stream will be mailed to some thous- 
ands of persons interested in the subjects of which the paper 
treats. — Adv. 
The Borden Condensed ColTee is an article of especial value 
to sportsmen as well as to other persons whose life is spent 
out of doors. It is a preparation so compact and so easily pre- 
pared for consumption that it especially commends itself to this 
section of the public. Borden's Condensed Coft'ee is especially 
useful to yachtsmen, canoeists, campers and travelers of all sorts 
where weight and bulk are matters in which the greatest economy 
should be" observed. — Adv. 
The New Jersey Aluminum Company have manufactured a 
phantom minnow, which can be used either as a troll or for cast- 
ing, and which has some special advantages. It is easily cast with 
a stiff rod and free running line, and revolves rapidly as it is 
drawn in, looking like a swift moving minnow. Being of alu- 
minum, this phantom will not sink if detached by accident from 
the line.^ — Adi'. 
The Habit Fixed. 
A Toledo subscriber who remits for a renewal of subscription 
writes laconically: "Gentlemen: Let it come. Twenty-one years 
reading. Can't stop." 
