FOREST AND STREAM. 
LIUT.Y 30, 1898, 
Waikiki, naphtha yacht, H. C, Roome, New York Y. 
C, arrived at New York on July 13, after a cruise, begun 
last November, down the Atlantic coast, through the 
Gulf of Mexico, up the Mississippi, through the lakes 
and St. Lawrence, and thence down the coast to New 
York. She is but 54ft. long. 
The new one-design schooner Clorita, P. T. Dodge, 
was launched on July 9, and is now in commission in 
New York waters. Her sister boat, for C. P. Buchanan, 
is not yet launched. 
Levanter, steam yacht, has been sold by Alfred Mar- 
shall to J. M. Sears, of Boston; Mr. Marshall replacing 
her by a new 30ft. cabin naphtha launch. Levanter was 
designed and built by the C. L. Seabury Company, and 
has proved a very fast boat. 
The Beach Haven (N. J.) Y. C. has elected the follow- 
ing officers: Com., Harlan Page, Philadelphia; Vice- 
Corn., John T. Burton, Tuckerton; Sec'y., John T. Fox; 
Ass't Sec'y, J. G. Downs; Treas., Samuel R. Cowperth- 
waite; Trustees, John T. Fox, John T. Burton and 
Timothy Seaman; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Fdward H. Wil- 
liams. Philadelphia; Chaplain, S. R. Cowperthwaite. 
Owing to the death of James A. Roosevelt, the race 
for the Alfred Roosevelt memorial cup, of the Seawan- 
haka C. Y. C, was postponed to Saturday, July 30, when 
it will be sailed from the gun at 3 P. M. over knockabout 
course No. 2, Oyster Bay. The race is open to the 25ft. 
class, club boats only, including the one-design knock- 
abouts. 
Margarita II., steam yacht, A, J. Drexel, has just been 
sold to King Leopold of Belgium, who had partly pur- 
chased Mayflower, of the Goelet estate, at the time the 
latter yacht was sold to the Government. 
A special race of small catboats was sailed on New 
York Bay on July 23, over a course of three miles, from 
the foot of East Forty-sixth street, Bayonne, around 
the Robbins Reef Buoy, two rounds, making twelve 
miles. The starters were: Chic, 16ft. loin., John Wilson, 
Bayonne: Maggie P., 16ft. 3m., Clarence Lissenden, 
Staten Island: Cinch, 16ft. 7in., Charles Foster, Brook- 
lyn, and Adele Rae, 16ft. 6in., Charles Rae, Harlem. The 
wind was from the east, light, but freshened during the 
race. The course was to windward and return. The 
times were: 
Start. Finish. Elapsed. Corrected. 
Chic 2 59 00 5 38 30 2 39 30 2 39 30 
Maggie P 2 57 30 5 39 30 2 41 SO 2 40 45 
Adele Rae 2 58 00 5 40 00 4 42 00 2 41 35 
Cinch 2 55 30 5 39 30 2 44 00 2 44 00 
America, schooner, Paul Butler, is fitting out for a 
cruise to Cuba, carrying Mr. Butler's sister, Mrs. Ames, 
who will visit her husband, Brigadier-General Adelbeft 
Ames, and her son, Lieut. Butler, the canoeist, now 
Adjutant of the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteers. 
The June number of the Badminton Magazine con- 
tains an interesting yachting sketch, "Across the Chan- 
nel in a Four-Tonner," by Maude Speed, telling in detail 
of a trip from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to Cherbourg 
and back. Mrs. Speed is the wife of the Rev. H. Fiennes 
Speed, of Yarmouth, the author of "Cruises in Small 
Yachts and Big Canoes," so well known to our readers. 
Mr. Speed's "big canoes" of fifteen years ago, Viper and 
Water Rat, have been replaced by a snug cruising cut- 
ter of four tons, Lerna, of which he is skipper, and Mrs. 
Speed steward and cook. Their vacations are spent 
afloat, in cruises about the Solent, up and down the 
Channel, and even into Dutch waters. 
The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, of Jersey City, 
N. J., has issued a little handbook entitled "Graphite as 
a Lubricant," describing the pure graphite manufactured 
by it for lubricating purposes, and specially adapted to 
ail high speed machinery, such as launches and steam 
yachts. The firm also manufactures all varieties of gra- 
phite for vessels' bottoms. 
Our boys of Company G did an act the other day that 
shows they have true American hearts. Out on the 
parade grounds is seen a little group of sticks, and if you 
notice when the 3,000 soldiers are on the field drilling 
they never approach those little sticks stuck up in the 
ground. If you go to the spot you will find a lark's 
nest, built before "war's alarm had been sounded. Here 
in the armed camp the bird, her nest and six eggs are 
safe. Members of Company G found the nest as they 
swept across the field in company formation. The 
boys opened ranks and passed on. Succeeding com- 
panies of soldiers opened ranks as they passed the 
spot. Then our boys set up sticks around it, and now 
the mother bird sits on her eggs, an emblem of peace, 
while all around are :the trappings of war. — Austin 
(Minn.) Herald. 
Bisley Rifle Meeting, England. 
The National Rifle Association meeting of 1898 at Bisley began 
on July 10. The German Manliclicr rifle seems to be on top at 
most of the competitions where it is allowed against the English 
Government Lce-Metford rifle. 
At the revolver and pistol ranges the Council of the National 
Rifle Association have made one of those rules which make them so 
beloved (?) by the competitors. Two rival makers of automatic 
repeating pistols have given prizes at 20 and 50yds., open to all 
repeating pistols and revolvers, meaning of course to give their 
pistols a chance to show how they compare in accuracy with 
revolvers. The Council have added to these rules that the pis- 
tols used must have not less than 200-foot pounds muzzle velocity. 
The result is that one of these pistol makers finds his pistols are 
barred for his own prize by his own (or rather made for him by 
the Council) rules from competing for his own prize? Now there 
is a rumor that the other pistol maker is also barred for the same 
reason, so the revolvers will have these prizes to themselves, and 
instead of the competitions being an advertisement for the auto- 
matic pistol makers they will be just the reverse, as the result 
of the competitions will look to the superficial observer as if the 
revolvers won all the prizes when pitted against the automatic 
pistols. 
Mr. Walter Winans is not shooting revolver this year at Bisley 
or at any of the clubs. 
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If you want your shoot to be announced here send in 
notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
July 26-28.— Little Rock, Ark.— Eighth annual tournament of the 
Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association, $500 added. Paul R. 
Litzke, Sec'y. 
July 27-28.— Meriden, Conn.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Parker Gun Club. C. S. 
Howard, Sec' 
July 29-31- — J 
S. M. Du Val, Sec'y. 
lifle ijtnnge and 
Rifle at "Wilkes-Barre. 
The Keystone Rifle Association, of Pittston, and the Wilkes- 
Tlari-e Kitte Club met at the new rifle range of the latter club, near 
Hanover Park, recently and held a shooting contest. The ranges 
are situated between Lee Park and Hanover Park. One is 200 and 
the other 500yds. The shooter can ascertain how near he comes 
to the bullseye by flag signalling, which is maneuvered by the man 
who has the target house in charge. 
There were eight contestants on each side, with W. A. Banneld 
as captain of the Wilkes-Barre Club and G. W. Burns captain of 
the Pittston Club. The Pittston Club won by 242 points. 
After the contest a clam bake was held in a ravine near the 
^Wilkes^rre^W'A. Banfield 118, H. H. Hughes 116, H. G. 
Liem 144, H. Y. Klinges 47, G. A. Schied 81, J. Miller 82, A. A. 
' K phtston-J F ' P J ' DelTontey 146, Phil Raider 127, T. B Moffat 
12' D O. Snyder 169. J. T. McAndrew 140, J. J. Farrell 126, E. 
R. Shephard 133, G. W. Burns 135. .. , 
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July 29-31.— Milwaukee, Wis.— Milwaukee Gun Club's tournament. 
Aug. 3-4. — Worcester, Mass. — Tournament of the Worcester 
Sportsmen's Club. Targets. 
Aug. 4-6.— Baltimore, Md.— Ocean City midsummer tournament; 
two days at targets; last day at live birds. James R. Malone, 
Manager. 
Aug. 9. — Hobart, Ind.— All-day shoot of the Hobart Gun Club. 
C. M. Townsend, Sec'y. 
Aug. 10-11.— Sherburne, N. Y.— Two days' shoot of Sherburne 
Gun Club, at targets. L. TJ>. Branard, Sec'y. 
Aug. 10-11.— Duluth, Minn.— Central Gun Club's sixth annua! 
tournament; targets. E. C. Maxfield, Sec'y. 
Aug. 11. — Marlborough, N. Y.— Trophy shoot, Hudson Rivej 
Trap-Shooters' League, on grounds of Marlborough Gun Club. 
J. B. Rogers, Manager. 
Aug. 17-18. — Waterville, Me.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Waterville Gun Club. E. 
T. Wyman, Sec'y. 
Aug. 17-18. — Warsaw, Ind. — Lake City Gun Club's tournament. 
J. S. Campfield, Sec'y. 
Aug. 24.— Warwick, N. Y.— Special shoot, Hudson River Trap- 
Shooters' League, on grounds of Warwick Gun Club. J. B. 
Rogers, Manager. 
Aug. 24-25. — Minneapolis, Minn. — Tournament of the Minneapolis 
Gun Club. G. J. McGraw, Sec'y. 
Sept. 6-8.— St. Paul, Minn.— St. Paul Gun Club's twenty-first an- 
nual tournament at Minnesota State Fair grounds during fair week. 
H. C. Lawrence, Sec'y. 
Sept. 6-9. — Kansas City, Mo. — Schmelzer Arms Co.'s fifth annual 
tournament; targets and live birds. 
Sept. 7-8.— Kingston, N. Y.— Tournament of Hudson River 
League, on grounds of Kingston Gun Club. 
Sept. 7-8.— Haverhill, Mass.— Tournament of the Interstate As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Haverhill Gun Club. Geo. 
F. Stevens, Sec'y. 
Sept. 7-8.— Sidell, 111.— Sidell Gun Club's tournament; targets 
only. H. J. Sconce, Manager. 
Oct. 4-6.— Newburgh, N. Y. — West Newburgh Gun and Rifle 
Association's fall tournament. 
Oct. 12-13.— Greensburgh, Ind.— Greensburgh Gun Club's tour- 
nament. W. Woodfill, Sec'y. 
Postponed. 
.—Portsmouth, Va.— Tournament of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. \V. 
N. White, Sec'y, 
1899. 
April 11-13— Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J— The Inter- 
state Association's seventh annual Grand American Handicap 
tournament. _• 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication 1 ft 
hese columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Tiee 
in all events are considered as divided, unless otherwise reported. Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 
Jack Fanning, of Gold Dust powder fame, has been traveling 
about from place to place at a lively rate. • One week we read of 
him building up scores in the West, the next week he may be 
in the East. At present he is in New England, where he is likely 
to remain for about six weeks, making a tour in the interest of 
his company, the U. S. Smokeless Powder Co., of Batavia, N. Y, 
On Thursday of last week he was at the shoot o£ the Bellows 
Falls Gun Club, Bellows Falls, Vt, a new club comparatively, hav- 
ing been organized a few months since. Shooting at 100 targets, 
75 unknown angles and 25 expert rules, Jack scored 95 out of 100, a 
pretty fair score for any one to make who can cut first-class 
capers with the shotgun. 
Under date of July 24, Mr. L. H. Davis, Pottstown, Pa., writes 
us as follows: '•The second of a series of target matches between 
teams- of twelve men representing the Phoenix Gun Club, of 
Phoenixville, and the Shuler Shooting Club, of Pottstown. took 
place here yesterday. The home club won by the score of 216 10 
206. Pottstown has won both matches shot", and the third will 
take place here on Aug. 20. On Aug. 4 the first of a series of 
matches with the West Chester Gun Club will take place. The 
conditions of yesterday's match were 25 targets per man, thrown 
from the magautrap." ! 
The programme of the target tournament of the Sherburne 
Gun Club, Sherburne, N. Y., Aug. 10 and 11, provides thirteen 
events for each day, six 10-target events, six 15-target events, and 
one 20-target event, the total entrance for each day being $11.75. 
There is $15 average money, $5 each day, and $5 general aver'age 
money for both days. Shooting begins at 10 A. M. Manufactur- 
ers' agents are barred. 
The fourth monthly shoot of the Greenfield Gun Club, Pittsburg, 
Pa., is fixed for Aug. 3. The programme consists of ten events, 
each at 15 bluerocks, entrance $1. Targets iy z cents. Shooting 
commences at 1 o'clock. Moneys divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per 
aent. Take Second avenue electric cars, transferring at Green- 
field avenue direct to the shooting grounds. John C. Knobe, 
Secretary, Greenfield avenue, Pittsburg. 
Mr. F. V. Van Dyke, the popular expert of the Winchester 
Repeating Arms Co., is taking a much-needed vacation at Blue 
Mountain Lake, N. Y., where he expects to remain about a 
month; or longer, if he derives the expected benefit from it. 
Van has been somewhat out of health of late, and a sniff of 
the country breezes and dwelling where there is sunshine and 
song birds will do him incalculable good. 
Mr. C. L. Funk, of Pueblo, Colo., again won the State cham- 
pionship medal, at the Colorado State shoot, by the excellent 
score of 49 out of 50, the contest being shot at 40 single targets 
and 5 pairs. There were eleven competitors who finished the 
race, and of these Messrs. J. W. Garrett and G. G. Pickett were 
the next strongest competitors, each scoring 45 out of the 50. 
Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, the efficient manager of the Interstate 
Association, stopped over in New York on Monday for a few hours, 
and had time to shake hands with a few of his friends in that 
hamlet. He was en route to Meriden, to run the Interstate 
shoot at Meriden, Conn., this week, Wednesday and Thursday. 
The Cleveland Gun Club, of Cleveland, O., will hold its 
eighteenth annual tournament Sept. 21 and 22. Programmes will 
be ready for distribution about Aug. 20. Address Mr. J. K. 
Donnelly, Sec'y, 516 St. Clair street, Cleveland, O. 
Mr. Harry Thurman, of Philadelphia, was in New York last 
week, Wednesday, on a business trip. We were told that he 
left the city, therefore did not take it with him, but took a 
lot of orders for his sterling articles of manufacture. 
The club cup will be contested for at the Brooklyn Gun Club 
shoot, fixed for Aug. 13. John Wright, the club's manager, is 
already bestirring himself to make the shoot pleasant and worth 
attending. 
The Bound Brook Gun Club, in the return match, defeated the 
Dunellen Gun Club last Saturday by a score of 43 to 41, five men 
to a team, each man shooting at 10 live birds. There were very 
few good birds. 
The E. C. cup, contested for at the Boiling Springs Gun Ckib, 
Rutherford, N. J., has the second and fourth Wednesdays 
of August fixed for its consideration. Entrance, price of targets. 
Will K. Park's apologue of the Wolves and the Lambs is quite 
neatly done. Paradoxical as it may seem, the lamb oftentimes 
becomes a wolf so soon as he has the wolf's ability. 
Mr. G. W. Loomis, of Omaha, Neb., under date of July 22 in- 
forms us that the Indian tournament announced for Aug. 24 to 
27, inclusive, has been postponed indefinitely. 
The Hobart Gun Club, Hobart, Ind., will hold an all-day 
shoot at targets on Aug. 9. C. M. Townsend, Sec'y, Hpbart, 
Ind. 
Bernard Water's, 
New Jersey State Rifle Association. 
Passaic, N. J., July 18.— Editor Forest and Stream: "'With the 
approval of Gen. Geo. W. VVingate, president of the National 
Rifle Association, it has been decided to postpone the meeting of 
the New Jersey State Rifle Association and the National Rifle 
Association this year until next. This course is taken because of 
the absence from their homes of the large majority of National 
Guardsmen, who ordinarily participate in the competitions. 
Bird W. Spencer, 
Treasurer and Executive Officer. 
Mr. Hough, in his excellent report of the Missouri State amateur 
shoot, relates a peculiar instance of the vagaries of class shooting. 
As 1 is customary when there are three moneys, the division was 
50, 30 and 20 per cent. The money to be divided amounted to 
$8. There were five ties for first, three for second, and two for 
third, each of whom won 80 cents. THe sole strength of class 
shooting is the strong hope it fosters in the shooter that he 
will be the lucky man to get in a place alone, and thereby make 
a "killing" or an interesting part of a killing. The disposition 
to take 100 to 1 chances seems to be universal. Mr. Hough further 
mentions that the next tournament of the Association will be held 
at Kansas City, under the auspices of the Washington Park 
Gun Club. 
Mr. A. W. Adams, of the Eureka Gun Club, has returned to 
Chicago after quite a visit in the East. He and his brother, 
Mr. Piatt Adams, of New York city, are very earnest and skill- 
ful trap-shooters, the latter though afflicted' at times with that 
most annoying destroyer of good scores, fudging. However, by 
persistent effort Mr. Adams has steadied down to even work, as 
shown by his win of the Troisdorf cup at the New Utrecht shoot 
last Saturday, which he won after shooting off two ties for it 
Both of the Messrs. Adams are enthusiastic amateur photogra- 
phers, and some of the views taken in the country about New 
York show a high degree of artistic skill and rare good taste 
in the selection of subjects. 
Under date of July 21, Mr. John M. Lilly, secretary of the 
Limited Gun Club, Indianapolis, Ind., writes us as follows: 
"Mr. Alvin Grube, of Southport, Ind., challenged Mr. E. E. Neal, 
of Bloomfield, Ind., for the possession of the Grand Hotel 
cup, supposing that the race could be shot at Indianapolis, but 
as Mr. Neal, owing to the wishes of his friends at home to see 
a championship race, has decided to : name Bloomfield as the 
place for holding the shoot, the challenge has been withdrawn 
without prejudice to either party. This action places the cup open 
to challenge to any one who can comply with the liberal con- 
ditions governing the contests for the trophy." 
From certain signs appertaining to the Chicago challenge trophy, 
in its few moments of doubt in respect to its ownership, or holder- 
ship while Mr. Paterson was perfecting title to it, it would seem 
to be that the conditions have been entirely wrong. We would 
suggest setting Patti back to 43yds., and give his opponent 59 
birds to'shoot at, so as to equalize conditions. Patti has now won 
it five times, and with a sixth win, which seems to be impending, if 
he is so successful, it becomes his property. 
The' Philadelphia - Trap-Shooters' League will hold its next 
team match and tournament under the auspices of the Frank- 
ford Gun Club, Bridesburg Station, July 30. 
Mr. L. D. Branard, secretary of the Sherburne Gun Club, Sher- 
burne, N. Y., informs us that his will club will hold a two days' 
shoot, Aug. 10 and 11, at targets. 
Schmelzer Arms Company Tournament. 
Kansas City, Mo., July 22.— Editor Forest and Str cam: W e take 
pleasure in stating that the Schmelzer fifth annual shooting tour- 
nament will be held in Kansas City on Sept. 6 to 9. The events 
will be at live birds, inanimate targets and glass balls, as well 
as rifle shooting contests. We propose catering to both the manu- 
facturers' agents and the amateurs. The amateurs will be known 
as Class A shooters, and will be eligiblo to participate for all 
merchandise prizes. 
All professionals and manufacturers' agents will be known as 
Class B shooters, and will not be eligible to contest for any of 
the merchandise prizes offered, but will be charged as tbeir 
entrance, ill all 15-bird events, $1.50; in all 20 and 25-bird events, 
$2. The management will deduct from Class B shooter's entrv 2 
cents per target, the remainder of the entrance money to be divided 
among the winners in Class B on a basis of 40, 30, 20 and 10 per 
cent. 
While a Class 1! shooter will be barred from participating in 
the amateur events, an amateur will not be barred from partici- 
pating with the Class B -shooters. The amateur will be required, 
however, to elect at each event which class he desires to contest 
in, and will not be permitted to enter both classes in the same 
event. 
We will give in the neighborhood of $1,000 in merchandise 
prizes and about $250 added money. The Schmelzer cup, repre- 
senting the world's championship on inanimate targets, will also 
be contested for at the request of the present holder, Mr. Chas. 
W. Budd, the entrance fee to the contest will be reduced to $7 
per man. J. F. Schmelzer & Sons Arms Co. 
Sterling Tournament. 
Sterling, N. Y. — The annual tournament of the Sterling Rod 
and Gun Club, July, was a success in every particular, shooters 
from all parts of Central New York being present. L. V. Byer, 
of Rochester, N. Y. ; Chas. Wagner, and R. B. Hunter, of Fulton, 
shot exceptionally well. The twelfth event was a team race be- 
tween the Sterling and Fulton gun clubs, the former winning 
by 6 points. After the team race a match was shot between R. B. 
Hunter and Chas. F. Wavte, the score being: Wayte 15 straight, 
Hunter 11. 
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