Aug. 13, 1898.I 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
It's a Matter of Teeth* 
In a neck of the woods in an isolated part of Egypt, which is 
in the southern part of Illinois, there dwelt a certain wise man, 
called a Cadi, who was learned in the law; and strange to say, con- 
sidering his profession, he was a lover of justice also. 
He had a very rare accomplishment in addition to his acute 
knowledge of law; that is to say, he had more than an ordinary 
allotment of common sense, and could pass judgment on the 
questions of every-day life without reference to precedents, thus 
being governed by the circumstances as they existed and not 
by whether the like had happened before, and what action thereon 
had been taken by some long-forgotten legal predecessors, all of 
whom, whether wise or foolish, rich or poor, honest or dishonest, 
etc., rated alike in the art of precedent making. 
He, having much hard cider in his cellar, gained the affection 
and confidence of his neighbors, who were wont to sit on their 
haunches on the woodpile, condemned barrels, swill buckets, old 
plow.s and such like other things as were scattered around the door- 
yard promiscuous-like, waiting to be invited, leaving the post of 
honor, the shade of the house, for their oracle to repose in while 
he pondered over the village problems daily presented for his 
sagacious rulings. 
At such times, lost stolidly in thought, he much resembled the 
just Cadi of whom we all read in our school days, not those 
whom we saw at the World's Fair a few years since. However, 
there were a few minor exceptions which rather heightened his 
judicial aspect. Instead of a turban, he wore a soft felt hat, filled 
with dust and many sweatings about the hat band, with colors 
much faded by constant wear in sunshine and storm since his 
boyhood. Instead of crossing his legs and sitting on a divan, he 
placed his feet, encased in cowhide boots— which showed his robust 
bunions in sturdy profile — upon a shelf where the milk pans were 
drying, sitting the while on a work bench conveniently placed for 
the purpose and smoking a black, broken-stemmed clay pipe in- 
stead of a nargileh. 
One hot afternoon, when the shade of the house and the com- 
pany of his admirers were more than commonly grateful, and 
while he was solving some intricate questions on the perpendicu- 
lars of rainbows and the starting point of the south wind, two 
horsemen rode up. 
" 'Light," said the Cadi, without rising from his comfortable 
seat. "Hitch your horses, strangers. Where might you be goin'?" 
Both men dismounted with a heaviness of manner which de- 
noted a,, long ride. Walking up in front of the Cadi regardless 
of the open-mouthed onlookers who were roosting on such im- 
provised seats as happened to be comfortably shaded, the taller 
one of the strangers said in earnest tones: "This man's a 
wolf!" at the same time pointing his finger at his companion. 
"And what might you be yourself?" said the Cadi. 
"I'm a lamb," was the reply. 
" 'S that so?" said the wise man. "P'raps yer wouldn't maind 
tellin' to the jury here how it all happened," and he winked at his 
habitual admirers as if to ask a suspension of judgment till he 
started his judicial brain a-whirling on its pivot. 
"Well, you see, it's this way. We are trap-shooters. This 
man is a professional or an expert, it doesn't matter which to 
me, for the result is the same in either case'. I am an amateur. 
I put up my money for sport, and this wolf comes along and 
takes it. That's what makes me a lamb and him a wolf." 
"Does this wolf steal on you in the darkness of the awesome 
night, or sneak on you with wolfish cunning in the daytime?" 
asked the just judge. 
"Can't say that he does. He puts up his money openly, same 
as I do, but I am an amateur, and he is an expert. He is a 90 
per cent, man, while I am only an 80 per cent. man. There 
surely is something wrong somewhere when this state of things 
exists; and, existing, that it is permitted."- 
"Hum! I see! I see," said the Cadi. "I'm a 90 per cent, shoot- 
er myself; so I know all about your case. Let me interlocute 
yer somewhat. If you shoot for sport, why do you put any 
money up?" 
"Oh, it's a lot more interesting when I have up some money. 
I feel then the spirit of the competition." 
"Ah!" said the Cadi. "Then it is the money too that you are 
after. When the 90 per cent, man wins your money, what does 
he do with it?-" 
"I regret to say that he then puts it in his pocket. That's what 
hurts. We lambs don't want him around, and that's the very 
point upon which we want the judgment of so fine a jurist as 
you are famed to be." 
"If you, an 80 per cent, man, were the best shot, what would you 
do to the 70 per cent, man?" 
"I wouldn't do a thing to him." 
"Now," said the wise Cadi, "when you, an 80 per cent, man, 
win the money of a 70 per cent, man, what do you do with it? 
Give it back to him perhaps?" 
"No, I don't. But that's different, for we are amateurs. If 
the 90 per cent, men were out of the way, we amateurs would 
have a better chance, and the noble sport would be saved." 
"Don't you think," said the Cadi, "that the 70 per cent, men 
then would object to the 80 per cent, men, same as the 80 per cent, 
men now object to the 90 per cent, men? The real difference 
is in the relative skill of the individuals, and not in the name 
of the class, for the term amateur may mean expert or novice. 
If the men who were better shots than 80 per cent, were all ruled 
out the 80 per cent, men then would be the experts, and the 
same relative position to the rest would then be held by them 
that the 90 per cent, men hold now. You object to being beaten 
by the 90 per cent, men, yet you take great satisfaction yourself 
in beating the men who shoot at a less degree of skill than your- 
self. You claim that you shoot for sport, though putting up your 
money in manner like to that of the professional, also shooting 
like unto him, yet talking meanwhile much of sport in theory 
while your center of effort is around the money in your practice. 
While losing your money to a better shot than yourself on the 
one hand and complaining thereat, you do the same thing to a 
shot weaker than yourself and are joyous thereat. The term 
lamb is a misnomer, for the lamb looks different'and acts differently 
from the wolf, and most of all it does not invade the wolf's range 
and deliberately enter into a struggle with him. You are not 
a different species. You are all pleasant, amiable wolves, differ- 
ing in size, teeth— some big, some little — but all with more or less 
of the commendable purpose of succeeding as much as rjossible 
within the true limits of the sport. I would further add—" 
"Pardon me, sir, but I do not think that you quite understand 
what I came here for; and anyway you do not think as I do, and I 
don't believe a word of what you are saying. But I would like 
to take your decision back to the boys to show them that I 
came here in good faith, if you can deliver it in two or three 
words.' ! ' 
"It's all a matter of the sharpest and longest teeth," said the 
Cadi; and then turning to his friends he said, with a sigh, "We 
find the same thing in o'ur business everywhere. I often think 
of the touching words of the poet on this subject," said the 
Cadi, as a grumous tear slowly sank from his left eyelid. "Let me 
read to you the following verse," and he took a scrap of paper 
from his pocketbook, and tuning up his voice he continued: 
" 'So, naturalists observe, a wolf 
Has larger wolves that on him prey; 
And these have larger still to bile 'em, 
And so proceed, ad infinitum.' " 
"TVs on the barn," said Si Simpson, who was the acknowledged 
wit of the party. 
"What is?" said the Cadi. 
"The roof," said Si. , 
"It's on the house this time," said the Cadi. "What'll you 
have, boys?" 
Trap Around Reading, 
Reading, Pa., Aug. 1. — A meeting of the members of the Mt. 
Penn Gun Club, of this city, was held yesterday at the residence 
of Mr. Abner S. Laird, 330 North Sixth street, when prelimin- 
ary arrangements for a two days' merchandise shoot at their 
headquarters on Mt. Penn were made. President William Smith 
called the meeting to order and Howard S. Dippery was secre- 
tary, The club decided upon Sept. 5 and 6 as the dates for 
the shoot, and already has 100 fine prizes subscribed by the 
different business men of this city. The principal event will be a 
team shoot for a handsome cup, which was presented to the 
club over a month ago, and which trophy the Mt. Penn Club 
will offer as an intercounty championship for teams of five men 
each. The members of these teams must be bona fide members of 
the shooting club they represent. The secretary was instructed 
to send communications to the following clubs, inviting them 
to compete in the team and also the two days' shoot: Florist 
Gun Club, Silver Lake, Frankfort, South wark, Roxborough, 
Wayne, Independent, all of Philadelphia; Mahanoy City Gun 
Club, Phoenix Gun Club, of Phoenixville; West Chester Gun 
Club, of West Chester; Shuler Shooting Association, of Potts- 
town; Penn and Social gun clubs, of Norristown; Twin City 
Gun Club, of Royersford and "Spring City; Boyertown Rod and 
Gun Club; Allen Gun Club and John Weiler Gun Club, of 
Allentowu; Keystone Gun Club, of Lebanon; Independent, South 
End and East End gun clubs, of Reading. 
The following were appointed a committee to take charge 
of the shoot and make the necessary arrangements: Albert 
Yeager, Harry Saylor, Howard Hill, Warren Brown, Abner J. 
Laird and Howard Dippery. 
Reading, Pa., Aug. 6.--The Mt. Penn Gun Club, of this city, 
who are making arrangements for their two days' merchandise 
shoot, Sept. 5-6, nave received many fine prizes and trophies, which 
will be shot for by shooters from ail parts of the State. One of the 
principal events'tif the shoot will be the intercounty championship 
for teams of five men each, for a line silver trophy, which is 
donated by the club. 
Pottstown, Pa., Aug. 4.— The. first of a series of three club shoots 
for the intercounty championship between West Chester Gun Club, 
of West Chester, Pa,, and Shuler Shooting Club, of this place, was 
shot to-day at East End, the shooting ground of the Shuler Club. 
The background for shooting is fine, but to-day the glaring sun 
and a strong wind made target shooting very hard, and the record 
shows very low scores for the shooters. The West Chester Club 
arrived in Pottstown at 10:25 A. M., and were quartered at the 
Shuler House. The following gentlemen constituted the party: 
Messrs. F. P. Gill, F. II. Eaches. Thos. Ferguson, Thos. Sellers, 
Geo. R. Foulke, Win. B. Jackson, Tob.ii H. Twaddell, J. H. Lumis. 
Lewis Brooks, Benj. Plase, J. M. Hoar. Thos. Eaches, Fred Geisel, 
Paul Brinton. At 2 P. M. sharp the shooting began, when the first 
sweep, 10 targets, 50 cents entrance, was began. At 2:30 the two 
captains, Messrs. Gill and Wickersham, met and tossed, the West 
Chester captain winning and deciding to shoot his men first in 
the squad. The targets were thrown by the magautrap, which 
\vorked very well and gave entire satisfaction. Each team con- 
sisted of ten men, each man shooting at 25 targets. The Shuler 
Club had an easy victory, winning by 35 birds. The scores of 
both teams are very low and far below average. Messrs. C. F. 
McMichael, of Pottstown, and Harvey Cronser, of West Chester, 
officiated as referee and judge. Forest and Stream correspon- 
dent, who was present, was selected as official scorer. Sweeps fol- 
lowed, and continued until darkness set in. The score of the 
club shoot was as follows: 
West Chester Gun Club— Sellers 14, Twaddell 13, Hoar 10 P. 
Bnnton 11, Gill 15, Henry 13, Ferguson 14, Ford IS, Lumis 14, 
Foulke 17 — 142. 
Shuler Shooting Club— Benner 20, Sheeler 17, Miller 23, Trum- 
bauer 19, Wickersham 15, Saylor 15, H. Wcin 12, L. H. Davis 17, 
Grubb 17, Slonaker 22 — 177. 
The sweeps were as follows: 
Events: 23456789 
Targets: lu 111 10 10 10 10 10 7 
Grubb 6 9 7 6 5 9 .. 5 
Benner 8 6 8 4 810 3 
Brey , 9 10 .. 8 8 6 8 6 
Saylor 10 5 7 6 .. .. C .. 
Trumbauer 10 . . 6 
Ferguson 9 . , . 
£ ord , • 9 8 7 .'. .'. 8 
Foulke 8 5 9 
M ,lle J, ■ 8 8 8 7 7 C 6 '4 
Iwaddell , 8 4 5 
Brooks i S 4 .'. ,[ ]] 
Slonaker 8 .. .. S 9 7 
Hoar ; . . . . 7 . . 5 " 
Jackson , 7 : . . , ( _] , " ] j 
L H Davis 7 \' m " " * " 
Lumis 6 7 .. .. "9 
Brinton Q 4 ' ti .* [\ / 
Henry , 5 8 *5 !! [[ 
Lenhart 5 6 
Sellers 5 'fi 
Gin ; ... 5 7 .. :: :: :: :: :; 
H Wein 5 4 .. .. 
Wickersham 5 
Shaner '7 '7 'q 'g '5 
Sheeler , . 6 
Shuler . " .. '5 \\ "5 \\ \j 
Jr'ennypacker 5 M 9 
McFarland °° 5 \\ '3 
Yerger z 'k "c " q 
McMichael ... & 7 q " d 
|uii :: :: :: 5 e :: :: 
atone .,L , .. 3 
Springfield, Pa., Aug. 1.— This afternoon the sportsmen of this 
village met fn McCord's field, near here, and held a target match 
Sergeant system. The folks of this town had decided at a town 
meeting held some time ago to hold a grand holiday and raise 
money, by holding a festival, to be used for lamps and for im- 
proving the village. Springfield or Blue Rock Post-Office is a 
quiet little town, located in Chester county, near the famous banks 
of the Brandywme Creek, the home of the bass and sunfish It 
is at this place, Springfield, that the Du Pont Powder Co of 
Wilmington, have their proving grounds, at which all the grades 
of smokeless powder are tested. To-day was a gala day for the 
residents, as well as visitors, who came to have a good time. The 
morning was taken up by baseball, tennis and croquet games 
the afternoon being taken up by target shooting and horse races' 
The sportsmen of the town decided to hold a target shoot and 
purchased three bluerock traps and several hundred targets. ' The 
result is a gun club has been organized, and it is expected that 
at the next meeting, to be held in the second week of August fifty 
names will be added to the list already signed. Mr. Ira McCord 
is the chief mover of the shooting club, and he has kindly con- 
sented to allow the club the use of what is known as McCord's 
field free of charge for its future matches. Thus far no officers 
were elected, which has been left until next meeting but in the 
meantime the members are hustling for new members The 
scores follow, all events at 10 targets per man, one man' up to 
shoot at a time, except event No. 8, which was at 3 pairs doubles 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
0 Bull 3 3 5 3 4 3 3 3 
H Harple 3 3 3 2 . 
Templin 3 
£ McMichael 1 "3 '3 "4 "4 "5 '5 '3 
1 McCord 1 1 i 2 1 2 1 
Connor 0 2 1 
C Harple 2 . . 3 
S Smith 4 4 2 3 .. II " " 
Garvine 2 4 
Lumis , , . 2 
Weaver " J 2 3 '3 '2 
Boyertown Pa., Aug. 6.-The Boyertown Rod and Gun Club of 
this place, held a live-bird and target shoot to-day. Sportsmen 
were present from Pottstown, Royersford, Red Hill, Pleasant 
Point and Norristown. The events resulted as follows: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Benner 9 10 10 . . 7 7 Saylor 9 .. 10 7 
H Wein 9 7 6 7 4.. Wickersham 8 10 8 8 
Yerger 8 9 6 7.. .. Grubb 7 8 8 8 
W Wein 7 8 L H Davis 6 6 6 8 
Nuss 7 7 De Witt 5 6 .. .. 
Lenhart 5.. 9 7 6 9 Longacre 5 6 7 9 
Scheifiey 6 Ritter 8 4 4 
Norristown, Pa., Aug. 6.— The Social and Penn gun clubs, of this 
borough, held the first of a series of five shoots to decide the in- 
terclub championship at targets. Each club was represented by 
three of its best shooters, and each man shot at 50 targets thrown 
from a magautrap. The score follows: 
Social Gun Club— Smith 44, Shambough 42, Derr 35—121. 
Penn Gun Club— Ritter 43, Franklin 35, J. R. Yost 34—112. 
The regular club shoot of the Social Gun Club for the gold medal 
then followed, and was won by T. V. Smith, who broke 23 out of 
25 targets. - Duster. 
Noel Money's Bear. 
The legion of friends in America of Mr. Noel Money will be 
delighted to read the following from him, which is an excerpt 
from a private letter which we have been permitted to use: 
Just a line to let you know I am fit and well. I am writing 
this in my tent in the mountains close to the boundary of 
C hma » a grand place, full of game. Ycsterdav with my little 
.303 rifle I killed two bears at 90yds., right and left; neither ever 
moved afterward. It was a very pretty bit of sport. The .303 is 
a most wonderful weapon, both in its effects and in its 
accuracy. But about the Bears. We heard that twenty- 
two Tartar horses had been killed in a snowstorm in 
the winter about twenty miles away, so I went over, as 
I knew that as the snow was going fast there would certainly 
be bears eating the horses, and I could shoot them at night. 
After a search I could not find the horses. About 4 P. M. I 
turned back toward camp alone; my Tartar continuing to look 
tor the horses in other directions. I saw on the face of the hill 
opposite me, about one and one-half miles off, two bears moving 
slowly along. The wind was wrong, so 1 started to ride as 
Hard as 1 could to get around them. Soon I saw the bears were 
suddenly frightened at something, and were making off in a 
slanting direction toward me. I galloped over the most infernal 
ground for about a mile, then tied my horse up and ran down 
lull tor half a mile as hard as I could, in the meantime not 
Having seen the bears for fifteen minutes at least. When I 
reached a big rock pretty well blown and looked over I was 
immensely pleased to see the bears going full speed about 90yds 
below. I gave a shout to stop them, and then shot the first 
one in the neck He stood still, listening, and then I shot the 
second, also in the neck, as he looked at his companion to see 
what was the matter. Neither moved, but for a kick or two. It 
was a jolly bit of sport; great luck perhaps, with good shoot- 
ing, but above all a piece of good hunting, i don'l believe many 
men would have had hunting instinct to cut those bears off or 
wind and legs enough to get. there in time. 1 killed another' big- 
bear a few days ago at night sitting up over a dead horse. The 
other day I saw a huge bear on a hill, and started to stalk him 
1 must have got him had not a fool of a Tartar with a bag and 
animals who were behind, shot at a hare. Off went the bear; 
very bad luck, as hares are extremely rare in the mountains Bears 
are very big here, and this one was a monster. I shall probably 
go to Eng and in November or December for a few weeks, and 
then back here again It is very hot now and the .mosquitoes are 
something awful. I would rather have a dozen New Tersev 
mosquitoes at me than two of these gigantic beasts, which bite 
1. ke bull dogs." Mr. Money attained an enviable and deserved 
2 , ta . t ; on m America as a most charming gentleman, but 
when it came to practica field sports, there were abilities he dis- 
played which were not fully approved. For instance, in ruffed 
grouse shooting m the mountains of New Jersey he would take 
boulders stumps, logs etc. in his stride with no more apparent 
Saunter b^n r r e , SS h° f EH 5 Were ,akin ^ a 
saunter before breakfast. The writer has a vivid recollection of 
one such experience, in which he was leaning up against a tree 
on a hot day, answering "cooey! cooey!" to the "cooev! cooev 1 " 
cry which meant to come together. Mr. Money suddenly ap- 
peared at the top of the hill and was much amused at the sudden 
zeal which seized the shooter in climbing the hill when caught 
M, g 'T a r nd ther ^y"angs -quite -a -story. 11 is t0 'd of Mr. Money 
by Mr. Hunnewell, I believe, that when Mr. Money was in Maine • 
now nearly three years ago, their fox hunting partv all started 
of n ?f„ P r T ° f SpCed / -, h0und ' w ^ch was in mad pursuit 
of a fox 1 he athletic form of Mr. Money quickly drew to the 
out Af a tll° n t by °n ° f f two ^. two the Winters dropped 
out of the race. Ihey formed in groups, sitting down to rest 
fS'i? th i Clrcu " lsta »ees and waiting for developments After 
a time the chase was heard returning; the voice of the hound 
however, having changed, and containing many notes of d stress 
" eart1 ' ?nd nearer * at , length ^king cover. Noel 
whioh y J aS rumlin S at ease a few lengths ahead of the hound 
which he was urging on, and the fox a few yards ahead w 1 1 
eyes askance, watchin g the man and paying noheed to the dog! 
Worcester Sportsmen's Club. 
M A ass.-The Worcester Sportsmen's Club's tour- 
%T£v^trA$ W ?L?°! best attended tournam^s 
and Mi 
the cli 
^& n r b E V B e Ho U t; **** B. DodgeTof Worcest • 
Wayor li. B Ho.tt. of Marlboro, accepted the hospitality of 
W -t b I ,1 P ar V, c, P ate , d ln the shooting for exhibition purposes 
their pre'sencT 1 " * ° f Wh ° m B*** the event by 
r„M fS \ J ' R j IIul1 ' of larker Bros - and Jack Fanning of 
Gold Dust powder fame, were the shooting stars Fannin"°won 
great applause by breaking 50 straight in the last two events of 
25 targets each, but withdrew in favor of the ties on 22, who wer 
Hull, Lowker, Hanson and Eager, the latter winning. 
One ot the most interesting events was that between the two 
mayors who first shot at 10 birds to determine a handicap Mayor 
Dodge broke 3 out of 10, Mayor Hoitt 7 out of 10 It was decided 
unknown. 1 ' The' V&SS^tSgtJ!^ ? ' 10 ^ 13 ™ 
?r nt f : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 s 9 10 ii 12 13 14 ^ 
Targets: m i 0 10 10 25 10 10 10 25 10 10 10 25 25 2R 
g*S«** 6 10 8 S 21 9 9 10 23 9 8 giii 
Hull 9 8 8 7 21 8 9 10 21 9 8 9 24 23 P 
£ nel ■ • ■, 10 10 9 9 20 10 10 9 23 7 8 10 24 
f;? a r ,f fi iand -10 7 8 24 8 7 9 23 10 Ha"" 
Wfm, 6 8 8 9 IS 9 9 7 22 8 7 9 19 " 00 
? ? 9 10 16 10 9 9 19 6 8 6 16 
ere 
15 
Bowker 8 9 8 9 17 9 7 8 17 6 7 9 19 2^ " 
4 7 3 8 13 4 10 4 23 6 8 ^3 19 is 
knowlton 8 9 7 10 ,20 8 9 8 22 10 '7 8 
,y ia P ,n 4 1 5 7 '20 8 5 7 23 10 3 6 
Campbell 3 7 4 5 13 6 . 
J° ur . d an 7 6 6 19 9 '8 'fl 18 '8 'l '9 20 " " 
B" c k 7 8 5 .. 7 8 10 7 6 4 "' 
Coats 7 6 S 11 6 ■ 
&.=: :: - : ' ::::: » « If II:::-: 
9 IS 
Parker . . 
Nack ... 
Day .... 
Rawson 
Locke 
9 & 6 IS 23 . . 
S 7 S 15 . . . , 
• • • ■ 5 6 17 ... , 
• • • • 6 8 24 . . 17 
' 4 14 . . 14 
Eager 5 21 ''' 21 
U: 23 23 21 
Uxbridge Gun Club. 
Uxbridge, Mass.. July 30.— The medal shoot was if -.r 
target events, regular, and two 10 target event* i unknown n ?„i 
Owing to the shower, this was the^nlv e vent shot ° Af£ g w 
birds had been shot at Mr. Day, the holder of thl „ T, , 25 
was then well ahead, and shooting in good o , offe 3 ' , wh S 
this no shoot and postpone it untif next week al Tihe Ahi serirSf 
ly inconvenienced the shooters; but they insisted ,, f erio . us " 
through the event, and the medal belong • "to W Shootrng 
heirs and assigns, to have and to hold forever " ' and hls 
£ a y 13 9 13 8 
CarI 10 8 14 7 
11 5 13 5 
• • 9 5.. 
N °y es 14 7 10 9 
Club average 
Fred 
Rawson 
Coffin 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
50 
43 
50 
39 
50 
32 
.25 
14 
50 
40 
5Q 
40 
.275 
208 
.S60 
.780 
.640 
.560 
.800 
.800, 
.750 
