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FOREST AND STREAM.- 
ON LONG ISLAND, 
Brooklyn Gun Club. 
Nov. 12 — The Brooklyn Gun Club's regular monthly shoot was 
held this afternoon, in glorious fall weather, just the conditions 
*or good scores. There were fourteen shooters on the grounds, 
and it required some hustling to get through a programme calling 
for 115 targets before the short afternoon shut down on the 
sport. 
Among those present were: U. M. C. Hallowell, lately returned 
from Omaha, Belle Meade, Cincinnati, etc.; C. C. Beveridge (The 
Dominie), also a new arrival from the wilds of Pennsylvania; 
Edward Banks, C. W> Billings, Piatt Adams, W. M. Harding, 
C. VV. Dudley, J. S..S. Remsen, Gil Hatfield, etc. In the club 
handicap event Gil Hatfield, with 13 handicap allowance, was 
the surprise party of the afternoon, scoring 47 out of 50, and then 
only requiring 3 of his allowance to make .up his highest possible. 
Harding broke 7 out of 9 in hit allowance of 10, and also landed 
with 50, as did Billings, who required lo break all his 5 extra 
targets to get: into the tie. This tie will be shot off on Dec. 10, 
the club's next regular shoot. None of the others in the event 
could get 50, so did not shoot off their allowances. Banks missed 
his first bird, and then ran W straight. During the afternoon 
he broke 104 out of 105 at unknown angles, and also broke 9 out 
■of 10, Long Island rules, gun below the elbow. Scores in the 
•club event were as follows: 
Fifty targets, unknown angles: 
e Banks, o ..diuiiiiiriiiiimiimDmuiiiimiiiiiiiniiii —in 
Dominie 3. . . 010011111111 111101111111111111001 ID ! 1111111111111 -44 
Billings. 5. . .11011111011101111111111111010111111111111111111111-45 
11111 - 5-50 
Dudley, ?.. . . .llimllllOOllOllllllllimillllllOlllOOOllOOlllll -41 
Remsen, 4 .. .11111110011111111011111111101111 1 11111111100111111 —44 
*Hallowell . .111 lllllllllOllllllllllllllOlllllimillOllllOlllO —45 
Adams, 9 ...11111001111111111011110110100101111110011110111111 —39 
Sanders, 10. .01000000000100111010000011000101000100010001011000 —15 
Harding, 10. .11101110000111111111111111110111011111111111111111— 43 
010111111 — 7—50 
1 fatfield, 13. .11101111111111111111111111111111111110111101111111-47 
111 — 3-50 
* Guest. 
The following table gives the totals made by each shooter in the 
six events decided during the afternoon: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 15 15 50 10 15 Targets: 10 15 15 50 10 15 
Banks 10 15 15 49 9 15 Adams 8 14 12 39 7 .. 
Dominie 9 15 13 44 10 13 Lane 9 12 10 . . 3 . . 
Billings 8 14 14 45 .. 12 Hatfield 11 9 47 .. .. 
Dudley 8 11 15 41 5 10 Harding 8 43 6 12 
T Remsen 8 14 15 44 . . 12 G Remsen 5 . . 
Hallowell ..... 8 15 13 45 9 15 Smith 9 9 
Sanders 5 7 .. 15^.0 9 Davis 11 
No. 5 was at 10 targets, gun below the elbow until the target 
was in the air. The Dominie won the silver flask put up as a 
prize by the management for the high man in that event; he 
broke 10 straight and well earned his victory. 
No. 6 was" a handicap prize event at 15 targets per man, allow- 
ance of misses as breaks. Hallowell and Banks, who shot for 
"targets only" during the whole afternoon, did not compete for 
the prize. When the. allowances had been added to the scores 
made by those in for the prize (silver spoons), it was found that 
Harding (2) and Saunders (5) were tied on 14; they divided the 
spoons, as it was took dark to shoot off. The other totals were: 
Dominie (0), Remsen (1) and Billings (1) 13; Dr. Smith (3) 12; 
Dudley (1) 11. 
Spring Hill Rod and Gun Club. 
Nov. 5. — The first monthly shoot of the Spring Hill Rod and 
Gun Club was held to-day at Spring Hill, Corona. Eight members 
took part in the shooting, which was at 10 live birds. The scores: 
Voehringer 0211112212— 9 Mager 22000.11221— 7 
Moe 1221202122— 9 Simon ., 0122012012— 7 
Sands ,., 2202222222— 9 Brust 0120202102—6 
Walters ., 0221210211— 8 Geibel 2012021002— 6 
Climax Gun Club shoot: Brantingham 23, Keller 22, C. Smith 
21, Manning 20, Swody 19, Goodman 18, D. Darby 1.7, Keller, Jr., 
16, S. Terry 15. Lambert 9, 
Washington Heights Gun Club. 
Guttenburg, N. J., Nov. 5.— The first out-of-town shoot of the 
Washington Heights Gun Club was held at the old Guttenburg 
race ^track to-day. For over twenty years the club has held its 
shoots at 170th "street and Kingsbridge avenue. New York, but 
buildings are now being erected on these grounds, and the club 
has chosen Guttenburg as temporary grounds. To-day's shoot 
was at- 12 live birds per man, for yearly prizes. The scores: 
Dr Friedenberg.. 110111222111— 11 Russell 211021000121—8 
Dillinck 22221.1202211—11 C Jaoob 001101201121— 8 
Terwiiliger 220222121201—10 Oliver 001222000121— 7 
Meckel , . . .110111111102—10 Forster 11020U00011— 7 
Belden 022112121011-10 Radle 110110011000— 6 
Sherry 101221121120—10 A Jacob 220000000121—5 
E. "Dilunck, Sec'y. 
South Side Gun Club. 
Newark, Nov. HT 
Brentnal 8 B 8 
Dawson 6 10 7 
Whitehead 8 ? 9 
W Smith - S 8 6 
Terrill / j. .» H 
Kietch'ing .. .. . . 
Furgerson 8 . . 
Fleming 
J Fleming ... - > i. 
7 6 5 
8 8 9 
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8 10 S 
6 6 9 
., .. 8 
9 10 7 
8 8 8 7 7 
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East Side Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J., Nov. 3.— The East Side Gun Club held its club 
shoot here to-day. The shoot was a 25-target event, known angles, 
point system. After the regular club event a number of sweeps 
were shot. The scores: 
Fairmount, 20 0111110011111111111101011-20 
Hassinger, 18 1011101111111011111100110—19 
Ferment, 18 0111111110011111110111100—19 
Koeller, 15 1011101101111000001110111—16 
Richards, 18 0001000010010110011101010—10 
Sweepstakes, 10 targets each: 
Perment 5 10 7 5 6 5 Fairmeunt 8 8 9 10 8 9 
Koeller ... 7 7 7 7 6 ., Hassinger 0 
Richards S 9 7 5 5. .... 
Newark, N. J'., Nov. 8.— -The weather favored the shoot of the 
East Side Gun Club to-day. The weather was cool, with a stiff 
wind blowing up to and partially through the main event, which 
was begun about 1 o'clock. The feature of the event was Harold 
Money's excellent shooting. He shot with admirable precision, 
time and finish, killing some 48 birds out of 50, missing but 2 
throughout the shoot. Several minor events were shot before 
the main event began. Many of the birds were big, strong, lusty 
fellows, apparently iron-clad, for some of them went out of bounds 
after staggering to the shock of two charges of shot. Hallowell 
was distinctly unfortunate, for several of his birds were smashed 
with both barrels, and still went out of bounds. The Rose system, 
four moneys, prevailed. The club holds a Thanksgiving Day 
shoot Nov. 24, with much the same programme. The main event, 
15 birds, $5 entrance, birds extra : 
H Money, 28y 2 .222111212221011— 14 W Canon, 26^.222010211001122— 11 
H Gtteo, 28... 212101212112112— 14 Dr Hudson, 29.2210*1121110120—11 
Larkey, 28%. . .220011111211222— 13 Waters, 28. ... .0122102101*2212— 11 
T Russell, 26.212200121212101—12 L Schorty, 28*421*022100221202— 10 
T Hallowell, 30.202022022222202— 11 Ferguson, Tr. .120021121110*0*— 9 
Fairmont, 28.-2220220202*1221—11 
No. 3, miss-and-out: 
Hallowell 211211111 Duston 1111110 
Fairmont .212211111 Canon .10 
Larkey 211112221 Waters 10 
H Money 212211112 
New Jersey Central League. 
Plainfield, N. J., Nov. 12.— The last shoot of the season under 
the direction of the New Jersey Central League was held to-day 
on the Climax Gun Club s grounds, at Fanwood. Four teams 
competed, but only two presented the regular five-men teams. 
The Dunellen Club shot with four men, and the Reservoir Club, 
of New Brunswick, had only three men oh the grounds. Climax 
won with a score of 69, and Dunellen, with one man missing, 
beat out Bound Brook by 1 target.- Each man shot at 25 targets 
under the Sergeant system. The Climax Gun Club also held 
.its regular club shoot to-day. The scores: 
Climax. 
•C Smith 0111111101111001111011101—18 
Keller, Jr 1010101111011111111001000—16 
Goodman 1101111101001010110000000—12 
Darby 1000011010101110010111000—12 
:S wody 1001011000111010000001101—11—69 
Dunellen. 
Apgar 0001111111111011101011111—19 
Manning 1010111110011100110100111—16 
Brantingham 1111010100110111101101001—16 
i Cramer 1000001001010011010010110—10—61 
Bound Brook. 
Tingley .1110111010111001011000010—14 
Ziglio .0111011100011010101101110—15 
Hobart 0100101101110011101100010—13 
Jackson 1100000000100101011000101— 9 
Terry 1100101010001001000010010— 9—60 
Reservoir. 
Bissett 1111111101010011010110101—17 
'Belloff lTHOllOOOOOOUOOllOllOOO— tt 
H B Smith ..,.,.„„ OOOOlOOlllOlOOlllOOUOOOl— 11—10 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Cincinnati, O., Nov. 4.— Editor Forest and Stream: The Cin- 
cinnati Gun Club has leased for a period of ten years a beautiful 
plot of ground containing four acres, fronting on Ross Lake, 
a body of water consisting of forty-two acres, which the club 
also controls, and which it will shortly stock with bass; so that 
it will not be all of shooting that the Cincinnati Gun Club will 
offer to its members. Furthermore, a bathing beach is to be added 
next summer. On these grounds the club has erected a model 
club house, a magnificent structure of two stories. Each of these 
is 32 by 32, and the lower one is subdivided into five compart- 
ments. The larger one is 32 by 20, which is the main club 
room. This, being located directly back of the shooting stands, 
permits one to witness the shooting from within, as the windows 
are of large proportion. To the rear is the gun locker and toilet 
room for the shooters, and adjoining this is a room set aside for 
the use of the manager, while to the left as one faces the 
grounds in a wing are two smaller rooms, the front one being: 
utilized as a cashier's office and the rear one as a kitchen. On 
the upper floor is one large room of the same dimensions as the 
main club room; this is used as ladies' reception room, and 
when occasions require dinner and lunch are served here. The 
other three rooms are set aside for sleeping apartments for the 
manager and his family. There is also a veranda the entire, 
length of the building, and here on pleasant days one can obtain 
a most delightful view of the shooting. Old-fashioned fireplaces 
are used to heat the large rooms. 
The grounds are equipped with Lwo batteries of target traps, 
one of these consisting of three expert traps arranged on the 
.Sergeant, system, while the other is a magautrap. These are 
encased in brick structures 7ft. wide, with ample room for the 
traps, and enough additional space to permit the storing of 7,000 
targets. The advantages of this will be readily understood, as it 
means that there will be no interruption of shooting during the 
day in order to allow the trappers to replenish their exhausted 
supply of targets. Then add to this fact that the tops of these 
structures barely protrude above the ground and you will have an 
idea of what an up-to-date arrangement for target shooting this 
progressive club has. But this is not all, for when it comes to 
live birds the arrangements arc equally complete. The under- 
ground system is of course in vogue here, but the pit is of such 
dimensions as to permit not only the trappers and birds, but there 
is ample room for two or three dogs and an additional man to look 
after ' these. Furthermore, room for a small stove has not been 
overlooked, and one will be put. in to add to the comfort of the 
trappers and also to prevent the birds from becoming chilled on 
cold days. Just in the rear of the pit the ground has been a trifle 
raised, and "in this is fitted a pane of glass of about fiin. square 
and 2in. in diameter. From this those in the pit can obtain 
a view of the score, and thereby know when to release the dogs 
to do the retrieving. In this manner 200 birds can be shot in an 
hour: This arrangement is according to plans submitted by Mr. 
E. D. Fulfora, who will equip these grounds with his new 
traps, which are far superior to any that have yet come under 
my observation, and accomplish everything its enthusiastic in- 
ventor clai .'or them. It was the intention of the club to use 
these traps on this occasion, but unfortunately the set the club 
had order" 1 was lost en route from Utica. However, Mr. Ful 
ford had one that be was carrying around as a sample, and this 
was used on this occasion, being placed in the center, and when 
it is properly manipulated sitters are out of the question. 
One other thing that the club possesses worth mentioning 
is a magnificent tb&HtQDXflttCku This first saw service on 
a ™ 111111111110011—1 the Jacob S trader, and 
v HllllllDO'iirst End Gun Club then came 
i 10111 "vaddell was at that time president 
.-,un. :md upon its amalgamation into the present 
, • -on the staff came with it. Messrs. Mosby and Waddell 
^•.tered to donate a flag if .some one would put up the staff. Mr. 
Henry Robinson, one of the club's most active shooting members, 
generously offered to perform this service. Then on the formal 
opening of the club grounds, Oct. 7, the occasion of the team 
race between Dayton and Cincinnati elubs, forty shooters gathered 
around this staff, and at the drop of the handkerchief Old Glory 
went aloft to the salute of the forty guns, and has proudly waved 
from the staff ever Since. 
With such model arranged grounds and 1 cent targets and good 
live birds at 20 cents to practice on any day of the year, the mem- 
bers' of this organization have reason to feel proud, and it is 
nothing surprising that the club roll now shows something like 
215 names (J. J. Hallowell being the latest addition), many of 
whom hold the most responsible positions in their respective 
vocations. 
The grounds are reached by the electric line. Tt is only twenty- 
five minutes' ride from Fountain Square, where all the ears meet. 
Paul R, Litzkf.. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Hicks — Palmer. 
Chicago, 111., Nov. 12.— Silas Palmer successfully defended his 
title to the Chicago challenge trophy last Tuesday afternoon, easily 
defeating T. P. Hicks. The day was cloudy and the wind strong. 
Half a dozen spectators witnessed the race. Mr. Hicks stood at 
scratch, Mr, Palmer being conceded 2yds. and 2 birds, not 3yds. 
and 2 birds, as was erroneously reported in a local paper. Mr. 
Palmer shot a good race on stiff birds, and easily won over Mr. 
Hicks, who seemed not at his best. Score: 
Trap score type— Copyright, mas, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
154 3 4235514414455124554 3 3 
T P Hicks, 30,0.. 0 212011021*12221211 11*011 - 19 
545131121318581588235251545 
S Palmer, 28, 2.. 1 12121211*1*201*1111221201 2-22 
Mr. A. C. Paterson will probably be next to shoot Mr. Palmer. 
C. P. Richards, of a local sporting paper, replaces Mr. Mussey 
on the trustees of the "Chicago" emblem. 
Eureka Live-Bird Shoots. 
Mr. C. C. Hess, secretary of Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago, 
issues the following schedule of the series of live-bird contests of 
that club, which well be held during the coming winter: 
"There will be given, by the Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago, a 
series of live-bird contests during the winter, shoots to be held 
the first and third Saturdays of each month, at 1 P. M., from 
Nov. 19, 1898, to March 18, 1899, inclusive, at Watson's Park, 
Burnside. 
"Conditions: 15 live birds, with handicaps ranging from 26 
to 32yds., as handicapping committee may decide. 
"Entrance fee $2 for each contestant for the season; each shooter- 
10 pay for his birds. 
"Three medals are to be awarded, one in each class for the 
highest five scores during the season. 
"It will be necessary for each contestant to participate in six 
contests to be eligible. 
"Yob will be advised of your handicap at each contest by Capt. 
Paterson or John Watson." 
Kentucky Gun Club. 
Mr. H. J. Lyons, with a score of 23 out of 25, won the target 
medal of the Kentucky Gun Club, of Louisville, in the last shoot. 
The live-bird medal in the last contest was won by De Long, 
9 out of 10,' 
Waterloo. 
E. W. Coburn won the main medal of the Waterloo, la., Gun 
Club in the club shoot this week, scoring 20 straight. H. Steege 
won the minor prizes, once with 20 and once with 18. 
Peoria. 
In the contest for the Crawford medal at Peoria, Nov. 7, W. 
F. Meidroth won under somewhat novel conditions. Meidroth 
broke 37 out of 50, and William Webber 44 out of 50. They then 
shot at the number of targets thev had. missed, Meidroth breaking 
11 but of his 13 and Webber 3 out of his 6, the former being- 
declared winner. 
Marshalltown. 
Marshalltown Gun Club, of Iowa, will hold a big shoot Thanks- 
giving Day. There will be a team contest between Marshalltown 
and Des Moines, and it is expected that the attendance will be 
good. 
Pike's Peak Gun Club. 
Once the .travelers watched it for hundreds of miles and now 
they shoot asphalt targets there. The Pike's Peak Gun Club held 
its regular monthly medal shoot this week, at the grounds on Knob 
Hill, Colorado Springs, in a storm that was more than half a gale. 
The scores were not high, but were good for the weather. Garrett 
won the medal with 43 out of 50, Lawton second, 42. 
Kentucky Gun Club. 
The last medal shoot of the Kentucky Gun Club to date was 
turned off this week on the pleasant Louisville grounds, and 
resulted in a deferred tie. Lyons dropped out, and Schultz and 
Chadwick remained tied. They agreed to shoot off the tie on 
strings of 3 birds, and they kept on killing three 3 straight until 
they had gone through nine strings, and until darkness called a 
halt. They remained tied at the close of hostilities, having killed 
36 straight each. 
~ St. Paul Shoot, 
St. Paul Gun Club, of Minnesota, will hold a State tournament 
Nov. 16. putting up all the club badges and offering team races 
of two and three-men teams, representative of the cities com- 
peting. It is thought there will be a good State showing, and the 
occasion is sure to be a verv pleasant one. 
E. Hough. 
1200 Boyce Building, Chicago, 111. 
Chicago, Nov. 12.— John Watson announces to the shooters thai 
he will give a live-bird tournament on his grounds at Burn 
side Crossing, beginning Monday, Dec. 12, and continuing through- 
out the week. The grounds have recently been rearranged, and an 
extra set of live-bird traps have been put in, making it more 
available in accommodating a large number of shooters. On each 
day, aside from the regular events, will be given a 15-bird 
contest, in which the money will be divided on the equitable 
system. On the concluding day a 25-bird handicap contest will 
take place, the handicaps being yards, and ranging from 25 to 
32. To the winner of this contest will be given a unique medal 
valued at $150, and the money divided as follows: Twenty 
entries, four moneys; thirty entries, five moneys; forty entries, 
six moneys. Birds will be trapped at 20 cents each. A large 
number of participants are expected to be in attendance. 
A. C. Paterson. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
W. S.— The European roe deer and the-American red deer are 
two distinct species. 
J. F2. S., Jersey City. — Will you kindly inform a reader the 
effect it has on a she dog if you change its collar? Does it 
change her disposition in any way, has it any effect on her hear- 
ing, or does it make her dumb or fond of figthing, or does it 
affect her in any other way? Ans. Probably not, if the new 
collar fits. 
W. G. Frost, Portland.— Wild rice is very prolific, and grows 
annually on the same grounds, requiring no care to cultivate. 
It will grow well in almost any water that has a muddy bot- 
tom, is hot too cold, and has not a strong current and is not 
more than 8ft. deep. It will succeed in any of the Middle 
States, and northwest as far as latitude 50°. Rice has been found 
doing well on the prairie sloughs of Minnesota, the water of 
which is tinctured more or Isss with alkali; it has been success- 
fully introduced' into many of the salt marshes of the Hudson 
River and Long Island, and it grows well in fresh-water marshes 
and on the banks of slow-running streams. The proper time for 
sowing the seeds is immediately after it is gathered ripe, i, e>, 
in September. The plant is hardy, prolific and aggressive, and 
usually more than maintains a footing once established. Its 
failure to grow; in so many cases is due to the fact that the seed 
has been impaired by too long keeping, and in a number of cases 
the seed used has been threshed by the Indians, who scorch the 
grain to facilitate the operation, A few months seems sufficient 
to destroy the vital germ, so that, though spring sowing has suc- 
ceeded in some few cases, the trial of winter storage is usually 
too much for ibis delicate grain. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Hunting and Fishing on the C. & O. 
No necessity exists for a journey across the continent for the! 
sportsman who is looking for an outing. Five hours from Wash- 
ington, through the most beautiful mountain scenery this side ot 
the Rockies, deer are almost as plentiful this year as they were in 
the days when the Old Dominion was first settled by white men. 
Since the open season began, on Oct. 1, several parties have gone 
from Washington into Bath county, Virginia, and the report? 
which they bring back are such as to make the heart of the sportsi 
man jump with expectancy. There is plenty of sport to be haci 
with the rifle, the shotgun, the fly-rod, and none of the game bag: 
or fish creels are brought back empty. 
Within a radius of ten miles from Millboro, Va., there are literal, 
ly hundreds of deer. Then too the Cowpasture River is teeming 
with bass, and a 21b. small-mouth will make the disciple of olr 
Izaak, who has played the big-mouth on 40yds. of line, think 
that he has a salmon at least on his hook. 
Virginia at this season is the paradise of the sportsman, am, 
the Chesapeake & Ohio trains leaving Washington at 2:20 P. M 
and 11:10 P. M. carry him right into the heart of that paradise' 
For information address H. W. Fuller, General Passenger Agent) 
Washington, D. C.—Adv. 
Gun Barrels Protected from Rust. 
The "Singer treatment" is a process devised for protectinj 
the barrels of firearms from rust and leading. The treatment i 
chemical; it hardens the surface and penetrates the pores of thl 
metal, preventing the entering of moisture and corroding agent!* 
Guns thus treated do not require cleaning; not even when subjef 
to the influences of water, salt or fresh. The treatment is at 
ministered by the' Gun Bore Treatment Co., of No. 7 Warren street 
New York, ( , . j 
