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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec, 17, 1898. 
Alabama Field Trials. 
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 5. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I send you the programme of the Alabama Field Trials 
Club trials, which will be held at Madison, Ala., begin- 
ning Feb. 6. The trials will be open only to Alabama 
owned pointers, English, Irish and Gordon setters. For 
all stakes, pointers and setters will run together, and 
must be handled by owner or other amateur resident of 
the State. The judges are; W. W. Titus, West Point, 
Miss.; Geo. E. Gray, Appleton, Minn.; H. S. Smith, 
Birmingham, Ala. 
The Derby. — For pointers and setters whelped on or 
after Jan. 1, 1897. Entries close Jan. 10, 1899, with $2.50 
to nominate and $2.50 additional to start. Winner of 
first gets 50 per cent. ; second, 23 per cent., and third, 15 
per cent. Dogs having won first in any open field trials 
are barred. 
All-Age. — For pointers and setters of any age. Entries 
close Jan. 10, 1899, $2.50 to nominate and $2.50 additional 
to start. Winnings same as in Derby. Dogs having won 
first in any open field trials or first in the All- Age Stake 
of the Alabama Field Trials prior to Sept. 1, 1898, are 
barred. . 
First forfeit of $2.50 must accompany nomination and be 
remitted to secretary on or before Jan. 10, 1899, for above 
Stakes. 
Puppy Stake— For puppies whelped in 1898. Entries 
close night before running. No entrance or starting fee. 
The winner gets a handsome silver cup, donated by the 
president of the club. Puppies in this stake will only 
be required to point and back, and will not be penalized 
for breaking shot, chasing or unsteadiness to wing. 
Champion Stake. — For pointers and setters of any age 
and regardless of previous winnings. Entries close night 
before running. No entrance or starting fee. Winner 
gets a $50 silver cup, donated by the club, and his dog 
the title of State champion. . 
This being an amateur organization, pure and simple, 
the running rules are modified to meet the requirements of 
shooting dogs, and amateur handlers and the judges are 
requested to bear this fact in mind. 
The first heat of the Derby, All-Age and Puppy Stakes 
will be not less than thirty minutes; following heats at 
discretion and direction of the judges. 
The first heat of the Champion Stake will be of one 
and a half-hours' duration; following heats at discretion 
and direction of the judges. 
The club desires those competing at their trials to show 
their dogs to the best advantage, and not hustle for points 
on scattered birds, assuring them that each dog will be 
given a thorough test, both as to his finding and pointing 
qualities. 
The number of times a dog points, backs, etc., shall 
not necessarily be given the preference; but the quality 
of the performance will be considered in connection with 
the frequency of the occurrence. 
The judges will give greater credit to dogs showing 
the best natural qualities, it being the desire of the club 
to have the best dogs placed to the front, irrespective of 
the luck which is supposed to attend competitions of this 
nature. The judges will be requested to give more at- 
tention to a dog's natural finding cpialilies than has been 
done in the past years, viz. : Intelligent ranging ; desire 
to find birds independently; bird sense and nose, or ex- 
pressed in fewer words, dogs showing the greatest ability 
to find birds. 
The judges are requested to give greater credit to the 
dog that works promptly, without noise or severity, and 
is obedient, prompt, cheerful and easily handled. 
Pointing fur, feather, reptile or scent of game, birds, 
if the judges deem the same excusable, shall not be con- 
sidered a false point. 
False pointing, breaking in, breaking shot or chasing 
shall be gauged by the judges in their discretion. 
All dogs (except those in Puppy Stakes) should be 
broken to show to best advantage. 
Retrieving shall not be required nor considered in any 
stake. 
This being an amateur State organization, the sports- 
men of Alabama should support it with their membership 
and dogs. Annual dues, $2.50; initiation fee, $1. The 
object of the organization is to foster good fellowship 
among sportsmen, enforce the laws for the protection and 
preservation of game, to improve the breed and quality of 
shooting dogs, and to increase the interest in legitimate 
sport with dog and gun. The holding of field trials is 
to bring the sportsmen in closer, touch, and to enjoy a 
friendly field contest with shooting dogs. Come and 
bring your friends. Ladies are especially invited. The 
expense is light, the pleasure great. 
Application for entry blanks, membership blanks, or 
other information furnished on request to the secretary- 
treasurer. 
Madison is located on the Memphis & Charleston 
(Southern) Railroad, midway between Decatur and 
Iluntsville. Trains from the South on Louisville & Nash- 
ville Railroad make close connection at Decatur with the 
M. & C. The trial grounds at Madison contain over 10,- 
000 acres, and have been restocked with birds the past 
spring. Hotel rates will be $1.50 per day, including noon 
lunch on trial grounds. Saddle horses $1 per day. Com- 
fortable quarters for dogs. 
Railroad rates will be one fare for the round trip over 
the L. & N,, M & Cu and probably other lines. 
The annual meeting of the Alabama Field Trials Club 
will be held at Madison on evening of Feb. 6. 1899, for 
election of officers, admission of new members and the 
transaction of any other business. 
By order of the presidcut. 
T. H. Spencer, Sec'y-Treas. 
PRIZES FOR AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHS, 
The Forest and Stream offers prizes for meritorious 
work with the camera, under conditions which follow: 
The prizes will be divided into three series: (1) for 
live wild game; (2) for game in parks; (3) for other sub- 
jects relating to shooting and fishing. 
(1) For live game photographs three prizes are of- 
fered, the first of $50, the second of $23, and the third of 
$10. 
(2) For live game in parks, for the best picture, a 
prize of $10. 
(3) For the best pictures relating to Forest and 
Stream's field — shooting and fishing, the camp, camp- 
ers and camp life, sportsman travel by land and water, 
incidents of field and stream — a first prize of $20, a sec- 
ond of $15, a third of $10, and for fourth place two prizes 
of $5 each. 
There is no restriction as to the time nor as to where 
the pictures have been made or may be made. 
Pictures will be received up to Dec. 31 this year. 
All work must be original; that is to say, it must not 
have been submitted to any other competition or have 
been published. 
There are no restrictions as to the make or style of 
camera, nor as to size of plate. 
A competitor need not be a subscriber to the Forest 
and Stream. 
All work must be that of amateurs. 
The photographs will be submitted to a committee, 
who, in making their award, will be instructed to take 
into consideration the technical merits of the work as 
a photograph, its artistic qualities and other things be- 
ing equal, the unique and difficult nature of the subject. 
Photographs should be marked for identification with 
initials or a pseudonym only, and with each photograph 
should be given, answering to the initials, the name of 
sender, title of view, locality, date and names of camera, 
and plate or film. 
May 24-25. — Greenwood, S. C. — Annual live-bird tournament of 
the Greenwood Gun Ciub; 25-bird Southern Handicap. R. G. 
McCants, Sec'y. 
June 7-9. — Columbus, O. — Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- 
ers' League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun 
Club. J. C. Porterfield. Sec'y, O. T. S. L. 
June 7.— Buffalo, N. Y. — New York State shoot. 
June 14-16. — Cleveland, O, — Cleveland Target Co.'s tournament. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
The following scores were made by members of the Cincinnati 
Rifle Association in regular competition, Dec. 11, at Four-Mile 
House, Reading- Road. Conditions, 200yds., off-hand, at the 
German ring target. Gindele was declared- king with a score of 
226. Gindele was high on the honor target with a score of 70. 
Gindele's 229 was high for the Uckotter trophy: 
King target: 
Gindele 21 22 23 22 22 23 23 23 22 25—226 
Weinheimer 15 11 14 23 10 20 22 11 23 18—176 
Roberts 15 21 15 22 22 15 20 18 16 21—185 
Uckotter 17 17 16 7 12 20 1 23 14 14—141 
Wellinger 19 15 24 17 23 21 21 18 16 23—197 
Orube 16 20 17 13 24 16 23 23 24 16—192 
Topf 16 15 3 16 23 11 20 17 16 17—149 
Payne 13 15 16 12 19 15 19 20 13 24—164 
Strickmier 16 21 20 22 21 21 21 22 21 21—206 
Hasenzahl 20 20 20 22 24 23 24 12 25 16—206 
Honor target. Special scores. 
Gindele 21 25 24—70 229 222 221 
Weinheimer 18 16 21—55 191 190 186 
Roberts 18 17 15—50 215 212 203 
Uckotter 10 18 21-49 187 180 176 
Wellinger 22 23 23—68 214 213 212 
Drube 17 22 20—59 208 202 202 
Topf 13 15 22—50 193 180 172 
Payne 18 22 21—61 212 207 203 
Strickmier 21 17 23—61 205 204 201 
Hasenzahl , 23 24 20—67 217 216 210 
Books for Holiday Presents 
Should be ordered in good season, to avoid delays. Every 
year, experience has shown, some books have been ordered 
"from the Forest and Stream Publishing Co. at dates too 
late for sending them in season to reach recipients by 
Christmas. 
The Forest and Stream is'put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at Lhc 
latest by Monday and as much cailicr as practicable.' 
Fixtures. 
Dec. 14.— Stuttgart, Ark.— All-day tournament; live birds and 
targets. 
Dec. 19-21. — Kewanee, 111. — Tournament; live birds and targets. 
E. E. Baker, Kewanee, 111., and V. Studley, Neponset, 111., Man- 
agers. 
Dec. 19-23. — Indianapolis, Ind. — Grand Central Handicap; targets 
first day; sparrows two days; pigeons two days. H. T. Hearsey, 
Sec'y. 
Dec. 22.— Newark, N, J.— Regular shoot of the East Side Gun 
Club. 
Dec. 26.— Newark, Ni J- — Christmas shoot of the East Side Gun 
Club. 
Dec. 27-30.— St. Thomas, Can.— Tournament of St. Thomas Gun 
Club. Jack Parker, Manager. 
Dec. 28-29.— Auburn, N. Y.— Auburn Gun Club; live birds and 
targets. C. W. Tuttle, Sec'y. 
1899. 
Jan. 2. — Newark, N. J. — Annual shoot of the South Side Gun 
Club. I. H. Ten-ill, Sec'y. 
Jan. 2.— Newark, N. J.— New Year's shoot of the East Side Gun 
Club; live birds; begins at 10 A. M. ; main event at 15 birds, $5, 
birds extra. 
Jan. 5.— Newark, N. J.— Tournament of East Side Gun Club; 
main event, match between Morfey and Schortemeier for State 
championship. 
Jan. 17-19.— Hamilton, Ont— Tournament of the Hamilton Gun 
Club. John Parker, Manager. 
Jan. 17-20. — Hamilton, Oont. — Annual tournament and grand 
Canadian handicap of the Hamilton Gun Club; $1,000 guaranteed. 
H. Graha-m, Sec'y. 
Jan. 18.— Reading Pa. — The Beading handicap; open to all. 
Arthur A. Fink, Manager. 
Jan. 18.— Stony Creek, Pa.— Stony Creek handicap, 25 live birds. 
A. A. Fink, Manager, 426 Franklin St.. Reading, Pa. 
April 6-8.— Utica, N. Y.— Fulfoid's handicap at live birds. E. 
D. Fulford, Manager. 
April 11-13.— Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.— The Inter- 
state Association's seventh annual Grand American Handicap 
tournament. 
April 18-20.— Lincoln, Neb.— The Lincoln Gun Club's second 
annual interstate tournament; targets and live birds; $500 added. 
Geo. L. Carter, Sec'y. 
April 18-21.— Baltimore, Md.— Prospect Park Shooting Associa- 
tion's tournament; added money. H. A. Brehm, Pres. 
April 25-28. — Baltimore, Md. — Tournament of Baltimore Shooting 
Association; targets and live birds; money added. Geo. L. Har- 
rison, Sec'y. 
May 16-19.— Erie, Pa.— Ninth annual tournament of the Pennsyl- 
vania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Reed Hurst Gun Club. Frank W. Bacon. Sec'y. 
May 16-20. — St. Jvniis, Mo.— Tournamenl of the Missouri State 
FioU and Game Protective Association. H. £. Collins, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND i TWISTERS. 
The programme of the St. Thomas, Ont., tournament, known as 
Thomas Donley's second international tournament, fixed to be held 
on Dec. 27 to 30 inclusive, is now ready for distribution. It will 
be under the management of the well-known expert, Mr. John 
Parker, of Detroit. On the first day there are eight target events, 
10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, entrance respectively $1, $1.50, $2 and. $3, 
five of which have each $5 added money. There are also two 
live-bird events, the first at $10, $7 entrance, including birds, $15 
added, class shooting, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. No. 2 is the grand 
international handicap, for the Gillman and Barnes international 
handicap championship trophy of the United States and Canada; 
25 live birds, $15 entrance, including birds, $150 added, handicaps 
26 to 32yds., high guns; divided 15, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 
2, 2, and 2 per cent. There are eight target events on the second 
day, much like the programme of the first day. The international 
live-bird event will be continued on the second day. On the 
third day there are six target events, and two at live birds; one 
at 10 birds, $7 entrance, $15 added, class shooting, 50, 30 and 20 
per cent., and a two-men team race, any two men, $10 entrance, 
50, 30 and 20 per cent. On the fourth day there are six target 
events, the last of which is the team race for the international 
team trophy, 25 targets per man, five men to each team; $10 added. 
Each team must be composed of bona fide members of any one 
regularly organized gun club, all residing in the same city, town- 
ship or village. The trophy becomes the property of the winning 
team; moneys divided 60 and 40 per cent, between the two teams 
making the highest scores. There also are two live-bird events 
on the last day, one a $2 miss-and-out, the other at 15 live birds, 
$10 entrance, $25 added; moneys divided 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 6 and 
4 per cent. Entrance includes targets and birds. Targets 3 cents 
each, one cent of which will be set aside and divided into five 
equal parts, to be divided among the five highest averages; team 
race for team trophy, miss-and-out, and the two-men team race are not 
to be included in averages. Live birds 20 cents each. Moneys 
divided in target events as follows: 10 targets,' 40, 30, 20, and 10 
per cent. ; all other events, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. The 
professional expert will be allowed to shoot only in a few live-bird 
events, but can shoot for the price of targets only, and thereby 
can compete for the averages. The handicap committee will con- 
sist of two Canadians and one American. The management has 
made arrangements with the Customs whereby Americans can 
ship their guns to Jas. Overend, American Express agent, St. 
Thomas, Canada, and have them admitted free of duty. Pas- 
sengers, when purchasing tickets over the Wabash R. R., M. 
C. R., G. T. R., C. P. R. and L. E. & D. R. R., should purchase 
tickets for one way only, securing certificate from agent, which 
will be honored for return passage at one-third fare when signed by 
the secretary, Thos. Donley, to whom all communications should 
be addressed. 
The East Side Gun Club, of Newark, will hold their regular 
club shoot at live birds on Dec. 22, in the afternoon, on their 
grounds, near Foundry street and the Plank Road. On Dec. 26 
(Christmas shoot) and Jan. 2 (New Year's shoot) there will be 
open sweepstakes and handicaps at live birds on the same 
grounds, commencing at 10 A. M. The main event will be at 15 
birds, $5 entrance, birds extra at 25 cents on each of the holidays. 
Rose system in the division of the moneys, ratios 6, 3 and 1 if 
three moneys, and 6, 3, 2 and 1 if four moneys. There will also 
be an all-day tournament on the club's grounds on J 5, at 10 
A. M. The main event will be before the State championship 
cup between Mr. Tom Morfey, the challenger, and Mr. L. H. 
Schortemeier, the holder of the cup, at 50 targets. There will be 
sweepstakes at 10 and 25 targets, entrance 50 cents to $2, in- 
cluding targets at 2 cents each. 
The prize handicap series of the Boston Gun Club commences 
Dec. 21, and on every Wednesday thereafter till the series ends, on 
March 29, 1899, excepting Wednesday, Feb. 22. The conditions of 
the individual shoot are, entrance free and open to all shooters; 
aggregate of the six best scores to count out of the fourteen 
shoots; each to shoot at 21 targets, namely, 10 at known angles, 
5 at unknown angles, known traps, and 3 pairs. There are ten 
prizes. The team prizes are Thurman shooting blouses or sweaters 
to the winning team; 200 loaded shells to second team. Each 
team shall consist of two men, 40 targets to each team, each man 
shooting at 10 targets, known, and 10 targets, unknown angles, 
Any number of teams can enter. The five best scores to count. 
Handicap distances. Final ties decided by shooting a complete 
score. Boston Gun Club rules to govern. Targets, lVk cents. 
For further information, address 23 Elm street, Boston. 
Charlie Zwirlein trapped some great birds at his grounds, Yard- 
ville, N. J.,, on Friday of last week, Dec. 9. Zwirlein's birds are 
always good and fast, but on this occasion they were helped by 
a strong wind, that made many of them "unkillable." So good 
were they that in the main event, at 25 birds, $10 entrance, birds 
extra, 23 was . high. Johnson, of Philadelphia, a rattling good 
shot, to be placed on the 27yds. mark, won first money alone 
on 23; Aaron Doty, of Paterson, N. J., won second on 22 from the 
28yds. mark. T. W. Morfey, 29yds.; Louis Harrison, 28yds., and 
W. Apgar, 27yds., divided third on 21, while Johnson Warfort, 
28yds., of Frenchtown, N. J., was the lucky man to get fourth 
money alone on 20. . Fred Quimby, 30yds., and A. L. Ivins, 
30yds., were the scratch men, and never got into the money. Ivins 
had at one time a good look in for first money, as at the end 
of the 8th round he was the only man with a straight score. 
The name of L. H. Japhet, the nom de fusil of the holder of the 
E. C. cup, and the championship of New Jersey at inanimate 
targets, conceals fairly successfully the identity of the hero of the 
contest at the Bergen County Gun Club's traps at Hackensack, 
N. J., on Dec. 7. Mr. Japhet is a gentleman of almost as many 
cognomens as he possesses pounds avoirdupois. When we add 
that his pet name among his friends is a base libel upon the num- 
ber of cubits in his stature, it would seem that the riddle was 
easier to guess than were the several locations of the targets when 
his opponents tried to gauge them on the afternoon of Dec. 7. 
T. W. Morfey always seems to be hunting trouble! Not content 
with being embroiled in a live-bird contest at 100 pigeons with 
Aaron Doty, of Paterson, N. J., on Wednesday of this week, 
Dec. 14, he must needs post $10 forfeit and challenge Mr. Japhet 
for the E. C. cup and the New Jersey championship at targets. 
This match has been set for Thursday, Jan. 5, on the grounds of 
the East Side Gun C\vb, of Newark, N. J. The club will take 
advantage of the individual match for the championship as a 
drawing card, and will hold an all-day shoot at targets same day. 
Irby Bennett, of the W. R. A. Company, is up North for a 
week or two, prior to going home to Memphis for the Christmas 
holidays. He will spend most of his time while up North at the 
company's factory in New Haven, making periodical visits to 
New York to let us know that he is alive. Before leaving for the 
South he will attend the annual meeting of the Interstate Associa- 
tion, and will cast his company's vote in regard to the policy of 
the Association for next year. He expresses the opinion that 
Memphis and the South generally will be well represented at the 
Grand American Handicap next April. 
Mr. Paul R. Litzke, of Little Rock, Ark., has laid aside his 
pencil for a while, and is taking action with the gun on his own 
account. In a letter of recent date to us he writes as follows: 
"I am at the present writing located in Wilmot, Ark., just this side 
of the Louisiana line. I am here in quest of quail: I spent several 
days in the vicinity of Arkansas City last week, and was with 
a party from that town on a camp hunt for two days. During 
that time we bagged one deer, one turkey, five mallard ducks, 
four quail, two rabbits and forty-five squirrels. The latter were 
fox, gray and black. It was my good fortune to kill the turkey." 
The all-day shoot at Hackensack, N. J., was a success, twenty- 
four shooters turning out. The days are short now, but with 
hustling some 3,000 targets were thrown between the hours of 11 
and 4. The success of this shoot will probably start other clubs 
on the same lines, and it may be that the winter season in and 
around New York may prove a busy one for trap-shooters. There 
is plenty of talent here, but it is a hard matter to bring it to- 
gether. 
The extremely cold weather and dull sky of Saturday last, Dec. 
10, had its effect on the crowd of shooters at all the local 'grounds. 
The Brooklyn Gun Club's monthly shoot was especially affected in 
this way, the usual gathering of twenty shooters or so dwindling 
down to a scant dozen. Among them was a guest, Mr. Crocker, 
from New. London, a friend of Mr. John Milliken, of the Brook- 
lyn*; Mr. Crocker showed he could shoot a bit, despite the cold 
weather and a strange gun. 
