Jan. 21, 1899.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
B9 
G>nfabtiIations of the Cadi. — XV. 
Glorioi s weather favored the opening day, o£ the Egyptian 
Gun Club's tournament. It was decided after many fears and 
misgivings that it would be a two-day affair; one at targets, one 
at live birds. .\11 the other preliminaries were concluded, each 
of which represented many timorous forebodings as to its suc- 
cess from some one or two or more of the members: for there 
were several members who were quite convinced that a certain 
arrangement was entirely wrong, and therefore portended dis- 
aster, -while there were other members who were equally con- 
vinced that certain other arrangements were the oiijy ones which 
were hopelessly ruinous to the tournament's success and therefore 
ruinous to the Club's interests; others again were enthusiastic 
over all the arrangements and maintained that the tournament 
had within it all the essentials o£ success, and that therefore 
all the cala^iity h«wlers were wrong. At the worst, they 
held th^t if there were SpWie matters of. minor detail which 
were not quite right, there were enough which were right and 
which would save the day. 
The members who had had the least experience in tournament 
matters, and who were commonplace people in commonplace 
matters in everyday life, were the most opinionated and asser- 
tive in proposing what should and what should not be done, 
and in prophesying disaster if their advice was ttnheeded. In 
this there was nothing particularly strange, for there is many 
a man who cannot manage his own farm and family who feels 
nevertheless that he is competent to manage the atTairs of 
the nation. 
Still as the tournament affairs drifted from the realm of talk to 
the realm of action, and the members were therefore necessarily 
at more and more remote distances from the cider bucket, the 
zeal of several seemed to lessen till in time all the work de- 
volved on the Cadi and Moke, much to the concern of their 
respective wives. The concern of each, howevei', sprang from 
widely different feelings. Hopie Jane, as became a good wife 
who had such a treasure of a husband, was profoundly grieved 
over the Cadi's exertions in the club's behalf, which seemed all 
tlie more dangerous since they were beyond anything that he 
ever attempted at home; and it was very dangerous for him to 
work at home, as his wife knew from the many assurances 
and the sudden illnesses on tlie part of the good Cadi 
when he thought that there Was work at hand or in 
prospect. In his weak state, the over-exertion might 
irreparably injure his health, 'or he even might die, and 
then she would have no husband to work for, to say 
nothing of the passing away of the divinest man of earth. The 
wife of Moke was grieved over the fact that, by his engaging 
in club matters exclusively, she had no husband to work for 
her, the point of view of the one being that she loved her 
husband first of all; that of the other, that she loved herself, and 
was deprived of the luxurj^ of bacon and cornbread, to Which she 
had be'en accustomed all her life before her marriage, and to 
which she called the attention of Moke ftom one to fifty .times 
every day. 
However, once the spirit of the sport was on the Cadi, he 
could not, from pure love of it, refrain from engaging in the 
work pertaining to the tournament. In matters of work on his 
own farm he was spiritless, weary and inactive; in matters of 
sport he was the opposite in every respect — something after 
the manner of the parson's old horse, so graphically described 
by Oliver Wendell Holmes: 
"Sportsmen and .jockeys knew him not; 
And yet they say he once could trot 
Among the fleetest of the town, 
Till something cracked and broke down — 
'And are we then so soon forgot?' 
Ah, me! I doubt if one of you 
Has ever heard the name Old Blue, 
Whose fame through all this region rung 
In those old days when I was young. " 
He was simply the good parson's family horse, sedate and de- 
liberate from many years of steady going, and 
"Scant-manned, sharp-backed, and shaky-kneed. 
The wreck of what was once, a steed — 
Lips thin, eyes hollow, stiff in joints; 
Yet not Without his knowing points.'^ 
One day when, by fortuitous circumstances, the deacon who 
had borrowed him entered him in a race against the crackerjacks, 
liberate from years of steady going, and 
"Long ere the quarter was a half, 
The chuckling crowd had ceased to laugh; 
Tighter the frightened jockey clung 
As in a mighty stride he swung. 
The gravel flying in his track, 
His neck stretched out, his ears laid back. 
His tail extended all the while 
Behind him like a rat-tail file. 
Off went a shoe— aw'ay it spun, 
Shot like a bullet from a gun; 
The quacking, jockey shapes a prayer 
From scraps of oath he used to swear; 
He drops his whip, he drops his rein. 
He clutches fiercely for the mane; 
He'll lose his hold — he sways and reels — 
He'll slide beneath those trampling heels! 
The knees of many a horseman quake— 
The flowers on many a bonnet shake, 
And shovits arise from left to right, 
'Stick onl stick on!' Hould tight! hould tight!' 
'Cling 'round his neck and don't let go- 
That pace can't hold — ^there, steady, whoa!' 
But like the sable steed that bore 
The spectral lover of Lenore, 
His nostrils snorting foam and fire. 
No stretch his bony limbs can tire; 
And now the stand he rushes by. 
And 'Stop him! stop him!' is the cry. 
'Stand back! he's only just begun — 
He's having out three heats in one.' " 
^ « 4t i|« 
"Moral for which this tale is told: 
A horse can trot for all he's old." 
The old horse in a race and the old horse in everyday life were 
quite different animals. Either he should hava been named 
Cadi, or else the Cadi should have been named Old Blue. In 
spirit they were alike. 
The Totifnament. 
Some of the shooters from a distance had arrived the night 
before, to the end that they might be in good season for the 
fcmmencement, and also to ^void the fatigues incident to long 
travel in the , morning. Some of the shooters .had their shoes 
well blacked, others had them well greased, each being governed 
by the customs which obtained in his own bailiwick. In the 
matter of adornment tastes justly vary. Some wore their best 
clothes, others their worst, while others again wore the only 
clothes they had. There were shooting suits, semi-shooting suits, 
and suits which suited their wearers, and yet would have to 
pass as being unclassified. 
There w-ere a number of venerable men among the spectators 
who cared little for the spectacle of men at work, but who dearly 
enjoyed seeing men at play. They loudly descanted on the 
superiority of the sport fifty years ago, the wonderful men who 
then were masters with the gun, and they deplored the de- 
generacy of the present agre, thereby proving beyond question that 
if they were no is-ers they had been great was-ers. Still it is 
strange that the was-er does not realize (hat he is the creature 
of arrested development, and that the world has -moved on and 
left him in a past age, thqugh he may be vegetating in the 
present. 
The yoimger brethren were in an ecstacy of delight, and each 
one silently vowed that he would buy a good gun for $500 as 
seen as he could raise it, and became one of the great shots of the 
earth. 
The novice could readily be distinguished from the regular. The 
former was nervous and ill at ease; the latter was metliodical, 
calm and quietly alert. He noted the appearance of the new- 
comers, carefully looked over the grounds to determine their 
eiTect on the flight of the targets, etc. There were cordial greet- 
ings, handshakes, chaffing, recountals of the doings at the last 
tournament, discussions on the best loads for target breaking, 
introductions, etc. 
The novices in most instances had leaned tfieir guns against 
the wall, where they would be nicely in the way of the shooters 
as they walked about. Cautioned about it, they moved them 
to a place which was unoccupied for the moment, but which 
a few minutes later was filled most uncermoniously with heavy 
boxes of shells, much to. the alarm of the ..owners of the guns, 
who then placed them where they should have been placed at 
first — in the rack. The regulars were unperturbed. The novices 
took up their guns betimes and aimed them very impressively 
into the atmosphere, and furtively scanned the guns of the regu- 
lars to perceive wherein was hidden magic which enabled them 
to break so many targets or to kill so many birds. The regulars 
in most instances entered for the whole day's programme, and 
this with the nonchalance of men who had money to burn. 
The novices in most instances entered in one event at a time, 
passing in their money with visible reluctance and looking after 
it with a pained look; longingly, as after a friend who was start- 
ing on a visit to a far country for a long while. 
The morning hour had not passed before programmes were 
lying about on the groimd by the dozen, and there were several 
bundles' of them in the club house unopened. They remained 
unopened throughout the tournament. There were enough with- 
out them. Still, it might have been a matter of interest to the 
advertisers, and set them thinking that there is sometimes a 
difference between the promises set forth in the circular letter 
soliciting advertising and what is done actually to fulfill the 
promises. 
The Cadi and Moke were on hand early, receiving the shooters 
and endeavoring to answer a dozen questions all at once in 
respect to matters which were fully explained in the programme. 
They expected to have had ample assistance. Three of the members 
had promised to be on hand without fail. One sent word that 
his mule had a bad case of colic, and that it would be impossible 
for him to attend, and that he felt sorry. Another found that 
he could not neglect some important business matters which 
had unexpectedly required his attention. The third sent neither 
explanation nor excuse. 
A sixteen-year-old boy, who was burning with curiosity to see 
and hear everything that was going on, was engaged to do the 
scoring, and thereafter he gave the strictest attention to every- 
thing but the business that he was engaged to attend. 
The Cadi concluded that he would act as cashier, while Moke 
was to act as referee and squad hustler. Some of the regulars 
amiably volunteered to assist at such times as there was need of 
them, and tlieir offer was gratefully accepted. The first shooter of- 
fered a $50 bill to the Cadi, to pay for the day's entrance, and the 
latter was at a standstill at the start, for he had not a cent of 
change either in his own right or that of the club. There was 
then rimning from this man and that to make the .needed 
change, for it is one of the first principles of a cashier at a 
tournament that once he gets money in hand it is wise to hold 
it if it can be held. 
. As there was no organized force in the beginning, and no 
definite plan of action at any time, there was no head nor tail 
to the management of the tournament, and everything was in 
a state of chaos from start to finish. 
As to the conduct of the shooting after it began it will be dwelt 
upon at another time. 
Bernard Waters. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Boston Gun Club, 
6 10 10 
4 8 10 
5 7 8 
3 10 10 
5 9 5 
5 7 8 
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
6 10 10 10 10 10 15 
3 10 10 7 6 6 13 
9 8 U 
8 9 8 
Wellington, Mass., Jan. 11.— Zero temperature attended the 
Boston Gun Club's fourth prize shoot, together with a half-dozen 
enthusiasts that nothing short of an earthquake would prevent 
coming out. A clearer day could not possibly be asked, and with 
a huge fire burning cheerily in the wood-stove there were worse 
places a good deal than Wellington. At least this was the de- 
cision reached after the shooters had sampled the conditions and 
found them satisfactory, for good scoring was done before dark- 
ness closed in, as the accompanying scores will show. 
Mr. G. O. Henderson, a visitor from Hingham, broke 56 single 
targets without a miss. Some doubles shot in between lowered 
his average, but latterly his handicap distance on this style of 
shooting w^as more correctly gauged. His match score of 20 was 
a splendid one, considering it marked his debut on these particu- 
lar grounds. Mr. Gordon was a close second, and also with 
straights, having three to Henderson's five. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 10 6 
Gordon, 17 9 8 2 
Miskay, 18 9 8 5 
Henderson, 18 10 10 1 
Leonard, 16 9 10 6 
Horace, 18 854 
Spencer, 18 . . 9 9 
Events 1, 6, 9 and 14, known angles; 2, 7 and 10, unknown; 5 
and 11, reverse; 3, 4, 8 and 13, pairs; 12, unknown traps. 
Merchandise match, 21 targets: 10 known, 5 unknown, 3 pairs: 
Henderson, 18 llllUUU— 10 11111—5 11 11 10—5—20 
Gordon, 17 lUllllUl— 10 " - ^" "^^'^ 
Horace, 18 IIUOIIUO— 8 
Miskav, 18 1101111110— 8 11111—5 
Spencer, 18 1101111111— 9 
Leonard, 16 1001110001— 5 
Team match, 40 targets: 10 known, 10 unknown each shooter- 
distance handicap: ' 
Gordon , 1111111111—10 
Spencer .0101011111— 7 
Miskay 0111101111— 8 
Horace 1000111111-- 7 
Henderson 1111111111—10 
Leonard , .1101001100- 5 
5 10 
4 8 
5 7 
2- 7 
4 3 10 
11111-5 10 01 01—3—18 
00111-3 10 11 11-5—16 
10 10 10—3—16 
11001—3 10 10 00—2—14 
11101-4 11 11 00-4—13 
1111111111—10—20 
llllOimi— 9—16-36 
1110111111— 9—17 
1111110010— 7—14—31 
1011001110— 6—16 
lOlOUmi— S-13-29 
Oceanic Gun Club. 
Jan. 16.— The Oceanic Gun Club held its first shoot at Rock- 
away Park, on the grounds where the Rockaway Park Rod and 
Gun Club held so many interesting shoots. The weather was 
.pleasant and enjoyable. A stiff breeze made the targets fly 
in a most puzzling manner. There was quite a good attendance 
and shooting progressed steadily. 
The officers of the Oceanic Gun Club are: President, Frank 
Coleman; Secretary-Treasurer, John H. W. Fleming; Captain, L. 
H. Schortemeier. The next shoot will be held in the latter part 
of this month. 
Several Star sweeps were shot, which do not figure m the 
scores, owing to most of the shooters having an unequal number 
of birds to shoot at. They were shot after the following manner: 
Each shooter puts in, let us say, 5 cents at the start. Then 
each shoots at 6 targets,- and for every miss each shooter puts 5 
cents; thus if a shooter missed his 6 targets, he would contribute 
35 cents to the purse. If he missed none, then he would con- 
tribute only the 5 cents. The better a shooter performs under 
this system the less he puts in and the more he takes out. ♦ 
There were a number of these interesting events. The regular 
sweeps were for a nominal sum. 
A most appetizing lunch, served free by the club, and appetites 
sharp-set by the salt sea air, were features which alone com- 
pensated for the pleasant trip had there been no other recrea- 
tion, 
Events: 12345678 
Targets: 10 25 15 15 25 25 15 10 
Schortemeier 9 23 7 13 20 21 14 7 
Diidley 9 22 12 12 17 22 .. 10 
Dr McNultv 5 35 6 ., 9 .... 7 
Ernest ... 4 11 12 .- 
Peters 2 
Waters 10 8 19 19 11 8 
Leobel .....■.•.>.i^>. •,<<«. ..trs.is.- 12 10 .. 15 9 .. 
Woods 11 12 16 16 8 6 
Harrison . 7 10 14 21 14 .. 
Difflev 8 8 15 .. 11 .. 
Laney 7 7 19 19 8 .. 
Peterson 8 7 
Tiernan 13 13 .. .. 
Jones 15 12 .. .. 
New Utrecht Gun Club. 
Woodlawn, L. I., Jan. 14. — No. 1 was the club shoot; No. 2 
was the 500-shell shoot, 3 birds, then miss-and-out; Nos. 3, 4 and 5 
were 5-bird sweeps. 
Good birds, and fog and smoke — what there was of it — made sec 
ond-barrel shooting very difficult at Woodlawn this afternoon 
at the bi-monthly live-bird shoot of the New Utrecht Gun Club- 
Some of Thompson's seconds were of the phenomenal. Clay 
birds next Saturday. 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
£ G Frost, 28 1122221322—10 112—3 20'*22— 3 22122—5 22200—3 
F Thompson. 29... 120*111021— 7 1*3—2 21021—4 22110-^ 0*121— 
T Gaughen, 30 102—2 12221—5 21202—4 10222-4 
F Otis 1*1—2 22102—4 21*02—3 21211—5 
E. G. Frost, Sec'y. 
Brooklyn Gun Club. 
Jan. 10. — The live-bird invitation shoot of the Brooklyn Gun 
Club, under John Wright's management, was an unbounded suc- 
cess. There were shooters of all degrees, and so many of them 
that all could not shoot all they wished to, and darkness did not 
deter those who were in the last event. 
From the invitation, which was on fine, tinted paper, with the 
club's monogram at the head, to the closing of the shoot, John 
Wright could feel that his shoot was a success. Messrs. Jacob 
Pentz and A, Knox did the referee duties, while Mr. J. H. W. 
Fleming did the scoring. Jolin D. Regan was cashier. The 
handicappers were Messrs. Pentz and Hobart. 
The weather was exceedingly cold. It was good weather for the 
birds to fly at their best, as there was a stiff north wind blowing 
from left to right across the traps. Among those present were 
shooters of national fame. There were Capt. A. W. Money, a 
giant with the gun- Jack Fanning, who has something over 90 
per cent, on live birds and targets during the past season; Harvey 
McMurchy, who shoots up to a standard with the highest when 
he does shoot; J. J. U. M. C. Hallowell, who also is in the first 
rank : Charles Young, also a phenomenally good shot ; E. Rike, 
a solid shot and a good one; Tom Morfey, well known as a 
formidable competitor with the best, and a number of others of as 
great enthusiasm, but less skill. 
Miss Annie Oakley shot in some of the events, and displayed a 
degree of skill in no way inferior to the best. 
The first event was at 5 live birds, $3 entrance, birds extra, three 
moneys; all stood at 28yds. American Association rules governed. 
The scores : 
Harrison .....22122—5 Weldon 11122-5 
Morfey 22222—5 Hallowell ................21222—5 
Marshall 12020—3 Remsen 22102—4 
Douglas ............22*21—4 Sands 22222—5 
Young .22222—5 Short 2*212-^ 
Harding .00210—2 Doty .22322— 5 
Rike 01222—4 Waters 2211*— 4 
McMurchy 11122—5 Capt Money 12220—4 
Fanning 21122—5 Baron 21000—2 
No. 2 was at 7 live birds, $5, birds included, hatidicaps 28 to 81yds., 
three moneys: 
Harrison, 28 2210221—6 Wells, 28 2222220—6 
Morfey, 30 2222222—7 Green, 28 ...'.......,..-2222122—7 
Dr O'Connell, 29 2222222—7 Fanning, 31 2110221—6 
Fessenden, 28 0222222—6 McMurchy, 31 2202122—6 
Tuttle, 28 2102212—6 Waters, 28 20*1122-5 
Hallowell, 30 0221201—5 James, 28 2121111—7 
Money, 31 001*101—3 Harding, 28 ....0211212—6 
Young, 31 2122122—7 Woods. 28 2222222—7 
Douglass, 28 ...2200100—3 Rike, 28 ...212022*— 5 
Marshall, 28 0102121—5 Weldon, 28 0022012—4 
Blauvelt, 28 1101122—6 Hafften. 28 0201210—4 
Taylor, 28 2222102-6 Sands, 28 2022222-6 
Doty, 29 2222222— 7 Short, 28 0201101—4 
Remsen, 29 .2122211— 7 
No. 3 was at 10 live birds, $10 entrance, birds included, four 
moneys. Before the 9th round closed twilight set in. Those who 
shot in the last half of the 10th round shot in the dark, and there- 
fore had difficult conditions: 
L Harrison, 28. ... .2222122121— 10 R E Packard, 29. .2200111100— 6 
T W Morfey, 30. . .2221222202- 9 D W Weldon. 28. .1100112200- 6 
A W Money, 31. . .2212*11221— 9 W A Sands, 28.... 2202222222— 9 
T J Toplitz, 26 2122220011- 8 W Do'ty, 29 2202222220- 8 
W H Sanders, 2fl. .1211221102-^ 9 M Douglas, 27. .. .1212*1101*— 7 
B Waters, 26 2212212222—10 L Taylor, 28 .0*11110010—5 
E H Lott, 28...... 112221221*- 9 A Marshall, 27 0001101212-6 
J H Hallock, 26... 1111011012- 8 W E Harding, 26.220*122200^6 
F C Bissett, 26... 2001112220— 7 J L Green, 26. ... .2111*02212— 8 
Dr O'Connell, 29... *202*02«22- 5 
After the shoot was over, three rousing cheers were given 
with a will for John Wright. Then there were calls for a speech 
and John Wright in his modest way told how gratified he 
was, and how he hoped to do better next time, etc. 
A miss-and-out opened the shoot. Each contestant stood at 
28yds. Entrance $2, three moneys. The score: McMurchy 
y°A?^' ^"^r"^?-? and Remsen, 6; Hallowell, 5; Morfey, 3; Sands' 
2; Marshall, Rike, Weldon and Doty, 1. 
Montana Gun Qab. 
The Montana Gun Club, a recently organized body, held its 
first shoot, Jan 9, on their grounds, near Jamaica. The first 
event was at 15 live birds, as follows: 
E Widman ...111111011011101—12 G Kinkel . . . . .001111imilll*-12 
H Kroncka ...011001101111101-10 H Altenbrand.OOimillllOllO^ll 
J Kiroboe 000001001111111- 8 F Lundy . . . . . OllllllUOllOloIIll 
T F C Elfers.. 001111100101011- 9 A Bersche ....111101001001110^ 9 
Val Schmitt... 100000111100100— 6 -^"xwxuuiu.u » 
Some smaller sweepstake events followed. 
On Jan. 9 the club elected officers as follows: Georee Kinkel 
Jr President; A. Busch, Captain; E F. C Elfers, Finlncial Se^ 
retary; M, Kaversicka Treasurer; V. Schmidt, Recording Sec- 
retary; E. Whitman, Shooting Master. & v- 
Unknown Gkin Club. 
Dexter Park, Jan. 12^^The first contest of the Unknown Gun 
Club, for three gold niedals, three moiithly and twelve yearly prizes 
