Mov. 4, 1899.1 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Withdrew. 
Event No. 32.— Tail-End Race— Wednesday, Aug. 16: 
K. H. Parmenter '. 1 
E. McWichol 2 
G. W. McTaggart 3 
"ii. W. Pierce " 4 
Thanks of the committee are extended to C. F. Wolters, clerk 
of the course; Commodore-elect W. G. MacKendrick, starter of 
the paddling races; Messrs. R. J. Wilkin, J. N. JVIacKendrick, R. 
Easton Burns, H. C. Morse and W. J. English as judges at the 
finisK and turns, and .ill other members who lent their assistahce 
and advice. 
Aug. 12 Mr. E. A. Burns, of Toronto, was appointed to take 
the place of John W. Ely, of Rochester, the absent member. 
One red, one green, one yellow and one A. C. A. burgee arc in 
£he possession of Signal Officer Walter Mack Clark. 
All the cups were left in the possession of Com. Thorn and 
Sec.-Treas. Eorbush. 
The patent log was left with Sec.-Treas. FOrbush. 
The official launch, under command of Wm. Robinson, of 
Kingston, Ont., was entirely satisfactory. 
Some thief "lifted" the first prize for the trophy sailing, won by 
Charles E. Archbald, and the committee secured a new one and 
forwarded it to Mr. Archbald. 
Accounts to the amount of $129.70 for prizes, etc., remain, unpaid 
to date. 
Recommendations. 
That all record races be abolished. The number of entries is 
:«i»vays small, and the events prove dull and uninteresting. The 
conditions under which they were inaugurated no longer exist. 
Establish a record sailing and also a record paddling prize, to 
l)e awarded the sailor and paddler winning the highest averages 
during the meet. 
That all events for the ladies be abolished. 
Respectfully submitted, 
F. B. Huntington, ) 
E. A. Burns, V Committee, 
i Jim ' Al. T. Brown, ) 
Regatta Committee Itemized Account. 
Two telegrams to Land and Water $.65 
Expressage on regatta "stufi"., 50 
Repairing log 60 
Record book for ra^es 60 
Postage on circulars, etc 1.86 
Three yards canvas., 40 
One-fourth yard rope for buoys— 60 
$5.21 
One A. C. A. cut.. .w...... 1.00 
126 cloth numbers 5.00 
500 race programmes.,.., 10.50 
121 flags and montlts— j)rizes .100.35 
Two silk war flags — prizes 8.00 
One silk war banner — pi-ize 15. OU 
Supplies for buoys, etc 6.15 
$16.50 
J. M. Larhay, pilot 2.00 
Wm. Robinson, launch and engineer 71.50 
Archie Steele, boatman 12.75 
Board for help — Robinson and engineer 13.30 
$129.50 
$99,55 
$250.76 
The Sportsmen's Show of J 900. 
General Manager J. A. H. Dkessel sends out the fol- 
lowing prospectus of the Sportsmen's Show, to be held 
under the auspices of the' National Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion in Madison Square Garden, New York, March i to 17, 
X900: 
Preparations are being made to make this, the sixth 
annual Sportsmen's Show, the grandest of any yet pre- 
sented to the public. New an'd attractive features are now 
beixig arranged for, and exhibitors are taking space months 
ahead of the opening of the show. This year the boat 
exliibit will be made a feature, and some new and hand- 
some designs in canoes, yachts, launches and motors will 
greet the sportsmen. 
Special attractive features are being arranged for the 
aquatic' sports, which will take place in an immense tank 
about the same dimensions as was built for the Sportsmen's 
Show last year. There will be contests in swimming, 
canoeing, tub races and water polo, which proved so in- 
teresting and attractiA^e. 
A big game park, containing deer, elk, buffalo, caribou 
and moose, will form a most complete exhibit of live game 
animals, besides which there will be exhibited in large 
cages, made especially for them, mountain lions, cougars, 
bears and a larger variety of these wild game animals than 
has ever before been exhibited. There will be a. most com- 
plete exhibit of live game birds, including quail, ducks of 
every variety, pheasants, swans, geese and other rare speci- 
mens. The fish exhibit will be made the most attractive 
of any yet given, and will be under the direct supervision 
oi our State Fish Commissioners. 
The Indian village will occupy a very large portion of 
the Garden near the lake. The camp will be a faithful 
representation of an aboriginal village, with birch bark 
tepees inhabited by Indians and their families, clothed in 
picturesque habiliments of savage life, and engaged in 
canoe building, trap making, etc. The squaws will make 
basket and bead work. 
The Association championship and other events at m- 
animate targets will be held on the roof of the Madison 
Square Garden, same as last year, and under the same 
management. Revolver and rifle ranges will be under ex- 
pert supervision, and new inventions in powder, revolvers 
and rifles will be there for inspection. The decorations 
will be something entirely new and artistic. There will 
be log cabins, spruce and pine trees, which will add to 
the forest effect. 
The Wild Lands of the United States. 
We read about the continual inroads made by the 
settlers upon the Government lands, and indeed we gen- 
erally consider that there is really no very great part of 
unsettled country left in the West. Yet I notice that the 
Commissioner of the General Land Office reports that we 
have still left in the United States 929,308,068 acres of un- 
appropriated public lands. There were fewer homestead 
entries this year than there were last. It would seem as 
though Uncle Sam had still a front door yard big enough 
for a social game of croquet. 
The Commissioner of the Land Office recommends the 
enlargement of the Yellowstone National Park and the 
Mt; Rainier National Park in Washington. He especially 
recommends greater protection against forest fires, it 
ought to give one a certain respect for the forest tire 
danger when he reads that the average annual loss from 
this source amounts to $20,000,000, or as much as we 
gave for the Philippine Islands, and more than people 
once thought all Alaska was worth. 
^ In the matter of forests, I see that Gen. Andrews, 
State Fire Warden of Minnesota, is still writing of the 
proposed National Park of Minnesota, and I observe him 
quoted to the following effect: 
"If this region were made a park the mature trees would 
be cut from time to time on forestry principles, yielding 
an important revenue, and the forest would remain unim- 
paired. The pine has been estimated and a fair value of 
the land could easily be determined. Under the existing 
treaty the Indians have a right to allotments of eighty 
acres to each Indian without regard to age or sex, but not 
on 'pine lands,' and, as I have recently learned, as much as 
151,346 acres have been allotted of the land proposed for a 
park to 1,579 Indians, It is thought by many that this 
would not be objectionable, as many of the Indians, in case 
a park was created, would be wanted for boatmen and 
guides, A thousand guides, find employment in the 
Adirondacks. Moreover, the Indians, though they cannot 
sell, have a right to lease their allotments. 
''It is believed that soon after the meeting of Congress 
a_ joint resolution will be passed, stopping the sale of 
pine on the land in question and appointing a committee 
to investigate and report on the park matter." 
E. Hough. 
480 Caxton Building, Chicago, 111. 
Rifle at Shell Mound. 
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 23.— A good shooting day greeted the 
numerous marksmen at Shell Mound range yesterday, and some 
good scoring was done. The Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club 
did especially fine work in their six-men team shoot for a trophy 
offered by Outdoor Life, of Denver, Colo., which carries with it 
the championship of the West. ' The original conditions were: 
Eiglit scores, only one per month; standard American target, 
200yds., off-hand; teams of six men from any bona fide rifle club. 
As the Golden Gate Club received notice too late to begin at 
specified time, it was agreed to allow them to shoot two scores 
each month for the last four months of the year. It will be ob- 
served that the team made a total of 515 rings in the second 
score, or an average of nearly 86, which is certainly good work. 
Scores: Jnne competition— Capt. Dr. L,. O. Rodgers 87, D. 
W. McLaughlin 86, F. P. Schuster 86, F. E. Mason 79, C. N. 
Henderson 71, J. E. Gorman 85; total 496. October competition— 
D W. McLaughlin 88, F. P. Schuster 85, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 84, 
F. E. Mason 89, C. N. Henderson 88, J. E. Gorman 81; total 515. 
Regular club scores: Rifle, class medal, one or two 10-shot scores, 
German 25-ring target— Dr. L. O. Rodgers 222, F. C. Mason 217, 
J. E. Gorman 204, C. N. Henderson 202-185, F. W. Belknap 204-194, 
E. N. Moore 198, J. F. Bridges 199. 
Pistol, 50yds., 10-shot scores, standard American target— Dr. L. 
O. Rodgers 94, J. E. Gorman 87, D. W. McLaughlin 89, J. F. 
Bridges 84-74, F. E. Mason 89, C. N. ^Henderson 81, F. W. 
Belknap 73. E. W. Moore 7L 
Germania club scores: 
Competition for cash prizes, three shots, German 25-ring target, 
re-entry: F. P. Schuster 73, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 72, John Utschig 
71, L. Bendel 72. W, Goetz 68, L. Haake 68. 
Bushnell championship medal, single entry, 10 shots, German 25- 
ring targ-et: D. W. Mcl^aughlin 223 rings, J. Utschig 223, F. P. 
Schuster 220, Dr. L. O. Rodgers 217. 
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein monthly bullseye slioot: First, 
H. Huber, 336 points; second, William Garms, 350; third, J. GefT<in, 
428; fourth, R. Stettin, 452; fifth, A. Lemaire, 533; sixth, O. Bertel- 
sen, 540; seventh, F. P. Schuster, 589; eighth, D. Salfield, 599; 
nmth, J. Utschig, 619; tenth, L. Haake, 646; eleventh, J. Woebke, 
715; twelfth, H. Stelling, 737; thirteenth, F. Rust, 840; fourteenth, 
J. Peters, 856; fifteenth, H. Hellberg, 906; sixteenth, H. Zecher, 
925; seventeenth, F. Pape, 1108; eighteenth, J, Lankenau, 1122; 
nmeteenth, H. F. Lilkindea, 1138; twentieth, F. Brandt, 1189. 
Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club monthly contest for class medals, 
20 shots, German 25-ring target: First champion class, T". P. 
Schuster, 448 rings; second champion class, not filled; first class, 
C. F. Rust, 414; second class, D. Salfield, 381; third class, not 
filled; fourth class, John Woebke, 346; best first shot, J. Lankenau, 
24; best last shot, F. P. Schuster, 25. Roeel. 
CiQcinnati Rifle Association. 
The regular shoot was held Oct. 29 at 200yds. 
German ring target. Following are the scores: 
Ring target: 
Gindele 21 21 24 20 21 21 
Uckotter 15 22 21 20 10 19 
Nestler 24 21 24 24 19 19 
Drube 18 24 19 20 21 20 
Weinheimer ..4.*.*^, . . 21 19 18 23 16 24 
Hasenzahl 20 23 22 22 24 21 
Bruns 20 19 22 18 21 21 
Jouscher 18 15 19 21 23 17 
Pavne 24 21 21 21 24 24 
Topf 20 7 16 19 0 18 
Roberts 25 19 23 21 18 IS 
Strickmeyer 19 22 19 22 18 23 
Special Target. 
Gindele 22 24 24 24 22 21 24 23 22 23—229 
Uckotter 24 19 22 22 14 23 23 19 23 20—210 
Nestler 23 21 22 22 22 24 21 16 21 2.3—215 
Drube 19 24 16 20 21 21 24 24 20 20—209 
Weinheimer 25 18 20 20 21 22 16 18 22 17—199 
Hasenzahl 23 24 21 24 22 24 24 19 21 25—227 
Bruns 17 24 23 23 24 23 21 22 15 18—210 
Jouscher 17 24 24 21 23 15 24 22 21 18—209 
'Payne 20 23 22 21 23 24 25 25 21 21—225 
Topf 23 8 18 20 16 21 17 18 14 10—165 
Roberts 15 22 22 22 22 18 23 24 21 21—212 
Strickmeyer 21 22 18 21 22 17 22 22 20 17—204 
ofl-hand the 
21 21 
23 18 
19 21 
21 23 
21 23 
19 21 
21 19 
21 17 
21 23 
19 24 
22 23 
22 19 
19 23—212 
24 23—201 
20 15—206 
20 21—207 
15 16—196 
16 17—205 
19 22—192 
19 4—174 
22 21—222 
5 8—136 
20 22—212 
17 20—201 
Honor 
22 17 
22 16 
23 17 
22 19 
17 22 
15 25 
22 19 
13 14 
20 14 
20 7 
13 23 
14 21 
Target. 
22— 61 
23— 61 
16— 56 
18—59 
24— 63 
21— 61 
15—56 
22— 49 
22—50 
15— 42 
17— 53 
16— 51 
Mr. James S. Conlin, whose fame in connection with gallery 
rifle and pistol shooting is a part of its history in New York, has 
issued a card informing his patrons that his new gallery at 513 
Sixth avenue is now ready for their accommodation. Mr. Conlin 
claims that his new gallery surpasses any public gallery in the city 
in length of- range, good light and ventilation, with perfect firearms 
and great variety of targets. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here send in 
notice like the foUowinf : 
Fbctufes* 
Nov. 1-4— San Antonio, Tex.— San Antonio Gun Club's tourna- 
'"nov 21-22— Sioux City, la.— Second annual live-bird tournament 
of the'Soo Gun Club; added money in every event. B. R. Chap- 
""Nov. ^2^-^Ridgewood, N. J.— All-day shoot at live birds. H. 
Blauvelt, Manager. ^, ^ , , j • » ... -i 
Dec 5-8 —St Thomas, Ont.— Thomas Donley's third international 
tournament. About ?1,500 guaranteed. Targets and Jive birds. 
Brooklyn Gun Club. — ^Jhird Saturday of each month, Francottc 
gun contest. Fourth Saturday r-i each month, Grana American 
Handicap free-entry contest. . 
Watson's Park.-^Burnside Crossing. IH. — Medal cocteet th«lf 
first and third Fridays of each month. * 
1900. 
April 2.— New York Vicinity.— Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
May 7. — Chicago, 111. — ^Twenty-sixth annual convention and tour- 
nament of the Illinois State sportsmen's Association. W. B. 
Leffingwell, Sec'y. 
June 3-8.^ — Utica, N. Y. — Forty-second annual tournament of the 
New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. 
Henry L. Gates, Sec'y. 
June 5-7.— Columbus, O.— Ohio Trap-Shooters' League tourna- 
ment. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y. 
June H.— New York Vicinity.— Interstate Associations Grand 
American Handicap target tournament. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
June 5-7.— Columbus, O. — Tournament of Ohio Trapshoeters' 
League, J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y. 
Aug. 28-30.— Arnold's Park, Okoboji Lake, la.— Budd-Gilbert 
tournament. ' 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Clu6 secretaries are invited to spnd their scores far publication in 
these columns^ also any neius notes they may care to have firinted. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing- ComJianVy 346 Braad- 
luetyi New York. 
In an exchange a communication from Princeton, N. J., relates 
that, "the University Gun Club will enter a team this year in the 
intercollegiate gun shoot for the intercollegiate championship, 
which will be held on Nov. 18, at Wellington, Mass., under the 
auspices of the Harvard Gun Club. The prizes will be a silver 
loving cup to the winning team and small individual cup to each 
niember of the team. A cup will also be given to the person mak- 
ing the highest individual score. Under the present association 
three shoots have been held, of which Harvard, Yale and Penn- 
sylvania each won one. The University Gun Club will hold two 
matches this fall against the University of Pennsylvania, one to 
be held in Philadelphia, the other on the home grounds. Several 
members of the last year's team have returned to college, and 
the team is practicing daily on Stockton Field." 
On Oct. 24, in a contest between teams of the Hill City Gun 
Club, of Lynchburg, Va., and the University of Virginia, Char- 
lottesville, the former team won, the scores being as follows: 
University— John W. Daniel, Jr., 37, P. F. Dupont 27, W. S. 
Hoen 30, E. M. Daniel 31, J. F. Taylor 30, W. McH. Alston 26; 
total 181. Lynchburg— Thomas F. Nelson 42, W. P. Clark 36, 
C. W. Scott 43, W. W. Dornin 47, W. L. Mooreman 41, T. H. Fox 
39; total 248. The University of , Virginia contemplates arranging 
for medal contests. The officers elected for the present session are: 
President, John W. Daniel, Jr., of Lynchburg, Va. ; Vice-Presi- 
dent, W. M. Alston, of AUeghen.v, Pa.; Seci-etary and Treasurer, 
J. F. Taylor, of Lynchburg, Va. ; Advisory Committee, P. J. Du 
Pont, of Greenville, Del., and W, S. Hoen, of Richmond, Va. 
Mr. H. L. Born, the secretary of the Greenfield Gun Club, of 
Pittsburg, under date of Oct. 28 writes us as follows: "An inter- 
esting team race between the Greenfield Gun Club, of Pittsburg, 
and the North Side Gun Club, of Allegheny, was shot Thursday, 
Oct. 26, at the grounds of the latter club, resulting in a decided 
victory for the Greenfield shooters. The teams were composed of 
six shooters, ^each man shooting at 50 targets, a total of 30O per 
team. The Greenfield team broke 279, which gave them the ex- 
cellent average of 93 per cent. Fleming and Rahm made the highr 
est scores, each breaking 49 out of 50, Born and Clark 47, Holmes 
45 and Parker 42. A return match will be shot Thursday, Nov. 2, 
at the Greenfield grounds." 
In the Banner-Leader, of Ballinger, Tex., there recently was an 
account of a team shoot between a team of the home club and 
teams from San Angelo and Coleman. In the matter of vanished 
hopes, the historian of the occasion graciously touches upon them 
as follows: "The day and the occasion are long to be remembered 
as cementing the ties of friendship and fellow feeling. True, we 
lost, but we lost to a worthy antagonist, and there is no cause for 
shame in the defeat. We just didn't shoot good enough." There 
is a manly frankness in that which is worthy of careful study and 
remembrance. 
The Westchester Gun Club, of Westchester, Pa., and the Phoenix 
Gun Club, of Reading, Pa., in their contest for the championship 
of Chester county, on Oct. 27. were in the third and final com- 
petition for the honors had things gone right, each having previous- 
ly won one contest of the series. But the score book of each 
club showed each respectively to be a winner, so there will be an- 
other contest. To a man who would deeply ponder over this 
point for sixty days it might occur to his think tank that an 
official scorer in such matters would be a good thing. 
The Belle Meade handicap at 25 live birds was a closely contested 
event at the Bell Meade tournament on Saturday of last week. It' 
was won by Mr. R. S. Pierce, of Wytheville, Va., who had to kill 
60 straight to win, the special prize being a loving cup Mr. F. C. 
Rich was but 1 behind the victor. Mr. Pierce is a friend of Mr. 
Chas. Macalester, of Baltimore, Md., who spends a great part of 
the hunting season at Wytheville, and it was under Mr. Macales- 
ter's able chaperonage that Mr. Pierce ventured down into Ten- 
nessee and carried off first honors. 
Mr. H. H. Blauvelt, Ridgewood, N. J., has issued invitations to 
his live-bird shoot, fixed to be held on Nov. 22, on the grounds 
near the Rouclere House, commencing at 10 o'clock. There are 
three events on the programme, namely; No. 1, 5 birds, $3, birds 
extra; all at 28 yds.; three moneys. No. 2, 7 birds, $5, birds in? 
eluded; 28 to 31yds.; three moneys. No. 3, 10 birds, $10, bird's 
included; 26 to 31yds. Miss-and-outs will be shot if there is time to 
spare for them. Birds 25 cents. The main line of the Erie R. E., 
is the best route. . 
We learn that Mr. Charles E. Willafd, of the International 
Smokeless Powder and Dynamite Co., is this week in the vicinity 
of Chesapeake Bay with Mr. J. J. SummerviHe, of Woodbury, N. 
J.; Capt. Robley D. Evans, who is ex-President Cleveland's favor- 
ite shooting companion, and Lieut. Comley, who was navigator on 
the Indiana during the late ocean tournament, and now on the re- 
ceiving ship Richmond. Birds are reported plentiful in that region, 
and we learn that the party expects a thoroughly enjoyable time. 
In the club contest of the East Side Gun Club, of Newark, 1^. J., 
on Oct. 26, Mr. C. W. Feigenspan, standing at 29ydB., was first" 
in Class A with 10 straight kills. Mr. W. J. Ferguson, Jr., was ' 
first in Class B with 10 straight, and in Class C Dr. Davis killed 
9 and was the leacier in his class. Mr. F. A. Sinnock, a guesti^ 
killed 10 straigiit in this event, standing at 29yds., and 10 more straight ; 
in other events. The birds were a good lot, but the summer 
weather which prevailed put them out of their usual good form. 
The Schmelzer trophy contest at the Belle Meade tournament on 
Oct. 24 had good competition. Mr. Rollo O. Heikes was the vic- 
tor in a well-contested race. The conditions were 100 targets, re- 
verse angles, and the great war horse smashed 90, with the re- 
doubtable Mayor of Keithsburg, 111., Hon, Thos. Marshall, only 
1 target less. Gay was 87. Young ■ 85, Hallowell and Fanning 83 
each, Elliott 82, Gilbert, Hirschy, Shepardson, Allen and Fulton 
81 each. 
The Nashville American of Oct. 24, in an otherwise very good re- 
port of the Belle Meade shoot, says: "The last event of the day 
was the live-pigeon shooting. In the first match Gen. Jackson de- 
feated Col. Work, of Cincinnati, breaking 10 out of a possible 10, 
while Col. Work broke 9." We have heard of targets being brolce 
and shooters being broke, but a pigeon — that's another story. 
J. S. S. Remsen, the president of the Brooklyn Gun Club, spent 
the greater part of last week gunning for broadbills and coots in 
the Great South Bay off Bayshore, L. 1. The weather was too fine . 
for good bags to be made, but Mr. Remsen returned to the city on 
Friday afternoon well pleased with his outing. He reported lots of 
ducks' and lots of hunters after them. 
Mr. John C. Hicks won the gold medal at the Monumental 
Shooting Park, Baltimore, emblematic of the live-bird champion- 
ship of Marvland and the District of Columbia. He stood at 
30yds. and killed 14 out of 15. Then in the shoot-off he killed 25 
straight before he could shake off his closest competitor, Dixon. 
One hundred targets. |100 a side, were the conditions of the race 
between Messrs. W. G. Harris and W. R. Elliston on Oct. 25, at. 
the Belle Meade tournament, Louisville, Tenn. The fotmer won 
on a shoot-off at 25 targets by the score ©f 24 to 23. In the mam 
race they tied on 89, , 
