Nov. i8, 1899.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
419 
Mr. V. Meade, of Knoxville, Tenn., a famous trapshooter of 
tliat section, was in New York early this week en route to Europe, 
wliither he sailed on the Oceanic on the 15th inst. The party 
consists of his wife, father and mother. They will spend the win- 
ter in Italy, previous to a tour through all Europe, and a visit to 
the Paris Exposition next year. Though Mr. Meade had thought 
he would forego any shooting this year, he took a hunt near his 
Knoxville home and bagged a number of quails. 
The programme of the Deer Lick Gun Club, Chicago, O., has 
eight events for the first day, Nov. 28. Of these, four are at Eng- 
lish sparrows — 5, 7, 10 and 5 sparrows, the entrance being respec- 
tively $2.50, ?3, $4 and .$2. There are four events at pigeons, 5, 7, 10' 
and a raiss-and-out, respectively $3, $3.50, $5 and $2 entrance. On 
the second dav, there are twelve target events on the programme — 
180 targets all told— with a total entrance of $20. Mr. A. C, Griffin 
is the secretary-treasurer. 
Feb. 33 to 17, inclusive, are the dates claimed for the third an- 
nual midwinter tournament, to be held at Hot Springs, Ark. The 
added money will be $1,000 and possibly more. Targets, 2 cents. 
Tlie Rose sj'stem Avill govern target events. High guns will gov- 
ern the pigeon competition. Capt. A. R. Smith is the secretary. 
The contest for the special prize, a gun case, at the Brooklyn 
Gun Club's shoot last Saturday, developed a warm finish between 
Messrs. C. C. Beveridge and'W. Hopkins, three ties at 25 targets 
being shot off before the winner was determined. There were 125 
targets shot at all told. 
Mr. C. C. Beveridge (Dominie) shakes the dust of New York 
city off his shoes for a few weeks, he taking a flight northward 
through New York State till the holiday season begins. His 
shooting eye seems to grow sharper and more deadly with the 
passing of the weelts. 
We regret that an error occurred in our report of the Kentucky 
Gim Club tournament in respect, to the ammunition used by Mr. 
Norvin T. Harris, of Lyndon, Ky. He used U. M. C. shells and 
Schultze powder. It was erroneously given as Leader shells and 
Du Pont powder. 
We are much rejoiced to learn that Mr. Edward S. Johnson, of 
Atlantic City, N. J., has nearly recovered from the serious shoot- 
ing accident of last September and is now able to shoot again, 
though whether or not with his former great skill is yet to be 
determined. 
On Smith Brothers' grounds. Foundry and Ferry streets, New- 
ark, N. J., there will be a live-bird shoot on Nov. 30, Thanksgiv- 
ing Day. The main event will be at .$25 live birds, $10 entrance, 
birds extra at 25 cents. Miss-and-outs and sweepstakes will be 
shot. 
We are informed that the post holes are all dug and work begun 
on the great fence about Interstate Park, and that bids for the 
foundation work of the great casino are in, and xinder considera- 
tion. The work is being pushed energetically toward completion. 
, Mr. J. H. Cameron, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., was 
I jn New York last week looking calm and successful after an ex- 
' tended run through his vast sales territory in the North. 
In a contest at 25 live birds, $25 a side, between Messrs. E. C. 
Burkhardt and McCarthy, on the grounds of the Bison Gun Club, 
Buffalo, Nov. 10, tlie former won. Score, 23 to 22. 
Mr. J. J. Hallowell, of the U. M. C. Co., was of those \vh.o ar- 
rived in New York last week. He tarried but a short time before 
going to Philadelphia to make his parents a visit. 
In the competition for the Arkansas championship, betweeni Dr. 
' A. U. Williams and Mr. C. E. DeLong, the challenger, at Hot 
Springs, Ark., the former won. Score 41 to 38. Date, Nov. 9. 
In the contest for the November cup of the Crescent Athletic 
Club at Bay Ridge, Mr. Edward Banks, the scratch man, won on 
the very good score of 24 out of 25, on Nov. 11. 
Bernard Waters. 
Riverton Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Nov. 10. — The first day's, shoot of the Riverton 
. Gun Club was not supported strongly in the way of entries. The 
■ events of the first day numbered three, as follows: 
Six birds, $5 entrance, handicap: 
T Hicks, 2S 222222—6 R Welch, 29. 221101—5 
H Thomas. 29 202221—5 Y Dolan, 29 201222—5 
H Bucknell, 29 122022—5 
Sixteen birds, $10 entrance, 'handicap rise; club members having 
bird allowance more in 1yd. : 
1Y Dolan, 29 2212121122111122—16 
H Bucknell, 29 1121121202221112—15 
H T Thomas, 29 2111122210121021—14 
J C Hicks, 28 21212220222212-0 —14 
: R Welch, 29.. 00121221 w 
Twenty-six birds, $25 entrance, those handicapped 29 and 29yds. 
1 exra bird: 
H Thomas, 29 01112222222222222222222202-24- 
. R Welch, 29 ; 11211122022221212112111222—25 
H Ducker, 28 11211111111211211102211001—23 
1 H Bucknell, 29 011111110211*1111121212111—23 
IJ Hicks, 28 00222221112222222222222202—23 
I Y Dolan, 29 11122022122211222112220002—22 
I Tt)-day the Riverton 50-bird handicap, $50 entrance, will be held. 
Handsome cup and cash prizes will be awarded. 
The ,50-bird handicap, arranged to be shot on Nov. 11, was de- 
clared oft" for lack of entries. 
Confabulations of the Cadi. — XX* 
Buffalo AuduboQ Gun Glut. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 11. — Some very superior shooting marked 
the competition of the Buffalo Audubon Gun Club to-day. Don- 
ald Cameron, a visitor, scored 15 straight at targets and straight at 
live birds in the 5-bird event. Thus his record so far as he shot 
to-day was perfect. , ' ^ . 
Event No. .1 was the club badge shoot. E. C, Burkhardt 'won 
Class A badge and Jacobs won Class B. The scores: 
Events: -1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 15 15 25 15 * Targets: 15 15 25 15 * 
Fannings 14 14 18 . . 5 E W Smith 11 IS .. ■.. 
E C Burkhardt.... 15 12 23 13 .. C B 14 .. 5 
C S Burkhardt.... 11 9 18 11 4 Jack 13 .. 18 .. 4 
Leuschner 11 12 19 13 4 Edwards 16 12 . . 
Jacobs 12 .. IS .. .. Cameron ■.. .. 15 5 
Warren 12 . . 17 ll . . 
*Five live birds. 
Felix — Btowefr 
Phtlabelphia, Pa., Nov. 7. — The election day shooting on the 
grounds of tlie Keystone Shooting League at Holmesburg Junc- 
tion was matches between Messrs. A. Felix and John Brower for 
$100 a side and a match between T. Radcliff and C. Gibbons at 50 
birds for $50. The scores: 
A Felix 22222 22222 21210 21222 *2222— 23 
22220 22222 22222 22202 22222—23 
22222 22222 22222 - 22022 22221—24 
22020 22122 22222 22222 22221—23—93 
T Brower ."i 20220 22222 20222 12200 22222—20 
21020 1*]21 11222 20222 22221—21 
02022 11212 10222 02222 22022—20 
22020 22202 22222 222-i'2 22102—20—81 
H. Henrv, referee, 
T Radcliff " 01021 01010 21111 20120 22012—17 
10111 22012 02020 00212 02222—17—34 
C Gibbons 20022 22122 20212 20222 22022—20 
22021 20220 22200 - 22222 02222—19—39 
Bison Gun Club< 
BuFFtLO Ni y., Nov. 10.— Good scores were a feature of to-day's 
?hoot of tlie Bison Gun Club, , and favorable weather added to the 
jleasure of those in attendance. In the afternoon Messrs. E. C. 
Burkhardt and McCarthy shot a match at live birds the score 
being 23 to 22 in favor of the former. On Thursday of next week 
a match at 25 live birds, $25 a side, is arranged to take place be- 
ween Messrs. McCarthy and O'Brian. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets- 15 15 15 20 25 25 Targets: 15 15 15 20 25 25 
Cannon ' 5 13 9 14 21 17 E C B 12 12 15 .. 20 
Stacev 14 12 11 15 .. 19 Fo.xie 11 .. 12 .. ..^ 
Coooer , 7 12 O'Brian 6 . . 21 l.-j 
McCarthy 7 6 13 .. 21 16 333 19 16 16 
Miss-and-out at live birds: McCarthy 5 out of 6, E. C. B. 8 out 
if 8, Foxig 8 o^t Pf S, 333 g out of 3, O'Brian i o^t 5, Stacey Q 
)iat of 7. 
The Most Ancient and Honorable Guild. 
One day was much the same as all other days in the life of the 
good Cadi. He arose in much the same way and at the same hour, 
sat down to his meals in the same position, made about the same 
number of motions in the same way with his knife and fork, arose 
from the table and walked thence with the same sturdy purpose 
meal after meal, day after day, to find the most comfortable seat 
in sunshine or shadow, according to the exigencies of the tempera- 
ture. One meal being finished, he sat placidly till the next meal 
was announced by one of his heirs, or by the silvery voice of his 
spouse, his beloved wife patient Hopie Jane. Whether or not he 
had any companion to share his rest, he seemed to be calmly re- 
signed to the inactivity imposed by his ill health, and as is corn- 
monly the case with invalids who are philosophical as to their 
mcntality and pastoral as to their surroundings, his facial expres- 
sion was one of benign vacuousness, giving no index whatever of 
the maelstrom of mentality whirling behind it. 
While sitting on a log, a fence, a stump or a chair, though his 
exterior was reposeful and resigned in appearance, his thoughts 
might be rapidly skimming through the stars, or dwelling specu- 
latively on what Hopie Jane might have for the next meal or on 
some new hocus pocus by which he might obtain another barrel of 
cider on credit; for the most delicately adjusted minds cannot 
wholly ignore the affinity of abstract contemplation for pork and 
beans, with some kind of liquid wherewith to float them. If the 
cares of contemplation betimes weighed too heavily upon the Cadi 
he jabbed a dose of morphine into his biceps and a new and more 
beautiful world thereafter soon dawned to him. 
He and Moke had a friendly trait in common which endeared 
them much to each other. They could sit longer in the same spot 
hour after hour without stirring, save a lazy blinking of the eyes 
now and then and a reaching for the cider pitcher, than any other 
loafers in the whole neighborhood. Thus they had that quiet en- 
joyjnejit of companionship, 
"Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspir'd," 
if one can consider idleness and great stomach capacity as coming 
from soul inspiration. 
One morning, after many momenta of contented rest and silence, 
Moke remarked to the Cadi: 
"I notice that I am losing a great deal of my skilT in shooting, 
aud I think it will be only a short time now till I am classed with 
the Has-Beens. 
"Indeed?" remarked the Cadi with a rising inflection. 
"Yep, I'm afraid it is so," Moke added in a tone of lazy regret, 
"It is a matter of astonishment to me," continued the wise Cadi, 
reflectively, "when I consider the abrupt and unwarranted manner 
in which men snatch a membership in the Most Ancient and Hon- 
orable Guild of Has-Beens, the greatest Guild and the most im- 
posed upon in the world's history. Now, a man may be personally 
no good on earth. He may be' devoid of skill and nerve and 
knowledge, yet when the proper time comes he will regretfully de- 
clare that he is a Has-Been, for there is a certain degree of pres- 
tige in once having been eminently something or other, and it is 
deemed worth while by a great many men to assume and to main- 
tain that once upon a time back in the procession of the years 
they possessed the qualities which time would ripen to a degree 
qualifying them for membership in the Most Ancient and 
Honorable Guild of Has-Beens. It is a matter of deep concern to 
the esprit de corps of real Has-Beens, if they look dutifully to 
their own interests. From the time of Adam to the present day, 
the world has seen the most marvelous growth of this great and 
good order. 
"There were genuine Has-Beens in all ages and in numbers be- 
yond computation. There are plenty of men whose capabilities 
are so absolutely worthless that they are ineligible to anything, past, 
present or future. Such men crave the honorable membership. 
The truly deserving candidate, however, is elected by the acclama- 
tion of his fellows and is somewhat loath to accept the honors 
conferred upon him. His feeling of unworthiness is so great that 
he will protest against this popular testimonial to his merits. This 
most ancient order is not to be entered unworthily. Some men are 
so modest that they will never bring themselves to believe that 
they are properly eligible to membership, while many others only 
discover their eligibility many years after it is discovered by their 
friends and acquaintances. A few men of good sense perceive that 
they have graduated into the Guild regularly on their merits. 
There is a large number of impostors, however, constantly en- 
deavoring to sneak into our great Guild, on no other qualification 
than their own declaration that they are Has-Beens, being 
prompted thereto perhaps not by past deeds, but by their pride in 
their great natural fitness or the force of foreordination. 
"The true, genuine Has-Been is still a man of spirit and still a 
man of ability, though his ability may be impaired. Your im- 
postor is as he was always. Place a broken-down race-horse beside 
a broken-down cart-horse and there will be differences apparent to 
the most untrained eye. One has been a racer; the other has been 
always anj'thing but a racer. As for yourself, friend Moke, I think 
that you have some of the qualities of a Has-Been, but none of 
the history — that is to say, as you are now, so you were always." 
"It seems to me that you are taking a very roundabout way to 
tell me I never could shoot a little bit," Moke replied in a gentle, 
hurt tone as he reached for the cider pitcher with much firmness 
of purpose. 
"You shoot at present just about as well as you ever did," the 
Cadi replied. "You are losing interest as you grow more rotund 
about the waist and more flabby of body and wit. You seem to be 
quite willing to be classed as a Has-Been on your own initiative. 
And after all it may be wisely ordained for the best interests of 
the human race that men believe that they are Has-Beens, regard- 
less of whether they ever were qualified or not. Ouien sabe? I 
have not the slightest doubt, my good friend, that after you have 
asserted a few hundred times that you are a Has-Been, and after 
a few more years have passed, you will have gathered up statistics 
sufficient in force and volume to prove your claim, regardless of 
the facts in the case. The illusion may cheer up your later years, 
after j'ou have, from your indolence of mind and body, given up 
active sport with dog and gun. You then will look back upon the 
past as at a time when you too were a- merry man and a_ superior 
performer at the traps or afield, in the'skillful use of the gun." 
"How about yourself, friend Cadi?" queried Moke. 
"There was a time in my life, not so many years ago at that, 
when I considered myself as good as the best in the matter of 
skill with a shotgun; but, since ill health has overtaken me, I am 
not so good a man as I was, save in my ability to swallow, my 
throat being as efficient in that respect as it ever was. I am not a 
Has-Been, but I am not in my usual good form. There is a dif- 
ference between the two qualifications." 
"What is the limit to your unusual bad form — that is, where does 
the bad form end and where does the Has-Been begin?" and Moke 
g-fifine.d with t^e pleasant expression of a wolf showing his teeth. 
'ijf. ypvild 1}^ quitg as rea^onablg to asl? to6 wher^ this sHns^liflg 
ends and -where this wind then begins," and the Cadi with ah ef- 
fort swung his arm around in the air and sunlight to emphasize 
his point. "They are unrelated qualities. A man out of form may 
be in the .zenith of his powers of mind and body. A true Has-Been 
is a man of permanently impaired ability." 
"Well, with all due deference to you as a shooter out of your 
usual good form, I think that I could defeat you in a match at 
25 live birds, for the price of the birds and, say, $10 a side just to 
make it interesting, and jus;t to see how much of a nev'er-waser I 
am at the present time;" and Moke affected a serious air, as if he 
had the most unlimited faith in himself and his proposition. 
The Genesis of a Match. 
"However much you may have missed what constitutes the be- 
ginning of the Has-Been, you have hit the nucleus of at least 
ninety matches out of a hundred. It is a good old time-honored 
starter, and the average shooter takes to it as kindly as you do to 
cider. It is a good, standard topic to interest lookers .on." 
"Well, what is it?" asked Moke. 
"A bluff," replied the Cadi quietly. 
"Humph," ejaculated Moke, _ 
"Exactly," commented the Cadi. "That is the manner in which 
the bluff is continued. Now, if there were two or three of our 
friends here, and two or three of our friends' friends also here, I 
would not like to have you defy me in that manner. I would prob- 
ably reply with a counter-bluff. You then in turn would rejoin, 
and probably add that you would make a little bet that I would 
not dare accept j'our proposition. The eyes of our friends and our 
friends' friends would be critically upon us the while, and, having 
carried the bluff so far, neither of us could retreat without at least 
an appearance of surrender, and with it an admission that the talk 
of a match had been all bombast and bravado. We, however, 
would have too much pride to admit that the bluff was not a gen- 
uine thing. To bear out our affectation of superiority and faith in 
ourselves, we would go further and further into the bluff till at last- 
the match would be really made, and you would then wish that 
you had tried the bluff on some other fellow who would refuse to 
make any matches because he as a boy had promised his school 
teacher that he would never make a match as long as he was out 
in the cold, cold world alone. Now, if I had accepted your bluff 
and we had shot the match, what would be the result? If you lost 
it you would have to eat hay for a month or two; and if I lost it I 
do not know whether I ever would eat anything again within the 
present year. A man may lose all his credit at the grocery and 
still have something left to draw on in an emergency; but when he 
loses his credit and his money too, he is in a very bad way. The 
loss of $10 would come near to putting me out of my home, to say 
nothing about my business," and the Cadi half closed his eyes, 
meditating on the instability of all earthly matters, 
"Is a pitcher of cider ever any factor in making matches?" 
asked Moke innocently. 
"Never mind about that; that is another story," replied the Cadi. 
"It has more to do with color than with competition. 
" 'Nose, nose, nose, nose! 
And who gave thee that jolly red nose? 
Sinament and Ginger, Nutmegs and Cloves, 
And that gave me my jolly red nose.' 
"An incandescent nose is a distinct subject fr6m making 
matches." 
Eernari) Waters. 
Qncmnati vs. Columbus. 
The Cincinnati Gun Club sent a team to Columbus on Friday, 
i'-I'^'i*-*' '^ow'Pete with a team of the latter city for the Shooting 
and Fishing trophy and also the Sportsmen's Review cup, which 
emblems of competition were m possession of the latter club, 
though said club had to surrender them to the Cincinnati organiza- 
tion, as they were the victors in both contests. 
The contest for the first-mentioned trophy is a five-men affair, 
and requires each principal to shoot at 30 singles and 10 pairs. In 
tnis event Arthur Gambell made the capital score of 46 out of 50, 
which was not only high score for the Cincinnati team but the 
best of all. Frank Alkire led the Columbus team with 43. The 
Cincinnati team had a margin of 5 birds in this race over its op- 
ponents. 
The second match Aas a four-men race, and at 50 singles per 
man. In this the Cincir^nati team won more decisively, as they 
had 18 birds to the good. The entire team lost but 13 birds out 
of 200. Young Luther Squires ran 49 straight in this race, and 
men skipped his last one. Maynard also scored 49 out of 50. 
These two did the honors for their team. Murray, with 45 out of 
50, made the best showing for the Sherman bovs. 
The weather was fine and the conditions most favorable. The 
Cincinnati shooters are much pleased with their trip, and are loud 
in their praise of the hospitable treatment accorded them by the 
members of the Sherman Gun Club. 
Cincinnati Club. 
Gambell limillllllllllllOlllllllllll 
, 11 11 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 —46 
Dick 110111111111111111011011101111 
^ . 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 01 10-42 
Squu-es 011111011111110111111111111111 
01 10 11 01 11 01 10 11 11 11-42 
Ahlers 111111110111111111111101111011 
11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 00 01-40 • 
Robertson 11111110101111] 111111111111111 
10 10 10 10 00 11 11 10 11 10—40—210 
Columbus Club. 
Alkire 101111111111111111111111111111 
^. , 11 11 10 11 00 11 10 10 10 11—43 
Fisher 111011111111111110101111111111 
11 10 10 11 00 11 11 11 01 11—42 
Spongier 111101111111111111010111111111 
„, , 01 11 10 11 11 11 00 10 11 10—41 
Ward 111101111111110111101111111111 
^ 10 00 10 11 11 11 11 10 01 11—41 
Rhoades 111111111111001101111101010101 
11 11 00 10 11 11 10 10 11 11—38—205 
Cincinnati Club. 
Squires 111111111111111111111111111111 
11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 in-49 
Majmard 111111111111111111111111101111 • 
11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11—49 
Gambell 111111111111111111101110111111 
11 11 01 01 11 11 11 11 11 10-45 
Ahlers lOllllUOllllOlllOllllOllllOll 
11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 ii_44_i87 
Columbus Club. 
Murray lllUllllllllllllllllllllllOlO 
11 11 10 11 00 11 11 11 11 11-^5 
Spangler 111011111110011111111111111011 
11 11 11 11 11 11 01 10 11 11—44 
Rhoades 111011111111001111111111111001. 
11 11 01 01 11 11 00 11 11 11-41 
Ward lOOUlllllllOlOllOUUOlllllOl 
11 00 01 11 11 11 11 01 11 11—39-169 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Being Careful. — "Leonidas!" exclaimed Mr. Meekton's wife, on 
his return from a- journey, "I am at a loss to understand your 
conduct when we. parted. I said goodVby to. y'oui" 
"Yes, Henrietta." - - 
"Why didn't you say good-by in response?" 
"I was just about to do so, Henrietta, but I checked myself. 
I was afraid you would accuse me of trying to have the last word 
again." — Nashville Star. 
Friendly Comment. — "Last year I shot the biggest deer that was 
ever killed in the Michigan woods. You don't believe that do 
y""?,"., "PKp°^^^^J i°- It ha4 to be eqomPHs for you tq hit it 
3t ^n/'-^^ndi^nspoUs Jovpa;, " ' 
