ST AND STREAM. 
m natufiUj^ widels" scauei^fed and havs limitad opeof- 
tunlties for personal intercourse. . 
In the second place, the various papers devoted ex- 
clusively to canoeing, such as the parent of all, the 
British Canoeist, the American Canoeist and Sail and 
Paddle, and the IModel Yachtsman and Canoeist, all ably 
edited by experienced canoeists, who gave their services 
without compensation, have failed to pay, and have ulti- 
mately been discontinued. 
The failure of these papers, in spite of their technical 
excellence, and at times when the sport was in a more 
prosperous condition in some ways than it is to-day, gives 
ample proof that if canoeing news is to be published at all 
it must be largely through the personal efforts of the 
canoeists themselves. The Forest and Stream is ready 
to do all that can be done on its part; but this alone will 
not provide what we believe canoeists want. A Canoeing 
Department which is the work of one man — or even of 
several men — ^however competent, would fall far short of 
what is required; in order to satisfy canoeists, it must 
be a reflection of the canoeing spirit in all its forms. We 
call the special attention of all canoeists to the fact tliat 
the Canoeing Department of the Forest and Stkkam 
is open to them for the free expression of their opinions 
and ideas, for the discussion of all A. C. A. business, for 
requests for information as to cruising waters, canoes and 
appliances, and all technical points of immediate Ic.crest 
to themselves. On the other hand, we ask that they will 
favor us with canoeing news from their various localities, 
and that they will give such information as they may have 
in answer to the inquiries of others. 
ifle ^mg^ mid ^dUrji* 
Ctacinnati Rifle Association. 
Cincinnati, O. — The above association held their regular shoot 
Dee. 24, at 200yds., at the standard American target. Koberts was 
high on the king target with a score oi 84. Gindele was high on 
the honor target with a score of 43: 
Champion score: 
Weinheimer 5 6 5 7 6 5 7 9 6 5—61 
Janscher 7 10 8666775 7—69 
Gindele 9 6 6 10 8 8 7 10 8 6— 7S 
Topf 10 4 10 5 6 6 7 9 6 8—71 
Drube 9 7 9 6 6 4 4 10 6 5—66 
Uckotter 56 10 5665 10 9 5-67 
Payne 686979679 9-76 
Roberts 10 10 9 10 9 6 7 9 7 7—84 
Nestler :.^.v„. ......... 7 99759 10 66 9—77 
Hasenzahl v..^,.. 8 7 7 8 6 10 10 8 10 7— SI 
Bruns 9 . 6 6659889 8—74 
Practice Score. Special Score. 
Weinheimer .... 6766 10 7786 5-68 6 6 7 6 10-35 
Janscher 8 7 9 7 9 9 8 8 8 7—80 8 7 9 7 9-40 
Gindele 10 8 8 10 8 10 10 9 7 8—88 8 9 10 7 9-^3 
Topf 10 8 4 8 8 7 5 V 8 5—68 10 8 4 8 6—36 
Drube 10 8 10 7 8 10 10 5 9 7—84 10 9 4 5 7—35 
Uckotter 7 6 6 6 5 8 10 £ 5 7—69 10 5 0 10 6—31 
Pjiyne 877 7 69899 8—78 8 7 7 7 6-35 
Roberts 9 10 8 10 10 9 7 9 10 5-87 6 6 9 6 7—34 
Nestler 9 9 10 6 7 8 10 6 9 8—81 6 9 6 9 6—36 
Hasenzahl 9 8 7 10 10 9 10 6 8 10-87 4 10 2 7 8—31 
Bruns 9 10 6 7 7 10 6 10 8 8—81 8 9 6 4 8—35 
Iroquois Rifle Club. 
Pittsburg, Pa. — Herewith are the scores made during the week 
ending Dec. 16 by the Iroquois Rifle Club: 
Medal match: 
H L Born 42 40 41 43—166 O L Hertig 40 47 48 44-179 
40 39 40 43—162 D Beech 40 40 44 39—163 
L A Schmidt.... 36 46 35 40—157 
Record match: 
R R Bennett 42 45— S7 W 
B Kestner 41 35—76 L 
L P Ittel 46 48—94 O 
48 48-96 
Riebling 41 34—75 
A Schmidt 40 35—75 
L Hertig 37 43—80 
Cup scores: 
A Hofmeister, 
L A Schmidt. 
40 37 36 40-153 
40 39 39 40—158 
36 46 35 40—157 
R R Bennett..., 35 40 42 40—157 
H Sperling 40 44 45 42-171 
Harry Sperling. 
Excelsior Rifle Club. 
St. Louis, Mo.— Below please find inclosed scores for weekly 
medal shoot of Excelsior Rifle Club, at Capt. Schaaf's Shooting 
School, No, 5 North Broadway. The shooting was done at a St. 
Louis ring target, at 75ft., possible 250: C. W. Bauer 225, W. G. 
Todd 212. A. Ruemle 201, Capt. Schaaf 201, L. Ball 192, J. Lukins 
186, J. Summers 181, W. L. Schrader 168 L. Pabst 168, C. North- 
wang 164, R. Y. Cunningham 164, T. G. Kennedy 162, E. Renshaw 
155, E. Tricky 148, C. Spencer 147, H. Hamilton 146, H. Ward .130, 
The king shoot, which also took place last week, same evening, 
Dec. 14, resulted in Mr. Summers winning the honors of wearing 
the title of king for the next six months. 
A 100-shot rifle match was to take place over the range of the 
Excelsior Rifle Club^ at No. 5 North Broadway, Dec. 22, between 
A. Fogarty and L. Ball for championship of St. Louis. 
Fixtures. 
Dec. 31'Jan. 1. — Milwaukee, Wis. — ^Amateur tournament of the 
Wisconsin , Gim Club. P. Himmelstein, Sec'y- 
' 1900. 
Jan. 1. — ^j\ltoona. Pa. — Fifteen-live-bird handicap; $5 entrance. 
G. G. Zeth. Sec'y. 
Jan. 1. — New Haven, Conn,— Holiday shoot of the New Haven 
Gun Club. iTargeits. J. B. Savage, Sec'y. 
Jan, 1. — Schenectady, N. Y. — Third annual tournament of the 
Schenectady Gun Club. Targets. V. Wallburg, Capt. 
Jan. .1.— Newark, N. J.— All-day target shoot of the South Side 
Gun Club, 
Jpn. 1. — Jersey City, N. J. — Holiday shoot of the Hudson Gun 
Club. J, Hughes, Sec'y. 
Jan 16.-19. — Hamilton, Out, Can. — Annual tournament of the 
Hamilton Gun Club; $1,200 in prizes* Open to the world, il. 
Hamilton Gun Club; $1,500 in prizes. Open to the world. H. 
jjan. 17-18. — Danville, 111.— Sconde-Cadwallader invitation shoot. 
Live birds and targets. John Parker, Mgr. 
Feb. 13-17. — Hot Springs, Ark. — Third annual midwinter tourna- 
ment; $1,000 added; 2-cent targets (Rose system) and live birds 
(high guns). Capt. A. R. Smith, Sec'y. 
April 2.— New York Vicinity.— Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap, Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
April Ig.gt—tJaeolsij ffeb.--Tliii'd islHUJll iiiiitfiJlf tomimm 
of the Lmcolh Gbn Club. Live birds and targets. W> S. Steih, 
Sec y. 
May 7.— Chicago, III.— Twentyeixth 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, C— Ohio Trapshooters' League tourna- 
ment. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y. ^ * 
June 11.— New York Vicinity,— Interstate Association's first m- 
nual handicap target tournament. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
June 19-21.— Charleston, W. Va.— Fourth annual tournament of 
the West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association, under auspices 
of Beechwood Rod and Gun Club. Added money and merchandise 
prizes. J. A, Jones, Sec'y, Charleston, W. Va. 
Aug. 28-30.— Arnold's Park, Okoboji Lake, la.— Budd-Gilbert 
tournament 
Brooklyn Gun Club.— Third Saturday of each month, Francotte 
gun contest. Fourth Saturday of each month, Grand American 
Handicap free-entry contest. 
Watson's Park.— Burnside Crossing, HI.- Medal contest the first 
and third Fridays of each month. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Clui secretaries are invited to send their scores for publisation in 
these columns^ also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail 
allsuch matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company ^ 346 Broad- 
way^ New York. 
The folIo\ying, taken from a Baltimore daily paper, treats of a 
rather peculiar complication in the trapshootoing contest, to which 
it refers, and while interesting in itself, is profitable in the way 
of something to file for future reference: "At the Monumental 
Shooting Association's grounds this afternoon the fifth shoot for 
the American Shot & Lead Company's medal will take place. This 
is at 15 live birds, each entrant having a distance handicap. It has 
been won twice by J. C. Hicks, once by J. M. Hawkins, and it 
has been won by Ansley H. Fox, but whether once or twice nobody 
can quite determine. He tied H. A. Penrose on one occasion for 
the medal', and at the next general contest for it won it clearly. 
Mr. Penrose had agreed to let the tie of the former race be settled 
by the result of the one at which Mr, Fox won, and if this was 
legal Mr, Fox won the medal twice. An argument was advanced 
that both victories could not count, because had the tie been 
previously settled Mr. Fox would have got a longer handicap, 
rendering more difficult his second effort to secure a victory tor 
the medal. The reply to this was that when he shot, both to clear 
off the tie with Penrose and to make an original winning of the 
medal, he was still a non-wuiner until the match was over — and 
his handicap of 29yds, was correct. The question is not vital to 
the contest, for this particular medal, as Mr. Fox has temporarily 
retired from the traps; but it is interesting to shooters, wno, fre- 
quently overtaken by darkness, agree to shoot off ties in future 
events. This system of penalizing of winners in handicaps is what 
gave room for doubt on this occasion. However, as Mr. Fox won 
the medal in a straight shoot on a satisfactory handicap, that event 
seems beyond dispute, and gives one winning. If this be so, and 
the right of tied men to shoot off, according to custom, at the 
handicaps at which they tied be not disputed, then Fox made the 
second winning, especially in view of the fact that it is impossible 
to handicap a contestant retroactively, or, in other words, handicap 
a man for an event of yesterday on form shown to-day. It was im- 
possible, therefore, to penalize the tie race on the. performance of 
shooters in the later event. The question, however, is interesting, 
and experience leads to the making of rules to settle disputed 
points. The medal shoot is open to all, and the trophy must be 
won three times to become yjermanent property. Sliould Mr. 
Hicks win to-day it would be a popular victory. Arrangements 
are being made for a series of contests at live birds to be held 
cn the Monumental shooting grounds. The first will be held early 
in January, and the prize wiU be a hcmdsome gold watch." 
The Brooklyn Eagle will give a silver trophy, to be emblematic 
of the inanimate target championship of Greater New York and 
vicinity. Any person who resides within a radius of fifty miles 
of Greater New York's city hall, and who is a rnember of a 
recognized' and properly organized gun club, is eligible to com- 
pete for the trophy. First contest wall take place on Brooklyn 
Gun Club's grounds, Jan. 21, on which occasion there will be an 
all-day shoot at targets. The conditions of the trophy contest 
will be 100 singles, unknown angles, and 25 pairs, all targets thrown 
from expert traps. Sergeant system. This rule to be observed in all 
challenge contests after open competition. Entrance in open com- 
petition price of targets at 2 cents each, furnished by the club. 
Committee appointed by the Eagle to look after this competition 
is; Edward Banks (chairman). Dr. A. A. Webber and J. S. S. 
Remsen. There also is a live-oird challenge championship trophy 
under consideration, which will be purchased by subscription, 
open to shooters within a certain radius of New York, the con- 
ditions of which are not settled upon yet, but will be ready for 
publication soon. 
The calendar of the Marlin Fire Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., 
is in keeping in artistic merit with their calendar of the past year, 
both having a just claim to artistic merit and a theme which ap- 
peals to all lovers of the gun. Concerning it, the Marlin Fire 
Arms Co. writes us: "This picture was pamted for us by Proi, 
Edm. H. Osthaus, as a companion piece to our last season's setter 
design. The artist shows us a city chap enjoying a day's shooting 
with his Marlin repeating shotgun and a pair of beautiful pointers. 
To the lover of animals, Prof. Osthaus' bird dogs are always 
masterpieces, and in the present case he has added a background 
that is exceptionally effective, and the entire painting fias an 
atmosphere often seen in a typical fall day. The coloring has just 
enougn of the violet hue of the impressionistic school to be 
pleasing. The mechanical work gives evidence of the rapid 
advances being made in reproduction by color photography. We 
will be glad to mail one of these calendars to any reader of your 
publication sending one stamp to pay postage." 
"The Book of Trains, Christmas Number," issued by the Lake 
Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, is one of the most artistic 
works ever issued by any railroad company. The cover has a 
picture, the theme of which is in keeping with the Christmas-tide — 
the three Wise Men of the East, Oriental in feature and costume, 
are giving their attention to the star which guided them to Him 
whose birth has caused a rejoicing which goes on and on through 
the centuries. A border of holly, the green leaves and red berries 
of which are quite realistic, gives a most appropriate setting to the 
picture and a wider suggestion to its theme. There are a number 
of interesting Christmas sketches, in prose and poetry, all very 
appropriately and pleasingly illustrated, the whole concluded with 
the words and music of a song, "Kriss Kringle's Drive." Four 
cents for postage, and a request for it to Mr. A. J. Smith, G. P. 
& T. A., Cleveland, O., will secure this very interesting Christmas 
brochure. 
The calendar for 1900 of Messrs. E. I. Da Pont de' Nemours & 
Co., 32 Pine street. New York, and Wilmington, Del., portrays a 
U. S. battleship in action, her guns, heavy and light, belcliing 
fire and iron at the Spanish fleet in its memorable attempt to 
escape. Its title "A Sunday Morning off Santiago." Shells burst- 
ing in air, men stripped to tha waist, working at the guns, officers 
on different parts of the battleship scanning the fleeing enemy 
through glasses, water splashing from bursting shells, make a very 
spirited scene. The actual size of the grain of their brown pris- 
rnatic powder, used in the 4, 6, S, 10, 12 and 13in. breechloading 
rifles, arid the actual size of grain of their .smokeless powder, used 
in 10, 12 and ISin. breechloading rifles, are accurately portraj'ed. 
The doings of the powder in war, sport and the industrial world 
are set forth tersely on the leaves devoted to the calendar. 
The passing away of Mr. John Hunter has caused the most pro- 
found grief to the host of friends who esteemed and loved him. 
The Hunter Arms Co., in the card which announced his death, 
gives a brief sketch of his charming character as follows: "It is 
with the deepest sorrow that we announce the deatli of our presi- 
dent, John Hunter, who went to his reward Nov. 29, aged 
seventy-one years. Father Hunter was a man whose whole life 
was a living demonstration of the practicability of the Christian 
religion in business affairs. Tolerant always, compromising with 
wrong never, just to all men, to know him was to love him. A 
man whose ideal life was elevating and lifted up all life with which 
he came in contact. Warm in hts friendship, firm in his convic- 
tions, utjwavering in his adherence to truth and Justice. Surely 
his life is a goodly heritage." 
There will be a contest for the championship of the State of New* 
Jersey, of which the E C cup is the emblem, on Wednesday of this 
week between Messrs. Geo. H. Piercy, of Jersey City, and F. 
Widmann, of Trenton, the contest taking pl»ce at the latter place. 
the Sm^ Biflg, N,. ¥.,^Reti8taf states th^t "i new gue club has 
been formed by some of the cadets of Holbroolt's Military Acad- 
ertiy. Kennth McAlpin was elected captain. The club intends 
to co-operate with other military schools having gun clubs so as 
to promote trapshooting, and with the idea of petitioning the . 
Sportsmen's Association to set aside a prize for interscholastic 
team races to be shot for during the sportsmen's show at Madison 
Square Garden. The managers of Holbrook's Military Academy 
are to be commended for their liberality and farsightedness in 
entertaining this new departure in school recreation. They rec 
ognize, as every one will, that there could be no more healthful 
pastime than shooting at the traps or afield." 
In the Carteret Gun Cl'ub's Christmas Dav contest the first event 
was the December cup, at 10 birds, 30 yds., $1; ties at 3 birds. 
There were eight contestants for tliis trophy, it going to Mr. 
Browne, who killed 9 out of 10 alone. The Christmas Day cup was 
ut 10 birds, handicap rise, entrance $10, allowances 27 and 2fiyds., 
one miss as a kill, and one no bird; ties at 3 birds. This was won 
by Mr. Stuart, standing at 26yds. This event was open to the 
Westminster Kennel Club, Philadelphia Gun Club, Riverton Gun 
Club. Larchmoiit Y. C, VVestchester Country Club, Tuxedo Club, 
Heron Hill Gun Club and Garden City Gun Club. 
An exchange states that "on Christmas and New Year's days 
the New London, O., Gun Club will hold shooting matches that 
will furnish fun for everybody. There will be trapshooting, rifle 
shooting and wheelbarrow rolling for the turkeys. The rifle contest 
of pioneer days seems to be the coming sport in this part of the 
country, and is becoming a part of almost every contest among 
marksmen. Those with whom the shotgun is not a favorite can 
wipe up tlie old rifle and learn with the rest. Good rifle shooters 
are not easily found at the present time." 
The calendar of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 315 Broadway, 
New York, is a radical departure in the way of its pictorial 
features, from what is commonly accepted as the standard themes. 
A majestic buffalo head, in a setting of prairie flowers and grasses; 
has a most pleasing effect. It is artistic in its conception and 
execution, and the buffalo head suggests a theme of what modern 
ammunition will do in the hands of skilled shooters — greater than 
all el'se in the history of big-game shooting. 
• The Brooklyn Gun Club will hold a big holiday shoot on New 
Year's Day, the special delicatessen being a $20 gold piece and a 
?i0 gold piece, whose color is of the sunshine, and whose eflfects 
are still more of the sunshine to those who win them. Mr. John 
Wright has been ill at home for some days, suffering from a cold. 
He IS missed much by his many friends in the gun colony, but as 
his illness is not serious — a bad cold — they have much to be thank- 
ful for. 
The meeting of the Interstate Association was held on Thursday 
of last week, and its doings are set forth quite fully in the report 
of it in our trap columns. The annual report of the manager, Mr. 
Elmer E. Shaner, is worthy of the most careful perusal, for it con- 
tains much lhat is valuable in the way of information, and much 
that is valuable in the way of sound and good advice. 
In the first of t'ne series of five matches between teams of the 
Passaic City Gun Club and the Boiling Springs Gun Club, held 
on the grounds of the latter club, at Rutherford, N. J., last Sat- 
urday, the Boiling Springs Club won by the score of 201 to 156. 
There were twelve men on a side, each shooting at 25 targets. 
The Hudson Gun Club will hold a New Year's shoot, and vis- 
itors are invited to attend it. Take yellow turnpike Newark car to 
Hackensack River bridge, and the giounds are only a short walk 
therefrom. This is a club of jolly fellows, and there is shooting 
to please the most exacting as to quality and quantity. 
On Friday of last week Mr. W. L. Colville (famous in the world 
of writers as Dick Swiveller) left New York (or Batavia, N. Y., to 
spend the holiday season at his home. He reports a very success- 
ful season in the way of business, and anticipates even a greater 
business year forthcoming. • - 
The special shoot of the Emerald Gun Club last week for the 
benefit of the widow of the late E. A. Vrodms, who was an es- 
teemed member and officer of the club, was unfortunate in respect 
to weather, the day being rainy and unfavorable for a large at- 
tendance. 
Dr. and Mrs. Shaw, of the Garfield Gun Club, Chicago, contem- 
plate a trip to the Yellowstone Park in the near future. The 
Doctor has an intention to hunt big game, traveling by stage into 
the country from Glen wood Springs. 
Mr. H. J. Sconce, Sidell. 111., informs us that the Sconce- 
Cadwallader shoot has been postponed from Jan. 17 and 18 to Jan. 
23, 24 and 25. There will be two days at targets, 2 cents eax:h, anil 
two days at live birds, 15 cents each. 
John A. Ruble, of Beloit, Wis., after many months of illness, 
passed away from earth on Dec. 15. He was a contestant in the 
tournaments quite regularly some years ago, and was noted as 
a skillful and successful shooter. 
The Chicago sportsmen's trophy, in the seventh contest for it, 
was won by Mr. R. Clempson, he killing 15 straight, and won the 
tie struggle for it. The contest took place at VVatson's Park on 
Friday of last week. 
The match between Messrs. S. Van Allen and Albert H Laney, 
members of the Aqueduct Gun Club, Jamaica, L. L, fixed to take 
place on Dec. 19, did not take place. 
Mr. Paul R. Lilzke sends us an interesting summary of the 
doings of the O. IC Gun Club, of Kansas' City, during the year 
just past. 
The Fulton Gun Club will hold an all-day shoot at Old Mill, 
L. I., the last of the year 1899. 
BER>fARD Waters. 
Arkansas and the Soutb.. 
Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 21.— Through the courtesy of Mr. Ed 
Hickman, the secretary of the O. K. Gun Club, of Kansas Citv, 
Mo., I am able to submit to the readers of Forest ajjd Stream 
the annual leport of this energetic little shooting organization. 
The club held twelve shoots during the year, which were supposed 
to occur monthly, but during June, July and August no contests 
are held, as this is one of the few progressive clubs that is op- 
posed to shooting pigeons in the middle of the dog days. In order 
to fill out the quota of twelve contests, two scores are shot during 
September, October and November. 
That genial and consistent shooter Chris. S. Gottlieb carried off 
the honors for the season, having taken part in every contest, and 
showing the excellent percentage of ,928. F. N. Cockrell, another 
one of the urbane squfid, is close up to Gottlieb, with .891. His 
brother C. B. Cockrell also showed up strong, and finished third 
with .883. J. W. Bramhall is fourth, .881. A very handsome trophy 
goes to the winner. Each contest was at 20 live pigeons. 
C Gottlieb 19 
F N Cockrell 19 
C B Cockrell 
J W Bramhall 17 
C V Renick 
J M Curtice 
Ed A Hickman 18 
J D Sweet 18 
T W McCurdy 18 
F M Berkey 14 
Kit Colyer .12 
M Gossett 
19 19 IS 20 19 18 20 15 18 19 17 
15 18 19 19 20 18 16 16 18 16 20 
. . 20 17 18 17 17 IS 17 16 19 . . 
18 19 IS 17 17 20 16 16 18 18 . . 
18 .. 15 16 1 818 .. 14 20 .. .. 
18 17 16 
17 17 16 14 15 .. 18 15 .. 1419. 
12 17 15 17 
18 U 14 16 17 13 . . 17 12 .. .. . 
14 17 13 17 13 .. .. 13 .. 
.. 11 12 14 14 .. 17 17 .. 17 14 
.. 11 .. ,. 
Paui. R. 
0 
.928 
1 
.891 
3 
.883 
3 
.881 
4 
.850 
1 
.830 
0 
.815 
2 
.790 
3 
.755 
4 
.721 
4 
•711 
4 
.550 
DlTZKE. 
IN MEW JERSEY. 
Boiling Sptines Gun Clob vs. Passaic City Gun Club. 
Rutherford, N. J., Dec. 23,— A team of twelve men of the Passaic 
City Gun Club met an equal team of the Boiling Springs Gun Club 
on the grounds of the latter to-day. This match was the first of a 
series of five. The time of the next contest will be published in 
due time. The shooting was particularly difficult, a stift, in-blowing 
wind making harder the targets, which are always hard on these 
grounds. There were some preliminary events shot as a warming- 
up exercise. Thfe match proper was started somewhat late, so that 
toward the finish the light had waned considerably. Each man 
shot at 25 targets. The scores: 
Boiling Springs Gun Club— James 13, Matzen 16, Hexamer 13, 
Herrington 21, Frank 10, Paul 13, C. Collins 17 Burgess 17, E 
Collins 21, Huck 19, Brockart 16, Pierson 14; total'- 201; 
Passaic City Gun Club— Hall 14, Lenone 14. Piatt 16, Jelleme 16, 
Abbott 15, Bowker 14, Ferguson 14, Bowers 14, Beatty 4, Coman 12, 
Toman 10, Wise 13; total 156. 
