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FOREsr AND STREAM. 
iJraE 30, igiod. 
at this point is probably 50 feet across in the June stage, 
and at once enters a valley of varying width, the low 
banks on either side receding till they are met by the hills 
which inclose them. Here are thousands of acres of the 
most productive bottom land, much of it still heavily 
timbered, and most of it annually enriched by the alluvial 
deposits left upon its surface. Through this valley and 
adown this watery pathway the Little Pilgrim gayly 
floated, turning her willing prow away from all the evi- 
dences of civilization, and passing speedily into a region 
of delightful solitude and seclusion. For along this por- 
tion of her domain at least, our river in her vernal out- 
pourings tolerates neither the interference of the man with 
the plow, nor "the man with the hoe," and so it comes 
that neither farmhouses nor tilled fields greet the traveler 
on his way. Indeed, much of the time during the first 
day's journey it was difficult to believe that less than half 
a mile away on the higher ground of either side were the 
well-kept farms with their many buildings, the school- 
houses and churches, the wagon roads and railways that 
marked the development of this thrifty and prosperous 
State. But in the valley, save for the occasional rumble 
of a distant train, or the axe of some hidden woodman, all 
this was to be imagined rather than realized, and for the 
most of the time one might easily have pretended that he 
was sharing a primeval country with the gentle savages 
whose canoes followed the same path as they voyaged on 
their scalping forays a hundred years ago. 
It goes without saving from the previous descriptions 
that the Little Pilgrim was barely large enough to carry 
one on a river scarcely wide enough for two, and yet the 
"comforters" who sought to assist in arranging our ex- 
pedition could not seem to understand why it was not to be 
conducted on the scale of a Sunday school picnic or a 
Fourth of July excursion. But when it was stated that 
the voyage was to be a solitary one, they understood it 
still less. The average man, when he undertakes to do 
anything, counts on having some one else with him, partly 
because he wants some one to talk to, partly because he 
likes an audience for what he does and says, and possibly 
because he is afraid to be always alone with his own 
thoughts. But the advantages of society accrue only when 
it is an incidental and transitory condition, and when 
one is at perfect liberty to divest himself from it when and 
how he chooses. For self-development, for work, even for 
recreation, man is always at his best when he is alone. 
The mental energies, the spiritual resources that other- 
wise are expended and dissipated, are conserved and con- 
centrated when he is in solitude. There are then no jar- 
ring and discordant notes to mar the grand, sweet har- 
monies that nature pours into his attentive ear; no rude 
footsteps to blur the delicate trails she has left beside the 
stream or through the wood only for his awakened vision. 
Suppose that estimable soloist, R. Crusoe, had been called 
upon to share the seclusion of his island with two or 
three "boon companions," what would have been the re- 
sult? The whole party would have spent the time in play- 
ing pedro or pinochle, quarreling over each other's cooking 
and grumbling about the weather, and the charming diary 
of Crusoe's solitude would never have been written.. 
Through this quiet valley the river flowed over many a 
curve of shining sand, many a bar of well rounded pebbles 
from ■which the bold lights of the summer day were re- 
flected through the dancing ripples. All these gave its 
waters a buoyancy and brightness they could hardly claini 
elsewhere, and freed them from the slightest suggestion of 
traffic or commercialism. And through such surroundings 
as these the little boat followed the course of the river 
whose sinuous channels were half-hidden, half-reyfealed m 
the luxuriant groAvths of the valley. It was indeed a 
glorious morning on the Raisin, radiant yet mellow, as 
only a June morning can be, and the hours slipped by 
with the flowing waters till it was long after noon, when 
that mysterious instinct which dominates the savage arid 
the civilized alike prompted the beaching of the Little 
Pilgrim, and the tea bucket was soon steaming tpernly 
in the grassy cove selected for dinner. Here, in due 
time her crew and passenger dined, and afterward he 
smoked. Here also, incidentallj', the mate superintended 
the repairing of the first (but by no means the last) leak 
that an indiscreet captain had caused in the hull of his 
vessel by rashly attempting to force a passage where 
there was "no thoroughfare." Jay Beebe. 
Toledo, O.- 
A. C A Membership. 
Atlantic Division— Geo. L. Stanim. 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Qub. 
San Francisco, Time ]9 —Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club held 
its regular shoot for all comers to-day. The attendance was not 
up to the average; neither were the weather conditions there be- 
ing a heavy, irregular wind. Ed Hovey and Capt. Fred Kuhnle, 
two o£ our old-time veteran shooters, were with us and showed 
they could still do the trick. Ed shot a .32-20 Winchester re- 
peater, and his first score of 67 showed well for arm and wielder 
ot ihe arm. Fred rolled up a good average at 50yds. \yith his 
22-7-45 g-lobe and peep sights, but was not able to equal his home 
practice which runs down into the teens. Twice he has made the 
possible' in the 2in. ring, and he has one target which, as a group, 
excels anything yet shot with globe and peep sights here; 8 of 
the 10 shots are in the size of the lin. ring. Dorrell carried oft 
the honors with the .22 and also at long range. Young's rifle broke 
down. Several of the members met at the range on our oft day 
and changed the 50vd. range, placing the markers below ground 
to .woid danger, niaiiv desiring to practice with .30-30's and larger 
guns at that distance. These doctors and sedentary shooters en- 
ioyed the shoveling more than shooting for the time being, it being 
a labor of love, while others turned up their noses at shovels and 
took a sneak after the rock cod, eels and crabs which infest the 
waters of San Francisco Bay. .Scores, Columbia target, ofif-hand 
shooting, open to all comers: 
Rifle."20evds.: 
A B Dorrell, Pope barrel 6 2 7 3 7 11 2 7 10 8-63 
42762797 15 6-fi5 
—70 
Ed Hovev, .32-20 refteater. 4 6 7 4 7 10 6 18 1 4-67 
(48 atid 16 Creedmoor count) 19 11 14 3 5 4 7 14 1 6—84 
F O Young -8.^ 
Military rifle, Creedmoor count: 
Capt Fred Kuhnle .12 42 42 
Pistol medals: 
F O Youns 155564762 3—44 
3 3 3 3 3 11 2 11 5 1—45 
4 5 2 93166S 7-46 
2 4 .6 2 7 5 6 8 1 9—49 
SI 52 59 ffl 
P Becker ............................ 34 5 76 4 845 8—54 
543676974 4-55 
66 67 69 
Dr J P Twi.st 70 85 87 % 
Twist revolver medal: 
F O Young.. 3664711552 2-51 
10 435264126 fr-58 
62 68 68 69 
P. Becker 69, Dr. Twist 100. 
.22 and .25 rifle medals: 
A B Dorrell 2112S2S21 3—20 
23 23 25 29 
Capt F Kuhnle. 122223241 2—21 
22 24 
Dr J F Twist..... 51322222 3 1—23 
29 30 
P Becker 26 27 30 86 32 
E A Allen.. 34 
Record scores, 50yds., .22 rifle: 
Capt Kuhnle 21 22 23 25 26 26 
Allen 37 47 
R W Edgren, .30-30 carbine 52 56 
Pistol: Dr. Twist SO. 
At the last meeting of the National Bund Fest, Shell Mound 
Park was chosen as the place for the shoot in 1901, the shoot to 
commence on first Sunday after Tulv 4. The Columbia Club sent 
new delegates to vote for Shell' Mound Park, their other dele- 
gates having withdrawn because German was spoken. The Bund 
threw the Columbia Club out because it sustained the withdrawal 
of its delegates, and it joined again. Its votes caused a tie and 
eventually threw the meet to Shell Mound. 
F. O. Young, Sec'y* 
Franco— American Match. 
Hartford, Conn. — Herewith please find scores in the Franco- 
American match. The notable events of the contest were a 58 out 
of a possible 60 at the French target and 68 out of a possible 60 at 
the American target. Both of these scores were made by T. A. 
Dietz, Jr. The other notable thing is the high score made by 
Sergeant W. E. Petty. Although in his 50yd. score he had two 
squibs, caused in some unaccountable manner by defective am- 
munition, both of these occurring in the second string, making 
him lose 20 points there. Notwithstanding this he shot through 
without losing heart and came out second on the total. 
American team leads by 61 points — 38 at 50yds. and 23 at 16 
meters. The scores: 
American Team. 
Targets. 
French. American. 
16 Meters. 50yds. Total, 
T A Dietz, Jr, Colt's new service target ..263 260 523 
W E Petty, Colt's new service target 259 252 511 
R H Sayre. Colt's new service target 253 251 504 
B F Wilder, Smith & Wesson .44 239 263 502 
G W Waterhouse, Smith & Wesson .44 & .;?8.253 246 499 
L R Piercv, Colt's new service target 244 241 485 
W G Hudson, Smith & Wesson .38 222 250 472 
J B Crabtree, Smith & Wesson .44 & .38 225 244 469 
W A Smith, Smith & Wesson, .44 & .38 224 240 464 
ALA Himmelwright, S. & W. .44 228 232 460 
2,410 2,479 4*^ 
French Team. 
Targets. 
French. American. 
16 Meters. 50yds. Total. 
M Dutfoy 244 253 497 
Comte de Chabannes 240 250 490 
M Faure . 241 248 489 
Paul Gastinne 238 251 489 
Comte Clary 247 241 488 
Capt Chaucot 243 241 484 
Com Delschneider - 236 242 478 
P Moreau 239 236 475 
M TriniTe ; 233 239 472 
M Lade 226 240 466 
2,387 2,441 4,828 
C. F. Small. 
Fixttfues. 
INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENTS. 
July 11-12.— Narragansett Pier, R. I.— Interstate Association's 
tournament, ander the auspices of the Canonchct Gun Club. Fred 
C< Serenson, Sec'y. 
Aug. 7-8.— Newport, Vt.— Interstate Association's tournament, 
under the auspices of the Newport Gun Club. J. R, Akin, Sec'y. 
Sept. 12-13.— Salemn, N. Y.— Interstate Association's tournament, 
under the auspices of the Osoma Valley Gun Club". 
July 4.— Louisville, Ky. — Seventh annual championship shoot 
under auspices of the Kentucky Gun Club. E. PragofI, Sec'y. 
Julv 4.— Springfield 111.— Fourth of July sweepstake target shoot 
of the Illinois Gun Club. Chas. T. Stickle, Sec^y. 
July 4.— La Porte, Tex.— Fourth of July shoot given by the 
Theo. Bering Gun Club of Houston, Tex. 
Tuly 4.— Fitchburg, Mass.-All-day shoot of the Fitchburg Rifle 
and Gun Club. 1. O. Converse, Sec'y. 
July 4.— Haverhill, Mass.-All-day shoot of the Haverhill Gun 
Club. 
July 4-5.— Swanton, Vt,'— Robin Hood Powder Co.'s tournament. 
N. P. Leach, Mgr. 
July 10-11.— Fremont, O.— First annual tournament of the Fre- 
mont Gun Club. B. M. Inman, Sec'y. 
July 10-12.— Fort Smith, Ark.— Tenth annual tournament Arkansas 
State Sportsmen's Association; $300 added. W. A. Leach. Pres. 
July 12.— Sherburne, N. Y.— Target tournament of the Sherburne 
Gun "Club. 1. F. Padilford, Sec'v. 
July 11-12.— Delaware, O.— Delaware Gun Club's tournament. 
H. D. Leas. Sec'y. 
July 24. — Dexter .Park, Brooklyn. — ^Annual handicap merchandise 
target tournament and clam bake of the Hell Gate Gun Club. L. 
H. Schortemeier, 201 Pearl street. New York, Chairman of Com- 
mittee. 
July 25-27. — Winnipeg, Man. — Manitoba Industrial Exhibition 
Association's trapshooting tournament. F. W. Heubach, Sec'y. 
Aug. 7-8. — Birmingham, Ala. — Amateur tournament given by the 
Peters Cartridge Co., on the grounds of the Birmingham Gun 
Club ; $150 added. John H. Mackie, Mgr. 
Aug. 28-30.— Arnold's Park, Okoboji Lake, la.— Budd-Gilbert 
tournament. . „ . ,„ , . 
Sept. —.—First week in September, Tournament of the Sher- 
brooke Gun Club. , t i 
Sept. 4.— Meriden, Conn.— Fifth annual Labor Day tournament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C. S. Howard, Sec'y. 
Sept. 12-13.— Homer, 111.— Annual tournament of the Triangular 
Gun Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B. Wiggins, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 18-21.- St. Thomas, Ont.— Ton* Donley's fourth annual 
tournament; live birds and targets. 
Newark, N. J.— South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon, 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest, June 20, 1900. 
July 4.— Interstate Park.- All-day shoot of the Medicus Gun 
Club; third two-men team shoot for trophy; dancing in evening. 
July 12.— Interstate Park. — Challenge contest for the Dewar 
cup between Dr. A. A. Webber and Mr. R. L. Packard. 
July 18.— Interstate Park.— John S. Wright's all-day shoot .ind 
contest for Sanders-Storins trophy under his management. 
Interstate Park, Queens.— Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club— Saturdays. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
ioaA features of the Martin Fire -Arms Co.'s catalogue for 
1900 make it most pleasing to gaze upon, and the information 
which abounds withm its pages in respect to this company's long 
..„,,„, ,. „ — -Jterchange,"' "Reloading Am- 
munnion, Reloading Smokeless Powder Cartridges," "Smoke- 
less Powders,'' "Low Pressure Powders," High Pressure 
Powders, -Bullets,' "Lubrication," "Accuracy, Velocity, Trajec- 
tory and Penetration," "Modern Small-Bore Cartridges," "Their 
Adaptation to Hunting Purposes," Their Efficiency," "Choice of 
a Kifle, etc., makes it interesting and instructive to read. The 
cover bears a spirited illustration of the typical cowboy and cow 
pony, all equipped after the manner of the cattle period, when the 
plains were unfenced and free to him who would roam over them. 
Concerning this catalogue the Marlin Fire Arms Co. write us: 
Ihe Marhn catalogue for the 1900 season, 120 pages, revised and 
complete to date, contains over 300 illustrations and a cover in 
.SIX colors by Frederic Remington. The design, illustrating a typ- 
ical cow puncher mounted on his faithful horse and armed with 
his trusty Marhn, shows Mr. Remington at his best, and will be 
appreciated by all those who are acquainted with life on the 
Western plains. We will mail a copy to any reader of Forest 
AND Strj!am who will send three stamps to pay postage." 
The programme of the Birmingham (Ala.) amateur tournament 
given by the Peters Cartridge Co., of Cincinnati, O., can be ob- 
tamed on application to that company. It is to be Aug. 7 and 8 
on the grounds of the Birmingham Gun Club. There are ten 
events each day— six at W targets, $150 entrance, $6 added; three 
at 20 targets, $2 entrance, .$10 added, and one at 25 targets, .$2.50 
entrance, ."Sl5 added. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock. Magau- 
trap and bluerocks will be used. The grounds will be open for 
practice on Aug. 6. Hot lunch will be served. The grounds are 
situated in North Birmingham. The Rose svstem will govern 
fargets 2 cents. Guns, etc.. shipped to R. H." Baugh will be de' 
hvered on the grounds free of charge. All profits will be added 
to an extra event at the end of the second day's programme. Mr 
\ ?■ "^^ckie will be manager, assisted by Mr. R. H. Baugh 
A handsome gold medal will be given for the highest average made 
m the tournament. We are informed that great interest is already 
inanifested m this tournament by the shooters of Birmingham and 
vicinity, and that there is every prospect of at least fifty or sixty 
entries. 
The seventh annual championship shoot, under the auspices of 
the Kentucky Gun Club, Louisville, is announced to take place 
on July 4 at Fountain Ferry Park. There are fourteen events on 
the programme, of which No. 6, at 50 targets, open only to resi- 
dents of Kentucky, $3 entrance, is for the championship of Ken- 
tucky. The trophy is a solid silver cup, which becomes the 
property of the winner. No. 7, at 25 targets, open only to resi- 
aents of Kentucky, $6 entrance, is the three-men team champion- 
ship event. Event 13 is a handicap at 25 targets, five merchan- 
dise prizes. Event 14 is at 10 live birds, handicap. $7.50 entrance, 
ihe other ten target events are 15 targets each, UM entrance. 
All class shooting. Ten per cent, will be deducted from all tar- 
except 6, 7 and 13 for five high guns, and the club 
adds $10 to the average money. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock. 
1 he grounds will be open for shooting on July 3. Take Shawnee 
Park cars on Market street. 
The Fourth of July target celebration at Interstate Park, Queens, 
offered by the Medicus Rod and Gun Club, contemplates a day 
of wholesome recreation and enjoyment. There are twelve events 
on the shooting programme, and these three are at 10 targets, 75 
cents entrance; three at 15 targets, ?1; one at 20 targets, $1.20 en- 
trance; two miss-and-outs; 2o-cenl. sweep and prize, and the third 
competition for the Medicus cups; a two-men team race, 100 tar- 
gets per man,, open to members of any club. No. 11 is at 50 tar- 
gets, a merchandise shoot, ten prizes, of which the first is a silver- 
mounted curving set. Targets included in entrance, excepting 
miss-and-outs. Prizes for the highest average and longest run. 
Extra events if time permits. Shooting commences at 10 o'clock. 
Lunch served at 1 o'clock P. M. in the Casino, and dinner at 7:30, 
The evening will be devoted to dancing, commencing at 9 o'clock. 
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The programme of the Interstate Association's tournament, given 
for the Canonchet Gun Club, Narragansett Pier, R. I., July 11 and 
12, is now ready for distribution, and all information concerning 
the tournament will on application be furnished by the secretary 
of the club, Mr. Fred C. Serenson, Narragansett Pier. There are 
ten events each day, six at 15 targets and four at 20 targets, en- 
trance $1.50 and $2. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock. AH purses 
divided into four moneys— 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Targets. 2 
cents, included in all entrances. Guns and ammunition shipped' to 
Mr. J. C. Tucker will be delivered at the shooting grounds. A 
light lunch will be served on the grounds each day. Interstate 
rules will govern. To reach the shooting grounds take the Nar- 
ragansett Pier or Sea View R. R. 
Concerning the shooting at the Exposition the Philadelphia Bui 
letin has the following: "The Grand Prix du Centenaire. the 
Mr. K. L. Packard, of New York, challenged Dr. A. A. Webber 
to contest for the Dewar cup, and the challenge was accepted. 
The second Thursday in July was fixed upon as the date. 
Murphy, American, was third, with 20. Tod Sloane took part in 
the handicap sweepstakes which followed. He missed the first bird. 
The Grand Prix de Centenaire was the first of the important con- 
tests in connection with the Exposition prizes. Out of 138 entries 
166 faced the traps, and never m the annals of pigeon shooting 
had there been such a galaxy of international shots as ^as §een at 
the Cercle du Bois de Boulogne." .•" 
At a meeting of the executive committee of the New Jersey 
State Sportsmen's Association, held on Tuesday of last week. 
May 7, 8, 9 and 10 were fixed upon as the dates for the tourna- 
ment of 1901. It was carried that the game and fish protective 
societies be notified that the N. J. S. S, A. is not a trapshooting 
association entirely, and that a portion of its funds will be applied 
for the protection of fish and game. The secretary was requested 
to state that the initi.Htion fee of the Association is $2 and dues 
SI. The committee approved the accounts of the Walsrode Gun 
Club in the matter of the late State shoot. The treasury contains 
a good balance. It was carried that a meeting of the Association 
be called to consider the matter of intermediate shoots. 
The programme of the Fourth of July sweepstake target shoot 
of the Illinois Gun Club, of Springfield, HI., provides twelve events 
alternately expert traps and magautrap. Of these five are at id 
targets, four at 15 targets, one at 25 targets, one at 5 and one at 10 
pairs; entrance based on 10 cents per target, the latter trapped at 
i cent each. Grounds open at 9:30 A. M. The club states fur- 
ther: "All events optional sweepstakes- three moneys, divided 
under new pro rata system that pays each shooter for the targets 
he scores. Lunch can be secured on grounds. Basket supper and 
fireworks in the evening. All amateurs are cordially invited to be 
present. Come and shoot on the best gun club grounds in the 
West." 
H 
The Theo. Bering Gun Club, of Houston, Tex., announces a 
shoot on^Tuly 4 at La Porte, Tex., at the Woodmen of the World 
picnic. Class A .shooters, 80 per cent, average or better, shoot at 
unknown angles. Class B shoot at unknown angles. There are 
nine bluerock events on the programme— 10, 15, 25 and 50 blue- 
rocks. No. 8 is for the championship of southwest Texas, SO blue- 
rocks, $3.-50 entrance, four moneys. No. 9, at 25 bluerocks, $2 
entrance, is for the club medal. All the other entrances are based 
on 10 cents per target. There are four live-bird events at 7, 5, 10 
and 20 liirds, $3, $2.50, $3.50 and $7.50 entrance, the 20-bird event 
being for the championAhip of southwest Texas. 
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Mr. J. F. MctcaJfC of Bisbee, Ariz., writes us that on June 14 
the Bisbee Gun Club was formed in his city, with a merribership 
of 37. Officers were elected as follows: President, Dr, W. K 
Chamber; Vice-President, Geof. F. Hagler; Secretary, J. F. Met- 
calf; Treasurer, R. S. Hunt. The club has ordered five traps and 
clay targevs, which are expected to be all ready for the club's 
shoot on July 4. 
Mr. H. C. Allen, of Sisterville, W. Va., won the championship 
event of the West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association by a. 
score of 46 out of a possible 60. 
