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ting, I decided not to attempt it that night, hut the next 
evening at ahout 9 o'clock I set out with Napoleon, not 
saying angthing to Tom of my intentions. 
I reached Tassel in the course of an hour, and setting 
the dog free, I crouched in a fence corner and waited to 
see what would be the result. 
The naked trees near by cast strange fantastic shadows 
that showed inky black against the pure whiteness of the 
snow, and no sound could be heard but the distant bark 
of a dog and the sharp crack of trees split by the frost. 
I looked at my watch every few minutes, each time 
thinking that it must have stopped, and altogether I never 
passed a longer hour than that which elapsed before 1 
heard Napoleon's bay ringing out beyond Tassel. I could 
tell by his voice that he was running close to the fox, and 
as he seemed to be com'ng in my direction I made ready 
to fire. 
Nearer and nearer he came, till he was almost opposite, 
and I peered eagerly in every direction, trying to make out 
the form of the fleeing fox. but saw nothing of him, and 
the dog also passed unseen. Somewhat puzzled at this, I 
walked forward, and saw that they had gone by in a deep 
gully, which I had not seen, as from where I stood the 
ground appeared perfectly level. 
Much disgusted at this, I climbed a small hill near by 
and resolved to wait there in- hopes that the fox would 
come with'n gun shot. 
For some time he circled in the adjacent fields, while I 
strained my eyes over the white expanse in a vain effort 
to detect his form. 
At last on a hillside some distance away I .saw a mov- 
ing speck, which I concluded must be the fox. It came 
on toward me, and when it was about 50 yards away I 
took a steady aim and fired. Instantly there was a shrill 
yelp, and my fox resolved itself into a small shepherd 
dog, which fled wildly back in the direction from which he 
had come. 
Uttering a fervent prayer that his owner would not ap- 
pear to investigate, I ran over to the woods and paused at 
the edge to listen. 
The fox had evidently taken fright at the sound of the 
gun, as the dog was now a long distance from me. I 
listened for some time, and finally he swung around in a 
direction that would bring him between me and home. 
I determined to try to head the fox off. and if not success- 
fitl to give up the chase. I starred off and had not gone 
far before Napoleon lost the trail, and I reflected that 
my moonlight hunt had not ended very well. 
I was cross:ng the plain at the foot of the first range of 
hills, when suddenly the hound's voice echoed out fiercely 
righ. ahead, and the fox shot around the shoulder of a 
hill with the dog not a rod behind and straining every 
muscle to overtake him, and they were coimng straight 
for me. . , , , , 
Trusting that the light color of my hunting clothes had 
rendered me unseen. I threw myself flat, and pushing the 
snoAV up in front of me lay wi.hout lifting my head till 
they were almost upon me, then I rose to my knees and 
discharged both barrels at the fox, less than 20 yards 
away. The recoil knocked me flat again, but when I rose 
I saw that the fox was down in the snow, though he was 
keeping the dog at bay. I ran toward him, and as I came 
close I saw this was none o.her than the Wellman fox. 
Though badly wounded, he kept his front to the dog. who 
in~ some fear of his long, sharp teeth danced excitedly 
about him, trying to get him at a disadvantage. 
I struck at him with the butt of the gun, and he turned 
with a snarl and seized the stock with his teeth. This 
gave Napoleon his chance. He sprang in and in a few 
moments the Wellman fox was dead and our long chase 
Carlos S. Head. 
was over. 
Notice. 
All communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
alvays be addressed to the Forest and Stream Pubhshing Co., and 
not to any indi vidua) connected with the paper. 
'Leading dealers in sportsmen's supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously lor a quarter-century. 
li you want your shoot to be announced here send a 
notice like the following! 
Fixtures. 
/ Jan. 12-13.-Aurora. Ill.-Bennett's target tournament 
Ian 15-18.-Hamilton, Ont.-Hamilton Gun Clubs e evenUi 
annual tournament; live birds and targets; open to all. a. 
'■''Sn^"l6.-Tr^enton, N. T.-Second contest of the series between 
leanis of the Trenton Shooting Association and freehold brun 
Club, on the grounds of the former. n-,^^,-^ 
Tan 17— Baltimore. Md.-Ten-men team contest-Baltimore 
Snooting Association vs. Keystone Shooting League. 
Feb. e-7.— Cincinnati.— Cincinnati Gun Chib s sparrow tourna- 
ment, Chas. F. Dreihs, Sec'y. , ■ , . 
April 9-12.-Baltimore, Md.-Eighth annual spring tournament, 
of the Baltimore Shooting Association: two days targets, J1(X) 
per day added; two days live birds, $500 guaranteed. H. P. Collins, 
^April Hl-l?,— Leavenworth, Kan.— Annual tournament of the 
Kansas State Sportsmen's Association. . c . 
May 7-10.— Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen s 
.Association. C. W. Feigenspan. Sec'y. , t 
Mav 7-10.— Lincoln. Neb.— 1 wenty-hfth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices ot the 
Lincoln Gun Club. VV. D. Bain, Sec'y. 
Mav 21-25.— Chicago, 111.— Twenty-seventh annual tournament^ and 
convention of the Illitiois State Sportsmen's Association. (Jias. 
T. Stickle, Sec'y , . r .> n- . -o^a 
Tune 5-7.— Circleville, O.-Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun' Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters 
League, G. R. Haswell, Sec'y. ^ , ^^ 1 . 
June —.—Columbus, Wis.— Tournament of the Trapshooters 
League of Wisconsin. First week in June: 
Newark, N. J.— South Side Gun Cltib target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. , , , 
Chicago 111.— Garfield Gun Club's hve-bird trophy shoots, first 
and third Saturdays of each m.onth. Grounds, AVest -Monroe street 
and Fifty-second avenue. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK, 
Jan, 8.— Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.— Welch (holder) -Elliott 
matcii for the Dupont trophy. ^ ^ 
April 1-5.— Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.— The Interstate As- 
sociation's ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tournament 
at Live Birds. ^ _ _ ,, . , , 
June —.—Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.— Forty-third annual 
tournament of the New York St^l^e Associat,t,<>i^ for the Protection 
Fish ant?, Ga,.®.* 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; .$5 entrance. First contest took place Tune 20, 1900. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I. — Fountain Gun Club's regular 
monthly shoots, the third Thursday of October, November and 
December. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. T. — Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
h. J. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Contp'etely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club .shoots or private 
practice. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I. — Weekly ."shoot of (he New 
Utrecht Gun Club' — Saturdays. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Clui secretaries are invited to send their scores /or frublicatiott in 
these columns^ also any news notes thev may ca't-e to have printed. Ties 
on all events are comidered as divided unless otherwise rej>oried. Mail 
all suck matter to Forest and Stream Pitblishifig CotKpanv, 146 Broad- 
way, New York. 
On Friday of last week Capt. A. \V. Money was most cowardly 
and brutally assaulted in his office at 31S Broadway by Mr. George 
.S. McAlpin, of New York. Both are members of the Carteret 
Gun Club, of Garden City, L. I. From reliable witnesses we are 
informed that in company with Dr. F. C. Wilson, 0/ Savannah, 
Ga., who was present in the interest of peace, Mr. McAlpin ob- 
tained an audience with Capt. Money in his private office, and 
brought up the matter of handicapping in some important cup 
events of the Carteret Gun Club's shoots. After a short conversa- 
tion, and without an>; preliminary warning, he assaulted Capt. 
Money, who was sitting in his chair, striking him below thfi 
eye, breaking his check bone. It came so suddenly that Dr. 
Wilson had not time to interfere. The blow was heard in the 
outer ofice, and was described as sounding like the breaking of 
a chair snapping under a heavy weiglit. The sound was not 
considered of any special importance, as no one dreamed that an 
assault was in progress. Mr. Fred Quimby entered Capt. Money's 
office soon after the blow was struck, and held Mr. McAlpin, 
who was intent on further violence. In about a half hour Capt. 
Money's eye was swollen to an alarming degree, and on the advice 
of his friends he sought medical aid, and had the injury dressed. 
The doctors pronounced it severe. Legal proceedings will be 
instituted against the offender. The assault had its origin 
in a matter which Mr. McAlpin construed as reflecting on his 
honor. In an important cup event, in which he had two wins, he 
was both a contestant and a handicapper — positions which jointly 
were, on their face, imjjroper. Several contestants were set 
back, while Mr. McAlpin's mark remained unchanged. Capt. 
Money wrote a letter to the secretary of the Carteret Gun Club, 
calling attention to the matter, and the harm it might do as a 
precedent in club matters. We are informed that Mr. McAlpin 
was removed from the handicap committee. This he considered 
sufficient ground for an assault. 
The pfogramnie of the Hamilton Gun Club's tournament, fixed 
to take place on Jan. 15 to IS, contains the information that .$1,200 
in prizes is guaranteed, and that no one is barred. The Rose 
system will govern the division of the moneys in both the live- 
bird and target events, excepting the 10-bird race (.$100 guar- 
anteed), which has lour moneys, higli guns. A handicap will 
govern in the target competition. Two Canadians and one Ameri- 
can will do the handicapping. Upward of 3,000 birds will Ue on 
hand. The traps will be ready on Monday afternoon, the 14th 
inst., for practice. Targets, 2 cents. The management announces 
lhat it has given a bond to .the Customs Department of the Gov- 
ernment, guaranteeing to the American shooters free entry of 
their guns, on shipment to Hart & Lyne, Customs Brokers, John 
strtet South, Hamilton, Can. Mr. John Parker, of Detroit, will 
assist the management of the tournament. The secretary, Mr. 
H. Graham, will gladly give all necessary information to inquirers 
in respect to the tournament. On the first day there is a 20- 
live-bird event, $15 entrance, including birds, and five at 20 
targets, $2 each, handicaps 16 to 22yds. On the second and third 
days respectively there is one event at 10 live birds and five 20- 
target events. The fourth day has one event at 10 live birds, $7, 
birds included, surplus added; high guns. All sweeps and miss- 
and-outs are subject to the handicaps. 
T'he Dupont calendar for 1901, issued by the Messrs. E. 1. 
Dupont de Nemours & Co., of Wilmington, Del. has an ele- 
gance of idea and portrayal which make it delightful in its theme 
and pleasing in its artistic features. The main picture depicts a 
group of sportsmen in a baggage car, with their pointers and 
setters, guns and general paraphernalia, en route to the shooting 
grounds. At the bottom is a picture of a setter and pointer 
on a point, while the machine military guns are depicted in smaller 
spaces on the sides. The excellence of it w'ill appear when it is 
mentioned that Prof. Edm. H. Osthaus is the artist. The ex- 
cellence of the work will be apparent on peference to the ciil 
puMisiied in our advertising columns. 
A New Haven, Conn., daily publishes the following: "Col. W. 
F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), fresh from a successful luinting trip in the 
Rockies, has arrived at the Waldorf-Astoria witli his wife to spend 
the holidays here with a daughter who is attending a private 
school. 'We arc going to have the greatest sportsmen's organiza- 
tion in the world in Wyoming,' .said Col. Cody yesterday. 'It is 
the Cody Club, organized only three weeks ago, but with a mem- 
bership already of fifty-five, and applications enough to fifl the 
limit of 100. George T. Beck, son of former .Senator Beck, of 
Kentucky, is president. Our list of members includes the names 
of (he best-known huntsmen in .Nmerica.' " 
The calendar ot the Winchester Repeating Arms Co. for 1901 
bears a portrayal of two scenes, quite distinct in character, both 
the work of the well-known artist. Mr. A. B. Frost. The first 
is of the plains entitled "Fresh T\Ieat for the Outfit." In the 
foreground is adead antelope, by which is standing a plainsman, 
rifle in hand, his horse, caparisoned in cowboy style, standing 
staunchly close by, while a horseman is galloping in from the 
distance." The other is a scene of a more advanced civilization. 
It portrays a rabbit hunt — dog in full chase, the man drawing a 
deadly aim on the rabbit, while the boj' stands keenly expectant. 
The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., have prepared for free 
distiibution a booklet containing information or rare value. The 
methods of working out the different systems of dividing the 
moneys at tournaments, the Jack ^^abbit system, the Equitable 
system, tlie Rose system, high guns and class shooting are 
minutely explained. It also contains trapshooting rules for tar- 
gets and live birds, and a iitt of tbe loads used by several 
f?mous shooters. It is gotten up in a most artistic manner, and 
is a valuable addition to the reference works of every shooter. 
The half-tone cut of the U. M. C. calendar for 1901, published 
in our advertising columns, will give an accurate idea of its ex- 
cellence. The boy, apparently arrayed in the hunting costume of 
his lather and equipped with his father's gun and ammunition, hay 
jug had success" in his quest, as shown by the dead birds - on his 
shoulder, is in that state of ecstatic delight which comes only to 
normal, wholesome boys, under similar circumstances. 
In a contest ior the H. C. Hirschy B. R live-bird trophy be- 
tween Messrs, French and Morrison, on the grounds of the Inter 
city Shooting Park, Dec. 19, each killed 25 straight at 30yds. There 
also was a side bet of $10, loser to pay for the birds. In the shoot- 
off at 5 lairds, French had his first 2 dead out, and withdrew, 
Morrison continuing and killing his 5 straight. 
The article on pigeon shooting, published elsewhere in our 
columns, should be carefully read and rem.em.bered by all trap- 
shooters, as it is an exponent both of the attitude of the S. P. C. 
A. and the legal status of the sport in New York. It will be 
noted that a club need not necessarily be incorporated to meet 
the legal requirements. 
In a two-men team shoot on Thtirsday of last week at Plainfield, 
N J., 20 birds per man, three teams contested, with results as 
S<^t,lo,v<s: ISfqyy^.K^ ^e^— '^f*?, %^ C. Koegel^ 
W hitehouse team— J. W. Kuerels and A. Emmons, 32. Plainfield 
team.— J. H. Lindsay and J. F. Reed, 31. Mr. T. H. Keller acted 
as referee, 
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At Watson's Park, Chicago, the Chicago Gun Club holds iis 
third shoot on Jan. 5, the first Saturday. The following clubs 
hold their first shoots for 1901 as follows: Audubon Gun Club, 
third Tuesday, Jan. 15; Garden City Gun Club, second Saturday, 
Jan. 12; Chicago Club's fourth shoot, Jan. 19, the third Saturday. 
The first of the series of three contests between teams o£ the 
Baltimore Shooting Association and Keystone Shooting League 
took place at Holmesburg Junction, Pa., Thursday of last week, 
nine men to a team, and resulted in a victory for Baltimore by ti 
score of 198 to 189. Each man shot at 25 birds. 
The Barker trophy, a solid gold watch, was contested for on the 
Carteret Gun Club's grounds on Saturday of last week. MesSfs. 
H. Money D. Bradley, R. A.- Welch and L. Duryea tied on the 
first 15 birds. They again tied on 15. In the miss-and-out to 
determine this tie, Mr. Duryea won. 
In the contest for the Spalding trophy on the grounds of the 
Denver, Colo., Club, Dec. 20, Mr. R. A. Creek against a field of 
seven was victor, breaking 91 targets out of 100. Four other con- 
testants, Garrett, Shemwell, Arnold and Shultz, were each but 1 
target less in their scores. 
"Hood," one of the most expert of Baltimore shooters, won the 
cup which was the trophy of the star event, shot on Christmas 
Day, on the grounds of^ the Baltimore Shooting Association. He 
scored 19 out of 20 live birds, tieing thereby with Hawkins, and 
winning in the shoot-off. 
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Mr. W". P. Brown, manager of the Intercity Shooting Park, 
Minneapolis, Minn., announces that there will be an open shoot 
at the park about the first week in April next; one day at targets 
and one day at live birds. The dates will be announced definitely 
later. 
In a contest, Dec. 17, between teams of the Minneapolis and 
St. Paul clubs, at Intercity Shooting Park, for the H. C. Hirschy 
trophy (targets), five men to a team, 20 targets per man, the 
Minneapolis team was victor by a score of 86 to 73. 
In the shoot for the Christmas Day Cup, on the Crescent 
.Athletic Club's grounds, C. Kenyon, Jr., won with a score of 47 
out of .50, with a handicap of 9 added. The December cup was 
won finally last Saturday by Dr. J. J. Kcycs. 
Tuesday of next week at Interstate Park will be a day of special 
interest in shooting circles, for on that Day Messrs. Welch and 
Elliott contest for the Dupont trophy, the latter being the 
challenger. ^ 
Capt. A. W. Money, on the grounds of the Country Club of 
Lakewood, N. J., Dec. 25, won the Gould trophy, standing at the 
30vd. mark. 
In the Interstate Park Handicap at 25 live birds on Dec. 26 
Messrs. Van Allen and Morfey killed 25 straight, from the 30yd. 
mark. 
•5 
The annual meeting of the Garden City Gun Club will be held 
;;t lilt Sherman House, Saturday, Jan, 5, at 8 P. M., sharp. 
Bernard Waters. 
Death of Jacob Pentt. 
After an illness of many months, Jacob Pentz died at his 
home in New Brighton, Staten Island, on Dec. 24. About three 
years ago he complained of stomach trouble, although there were 
no external evidences of the disease at that time. During the 
past year he became gradually emaciated, and a few months ago 
the doctors diagnosed his ailment as cancer of the stomach. The 
growth was so far advanced that death was declared to be in- 
evitable within a few months. Notwithstanding this disheartening 
prognosis. Uncle Jake — a soubriquet which gratified him much, and 
which was much used by his personal friends — kept him in harness 
bravely till the encroachments of the disease so sapped his 
strength that he was forced to take to his bed. 
No sportsman was better known than was Jacob Pentz. All de- 
partments of sport pertaining to dog and gun, journalistic, ad- 
visory, competitive, etc., received his attention. Years ago lie 
officiated as judge of setters and pointers at the W. K. C. show, 
but in later years he devoted himself almost exclusively to the 
interest of trapshooting, in respect to which he was conceded to 
be of the highest authority. He officiated innumerable times a.« 
referee in matches and club shoots. His opinions and rulings 
were treated as authoritative. He was a member of the Handicap 
Committee of the Grand American Handicap, and was by common 
consent conceded to be its chairman. As a writer he bad a 
graceful, fluent style, and was equally forceful in descriptive 
writing, in discussion, or in the intricacies of technical writing. _ 
Until his last illness he had a life free from illness, and had 
nearly reached the three score and ten allotted to man. being 
about sixty-eight years old at the time of his death. 
Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus, O., Dec. 26.— Here are scores of the Columbus Gun 
Club shoots on Thanksgiving and Christmas. On Thanksgiv-mg 
the weather was perfect, with a slight wind blowing across the 
traps, making the birds fast. Anderson and Dering shot at 200 
picked birds taken from a coop of over 400 choice birds. The 
match started at 8:30 A. M., in order that the boys might partake 
of their Thanksgiving turkey. The feature of the day was the 
beautiful retrieving done by H. O. Anderson's red Irish setter 
Jack, which alone retrieved over 300 birds, making sotne beau- 
tiful retrieves of winged birds: , _ 
One hundred birds per man, 30yds. rise, American AssociatjoU 
rules: 
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On Christmas there was a wind- blowing directly across the 
traps from the left, making it hard to stop the birds withm 
bounds. The club had for a visitor the Hon. G. A. Buckstaif, ex- 
Speaicer of the Assembly and a member of the Oshkosh Gun 
Club^ 
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