FORESt AKt) STREAM. 
ON LONG ISLAND* 
It' was a day to try out the skilJ of the best. The forciioc 
clear, with a stiff 7 o clock wind, which gradually increased ir 
till in the last half of the main event it was about a half gale 
John Vright^s Shoot. 
Interstate Park, L. 1.. Feb. 12.— There was a great gathering 
ol shooters to compete for the Francotte gun offered as a prize 
by John Wright. There was also a large number of spectators 
present to witness the competition. Among the cohtestants were 
several whose fame as skillful shooters is world wide. 
rcnoon was 
in force 
, , -'^^ gale. The 
sky became overcast, and a faerce snow squall added to the hard 
conditions in the concluding round. The birds were a good lot, 
and with the fierce wind there were a number of the kind classed 
"as unkillable, which is a kind of bird the shooter fails to hit 
''■correctly or to hit at all. In the main event two sets of traps 
Nos. l and 2, were used, so that the event was carried through 
quite expeditiously. Thepe was the keenest interest in the oom- 
petition manifested by the shooters and their many friends who 
were lookers on. The redoubtable Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, standing 
at the 32yd. mark, was a strong competitor and promising one in 
respect to killing straignt ar>d winning, as also were Messrs. Van 
Alien, Keenan and Gildersleeve, but each missed 1 bird, and thus 
the four tied on 14. It was decided among them that the money 
would be divided between tjie four, and that a miss-and-out between 
them would determine the ownership of the gun. Gildersleeve 
went out on his first bird, Elliott on his fourth, Van Allen on 
his fifth. Keenan killed 5, and the rest then being shot out he was 
the winner of the gun. It was a popular win. The amateur 
victor was warmly congratulated by all. The conditions were 15 
birds, ?12.50 entrance, birds included; handicaps 25 to 33yds. 
There were forty-five entries, of which two w-ere shooting for 
birds. Deducting the cost of birds, ?3.75, from each entrance, left 
$8.75 net for each entrance, or a total of $366.25. Deducting the 
value of the gun, $150, left $216.25 to be divided between the four 
high guns. 
The guns and powders used were as follows: B. H. Norton used 
a Parker gun. Hazard powder; G. H. Piercy, Smith, E C; B. W. 
Leroy, Remington, Hazard; S. M. Van Allen, Daly, Walsrode; 
J. Von Lengerke, Francotte, Schultze; H. C. Koegel, Smith gun; 
T W. Hoffman, Francotte, Schultze; W.- W. Hassinger, Smith gun; 
J. H. Martin, Greener, Schultze; Capt. Jack, Greener, Schultze; 
C. W. Goldstein, Remington, E C; E. C. Griffith. Parker, E C; 
C. H. Criss, Parker, E C; H. S, Folsom, Francotte, Schultze; J. 
K. Hull, Parker, E C; L. Howard, Smith, E C; Ira McKane, 
Francotte, E C; G. Greiff, Francotte, Schultze; M. Mackay, Fran- 
cotte, E C; Dr. Miller, Parker gun; Dr. Casey, Parker, Schultze; 
J. W, Thompson, Parker, Schultze; C. VV. Schanck, Parker, 
Schultze; Annie Oakley, Parker, Schultze; A. W. Hawes, Daly, 
Schultze; R. James, Scott, Walsrode; Frank Ashton, Francotte, 
Schultze: L. C. Cornell, Francotte, Schultze; Dr. McManus, 
Smith, Schultze; L. W. Colquitt, Daly, Schultze; J. A. R. Elliott, 
Winchester, Hazard; H. Schummel, Francotte, Schultze; W. H. 
Sanders, Greener, E C; T. P. Keenan, Daly, Dupont; t)r. Still- 
jnan. Smith, Schultze; Ed Banks, Winchester, E C; C. StefTens, 
Parker, Schultze; F. Hyde, Greener, Schultze; F. G. Gildersleeve, 
Smith, Schultze; G. L. Schoemacher, Francotte, E C; A. Christy, 
Francotte, Schultze; C. E. Langdon, Parker, Schultze. 
The scores in the main event, which was the third one shot, are 
as follows: " 
B. H. Norton, 27 222222222202220—13 
G H Piercy, 29 2222*2222002212—12 
B. Leroy, 29 2222220220222*2—12 
S M Van Allen, 30 222222022222222—14 
J Von Lengerke, 28 22222*222222220—13 
H C Koegel, 29 222022022222002—11 
J W^ Hoffman, 28 022222022222222—13 
W W Hassinger, 29 i 201210002221222-10 
J H Martin, 27..., 022222222022222—13 
Capt. Jack, 28 021221222220222—13 
C W Goldstein, 25 021011110122210-11 
E C Griffith, 28 022221221220222—13 
:C H Criss, 25 202002002020022— 7 
H S Folsom, 25 012*20220022012— 9 
T R Hull, 29 .............202222021122222-13 
L Howard, 28 022222200222222—12 
I McKane, 28 222222220220222—13 
G Greiff 29 022222222220222—13 
M Mackay, 26 012212021210202—11 
Dr H Miller, 28 22202*000022222— 9 
Dr Casey, 30 , 222022222000222—11 
Dr L W Carman, 27.. 2121222U0222222— 13 
J W Thompson. 29... i. 21102122212201*— 12 
C W Schanck, 26.... ;» 2111022221011*2—12 
A OakJey, 27 220222220200w 
A W Hawes, 26 2000122120*212*— 9 
R James 27 211210022022202—11 
F S Francotte, 29 212*22200000221—9 
L C Cornell 26 200021201001002— 7 
Dr H McManus, 27 202212022200112-11 
P D Froeligh, 27 V 212*02010011001— 8 
L W Colquitt 28 01222222222*222-13 
TAR EUiotL 32 222222222222022-14 
H Schummel, 29 220220220220222-11 
H W Sanders, 27 222202222002220-11 
T P Keenan 28 222222222222022—14 
■ Dr Stillman, 28 222220022*20222-11 
E Banks, 28. 220020W 
C Steffens, 29 21122222222210*— 13 
H Hvde 26 » 220*2200020*020— 6 
■Gildersleeve, 26 220222222222222-14 
n Demarest, 26 202202222222200-11 
G L Schoemacher, 26 220020220220222-10 
A rhristv 25 .! 002200002202OO0— 5 
C E Langdon, 26 002112202211121-12 
Ties on 14 for gun, miss-and-out: 
Van Allen 22220 Keenan 22222 
gUiott 2220 Gildersleeve 0 
Event No. 1, 10 birds, $5 entrance: 
B Norton 28 2222222202— 9 Morfey, 31 2220220200— 6 
Griffith, 2^.-..,.,. 2222022222- 9 Hawes, 28 001*20*121- 5 
Terov 29 2222222222— 10 Van Allen, 30 2202222222—9 
Piercv 30 ....2*20222200— 6 Langdon, 28 1012222002—7 
Greene, 26 122222*001- 7 
Event No. 2, 5 birds. $3 entrance-. 
Elliott 32. .22022-4 Waters, 27. 22212-5 
Hull 29 22222-5 Carmen, 25 12020-3 
Banks, 29 22221-5 Capt Jack, 28 <-22122-5 
Von Lengerke, 28 22022-4 Hyde, 26 22200-3 
Piercv 29 . ..' 22222—5 Gildersleeve, 27 22222—5 
HasSinser. 28 22101—4 Langdon, 27 21200—3 
Howard 28 2222*-4 Hoffman. 28 22222-5 
Christy '25 00020—1 Leroy, 29 20202—3 
^ Oakley, 27 21221-5 Griffith, 29 10110-3 
Thompson, 29 12121—5 -Van Allen, 30 22222—5 
Colquitt 27 20022—3 Miller, 29 *22*0-2 
Folsom, 26 020l*-2 Koegel, 30 2*222-4 
Tames, 28 -. 10101—3 Demerest, 28 20012—3 
Francotte, 28 02220—3 Norton, 27 02222—4 
Martin, 27 22000—2 Greene, 26 22021—4 
Schummel 28 22222-5 Cornell, 26 02020—2 
Schanck, 28 22021—4 Casey, 30.. 22222-5 
At laterstatc Park. 
Queens, L. I., Feb. 13.— Several events were shot at Interstate 
Park to-dav, the most important being one at 25 live birds, $10 
entrance, two high guns, the scores of which were as follows: 
S M Van Allen 30...... 222202202*222022*222*2222—19 
B Lerov 29 222*2*22022*022*2222022*2—17 
E C Griffith, 29 .". 1020101200012212102201220—16 
Morfev 30 222222222220*200202022202—18 
Morris,' ZO'. 0000000100*00100002002000— 4 
Ten birds, $5, high guns: 
Van Allen, 30 2222222222—10 Grifiith, 28 222222211—10 
Leroy, 29 2022222222— 9 Morfey, 30 22021*2022— 7 
Mi«s-and-outs, $5: 
Morfey 30 22 222222 Griffith, 28. 20 220 
Leroy, 29 22 222222 Van Allen, 30 0 212220 
JLebry, 29 2202222222— 9 Grifiith, 29 1222222222—10 
New Utfccht Gon Clab. 
• Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., Feb. 16.— The shtjot of the New 
t/trecht Gun Club to-day was well attended. In the club event 
• there were five full scores of 10. The handicap allowance of misses 
as no birds and kills will be found by reference to the foot note 
following the scores: 
• - : •• . No. 1. No. 2. 
C W Feieenspan. 89. . . . ■ . .2222222222—10 2222222—7 
2^ ■ ' ■ ' ' ■ ' ■ .1222111111-10 
IV ^ Lmcohi, 28 , 2211022102—8 
'Jack, 29 ^ 1222122211—10 
"bykes, 29 22222*22**— 7 
TBrooks, 28 2111212120— 9 
*Norton, 28 ...0222022212—8 
Lentilhon, 28„ ,0222022212— 8 
TLosee, 28..,,. ..1112111112—10 
P Daly, 30 , 22n212222— 9 
Capt Jack, 30.. >......,.. 21*20S1002— 6 
TAnnie Oakley, 28 2122212112—10 
tA A Hegeraan, 29.. 1221112101—9. 
* Indicates 1 miSs and 1 no bird, t indicates 1 miss 
No. 1 was club prize, 10 birds, $5. No. 2 was club t---^, • 
Three pairs doubles: Lincoln 5, Palmer 2, Daly 5, Ramapo 5, 
Brooks 6, Feigenspan 4, Jack 5. 
Seven birds, prize: 
JLincoln, 28 111201*— '1 
JBrooks, 28 1111222—7 
tLosee. 28 11221*w 
JA A Hegeman, 29 llUlOw 
Feigenspan, 29 2222222—7 
JNorton, 28 2122201—6 
i 1 miss, t 1 no bird. 
Shoot-off, miss-and-out: 
Brooks 0 
Feigenspan 222222 
tl221212— ? 
$2222211—7 
t22220w 
t2222222— 7 
ti2iim— 7 
$*222002— 4 
2022*22—5 
1202212—6 
12122*2—6 
1222112—7 
$211*111-5 
1 1 no bird. 
2 was club prize, 7 birds. 
{Annie Oakley, 28 22111*w 
tRamapo, 27 2122110—6 
t.Tack, 29 V2l*v/ 
Gaughen, 29 2222222-^7 
tSykes, 29 22222*w 
Gaughen 222210 
J Stoney 9 . 
A Constable ................i.. '.' '.' 8 
krf^r^I ; ■...v.^wiii.^.u...... 6 
W Waldeck , 14 
E Steifens '.... .[ .. ii ii 13 
U Kelm , JY 
Crescent Athletic Clofa. 
Bay Ridge, L. I., Feb. 16.— Fine weather afforded favorable con- 
ditions in respect to externals for the shoot of the Crescent 
Athletic Club to-day. The February cup was well contested, and 
resulted in three ties on 48 by Messrs. Marshall, Brigbam and 
Keyes. 
The conditions of the cup event were 25 targets, expert ttaps; 
25 targets, magautrap; handicap; allowances added: 
— Expert. — —Magautrap. — Grand 
, „ Hdcp. Total. Hdcp. Total. Total. 
W W Marshall 6 25 5 23 48 
H M Brigham 2 23 2 25 48 
Dr J J Keyes 5 25 4 - 23 48 
W' G McConvill 8 22 6 25 47 
F B Stephenson 2 24 2- 22 46 
G Notman 3 24 3 21 45 
C Kenyon, Jr 3 21 2 20 41 
J N Borland 5 18 5 20 38 
L C Hopkins.,..,.,,.,..., 6 21 5 . 16 37 
C A Sykes...., 3 19 3 18 37 
C G Rasmus 15 .. ii 26 
W K Fowler 6 15 6 17 32 
H C Werleman ,. 14 .. 11 25 
G Stephenson, Sr 10 .. 14 24 
Dr H L O'Brien..'. 5 17 w w 
Trophy shoot, 25 birds, expert traps: Dr. J. J. Keves (5) 25, 
H. M. Brigham (2) 24, C. G. Rasmus (6) 23, F. B. Stephenson (2) 
22, G. Stephenson, Jr. (3) 22, G. Notman (3) 22, C. Kenyon, Jr. 
(3) 20, H. C. Chapman (8) 20. J. N. Borland (5) 19, W. W. 
Marshall (6) 19, L, C. Hopkins (6) 19, H. C. Werleman (7) 18, 
Dr. H. L. O'Brien (5) 17, C. A. Sykes (-3) 17, A. L. Norris (5) 14, 
W. K. Fowler (6) IL 
Trophy shoot, 10 pairs, expert traps: Dr. H. L. O'Brien (5) 18, 
F. B. Stephenson (2) 16, H. M. Brigham (3) 16, G. Stephenson, 
Jr., (3) 15, G. Notman (2) 13, Dr. J. J. Keyes (5) 12, C. Kenyon, 
Jr. (2) 12, J. N. Borland (6) 9. 
Trophy shoot, 10 pairs, expert traps: F. B. Stephenson (2) 18, 
G. Stephenson, Jr. (3) 17, H. M. Brigham (3) 16, G. Notman (2) 
13, Dr. H. L. O'Brien (5) 10, C. Kenyon, Jr. (2) 9. 
Sweepstake, 25 targets, magautrap: F. B. Stephenson 22, G. 
Stephenson, Jr., 21, Marshall 12, G. Stephenson, Sr., 10. 
Sweepstake, 20 targets, expert: G. Stephenson, Jr., If, F. B. 
Stephenson 15, Marshall S, McConvill 7, G. Stephenson, Sr., 7. 
Sweepstake, 15 targets, expert: F. B. Stephenson 13, Brigham 12, 
Sykes 11, Keyes 10, G. Stephenson, Sr., 9, G. Stephenson, Tr. 9, 
Marshall 9, Kenyon, Jr., 6, Hopkins 6, McConvill 2. 
Sweepstake, 10 targets: Kenypn, Jr., 9, G. Stephenson, Sr., 8, 
MarshaU 8, Hopkins 5, McConvill 5. . 
Jeannctte Goa Clafa. 
Brooklyn, L. I., Feb. 15.— The club shoot to-day, held at Dexter 
Park, was well attended. Mr, H. P. Fessenden acted as referee, 
Mr. Johnnie Jones as scorer. Mr. John Bohling, Jr., in Class A 
killed his 10 birds straight and was the only contestant who did 
so. The scores follow: 
Club event, 10 birds: 
F Ehlen, 25.... 
J Vagts, 28 
Job Lott, 30... 
Geo Leoble, 28 
N Brunie, 28 
J Bohling, Jr, 28... 
C Steffens, 30.... 
J H Kroeger, 28. 
C Meyer, 30 
J Mohrman, 28.. 
Shoot-off, Class B 
Ehlen 
1211»11210— 8 Kid Peters, 28 1202211012— 8 • 
1022101101— 7 T Kattenhorn, 25. . ..020.000202— 3 
222**2211*— 7 C Bohling, 2S *202110201— G 
0221*22220— 7 C Rolphs, 28 1002110011— 6 
*122021021— 7 H Meyerdieck, 25. .012202112*— 7 
2222222222-10 H Schumacher, 25. .2202*00220— 5 
1021222222— 9 W Rinckoff, 28 1001022200— 5 
01*2010102— 5 F Karstens, 28 11*1111010— 7 
1011011110— 7 J Schmidt, 25 1222110022— 8 
21*1021112— 8 
Sweepstake, 5 birds: 
Ehlen 12101—4 
Leoble 0*22*— 2 
Mohrmann 12002—3 
Peters 20222—4 
Rinckoff 21211—5 
Meyerdieck 22212—5 
C Bohling 12121—5 
Schumacher 11210—4 
Brunie 12102—4 
Match at 15 birds: 
Job Lott, 30... 002212221111*11— 12 
.2 J Schmidt o 
J Bohling '»2220— 3 
Lott ...22222—5 
Meyer 11122—5 
Karsten 02021—3 
Vagts .....1**00—1 
Kroeger 11*10—3 
Schmidt 02122—4 
R»lphs 20201—3 
Kattenhorn 00222—3 
G Leoble, 28. .222222212112022— 14 
Leoble vs. Steffens. 
Brooklyn, L. I., Feb. 15.— The match to-day between Messrs. 
Leoble and Steffens resulted in a victory for the former by a score 
of 39 to 38. Mr. Leoble had 2yds. advantage. Mr. Jake Vagts 
acted as referee. Mr. Johnnie Jones acted as scorer. The story is 
told in detail in Forest and Stream's trap score type as follows: 
Trap score type— Copyright, igoi, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
13'«e 351115454423132435 5 443 
G Leoble. 28.. 1 2**12 2 2 2 2 0 0 * 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—19 
3 5 41444114 5 42 5. 41251322544 
2 2 2 2 * 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 * 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2—20—39 
1412233235535412 153433341 
C Steffens, 30.0 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0111021112 2 2 1—20 
3253125244143554452242244 
t nT>» ^1 1, j» / 1 "1 
12210211212222*02020220 2 0—18— 38 
Oceanic Rod and Gon Club. 
Rockaway Park, L. I. Feb. IS. — The scores made at the bi- 
monthly shoot of the Oceanic Rod and Gun Club to-day were as 
follows : 
Events; 123456789 10 11 
Targets: . 25 25 20 20 20 20 20 20 25 10 15 
Dr Bill 21 21 17 15 17 17 18 15 21 . . . . 
J H Sharkey 13 10 10 12 14 7 7 
A A Duke 11 20 16 11 10 10 15 17 
C F Dudley .. .. 15 11 13 19 16 14 
A Schubel 14 16 13 14 14 13 
J Hughes 10 10 11 10 11 13 
F Brown 7 6 8 9 8 10 
F Schoverling 15 16 12 16 14 17 
S Charles 14 10 11 11 18 , . 
J Klenk 6 6 12 9 6 .^ 
Geo E Leoble... 9 15 16 16 .. .. 
Johnnie Jones 11 10 ■ 8 
Geo Lebohner 11 8 7 
A Anderson 5 5 9 
B Mull .• 9 11 
T Tiernan .. .• 18 .. .. 
E Botirke .. . . .9 . . .. 
6 .. 
4 .. 
16 'e '8 
A Nation of Amateuts, 
A PROMINENT politician, seeking to lay his finger upon a weak 
spot in our national character, sought some little lime ago to 
prove that we were a nation of amateurs. Indictments have been 
f-rawn against us before. Within the memory of man we have been 
called a nation of shopkeepers, but now it seems that we are only 
.-imateur shopkeepers after all, and that our heart is not in our 
business. Do we not hear complaints almost daily in the public 
press of our reprehensible lack of enterprise, of our failure to 
adopt continental or .■Vmerican methods, of the eclipse of British 
cornmerce behind the rising sun of Germany? Our critic con- 
tended that it was much the same in nearly every profession that 
we take up. With the exception of the Roval Navy and garden- 
ing— a curiously assorted pair— whatever calling we adopt we dis- 
charge our duty as amateurs, "to the detriment alike of public 
business and private enterprise." The soldier, the clergyman, 
the farmer, the statesman— not one of these but bungles his 
business sadly for want of interest in his profession. 
It is easy enough, once a plausible thing is started, to find facts 
in support of it. No doubt several professions would be none' 
tlie worse for a serious attention to detail. No doubt, too, there 
are men m most professions who are blindly conservative, who 
cling to old traditions and look with contempt on modern scien- 
tific methods. But it is certain that they grow fewer year by j'ear. 
They die out; the stress of competition will not permit them to live 
and carry on their business on the old lines. It may be a question 
whether we are not lagging behind other nations, but there can 
be no two words about our advancing. If we arc amateurs now, 
we were much more so in the past, and shall be much less so in 
the future— in the serious business of life. Are competitive exam- 
inations decreasing in number, and county council lectures, and 
training colleges for the engineer? To-us, at any rate, the danger 
does not seem to lie in this direction. The tendency is rather to 
suppose that cultivation of the mind is all-sufficient, and that the 
physical side of man is a matter of the smallest importance. But 
enough has been said recently upon this point. Let us confine 
ourselves at present to the consideration of the amateur. 
When, with reproachful intention, a man is termed an amateur, 
the word may commonly be taken to mean that he is not a serious 
worker. In literature or art— and the expression is used in these 
connections m its most damaging sense— to be an amateur is, in 
the eye of the critic and the professional, to be nothing at all. 
To call a man even by so pleasant-sounding a name as "a brilliant 
amateur" is to damn him with faint praise. It was this view of 
the matter, presumably, that animated the politician .who has re- 
cently risen to high office in the formidable accusation he brought 
against the British race. He took occasion to define an amateur 
as a man who is not braced up to a high standard of effort and 
proficiency by a knowledge that failure may mean ruin." The 
definition sounds at first hearing reasonable enough, and it is 
tolerably well expressed. No doubt, too, the attitude it describes 
IS hardly one that a great nation would wish to adopt, but on re- 
flection the definition seems to be something of a libel on the 
unfortunate amateur, who must by this time, however, be grow- 
ing accustomed to hard words from the jealous professional. 
Etymology alone would suggest that an amateur is one who takes 
up a profession <Jr a sport because he likes it, and not as a mere 
means of making money. It might be argued that some professions 
—the Chm-ch, for example— are better approached in this spirit; 
It has often been argued that no sports should be approached in 
any other. And as to the quality of the work— it is not in games 
alone that the amateur has somethimes the better of the contest. 
Men do not always do their best when they know that failure may 
mean ruin. As often as not they break down from no other cause. 
In effect, the border line, in most professions, between the ama- 
teur and the professional is one that is very easily passed; and it 
IS not always on the further side of the boundary that we find 
the best work. And we certainly cannot agree that the amateur 
shows any lack of seriousness in fitting himself for the task that 
he undertakes. The true amateur has nothing of the dilettante 
spirit about him; he is far more likely to suffer from excess of zeal 
than from carelessness. He has not been through an adequate 
training, allege his detractors, and therefore his work must suffer 
through not being conducted on the most scientific principles. But 
in all probability the man who has his work at heart will train 
himself far more satisfactorily than the ordinary pupil at a train- 
ing college. The advocates of an early specialized education are 
apt to forget that the fact of its early commencement militates 
strongly against the probability of the pupil choosing his pro- 
fession aright. In how many cases is a boy of twelve likely to 
know his mind on this all-important subject? Common sense 
would urge us to give him a fair chance— to let him have a 
good general education fiist, and superimpose upon that sound 
foundation what he wishes afterward. As things stand, there are 
not a few who enter the navy and find too late that they have 
mistaken their vocation, and that much of the knowledge they 
have acquired at such a cost of time and money is useless for any 
other profession. And in commercial matters, at any rate, we 
venture to think that very little good is done to the boy, or to the 
sacred cause of business, by restricting a pupil's education solely 
to^ the mathematics of the counting house. 
The essentia) of success in a profession, one might almost say, is 
to be an amateur— in the best sense of the word. It is rather re- 
markable that while some are thus accusiing us of a lack of serious- 
ness in matters of vital import, we should have raised our voice 
more than once in these columns in gentle raillery at the gravity 
with which we pursxie our games. But it is hardly necessary to 
point out that, in the world of sport, the amateur is a word bearing 
a somewhat different meaning. An artificial line of demarcation 
separates him from the professional; it is here purely a question 
of trade, and the principles prompting the man are not, and 
cannot be, too curiously considered. In all essential points the 
professional cricketer or football player maiy be more of an ama- 
teur at heart than the gentleman who bears that honored name. 
Indeed, in most cases he has, doubtless, taken up the game at 
which he makes his livelihood, primarily because he liked it. 
That he earns money by its practice is neither here nor there. 
But it is worth while considering the behavior, let us say, of 
certain league teams in the light of the definition we have quoted 
above. The components of these teams are, one and all, men who 
are "braced up to a high standard of effort and proficiency by a 
knowledge that failure may mean ruin." It is interesting to notice 
that not infrequently responsibility becomes loo heavy for them 
to bear, and the play suffers considerably in consequence. It 
v.as, not so long ago, matter for comment that certain teams, who 
perhaps started the season rather unfortunatclv. preferred to play* 
anywhere rather than on their own ground. The knowledge that 
failure may mean ruin is not conducive to accurate and spirited 
football. We doubt whether it is conducive to enterprise in any 
profession. There are professions, no doubt, where the thought 
has to be faced. In the two services an officer knows well enough 
tliat he has to take his chances, and that he may be broken through 
the slightest miscalculation or error of judgment. But if he is a 
wise man he does not allow the thought to obtrude itself un- 
necessarily. There are some who would be happier if the young 
officer were always thinking of such matters, and always dis- 
cussing the nice points of his profession. Tn our opinion it is 
not an unhealthy sign that he should be reluctant to talk "shop" 
before strangers. Let him be trained as much and as thoroughly as 
possible, but it is even more important that his nerves should be 
in good condition.. — London Field. 
Concerning its holiday tournament, Feb. 22, the Trenton 
Shooting Association, of Trenton, N. J., in its pro.gramme pre- 
sents the following information: "Shooting will commence at 
9 A. M. sharp. Interstate rules will govern all shooting, in con- 
junction with tlie 'House Rules' of the Trenton Shooting Asso- 
ciation. Targets thrown from magautrap, at IVs cents, included 
in entries Nos. 1 to 5. Re-entries unlimited. Trolley cars marked 
'Yardville' direct to the grounds. Club house heated by hot 
air. Loaded shells for sale. Sandwiches and hot coffee. 
Come early and bring your money with you. Event No. 
1, at 10 bluerocks, class shooting; entrance 50 cents, tar- 
gets included. First prize, Colt's automatic pi.stol, .38cal. 
— the latest production in high-power small arras — value. $35. 
The second prize is $5 in gold. Third prize, .112.50 in gold. A pair 
of gold cuff' buttons will be awarded the lowest score in this event. 
Events Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5. at 10 bluerocks, class shooting: entrance 
50 cents, targets included. In these events the prizes will be a 
dressed capon for each first, second and third best score. Events 
Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, at 10 bluerocks; entrance $1, targets de- 
ducted at 1 cent each; Jack Rabbit system of division. This is 
the only system that admits all the contestants for a share in the 
purse. Address all inquiries to the secretary, George N. 'Thomas, 
ilOO Chestnut avenue, Trenton, J." 
