April 27, tfioi.^ 
FOREST AND STREAM* 
^37 
As 3 sign of pros-perityj it may be noted, on ifeference to Mr. 
Banks' interesting report of the Interstate Association's tourna-> 
rnent, at Jacksonville, that said Association is now the' owner of a 
new tent. 
Bernard Waters. 
Pigeons for shooting. Private matches a specialty. Aritwerps for 
breeding.— L. M. Gilbert, 1128 Palmer St., Philadelphia, :Pa.—Adv. 
The Clevclaiid Gun CIttb Co. 
Clevelanb, O., April 11. — The semi-monthly shoot of the Cleve- 
land Gun Club at targets resulted as follows: 
Dale ,..4 1111011111111111101111101011101111110100—32 
Fi-anklin UOllllllll 01000111011011111111111001110—30 
Page 1000111010101011000001110111110111010000—21 
Klint 1000000111 000001001001001011000010110101—15 
Hogan .................... 0101111110111111001111111011111111111110—33 
T I C .llllUllllllllllllOllllllllllUllllllOll— 38 
Grim OllllllUOlOllOllOlHOOOllOllimillOOOl— 28 
Harris 1111111001111111010001111111111111111111—34 
Lewis mOlllllllOOlOlllllOlllOllllOOlllOllUl— 31 
Redwing ... 1110111111101011111111010101001111111111—32 
Hopkins iioiinioioiiiiiiiioioioiiiiomoiiiiioo-30 
Decker - 0111110111110111111111111111011011100111—33 
W Tamblin 1100010010111000101111001100000000100100—15 
Black 1110010111011011111010010110011110110011—26 
Petors 0001001001000000110011111001001110001000—15 
Smith 1101111100101111111111111110111111111111-35 
Warren 1100001011111000011111011101111101011001—25 
Worth looiioomiooiiuoooiiooooooioiioooioioi— 19 
North Kent OlOlOOlOOlOOOOOlOllOOOOOlOlOOOOOlOOOOOOO— 10 
J. I. C, high score, 38 out of a possible 40. 
April 1, — Smitli won cup for breaking the greatest number of 
targets; score 151 out of a possible 160. J. 1. C. won cup for 
winning the greatest number of points; score 4 points out of a 
possible 4. J. I. C. broke the second greatest number of targets — 
143 out of a possible 160. Forty oUier prizes were awarded during 
the day. The small attendance was due to its being held on 
election day. 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets : 40 40 40 40 
TIC 35 37 33 3S 
Johnson 31 35 30 . . 
W Upson .33 35 35 31 
Dawson 29 38 35 37 
Decker 34 34 36 37 
Tamblin 35 37 27 34 
Smith 36 38 38 39 
Brewster 35 35 35 35 
Vacker 29 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 40 40 40 40 
Burton 26 28 29 28 
Winters .. 34 34 31 
Ifan-is , 36 31 37 
Bob 38 30 32 
Hopkins 31 . . . . 
Lewis 33 . . . . 
Alex 31 36 37 
Linde 23 .. 23 
Harbaugh 38 33 
April 6. — Annual smoker. Each man shot at 50 targets: Hill 38, 
Maygo 43. Lewis 36, Harris 43, Decker 45, Harvey 45, Steele 37, 
Talmage 22, Dawson 44, Cathau 39, Dallas 41, Scott 34, Smith 44, 
Wallace 35, Hogan 41, Hopkins 40, Johnson 34, Allen 32. 
Harvey and Decker tied for first with 45 out of a possible 50, very 
fair for a couple of young men. Stevens, you did fine. Come 
again. Owing to the rain, the attendance was not as large as we 
would otherwise have had. Some of our members are sugar- 
coated and cannot come out in the rain. The only way tliey can 
prove to the contrary is to attend more regularly. 
Secretary. 
The Anti-Rccreatiooists Defeated. 
The anti-pigeon shooting legisaltion attempted by the S. P. C. 
A. and by individuals whose hearts are larger than and as tender 
as their heads, was finally disposed of by the New York Legislature 
on Monday of this week, the Assembly then relegating it to the 
realm of innocuous desuetude by a vote of 70 to 64. 
The first bill, a copy of which was published in Forest and 
Stre.am last week, was so framed that, should one grow or sell a 
pigeon whicli was used at the traps, he was a principal in the eyes 
of the contemplated anti-pigeon:shooting law, which, nevertheless, 
passed the Senate by a vote of 26 to 13. Further discovery of its 
far-reaching significance, however, was strongly against its suc- 
cess. The antis then presented a simple bill for the repeal of the 
law of 1875, a copy of which was also given in our issue of last 
week. 
Charges of unfair lobbying were freely made by the anti-pigeon- 
shooting supporters, \vhich meant that the sportsmen were rep- 
resented simply on their merits. However, on Monday, Assembly- 
man Sullivan is quoted as presenting the following, which is taken 
from the New York Times, an anti-shooting organ: 
"Mr. Speaker: In view of what has heretofore been said about 
lobbying on the floor of this House, I desire to call attention to 
the fact that the Superintendent of the society for the Prevention 
of Cruelty to Animals has been on the floor of this House all day, 
going from member to member, lobbying in behalf of this bill. I 
do not think that this should be permitted." 
Speaker Nixon said that the rules of the House relative to lob- 
bying should be enforced. 
Other papers stated more definitely than the last paragraph that 
Speaker Nixon intimated that Mr. Haines would perforce need to 
withdraw. 
The International Trapshooters. 
Cleveland, O., -A^pril 20. — Have just received a copy of the 
Peru Gun Club's programme, and am pleased to note a feature in 
the programme that must have originated in the fertile brain of 
J. L. Head. 
The Peru Club allow manufacttirers' agents and- experts to 'shoot 
for targets only, and offer to give one-half of the money so re- 
ceived to the fund being raised to send the American team to 
England this summer. 
Now if every gun club would do this, and in addition have one 
extra 10-bird event some time during the tournament, with $1 
entrance, and deduct 50 per cent, of the purse for the team fund 
there would soon be a fund raised that would be amply sufficient 
to send the team in a short time. 
We would then have a representative American team sent by 
the trapshooters of America to compete with a team representing 
a nation that has always claimed the supremacy in everything 
pertaining to the shotgun. 
This would give thousands of trap shots throughout the country 
a chance to show their interest in the matter, and there is no 
question but that the team would far rather represent thousands 
of men each contributing a little than to represent a few giving 
large amounts. 
I am sure the Peru Chih •will have an event of this kind, and 
that the examole set by them will be followed by hundreds of 
clubs. ' Pa-dl North. 
Providence Gun Club, 
Providence, R. I., April 18. — At 
scores were made: 
Targets: 10 
Rust 3 
Campbell 8 
Root ... S 
Getchell 8 
F Ainold 9 
Cranston 8 
Grifiith 10 
Coffin 7 
Bain 9 
Francotte 7 
Rose 6 
Budlong .... 3 
Moore 8 
Smith 5 
Rodgers 
Cook - • 
Thoene 
Parker ...l. .• 
Harris .,.,.;.(,,.>..• 
the opening shoot the following 
15 20 
9 10 
13 17 
U 18 
rL17 
10 16 
12 15 
n 19 
11 11 
13 18 
13 11 
8 18 
7 9 
10 11 
13 9 
5 13 
15 15 15 
11 8 10 
12 12 11 
14 12 14 
12 13 11 
12 14 11 
11 11 12 
13 13 12 
7 11 13 
14 10 12 
12 12 11 
14 11 
9 10 9 
9 
8 
5 
9 
9 
16 10 20 15 
11 . 7 14 12 
10 
13 
9 
9 
13 
14 
14 
14 
10 
8 IS 12 
7 16 7 
'S 17 14 
8 16 13 
8 1713 
9 18 13 
Broke. 
95 
125 
111 
m 
130 
llg 
130 
10 .. 15 8 
5 9 4- 
12 11 
5 4 
8 S 
R. 
10 
C. Root, Sec'y- 
Mississippi Valley Notes, 
Programmes are at hand for the first annual target handicap 
shoot of the Edgewater, O., Gun Club, May 1 and 2, The pro- 
gramme carries 190 targets per day. Targets wdll be 2 cents, and 
division of monej's under class system. All are invited, and a good 
time is assured. 
Over forty shooters competed in target and live-bird events at 
Dupont Park, St. Louis, on the 21st, As a trapshooting community 
St, Louis is certainly very much alive these days. 
F. C, RiebIm 
Interstate Association at Jaeksonville* 
The Interstate Association opened its target season at ttie 
furthest point South to which it has as yet ever carried its trap- 
shooting paraphernalia (as Elmer Shaner likes to call his belong- 
ings). Its first shoot for tlie inanimate target season of 1901 was, in 
short, held at Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday and Thursday, April 
17 and 18, under the auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club. 
In poitit of number of shooters present the tournament was not 
remarkable; but in figuring up the success of a trapshooting gath- 
ering there are other things to reckon with besides a large entry 
list. And all those "other things" were to be found at Jacksonville 
during the two days that the shoot lasted. There was the usual 
Southern geniality, hospitality and sociability; there were no 
kickers; the shoot moved along smoothly and easily, for very 
nearly everybody did his best to help Mr. Elmer Shaner at one 
time or another. Secretary B, W. Sperry was conspicuous in that 
respect. The sun, too, was warm enough to thaw out some of the 
Northerners, who had become muscle-bound, owing to the chilly 
times that had been their lot since winter first set in. The new 
tent— emphasis on the word "new," please— of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation was extremely useful, providing a cool and shady retreat 
when the sun's rays became a little too warm. On the first day 
the wind was quite strong enough to make the shooting somewhat 
difficult, but on the second day it blew very hard, making the 
tareets take all kinds of queer jumps, and sending the loose par- 
ticles of sand disturbed by the feet of the shooters right into the 
eyes, ears and noses of the spectators. It was a rough and boister- 
out breeze for a fact. 
The shoot was held out at the driving park. A line of trolley 
cars, that ran the greater part of the distance through a boulevard 
lined on each side with palm trees, landed the shooters within three 
o' four minutes' walk of the gruonds. That three or four minutes' 
walk, added to the fact that the cars did not run very frequently 
and that walking was not much relished either before or after 
shooting, caused most of the contestants to take a hack and drive 
out in style. On the second day Jack Fanning and L. Z. Lawrence 
rose even to the dignity of a landau, swinging in at the gates of 
the park in a cloud of Jacksonville dust, which completely obscured 
the halo which most of us thought ought to be somewhere above 
the former hat after his great shooting on the previous day. 
As to the Arrangements. 
Members of gun clubs under whose auspices the Interstate 
Association has given tournaments during the seasons of 1899 and 
1900 will appreciate Elmer Shaner's smile of satisfaction as he sur- 
veyed his ne>v tent, the new blackboard and the complete outfit of 
new boxes for his "paraphernalia," when everything was ready for 
the starting of the tournament on the morning of April 17. The 
tent is a dandy, something like 50 by 30, without a single peep hole 
ni its roof or a taint of mildew on its canvas. 
A magautrap threw bluerocks against a background that would be 
easy were it not for an odd pine or two that the Jacksonvillians 
h?,ve been too busy or too tired to cut down at present. There 
are half a dozen such old pines to the left, but the whole lot of 
them did not do so much in the way of producing goose eggs as a 
solitary old fellow exactly in line with a straightaway when one 
stood at No. 3 score. Dr. Vincent found left-quarterers hard to 
connect with, but he did not say much about the pines; most 
people, however, abused the lonesome one in front of the score 
most effusively. 
As to the scoring, that department was in the hands of W. T. 
Morris, who did his work so well that it was the subject of much 
favorable comment. He used up a whole lot of chalk, as it takes 
more of that article to make round Os than it does to mark up Is. 
Look at the scores, and you will readily realize that there was 
somethin' doin' on the score board most of the time. 
The cashier's department was in charge of Roy IngersoU, who 
quickly caught on to Mr. Shaner's system and kept things running 
all the time with the precision of an oldtimer. The pulling was 
mostly done by Secretary B. W. Sperry, his assistants being several 
of the visitors, whilQ. occasionally Elmer Shaner would pull and 
referee at the same time, thus economizing help and adding grace 
to the scene. 
First Day, April J7. 
Clear, bright and warm, with a strong breeze to temper things 
in the shade, was the weather dealt out for the first day of the 
shoot. It was fully 9:30 before the first squad was called to the 
score and told to stand at ease, while the Interstate Association's 
manager delivered for the first time this season his interesting 
remarks anent the official score being that which was marked up 
on the blackboard, cautioning the shooters to watch the bqard 
closely, and also to observe with due respect the rulings of the 
referee, etc. Seriously speaking, Mr. Shaner's remarks at the open- 
ing of every Interstate tournament, while brief, are to the point 
and save a possible amount of trouble that might arise were he to 
be silent on the points touched upon. 
Trade representatives who were present were A. W. du Bray, of 
Parker Bros. ; H. P. Collins, of the Dupont and Hazard powder 
companies; J. S. Fanning and L. Z. Lawrence, of theLaflin & Rand 
Powder Company; H. B. Lemcke and J. E. Avery, of the Peters 
Cartridge Company; Edward Banks, of the E. C. & Schultze 
Gunpowder Company. 
Am.ong the amateurs who took part were Dr. F. C. Wilson, of 
Savannah, Ga. ; W. J. Jeffords, Jr., A. A. Lynah and B. H. 
Worthen, of Charleston, S. C; Col. J. T. Anthony, Charlotte, N. 
C; F. G. Ronald, Cocoa, Fla.; H. A. Ford, Ocala, Fla., the re- 
mainder of the contestants being Jacksonville residents. -Aimong 
the latter was John, son of Mr. F. Gray, of the S. H. Hubbard Co., of 
Jacksonville, a boy of less than fourteen years, who, with the 
aid of a 16-gauge gun, broke more targets than some of those 
who could give him cards and spades in the matter of years and 
gray hairs. Johnny is a born shooter, and the pride of the Jack- 
sonville Gun Club. 
Jack Fanning was easily high for the day, breaking 98 out of 
his first 100, but losing 7 of his last 65. Banks came next with 147, 
while Dr. Wilson, Jeffords and Worthen were tied for third with 
140. As the local club had offered a gold medal for competition 
among the amateurs, the contest between the three above-named 
was watched- with much interest, and at no time during the day 
were any of them far apart in the matter of breaks, closing the 
programme on the first day tied on equal scores, leaving the issue 
to the 165 targets on the second day's programme. 
Scores of April 17, 
Events : 1 
Targets : 15 
J S Fanning 15 
E Banks 13 
F C Wilson 14 
W J Jeffords 15 
B H Worthen 12 
L Z Lawrence 12 
Col Anthony 13 
A W du Bray 14 
Dr Vincent 12 
T E Avery 12 
A A Lyr.ah 11 
H B Lemcke....... 13 
J V Fairhead 9 
F G Ronald 1^ 
H P Collins , 11 
H A Ford 7 
W B Sperry....,,.. 13 
J T Stripling 
A Stowe 
E C Long .. 
J Gray .. 
W A Bours... 
J T Hall 
2 3 
15 20 
15 18 
15 16 
12 18 
13 13 
12 17 
13 16 
13 19 
14 18 
13 18 
13 18 
12 17 
11 16 
12 15 
10 10 
10 13 
7 5 
n 16 
4 5 6 
15 15 20 
15 15 20 
14 14 17 
13 14 14 
13 14 20 
15 13 15 
12 13 18 
13 12 16 
9 15 15 
10 8 14 
10 8 14 
13 11 14 
9 9 18 
10 11 16 
11 12 14 
6 10 12 
.. .. 6 
U 13 12 
9 6 6 
7 4.. 
.. .. 13 
7 8 
15 15 
12 14 
11 14 
13 13 
12 13 
15 14 
15 11 
9 12 
12 11 
13 13 
13 13 
11 11 
15 9 
7 8 
8 8 
9 13 
9 10 
20 15 
18 14 
18 15 
18 11 
14 13 
14 13 
15 13 
18 12 
16 12 
15 12 
15 12 
15 12 
15 12 
15 12 
10 9 
15 9 
Shot 
at. 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
Broke. 
156 
147 
140 
140 
140 
138 
137 
136 
131 
128 
127 
127 
115 
m 
106 
Av. 
.945 
.890 
.848 
.848 
.848 
.836 
.830 
.824 
.794 
.775 
.769 
.769 
.797 
.672 
.642 
.. 13 11 
7 10 .. 
8 .. 10 
9 10 13 
8 6.. 
,. .. 15 
As it was yet early when the programme was shot out, a team 
race, 20 targets per man, losing team to pay for the targets, was 
proposed. Mr. Sperry and Dr. Vincent were chosen captains, the 
first-named seeming to have the best judgment, if results prove 
anything. Scores in the race were: 
Sperry's Team— Sperry 17, Banks 18, Worthen 16, Du Bray 16, 
Anthony 15, Lemcke 14, Collins 12, Ronald 13, Avery 16; total 137. 
Vincent's Team— Vincent 18, Fanning 17, Wilson 16, Jeffords 17, 
Lawrence 14, Lynah 14, Fairhead 12, Long 9, Stripling 11; total 128. 
Second Day, April 18. 
The wind was much stronger to-day, rising at times almost to 
the dignity of a gale. The sand was blown into the shooters' and 
spectators' eyes, making it altogether a fierce combination to 
defeat when at the score, and doing one's best to make a straight. 
Several new faces appeared on the grounds, chief among thent 
being Mr. W. A, Battle, of Birmingham, Ala., representing the 
W. R, A. Companv. Waycross, Ga, sent a whole sqliad, made 
up as follows: W.'J. Swain, C. I. Allen, G. W. Barnes, S. T. 
Holtzendorf and J. W. Newton. Philadelphia had a representative 
present in the person of Mr. P. Laurant. 
The competition for the amateur medal was keen and most inter- 
esting, the trophy being in dispute until the very last event was 
decided. Dr. Wilson eventually winning out by 1 target. The 
Waycross squad rooted for Jeffords, the latter being, if I remember 
correctly, the daddy of the club in days lately gone by. Barney 
Worthen was not in his u. g, f., shooting much below his average 
gait, but nevertheless he gave both Dr. Wilson and Jeffords a good 
scare when he broke 14 out of 15, and 20 straight in the eighth 
and ninth events. 
Banks was high for the day with liiO out of 165, Fanning and 
Dr. Wilson tieing for second place with 142 each; Jeffords was 
next with 141, Barney Worthen scoring 140, the same total that he 
made on the first day. 
Scores of April 18, 
Events: 1 
Targets : 15 
E Banks 15 
J S Fanning 13 
F C Wilson 13 
W J Jeffords 14 
B H Worthen 15 
Dr Vincent 12 
L Z Lawrence 12 
Col Anthony 11 
A A Lynah 10 
J E Avery 10 
A W du Bray 10 
II B Lemcke 11 
H P Collins 9 
P Laurants 9 
J Gray 10 
B W Sperry 10 
W J Swain 11 
C I Allen U 
G W Barnes 9 
S T Holtzendorf. . . 13 
J W Newton 9 
F G Yerkes.,... 
W A Battle 
L Wyley 
N A Williams 
A Hull 
Dixie 
E C Long..... 
G Crawford 
J D Holmes 
J V Fairhead 
2 3 
15 20 
13 19 
12 19 
14 19 
13 17 
13 19 
12 17 
13 17 
13 19 
12 17 
13 13 
9 15 
10 13 
10 10 
.. 10 
8 15 
8 15 
12 17 
11 15 
7 14 
13 12 
11 13 
.. 11 
.. 10 
4 5 6 
15 15 20 
13 15 16 
14 14 16 
14 9 17 
11 13 19 
11 12 15 
13 11 16 
12 12 15 
11 12 17 
12 13 15 
7 11 15 
10 13 13 
13 12 10 
7 9 12 
.. 10 ., 
"9 12 ie 
12 14 18 
14 10 14 
8 13 10 
5 8 12 
11 10 12 
7 6.. 
9 8.. 
7 7.. 
8 .. .. 
4 3 3 
7 8 
15 15 
13 14 
15 12 
12 15 
14 13 
10 14 
13 14 
11 12 
8 12 
13 12 
13 12 
13 10 
10 11 
9 8 
11 
5 10 
11 10 
11 13 
12 9 
11 .. 
7 7 
9 10 
20 15 
18 14 
16 11 
17 12 
15 12 
20 11 
17 13 
17 9 
13 13 
12 8 
17 12 
15 9 
11 n 
17 8 
7 .. 
13 .. 
is 
12 .. 
12 .. 
Shot 
at. 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
165 
Broke. 
150 
142 
142 
141 
140 
138 
130 
129 
124 
123 
117 
112 
99 
Av. 
.909 
.860 
.860 
.854 
.848 
.836 
.787 
.781 
.751 
.745 
.709 
.678 
.600' 
10 
11 
"7 
7 
10 
.. 5 
11 12 
General Averagges, 
1st day. 2d day. Shot at. Broke. Av. 
J S Fanning 156 142 330 298 , 903 
E Banks 147 150 330 297 . 900 
Dr F C Wilson 140 142 .330 282 .854 
W J Jeffords 140 141 330 281 .851 
B H Worthen 140 140 330 280 .848 
Dr W T Vincent 131 138 ,330 269 .815 
L Z Lawrence 138 130 330 268 .812 
Col Anthony 137 129 330 266 . 806 
A W du Bray 136 117 330 253 . 766 
J E Avery 128 123 330 251 .760 
A A Lynah 127 124 330 251 .760 
H B Lemcke 127 112 330 239 . 724 
H J Collins 106 99 330 205 . 621 
Jacksonvilliana. 
Col. Chas. L. Davis, of W'arm Springs, Ga., dropped into Jack- 
sonville the night of the 16th, and was out at the shoot all the 
next day. He told the boys what he was going to do for them at 
his shoot, which is scheduled for June 17-20, and added that the 
swimming pool with its toboggan slide would again be at their 
service. Colonels Anthony and Thos. Martin found the toboggan 
slide most amusing last summer at the Warm Springs first annual 
tournament. 
In pointing out the beauties of his new tent, Manager Shaner 
remarked that "the boys at Providence, R. I., and at Newport, 
Vt., would be tickled to death if they could only see itl" 
The accuracy of the scoring done by the blackboard keeper, W. 
T. Morris, was easily explained when once I had learned thae he 
came from some place in Illinois, not far from O'Fallon, the home 
of Billy Crosby. 
"Fairhead" was the nom de fusil of a member of the Jackson- 
ville Gun Club, who did not dare to kick at anything; he had 
recently been vaccinated most thoroughly in the calf of his left leg. 
The lunch which was served in one corner of the tent was just 
about as right as it could be. Prices were moderate and the 
articles Al. 
Drifting sand caused some trouble with the electric pull on the 
first day, but when the wire pull was installed, targets came and 
went with a regularity that satisfied all. 
The Seminole Club, of Jacksonville, made the visiting shooters 
its guests, an honor that was duly appreciated. 
That pine tree will be cut down some day, and then — 
Edward Banks, 
Providence Gun Club. 
Providence, R. I. — ^The annual meeting of the Providence Gun 
Club, had a double significance to the members, as a reception was 
given to our captain, E. C. Griffith, who won the Grand American 
Handicap, at New York last week, incidentally a silver cup and 
first money, consisting of 1600. After the meeting a special car 
■ conveyed the party to the Casino at Roger W'illiams Park, where 
a banquet was given in honor of the Rhode Island winner. 
The meeting, which was the third annual, was held at the office 
of the secretary, R. C. Root, on Weybosset street. Vice-President 
E. N. Cook presided. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The 
treasurer's report by R. C. Root, who is also secretary, showed 
a handsome balance in the treasury. The election of officers re- 
sulted in E. N. Cook being chosen President; Frank W. Arnold, 
Vice-President, and R. C. Root was re-elected Secretary-Treasnrer. 
The latter was also appointed a prize committee for the Interstate 
shoot, which will be held at the grounds of the club three days 
in August. 
The party then boarded the special car and arrived at the Casino, 
where Caterer Betts had plates laid for twenty-two, also an 
elaborate menu arranged. 
President E. N. Cook sat at the head of the table, with Capt. 
E. C. Griffith occupying the place of honor on the right. 
."^fter the cigars were lighted toasts were in order, the first of 
which was as follows: 
"Here's t© the Wooden Indian from Pascoag, 
Who shoots a Parker gun and the Winchester load; 
He killed his last bird from number four trap. 
And won the Grand American Handicap," 
Brother Small wished to know why Griff was a greater shot 
than Noah, and pertly informed us that Noah let one dove go. 
The event of the evening was the presentation to Griff of a gold 
plate set in the stock of the gun with which he won the shoot, and 
inscribed as follows: "1901. Grand American Handicap. 43 
straight, E. C. Grifiith," 
The presentation speech was made by Philip L. Voelker, and 
was a complete surprise to Mr. Griffith, from whom the gun had 
been borrowed under the pretense that some ambitious shooter 
wanted to purchase one like it. 
Mr. Grifhth responded modestly, and *it was evident that the 
captain of the Providence Gun Club is not affected with what in 
slang is called a "swelled head." 
At this stage of the meeting the peace, sleep and time anni- 
hilators took charge of the gathering, and right here I will state 
that the motto of this society is: "Silence is golden." 
Many of the shooters who were in Providence at the last Inter- 
state shoot will remember this society. They have a mania for 
steamboats, clam dinners, etc., and usually help themselves to 
what they want, R, C. Root, Sec'y. 
Pressure upon our columns has prevented the publication of a 
number of news contributions this week. They will appear in ouv 
next issue, 
