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FOREST AND STREAM. 
fOcE. Sf 1901. 
Titwsville Gun Club. 
TiTusviLLE, Pa., Sept. 23.— The Titusville Gun Club held a very 
successful tournament on Sept. 20-21. It was a grand success in 
every sense of the word. 
The following- clubs were liberally represented; Oil City, 
lionesta, Olean, Kane, Cambridge Springs, Greenville, Fredonia 
and fittsburg— and a warm crowd these representatives proved 
themselves- to be. H. Kirkover carried off the high average for 
the coinplete programme, incidentally $15 of the $25 donated by the 
club. J. 1 Atkm was second high, and of course lugged off the 
rernammg ?10. There was a slight breeze blowing the first day, 
tacing the shooters at the score, causing the targets to take not 
only unknown but unheard-of angles, which accounts for no 
one getting mto the 90s on that day. H. Kirkover, L. B. Fleming, 
S^'^^' TJ^-T.^Vr-^*^"1s°"' H. Clinker^ W. W. Kellogg, F. S. 
Bates J. R. Hull, Alexander, and E. W. Jordan shot 80 per cent, 
and better, which is equivalent • to 90 per cent, and better under 
ordinary conditions. 
On the second day there was an absence of the wind, and the 
scores improved accordingly. Notable among the day's shooting 
was the work done by R. C. Lay, 90 per cent.; Mr. Loomis, 98 
per cent; H. Kirkover, 89 per cent.; Alexander, 89 per cent.; 
Atkinson, 88 per cent.; JBates, 86 per cent.; Fleming, 87 per cent. 
Scores follow: 
Sei3t. 20, First Day. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: ]0 15 20 15 15 25 15 
E W Jordan 8 12 18 9 13 21 12 
B H Clickner../... 9 12 17 14 12 18 11 
F S Bates ;.. 9 13 15 13 12 20 12 
Chlay 9 13 17 11 13 19 13 
J Schwartz 10 12 13 11 10 11 13 
Alexander , 8 12 17 15 13 21 14 
W 
T 
L 
G 
B 
E 
L Colville... 
T Atkinson 
B Fleming 
Cochran 
D Nobles 
6 11 9 10 10 19 13 
6 13' 17 13 11 20 12 
9 13 17 12 12 23 14 
5 10 18 11 11 21 13 
9 9 13 10 10 IS 10 
H Vaughan 5 S 15 10 11 21 11 
Mason 
T L Andrews.. 
Chas Mever 
J R Hull'. 
C 
A 
7 10 16 9 11 13 12 
5 14 14 12 12 22 12 
6 6 14 9 12 17 9 
8 12 18 10 9 22 9 
F Emerson 5 13 13 11 11 16 12 
Love 
S 9 
S 9 10 
15 20 15 
10 IS 11 
12 17 14 
13 18 jO 
12 18 13 
11 19 12 
12 11 11 
10 18 9 
15 18 13 
12 14 13 
10 16 8 
S 10 14 
11 17 10 
10 15 11 
12 16 7 
8 10 9 
14 15 15 
10 11 10 
Shot 
W W Kellogg 8 12 19 13 10 24 12 13 13 12 
10 w . . 
9 12 w 
.. 13 .. 
4 6,. 
8 1: 
5 3 
4 3 
5 
6 
5 
S 10 9 14 11 
9 4 4 10 7 
3 9 7 11 13 7 
7 6 8 5 13 7 
9 10 9 9 17 8 
7 13 13 11 18 14 
D W McCray 
J E Wenk 
Tar. Clark 
T S Ritchie 
F S Hunter 
W A Baird 
T W McCrae 4 12 11 10 13 
C Anann 7 .... 11 13 10 
O F Miles 10 6 6 12 . . 
H Pfeiffer 8 .. 4 .. .. 
O Ben 11 
Dr H JamisonT 6 3 3 .. .. 
Sol Mayer 8 
H Kirkover 9 12 18 15 13 24 12 
A Smedley 12 
Dr Peebles.. 
Loomis 
Bedaux 
W Fertig 
T Brown 
Eritz 
9 16 
8 U 
10 10 . . 
13 19 11 
13 18 8 
10 13 . . 
11 17 12 
5 .. .. 
9 16 7 
Sept. 2i, Second Day. 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 10 15 20 15 15 25 15 15 20 15 
Jordan 7 13 16 13 10 23 13 11 18 12 
Norton 7 7 8 8 6 18 9 5 10 8 
Crozier 8 10 14 10 13 17 12 11 13 9 
Alexander 9 14 17 14 12 23 14 12 18 14 
Colville 9 12 13 12 11 20 11 13 14 11 
Fleming 9 13 15 11 14 24 14 13 17 14 
Atkinson 8 13 18 14 14 20 14 12 18 15 
Nobles 7 11 14 10 14 22 13 11 14 13 
Vaughan 10 11 17 10 13 16 5 11 15 14 
Mason 8 13 19 15 13 18 111116 12 
Andrews ........... 71317111219 8101212 
Kirkover 9 13 19 14 13 23 10 13 19 14 
Hull 9 14 17 14 1120 14 1116 9 
R C Ley 8 13 19 14 17 21 13 15 18 15 
Bates 10 15 13 12 14 23 12 13 16 14 
Baird 10 7 10 9 17 12 10*17 12 
Emerson 6 8 13 11 13 21 
Lyman 7 12 18 10 12 
Schwartz 8 13 13 9 10 
Cochran 6 15 17 11 12 
Fertig 
Biddle 
Hapgood 
11 8 .. 
..4 4 
at. 
Broke, 
Av. 
165 
132 
.800 
165 
136 
.824 
165 
135 
.818 
165 
138 
839 
165 
127 
!773 
165 
134 
.812 
165 
115 
.697 
165 
138 
.839 
165 
139 
.872 
165 
123 
.745 
165 
117 
.709 
165 
116 
.703 
165 
110 
.666 
165 
129 
.782 
165 
110 
.666 
165 
134 
.812 
165 
112 
.678 
165 
20 
136 
^824 
130 
83 
150 
03 
.... 
135 
67 
150 
61 
115 
65 
165 
114 
'.m 
170 
77 
.... 
70 
31 
— 
75 
34 
.... 
50 
20 
.... 
20 
11 
.... 
50 
12 
50 
28 
165 
146 
!885 
65 
51 
85 
23 
50 
37 
15 
5 
50 
32 
15 
6 
15 
5 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
165 
136 
.824 
165 
86 
.521 
165 
117 
.709 
165 
147 
.891 
165 
126 
.763 
165 
144 
.872 
165 
146 
.885 
165 
129 
.782 
165 
122 
.739 
165 
136 
.824 
165 
121 
.733 
165 
147 
.891 
165 
135 
.818 
165 
150 
.909 
165 
142 
.860 
155 
104 
.630 
100 
72 
75 
59 
75 
53 
75 
61 
30 
19 
30 
8 
15 - 
6 
Extra events: 1 2 3 4 5 Extra events: 
Targets: 10 15 15 15 10 Targets: 
Lomis 10 15 14 15 .. Fleming 
Clockner 6 14 13 10 .. Kirkover 
Lay 9 13 14 Nobles 
Bates 9 13 15 9 . . Vaughan 
Baird 8 14 Mason 
Alexander ., 10 13 12 . . 10 Crozier 
Colville 9 11 Brown 
Atkinson 8 13 14 .. S 
Summary; each man shot at 330 targets: 
Broke. Av. 
Jordan 268 
'Bates 277 
Alexander 281 
Colville 241 
Atkinson 284 
Fleming 283 
1 2 3 4 5 
10 15 15 15 10 
8 14 15 .. 10 
9 12 12 . . 6 
6 
6 
7 12 
8 13 13 . . . . 
.... 9 9 .. 
812 Nobles .. 
.839 Vaughan 
.851 Mason- .. 
.730 Andrews 
.862 Hull .... 
.857 Kirkover 
Broke. Av. 
...246 .745 
.238 
.246 
.250 
.269 
.293 
.721 
.795 
.757 
.815 
Notes oa the Totifnament. 
The grounds of the Titusville Gun Club are beautifully situated 
on- the Hydetown road, beside the electric car line, about one 
mile from the city limits. They have a good background, two- 
thirds sky, remainder shrubbery; still the conditions are such as 
to tax the Skill of the shooters to the utmost to find the targets. 
Those visitors who arrived on the 19th to take advantage of a 
little preliminary practice were entertained that evening by the 
Elks, who very generously offered their parlors for that purpose. 
On the evening of the 20th the local club entertained at a smoker 
at the G. A. R. Hall, where the company was favored with piano 
music by Mr. F. Theobald, and songs by the male quartette, com- 
prised of Mr: F. S. Fleury, A.. J. Fleury, S. F. Foster, E. J. 
Vinapole. 
On Sunday evening, W. L. Colville entertained a number of the 
local club at the Mansion Plouse ^ parlors, with a very interesting 
discourse on powders and projectiles. 
Alexander, of Greenville, was a very welcome visitor, and proved 
to the satisfaction of all that he is a whole club by himself. 
Although feeling somewhat indisposed the first day, his scores 
were among the best; and the second day he showed himself 
capable of taking care of his share of targets in any company. 
J. T. Atkinson, as well as L. B. Fleming and H. Kirkover, went 
to' work on the "little saucers" as though it were their regular busi- 
ness; but the very best shooting can be credited to Mr. Loomis 
and R. C. Lay, of Oil City, from whom it seemed impossible for a 
target to escape. , ' 
Taken as a whole, it would be liard to collect a crowd of better 
shots, truer sportsmen, and all-round good fellows, than those in 
attendance at the Titusville Gun Club's first annual tournament, 
and we trust that they will be with us to a man and bring their 
friends next year. E. C. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Mt. Sterling Shoot. 
Chicago, 111., Sept, 28. — The sixth annual target tournament of 
the Mt. Sterling Gun Club, of Illinois, will be held Oct, 16; $25 
average money; 200 targets in the programme; $5 to the lowest gun; 
no one barred, In the afternoon there will be a team shoot between 
Quincy and Mt. Sterling. J. Breidenbend is secretary, and the 
' • . pliant one, p. H, 
§J»ee* prWi*^ to » pliant one. 
Petejx Cafttidgfe Company Towrnament at 
Cafthagfe* 
Carthage, Mo., Sept. 20.— The two days' tournament given here 
by the Peters Cartridge Company, under the auspices of the 
earthage Gun Club, closed to-night, and was a success in every 
way. A diamond medal and $160 were added by the Peters Car- 
tridge Company; 
The diamond medal was won by Calhoun for high average. The 
tournament was under the management of Mr. Tom iNorton, 
Ihis was guarantee enough that everything would go off smoothly. 
1 om IS a hustler, and allowed no lag in getting the shooters up 
to the score. Two sets of traps were used, a magautrap and a 
set of expert electric pull traps. Sergeant system. 
About 13,000 targets were thrown. A light rain interfered some- 
what on Thursday, but all events were shot out by 5 o'clock. All 
the boys will welcome the Peters Cartridge Company in their next 
shoot in this vicinity. , 
Fitst Day, Sept. 19. 
Events: 1 
Targets: 15 
O'Brien 13 
Wernecke 8 
Williams 10 
Watrous 14 
Bryant 10 
Hurlbut 14 
Folger 11 
McDaniel 13 
McCrey 13 
Smylhe 12 
Thornton 13 
C Dixon 12 
Sargeant 14 
Calhoun 14 ' 
A Dixon 13 
Piatt .*. 8 
J P Leggett 11 
Hubbard 13 
G D Leggett 12 
Lester 12 
Scranton 11 
Murphy S 
Sumner 12 
Boyer 10 
Johnston 12 
Dawson 13 
H Di.xon 10 
Mermod 11 
Layne 13 
Robinson 
Playter 
Myers 
Cox 
Dugan , . . 
Steinbach 
Jaaff e 
2 3 4 
15 20 15 
12 15 9 
12 18 11 
10 14 13 
12 13 10 
9 17 10 
13 20 14 
11 16 13 
17 19 11 
9 17 11 
11 17 14 
13 17 13 
13 17 15 
13 18 14 
12 20 15 
11 17 14 
9 15 11 
9 17 11 
6 15 9 
12 11 12 
9 12 11 
11 IS 10 
9 16 .. 
12 . . . . 
11 14 10 
9 16 11 
12 16 12 
11 18 12 
13 16 13 
12 15 13 
..12 8 
..14 6 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
15 
20 
15 
20 
15 
25 
14 
19 
15 
17 
15 
22 
11 
13 
13 
15 
13 
22 
12 
17 
12 
10 
17 
11 
18 
10 
io 
13 
19 
9 
17 
13 
10 
13 
22 
13 
20 
11 
15 
13 
24 
13 
18 
10 
16 
10 
23 
12 
16 
11 
17 
14 
24 
14 
10 
13 
13 
10 
20 
14 
13 
12 
16 
14 
19 
13 
18 
13 
15 
14 
IS 
13 
17 
14 
IS 
13 
23 
14 
19 
13 
17 
13 
23 
14 
19 
14 
19 
12 
25 
13 
15 
12 
18 
9 
21 
11 
IS 
14 
21 
10 
15 
11 
23 
'5 
io 
is 
is 
is 
is 
ii 
a 
10 
13 11 12 10 8 16 
14 12 12 12 6 15 
14 20 13 18 13 22 
14 19 13 18 13 23 
13 19 13 17 9 18 
8 14 12 14 11 21 
10 14 
10 10 
14 11 11 12 10 .. 
14 17 13 
10 14 10 
10 16 
16 
Second Day, Sept. 20. 
3 4 
20 15 
19 15 
17 13 
16 
17 
Events: 1 2 
Targets: 15 15 
O'Brien 15 12 
Wernecke 14 13 
Hodges 14 10 
Watrous 14 18 
Bryant 10 8 
Mermod 13 13 
Hurlbut 15 12 
McCrey 14 14 
Smvthe 12 9 
McDaniel 13 7 
Thornton 13 12 
C Dixon 12 10 
Sargeant H 10 
Calhoun ..- 13 11 
A Di.xon 12 8 
Piatt 14 7 
J Leggett 11 9 
Sigler 8 8 
Lister 12 12 
G D Leggett.., 11 13 
Scranton ..i.. 13 14 
H Dixon 15 13 
Williams 11 9 •• •• 
Dawson 12 14 19 13 
McWilliams 4 
Johnson 
Steinbach 
15 
14 
14 
20 12 12 
13 10 12 
9 10 
14 13 
18 10 13 
18 13 14 
19 10 13 
17 11 9 
20 13 13 
19 14 14 
19 13 14 
20 12 14 
18 13 10 
14 8 13 
16 11 14 
14 .. .. 
16 11 13 
15 11 11 
17 14 13 
16 15 14 
6 7 8 
20 15 20 
19 14 17 
19 15 19 
14 14 16 
13 14 19 
15 11 17 
20 14 16 
18 12 17 
17 13 18 
15 13 19 
16 13 17 
16 13 14 
17 15 18 
17 14 12 
17 14 18 
17 9 17 
14 .. .. 
17 13 12 
9 10 
15 25 
14 24 
12 22 
13 20 
9 17 
13 22 
14 22 
14 18 
14 20 
11 18 
14 19 
12 23 
13 23 
12 22 
13 21 
12 19 
11 16 
n 23 
13 .. .. 12 18 
15 14 18 9 17 
17 13 18 13 21 
20 13 17 13 21 
9 13 11 19 12 16 
D. B. 
16 
20 
Remington Gun Club. 
Ilion, N. Y. — The Remington Gun Club gave its third annual 
shoot recently. Despite the weather, a goodly number of shooters 
from out of town assembled, and a very enjoyable time followed. 
The home shooters captured the greater number of prizes, as 
will be seen by the following scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
Targets: 10 10 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 
B Tomlinson 10 14 10 10 9 15 6 12 7 13 8 14 7 14 10 
C J Dally 8 12 S 14 7 13 7 15 9 12 6 13 8 10 9 
C A Bogart 5 13 6 13 8 12 9 14 7 12 6 12 6 14 7 
M Hepburn 6 7 9 14 6 13 8 12 6 12 6 12 8 9 8 
C Jonne 7 13 6 10 7 11 6 11 6 14 8 12 9 10 8 
A A Green.., ; 8 14 8 14 6 11 6 11 8 13 6 10 8 9 8 
A Rensvold 6 10 10 13 8 9 8 5 7 10 10 7 8 9 8 
Corbin 8 12 7 12 5 10 9 6 6 13 8 7 8 7 6 
Morgan 7 10 8 7 7 7 
Van Patten 9 12 8 9 7 12 6 .... 12 
Avery 8 9 6 .. .. .. 8 6 
Geo Jenne 4 6 7 6 4 
Christian ,. 5 11 6 11 8 12 4 .... 12 7 .... 12 6 
Mayhew 7 8 8 11 8 9 7 8 8 10 8 10 5 
C C Guller 8 9 8 9 7 13 
Russell 7 12 6 13 5 10 
E Steele 5 8 5 11 7 8 
M J Blakely 3 10 5 9 
F A Hughes 2 2 .. .. 
G Kohrer H •• 5 
F Hubbard 7 7 .. .. .. .. 
De Bee 6 6 4 7 10 4 
Ringwood ....'^ 6 .. 
Brown 4 4 .. .. 
333 9 10 10 6 6 5 5 7 
Event No. 6 had |20 in gold for a prize. 
W. H. Grimshaw, Secy. 
5 5 9 
.. .. 11 
■9 v. '9 
.. 1 .. 
Mississippi Valley Notes. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Will you kindly decide the following question, which the writer 
had to contend with in a recent Western tournament: 
A miss-and-out is proposed, 50 cents, entrance, winner to pay 
for birds. Four men enter, and agree to allow two re-entries to 
each man. A starts out and kills straight up to the eighth bird. 
B kills to third, misses, re-enters and kills to fifth; again re-enters 
and shoots clean score to the eighth. C misses first, re-enters, 
kills to foiirth; re-enters and kills to sixth, where he misses and is 
out. D misses first, re-enters, kills four, loses, re-enters and kills 
up to eighth. A, B and D being left in the race, all miss the 
ninth bird. Referee decides that, all having missed, contestants 
are on equal footing, and must continue. They do so, when A 
and B each lose the tenth bird; D kills, and referee decides B is 
out for good, having lost his third chance, but that A has two 
chances to shoot up to D, as he now stands. A protests that this 
is unfair, and thinks he should have won on the ninth round. 
However, he finally agrees to shoot up, misses, and D gets the 
money, . .„ , , _ , 
The referee's decision is justified thus: Each man represents 
three separate scores, and losing one has the right to take up the 
others consecutively, the four men thus representing twelve entries, 
provided contestants want to carry them through. Therefore when 
A and B missed tenth bird B was out, having failed on his final 
score. D had lost two scores, but had with his third chance de- 
feated A on his first. He therefore won with reference to A's 
first score, but the latter still had two chances to shoot up, and if 
hp bfid killed either clean up tP ninth, where 9II missed before. 
he would have won. The matter was finally settled on this basis 
but A was to the last of the opinion that the question was decide' ' 
prejudicially to his interests and his rights in the* race. Wbici 
view is correct? 
It has been a matter of much comment in the shooting wo i. 
that in many matches arranged since the late international contest 
on the American-English plan; that is to say, between teams 0 
individuals with the use of one barrel against two, the one-barre 
side representing the American team has always won. This i<= ni 
longer true. At the recent tournament of the Piasa Gun Clul 
at Alton, 111., a match was arranged on this plan at 15 targets pe 
man, the American idea being championed by W. R. Crosby, Ton 
Marshall and Guy Burnside, while T. G. Hall, H; W. Cadwalladf 
and F. C. Riehl took the English side. The two-barrel men usee 
their second nine times, and scored 44 out of a possible 45. Ths 
other side went out with, 38 kills, losing by 6 birds. Thir 
of course signifies nothing, but the fact may be worth recordint 
all the same. 
KlLLUORE. , 
[The referee's decision was strictly according to the terms of th«l 
competition, and therefore was correct.] ;|I 
Ossining Gt*n Ciub. 
OssiNiNG, N. Y -Herewith find scores made at the Ossinini 
Gun Club clam bake, Sept. 25. The clam bake, being the seconc: 
of the season, was not as well attended as could be wished; bu-' 
those who came, from a gastronomic standpoint, had nothing tc' 
wish for. Mr Gerow, of the Laflin & Rand Company, representee 
the trade. He was glad to see his powder take high average ii 
the hands of Mr. Betti, of Mt. Kisco: 
l^^^nts: 123456789 
Targets: 10 10 10 20 15 15 10 10 10 
-^ I^ett. 9 10 8 19 14 15 10 
J Carpenter 6 
J Read 5 
R (.Hiimby 7 
r-[ Fliewlbu 9 
C Blandford 9 
8 
i 
'5 
5 10 17 9 12 10 8 9 
a 7 15 10 14 
5 . . 15 10 
8 17 12 13 8 9 . . 
8 15 14 
9 .. 11 
3 10 7 
7 .. .. 
10 
8 
5 
Avi 
.7f 
A 
4 4 
4 6 
6 13 9 
.. 15 .. 
5 15 11 
6 7 
4 "4 
.\ Bedell 
E Bissing , . 
(' tierow . . . 
1 Tompkins 
f Willi, Jr.. 
j Willi, Sr.. 
S Lyon .... 
VV Smith .. 
D Lyon 
C Barlow . . 
W Hall 
W Coleman 
A Lane 
J Terwilliger [[ [[ 'g 
J Snow .....v........ '. " " 
G Edgers 
N Hyatt 
A Rohr ; ;■ ■■ 
W Burdick \[ [[ ][ 
I Washburn !. 16 12 '? 6 .7 
J Stellingwerf '4 
Scores made by the Ossining Gun Club's shoot, Sept. 28- 
Events: j g 3 4 ^5 6 
Targets: 10 " 
A Burns 4 
C Blandford ■ - 9 
C Case 3 
W Coleman !!!!!! 6 
A Bedell 
w Smith ;;; 
G Edgers " '] "2 
J Schofmeister i g 2 
A) 
S 
2 
5 .. 
.. 1 
.. 2 
'i *7 
10 
7 
9 
4 
4 
10 5p 10 5p 
8 9 6 9 
9 7 8 9 
7 8 
Hamilton Gun Club. 
C. G. B. 
ri!^ J°1' <^^nt--At the annual meeting of the Hamilton Guiij 
Sl.^^^ ''^ffi'''^^ ^r^l^ recently, the following gentlemen were,^ 
p15!i t° office: Thos. Kipton, President; M. Fletcher, Vicel 
President; Geo. Crawford, Secretary; Executive Committee. Dr.' 
Overholt, Chas. Byger and Dr. Hunt. 
nl^nJif^'' thft the twelfth annual tournament of thc^lt 
Hamilton Gun Club should be held on Jan. 14, 15, 16 and 17 1902,1 
and we beg that you will place these dates to our credit amonBli 
your trap fixtures. ""li 
The Hamilton Gun Club tournament has alwavs been noted, 
as one 01 the most successful of the annual live-bird meetings li- 
lts prosperity and permanence are all we need ask our friends to i! 
consider when making up their minds to visit us in January next. • 
Our twelfth annual must not be confounded with the second 
annual tournament of the Dominion Trapshooting and Game 
1 rotective Association, which will be held on our grounds during 
the summer of 1902, on dates to be chosen by the Association, 
whose annual tournament will be an artificial target meet Weii 
are already making active preparations to insure the comfort tifi* 
Ben It. I^, 
all shooters visiting us. 
The Montpelier Shoot. / 
Champlain, N. Y., Sept. 25.— Editor Forest and Stream: I observe! 
in Forest and Stream, under date of Sept. 21, a notice of al 
recent tournament held at Montpelier, Vt., written by D-ck Swivel-f 
ler, who states that "The attendance at this shoot included merilo 
at'^'^o ''"^P^^"' Swanton, Rouse's Point and Barre, and in event' 
No. 9 teams made up from the above places competed for a silver, 
trophy, which was won by the Robin Hood men from Swanton 
they usmg for the most part Robin Hood ammunition: the other/ 
teams used E C, L. & R., and Dupont." 1 
1 am bound to say that the account of this shoot is misleading 
m the extreme, as we have an enthusiastic gun club here & 
twenty-eight members, and with the exception of one man we 
use Robin Hood powder. I am authority for saving that all 
the Robm Hood team used only Robin Hood powder, loaded inl 
Robin Hood shells, and four out of five of our team employed the" 
same ammunition at Montpelier. Wm. Fraser 
Pres. Champlain Gun Club. 
♦ 
No notice taken ot anonymona oouu&imioatlons. 
C. M. S., Dunbarton, N. H.— What is the best material of which 
to make a heavy shooting coat, to be used in cold weather when 
still-hunting deer or larger game? Is the cloth used by the English 
.^rmy in South Africa (kahki or some such name) suitable winter 
heavy lining? Is it waterproof and soft, or more like canvas? 
Where could I get a sample of the same? Heretofore I have 
used Irish frieze, which is said to be waterproof, and which I, 
found was to a certain extent. Ans. This is largely a matter of 
taste, and one man may speak very highly of the material that, 
would be condemned by another. We should not recommend! 
kahki, or canvas or any form, on the ground that it is noisy. We, 
should be disposed to r^omm.end Irish frieze, which you say you' 
have used, or macinaw cloth, which comes pretty near being) 
blanketing. Any tailor can get you a sample of kahki. 
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