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often noticed, in surveying rough water from the bank, 
especially from a little elevation, how much flatter the 
water looks than it really is, and I at once saw that we 
had really formed' no conception of the tremendous 
violence of this shoot. However, we were in for it, and 
there was really no danger, except for a possible capsize 
in the big waves, which tumbled from side to side across 
the shoot in a most threatening manner, so I let my 
boat drift steadily ahead into the channel. 
With a huge dip my canoe slipped over the verge into 
the seething channel, and buried her nose to the hatches 
in the breast of the big wave tumbling in front of her. 
As her bow lifted the water rolled in. a solid sheet a 
foot thick, clear over my canoe and passed off astern. 
"Look out for the side w-a-a-ves 1" George shouted at 
the top of his lungs as I shot past him, the spray stream- 
ing from my decks and apron. I had barely time to 
secure firm control of my canoe before, with a couple 
more headlong plunges, she was seized by the big surges 
and buffeted violently right and Left, first on one side and 
then on the other, while the water rolled in heavy sheets 
over her decks and the spray fairly blinded me. 
In less time than it takes to tell it, I was safely through 
the canal and into the turmoil of waters at the foot of the 
falls, and at the head of the rapid below; but I was not 
ready to run the rapid yet. George wanted to climb up 
the wall and get a vantage point about midway down, 
from which to take me with the kodak as I came tumbling 
down the rapids, so, by back paddling with all the 
strength I possessed, I managed to back out of the 
rapid into a little cove in the lee of a projecting point, 
where I lay rocking up and down on the restless surface 
of the little eddy, while I meantime wiped the water from 
my dripping face and streaming hair and wrung out my 
soaked sleeves. 
Finally, a yell from George notified me that he was 
ready, so I pushed out of the sheltering cove, and my 
canoe was instantly seized by the remorseless rush and 
whirled away, and in two minutes more I had successfully 
run a quarter of a mile of about the heaviest and roughest 
rapids I ever experienced. 
I landed alongside of the Clyde in the little basin agreed 
upon above the fish dam, and hastily scrambled ashore and 
set off up the railroad on a rim to reach the falls in time 
to see George come through. I overtook him and Lacy 
Just opposite the boat channel^ where George climbed 
down the wall to reach his canoe, while Lacy seated him- 
self on the verge of the wall at the head of the shoot 
with the kodak, to get a bird's eye shot at him as he 
went down, and I took a position near the. lower end in 
order to see him get the benefit of the roughest water. 
It was a beautiful sight to see his .graceful canoe run 
the shoot, with the big waves buffeting it from side to 
side, and dashing in sheets of solid water and clouds of 
spray over his decks and hatches from stem to stern. 
I ran along down the railroad after him to see him run 
the rapid below, and it took about all the running I was 
capable of getting up in order to keep up with him as he 
shot swiftly down, his canoe rising and falling like a 
duck on the rough water. 
"Whew I" said George, as we joined him in the little 
basin where our canoes lay, "that's a corker!" 
"Did you ever see a worse run ?" exclaimed Lacy as he 
pulled up his canoe alongside of the bank and threw open 
his hatches. 
"Worse!" exclaimed George, who is particularly fond 
of a good, stiff shoot. "It's the finest run I ever had. 
I only wish we could go back and -do it over again." 
"Well, I didn't exactly mean that it was objectionable," 
explained Lacy, with a laugh, as he began sponging the 
water out of his boat, "but it's certainly as rough a piece, 
of water as ever I tackled. Did you ship any watgr, either 
of you? I took a bucketful." 
"Bucketful ! I got a tubful !" exclaimed George, as he 
stepped ashore and wrung himself out, and then pro- 
ceeded, to sponge out the two or three inches or so of 
water in the bottom of his boat. 
"Why didn't you get a tight grip on the aft corners of 
3'our aprom and hold them tightly down, as I did?" I 
exclaimed, seating myself in my canoe, as I spoke, and 
pushing off from shore into the still waters of the little 
basin, where my canoe drifted idly, while I waited for 
them to get the water out of their boats. "I didn't ship a 
pint of water in the falls and rapids combined. I just 
pointed my canoe straight ahead, with the flow of the 
water, and let her go, and, except an occasional stroke 
now and then, made no attempt to assist her with the 
paddle." 
"I got knocked out of my course in the shoot by those 
big side surges, and had to use my paddle," said Lacy; 
"that's where I got wet." 
"I took all my water in spite of my holding down my 
apron," said George, as he stepped aboard his canoe 
again and pushed off from the shore. 
We slipped easily over the fish dam, having ascertained 
from the bank that there was nothing in sight that need 
cause us any trouble, and threaded our way through the 
reefs beloAV, after which we had a smooth, easy run of 
half a mile, until we reached the head of the group of 
islands clustered in the bend below. Here we found a 
fine,_ new dam, nearly half a mile long, extending in a 
straight line from the right bank and sloping away a 
long distance down stream as it crossed, until it closed in 
on the river at the left bank, where nearly all the water in 
the stream was diverted, through a massive, timber head 
gate into a canal back of the railroad, which carried it to 
a wood-pulp mill, a mile or more further down. 
■ "It wouldn't be a bad scheme to get through these 
gates into the canal and finish the trip inside," said 
George, as we paddled up into the sharp angle between 
the end of the dam and the bank. 
We landed on the heading and made an inspection. 
"It won't work," I announced. "Those gates are just 
level with the surface of the water now, and won't come 
any higher." 
'I doubt if the canal would be of much use to us, any- 
how," said Lacy; "I don't believe it extends far enough 
down, for one thing, and, as you see, it is so blocked with 
wood in stock for the pulp mill that we couldn't get 
through it, even if it did." 
\^ng^ mid ^dUrg. 
Colombia Pistol and Rifle Clxib, 
San Francisco, Nov. 17.— The Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club 
held its regular bi-monthly shoot to-day. Fine shooting was done 
by several. A. J. Brannagan borrowed Daiss' S. & W. pistol and 
tried his hand for the first time with that weapon, making 31, 
within two points of our club record, 29. The group was in a 3in. 
rmg, and the best ever made in this club or any other, as far as 
we know. He is a phenomenon. At a recent shoot, with his .38 
revolver, he had a group of 9 shots out of the 10 that were in a 
2in. ring. Daiss asserted that his pistol was no good, but he is 
scratching his head now and thinking. Dorrell managed to get 
some fine work out of a very light .22-7-45 Winchester by wrap- 
ping a 21b. piece of iron in cloth and then wrapping it on to the 
barrel. Young tried the same rifle, and got first place, with 17 and 
a run of 14 in 10 consecutive shots, using Peters cartridges. Dor- 
rell 's fine work to-day gave him the lead over Capt. Fred Kuhnle, 
our veteran, who is recuperating at the Springs now. Hovey got 
in soine fine work with his .32-20 on Creedmoor match. He is 
now 476, or three points ahead of winning score last year, and 6 
points avv'ay from i-ecord, 482, by Fape, made two years ago. 
Young gained 6 more points on all-round record, and is now 14 
points ahead of Pape's record, 408, made two years ago. Daiss 
did the best average with the rifle to-day, getting second place in 
the 3-shot match. Young beat him for first honors in 10-shot rifle 
match. Twist and Hoadley made big gains on their pistol scores. 
Scores on Columbia target, off-hand shooting: 
Rifle, 200yds.: F. O. Young, 47, 61, 62; C. M. Daiss, 53, 61, 63, 66. 
Three shot: C. M. Daiss, 11, 14, 16, 17, 21, 21,' 22, 26, 31. 
Military and repeating rifle match,Creedmoor count: Ed. Hovev 
(.32-20 repeater), 48, 47, 46, 46, 46. 
Pistol 50yds: A. J. Brannagan, 31; F. O. Young, 42, 52, 54; 
Ci. W. Hoadley, 43, 48, 52, 54, 54; Dr. J. F. Twist, 44, 47, 52, 62 
62, 65. 
.22cal. rifle match, 50yds.: F. O. Young, 25, 17, 24, 27; A. B. 
Dorrell, 18, 18, 19, 20, 20, 20, 21; Dr. Twist, 27, 27; A. J. Branna- 
gan, 28. 
II. Kroeckel's coast record of 15 with the .22 rifle at 50yds. men- 
tioned last month, was made with a .22 Marlin repeater, which 
makes the score very creditable indeed, as it was with ordinary 
trigger pull and sight. He informs me that they have handicapped 
him 18 points on a score, Columbia target count. Mr. C. A. 
Merrill was elected president, and Mr. Kroeckel vice-president of 
the Stockton Pistol and Rifle Club, and Mr. Kroeckel has been 
appointed rifle inspector by the State for his county. 
Several members are preparing to slaughter turkeys at the annual 
turkey shoots held hereabouts. F. O. Young. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores /or publication i% 
these columns^ also any news notes they may care to hdve printed. Ties 
OK all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Riail 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company^ 346 Broad- 
way^ New York. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
CiKciNNATi O. — ^The following scores were made in regular com- 
petition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, at Four- 
Mile House, Reading road, Nov. 24. Conditions, 200yds., off- 
hand, at the standard target. Payne was declared champion for 
the day with the good score of 91. Weather, cloudy; thermometer, 
50 degrees; wind, gusty, 4 to 8 o'clock: 
„ Honor. 
Payne 91 87 86 84 82—430 10 7 10 10 9—46 
Strickmeier 90 88 88 87 86—439 10 8 9 9 9-^5 
Nestler , 86 85 85 82 81— 419 9 10 9 8 6—42 
Roberts 85 85 84 S3 83—420 6 10 9 6 10-41 
Bruns 84 83 80 78 77—402 7 9 7 5 9—37 
Gindele 84 76 74 74 72—380 8 9 9 7 7—40 
Lux 84 76 72 71 69—372 6 5 8 8 6—33 
Drube 80 77 73 72 70—372 7 6 7 9 6—35 
Odell, Jr 80 72 72 76 69-368 8 8 9 6 &-39 
Trounstine 75 69 —144 
Hoffman 71 6"! 63 62 61— 321 8 10 3 6 7—34 
Topf 68 66 66 64 63—327 5 6 7 3 5-26 
Plofer 68 58 —126 
Mr. L. Odell, late of Toronto, Canada, and who, together with 
his father, visited this range on our last regular shoot, has now be- 
come a member of this Association, he having been duly elected 
an active member at a special meeting to-day. His father will soon 
follow, and we hope soon to hear the merry crack of their rifles, as 
they vie wdth each other for coveted honors. Payne raised his 
record one point to-day by making 91. 
AU communications intended for Forest and Stream should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 
Dec. 4. — Interstate Parl;.i — Midweek shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club. Silver cup to winner. 
Dec. 4.— Holmesburg Junction, Philadelphia.— Competition in 
third target series of Keystone Shooting League. 
Dec. 5. — Interstate Park. — Interstate Park Handicap, 25 targets, 
!?2; Metropolitan Individual Championship, 60 targets, $2; Inter- 
chib match, three-man teams, open to all clubs, 50 targets per man, 
$2 per man; Interclub Handicap, 25 targets, $1.50. 
Dec. 7. — WeUington, Mass. — All-day target tournament of the 
Boston Shooting Association. 
Dec. 10.— Interstate Park.— Interstate trophy, 20 targets, $1.40; 
Kings County Handicap, 25 targets, ?1.50; second shoot for De- 
cember cup, 50 targets, $2; sweepstakes. 
Dec. 11.— Interstate Park, L. 1.— Team contest, New Jersey vs. 
New York. 
Dec. 12.— Interstate Park.— Interstate trophy, 15 targets, fl.SO; 
Richmond Handicap, 25 targets, $1.50; Metropolitan Individual 
Championship, 50 targets, $2; sweepstakes. 
Dec. 18.— Holmesburg Junction, Philadelphia. — Competition in 
third target series of Keystone Shooting League. 
Dec, 18.— Interstate Park. — Midweek shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club. Silver cup to winner. 
Dec. 18. — Kansas City, Mo. — Midsvinter shoot and match contest 
for Sportsmen's Review cup between Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott, 
holder, and R. O. Heikes, challenger. 
Dec. 19-21. — Kansas City, Mo. — Live birds and targets. Dec. 21, 
the- Omaha-Kansas City ten-man team race will take place. 
Dec. 25.— Tunkhannock, Pa.— All-day tournament of the Tunk- 
hannock Gun Club. Spencer D. Reed, Sec'y. 
Dec. 25.— Haverhill, Mass.— Haverhill Giin Club's all-day 
Christmas shoot. S. G. Miller, Sec'y. 
Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club target shoot, every Sat- 
urday afternoon. 
Chicago, 111.— Garfield Gun Club's live-bird trophy shoots, first 
and third Saturdays of each month. Grounds. West Monroe street 
and Fifty-second avenue. Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Dec. 4. — Interstate Park, L. I. — Eastern championship, 25 live 
birds; $10 sweep optional. Trophy. Entrance, price of birds. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. 1. — Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
L. I. R. R. Trams direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I, — Weekly shoot of the New Utresht 
Gun Club — Saturdays. 
1902, 
Jan. 14-17. — Hamilton, Ont. — ^Twelfth annual tournament of the 
Hamilton Gun Club. F. B. Vallance, Cor. Sec'y. 
May 6-9. — Interstate Park, L. I. — Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap at targets. Edward Banks, Sec'y; Elmer E. 
Shaner, Manager. 
May 7-10.— Interstate Park, L. I.— Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap at target!. Edward Banks, Sec'y; Elmer E. 
Shaner, Manager. 
May 13-16. — Oil City, Pa. — Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania 
State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Oil City 
Gun Club. F. S. Bates, Cor. SecV. 
May 30-31.— Union City, Ind. — Spring tournament of the Parent 
Grove Gun Club. O. E. Fonts, Sec'y. 
June 8-5. — Cleveland, O. — Tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters' 
League, under the auspices of the Cleveland Gun Co. 
June 9-13. — Rochester, N. Y. — Forty-fourth annual tournament of 
the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and 
Game. 
June 10-11. — Muncie, Ind. — Indiana Trapshooters' League's annual 
tournamoU. 
iJnder the caption "The Shooting of the 20-Bore," the Cx>untry 
Gentleman, London, presents the following: "Much has been 
written recently by prominent American sportsmen With regard to 
the general adoption of the 20-bore as a game gun in preference 
to the 12-bore. Even as the 12-bore was taken up and used as the 
standard gun when the 10-bore was discarded as being too de- 
structive, so it is believed, in America, that the 16' or even the 20 
bore will eventually succeed the 12-bore as the popular game 
weapon. In the hands of experts, the modern 12-bore, Americans 
think, is capable of great destruction; and, in fact, the chances of 
the bird getting sately away have been reduced within recent 
time to a very great extent. When w'e hear of such American pet- 
formanccs as the consecutive breaking of 345 clay birds or the 
killing of 99 per cent, of live pigeons, it is not surprising that we 
should hear of a demand for the general usage of a less destructive 
arm. Shooting with a 20-bore, American sportsmen believe that 
a greater element of chance is introduced into the sport which the 
true sportsman should not be slow to appreciate. In considering 
the question in relation to the different stvle of game shooting 
which prevails in this country, it would seem that we have much 
more need to 'give the game a chance' even than the American, 
who has to find every bird he shoots, and who is content to con- 
sider a bag of, say, a dozen birds a good afternoc-n's sport." It 
might be of interest to our English brethren of the shotgun to 
know that some excellent shooting has been done with the 28- 
bore in this country on quail. 
«tF Springfield Republican has made a discovery as follows: 
The country is gradually awakening to the barbarity of live- 
pigeon shooting. So much opposition has been aroused in New 
York that the American handicap will not again be held in that 
city. Though prohibitory legislation has not^yet been enacted in 
New York State, it is expected during the winter. The Chicago 
Tribune declines the honor of the handicap for that city, saying: 
Let the event go elsewhere. The hands of these prospectrive guests 
have shed innocent blood, and Chicago will not care to grasp them 
in her own. This pigeon shooting is not a hunt; it is an execution^ 
It has few elements of sport in it. The birds are released from the 
traps only to be butchered.'" The foregoing is one of the latest 
contributions to the subject, and in point of accuracy is of fair 
average merit. That the Grand American Handicap will not again 
be held in New York is certainly news, and as the Interstate Asso- 
ciation will thereby learn tor the several hundredth time how it 
will run its own business, it will feel grateful accordingly. The 
frenzy of the Chicago Tribune is rather gratuitous, when one 
considers that the Grand American Handicap was never offered 
to Chicago, nor even considered in that connection. Moreover, 
pigeon shooting is a sport, in which gentlemen engage voluntarily. 
If any one does not care to engage; in it, he doesn't have to. 
Under the caption "Harvard's Big Profit from Athletics," the 
New York Sun of Dec. 2 presents the following: "Cambridge, 
Dec. 1.— The annual report of the graduate manager of athletics 
at Harvard was given out by C. H. Schwappe last night. The re- 
port shows that in that time Harvard cleared on her athletics 
$39,078.36. The total receipts were $117,317, and the total ex- 
penditures $78,238. As usual the largest amount was m'ade on 
football the figures for this yeai- being $36,122 on the right side 
of the ledger. Baseball came out .$959.56 ahead, but most of the 
other sports ran behind. The boat clubs ran behind over $3,200, 
while the track team was short $2,633.19. This, however, was 
largely dtie to the training during the summer for the international 
games. Fomtee:i thousand dollars was expended on improvements 
at Soldiers' Field, and $6,206 on buildings. The accounts are far 
ahead of the report for 1899-1900." This will go to show that ama- 
teurism in A. A. U. sports is so far ahead of professionalism in 
trapshooting from a monetary viewpoint that there is really no 
comparison. 
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The target programme of the Interstate Park Association for this 
and next week is as follows: Dec. 3.— Interstate Park trophy, 15 
targets, $1.30; Long Island Handicap, 25 targets, $1.50; December 
cup, 50 targets, $2; two-man team race, 25 targets and $1.50 per 
man. Dec. 5— Interstate Park Handicap, 25 targets, $1.50; Metro- 
politan Individual Championship. 50 targets, $2,-" Interclub match, 
open to all gun clubs, 50 targets,' and ,$2 entrance per man; Inter- 
club Handicap, 25 targets, $1.50. Dec. 10.— Interstate trophy, 20 
targets, $1.40; Kings County Handicap, 25 targets, $1.50; second 
-shoot for December cup, 50 targets, $2; 15 targets, entrance $1.30. 
Dec. 12— Interstate trophy, 15 targets, $1.30; Richmond Handicap, 
25 targets, $L50; Metropolitan Individual Championship, 50 targets, 
$2; 20 targets, $1.10. 
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The renowned trapshooter, Mr. Tom A. Marshall, of Keithsburg, 
111., writes us as follows, concerning'Capt. A. W. du Bray's recent 
interesting article, "Measurements, Etc., oi a Few Celebrated 
Guns," published in our issue of No. 23: "In looking over the 
summary of guns shot by the different shooters throughout the 
country, I note that you have credited me with the Webley-Scott. 
This is correct. But in noting the guns shot bv the American 
team, I am also credited with having shot the Webley-Scott. On 
the trip abroad, I shot a Parker gun, as did most members of the 
team. As my attention has been called to this matter by a number 
of shooters, and as 1 have at all times stated that I liad shot a 
Parker, I trust you will correct the notation as made." 
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On Dec. 11, at Interstate Park, com.mencing at 10 o'clock, there 
will be two 5-bird races; one class shooting, $5 entrance, birds in- 
cluded; the other $3, birds iiicUtded. high guns. The great team 
race between New York and New Jersey, the third of the series, 
will begin at 12 M. sharp. In it there will be two optional sweeps 
for such members as care to participate, one of which will be $10. 
class shooting, four moneys, and one sweep, $.5, high guns; num- 
ber of moneys according to the number of entries. Should time 
allow, there will be miss-and-outs or other events, at the pleasure 
of the contestants. 
A beautiful moose head was one of the prizes which the New 
Utrecht Gun Club put up for competition in the main event of its 
Thanksgiving Day shoot. Three of the contestants tied for it 
with straight scores, namely, Messrs. J. Gaughen. J. P. Kay and 
A. E. tlendrickson. In the shoot-off, the latter miasfd in the 
second round. Mr. Gaughen then bought out J. P. Kav's intereirt 
in the inoose head and became the owner of it. Mr.- G--ntghen 
shot in fine form, and is now quite a dass man in skill and steady 
performance. • ' 
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Owing to the absence of Mr. R. A. Welch in the AVest on mat- 
ters of business, it is possible that the team match, advertised 
recently in our columns, may not take place. Mr. Welch and 
Mr. T. W. Morfey on the one side were to contest against Messrs. 
Edward Banks and G. H. Piercy on the other; 25 live birds per 
man. If it were not for Mr. Welch's conceded and well-known 
eminence as a trap shot, it would be common talk about New 
York that he had run away to evade the match. 
The recent earnest effort toward a great sweepstake in the West, 
fifty men or more, at 100 live birds, .$100 per man, is proof positive 
of a high standard of competition in that section. We would suggest 
that a race under those conditions, with twenty-five or more com- 
petitors, would make an interesting competition. 
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The Haverhill Gun Club presents elsewhere in our columns an 
open-to-all programme for its Christmas shoot, which should ap- 
peal to all who are interested in obtaining a maximum of pleasure 
for a minimum of effort. 
Capt. A. W. Money, of the E. C. & Schultze Gunpowder Com- 
pany, arrived in New York from the West on Tuesday of this 
week. He deeply regrets that the great 100 live-bird race, for $100 
per 'man, did not fill, 
