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FORREST AND STREAM? 
[Ffiffi. IS, 1962. 
sight below the horizon— and when we landed for camp 
the place was so lonely that, on climbing the bank, I 
looked straight into the eyes of a great stag with branch- 
ing antlers. 
For two days at racing speed wc journeyed through 
wild and lonely country toward the frontiers of Hungary. 
The river was like a wide lake — no houses, no boats, no 
token of man except the daily steamer between Vienna 
and Budapest. We passed signs of Roman days, and 
Turkish occupancy strangely mingled : Carnuiitum, where 
Marcus Aurelius is said to have written much of his 
philosophy; Theben on a spur of the little Carpathians, 
with its rock-perched fortress destroyed by the Turks in 
1683. when they swept* on to besiege Vienna, and again 
by the French in 1809. At its very feet the March (the 
boundary between Austria and Hungary) comes sedately 
in, and the Danube received a new impetus as we passed 
below its shadow and into Hungary at last. 
The Germans had been kind in a negative fashion, the 
Bavarians courteous, the Austrians obliging; but the 
hospitality of the Hungarians was positively aggressive. 
"Nothing is too much," they used to declare when we 
expostulated with them on the overwhelming nature of 
their attentions, "nothing is too good for Englishmen. 
Everybody will tell you the same in Hungary." Kossuth 
was. "the magical word, and hatred of the Austrians the 
keynote of their emotions. We_ blessed the generation 
that had welcomed him in exile and went on our way re- 
joicing. The crowds no longer stood gaping; they helped 
without being asked. When we landed for provisions they 
ran down to hold the canoe, while others went into, the 
village to make our purchases more cheaply for us. Even 
their questions were intelligent. German is of uncertain 
value here, and we had carefully learned the Magyar 
words for the articles we most needed. "Now you begin 
to learn Magyar when it is too late," laughed the woman 
in a Pressburg shop where we bought milk and eggs and 
bacon; "but it's no matter; you can't starve in Hungary." 
The Hungarian name of the town is Pozsony. It was 
formerly the capital, where the kings of the Hapsburg 
race were crowned. Below it the Danube branches into 
three arms, one of which makes a circuit of fifty miles and 
comes in again at Komorn. The main river is a couple 
of miles wide and full of islands, separated by rapids and 
falls. An officer assured us that we should get lost for 
days together unless we carefully kept to the main chan- 
nel. The country is utterly deserted, save for the little 
black landing stages of the steamers that appear every 
twenty miles or so, the villages lying far back and pro- 
tected by high earthen banks. The loneliness and deso- 
lation" of these vast reaches of turbulent river and low 
willow-clad islands were impressive ; in flood time it must 
be grand. 
The water escaped into so many side channels_ and 
lagoons that the depth of the river was most variable. 
Gray shingle beds appeared often in midstream, and over 
and over .again we were swept into them before we could 
cross to deeper water. It was difficult to distinguish 
them in time from the muddy, foam-streaked river, until 
we learned that the cormorants invariably used them for 
fishing grounds ; and then we took the black bodies in the 
distance as warning signals that saved us much dangerous 
wading. The velocity of the stream is so great that one 
almost expects to see the islands swept bodily away. Big 
gray hawks circled ever over head and gray crows by the 
thousand lined the shores. That evening, after crossing 
and recrossing the river, we found a sheltered camp on a 
sandy island where pollards and willows roared in the 
wind. As if to show the loneliness of the spot an otter, 
rolling over and over among the eddies, swam past us as 
we landed. About sunset the clouds broke up momen- 
tarily and let out a flood of crimson light all over the 
wild country. Against the gorgeous red sky a stream of 
dark clouds, in all shapes and kinds, hurried over th( 
Carpathian mountains, and when we went to bed a ful 
moon cast the queerest shadows through the tossin; 
branches. We dined — prosaic detail ! — off tongue, onion' 
potatoes, tea, and dried prunes which we stewed and al 
with quantities of beet root sugar. 
[to be continued.] 
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Fixtures, 
Feb. 18-20.— St. Edward, Neb— St. Edward Gun. Club's annual 
tournament. 
Feb, 22, — Louisville, Ky.— Jefferson County Gun Club's tourna- 
ment. > 1 1 I M I ' 1 1 1 
Feb. 22.— Akron, O.— Team shoot of Akron Gun Club. 
Feb. 22— Albany, N. Y. — West End Gun Club's bluerock tourna- 
ment. H. H. Valentine, Sec'y. 
Feb. 22. — Brooklyn, L. 1. — Handicap cup shoot of the Fulton Gun 
Club. 
Feb. 22.— Armonk, N. Y.— First shooting tournament of the 
Westchester County Shooting League. H. T. Wayne, Secretary 
Armonk Gun Club. 
Feb. 22. — Lynn. Mass. — All-day shoot of the Birch Brook Gun 
Club. J, C. Hamley, President; J. W. Hay and C. F. Lambert, 
Managing Committee, 
Feb. 22. — Carlstadt, N. J.— Second match of series between Fair- 
view and Carlstadt gun clubs. 
March 6. — Omaha, Neb. — Contest at 100 live birds for Hazard 
trophy between C. W. Budd, holder, and Russell' Klein, chal- 
lenger, at 2 P. M. 
March 8.— Carlstadt, N. J. — Invitation shoot of the Carlstadt Gun 
Club. 
March 31-April 5.— Blue River Park, Kansas City, Mo.— Grand 
American Handicap at live birds-. Ed Banks, Sec'y, 318 Broadway, 
New York. 
March 19-21. — Indianapolis, Ind. — Annual Grand Central Handi- 
cap tournament; lirst two days, targets; third day, 25 live birds, 
$25 entrance. Bert A. Adams, Sec'y. 
April 8-11. — Olathe, Kan. — Kansas State Sportsmen's Association's 
annual tournament. , 
April 15-17. — St. Joseph, Mo. — Missouri State Amateur Shooting 
Association's annual tournament. F. B. Cunningham, Sec'y. 
April 22-25.— Omaha, Neb.— Nebraska State shoot. H. S. Mc- 
Donald, Sec'y. 
May 6-9. — Interstate Park, L. I. — Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap at Targets. Edward Banks, Sec'y; Elmer E. 
SKaner, Manager. 
May 13-14. — Enid, Oklahoma Territory. — Oklahoma Territorial 
Sportsmen's Association tournament. 
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. Sec'y. 
May 14-16. — Charleston, S, C. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Charleston-Palmetto Gun Club. 
W. G. Jeffords, Jr., Sec'y. 
May 20-22.— Ottumwa, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen's tournament. 
May 20-22. — Elwood, Ind. — Annual tournament of the Zoo Rod 
and Gun Club, of Elwood, Ind. 
May 20-22.— Wheeling, VV. Va.— Fifth annual . tournament of the 
West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association; added money and 
prizes. John B. Garden, Sec'y, Wheeling, W. Va. 
May 21-23.— Springfield, S. D— South Dakota State Sportsmen's 
Association tournament. 
May 30.— Schenectady, N. V.— Spring tournament of the Schenec- 
tady Gun Club. E. L. Aiken. Sec'y. 
May 30-31.— Union City, Ind.— Spring tournament of the Parent 
Grove Gun Club. O. E. Fouts, Sec'y. 
June 3-5.— Cleveland, O.— Tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters' 
League, under the auspices of the Cleveland Gun Co. 
June 4-6.— Memphis,, Tenn. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Memphis Gun Club. 
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-ll.~-Muncie, Ind.— Indiana Trapshooters' League's annual 
tournament. 
June 17-20.— Warm Springs, Ga.— Annual Interstate tournament. 
June 18-19.— Bel lefontaine, O.— Silver Lake Gun Club's annual 
tournament. Geo. E. Maison, Sec'y. 
June 25-26.— Raleigh, N. C— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Raleigh Gun Club. Jas. I. John- 
son,. Sec'y. 
July 16-18.— Titusville, Pa.— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Titusville Gun Club. T. L. 
Andrews, Sec'y. 
Aug. 13-14.— Brunswick, Me.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Brunswick Gun Club. L. C. 
Whitmore, Sec'y. 
Newark, N. J.— South Side Gun Club target shoot, every Satur- 
y afternoon. 
Chicago, 111.— Garfield Gun Club's live-bird trophy shoots, first 
d third Saturdays of each month. Grounds, West Monroe street 
d Fifty-second avenue. Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I. — Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
. I. R. R. Trams direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
looting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
ractice. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The Birch Brook Gun Club, of Lynn, Mass., announces an all- 
day shoot on its grounds in that city on Feb. 22. There are 
thirteen events on the programme, 175 targets in all. Entrance 
fees $1 and $1.25, a total of $15.25. Events 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12 and 13, 
15 targets each, will be shot from the 16yd. mark; 6 and 11 at 5 
pairs from 14yds.; 7, 8, 9 and 10, total of 50 targets, distance han- 
dicap, 14 to 21yds. The contestant scoring highest in prize events 
will receive a sole leather gun case; second, Thurman shooting 
blouse; third, Powers cleaning rod. High guns to win. Open to 
all. Moneys in sweepstakes will be divided according to Rose 
system, as follows : Twelve entries or under, 5, 3 and 2. Over 
twelve entries, 4, 3, 2 and 1. Price of targets, 1% cents, included 
n entrance. Lunch served free of charge on grounds, Sweep- 
•lkes optional. Loaded shells for sale. Take Lowell cars, leaving 
.entral Square, I-ynn, at 8:07 and every thirty minutes for Elm 
ireet, Lynhurst. Time permitting, extra events will be arranged. 
W. Hay and C. F. Lambert, managing committee. J. C. flam- 
v, president. 
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The annual meeting of the New Utrecht Gun Club was held on 
hursday evening, Feb. 6, at the Clarendon Hotel, Brooklyn. 
V. The attendance of members was not as large as might be 
tpected, considering that the books of the club show a record 
' eighty-nine members in good standing. The treasurer's report 
towed that there was a considerable deficit in the club's funds 
ving to the heavy expenses the club had incurred in connection 
ith the New York State shoot last September, the programme of 
Inch was remarkably generous in the amount of cash added to 
ie purses and number of valuable prizes purchased out of the 
club's funds for competition in the popular merchandise event. 
To wipe out the above deficit a pro rata assessment on each mem- 
ber in the sum of $5 was authorized. The retiring officers were all 
re-elected to office for the ensuing twelve months. The club offi- 
cials arc therefore Waller F. Sykes, President and Treasurer: A. 
A. Hegeman. Vice-President; H. J. Keveny, Secretary. 
Certain members of the Memphis, Tenn., Gun Club are making 
all necessary preparations with a view to having the Interstate 
Association's visit to Memphis, June 4-6 next, an unqualified suc- 
cess in the target shooting line. The club will throw targets at 
2 cents each, and will add $120 in cash per day to the purses, 
making a total of $360 for three days. Of course none but ama- 
teurs will be entitled to compete for any portion of the regular 
purses, but the Memphis Gun Club also will give consideration to 
manufacturers' agents, for whom the club will hang up $100, to 
be competed for in three general average prizes of $50, $30 and 
$20, respectively. The programme will call for $205 targets each 
day, seven events at 15 targets each and five at 20 targets. Such 
are the present intentions of the Memphis Club's officials, but it 
is also quite possible that a five-man State team race will be ar- 
ranged for the second or third day. An event of that nature would 
certainly prove a decided attraction. 
The press dispatches of Feb. 6, concerning the efforts of the 
anti-pigeon shooting interests now in action at the New York 
State Capitol, are substantially as follows: "The Slater anti-pigeon 
shooting bill was reported favorably in the Senate to-day. Mr. 
McCarren, a member of the Judiciary Committee, who was un- 
avoidably absent from the hearing, asked that the measure be 
committeed in order that an amendment might be made. The 
amendment proposed is that pigeon shooting may be indulged in 
by members of clubs licensed by State Forest. Fish and Game 
Commission. Senator Slater opposed the proposition to recommit 
the bill, and declared he could amend the bill just as well in the 
committee of the whole. Senator McCarren insisted on a motion 
to recommit, whereat Mr. Slater asked a call of the Senate. The 
motion to recommit was lost by a vote of noes 24, ayes 20.1' 
The Westchester County Shooting League announces its first 
tournament, to be held on Feb. 22, commencing at 10 o'clock 
sharp. It will be supported by clubs as follows : Mount Kisco, 
Ossining, Pleasantville. White Plains and Armonk gun clubs. 
Loaded shells for sale on the grounds. Dinner, 50 cents. The 
officers of the League are: President, G. E. Sutton. Mt. Kisco; 
Secretary. Curry J. Barlow, Ossining; Treasurer, J. Carpenter, 
Kensico. ' There are twelve events on the programme, 160 targets, 
$11.50 entrance for the day. To reach Armonk take Harlem R. R. 
to Kensico, where a stage will meet the 8:15 and 11:30 A. M. 
trains and take shooters to the grounds. 
1'rom an eminent and authoritative source whose center is 
Kansas City, we have received the follow "word regarding the 
Handicap": "There is hardly a day passes but we receive a re- 
port from some section or town where they are getting up a 
Grand American Handicap party. A couple of the boys, just back 
from the Brenham and Waco shoots, say the Texas boys will be 
here about forty strong; they arc getting up a special for the 
occasion. In fact, all through the South the enthusiasm is un- 
bounded. They are anxious to meet their Eastern brethren at 
the trap, whom they have so far only met in print." 
At a meeting of the Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, 
on Saturday of last week, Messrs. Walter Sterling and H. L. 
David, were elected to fill the vacancies on the board of gov- 
ernors" caused by the resignation of Messrs. J. Anderson Ross and 
W. N. Stevenson. The matter of refusing the club scores to news- 
papers was considered, but left in abeyance for future consider- 
ation. As there is nothing wrong in pigeon shooting, there is no 
reason to recognize what others may do against it. 
Mr. F. C. Riehl, in "Mississippi Valley Notes," published in 
our trap columns this week, enumerates twenty-one shooters of 
St. Louis, who will participate in the Grand American Handicap 
at Kansas City. Estimates concerning the number of entries, now 
settle near the 400 figure. It is possible that the managers may yet 
have to build an annex to the club house and grounds. 
Mr. C. W. Budd, of Des Moines, high in the office of the In- 
dians as Chief of the Wampum, has accepted Mr, Russel Klein's 
challenge to contest for the Hazard trophy. Mr. Budd has named 
Omaha, Neb., as the place for the match, and March 6 at 2 P. M. 
as the time for its commencement, Mr. Klein also is an Indian, 
and is known as Chief Toboggan. 
Feb. 22 has bee-n fixed upon as the date for the handicap cup 
shoot of the Fulton Gun Club. The grounds are reached via 
King's County "L" to Crescent street station or Douglass street. 
"Woodhaven"' car to Crescent street. Stages are in waiting at the 
Crescent street station. Targets 1% cents. There are eight events 
ft/1 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, and the special cup event at 50 targets. 
$1 entrance. Sweepstakes optional. Shooting commences at 10 
o'clock. 
A series of target matches has been arranged between the Fair- 
view, N. J., (inn Club, and the Carlstadt, N. j., Gun Club. The i 
first match will take place on Feb. 12, on the grounds of the 
Fairview Gun Club, the second on the grounds of the Carlstadt 
Gun Club, the third, if one is necessary, to be determined later as. 
to place of holding it. 
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Mr. C. F. Lambert, of Lynn, Mass., writes us that the Birch 
Brook Gun Club, of Lynn, are preparing for at least thirty-five - 
shooters, as all who have ever attended this club's shoots were 
pleased and eager to attend again. Contestants will have prizes 
or their equivalent in money. 
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The Haverhill, Mass.. Gun Club is already considering the de- 
tails of the Interstate Association target shoot, to be held under 
its auspices later in the season. It is an active, energetic and 
popular organization,' and is noted for its successful tournaments. 
Elsewhere in our trap columns the Limited Gun Club, of In- 
dianapolis, ln»'.., announces that its annual Grand Central Handi- 
cap tournament will be held on March 19 to 21. For programmes 
address Mr. Bert. B. Adams, the secretary, Indianapolis, Ind: 
Among the distinguished leaders of the trE-pshooting world visit- 
ing in New York last and this week were Mr. frby Bennett, of 
the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., and Capt. A. W. du Bray 
and Mr. S. A. Tucker, of Parker Brothers: 
On Tuesday of this week, Mr. W. L. Colville (Dick Swiveller). 
famous both as the representative of the Dnpont Powder Co. and 
as an eminent writer, started on an extensive tour in Pennsyl- 
vania in the interests of his company. 
The Carlstadt. N. J., Gun Club announces a big invitation shoot 
to take place on March 8. on the club grounds at Carlstadt. 
Bernard Waters. 
A Lost Art. 
When have you ever seen anything in the papers about reload- 
ing shells? The writer hardly recalls just how long it has been, 
liven all discussion about the various methods of hand-loading 
new shells has almost ceased. How fondly we dwell upon the 
different kinds, number and thicknesses of wads; amount of pow- 
der, shot and pressure; just how. and how much to crimp, etc. 
All this is lost to us. 
Each would read carefully the other's statements; feel, if he did 
not express, sorrow for his ignorance or inexperience, and then 
return to his own best ways. Somewhere beyond careless scrutiny 
he had a box or closet full of all kinds of reloading tools.; to 
this list every new one must be added, none of the old favorites 
discarded. There was the old japanned brass-headed crimper, 
the Nye or wheel creaser, and the modern star of the B. G. I. 
Company's make. Shut measures, powder measures, cappers, 
decappers. rammers, jammers, ad infinitum. Where are all these 
cranks? 1 can't be the only one yet living. I see the imple- 
ments are still being made and advertised. I also note with 
pleasure that the above-incut ioned company is constantly im 
proving this line of goods. So there must be a generous salt for 
thetu somewhere. It has not been so long ago. If living, they 
need not be so old. I was a thirty-second degree crank, and am 
not yet married.. The fact that they have risen to affluent cir--' 
cumstances or that factory loads are much more convenient and as. 
Cheap will not account for his subsidence. The financial, feature 
has nothing to do with it. It is a sentiment, a passion, and 1.- 
deeply regret its lack of nurture. It will not die, being peren-'- 
nial and springs eternal. 
Possibly the old guard in this age of millionaires may. .be. 
ashamed to acknowledge they are so penurious. Some of their 
friends may comment on a man who will spend half the rtlght ' 
reloading some old shells to save 15 cents. However .it • is, -V- 
know of but few and hear of none. ... fii . .. ■.. 
There is nothing in the art to be ashamed of." On the contrary, 
it is a feeling that finds lodgment in the breast '6ft a true sportfeKii 
man. Nose other could harbor it. The practice .does not.: imply ,[ 
that one is pursebonnd, purse-empty or hidebouiul ; .that ' one is 
impecunious, stingy or money-loving'. The' fact that "lie ' llkes^ tb' 1 
engage in whatever reminds him of his loved spoftf; 'of* •the'!' 
beauties of nature; of rambles in . field and woods, accounts .for jt, , 
1 remember being at a trapshooting tournament, with L..JL. Wade, s 
of Nagadoches, Texas, now, 1 think with the Peters Confrjany. 
lie had a way of catching the shell as it was ejected from 1 his*' • 
Winchester. All these he saved, no doubt through force of long- 
continued habit. It was at Many, Ga., and a ball was given to 
the visitors that night. Wade is a fine-looking fellow, jtist in the 
thirties. Calling at his room early before he should go to the 
ball, I was surprised to find him, instead of being arrayed. .or 
arraying in white vest and swallowtail, down on his knees assort- 
ing over his shells. I asked him what he was doing. - His- answer ' 
was, "Nothing. Don't you know, I just like to fool With these." ■ 
This is an expression of the true passion. .Something to be proud 
of rather than to be ashamed of, 
What one who has this sentiment- deeply seated of "just liking 
to fool" with all the hunter's and shooter's paraphernalia, ever 
made any money shooting? The writer lias wasted dollars where 
shooters who wouldn't know a crimper from a coffee . mill have 
shot away cents, and wouldn't shoot a reloaded shell 
1 remember in a cross-country trip with Mr. F. M. Fatirbte, ' 
one of the best and most genial .shooters before the public to-day, 
he spoke of a fellow up in Texas who was worth, a quarter -.of . a 
million, yet saved and reloaded his shells. Now, Mr. Faurote 
thought it was from a desire to save money. He is no doubt a 
.species of the genus now under consideration. 
Mr. A. H. Hogue, of Many, is another. He buys fine gun 
after gun, all the known loading tools, and there not being 
enough on the market, has made some of his own. Belcher load- 
ers. Hunter loaders, B. G. 1. loaders, etc. 1 have seen hirn- 
load hundreds of shells for the boys, just for the fun of it. He 
would sit down by the table, one of his loaders screwed to it. 
pour out shells, wads, shot, powder and primers; and waste the 
profit. Then, with a beatific smile, as if in the seventh heaven of 
delight, he would go' to work. He turned out an unequaled article; 
.by the way. His apparatus cost him at least $100, and he prob- 
ably shoots 75 cents' worth of ammunition. There's the profh 
(inly one in whom this is bred can appreciate what T am trying 
to tell. Loading rtew shells by hand, while it partially meets, yet . 
it does not completely meet the heart's desire. 
The shells carried on a long hunt in the woods become a 
sort of companion. On the wad, and frequently on the sides ar<- 
all sorts of hieroglyphics, almost requiring a Rosetta stone to 
decipher if a translation is sought by other than from the shooter. 
To him it is plain. Here is a light load of 2 1 ,£drs. and loz. T^o. 9s 
for a possible snipe; another with 10s for woodcock; one with 
6s for the large fox squirrel; a few 3V&drs, and No. 2s for a pos- 
sible turkey, as he crones the old pine windfall; an occasional 
deer is seen among the holly shrubs, so in goes a load or two 
of blue whistlers. . 
On various trips each of these fills the expectation of, or dis- 
appoints the shooter in performance of their various missions. 
As he removes them from the stained old coat, carefully brushes 
away the adhering feathers, straightens out the throat and 
smoothes over the outside, his memory dwells complacently on 
his pleasant outing. It is all gone over again, as he decaps 
and recaps the old standbys. 
"This one, I know it by that mark on the side, must have been 
poorly loaded. I held dead on that snipe as he went straight away. 
1 was afraid this one with the flaw in the crimp would fail, 
but it was the second of as fine a double shot as I ever "made." 
So on it goes till he regrets parting with them as he would with 
old friends. In truth, I still have some used in my boyhood, and 
shall always keep them. 
Now, as a fact, I shoot shells loaded by the manufacturers. Yet 
I still cannot help experimenting on the lines suggested just to 
be fooling. I had some Ideal shells heavily loaded for trap. This 
tall T extracted those loads and reloaded for game; just 
a comparatively small number of course, T have shells now which 
I have loaded three times, and the shells have never yet had the 
