Forest and stream. 
[March az, 1902. 
Rifle at Shell Mound. 
San Francisco, Cal„ March 10.— The shooting conditions at 
Shell Mound yesterday were very favorable. F. E. Mason with 
rifle at 200yds., and J. E. Gorman with pistol at 50yds., did ex- 
ceptional work. Much interest is n-w shown in revolver shoot- 
ing. The stalls of the Gold«n Gate Club devoted to the small arm 
are in constant use on every shooting Sunday, and much creditable 
work is done. Scores for the day: 
Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, handicap, revolver: J. E. 
Gorman 90, 89, 86; T. A. Becker 88, 87, 87, 83; F. S. Washburn 83; 
J. W. Tompkins 79, 78, 73; J. Kullmann 79. Pistol, handicap: 
J. E. Gorman 96, 92, 96, 95, 94; F. S. Washburn 95, 92, 92, 82, 86. 85, 80; 
M. F. Blasse 91, 86, 79; T. Kullmann 82, 82, 76; William Blasse 
85, 86, S2; C. O. Wheeler 78. Rifle, handicap: W. F. Blasse 202, 
206, 212, 208; M. F. Blasse 219, 215; A. Gehret 218, 222, 222: W. G. 
Hoffmann 224, 219. Gold medal: F. E. Mason 234, 227; J. F. 
Bridges 206. Silver medal: A. Thode 159. 182; Otto Bremer 209, 
208. Glindermann medal: M. F. Blasse 211: W. G. Hoffmann 219; 
F. E. Mason 235; A. Gehret 220. 
Germania Schuetzen Club, competition for cash prizes: A, Pape 
72, A. Gehret 69, F. E. Mason 70, F. Brandt 68, F. P. Schuster 68. 
D. B. Faktor 68, A. Jungblut 68, R. Stettin 67. Ten-shot scores 
for trophies: A. Gehret 226, A. Pape 222, J. Gefken 222. O. Bremer 
213, Herman Huber 211, D. B. Faktor 207, F. Brandt 207. 
Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly medal sh»ot: First cham- 
pion class, F. E. Mason 227, 230; second champion class. Otto 
Bremer 223, 212; first class, J. Gefken 215; second class, George 
H. Bahrs 204; third class, J. Beuttler 181; best first shot, Herman 
Huber, 24; best last shot, F. E. Mason, 25. 
Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club, monthly bullseye shoot, prize 
winners in the following order: D. N Salfield 360, F. C. Rust 483, 
Henry Meyer 530. F. P. Schuster 548, John Gefken 660, William 
F. Garms, 696, John de Wit 763, Herman Huber 855, Frank Koch 
891, W. C. Morken 905, A. Mocker 1064, L. N, Ritzau 1109. 
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, monthly /nedal shoot : Cham- 
pion clasSj August Pape 441; first class, John Gefken 400: 
second class. Otto Lemcke 405; third class, Capt. John Thode 
383; fourth class, Henry Meyer 358; best first shot, Capt. John 
Thode 25; best last shot, F. Hensel, 25. 
ROEEL. 
§mp8hpoting. 
Ii fot» want yottf shoot to be announced here send a 
notice like tte following! 
Fixtures. 
March 23.— Brooklyn, L, I.— Club shoot of Fulton Gun Club; 
cup event, handicap. 
March 24.— Pine Bluff, Ark.— Open contest for the Peters Car- 
tridge Company trophy, emblematic of the live-bird champion- 
ship of Arkansas, under auspices of the Pine Bluff Gun Club. 
March 25-28.— Burnside Crossing, 111.— At Watson's Park, series 
of handicap events. Programme each day, 10 birds $5 entrance, 
birds extra, 26 to 32yds., high guns. John Watson, Manager. 
March 31-Apnl 5.— Blue River Park, Kansas City, Mo.— Grand 
American Handicap at live birds. Ed Banks, Sec'y, 318 Broadway, 
New York. 
April —.—Dover, N. H.— Fast Day shoot of the Dover Sports- 
men's Association. J. B. Stevens, Sec'y. 
April 8-11.— Ulaihe, Kan.— Kansas btate Sportsmen's Association s 
annual tournament. , , „ 
April 10.— Marietta, O.— One-day target tournament of the Co- 
lumbian Gun Club. Chas. Bailey, Sec'y. 
April 15-17.— Asheville, JM. C— Target tournament given by Col. 
E. P. McKissick. 
April 15-17.— St. Joseph, Mo.— Missouri State Amateur Shooting 
Association's annual tournament. F. B. Cunningham, Sec'y. 
April 16-18.— Peru, lnd.— Peru Gun Club's sixth annual amateur 
tournament; two days at targets for amateurs; one day at live 
birds open to all. Frank Dunbar, Sec'y. 
April 19.— Haverhill, Mass.— Patriots* Day shoot of the Haverhill 
Gun Club. _ 
April 22-25.— Omaha, Neb.— Nebraska State shoot. H. S. Mc- 
Donald, Sec'y. , 
April 29-30.— Greenville, O.— Annual tournament of the Greenville 
Gun Club. H. A. McCaughey, Sec'y. 
April 30— Wellington, Mass.— Third annual team shoot of the 
Boston Gun Club. Horace C. Kirkwood, Sec'y. 
May 6-9.— Interstate Park. L. 1.— Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap at Targets. Edward Banks, Sec'y; Elmer E. 
Shaner. Manager. 
May 7-8.— Crawfordsville, lnd.— Live-bird tournament of the Craw- 
fordsville Gun Club; $400 guaranteed. Mac. Stillwell, Sec'y. 
May 13-14.— Enid, Oklahuma 1 erritory.— 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 15.— Sherbrooke, P. Q.— Sherbrooke Gun Club s inanimate 
target tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec'y. 
May 20-22.— Ottumwa, la.— Iowa State Sportsmen's tournament. 
May 20-22.— Elwood, lnd.— Annual tournament of the Zoo Rod 
and Gun Club, of Elwood, lnd. 
May 20-22.— Wheeling, W. Va.— Fifth annual tournament of the 
West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association; added money and 
prizes. Tohn B. Garden, Sec'y, Wheeling, W. Va. 
May 20-23. , — . — . — New Jersey State Sportsmen's As- 
sociation. 
May 21-22.— Baltimore, Md.— Maryland county shoot for amateurs. 
May 21-23.— Springfield, S. D.— South Dakota State Sportsmen's 
Association tournament. 
May 26-31.— Lincoln, Neb.— Grand Interstate tournament; three 
days shooting; three days golf; three days tennis. H. C. Young, 
Manager. 
May 30.— Schenectady, N. Y. —Spring tournament of the Schenec- 
tady Gun Club. E. L. Aiken, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Ossining, N. Y.— Holiday shoot of the Westchester 
County Trapshooters' League. J. Curry Barlow, Sec'y. 
- May 30,— Auburn, Me.— Annual tournament of the Auburn Gun 
Club.' L. A. Barker, Sec'y. 
May 30-31.— Altoona, Pa.— Altoona Rod and Gun Club's tenth 
annual tournament. George G. Zeth, Sec'y, Altoona, Pa. 
May 30-31.— Union City, lnd.— 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. 
July 8-10.— Pine Bluff, Ark.— Twelfth annual meeting and tour- 
nament of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association. Targets. 
\dded money $300. Rose system. Paul R. Litzke, Sec'y. 
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.— Sioux City, la.— Eighth annual amateur tournament 
of the Soo Gun Club. W. F. Duncan, Sec'y. 
June 10-11.— Muncie, lnd.— Indiana Trapshooters League s annual 
tournament. , r 
June 12-15.— Denver, Colo.— Grand Western Bluerock Handicap 
tournament. Frank H. Mayer, Tournament Manager. 
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 Scc*y» 
June 29;"— San Francisco, Cal.— Live-bird shoot of the Union 
Gun Club. 
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. 6-7. — Marietta, O. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Columbian Gun Club. Chas. 
Bailey, Sec'v 
Aug. 12-13.— Birmingham, Ala. — Third annual Alabama State 
target tournament, under the auspices of the Birmingham Gun 
Club. R. H. Baugh, Sec'y. 
Aug. 13-14. — Brunswick, Me. — Thft Interstate Association a tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Brunswick Gun Club. L. C. 
Wbitmore, See'y. 
Aug. 14-16.— Hamilton, Can.— Dominion Trapshooting and Game 
Protective Association's tournament. 
Aug, 27-28.— Haverhill, Mass.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Haverhill Gun Club. S. G. 
Miller, Sec'y. 
Sept. 3-4.— Nappanee, lnd.— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Nappanee Gun Club. B. B. Maust. 
Sec y. 
Sept. 23-25,— Cincinnati, O.— Second annual handicap target tour 
nament of the Cincinnati Gun Club. Charles F. Dreihs, Sec'v. 
Sept. 24-25.— Lewistown, 111.— The Interstate Association's' tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Lewistown Gun Club. H. H. 
McCumber, Sec'y. 
. Newark, N. J— South Side Gun Club target shoot, everv Satur- 
day 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. 
First Saturday of each month for a year, Burnside.— Contest for 
the Troisdorf live-bird and target medals; 10 live birds; 25 target*; 
open to all. First contest, March % 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.— Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
L. 1. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practise. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for pub- 
lication in these columns., also any news notes they may 
care to hdve printed. Ties on all events are considered 
as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail all such mat- 
ter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broad- 
way, New York. 
On the first day of this week the Adirondack guides, who were 
a conspicuous feature of the Sportsmen's show, which ended on 
the 19th inst., were the guests of Capt. J. A. H. Dressel and the 
Sportsmen's Association at a dinner In "Little Hungary," East 
Houston street, New York. The banquet table was set for about 
thirty guests. The string orchestra discoursed popular airs, the 
dinner was served to perfection, and the guides at its conclusion 
expressed themselves as having been most happily entertained. 
They were Peter A. Salomon, president of the Adirondack Guides' 
Association; Elmer Dockum, William B, Young, Joseph Lamoy, 
A. H. Billings, George C. Garwood, Frank Vosburg, Martin W. 
Brewster, Sam Barten, T. Henry Lamoy, William Vosburg and 
Perley Squires. Assisting Capt. Dressel as host were Messrs. 
George Bingham, D. T. Abercrombie, Horace Cate and others. 
At noon on Tuesday of this week the entries to the Grand 
American Handicap at live birds numbered 222, the last one then 
received being that of Mr. Otto Feudner, of San Francisco. This 
number, 222, was the number of the total entry of last year. Those 
who contemplate entering in this great event should bear in mind 
that the entries close on Saturday of this week. Tost entries 
cost $10 more; that is, $35. Regular entries must be accompanied 
with $10 forfeit. Use regular entry blanks. Entries postmarked 
March 22 are good. Send your entries to the secretary-treasurer, 
Mr. Edward Banks, 318 Broadway, New York. 
The Hawley Time Register Company, of Syracuse, N. Y., was 
incorporated last week in Albany with a capitalization of $125,000, 
for the manufacture of time registers and similar devices. Two 
gentlemen of eminence in the sportsmen's world are in its mem- 
bership, namely, Messrs. Geo. A. Mosher and Harvey McMurchy, 
president and vice-president respectively. The former will devote 
all his time to the company's interests, while the latter, Mr. Mc- 
Murchy, though largely interested in it, will devote his time to the 
Hunter Arms Company's interests, as it past years. 
Elsewhere in our columns the secretary of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, Mr. Edward Banks, presents some iurther information 
concerning rates, etc., New York to Kansas City and return, in 
respect to the Grand American Handicap. The Trunk Line Asso- 
ciation, it seems, declined to give any reduced rates on the ground 
that the handicap was not "of an educational.benevolent or religious 
character," This was an error. It is exceedingly educational; it 
provides cheap food for the masses; therefore it is publicly 
benevolent, and being benevolent, it is religious. 
Saturday of this week, the five-man team race between teams of 
Messrs. Von Lengerke & Detmold and Messrs. Schoverling, Daly 
& Gales, 50 targets per man, is to take place, and it evokes much 
interest among the contestants and their Iriends. The match will 
commence at 2 o'clock on the grounds of the Richmond Gun Club, 
at Silver Lake, Staten Island. Sweepstakes, Rosev system, are 
also on the programme. Mr. Albert A. Schoverling, the secretary, 
P. O. Box 475, New York, will furnish any pertinent information. 
The Handicap Committee of the G. A. H. will meet at the 
Midland Hotel, Kansas City, Mo., on March 27, at 9:30 A. M. 
Its members are Messrs. John M. Lilly (chairman), Indianapolis; 
C. W. Budd, Des Moines; Chris. Gottlieb, Kansas City; Louis 
Erhardt, Atchison; Arthur Gambell, Cincinnati; Mr. T. A. Divine, 
Memphis, and Walter Hallowell, Kansas City. Mr. Elmer E. 
Shaner, secretary to the committee. 
The souvenir score of the Grand American Handicap at live 
birds, Kansas City, is an artistic effort of the committee^ and no 
doubt will be thoroughly appreciated by the shooters. The front 
cover bears a pigeon "on the wing," from whose mouth is sus- 
pended by a ribbon a card bearing the title of this great event. 
A smaller pigeon standing at rest bears a sign with the legend 
"Ask Shaner." 
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Mr. Charles F. Dreihs, secretary of the Cincinnati (O.) Gun 
Club, writes us as follows: "Kindly state through Forest and 
Stream that the Cincinnati Gun Club will hold its second annual 
handicap tournament at flying targets during the season of the 
Cincinnati fall festival, which will be held during the last two 
weeks in September. We claim Sept. 23, 24 and 25 as the days for 
our tournament." 
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The secretary, Mr. MacStillwell, writes us as follows: "The 
Crawfordsville (lnd.) Gun Club will dedicate their new $1,500 
club house Mav 7 and 8 by giving a live-bird tournament. First 
day will be 8, iO and 12 bird events; second day will be a 25-bird 
handicap $400 guaranteed, all surplus added. Open to all. Pro- 
grammes' will be. out about April 15. Write the secretary for one." 
Mr. Thos. Short, manager of Dexter Park, Brooklyn, announces 
the programme for the target shoot of the Dexter Park Gun Club 
on April 3. There are nine events, five at 10, two at 15 and two 
at 25 targets, entrance $1,. $1.50 and $2. Shooting commences at 
10 o'clock. Shooters may participate for targets only. 
We leani with much pleasure that our information concerning the 
illness of Mr U. M. C. Thomas, mentioned in our last issue, 
was entirely a mistake. He was in evidence at the Sportsmen's 
Show last week, hale and hearty, and alert, with every appearance 
of being good for a hundred years to come. 
The match between Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and R. O. Heikes, at 
Hot Springs, Ark., for the Review cup on Saturday of last week- 
resulted in a closely contested race. It was a tie on 94 out of 100. 
The tie was shot off at 20 birds, with the result that Elliott scored 
19 to Heikes' 18 and won. 
Mr. H. P. Collins, the active and popular representative of the 
Dupont Powder Company, with headquarters at Baltimore, Md. 
was a_ visitor at the New York Sportsmen's Show on Monday find 
luesday of last week. He will be one of the host who will soon be 
rallying at Kansas Citv. 
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At a shoot of the Sport Gun Club, of Shreveport, La., Mr. 
Hood Waters was a guest, and, as he usually does, performed tiv 
a degree of excellence which won the admiration of those present. 
Two runs were notably praiseworthy, one of 50 and the other 12 
better: that is. 62. 
In the live-bird shoot of the Garfield Gun Club, of Chicago, 
March 15, Dr. J, W. Meek won Class A medal with a score of 11 
out of 12, one being lost dead out, while Class C medal was won 
by Mr. A. W. McGowan. None of the Class B members w'ere 
present. 
At Geo. C. Lebohner's Dexter Park. Brooklyn, target shooting 
is announced for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridav in 
the months from Oct. 1 to May Ij and on every Saturday." T 
Short is manager. 
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There is a blank space left on the G. A. H. trophy lor a name 
to be inscribed thereon preparatory to its installment in the hall 
of fame. There should be another cup for the best hard-luck per- 
formance. 
Trapshooting for practice is lively at Watson's Park, Burnside 
Crossing, 111., and olhcr Western points,, with a view to competi- 
tion in the Grand Amercan Handicap at Kansas City, now near 
at hand. 
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Mr. R. H. Baugh, secretary, informs us that the third annual 
Alabama State target tournament is fixed to take place on Aug. 
12 and 13, under the anspices of the Birmingham Gun Club. 
Mr. Ben Norton, of the Hazard Powder Company, has arranged 
to leave New York for Kansas City on Friday of this week to 
attend to Grand American Handicap matters. 
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The Auburn (Me.) Gun Club announces that its annual tourna- 
ment will be held on May 30. Mr. L. A. Barker is the secretary. 
Mr. Edward Banks, secretary-treasurer of the I. A., has ar 
ranged to start for Kansas City on Thursday of next week. 
Mr. James L. Smith, a well-known trapshooter of Hackettstown, 
is now host of the Avon Inn, Atlantic City, N. J. 
Bernard Waters. 
Powdet Makers and Pigeon Guns. 
Since this article first appeared, in May, 1S98, we have heard it 
has provoked some ill feeling. One member of the clubs has par 
ticularly asked why he should not shoot in an assumed name if 
he likes, and what business it is of ours? We are sorry to have 
injured anybody's feelings, and we cannot give any reason why the 
particular member should publish his doings to the world. As 
private clubs, let them shut out the press; as public events, there 
should be no secrecy. Either of these would be equally satisfac- 
tory. 
It is obviously only when the publicity given to the doings of 
private clubs is used to mislead the public that we have, as a mem- 
ber of the press, any right to say a word. What the member in 
question might do privately obviously would not interest us or 
the public. 
We may say that each of the powder makers have since assured 
us that they do not practice the method we have condemned, but 
they each admit that it has been done, although not by them. 
Powder that is good for winning prizes at pigeon matches may 
be powder that spoils guns; there certainly is one such on the 
market; so we suggest that if game shooters follow pigeon shooters' 
doings, they should look to the cleaning of their guns. 
We understand that Lord Monson, as manager at Hurlingham, 
refused the public offer of doubled prizes, which was accepted at 
the Gun Club. He therefore did all in his power, but he could 
not prevent these offers being privately made and accepted. 
British Wild Pigeon Shooting. 
It shooting pigeons from traps is but poor sport, the wild pigeon 
upon occasion gives the crack shot wonderful practice. Whether 
the rock pigeons are shot from boats on the sea as the birds dart 
out of the cliff caves, or whether the wood pigeon, when con- 
gregated in the autumn and winter, is made the subject of sport, 
there is, in neither case, any room for doubt about the quality of 
the shooting. These birds alter their direction on catching sight 
of the fling of the gun to the shoulder, and are therefore generally 
much more difficult than any driven game. The following is a 
description of shooting of the wood pigeon, kindly sent to us 
some years ago by Lord Walsingham. As we have missed many 
a chance of making a bag of the sort by not knowing the value 
of decoys when great flocks of pigeons were about, we give it for 
the benefit of those who knew no more than we did. 
Lord Walsingham wrote as follows: 
"I have little doubt that your correspondent Cymymyn is correct 
in thinking that my bag of 121 wood pigeons, to which he alludes, 
is not the top score. I can well believe that it could be largely 
exceeded under favorable conditions; indeed, on looking back at 
old game books, I find some of my own highest scores, as follows, 
beating it on two occasions: 
1869 Nov. 13 69 Narford Among beeches. 
1869 Dec. 29 83 Holkham Among evergreen oaks in 
snow. 
1883 Feb. 14 89 Merton -Coming to feed on a clover 
layer. 
1867 Dec. 7 97 Merton Over oaks, snow and wind. 
1869 Dec. 1 102 Merton Over beeches in a snowstorm. 
1887 Dec. 3 121 Merton Over oaks. 
1870 Aug. 12 • 124 Merton Among sheaves of barley at 
harvest time. 
1884 Jan. 28 125 Merton Over oaks; high wind. 
"On Dec. 3, 1887, which is the day mentioned in your paper. 
there was a thin layer of snow on the ground, but no snow falling 
and very little wind; thus two of the most favorable weather con- 
ditions for this kind of sport were absent. Moreover, having to 
catch a train to London. I lost nearly an hour, during which time 
birds might have been killed. A very large number of pigeons had 
arrived a few days previously to feed upon the fallen acorns in an 
open wood of very high oaks. Without being able to give an ac- 
curate measure of these trees, I may say that they are of nearly 
200 years' growth, and I have seen no taller oaks in any part of 
England. Six men and boys were posted in neighboring coverts, 
also frequented by pigeons, at distances varying from a quarter of 
a mile to two miles from the spot where I stood. They were or- 
dered to walk about and to disturb the birds wherever more than 
two or three settled together. Thus the pigeons were kept all day 
on the move, and were constantly flying over within view of my 
decoys. These consisted of three stuffed birds, fastened by copper 
wire' on the upper branches of a small tree which stood by itself 
among a group of high oaks. In addition to these, the twenty or 
thirty birds which first fell to the gun were set up in scattered 
groups on the ground in the most open places, the snow being 
scraped away around them to make them more conspicuous and to 
give them the appearance of feeding where acorns were easily 
accessible. The greater number of birds killed during the day were 
nearly half as high again as the trees, some a good deal higher; 
others of course, were shot when dipping to the decoys, and on 
two occasions flocks of more than fifty birds chased by a falcon 
dashed through the branches close to my head, each bird avoid 
ing the twigs by a tortuous line of flight which reminded one oi 
the waved zigzag lines across a' meteorological diagram. In these 
cases no bird flew straight for more than five or six yards, and the 
pace at which th-ry went was no less surprising than the roaring 
sound made by their many wings. On both occasions I signally 
failed to score with my first barrel, although the bird was not 
more than twenty yards off. The only circumstance that gave me 
any considerable advantage during the day was that by putting on 
a white shirt over my shooting coat and a white cap on my head, I. 
was able to stand out in the snow in an open place, having no 
necessity for further concealment. 
