March 'j, 1903.3 
FOKKST ^AND STREAM. 
dent of the New York Nautical College. Mr. Cook 
will continue in the field of general ship designing, and 
in addition to this will have a department devoted to 
yacht designing and brokerage. 
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The English built auxiliary Sea Belle has been pur- 
chased by Mr. N. L. McCready. The yacht will come 
across in the early spring. Sea Belle (ex-Waverley, 
ex-Norsemah) was designed by Mr. St. Clair Byrne 
and built by Laird Bros, at Birkenhead in 1875. She 
is built of iron and is, schooner rigged. She is 124ft. 
long and 20ft. breadth. 
K K at 
Messrs. Rogers & Bro., of Bay Shore, L. I., are 
building for Mr. C. M. Covell, of New York City, an 
auxiliary sloop. She is S2ft. over all and l6ft: breadth, 
and will be fitted with a 12 horse-power gasolene 
motor. 
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Mr. Herman D. Wells, formerly of .the firm of Her- 
reshoff & Wells, has gone mto partnership with Mr. 
Henry C. Winteringham. The firm will' now be known 
as Winteringham & Wells. 
A Rhyme of the Vasty Deep* 
(After a Course of Kipling.) 
A TWIN-SCREW brig, with an Al I'ig, was the good ship Bolivar, 
All spick and span, from the donkey-man to the bilge on the cap- 
stan bar; 
She was pully-haul, with a ten-foot yawl, and a regular chantey 
crew, 
And right avast at the mizzenmast, the scarlet bo'surn flew. 
And, oh! dear lad, what a time I've. had collecting sailor slang. 
And weaving it into the strangest songs that ever a sailor sang; 
Well, they mayn't be true, but they seem to do, for the checks 
are large and fine; 
There's nothing like cheek when your fame's unique, and the pay's 
five dollars a line! 
We had hugged the shore for a week or more, till on the seventh 
night, - 
From out of the gloom the thwartship boom of the Deutschland 
loomed in sight; 
And inch by inch, as she dipped Wier winch, and her fulmar flying 
high, 
Through the sleet and mist, with a forward list, she strove to 
pass us by. 
"Full steam ahead!" our captain said— and -we heard the pennant 
crack — 
With a twist of the heel he put the wheel abeam on the starboard 
tack; 
With bilge in hand, he took his stand abaft on the tafTrail hatch, 
And the Bolivar, like a shooting star, began to snore and ratch. 
So away we went, with our fo'c's'les b6nt, and our hawsepipes 
smoking free, 
While the kentledge on the kelson shone atop of the topmast tree; 
On the poop abaft, where they force the draft, the coal chutes 
glimmered white. 
And we spliced the guys to the cathead ties, and made the 
doldrums tight. 
And never a word we spoke, but heard the bull-mouthed breakers 
call, 
While close behind the sou'west wind went yammering down the 
pawl ; 
The garboard strake was all ashake where the spinaker-thrust 
comes through. 
And still avast, at the mizzenmast, the scarlet bo'sun flew. 
And they piled each grate -with the best Welsh slate, till the 
gunwales almost broke — 
You could hear them hum like a distant drum as the gurry-butt 
gave the stroke. 
Then the halliard peak began to leak, and the engine room grew 
hot, 
For the bobstays jammed, McAndrew damned, and the captain 
slanged the lot. 
And inch by inch, while she dipped her winch, and her fulmar 
flying high. 
Through the sleet and mist, with a forward list, the Deutschland 
passed us by. 
But oh! dear lad, what-a fime I've had collecting sailor slang. 
And weaving it into the strangest songs that ever a sailor sang; 
Well, they mayn't be true, but they seem to do, for the checks 
are large and fine; 
Tiiere's nothing like cheek when your fame's unique, and the pay's 
five dollars a line! 
— Syren and Shipping. 
"What was that noise, Katie?" shouted the lady from her 
boudoir. "Oh, mum, it was only the baby crawling under the 
piano, and he hit himself mum," replied the girl. "Dear little 
boy! Did he hurt himself, Katie?" "No, mum; sure it was the 
soft pedal he hit, mum." — Yonkers Statesman. 
First Chauffeur — "Whose make is your machine?" 
Second Chauffeur — "Well, about one-third the manufacturer's 
and two-thirds the repairer's.— Puck. 
"We have before us this morning this: 'Your medicine has 
helped me wonderfully. Three weeks ago I could not spank the 
baby, and now I am able to thrash my husband. God bless 
you 1' " — Qur Dumb Animals. 
"I nebber kin figger it out," said Uncle Eben, "how some o' 
dese foUcs dat talks so much about 'spisin' wealth kin be so wilHn' 
to borry two bits?" — Washington Star. 
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Take inventory of the good things in this issue 
of FoKEST AND STREAM. Recall what a fund was 
given last week. Count on what is to come nest 
week. Was there ever in alt the world a more 
abundtnt weekly store of sportsmen's readingf 
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A Nation of Marksmen. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
In the days of Agincourt and Cressy those victories 
were tlie fruit of the marksmanship of the English bow- 
men. The archer with his long yew bow and cloth 
yard shaft made the English army what it was— in- 
vincible. 
The French had good reason when singing their lit- 
any in church to include in same, ''From the arrows of 
the English may the good Lord deliver us." 
History is repeating itself once more, and the battles 
of the future upon land will be won by the men behind 
the rifles. Close formation and point blank vollevs are 
things of the past. Smokeless powder and long dis- 
tance rifles become of no immediate practical value in 
the hands of the inexperienced soldier. 
The English grew into the use of the long bow as 
did our Minute Men and Green Mountain Boys grow 
into the use of the rifle, but under differing surround- 
ings. The English boy was at an early age through 
the stimulus of prizes, encouraged to shoot with the 
Ijow at a mark erected on the village green. Days of 
merry-making always included the sport of archery upon 
the programme, and even was the practice at archery 
made compulsory by law. 
Our forefathers virtually plowed with one hand atid 
held a rifle with the other. The seal of Minnesota 
shows a husbandman at the plow, his rifle and powder- 
horn upon a nearby stump and skulking redskin in 
the distance. It was force of circumstances that made 
marksmen of- our forefathers, defense against the In- 
dians and wild beasts, and the necessity of supplying 
the larder from the forests. During our Civil War, 
soldier for soldier, we had no such marksmen in the 
ranks as in the Revolutionary Wark. Times had 
changed, men • were recruited from the city and the 
workshop, and not as of yore, from the frontier, where 
stood a rifle ready for instant use behind each door. 
The late Boer war was an illustration of pitting men 
unused to a rifle against those who understood the arm 
and were as familiar with it as a schoolboy with his 
jackknife. 
Now, as a general rule, a few days* hard drilling will 
turn an awkward squad into some semblance to a mili- 
tary company in carriage and step, but it means months 
of incessant labor to make marksmen of those unfa- 
miliar with the rifle. 
Compulsory practice with the rifle has been success- 
fully carried out in Switzerland, but it would not apply 
to the United States. The love of the rifle must be 
brought about in some other way. 
Now, as a suggestion. Make a reward sufficiently 
inviting and there are those who _ will strive for it. 
Let us suppose that a yearly distribution of, say, $100,000, 
were made in prizes ; $50,000 to the marksmen of the 
year; $25,000 to the second best; $15,000 to the third, 
and $1,000 to the next ten in rank. Whether the amount 
of $100,000 per year was made up out of the United 
States Treasury or came from other sources, makes no 
difference. The question is, what would the effect be 
upon the country after ten consecutive years of such 
prize offering? 
I think every village in the country would have its 
rifle range, and few of the youths who could give the 
time to practice but would become applicants and con- 
testants for the prize. 
The primary contests would be shot at the home vil- 
lages or cities. The winners would in turn contest 
among themselves within a certain district, and the suc- 
cessful one in each district be delegated to the final con- 
test, to be held at some central point. Here, under 
conditions that could admit of no charge of partiality, 
would the final contest be held. Targets at fixed and 
unknown distances, moving objects, etc., would call into 
practice the very highest skill of the marksmen. The 
prizes would certainly be more tempting than a marks- 
man's badge or a silver cup. In these days of $1,000,000 
salaries and "melon-cutting" dividends in Wall street, 
perhaps a $50,000 prize might not tempt some of our 
gilded youth to forego the golf stick and the tennis 
racquet for the rifle. Yet, when you come to think 
of it, there are those who, with perhaps a little truck 
farming to help out, might worry along peacefully with 
a prize of $50,000 in cold cash to their credit in the 
bank. So the grand prize of $50,000 with the great ma- 
jority of young men might be considered a tempting 
prize, enough so to warrant an investment in a rifle 
and ammunition and the giving over of a part of Satur- 
day to the weekly practice. 
There is many a "hundred thousand" that goes to 
make up the quota of a "billion-dollar Congress" that 
is spent for purposes far less meritorious than prizes 
for rifle proficiency among the youth of the country. 
What would be the effect of a plan of this kind being 
carried out after say, ten or fifteen years? That's the 
question. We hear of Peace Congresses, International 
Arbitration, Total disarmament, etc., etc., but we see no 
diminution of the standing armies and navies of the 
world. Improvements in war materials go on. We no 
sooner improve the unpenetrability of armor than some 
new shell is perfected with superior penetrating powers, 
and so the race goes on. Guns that carried 12 miles 
now carry 21. Not content with fighting above the 
water, the sea warfare of the future seems destined to 
be fought out beneath the waves. Rifles of greater 
penetration and carrying power are being successfully 
put forward. AU this would seem to prove that for 
some years to come the theory will be held that the 
one best equipped on a war footing in time of peace will 
be virtually guaranteed from neighborly interference. 
And if all this be so, this country must keep abreast 
with the times. Her ships must be second to none, and 
while our standing army need be kept to a minimum, 
yet like the Spartans, every man in the Republic should 
be a brick, he should become expert in the use of a 
rifle, and if the time ever came when his country needed 
him, he could step into the ranks a soldier requiring but 
a minimum of preliminary drilling to bring to a plane of 
soldierly prefection. 
Charles Csistadoro. 
Annual Champ! onrhfp Matches, 
The annual indoor championship matches of the United States 
Revolver Association will be held this year in Boston, Chicago 
and New York. Tlie conditions are as follows: 
Indoor Kevolver Championship. — Open to everybody; distance 
20yds., 50 shots on the Standard American target, reduced, so that 
the 8-ring is 2%in. in diameter; arm, any revolver not to exceed 
2%lbs. in weight; maximum length of barrel, including cylinder, 
lOin. ; trigger pull not to be less than 2i/2lbs. Sights must be 
open in front of the hammer, and not over lOin. apart; ammuni- 
tion, any suitable gallery charge approved by the executive com- 
mittee. Tlie score must be completed ill one hour or less from 
the time of firing the first shot. Entrance fee $.5. No re- 
entries. Prizes: First, a silver cup, to be held until the next 
annual competition, the cup to become the property of the com- 
petitor winning it three times; second, a silver medal; third, a 
bronze medal. A bronze medal will also be awarded to any com- 
petitor, not a prize winner, making a score of 435 or better.^ 
Indoor Pistol Championship.— Open to everybody; distance 
20yds. ; 50 shots on the Standard American target, reduced, so the 
8-ring is 2?4in. in diameter; arm, any pistol; length of barrel not 
to exceed lOin. ; trigger pull not less than 21bs. Sights must be 
open in front of the hammer and not over lOin. apai-t. Ammu- 
nition, any suitable gallery charge approved by the executive 
committee. The score must be completed in one hour or less 
from the time of firing the first shot. Entrance fee $5. No re- 
entries. Prizes: First, a silver cup, to be held until the next 
annual competition, the cup to become the property of the com- 
petitor winning it three times; second, a silver medal; third, a 
bronze medal. A bronze medal will also be awarded to any com- 
petitor not a prize winner making a score of 435 or better. 
The ammunition in both these events must be smokeless for all 
calibers, except .22cal. rim-fire, in wliich the regular black powder 
cartridges may be used. 
For the dates on which the competitions are to be held in 
Boston, and other details, address E. E. Patridge, 9 Fairmount 
street, Medford Hillside, Mass. Similarly,' for full details in 
regard to the competitions in Chicago, address E. L. ITarphan, 
409 Ashland Block, Chicago. 
The competitions in New York city will be conducted under the 
auspices of the Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association, at their 
gallery at 2628 Broadway, near 100th street, on the evenings of 
March 4, 5, 6, and 7. The gallery will be open from 7:30 until 
11:30 on each of the evenings named. Arrangements will be 
made so that competitors may have preliminary practice at a 
nominal cost. 
For any further details in regard to the matches, address A. L. 
A. Tlimmelwright, secretary-treasurer, 121 Liberty street. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association, 
CiNcrNNATi, O. — At tlie regular meeting of this Association on 
Feb. 15, the following scores were made. Conditions, 200yds., 
off-hand. Standard target; tricky wind: 
Hasenzahl 86 84 84 83 83 Payne 82 82 80 80 77 
Roberts 86 81 80 79 76 Odell 81 81 80 80 79 
HoiTman 85 83 80 76 76 Trounstine 81 74 74 71 63 
Gindele 85 82 81 78 77 Bruns 80 74 73 . . . . 
Nestler 84 81 80 76 75 H Uckotter 75 71 71 71 g8 
Lux 83 81 78 76 77 R Uckotter 69 67 61 59 57 
Freitag 83 79 78 73 73 
Honor target: Plasenzalil 2-3, Roberts 20, Hoffman 25, Gindele 
26, Nestler 20, Lux 27, Freitag 23, Payne 20, Odell 22, Trounstine 
21, H. Uckotter 21. 
Fixtutcs* 
If yoo waat yotff ihoot to he aaaounced here tend a 
aotlce like the foltowlagi 
. March 19.— Carlstadt, N. J.— John S. Wright's all-day shoot. 
March 16-21.— Houston, Tex., Gun Club's all week shoot; $500 
added money. S. J. Smith, Sec'y. 
April 1-3.— Grand Island, Neb. — Consolidated tournament of the 
BufTalo Bill Gun Club, of North Platte, and the Grand Island 
Gun Club; two days targets, one day live birds. Managers, Geo. 
L. Carter, North Platte, and Gus Sievers, Grand Island. 
April 7-10. — St. Joseph, Mo. — Tournament of the Missouri State 
Game and Fish Protective Association. F. B. Cunningham, Sec- 
retary-Manager. 
*April 8.— Allegheny, Pa.— North Side Gun Club. L. B. Flem- 
ing, Sec'y. 
April 14-17. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association's 
fourth Grand American Handicap at targets, at Blue River Shoot- 
ing Park. One thousand dollars added to the purses. Elmer E. 
Shaner, Secretary-Manager, 111 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 
April 20. — Springfield, Mass.— Spring tournament of the Spring- 
field Gun Club. C. L. Kites, Sec'y. 
April 21-23. — Concordia, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsman's Asso- 
ciation's State shoot, under auspices of Concordia Blue Ribbon 
Gun Club; $300 added. F. W. Olney, Sec'y. 
*April 22-23.— Pittsburg, Pa.— Herron Hill Gun Club. Harry 
Vandergrift, Sec'y. 
April 28-May 1. — Lincoln, Neb. — Nebraska State Sportsmen's As- 
sociation's twenty-seventh annual tournament, under the auspices 
of the Lincoln Gun Club. F. E. Mockett, Sec'y. 
*May 5-6. — Irwin, Pa., Gun Club's tournament. John Withers, 
Sec'y. 
May 6-7. — Union City, Ind. — Parent Gun Club's tournament. 
May 6-7. — Lafayette, Ind. — Lafayette Gun Club's tournament. 
May 6-7. — Titusville, Pa., Gun Club's annual tournament. T. L. 
Andrews, Sec'y. 
May 9-10.— Chicago, 111. — Spring tournament of the Grand Cres- 
cent Gun Club. 
May 12-15.— Interstate Park, L. I.— The Interstate Association's 
fifth Grand American Handicap at targets; $1,000 added to the 
purses. Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary- Manager, 111 Fourth avenue, 
Pittsburg. Pa. 
May 13-14.— Crawfordsville, Ind., Gun Club's tournament. 
May 19-22. — ^\\'issinoming, Philadelphia. — Thirteenth annual tour- 
nament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, under 
auspices of the Florists' Gun Club of Philadelphia. V. V. Dorp, 
Sec'y. 
May 21-22.— Kenton, O.— Shoot of the Kenton Gun Club. A. G. 
Merriman, Sec'y-Treas. 
May 26-27. — Dubuque, la., Gun Club's fourth annua! amateur 
target tournament. A. F. Heeb, Sec'y. 
*Slay 26-27. — Brownsville, Pa. — Brownsville Gun Club tourna- 
ment. W. T. Doherty, Sec'y. 
May 27-28.— Williamsport, Pa. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the West Branch Rod and Gun 
Club. H. A. Dimick, Sec'y. 
May 27-29. — Fort Wayne, Ind. — Two-day bluerock tournament of 
the Corner Rod and Gun Club; $100 added. John V. Linker, 
Sec'y. 
May 29-30. — Union City, Ind. — Spring tournament of the Parent 
Grove Gun Club. 
May 30.— Tournament of the East Harrisburg, Pa., Shooting 
Association. 
May 30 — Newport, R. I., second annual tournament of the 
Aquidneck Gun Club. J. S. Coggeshall, Sec'y. 
May 30. — Detroit, Mich. — ^Winchester Gun Club's Decoration 
D«v third annual tournament; all day- Rose system and average 
prizes. Sliding handicap, 16, 18 and 20yds., D. A. Hitchcock, 
Sec'y-Treas. 
June 3-4. — Boston, Mass. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Boston Shooting Association. 
O. R. Dickey, Sec'y. 
June 3-5. — Parkersburg, W. Va. — Sixth annual tournament of the 
West Virginia Sportsmen's Association, under auspices of Ohio 
Valley Shooting Association. 
June 4-5. — Greenville, O. — Spring tournament of the Greenville 
Gun Club. 
June 7-8. — ^Ligonier, Pa., Gun Club's tournament. 
Jme n-ii.— siou^ f'ity, la —Ninth annual amateur tournament 
fl th« Soo Gun Club. B, F. Duncan, Sec'y. 
