S60 
FOREST ' AND STREAM, 
[March 28, 1903. 
Ossining: Gwn Clttb* 
OssiNiNGj N. Y., March 21. — ^Victory again perched on the 
tanner of the Ossining Gun Club to-day when the Poughkeepsie 
Gun Club sent down its valiant team of seven to try and win 
back the Intercounty cup, which they had, it seemed to us at 
the time, over long. The out-of-town boys were up against a stiff 
game, for it is hard work to beat this club on its own grounds. 
True, they won down here before, but then Buckley made 23 out 
of 25, and this time only made 11; but a straight by him this time 
would not have changed the result. This makes two wins for 
Ossining and one for Poughkeepsia. The up-river boys are 
entitled to try again at any time they may elect. 
The handicap cup was shot for to-day. G. Hubbell and A. 
Rohr each had two wins for it, needing but one more to win it 
for good. . Hubbell did the trick, breaking 21 out of 25, with a 
handicap of 6 misses as breaks. J. M. Terwilliger did the scoring, 
and he was O. K. at the game. Over 1,500 targets weix thrown 
in two and one-half hours. 
Ossining Gun Club. 
I Washburn 1111111111111111111111111—25 
C Blandford 1111111111011111111111011—23 
W Clark ....unioniiiiioiioumiii— 22 
A Bedell 1011111111111110111111100—21 
Tl Bissing IIOIOUUIII 0011111111011-20 
W Coleman 1110111110101011111111011—20 
E Ball 1110100111110111110111110-19—150 
Poughkeepsie Gun Club. 
I Tallman 1111111010111111111111011—22 
H Perkins 1111101100111111111111011—21 
A Traver 111111011101 OimiOlUlOl— 20 
H Winans 1011100111111001110111111—19 
A Duboise 1011110111111101110010111—19 
I Brings 1111101110011110111011101—19 
F Buckley 0000111001011011100100001—11—131 
Other events: 
Events : 1 2 
7 
9 
5 
9 
10 10 
8 
5 
9 
9 
7 
8 
6 
8 
5 
6 
7 
10 
25 
25 
7 
8 
'e 
20 
24 
7 
17 
17 
24 
21 
io 
22 
6 
23 
9 
22 
8 
18 
7 
7 
6 
7 
25 
8 
23 
Total. Av. 
184 
167 
157 
186 
160 
181 
179 
183 
181 
169 
175 
187 
177 
920 
.835 
.785 
'.m 
.800 
.905 
.895 
.915 
.905 
.845 
.895 
.935 
.883 
Targets: 10 10 10 
F Buckley 7 7 7 
H Winans 5 9 6 
A Duboise 7 6 2 
J Briggs 7 6 .. 
k Perkins 8 9 10 
I Tallman 9 9 
*A Traver 9 8 7 
•H Marshall 6 6 8 
I Washburn 9 6 8 
C Blandford , 10 10 7 
D Brandreth, 4 8 7 
»Hans 10 7 
*\\ Coleman 9 5 
W Clark 7 
A Bedell 10 
W Fisher •• 9 
J Bruin 7 ■• 
£ Ball 9 9 
G Hubbell, 6 > ^ 
A Rohr, 13 
G Edgers ^ •• •■ 
J Hyland •• •• 5 .. .. 
Figures after the names denote misses as breaks, which apply 
in event No. 6 only. * denotes shot along. Tallman got high 
average, .92 per cent; Blandford, 91 per cent. ,^ t> 
C. G. B. 
Ames Towtnament. 
Ames, la., March 18.— The one-day tournament of the Ames 
Gun Club was well attended. The programme had eight 15 and 
four 20 target events. No money was added, but four high 
average prizes were given to high men. W. B. Linell, of El- 
dera, won first. He averaged .935. C. B. Adams, of Rockwell, 
won second: John Frees third, and H. Watson fourth. 
The shooting was frtim one set of traps, Sergeant system; tar- 
gets thrown about 50yds. • , • 
There were ten entries for the Stony County Championship 
medal. A. G. Wing broke 24 out of a possible 25 and won the 
medal without a tie. Dr. Proctor, the holder, got 22. 
Henry Steege, of Waterloo, and W. B. Linell, of Eldera, then 
shot a !5-target match for a purse of $10, Linell wjnning with 25 
straight. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 
T Frees 14 13 20 14 13 17 14 15 17 13 14 20 
H Adams 13 14 19 13 11 19 9 10 16 U 13 19 
F A Johnson 11 U 19 10 12 18 11 9 IS 13 10 15 
E C Peterson 13 13 13 8 9 
C B Adams.... 15 13 20 15 14 19 14 15 17 13 13 18 
C M Proctor 13 12 18 8 11 15 11 12 16 12 14 18 
Budd 13 13 19 14 12 20 14 12 19 14 14 17 
J Peterson 14 14 19 13 12 16 14 14 IS 14 12 19 
H Watson 14 14 19 12 14 IS 13 14 17 15 15 18 
A E Smith 14 13 18 14 12 IS 13 13 18 15 14 19 
J E Maitland 12 11 16 13 10 IS 12 12 18 14 14 19 
E G Wallace 11 13 17 14 12 19 15 14 18 13 13 20 
W B Linell 15 13 19 13 12 19 15 15 19 14 13 20 
H Steege 13 13 20 13 14 18 15 10 15 15 13 18 
H R Patterson 14 10 12 10 11 12 
A C Wing 12 11 20 
Talbott 13 .. 16 
J Buckwalt 12 17 .... 14 11 10 . 13 18 
GSelbhers l^f If Is 
J A Johnson 16 14 11 15 
Storv County Championship medal, $1 entrance: 
A G Wing . . . • • .1111111111111111111111011-24 
W W Talbott 1011101100000110000110111—13 
P P Brown 0111111111111011110111011-21 
r M Proctor" ' ' 1111111010111111111111011—22 
T Abrahams "" 0010011101111110111111111-19 
T Tohnson . 1110111111111110101111011-21 
r AlfreT 1011111101110011011011100-17 
Geo Ainsworth ' ' 0101110111011101101111100-17 
Tallman ' .:. 0111101010011110011101111-17 
House . .V 1011010011111010011111111-18 
A. G. Wing won medal. 
Special at 25 targets for_ a purse of 
W B LineYf HUH llllllUllllllllUl-25 
Hawkeye. 
Monte Carlo Incident* 
The following excerpt, a part of a review of the trapshooting 
situation as it concerns cruelty and honesty, is taken from the 
Country Gentleman, London, England, of March 7, and is pre- 
sented for what it may be worth in respect to foreign trap- 
shooting: . J • A • 
"Possibly the betting element is not so pronounced in America 
in connection with pigeon shooting as it is in our gun clubs; 
hut such actions as that decided only on Saturday last by Mr. 
Justice Channell in the King's Bench Division throw a strong 
side-light on the amount of money wagered by pigeon shooters at 
Monte Carlo, as well as adding one more story— true or false, we 
need not here inquire— to the many tales that have been told con- 
cerning the tricks resorted to by dishonest gamblers. In that case 
Mr. R. S. Siever, of Toddington Park, Bedfordshire, the 
well-known race horse owner, was sued by M. G. Besnard, 
a Paris bookmaker, for £2,000, said to have been won by 
him from Mr. Siever in an hour. Mr. Siever declined to pay, on 
the ground that he believed he had been swindled, stating that he 
had ascertained that the shooter, a well-known competitor, whom 
lie had been induced to bet on killing his bird, had had charges 
of powder in his cartridges, but no shot. Whether this statement 
be true or false, such tricks are not unknown in pigeon shooting, 
there being so many opportunities of practicing them m one form 
or another upon unwary sportsmen. It is not long since a bank- 
ruptcy examination elicited the fact that a young shooter had been 
cheated out of thousands by his cartridges having been fraudu- 
lently filled up with sand instead of shot, with the result of course 
that when money in large amounts was wagered he always missed 
his bird. Mr. Siever won his case, having declined to pay be- 
cause he was smart enough to have observed, or believed he 
observed, that the shooter he was putting his money on fired 
three yards under the pigeon, and that the second barrel hred at 
the bird (which must have been somewhat of an owl ), when it 
had settled a few yards from the firing point, showed no mark 
upon the mat below where it rested. It seems strange that the 
shooter if he knew there was no shot whatever in his gun 
should 'have thought it necessary to aim three yards below his 
bird in order to avoid killing it by so doing. He must surely 
have been making assurance doubly sure. Be that as it may, there 
seems little question that much money is sometimes woti by 
fraudulent means in pigeon shooting contests." . 
In the same journal, a correspondent, Verax, touches upon the 
subject as follows: 
"The evidence given by Mr. Siever in the action heard before 
Mr. Justice Channell on Saturday last is a striking commentary 
on the practices apparently prevalent in pigeon shooting at the 
traps. If his statement can be corroborated by independent 
evidence there can be no doubt that an ingenious attempt was 
made to swindle him out of sotne thousands of pouilds at the 
Monte Carlo Gun Club a year ago. The attempt did not suc- 
ceed, it would appear, becaiise Mr. Siever, as it happened was 
smart enough to detect the trickery, though he may probably 
have been enabled to do so only by the accident that the pigeon 
fire at was a tame one, and alighted close to the shooter, who 
in the ordinary course of things could not have failed to kill it 
with his second barrel. The circumstances showed that the trap- 
ping at all events at Monte Carlo was honest, for it would have 
been very easy for dishonest trappers to have sent out a fast- 
flying, strong, wild bird that would have been very difficult to hit 
even by good shooting, and very easy to miss by the reverse, 
without attracting attention or remark. But if Mr. Siever's view 
be correct as to what really happened, not only the shooter, but 
also his loader, must have been in the secret in conjunction with 
the bookmaker, who plunged on what would have been a certainty 
for him if he had only been paid the amount of his bet. 
"The case certainly shows the many opportunities afforded 
shady sharpies for picking up considerable sums of money dis- 
honestly behind the live-pigeon traps, and the publication of Mr. 
Siever's evidence, so long as it stands uncontradicted on oath, 
must go far to throw greater discredit than ever upon the so- 
called sport. It has always been assumed that the proceedings 
at Monte Carlo were beyond suspicion of chicanery; and if such 
practices as have just been referred to are possible there, can we 
Ijelieve that they are unheard of at other competitions, where the 
rules are not quite so strictly observed, and where therefore 
there are greater openings for fraudulent trickery by which sharp- 
ers profit and honest men lose their money? 
Kansas and Missoufi Traps. 
The growth of interest in trapshooting heretofore mentioned 
in this correspondence, as pertaining to the Mississippi and 
Missouri valleys, is becoming steadily more apparent as the sea- 
son advances. One evidence of this is the fact that estimates of 
attendance at the Grand American Handicap are rising steadily 
as the date approaches. It is pretty well assured that the States 
of Kansas and Nebraska alone will furnish over fifty entries. 
At Kansas City on the loth inst., B. F. Cunningham won the 
Missouri State championship from Harry Tipton in a match at 
25 live birds. The contest was a nice one, being a tie from the 
fourth to the thirty-fifth round in the miss-and-out. 
Walter Howe won the Troisdorf target championship at Kansas 
City on a score of 44 out of 50. 
On the 17th the Carthage-Joplin, Mo., Gun Club defeated the 
Weir-Scammon, Kans., Gun Club in an intercity ten-man team 
contest. It was the second win for the Missourians, but by so 
close a margin that nothing was left to spare and it is under- 
stood that the series is to be continued. 
In a short sweepstake programme on the same date, H. Pierce 
was high gun without a tie. Dave Elliott and Holmes tied for 
second. The tournament was held on the grounds of the Weir 
City club, whose members nicely entertained the visitors. The 
scores: - ' ' 
Missouri State Championship: 
Cunningham 222020222222122222*22222212222222222—33 
Tipton 11*210121222122222*2222UU2U22222*— 32 
Troisdorf medal, 50 targets: Coe 32, Norton 38, Cockrill 34, 
Hickman 39, Scott 30, Cunningham 37, Rickmers 36, Greninger 38, 
Kirby 41, Home 44, Campbell 38, Elliott 35. 
The following was shot at Weir City, Kans., March 17: 
Carthagc-Joplin Team. ■ 
Sid way 111111111111011 OOOOllOlOUUltOOll 11 1111 11 in 1 1 1 ^ f^-'' 1 
Toiger iiiiooomioiooioiioiiiioioiiuuioiiomomioou— 36 
J P Leggett lOlllimOlllllUllllllllllOllllllltflllillUllllit i— lo 
Dawson 1111111111111111110011100111111001 1011101111111 01 1 —41 
Lavne 11110U011imimil0010mOUU101111111011U110&-40 
Geo Leggett . . . .-.01111101110011111111001011111110111111111011111111—40 
Dr Gintry 11111100001110011111011111111111011110111111111111—41 
H Dixon 01111111100101110101111110111111111110011101111111-40 
Hubbard 11011010100111001000110110001000111111110101110111—30 
A Dixon 11111011011001111111100111110110110111100111111111—39 
392 
AVeir-Scammon Team. 
Mackie 11101111111111101101110111111110111111111111111111-^5 
McDonald 11101101010110110100111010010111001001011101011111—30 
Scranton llOOllllllOOmiimilllllllllllllUlllOOlllI 10111— 43 
Morton 10101111111011101111011111111001100011001001101101—34 
Hoi m es OlllllllOOHllOOllllllOOllllllllOOH 11111110111111—40 
H Pi erce 1111111011111111111111 011111 1101011111111111110111—45 
G Pierce 11101100111111111111011010011111001111111010011111—38 
Mawson 10111111111111111110111110011111101101001111010011—39 
Allison 01101001110110101110010111111110011101011101110101—33 
Murphy 11111001101111110111111011011111111100111111111011—41 
390 
Sweepstakes : 
Events: 1 
Targets : 10 
Dave 7 
Scranton ... 7 
Sidway 10 
Folger 6 
H Pierce.... 10 
Murphy 8 
Graham 5 
Mawson 
G Pierce . . . . 
J Leggett.... 
Riehl 
Baker 
Lit 
Mackie 
2 3 
10 15 
8 14 
8 12 
9 10 
6 11 
9 12 
10 12 
8 9 
6 9 
4 .. 
8 13 
8 13 
5 10 
7 5 
7 12 
4 5 6 7 
10 20 15 25 
10 20 12 21 
8 16 9 25 
6 19 9 .. 
10 
10 18 15 20 
8 14 11 19 
8 .. 10 .. 
9 
15 14 21 
13 19 . . 
5 .. .. 
14 13 20 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 10 15 10 20 15 25 
McDonald... 7 G 10 8 12 10 20 
Holmes 9 10 12 8 18 14 21 
Haines 4 3 
Allison 0 8 9.. 
Conway 5 16 12 . . 
Diron 10 18 ... . 
Layne 8 14 ... . 
Morton 8 .. 11 .. 
Gentry 9 13 ... . 
Martin 5 
J McDonald. .. 9 
Z Leggett 7 
Dawson 7 
M. V. T. S. and G. P. A. 
A CORRESPONDENT Sent US the following clipping, which will be 
of special interest to Southern shooters: 
Secretary T. J. Bradfield, of the Mississippi Valley Trapshooters 
and Game Protective Association, states that an additional prize 
is to be competed for during the 1903 tournaments. 
The prize, Mr. Bradfield states, is an J80 gun^ winner to have 
choice of any gun on the market. It is donated by the Peters 
Cartridge Company, of Cincinnati, O., through their able and 
popular representative, Mr. Maurice Kaufman. The first chance 
to compete for this handsome prize, together with the numerous 
other trophies now in competition, will be at the tenth tourna- 
ment of the Association, to be held at Vicksburg, Miss., by the 
Vicksburg Gun Club during May, which promises to be particu- 
larly interesting. r r • , j i_ xi. 
Any further information will be cheerfully furnished by the 
secretary of the Association, Mr. J. J. Bradfield, Vicksburg, Miss. 
Nothing has done the shooters so much good of late as to see 
the face and figure of their accomplished and hard-working sec- 
retary out among them again, and all are hoping that Brad will 
get a look in for that $80 gun. , 
The members of the Vicksburg Gun Club are going to have 
their shooting grounds in fine shape this spring, and expect the 
usual number of crack shots, professional and amateur, at the 
target during the May tournament. 
Raleigh Gun Club. 
Raleigh, N. C, March 17.— Although our regular shooting 
season does not begin until the middle of April, we will have an 
occasional shoot between now and that time. We had the pleas- 
ure of entertaining Mr. J. A. R. Elliott to-day, and were well 
paid by the good shooting he gave us, as well as the large at- 
tendance given us by representative business men and ladies of 
our city. Mr. Elliott's manner and shooting endeared him to 
our members, and we will always be glad to have him visit us 
when convenient to do so. His longest run was 81 straight. 
Mr J. I. Johnson, president of our club, and a good shot for 
an amateur, was a close second with 92 out of a possible 100. 
Mr. Arthur, another member, shot well, breaking 48 out of the 
last 50. 
Our magautrap was in perfect working order. Out of 800 tar- 
gets I don't think there was over a dozen bad ones thrown out. 
This is a great help to the shooter. 
The weather was an ideal spring day, not too warm, with no 
wind stirring; in fact, there was no excuse a shooter could at- 
tribute his missing a target to. We appreciate the visits from all 
gun and powder houses and hope to have quite a number with 
tis ere the season closes. The following scores were made, shoot- 
ing at 100 targets: Eliott 97, Johnson 92, Tennessee 86, Arthur 
85. 
Shooting at 50: Parker 41, Ellington 41, Gowan 40, Gray 30, 
Walters 20. 
Shooting at 25: Riggan 13. R. T. GowAN, See'y. 
Schenectady Gun Club. 
Schenectady, N. Y. — The following scores were made on the 
home grounds of the Schenectady Gun Club this afternoon, and as 
the weather conditions were anything but pleasant, the scores are 
remarkably high. A strong wind from the southwest was preva- 
lent during most of the afternoon, with rain squalls that made it 
hard to see the targets, especially the low ones, when not against 
the sky background. Borden, H. E. Greene, Levengston and 
Warnick were high guns, averaging 96, 95, 93 and 92 per cent, 
respectively, Borden missing only 4 out of 100, and ending with 
a brilliant run of 53 straight. Mr. Levengston also made a run 
of 50 straight during the afternoon. Messrs. Greene, Levengston 
and Warnick stood at 18yds., and Borden at 16yds. 
The occasion was the spring tournament of the members of the 
Schenectady Gun Club, with rather novel conditions of shooting 
at 100 targets in four 25-target events, the highest four scores 
of 25 each to count on four different Saturdays out of the seven 
Saturdays from March 14 to April 25, inclusive, for prizes. 
The following is the full score of the afternoon's shoot: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 
H J Borden 23 23 25 25 .. 
H E Greene 24 24 24 23 24 
H M Levengston, Jr 25 25 21 22 .. 
S K Warnick 24 22 24 20 24 
M Grimes 22 23 
A A Green 19 25 
V Wallburg 21 23 20 .. .. 
J Q Adams 20 21 19 19 24 
W B Christopher 19 .. 
C H Perkins 19 19 18 .. .. 
S Ferguson 17 18 19 20 .. 
J Roberts 17 16 20 
Broke. 
96 
119 
93 
114 
45 
44 
64 
103 
19 
56 
74 
53 
Florists* Gun Club. 
V. Wallburg, Capt. 
Av. 
.960 
.952 
.930 
.920 
.900 
,880 
.853 
.824 
.760 
.746 
.740 
706 
WissiNOMiNG, Pa., March 21. — The six events made a 
100 targets. Mr. N. R. Nevergold scored 89 per cent. ; 
Park was second with 87 per cent.: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 
Coleman 14 11 15 11 .. .. 
Nevergold 13 13 19 14 13 17 
Mrs Park 13 11 17 9 9 16 
Weinman 12 8 9 . . 8 15 
Park 12 14 18 14 13 16 
Haywood 11 12 14 12 10 . . 
Huttenlock .... 11 13 13 12 15 16 
Westcott 10 1112 10 . . . . 
Events: 12 3 
Targets: 15 15 20 
Hamill 10 11 16 
Tohnson 9 12 18 
Webster 8 10 9 
J R Pharo 6 5 10 
Ridge 13 
George 13 
Landis 
total of 
W. K. 
4 5 6 
15 15 20 
6 ,. .. 
15 8 16 
4 7 
9 10 
5 11 
13 .. 
Mo notice taken ot anonymous conmmnlcatlona. 
Settler, New York.— 1. What are the prospects of procuring a 
grant of land in the State of California under the Homestead 
Laws? 2. The counties in which the grants are available? 
3. Where intending settlers should make application? 4. Is land 
dear in California? Ans. 1. Any citizen of the United States may 
take up public land to the amount of 160 acres under the Home- 
stead Act. 2. Counties in which there is still unoccupied public land. 
3. The nearest local land office. 4. Improved land is dear. Un- 
improved land on which water cannot be brought is worthless. 
We suggest your writing to the General Land Office, at Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Three-Day Tour to "Washington. 
UNDUR the PERSONALLY-CONDLCTED SYSTPM of the PENNSYLVANIA 
RAILROAD. 
The next Pennsylvania Railroad Personally-Conducted Tour to 
Washington leaves Monday, April 6. Rate, covering railroad 
transportation for the round trip, hotel accommodations, and 
transfer of passenger and baggage, station to hotel in Washington, 
$14.50 from New York, $13 from Trenton, $11.50 from Philadelphia, 
and proportionate rates from other points. These rates cover 
accommodations for two days at the Arlington, Normandie, Riggs, 
Ebbitt, Shoreham, Cochran, Gordon, Barton, or Hamilton hotels. 
For accommodations at Regent, Metropolitan, National, or 
Colonial hotels, $2.50 less. Special side trip to Mount Vernon. 
All tickets good for ten days, with special hotel rates after ex- 
piration of hotel coupons. 
For itineraries and full information apply to ticket agents; 
Tourist Agent, 263 Fifth avenue, New York; 4 Court street, Brook- 
lyn; 789 Broad street, Newark, N. J.; or address Geo. W. Boyd, 
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station, Phil- 
adelphia. — Adv. 
How many tears have been shed, and how much unprintable 
language used over shooting and fishing footwear, can never be 
known. What is known is this, that nothing contributes so 
much to the comfort of angler or hunter as good, easy, durable 
shoes or boots. Messrs. Witchell Sons & Co., of Detroit, Mich., 
manufacturers of high class sporting footwear, confine their 
efforts to this one line, and may be presumed to have succeeded, 
as specialists usually succeed. Elk skin waterproof boots are one 
of their specialties. Their goods are adapted for men and women 
alike. Dealers have their product, or if not, the manufacturers 
themselves may be consulted by letter. 
The Labrador Company, who control the great Mingan Seign- 
iory and advertise the salmon rivers within its borders, have just 
issued an attractive and fully illustrated pamphlet, describing a 
large number of these rivers, and generally the attractions of the 
region. These north shore' streams for the most part can be 
reached only by steamers making trips twice a month from 
Quebec The country is almost untouched, and affords excellent 
opportunities for fishing and shooting. A map of the region is 
found in the pamphlet, which will be sent free to all applicants. 
Pretty much everything to be desired by the fresh or salt 
water angler is to be found in the catalogue issued by Charles 
Plath & Sons, of 62 Fulton street. New York city. Not only 
does this firm supply to the consumer rods, reels, hooks, flies, 
leaders, camping goods, rubber clothing and other necessary 
articles but it furnishes to the manufacturer supplies for making 
rods and tying flies. Anglers who desire to renew their stock 
should supply themselves with the Messrs. Plath's catalogue. 
The T Stevens Arms and Tool Co., of Chicopee Falls, Mass., 
havine" acquired the telescope business of the Cataract Tool and 
Ootical Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., are now prepared to ht telescopes 
to rifles These telescopes are adapted not only to arms of their 
own manufacture, but also to many other rifles made by ad- 
vertisers in the Forest and Stream. Persons who have shot 
telescope rifles understand how great an addition to the shooter s 
comfort the telescope is^ 
The Toquet Launch and Motor Co., of Saugatuck, Conn., man- 
ufacture launches and motors, the last designed and built to meet 
Uie growing demands for a high grade motor, with every feature 
hat experience has shown to be desiiab e. Honv well the com- 
oanv succeeds in this is shown by the fevv testimonials printed 
at the end of their attractive booklet, which will be sent on 
application. 
