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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 9, 1903. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
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Hell Gate Gun Qub. 
April 28.— Col. Jolm H, Vess, big chief of tlie Hell Gate Gun 
Club's tribe, was the only one of the twenty-seven members that 
faced the traps to grass all his birds at the regular monthly shoot 
of that organization, held at John Hen's grounds, Carlstadt, 
N. J., on Tuesday of last week. Dennis, Muench, Foster, Woelfel 
and Gardella scored 9 each, while Schorty, Wellbrock, Meckel, 
Baudendistel, Dannefelser, Albert and Kreeb finished third with 
8 kills each. 
The birds were a fair lot, but owing to the warm weather the 
scare ropes were much in evidence. The scores: 
Yards. Points. 
F Trostel 28 6^ 20012U001— G 
M F Dennis.......... 26 5 2112111011—9 
Dr Davis 26 5i,^ 01*1*00021— 4 
Schorty 30 7 0113222022— 8 
J F Wellbrock 28 7 212*222210— 8 
Col J H Vgss 30 7 1122122112—10 
E A Meckel 28 7 1222211020— 8 
J Schlicht 28 6 120022*212— 7 
G K Brief 28 5% 1020120002— 5 
P Garms 28 6 2021201102— 7 
J A Belden 28 6 2001021002—5 
L T Muench....;....,- 30 7 0221132221—9 
H Foster 28 7 111*221112— 9 
J Hughes -:..26 51/2 0212100212—7 
P Woelfel 28 6 2112220112—9 
D J Deady. 28 G 202102*000—4 
R Baudendistel 28 5% 0211112021— 8 
C Webber 28 6%. 0211102102— 7 
J P Dannefelser 28 5% 22101*2221— 8 
T Selg , 26 4 022200*120—5 
P Albert ;....28 7 2212021102—8 
F Gardella 26 5Vi 2221111202—9 
A Krodel 26 5 2211100200— G 
T Klenk 28 6 1111020100— G 
'J H Doherty 26 4 0000200021— 3 
T Kreeb 26 5 1012011211— 8 
3E Peterson ....28 202210001*- 5 
Hudson Gun Qub. 
Jersey City, N. J., May 3. — The Hudson Gun Club, of Jersey 
City, held its first shoot for May on this day. The day was fine, 
and the traps worked good. The Hudsons have two more shoots 
in May — ^17th and 31st. Following are the scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 35 15 25 15 
Schortv 11 11 11 14 13 13 20 
Fairmount 13 14 13 13 14 13 16 
Reynolds 12 8 6 8 8 6 14 
Staples .10 11 13 11 14 15 18 
Geo Hughes 7 10 8 ^ " 
Gillies 6 9 12 
Barker 
Malcomb 
Pearsall 
Jenkins 6 
Headden 6 
J Pearsall 5 
Jas. Hughes 
"Brewer 
Whitley 11 
Events 7 and 9 were at 20yds. 
15 11 11 15 
10 12 .. 
7 
13 
5 
8 
10 
5 7 
13 13 
6 .. 
6 
9 
9 
8 
10 
10 
7 
9 
21 
22 
13 
18 11 
18 .. 
J. L. H., Sec'y. 
North Rhrer Gon Club. 
Edgewater, N. J., May 2.— Pleasantly cool weather and a strong 
wind were the weather conditions prevailing during the shoot of 
the North River Gun Ckib to-day. The wind was about 12 o'clock; 
that is, it blew toward the shooters when facing the traps. The 
targets flew high and erratic many times, owing to the wind, and 
good scores were a matter of extreme difficulty to make. The 
series of cash prize shoots was begun to-day. 
There were twelve contestants present to-day. Mr. Gus GreilT's 
gun was too high at the comb, and as a consequence kicked him 
in the cheek at every shot, making accurate shooting impossible. 
The grounds are pleasantly situated at Edgewater, on the west 
shore of the Hudson River, and are reached from New York via 
Fort Lee Ferry from 125th street. The scores follow: 
10 10- 10 10 25 10 
Targets: 15 10 10 15 
Greiflf 12 7 6 8 4 .. .. 
Morrison 10 6 4 12 2 .. 5 
Vosselman 8 8 .. 7 
Harland 7 6 4 5 5 .. .. 
Richter U .. 10 •- 
Eickhof? 6 12 6 7 5 
Waters 6 10 7 . . 8 
Allison 7 S 5 4 .. 
Schraunn 3 4.. 4 
»Eickhoff 11 .. .. 7 
Merrill 5 
F Truax 10 
C Truax 
6 
.. 19 
.. 9 
.. 7 
.. 13 
6 11 
.. 19 
6 14 
5 11 
'S 19 
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*Re-entry. 
Event No. 9 was handicap prize shoot. No. 10 was at 5 pairs. 
Jas. R. Merrill. 
Nishoyne Gun Club. 
West Orange, N. ]., May 2.— Seven eyjcnts were contested at the 
shoot of the Nishoyne Gun Club to-day. The scores as a whole 
were noticeably good. 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
20 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Events : 
Targets: 
H Schwab 15 .. 19 .. .. .. .- 
R B Baldwin 12 20 22 
O Yeomans 18 21 19 .. .. .. 
C L Smith 18 .. .. 20 14 20 
F J Miller 13 .. 18 
Mosler 20 .. 21 .. .. 
Dr Lane 17 19 •• •• 
Dr Wakeley 17 •■ 
Osborn 15 
Franklin Gun Club. 
May 3.— The Franklin Gun Club, at its shoot to-day, had ten 
shooters. The following contestants shot at 30 targets: E. Black 
broke S, Williams 19, Right 7, A. Right 12, Kishpaw 11. Williams 
shot at 10 and broke 5; W. Pope shot at 11, broke 3; H. Pope shot 
at 19, broke 14; C. Ramage shot at 10, broke 5; F. Ramage shot 
at 10, broke 1. 
Trap at Smith Brothers' Grounds. 
Newark, N. J., May 1.— The match between Messrs. Money 
and Gates on the one hand and Messrs. Hoffman and Butler, shot 
at Smith Brothers, 30yds., 40 birds each, was won by the former, 
72 to 70. The birds were first rate, and a strong wind added to the 
difficulties of the competition. A dinner and the price of the 
birds was the subject of difference. 
Cant Money 2122122110222121212112*22221022111221221—37 
TT Gates 202221*22122212122022102*12*102122201211—33—70 
A Hoffman ;21022121212*2112211022012122212211012221-35 
F Butler ; 202211120122221112*111122111212212222122-37-72 
Pattenburg Gun Club. 
Pattenburg, N. T., May 4.— The Easton boys did good work. 
A very pleasant m"atch w'as witnessed Saturday, the 2d inst., be- 
tween the Pattenburg Gun Club and the Independent Gun Club, 
of Easton. The Pattenburg boys, shooting different positions 
and being new in the business, did not show much of a score, but 
showed good courage, which will be to their credit in future 
matches The match was a contest for the suppers, the losmg 
side paying for his friend's supper. A first-class supper was 
suDPlied by Papa Milbers, and an exceedingly good time was had 
by all Scores : Markley 17, N. Bonnell 12, J. Teidy 20, T. Wi - 
liams 14, G. Richards 15, N. Stamets 15 Hansman 22, C. Huff 
10, T. Fredericks 24. H. Gane 7, Coken IG, S. Gane 15 O. Sked 
18 Holbrook 11, Ivey 15, G. TIann ]4, W. H. Maurer 21, 11. P. 
Milbern 19, H. E. S. 24, L. Kitchen 15. 
C. W. Bonnell, Sec'y. 
Union Gun Club." 
Rutherford, N. J., May 2.— There was a good attendance, eigh- 
^en shooters, at the Union Gun Club's weekly competitioii. Ten 
events were shot, 15 and 25 targets, a total of 200 for the pro- 
gramme. Apgar made high average, 170 out of 200. The weather 
was pleasant, but a high wind made difficult shooting. The club 
will hold shoots on every Saturday of this month. The scores 
follow : 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Events: 1 2 
Targets: 25 25 
Carlough 7 12 
Money 17 15 
Apgar 19 23 
Vosseller 6 9 
Bowker 9 11 
Ford 14 14 
Wise 12 
Butler 15 
F Axford 4 
Lane 12 
Paul 
H Von Lengerke , 
Mac Clements 
Van Tassel 
England , 
Matzen , i 
Money, re-entry 
Wise, re-entry 
3 4 
15 15 
13 11 
14 8 
12 10 
4 7 
7 7 
10 12 
10 10 
9 11 
2 7 
7 8 
9 .. 
7 
4 
6 
4 
8 
10 
4 
8 
13 
5 6 
15 15 
12 10 
12 8 
13 13 
5 2 
9 11 
8 12 
7 11 
7 10 
7 3 
7 8 
5 10 
12 11 
10 7 
5 9 
3 8 
12 8 
7 8 
15 25 
9 20 
14 14 
13 21 
5 .. 
13 .. 
G 17 
11 18 
11 17 
6 .. 
4 .. 
10 .. 
10 21 
9 10 
25 25 
22 17 
20 22 
22 24 
21 18 
18 16 
20 18 
16 .. 
18 .. 
C. B 
6 
9 15 13 14 
10 14 . . . . 
.. 17 .. .. 
.. .. 16 .. 
, Axford, 
Total 
Broke. 
143 
161 
170 
38 
67 
132 
129 
118 
29 
46 
50 
87 
39 
30 
74 
57 
Sec'y. 
Glen Rock Totirnament. 
Glen Rock, Pa., May 4. — The following are the scores made at 
the Glen Rock Gun Club shoot, held May 1-2. The first day the 
shooting was very hard, on account of a very strong wind, making 
the targets very erratic. Storr was high man, missing only 18 
targets out of 200, on the first day. Krucger, of Lancaster, was 
high man on the second day, breaking 192 out of a possible 200; 
he made a run of 98, breaking the ground record. 
May It First Day. 
Events: 1 
Targets: 10 
Flick 5 
Parker 9 
Krueger G 
Blackbird 8 
Humer 8 
Hull 8 
Lupus 8 
Chew 6 
Pennsy 6 
Hyland 7 
Storr ,.. 8 
Collins 2 
Eyster 7 
McSherry 
Deardorf 
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Targets : 
Eyster 9 
Flick 
Smith . 
Koons 
B R I 
Raven 
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8 
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Allen M. Seitz. 
Millvale Gun Club. 
Millvalk, Pa., May 2. — A high wind and difficult targets were 
against good shooting, at the weekly competition of the Millvale 
Gun Club to-day. The scores: 
Events: 12345678 9 10 11 12 13 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 25 10 15 10 15 
Givens 4 13 5 8 7 7 5 6 16 . . 10 9 14 
Hickey 7 14 9 14 9 12 10 12 . . 8 8 . . . . 
Busier 7 6 18 8 8 . 
Ray 9 13 8 13 10 14 
Bruiner 7 8 5 8 3 6 
Bess 9 14 8 15 10 11 
Seoman 5 13 4 10 6 10 
Bauerlein 4 10 
Blythe 5 11 
Smith 7 7 
Elliott 6 9 
Stein 5 9 
Hinchcliff 
Martin 
Mnnn b 7 12 4 7 
Laulh 3 7 9 4 11 .. .. 
Ed Smith 16 3 8 5 9 
Johnston 10 2 6 5 7 
Tuoner 16 .. 
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— ^ — 
"The Watei-fowl Family/* 
The volume of the "American Sportsman's Library," which 
refers to the taking of those water fowl which are interesting to 
gunners, is not happily titled. "The Waterfowl Family", is too 
broad, for of course waterfowl in the dictionary sense of the 
term covers many families, and a half dozen orders of birds not 
mentioned in this book. The volume is devoted to duck shooting, 
rail shooting, and shore bird shooting, by Dr. L. C. Sanford, 
with three chapters on the waterfowl of the Pacific Coast by T. 
S Van Dyke, and eight pages of "Diagnoses of Families and 
Genera" presumably by Dr. L. B. Bishop, whose name appears 
as one of the authors on the title page, though it is not found 
in the table of contents nor at the head of either of the three 
principal divisions of the volume. _ 
The book is made up rather largely of interesting natural history 
matter concerning the birds described in it. There is a brief 
Introductory, giving some of the characteristics of the duck fam- 
ily ■ about sixty pages are devoted to various forms of the shooting 
and capture of ducks, seven pages to the aecrease of wildfowl 
and about 130 to descriptions and brief life histories of the various 
fresh-water and salt-water ducks. Chapter V. treats of goose 
shooting, to which ten and a half pages are given; the rest being 
devoted to descriptions of the different species. Chapter VI. 
tells of the swans and their shooting. Chapter Vll.^ves a very 
brief account of rail shooting, and describes the different rails 
and their near allies, which have been taker; on this continent. 
The remaining seven chapters of the book deal with shore bird 
shooting, the shooting being entirely subordinated to the natural 
history side of the subject, as is very proper. In fact, the shoot- 
ing occupies less than fourteen of the nearly two hundred pages 
of this section of the book. , , • , 
Mr Van Dyke's contribution to the volume covers about sixty 
pages and treats broadly of wildfowl and shore bird shooting on 
the Pacific Coast. It is attractively written, but, as may be sup- 
posed, is very general in character. . , j -i, 
"Diagnoses of Families and Genera are useful, and will repay 
study. There is a good index. . , .t. , 
The book is fully illustrated, and most of the drawings are 
admirable. Mr. Fuertes' drawings of birds leave nothing to be 
desired The two or three outdoor scenes by Martin Justice and 
A B Frost are also capital, but we could get along without some 
of the pictures by Mr. Charles Livingston Bull. 
The volume is a useful one, and will have a place in many a 
library, but the treatme^it scarcely seems a<3[e(^u5(t? to the subject. 
Price, $2, 
Peanuts and How they Grow. 
The peanut has a national reputation; in fact, it is known the 
world over. Coney Island, Revere Beach or the hundreds of 
summer excursion grounds would not be complete if there were 
not the peanut and the peanut venders. The circus would lose 
a part of its attraction if the hot, parched peanuts were not on 
sale. They are mostly grown in the States of Virginia and North 
Carolina, on the Seaboard Air Line Railway, the great through 
line between New York and Jacksonville, Fla. The peanuts are 
being grown to some extent by the Northern immigrants who 
have settled at Pinebluff, N. C, the new winter health resort 
located just six miles south of Southern Pines, the famous winter 
resort, where thousands of Northerners go each winter. The 
peanut grows on a little plant that looks like it might be a cross 
between the sweet potato and tomato vine. The peanut, like the 
tomato, has a blossom on the vine; from the blossom shoots down- 
ward a needle-like branch that enters the ground, and from the 
tip end soon after it enters the soil begins to form a little soft 
oblong pod that finally develops into the full grown peanut. The 
vine spreads out on the ground somewhat similar to a cucumber 
vine, covering, however, a space much smaller than the cucumber, 
only about two feet in diameter. The settlers at Pinebluff have 
sent up North, specimen vines of the peanuts to their friends, and 
they have been shown arotind with much interest; and recently 
there has been a demand for the vine from the schools up North 
so as to show an object lesson to the children, and many of the 
vines have been furnished the schools by Mr. John T. Patrick, 
agent of the .Seaboard Air Line Railway, located at Pinebluff. A 
demand has been made on him by the schools for cotton plants 
as they grow, and rice as well as peanuts, and he has promptly 
responded to their demand; in fact, Mr. Patrick has added many 
interesting specimens to the schools and private collections North. 
He has a private collection at Pinebluff' worth going to see. — Adv. 
Interchangeable 1,000-Mile Refund Tickets. 
Commencing June 1, 1903, interchangeable 1,000-Mile Refund 
tickets will be placed on sale, limited to one year from date of 
issue, good only for transportation of the owner, with usual free 
allowance of 150 pounds baggage, over any of the following lines: 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. (Between all points cast of Ohio 
River, and between Pittsburg and Kane. Also to and from points 
on Philadelphia & Reading Railway, and Central Railroad of New 
Jersey, between Philadelphia and New York.) 
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. (East of and including Hunting- 
don.) 
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. 
Erie Railroad. (East of and including Jamestown and Suspen- 
sion Bridge.) 
Lehigh Valley Railroad. 
Pennsylvania Railroad. 
These tickets will be sold at rate of $30 each, subject to refund 
of $10 on surrender of cover to Trunk Lines Mileage Ticket 
Bureau, No. 143 Liberty street. New York, at any time within 
eighteen months from date of purchase. 
This form of ticket will be issued in deference to requests of 
numerous patrons of the lines in interest desiring one ticket good 
over several lines instead of having to provide themselves as at 
present with a separate ticket for each line they desire to use. 
Agents at principal stations of the railroads named above will 
have these tickets on sale and give all further information regard- 
ing them that may be required. — Adv. 
Concerning Proctor's Theaters. 
The scheme of producing complete plays with strong, refined 
vaudeville between the acts, to avoid the long waits one has to 
endure in the average theater, has been worked successfully from 
the theoretical stage to a now practical form of entertainment. 
The old idea of producing stock plays has now become passe, and 
the new form is rapidly becoming popular at all of Mr. I'roctor's 
houses devoted to this idea. The theater opens say at 1 o'clock. 
Six acts of vaudeville are presented, and then comes the first act 
of the play, followed by a good specialty which works before the 
front curtain and entertains the audience while the stage is being 
set for the second act. This policy is maintained throughout the 
play until the fall of the curtain upon the last act of the comedy 
or drama, whereupon the vaudeville section is put in motion again 
tintil the evening performance. Thus it may be seen that if you 
drop into one of the Proctor houses you are assured of enter- 
tainment of the proper sort at any hour of the day between 1 P. M. 
and 11 P. M. 
Michigan is well known as one of the finest fishing resorts of 
the land, and game fish may be had there in perhaps greater 
variety and abundance than anywhere else in the United States. 
Much that is interesting about this region is told in the beauti- 
ful booklet entitled "Where To Go Fishing," issued by the Grand 
Rapids & Indiana Railway. This booklet is notable for its three 
beautiful colored pictures of brook trout, rainbow trout and small- 
mouthed black bass. It is very fully illustrated by half-tones of 
scenes and incidents along the line of the road, and beside con 
tains a map that will be very useful to any one contemplating the 
trip to Michigan. 
W. H. Heer, amateur shooter of Concordia, Kas., won the 
Kansas State championship with U. M. C. Arrow shells, April 21, 
scoring 88 out of 90. April 24, R. O. Heikes won high average at 
Troy, Ohio, by a score of 361 out of 400 flying targets. F. I*. 
Ryder, using U. M. C. Arrow shells in the shoot off for the. 
Farewell Cup at Interstate Park, April 29, won a silver loving cup 
for first average, with a score of 93 out of 100 flying targets. 
"Brush, Stubble and Marsh" is the title of an admirably 
illustrated booklet issued by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 
of Wilmington, Del., for free distribution to applicants. The 
full-page illustrations of upland game birds and water fowl arc the 
superlative of artistic excellence. Full-page illustrations of a set- 
ter and a pointer round" out the tlieme. 
"The Trapshoter's Ready Reckoner" is a necessary part of the 
equipment of every secretary of a gun club. By turning over 
its leaves the gunner or score-keeper can tell at once just how the 
different money prizes should be divided, and a vast amount of 
labor and uncertainty is avoided, while time is gained and general 
satisfaction guaranteed. Price 25 cents. — Adv. 
Mr. W. R. Crosby, at the Paducah, Ky., tournament, April 28 
and 29, won high average. On the first day he broke 169 out of 
175; second day, 173 out of 175. On the second day he made a 
run of 109 straight. His average for the two days was one target 
short of 98 per cent. He used 44 grains of E. C. No. 1, 
"The Trapshooter's Ready Reckoner" contains a series of tables 
showing the divisions of the purses at shoots having from one to 
fifty events, and events from ten to fifty targets, at the usual 
amounts of entrance and targets. Price 25 cents. 
Spratts Patent (America), Limited, have been awarded the con- 
tract to bench, feed and fit up the Ladies' Kennel Association 
summer show, May 29-30. Spratts cakes will be used at the Wis- 
sahickon, Pa., open-air show. 
The attention of lovers of good bass fishing is called to 1.he ad- 
vertisement of the York Lake property on the Delaware River in 
another column of this issue.— Adv. 
New Adveftisements* 
The steamers of the Red Cross Line, which during spring, sum- 
mer and autumn ply between New York and Halifax, N. S., and 
St. John's. N. F., offer an easy and delightful method of reaching 
Nova Scotia or Newfoundland, which is likely to be taken ad- 
vantage of by many sportsmen. To one who has had nearly a year 
of the struggle of business or professional life, there is no better 
preparation for the different life of ca,mp than a few days' rest 
on the ocean. 
The large Scotch estate offered by Messrs. Lidderdale & Gil- 
lespie in another column should appeal strongly to the American 
who can afford himself the luxury of 3,000 acres. The place yields 
annually about 1,400 birds, of which 600 are grouse, and there are 
rabbits in great numheJTS, T^e opportunity seenjs well worthy 
looking; i'^to,. 
