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F^OREST AND STREAM. 
[July 19, 1902. 
. Newport Y. R» A. 
Mr. H. B. Duryea, chairman of the Regatta Committee 
of the' Newport ,Y. R. A., announces that- owing to the 
poor Hst of entries, their races will be postponed until 
after the New York Y. C. cruise. 
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YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
We are indebted to Mr. Everett Paine, Secretary of -the 
Corinthian Y. C. of Marblehead, for a copy of its club 
hook. 
. Mr. F. W. Sykes, of Leith, Scotland, has sold to Mr. 
William L. Harkness, of Cleveland, O.. through Messrs. 
Gardner & Cox. the steam yacht Gnnilda. She was de- 
signed by Messrs. Cox & King, and was built by Messrs. 
Ramage & Ferguson, of Leith, in 1897. Gunilda is 166.5ft. 
on the waterline, 24.65ft. breadth and 14.15ft. deep. The 
yacht is built of steel throughout, and has six water- 
tight bulkheads. She is lighted by electricity and is 
eqiiipped with triple expansion engines. 
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Hon. Edward H. Blake, of BangOr, Me., has sold his 
steam yacht Aria to Mr. John R. Rhodes, of New Bed- 
ford, Mass. 
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There was launched on Monday, Jtine 30. from the 
>nrd of the Holmes Shipbuilding Co., AVest Mystic. Conn., 
the sloop Vayu II., built for Mr. R. H. Harte, of Phila- 
delphia, from designs by Mr. Fred D. Lawley. She is 
54ft. 6in. over all. 35ft. waterline, 12ft. breadth and 7ft. 
draft. 
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The Board of Trustees of the New Rochelle Y. C. have 
accepted the resignation of Clendenin Eckert as Com- 
modore, and the following appointments were made. 
Vice-Corn. Lloyd M. Scott to be Commodore, Rear-Com. 
P. E. Reville to be Vice-Commodore, Lawrence Dunham 
to be Rear-Commodore. 
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The yacht brokerage firm of Messrs. Huntington & 
Seaman has been dissolved by mutual agreement. The 
business will be carried on at the same address, 220 Broad- 
way, by Mr. Stanley M. Seaman. 
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The Lake Yacht Racing Association has announced the 
dates for the racing circuit for this season. They are as 
follows : 
July 21. — Royal Hamilton Y. C, Hamilton. 
July 23-24. — 5loyal Canadian Y. C, Toronto. 
July 26.— Citizen's Regatta, Cobourg. 
July 29. — Rochester Y. C, Charlotte. 
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On July 9 the 38ft. latutch Abiel Abbot Low left New 
York for Falmouth, England. The boat is in charge of 
Capt. William C. Newman, who will be accompanied by 
his sixteen-year-old son Edward. This is the first time 
that a small power boat has attempted the voyage, and it is 
expected she will take abottt thirty days to make the trip. 
The boat is 8ft. wide and draws 3ft. 8in.. and is equipped 
with a lo-horse-power motor, which drives her in smooth 
v.ater about seven or eight miles an hour. Eight hundred 
gallons of kerosene was stored in the tanks, and in addi- 
tion to sufficient provisions for sixty days, 200 gallons of 
water is stored in tanks. The boat was built by the New 
York Kerosene Engine Co. 
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A new vacht club has been organized at Sayville, L. I., 
to be known as the South Side Y. C. The directors for 
the first year will be Messrs. Regis H. Post. Walter L. 
Suydam, John E. Roosevelt, John R. Suydam and Robert 
B. Roosevelt. Arrangements are being made to hold a 
regatta this season. 
Fixtures. 
Aug. 26-Sept. 6.— Sea Girt, N. J.— Annual tournament of the 
National Rifle Association of America, New Jersey State Rifle As- 
sociation and United States Revolver Association. 
Long-Range Shootiog, 
Editor Forest and Stream: , , 
Your article on "Long-Range Shooting" is more optimistic than 
the facts will warrant. I do not know what Col. Bruce is doing, 
but for myself, the only "youngsters" I am teaching is my son. 
The Long Range Club is too thoroughly military in its composi- 
tion to give any hope of revival of old-time glories through it. 
Very few military men have any more time to give than they 
want for their own arm, and the more expert they are with that 
the more likely to make mistakes when they switch to the other 
^"\s the files of the Forest and Stream will show, I had a con- 
siderable measure of success with former style of riife and am- 
munition, and after twenty years without seeing a rifle, was able 
after a week's practice last summer to do fairly well with the new 
tools. As ever "like causes produce like effects," and the only 
change is that "causes" are greater than they used to be, and 
consequently greater changes in effects. — 
You have hit the nail squarely on the head in your last para- 
graph. Discharge your cartridge at the same temperature every 
time, and it will send its bullet to the same place, if wind con- 
ditioiis are same. But you must make greater allowances for wind 
changes with the swiftly flying light bullets now used. To show 
what changes of temperature will do, I will mention results of some 
experiments made last fall. Shooting from a fixed rest at 200yds., 
with the rifle hot from rapid shooting, a cartridge left in the rifle 
fifteen seconds longer than usual sent its bullet 8in. higher. This, 
if shot at 1,000yds., would have been one of those "unaccount- 
ables" the boys talk about. 
The Palma has gone to Canada, and is going to stay there, so 
long as the powers that be try to retain it by making a team 
with a week's practice. 
The beautiful cup presented by Mr. Haskell for an international 
army rifl-e prize, and which I think none of our marksmen beside 
myself has ever seen, is defended in Ireland by veterans of from 
ten to thirty years' constant practice. What hope is there for our 
bringing it home if we wait till two weeks or two months before 
sending foi- it before organizing a team? We should be getting 
ready for next year now. Frank Hyde. 
Fiztores. 
July 16-17.— Wabash, Ind.— Wabash Gun Club's tournament. 
July 16. — Algona, la. — Algona Gun Club's totirnament. 
July 16-17. — McConnelsville, O. — First annual tournament of the 
McConnelsville Gun Club. J. F. Dover, Sec'y. 
July 16-17. — Allentown, Pa. — Two days' target tournament under 
the auspices of the John F. Weiler Gun Club. 
July M-18. — Titusville, Pa.— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Titusville Gun Club. T. L. 
Andrews, Sec'y. 
July 17-18. — Pensacola, Fla. — Two days' tournament of the Peters 
Cartridge Co., under the auspices of the Dixie Gun Club; $150 
added. V. J. Vidal. Sec'y. 
July 19. — Freehold N. J. — Contest for the E. C. cup between 
Neaf Apgar (holder) and VV. S. Burtis (challenger); also all-day 
shoot, open to all, under auspices of the Freehold Gun Club. 
July 21-23. — Winnipeg, Man. — Sixth annual trapshooting tourna- 
ment of the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association. F. W. 
Henbach, Gen'l Mgr. 
Tulv 22 — Brooklyn, L. I. — Open target shoot and fish dinner of 
the Hell Gate Cnin Club, Dexter Park. 
July 22-23. — Greenville, Miss. — Mississippi and Louisiana Trap 
shooters' League target tournament. C. W. Walton, Sec'j 
July 23-25.— Bay Ridge A. A. Co., Md.— J. R. Malone's eighth 
an.nual midsummer tournament; $200 added money; two days 
prise Gun Club. Geo. W. Mains, Sec'y. 
July 24. — Pottstown, Pa. — Opening shoot of the Shuler Gun Club 
on its new grounds; open to all. 
July 24-25. — Ann Arbor, Mich. — Third tournament of the Michi- 
gan btate Trapshooters' League, under auspices of the Ann Arbor 
Gun Club. Wm. Corson, Sec'y. 
July 25. — Salem, O. — Salem Gun Club's tournament. 
July 25-26. — East Alton, 111. — Wann Gun Club's amateur tourna- 
ment. 
July 28-30. — Atlanta, Ga. — Peters Cartridge Company's tourna- 
ment, under auspices of the Atlanta Gun Club, 
July 29-31. — Newton, la. — Southeastern Iowa Shooting Associa- 
tion's third annual amateur tournament. 
July 28-Aug. 2, — ^Atlanta, Ga. — Peters Cartridge Company's tour- 
nament. 
Aug. 4-5. — Moberly, Mo. — Inanimate target tournament for ama- 
teurs. 
Aug. 5-8.— Asheville, N. C— Tournament griven by Col. J. T 
Anthony and Maj. E. P. McKissick. 
Aug. 6-7. — Lafayette, Ind. — Lafayette (-iun Club's annual tourna- 
ment. 
Aug. 6-7. — Litchfield, 111. — Amateur tournament of the Litchfield 
Pioneer Gun Club. 
Aug. 6-7. — Marietta, _0. — The Interstate, Association's tourna 
ment, under the auspices of the Columbian Gun Club. Cfaas. 
Bailey. .Sec'v 
Aug. 7. — Leamington, Can. — Annual tournament of the Leaming- 
ton tiun Club. 
Aug. 12-13. — Bowling Green, O. — Merchandise tournament of the 
Ecwling Green Gun Club, for Wood county shooters. 
Aug. 12-13. — Birmmgham, Ala.— Third annual Alabama Sttita 
target tayrnament, under the auspices of the Birmingham G«BI 
Cluja. R. H. Baugh. Sec'y. 
Aug. 13-14. — Brunswick, Me. — ^The Interstate Association's tOSff- 
nament, under the auspices of the Brunswick Gun Club. L. C 
Whitmore, Sec'y. 
Aug. 14-15. — (jreenvilie, Pa. — Alexander's annual target tourna- 
n;ent„ 
Aug. W-16. — Hamilton, Can. — Dominion Trapshooting and GaOK 
Protect.«ve Association's tournament. 
Aug. 19-80. — Vicksburg, Miss. — Mississippi and Louisiana Trap- 
shooters' League target tournament. C. W. Walton, Sec'y, 
Natchez, Miss. 
Ai:g. 20-21. — Kane, Pa. — Kane Sportsmen's Club's amateur target 
toi.rnament. 
Aug. 20-21. — Ossining, N. Y. — ^Two days' shoot of the Ossining 
Gun Club; first day handicap (100 targets, 14 to 21yds. rise, open to 
all) and R. I. clam bake; second day, regular programme. 
Aug. 26-29. — Okoboji, la. — Amateur shooting tournament, under 
management of Messrs. C. W. Budd and E. C. Hinshaw. 
Aug. 27-28. — Peru, Ind. — Peru Gun Club's sixth annual mid- 
summer tournament, at Bass Lake. Frank Dunbar, Sec'y. 
Aug. 27-28. — Haverhill, Mass. — ^The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Haverhill Gun Club. S. G. 
Miller, Sec'y. 
Aug. 27-28.— Ruffsdale, Pa.— Ruffsdale Rod and Gun Club's first 
annual two-day target tournament. Added money, |30. Rose 
system. Lloyd H. Ruff, Sec'y. 
Sept. 1. — Battle Creek. Mich. — Amateur tournament of the Battle 
Cieek Gun Club. M. E. Hensler, Sec'y. 
Sept. 2-3. — Tiffin, O. — Second annual tournament of the Tif- 
fin Gun Club ; $75 added. L. D. Arndt, Sec'y. 
Sept. 3-4. — Nappanee, Ind.— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Nappanee Gun Club. B. B. Maust, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 3-5. — Richmond. Ind, — Flandicap tournament of the Rich- 
mond, Ind., and College Comer, New Paris and (Jxford, O., gun 
clubs. 
Sept. 3-5. — Richmond, Ind. — Richmond Gun Club's handicap 
shoot. 
Sept. 3-5. — ^Erie, Pa. — Erie City Rod and Gun Club's handicap 
tournament at targets. Open to all; $200 added. A. N. Aitkcn, 
Sec'y. 
.Sept. 9-11. — Du Bois, Pa. — Three days' target tournament of the 
I)u Bois Rod and Gun Club; added money, $200, L. S. Munch, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 9-12. — Battle Creek, Mich. — Tournament of the Indians; 
open to the world; $1,000 added. Tohn Parker, Mgr. 
Sept. 15-20.— Blue River Park, Kansas City, Mo.— Twenty-fifth 
tournament of the Missouri State Fish and (Same Protective As- 
sociation. Targets and live birds. Paul Franke, Sec'y. 
Sept. 16-17. — Nebraska City, Neb. — Tournament at Nebraska City. 
Sept. 16-18. — Williamsport, Pa. — Tournament of the West Branch 
Rod and Gun Club. 
Sept. 16-19. — Detroit, Mich.^ — ^John Parker's annual tournament. 
Sept. 23-25. — Cincinnati, O. — Second annual handicap target tour- 
nament of the Cincinnati Gun Club. Charles F. Dreihs, Sec'y. 
Sept. 29-30. — Lewistown, III. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Lewistown Gun Club. H. H. 
McCumber, Sec'y. 
Oct. 1-2. — Union City, Ind. — Parent Grove Gun Club's fall tourna- 
ment. O. E. Fonts, Sec'y. 
Oct. 1-2. — Allegheny, Pa. — Two-day target tournament of the 
Northside Gun Club; $100 added money. I. W. Morrow, Sec'y. 
Oct. 7-8. — Greenville, O. — H,indicap tournament of the Green- 
ville Gun Club. H. A. McCaughey, Sec'y. 
Oct. 15-16. — Springfield, O. — Springfield Gun Club's tournament. 
B. F. Downs, Capt. 
Newark, N. J. — South Side Gun Club target shoot, every Satur- 
day afternoon. 
Chicago, 111.— Garfield Gun Club's target shoot, every Saturday 
afternoon until October. 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 targets; 
open to all. f irsft contest, March L 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Interstate Park. Queens, L. I. — Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
L. I. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
At the club shoot of the Sistersville (W. Va.) Gun Club, July 
14, the president of the club won the championship trophy with 
the excellent score of 24 out of a possible 25. Mr. Ed O. Bower 
and C. I. Hall tied for the second medal on 23, the former win- 
ning in the shoot-off. 
There will be an all-day shoot at Freehold, N. T., on Saturday 
of this week under the auspices of the Freehold Gun Club, The 
main event is the contest for the E. C. cup, emblematic of the 
championship of New Jersey. 
The Ossining (N. Y.) Gun Club has issued the programme for 
its tournament of Ai\g. 20 and 21. On the first day there are four 
15-target events, $1.30 entrance, followed by the main event, the 
handicap at 100 targets, 14 to 21yds. rise, high guns, entrance $0, 
which includes a ticket to the clam bake. The latter will be 
made by Mr. George Hunt, under the direction of Capt. George 
Washburn, and will be more than the name indicates, as there 
also will be chicken, lobster and other good things. On the second 
day there are ten events on the programme, of which five are at 
15 targets, $1.30 entrance; four at 20 targets, $1.50 entrance, and 
one, the merchandise event, at 25 targets, .50 cents entrance; ISO 
targets, with a total -entrance of $13. The Rose system will govern. 
Professionals may shoot targets at 1 cent each and may shoot for 
prizes in the merchandise event, which is an open one. Added 
money^ for two highest amateur averages. Shooting commences 
at 10 o'clock. Ossuiing is thirty miles from New York, on the .Nu'vv 
A'ork Central & Hudson River Railroad. Loaded shells an'd lunch 
can be obtained on the grounds. The captain is Mr. Chas. G. 
Blandford. 
Dr. Silas B. Keith, of Palmer Mass., writes us as follows: 
"Plans are being made in the State of Massachusetts for the 
broadening of the Massachusetts Shooting Association, and which 
is expected to take in the entire State. The Association will be 
divided into three or four divisions, each division being composed 
of four or five clubs. Each division will hold shoots about four 
times during a season and will finish the season with a State shoot, 
which will bring all the clubs together. Each division will hold team 
shoots as well as sweepstake shooting, and it is expected that the 
winning club in each division will constitute the teams for the final 
state shoot. The following committee is appointed by the Associa- 
tion to make final preparations for next year: Dr. S. B. Keith, 
Palmer, secretary of Association; Mr. E. Menett, Springfield; 
Mr. LI. Lawrence, W'inchendon ; C. L. Rundlett, Jr., Worcester: 
Leroy Woodard. Boston; H. Federhen, Boston. "It is expected 
the committee will have a meeting at some time in the near future." 
The programme of the Interstate Trapshooting tournament, given 
for the Columbian Gun Club, Aug. 6 and 7. at Marietta, (J., can 
be obtained of the club's secretary, Mr. Chas. Baily, 106 Front 
street, Marietta, or Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, manager of the Inter- 
state Association. The events are alike each day, namely, five at 
15, four at 20 and two at 25 targets; entrance $1.50, $2 and $2.50; 
$3 added to each of the 1.5-target events, and .$5 added to each of 
the others. Lunch will be served on the grounds each day. Tar- 
gets, 2 cents, included in entrance. The grounds will be open for 
practice on Aug. 5. Percentage system, five moneys, .30, 25, 20, 15 
and 10 per cent., will govern the division of the purses. Guns 
and ammunition, express prepaid, sent to the secretary, will be 
delivered on the grounds free of charge. High average prize for 
agents, .$8; and the same for amateurs. Shooting will commence at 
ft o'clock. 
We acknowledge with pleasure the receipt of the Inanimate 
Bird Shooting Association's programme and rules which govern 
its tenth annual clay pigeon open championship meeting, to be 
held under the management of the Middlesex Gun Club, Welch 
Harp, Hendon, S. W., I^ondon, July 17 to 19. Some of the general 
conditions, as set forth in the programme, are of special interest, 
of which we note the following: "All guns must_ be kept open at 
the breech until the referee, having satisfied himself that the 
shooters are in their places, calls, 'Line ready?'" ".\ shooter 
from any cause whatever who shall discharge his gun otherwise 
than in accordance with the regulations shall be excluded from 
taking part in any further competitions during the day." "No 
person is allowed to make any noise or disturbance likely to 
afi'ect the competitors." 
The two days' tournament under the auspices of the Providence 
(R. I.) Gun Club, July 25 and 26, has ten events on the pro- 
gramme each day. On the first day the events are alternately at 
l.'i and 20 targets, entrance $1.30 and .$2.40. On the second day 
there are four events at 15 and two at 20 targets, and four events 
at 23 targets, $2.50 'Entrance, these four events being the five-man 
team race between teams from Maine, New Hampshire, .Massa- 
chusetts and Rhode Island for a purse and the championship of 
N*w England. Targefs 2 cents. Rose system, 8, 5, 3, 2. Shooting 
commences at 9:15 eaci'. day. Lunch served on the grounds. Send 
shells care of C. F. I'op^e Co., 33 Weybosset street. Any pertinent 
information will be furnished by Secretary R. C. Root, Provi- 
dence 
Capt. R. B. Wadsworth, of Boston, renowned in the trapshoot- 
ing world, under the nom dc- fusil of "Puck,", sends us, under date 
of July 11, the following interesting item :, "T want to inform you 
of a little affair that occurred at Wellington last night, Our old 
friend, Mr, O. R. Dickey's fiftieth birthday occurred yesterday. 
July 10, so I started a paper among his shooting friends, and la.st 
night- at h'S residence presented him with an elegant diamond stud 
and his good wife with an elegant cut-glass vase and a silver-mounted 
inirror stand and a bouquet of fifty elegant roses. Mr. Dickey 
invited eight of his friends to dine \s ith him on his fiftieth birth- 
day, and the result was as above stated. I sent him a water- 
melon weighing 54 pounds, and I told him I came out to cut a 
watermelon. The evening was spent witi] a great deal of enthusi- 
asm." 
The members of "The Wanderers," the old," old club, which has 
been revivified, received a -notice this week as follows from the 
Secretary, Mr. Edward Banks: "The Wanderets will meet next 
Saturday, July 19, at Freehold, N. J. An all-diiy shoot will be 
provided, the main feature being the match between Neaf Apgar 
(holder) and W. S. Burtis (challenger) for the E. f cup. Take 
the 8:.30 A. M. train from foot of Liberty street, over the C. R. R. 
of N. J., or the 7:25 A. M. train on the Peiinsylvania from the 
foot of Cortlandt street. Central train preferred. If yOu, cannot 
attend, notify me by Thursday, the 17th. or you will be lined 25 
cents for tlie good of the cause." 
At a meeting of the Du Bois (Pa.) Rod and Gun Club, held 
recently, it was decided that the club will hold a three days' carget 
tournament, Sept. 9, 10 and 11, on the local fair grounds. The 
citizens of Dy Bois have liberally donated both cash and mer- 
chandise prizes. A silver cup, valued at $100, will be a prize for 
a four-man team match, open to members of Pennsylvania clubs. 
Much energy has been evoked by the visit of Mr. Frank Lawrence, 
of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., who was elected an 
honorarv member. 
Under date of July 12 Mr. C. F. Lambert, from Haverhill, Mass., 
writes us as follows: "The Haverhill (Mass.) Gun Club, at its 
coming Interstate Association tournament, are arranging for .some 
features that should prove attractive to the shooters. Most every 
one, shooters included, while not specially looking for or trying 
to get something for nothing, will at this particular shoot have that 
opportunity offered them. To fully learn what this means they 
should watch these columns closely for the next few week: . " 
The Schenectady Gun Club's team defeated the Boston Athletic 
Association's team in a trophy contest, at Riverside, Mass., July 
12 This is the second and final win by the Scheneciady team. 
The first contest was won by a margin of 30; the second by 24, or 
54 to the good in the total of both contests. 
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Keep in mind that Mr. Jim Malone's eighth annual midsummer 
tournament will be held next week, July 23 to 25, at Bay Ridge, 
A. A. County, Md., where the ocean breezes play freely, where 
the fish bite on opportunity, and where there is good trapshooting 
competition for the world. 
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Mr. Fi C. Riehl, who recently entered the employ of the U. M. 
C. Co.. is distinguishing himself as an excellent shot. He won 
high average recently at Sioux City, la., and he was also in the 
first flight at the Chamberlain (S. D.) Gun Club's tournament. 
Tulv 10 and 11. 
The North River Gun Club, of Edgewater, N. J., has most 
pleasant quarters on the shore of the North River, opposite 125th 
street Ferry, New York. It holds shoots regularly every Satur- 
day, and extends a hearty welcome to visitors tp participate in its 
sport. 
