Dec. 20, 1902.] 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
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Mr. Stanley W. Seaman has made the following sales : 
Auxiliarj' yawl Possum, sold by Mr. David Gregg, Jr., 
Jamaica Plains, Mass., to Mr. Adolph Erdman, New 
York City. Half rater Indian to Mr. Regis Post; Indian 
will be shipped at once to Bermuda, where her owner 
will use her during the winter. 
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Colonel Harry McCalmont, a well known Eriiisli 
yachtsman, died suddenly at his residence in London on 
Dec. 8. 
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The Whitestone Hollow Spar and Boat Company has 
recently been incorporated. The corporation is capital- 
ized for $200,000. The company's plant is now being built 
at AVhitestone, L. I., and they will build hollow spars, 
yachts, launches, tenders, canoes, etc. The five directors 
who will serve the first year are : John G. Fraser. New 
York City; George B. Bidwell, New York City; John M. 
Dolan, Far Hills, N. J.; George Bullock, Cincinnati, O. ; 
George S. Claj', Plainfield, N. J. 
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At the Marblehead Yacht Yard there is building a 41- 
foot waterline auxiliary yawl for Mr. J. P. Elton, who 
V formerly owied Umbrina, a 35-foot waterline cutter that 
was designed and built at the same yard. The auxiliary 
will be the most elaborate and costly boat ever built by 
this firm. She will be fitted with fifteen horse power 
Standard engine. There will be two quarter state rooms 
aft with lavatories, toilet rooms, etc., connected with the 
port state room, a very large main cabin, combined galley 
and engine room separate from forecastle. All the joiner 
Work aft will be of very choice mahoganj^ which has 
been especially selected for this yacht. The floor frames 
will be of tobin bronze bulb angles. The deck and diago- 
nal straps, chain plates, and in fact about all the wrought 
metal work in connection wath the hull will be of tobin 
bronze. The plank and deck fastening Avill be of special 
drop forged tobin bronze nails, and for the keel bolts a 
new process metal is used which will have a tensile 
strength of 94,000 lbs. to the square inch, and is probably 
the strongest lot of bronze rod ever turned out in this 
country. The deck joiner work, covering board, rails, 
etc., will be of teak. Planking will be of hard pine, 
.single skin, as the boat is designed for severe usage, and 
the single thickness of planking seems more advisable than 
double skin work. She will be very snugly canvassed and 
yawl rigged. 
Other work contracted for includes some small 
launches for yacht dinghies, sailing tender for Mr. Gor- 
don Dexter'^s Wasp, 25ft. speed launch for Mr. E. T. 
Bigelow, oi Medford, and several other boats. 
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Fiztttces* 
Dec. 17-lS.— Spirit Lake, Iowa. — Gilbert and Burraister, amateur 
target and live bird tournament. 
Dec. 25. — Dover, N. J. — Holiday live-bird shoot of the Dover 
Gun Club. Bull shoot the special event. - 
Dec. 25.— Interstate Park, L. I.— John S. \A^right's target tourna- 
ment, sweepstakes, etc. 
Hell Gate Gun Club's shoot, fourth Tuesday of each month (July 
and December excepted), at Cutwater's Riverside grounds, Paterson 
Plank Road, Carlstadt, N. J. 
Chicago, 111.— Garfield Gun Club's target shoot, every Saturday 
afternoon. Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 
Dr. J. W. Meek. Sec'y. 
Hell Gate Annex shoot, second Friday of each month (January 
and July excepted), at Dexter Park, Brooklyn. 
Brooklyn Gun Club's shoot, Saturdays, at Enfield street, near 
Liberty avenue, Brooklyn. Visitors welcome. 
South Side Gun Club's shoot, Saturdays, South Broad street, 
Newark, N. J., near Lehigh Valley coal depot. 
Cutwater's grounds, Carlstadt, N. J., Saturdays, live-bird handi- 
Jan. 1. — Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Inter-county shoot and tourna- 
ment of the Poughkeepsie Gun Club. Max Condit, Capt. 
Jan. 1.— Paterson, N. J.— Open live-bird shoot of the Jackson 
Park Gun Club. 
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sm }0 ;ooiis jaSauj Xbq s,af3^\ a\9>i— •£ 'paojjsqjn}! — "x "uef 
Jan. 1.— Interstate Park, L. I.— New Year's Day target tourna- 
ment. 
Feb. 9-14. — ^Detroit, Mich. — Open tournament under the auspices 
of the Tri-State Automobile and Sporting Goods Association. 
Targets and live birds. John Parker, manager; S. G. Lewis, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
Feb. 20-21.— New Orleans, La.— First tournament of the Missis- 
sippi Valley Trapshooters' and Game Protective ^Association ; Car- 
nival Week, under auspices of the City Park Gun Club. Percy S. 
Benedict, Sec'y. 
May — . — Lincoln, Neb.— Nebraska State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion's twenty-seventh annual tournament, under the auspices of 
the Lincoln Gun Club. T. E. Mockett, Sec'y. 
June —.—Schenectady, N. Y.— New York State shoot, under 
auspices of the Schenectady Gun Club. 
June 9-11.— Cincinnati, O.— Seventeenth annual tournament of the 
Ohio Trapshooters' League. Chas. F. Dreihs, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for 
publication in these columns, also any news notes they 
may care to have published. Mail all such matter to 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, 
New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- 
day OF EACH WEEK. 
Mr. John S. Wright, 318 Broadway, has issued the programme 
for his" shoots, to be held on Christmas and New Years, at Inter- 
state Park, Queens, L. I. The programme is alike for each shoot. 
There are eight events, of which three are at 15, one at 20, and 
a 100-target handicap, divided into four events of 25 targets each, 
§2 entrance. Handicaps, 14 to 23yds. All moneys divided Rose 
svstem, except the optional 100-target event. Targets, 2 cents. 
Any one who desires, may shoot for targets only. Shooting 
commences at 10:30. Trains leave Flatbush avenue at 7:50. 9:19 
and 10:58 A. M. ; 12:18. 1:48. 2:45 and 4:23 P. M, Leave Thirtv- 
fourth street at 7:50, 9:20 and 11 A. M.; 12:20, 2, 2;50 and 4:30 P. M. 
Trains leave the park at 7:05, 7:43. and 10:52 A. M.; 12:16, 1:54, 
3 :26, 4 :52, 5 :B2, and 6 :52 P. M. 
That the liltei-sttite Association has lost none of its energy and 
effort is evidenced by the broad programme which it contemplates 
following in target tournaments for 1903. Checked in the great 
live-bird competition, the Grand American Handicap at live 
buds, it turns to tlie cultivation of the broad field of target 
tournaments. It will give two Grand American Handicaps at tar- 
gets, the fourth one in April at Blue River Shooting Park, Kan.sas 
Citv. the fifth one piobably in May at Interstate Park, L. I. To 
each $1,000 will be added. These will be Interstate .Association 
tournaments exclusively. Numerou.s others will be given for the 
benefit of clubs in different sections of the country. A number 
i,if applications have been received, and the^ following have been 
fnvorablv considered: Boston (Mass.) Shooting Association, 
.'Vkron (O.) Gun Club; \'iroqiia V\is.) Gun Club, Rainmakers' 
Gun Club, Ottawa, 111.: West Branch Rod and Gun Club, Wil- 
liamsport. Pa.; Meriwether Gun Club, Warm -Springs, Ga. ; Chau- 
tauqua County Gun Club, Dunkirk, N. Y. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner 
was re-elected to the otfice of manager, which he has filled with 
conspicuous ability and success for many years. 
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In behalf of the Hell Gate Gun Club, of New York, Col. John 
II. Voss, the president, and Mr. E. Doenick, the secretary, whose 
address is 1355 .\msterdam avenue, have addressed a circular let- 
ter to the club members as follows: "On account of our shoot 
falling two days before Christmas, and this being very incon- 
venient for business men, the executive committee considered it 
best to hold a shoot the week before, and it is hereby called for 
Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 12 M." 
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The members of the Hell Gate Gun Club of New York, will 
celebrate their tenth anniversarv and beefsteak dinner at 521 and 
523 West Fifty-seventh street, fs'ew York, Dec. 18, at S;30 P. M. 
This is exclusively a club function. The club has a numerous 
and active membership, marked by admirable good fellowship, so 
that there is no doiibt but what the tenth anniversary will be 
celebrated by the club's full membership. 
iSfr. R. O. Ileikes, with his son Horace, left New York on Sat- 
urday of last week for his home in Dayton, O., after a two weeks' 
visit'in New York and Bridgeport, Conn. "The Daddy of Them 
All" was looking in perfect gladiatorial form, and in 1903 there 
is no doubt bvit what he will be shoulder to shoulder with the 
leaders in trap.shooting competition. 
The match shot last Saturday at Paterson, N. J., on the grounds 
of the Jackson Park Gun Club, between Count C. A. Lenone and 
Mr. A. Bunn, 25 birJs each, was won by the latter on a straight 
score, his opponeitt losing five, of which two were lost dead out. 
In May, 1903, the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association will 
hold its twenty-seventh annual tournament under the auspices 
of the Lincoln Gun Club, of which Mr. T. E. Mockett is secre- 
tarv. 
Mr. Chas. F. Dreihs. the secretary, writes us as follows: "The 
Ohio Trapshooters League will hold its seventeenth annual target 
tournament at Cincinnati, June 9, 10 and 11, 1903." 
Bernard Waters. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Crescent Athletic Club, 
Bay Ridge, L. I., Dec. 13. — ^There was a wintry storm in action, 
yet it did "not deter the regtilar shooters of the Crescent Athletic 
Club from engaging in their weekly shoot. For the December 
cup there was a fie between Messrs. H. B. Vandervcer and D. C. 
Bennett on 45. The scores: 
December cup, 50 targets, handicap: H, B. Vanderveer (3) 45, 
D. C. Bennett (4) 45, G. G. Stephenson, Jr. (2) 43, F. B. Stephen- 
son (1) 42, L. C. Hopkins (6) 41, L, M. Palmer, Jr. (2) 39, F. T. 
Bedford, Jr. (3) 37, Dr. Pool (3) 37. 
Trophy, 25 targets, -handicap: F. B. Stephenson (1) 24, H, B. 
Vanderveer (3) 22, D. C. Bennett (4) 22, G. G. Stephenson, Jr. (2) 
21. L. M. Palmer, Jr. (2) 20, Grant Notman (4) 19. L. C. Hopkins 
(6) 19, Dr. Pool (3) 16, F. T. Bedford, Jr. (3) 14. 
Trophv, 15 targets, handicap: F. B, Stephenson (0) 12, L. C. 
Hopkins (3) 12, T. M, Palmer, Jr. (1) U, G. G. Stephenson, Jr. 
(1) 9, H. B. Vanderveer (1) 8, E. B. Knowlton (2) 8, C. H. 
Chapman (4) 7, Dr. Pool (2) 6. 
Shoot-off, same conditions: F. B. Stephenson (0) 15, L. C. Hop- 
kins (3) 14. 
Brooklyn Qua Clob, 
Brooklyn, L. I., Dec. 13. — Notwithstanding the wintry weather, 
seven events were shot off at the Brooklyn Gun Club's shoot 
to-day, of which J. S. Wright is manager. The highest scores 
were made by Mr. H. S. Welles. No. 3 was at 10 singles and 5 
pairs. No. 5 was at 5 pairs: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 15 25 20 20 10 Targets; 15 25 20 20 10 
J B Ainslie 7 Capt J N Borland ..20 9 16 8 
H S Welles 15 2118 19 10 Dr O'Callahan 12 B .. .. 
S Poder 12 7 I Marshall 16 17 10 
J S Wright 6 14 13 12 4 W J Borland 14 16 .. 
A Kissel 3 
Cincinnati Gun Clofa. 
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 6. — The twenty-fifth contest for the Cin- 
cinnati Gun CTlub's cash prizes, resulted as follows: Medico (17) 
44, Parker (17) 43, Ahlers (19) 42, Gambell (19) 42, J. B. (17) 40, 
Coleman (19) 39, Dreihs (17) 39, R. Trimble (22) 39, Capt. (18) 39, 
Roll (17 38, Barker (17) 38, Block (IS) 37, Falk (16) 36, Littleford 
(17) 36, Osterfeld (18) 34, Herman (18) 34, E. Trimble (18) 33, 
Corry (17) 33, du Bray (22) 32, Van Ness (19) 32, Ackley (16) 29, 
Boeh (15) 27, Roanoke (22) 26. 
Changes by to-day's scores are : Medico advances from eleventh 
to eighth place; Gambell advances to third place; Randall drops 
to fourth place; Block drops to tenth place; Van Ness drops to 
ninth place. Ahlers and Coleman improved their scores by 1. 
Match, team race, 50 targets i-ier man, 20yds. : 
R. Trimble -17, Gambell 43; total 90. 
Ahlers 43, Medico- 38,; total 81. 
No. 2, same: R. "Trimble 46, Gambell 42; total SS. 
.Thiers 43, Medico 3S: total 81. 
S. S. White Gun Club. 
Gqrg.\s St.\tion, Pa. — There was a good attendance, notwith- 
standing the bad weather, twelve shooters participating. Dr. 
Cotting was high in*the club shoot at 25 targets. For making the 
highest possible scores in the last six months, T. E. Hinkson 
was awarded the silver loving cup, donated to the chib by W. F. 
Parry, Jr. The scores: 
Club event, 25 targets, unknown angles: Dr. Cotting 19, H. 
Wilkins IS, Contrell 17, Harper 17, Denlaam 16, Witherden 15, 
Kendall 15, Robinson 14, Hinkson 12, Heite 12, Parry 8, Hise 6. 
The sweepstakes were at 10 targets, unknown angles: 
First event: Hinkson 7, Witherden 7, George 5, Dr. Cotting 5, 
Parry 5. 
Second event: Hinkson 8, George S, Cotting 7, Denham 5, 
Parry 3, \N'itberden 3. 
Third event: Hinkson 7, George 7, Curry 6, F. Hise 4, H. 
Hise 3. 
Nonpariel Gun Club, 
Chicago, 111., Dec. 13. — At Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, 
to-daj' the Nonpariel Gun Club held a regular shoot, at targets, the 
scores of which follow: 
G Roll tlOOllOOllUUllOlOlUllO— 18 
1110111111111111111110101—22—40 
Adams 0111011110101111111111110—20 
OllUimilllllllOllllOll— 22— 42 
Barto Il l n m 10111110111111111—23 
limilllH 10111101111111— 23— 46 
Lord OlOOlOmiOlllllllllOOlOl- 17 
OllOUmillllOlllOOlllOl— 19— 31! 
Sweep. 20 birds: Roll 18, Barto 17, Lord 16, Adams 15. 
Sweep, 25 birds: Lord 22, Roll 19, Adams 21. 
Sweep, 20 birds: Roll 13, Barto 13, Lord 11, Tie shot off at 5 
pairs: Koll 5, Barto 7- John Watson, 
Interstate Association's Ann«al Meetingf, 
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Interstate As- 
sociation was held at Oakland, N. J., on the morning of Deo. 11 
last, but was adjourned later to the offices of the Laflin & Rand 
Pcwdcr Company, 99 Cedar street. New York, where the meeting 
was again called to order at 2 P, M., with President J. A. H. 
I'ressel in the chair. Every company that is a stockholder in the 
Association was represented at the meeting, among those present 
being Mr. J. A. H. Dressel, of the U. M, C. Co.; Capt. A. W. 
.Money and Mr. Edward Banks, of the American E. C. & 
Scluilfze Gunpowder Co., Ltd.; Mr. Irby Bennett, of the Win- 
chester Repeating Arms Co.; the Hazard Powder Co. and E. I. 
du I'ont de Nemours & Co. were represented respectively by Mr. 
John L. Lequin and Mr. E. .S. Lentilhon, while Messrs. Eugene 
du Pont and R. S, Waddell, both of the Dupont Co., were also 
in attendance, as were Mr, A, W, Higgins, of the Laflin & Rand 
Powder Co.; Mr. W, F. P.arker, of Parker Bros.; Mr. Jr Hj 
Marlin, of the Marlin F-ire Aims Co., and Mr, T, H. Keller, of 
the Peters Cartridge Co, Messrs. Tatham & Bros,, Leroy Shot & 
Lead Works, Remington Arms Co., Hunter Arms Co., and 
Markle Lead Works were all represented by pi^oxy. 
After the general routine business, the report of the Associa- 
ticn's manager, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, was read, the report being 
subjoined. 
In accordance with Mr. Shaners suggestior! it was decided to 
change Section .5, Rule 21, of Target Rides so that it now reads 
that "the targets shall be thrown from unknown traps." 
Mr. Lentilhon, who has for several years represented Messrs. 
Dupont & Co. at all meetings of the Association, announced that 
his place woidd in future be filled by Mr. Eugene du Pout. That 
Mr. I.,entilhon's late colleagues appixciated his services is shown 
by the fact that by unanimous vote honorary membership in the 
Association was tendered to him, an honor liitherto not bestowed 
upon any individual. Before adjourning, the stockholders of the 
Association elected a board of five directors, who in turn elected 
the officers for 1903. The five directors were: Messrs. Dressel, 
Bennett, Banks, Higgins and du Pont. 
The follov.'ing officers were then elected: President, J. A. H. 
Dressel; Vice-President, irby Bennett; Treasurer, A. \V. Hig- 
gins, and Secretary, Edward Banks, the latter accepting the 
office only on the condition that his term of ofiice last until 
Dec. 29 next, when a proposed change in the by-laws would per- 
mit of the appointmetit of another secretary who need not neces- 
sarily be a member of the board of directors, as is now made 
compulsory by the by-laws of the Association. Mr. i^anks has 
held the dual position of secretary-treasurer of the Association for 
four years, having been elected to that office in December, 1898. 
It is perhaps unnecessary to state that Mr. Elmer E. Shaner was 
unanimously selected to again fill the position of manager, this 
being his twelfth term of office. 
The following committees were then appointed: 
Executive Committee: Mr. Edward Banks, Chairman; Messrs. 
Eugene du Pont and Irby Bennett. 
Tournament Committee: Mr. Irby Bennett, Chairman; Messrs. 
Tatham, Banks, Parker, Lequin, Marlin, Higgins and du Pont. 
Club Organization Committee: Mr. T. PI. Keller, Chairman; 
Messrs. Delano, Markle and McMurchy, 
After the stockholders and the board of directors had held 
their respective meetings, the Tournament Commitete went into 
session, Mr. Bennett in the chair. All the members, with the 
exception of Mr. Charles Tatham,^ were present. President J. A. 
H. Dressel and Manager Shaner were also present. It was de- 
cided to hold two Grand American Handicaps at targets during 
1903, to be known respectively as the Fourth and Fifth Grand 
American Handicaps at targets. It is proposed, providing sat- 
isfactory arrangements can be made, to hold the Fourth Grand 
American Handicap at targets at Blue River Shooting Park, 
Kansas City, Mo., some time during the month of April. The 
Fifth Grand American Handicap at targets will be held at Inter- 
state Park, Queens, L, I., N. Y., probably during the month of 
May. The Association will add $1,000 to the purses at each of the 
above tournaments. 
Manager Shaner presented a long list of applications from gun 
cIuIds and State organizations for tournaments during 1903, to be 
given under the auspices of the Interstate Association. From the 
number presented seven were chosen, as follows: Chautauqua 
County Gun Club, of Dunkirk, N. Y. ; Meriwether Gun Club, of 
Warm Springs, Ga. ; West Branch Rod and Gun Club, of Wil- 
liamsport. Pa.; Rainmakers' Gun Club, of Ottawa, 111.; Viroqua 
Rod and Gun Club, of Viroqua, Wis. ; Akron Gun Club, of 
Akron, O. ; and Boston Shooting Association, of Boston, Mass. 
Two other tournaments will also be given by the Association at 
points not yet decided upon. 
Mr, Shaner's Report. 
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 10, 1902. 
To the President, Officers and Members of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation: 
Gentlemen — It gives me much pleasure, in submitting the re- 
port of the work of the manager's office for the season of 1902, 
to be able to state that our sky is still unclouded and that the 
storm raised of late by the emotionalists has but served to 
establish the organization of the Interstate Association more 
f^.tmly in the affections of rational men who understand its aims 
and scope. Like the monarch of the forest, the shaking of its 
roots has only caused them to take a stronger hold on intelligent 
public opinion. 
At the risk of appearing monotonous, I am again impelled to 
repeat that another successful season has again been the most 
successful. Trapshooting continues to grow in favor in every 
section of the country, and its friends cheerfully recognize tlie 
Interstate Association as its progenitor and give honor where it 
is due. This was strikingly shown by the fact that during the 
season of 1902 the majority of tournaments were governed by 
the revised trapshooting rules of the organization, and while 
there were fewer large tournaments than in former years, there 
were many more small ones of two and three days' duration, thus 
extending interest over larger sections of the country. 
Grand American Handicap Tournament at Live Birds. 
As usual, this was the opening event of the year, and it was 
significant in showing the wisdom of the change from the East 
to the boundless West, whither the star of empire has been 
tending for centuries. It was held at Blue River Shooting Park, 
Kansas City, Mo., March 31 to April 5, and the entry list was 
phenomenal — more than justifying prediction as to advisability of 
change of base. The entries numbered 493, with 456 acttial start- 
ers, surpassing all former records by more than 200 entries. Only 
those actually engaged can fully appreciate the enormous task 
of carrying the gigantic enterprise to a successful terminus. It 
was lip to date, and subject matter for comment by all our sport- 
ing journals, and it has ever since furnished a conversational 
topic to the fraternity. It might be well, however, to ponder the 
objections raised by experts on the sporting journals to the im- 
mensity of such tournaments. Many will agree with them that 
notwithstanding its success, the scale was too extensive to obtam 
the best results possible. On this head of course, there is room 
for honest contention. Tournaments of such magnitude undoubt- 
edly tax the resources of even the Interstate Association to the 
utmost, and success is only attained by herculean exertion. 
The suggestion that a higher entrance fee, more birds to shoot 
at, and more severe handicaps, would have greater public sig- 
nificance than opening of the list to all manner and condition of 
shooters, is worth careful consideration. There is no pessimism 
in the suggestion, or hint that tlie Association has so far over- 
taxed its powers; the result negatives that supposition. Labor 
omnia vincit. 
Inanimate Target Tournaments.. 
The third annual Grand American Handicap target tournament 
at Interstate Park, L. I., May 6 to 9, was a pleasant aft'air, de- 
tached from all accessories, and was a drawing magnet for 
target shooters. The fact that the targets were inanimate did not 
detract from the interest, and the tournament was a triumph from 
opening to close. There was a larger number of entries than for 
its predecessor in 1901, and many of these were of the staying 
class, shooting throughout the entire programme each day. As 
the programme of 1901 had been a success, that of 1902 was 
framed on the same general plan, with equally gratifying results. 
The shooting was, on the whole, good, and the handicapping gave 
as much satisfaction as could be expected. The distance handi- 
cap was regarded by experts as the best, giving to all classes of 
contestants terms on which they could compete most satisfac- 
torily and fairly. From beginning to end, the tournament ran 
smoothly, there being no hitch of consequence. 
The tournament given for the Charleston- Palmetto Gun Club 
at Charleston, S. C, May 14, 15 and 16, was enjoyed by all, 
whether participants or spectators. On the first day forty-eight 
contestants entered and twenty-eight shot through the programme. 
The interest was fully maintained the second day, there being the 
