July ii, 1903.I 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
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" New York Y. C. Crwise. 
Flagship Delaware, New York, July i, 1903- 
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 2. 
The squadron will rendezvous at Glen Cove on July 
6, 1903. 
Captains will report on board the flagship at 4:30 P. M. 
The programme for the cruise, weather permitting, will 
le as follows : 
Friday, July 17, squadron run, Glen Cove to Morris 
;ove. 
Saturday, July 18, squadron run, Morris Cove to New 
^ondon. 
Sunday, July 19, at New London. 
Monday, July 20, sqviadron run. New London to New- 
port. 
Tuesday, July 21, squadron run, Newport to Vnieyard 
iaven. 
Wednesday, July 22, squadron run, Vineyard Haven to 
■lewport. 
Thursday, July 23, at Newport. The Astor cups. 
Frida3% July 24, at Newport. The Owl and Game Cock 
'olors. ' In the evening the squadron will illuminate. 
The Regatta Committee will issue instructions for runs 
rom port to port and for all other racing events.^ 
The commodore's cups will be sailed for during the 
ruise. 
Captains are requested to supply their vessels with N. 
Y. C. night signals. 
The captains and their guests will be welcome on board 
he flagship at any time. 
Attention is called to the routine published in the club 
lOok. 
Frederick G. Bourne, 
Commodore N. Y. Y. C. 
C. L. F. Robinson, 
Fleet Captain N. Y. Y. C. 
The second race of the Duxbury Y. C. was sailed in 
^uxbury Bay on Saturday, July 4, in a wholesail, north- 
ast breeze. In the iSft. class Miladi II. won, but 
ost on protest of Wink. Challenge won a good race 
a the handicap class, and Solitaire won easily in the 
prit class. The summary: 
ISft. Knockabouts. 
Elapsed. 
liladi II.. F.' R. Adams 0 53 05 
Vink, L. B. Goodspeed 0 54 47 
)sprey, A. train 0 57 39 
Handicap. 
:hallenge, E. B. Atwood 0 54 25 
Vs You Like It, W. O. Whitman 0 56 05 
Jix, Hutcliins ••••'i no 
Vureolus, H. Kellogg - 1 Oz 55 
Sprit and Gaif Sail. 
Solitaire, W. R. Amesbury Hi 12 
31d Honesty, G. Wadsworth 1 18 45 
Dttxbtffy Y. C. 
SOUTH DUXBURY, MASS., 
Saturday, July 4. 
YACHTING NEWS NOTES. 
For advertising relating to this department see pages ii and iii. 
We are indebted to Mr. Everett Paine, secretary of the 
:orinthian Y. C, of Marblehead, and Mr. Lawrence 
/Vhitcomb, of the Beverly Y. C, for copies of their club 
lOoks. 
making. 
Prizes for Canoeists* 
In order to encourage canoeists and small boat sailors, who do 
heir knocking about on inland waters, to keep a record of their 
rips and experiences, the publishers of Forest and Stream 
ffei cash prizes for the best accounts of cruises taken during the 
eason of 1903. As few restrictions as possible will be imposed, 
nd those given are made only with the view of securing some 
iniformity among the competitors' stories, so that the judges will 
le able to make a fair award. 
The prizes will be as follows: 
First, $50.00. 
Second, $25.00. 
Third, $15.00. 
Fourth and Fifth, $10.00 each. 
Sixth to Eighth, $5.00 each. 
I. The cruise must be actually taken between May 1 and 
^Iovember 1, 1903. 
II. The cruise must be made on the (fresh water) inland streams 
nd lakes of the United States or Canada. 
III. The canoe or boat in which the cruise is made must not 
PC more tlian 18ft. long over all. 
IV. An accurate log of the trip must be kept, and all incidents 
nd information that would be of value to other canoeists cover- 
ag the same route should be carefully recorSed. 
V. A description of the boat in which the cruise is made 
hould preface the story, and a list of outfit and supplies. 
VI. Photographs of the boat and of the country passed through, 
lot smaller than 4x5, should, if possible, accompany each story, 
nd they will be considered in making the awards. 
VII. Stories should contain not less than five thousand words, 
mtten on one side of the paper only. 
VIII. An outline chart of the trip drawn on white paper in 
(lack ink (no coloring pigment to be used) should also be 
ent in. 
IX. Competitors should avoid the use of slang or incorrect 
autical expressions in their stories, as it will count against them 
a awarding the prizes. 
Each manuscript to which a prize is awarded shall become the 
)roperty of the Forest and Stream Publishing Company. All 
nanuscript should reach the office of the Forest and Stream 
Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York, N. Y., on or 
jefore December 1, 1903. 
A* C. A* Racing- Rules. 
loi Clark Street^ Brooklyn, June 29. — Editor Forest 
jttd Stream: The following amendments and changes 
in the existing racing regulations of the American Canoe 
Association are proposed, to be published by you, and 
voted on by the executive committee after due notice, as 
provided in Chapter XIIL of the By-laws, and Rule 
XXIII. of the Racing Regulations: 
Rule I. — Amend first paragraph on page 26 of 1902 
Year Book to read (substantially) as follows : "All 
sailing races of the A. C. A., except such races for prizes 
as are by deed-of-gift defined as prizes for i6ft. by 36in. 
class, shall be open to both classes of canoe." 
Rule II. — Amend first paragraph by the addition of the 
following: "No applicant for membership in the A. C. A, 
shall be allowed to race at the regattas of such Associa- 
tion: the participants in such regattas being limited to 
duly elected members in good standing," 
Rule VI. — Amend the second paragraph, fourth line, as 
follows : "The prizes for any one camp shall be uniform 
in shape and design, as far as the financial resources of 
the Association will permit; and in the event of their 
not being uniform in shape and design, the Regatta Com- 
mittee shall follow the spirit of this rule as far as it is 
possible." Also add to this paragraph: "No so-called 
'Club' prizes will be awarded where such racing events 
are recruited, at camp, from members who are not mem- 
bers of such clubs. This to apply to club sailing, club 
tours, and club war canoe races." 
Rule X. — Amend the last paragraph, leaving it to the 
discretion of the Regatta Committee to determine whether 
members shall be present in camp two days before racing, 
by striking out the words, "except in war canoe races." 
Rule XIIL — Amend, by striking out the entire second 
paragraph, relative to disability by capsize. This rule 
militates against the newer racing men, and, in view of 
the limited sail area now prescribed, is unnecessary. 
J. K. Hand, 
Chairman Regatta Committee. 
Fixttjfes, 
July 6-7.— New Haven, Conn.— South New England Schuetzen 
Bund annual schuetzenfest, under the auspices of the Independent 
German Rifle Company. H. C. Young, Sec'y. 
Adjustment of Sights. 
Elizabethport, N. J.— Editor Forest and Stream: I suppose that a 
great many of the brotherhood of sportsmen, who shoot rifles, have 
at times endeavored to apply a new set of sights to their own 
guns. Of course, when a new ,set of sights is purchased, the rifle 
can be sent away to be sighted; but many of us ourselves would 
like to put them in, and we try to do so in the orthodox manner 
by shooting from a rest and tapping the sight to one side or the 
other as the bullets fly to the right or left of the mark. 
It is, of course, absolutely necessary to test the sights by shoot- 
ing for elevation, but an experiment which I tried a short time 
ago convinces me that for lining a gun sideways it is not abso- 
lutely necessary to fire it at all. I had occasion to put a full 
set of Lyman sights on a Marlin rifle, and to line them sideways 
I proceeded as follows: First, I clamped the gun lightly in a 
vise, padding the jaws to avoid marring it; then I passed a 
piece of fine silk fishing line through the barrel. This line I 
passed through the primer hole of an empty shell and knotted it 
outside. By inserting the shell in the breech and drawing the 
line tight, I had a straight line from the center of the breech 
through the barrel, coming out at the muzzle. I now led this 
line some fifty feet away and moved it to the right or left until 
I had it coming out of the center of the muzzle, verifying this 
by measuring with a micrometer gauge. When I got it so that it 
came exactly gut of the center of the muzzle, I made it fast to a 
tack in a board at a distance of fifty feet away. Then went back 
to my rifle and set my sights on the tack, using it as a bullseye. 
After this, I took the rifle out and tested it at a range first of 
25yds., and then of 50, shooting with and without a rest, and I 
found that my side alignment was perfect. 
One can usually set for elevation in a very few shots, but it is 
not always so easy to adjust a front or rear sight sideways, and 
it appears to me that this method of the string and tack is some- 
what of a labor saver. Bud. 
Our Own Rifle Clofa. 
HoBOKEN, N. J, — The weekly meeting of Our Own Rifle Club 
was held June 30. A handicap contest took place. J. Ostermeier 
v/on the medal. The team contest scores follow: 
Bander's Team. 
Bauder 117 
Ostermeier 98 
F Mertz 77 
W Coley 71 
C Ebner 65 
, L. Bittel's Team. 
L Bittel 107 
J Mertz 86 
Gabriel , .....lU 
N Mauder 64 
F Besson 105 
J Schneider 85—513 G Prigge 79—552 
The averages and handicaps in the present medal tournament of 
Our Own Rifle Club are as follows: 
A. H. 
J Bauder 115 S S G Smith.... 
W Watts 112 3 J Ostermeier 
J Gabriel 109 6 S Smith 
Freiensehner 109 G W Greenfield. 
F Besson 108 7 J Schneider .. 
F Knothe 108 7 W Coley 
L Bittel 101 10 G Prigge .... 
A Bittel 101 14 W Herter ... 
J Mertz 100 15 N Mauder ... 
G Ferguson 99 16 J KuU 
Hawthorne 97 18 C Ebnier 
F Mertz 95 20 
F Dable 94 21 
A. H. 
. 92 23 
, 90 25 
,.88 27 
. 85 30 
83 32 
. 83 32 
, 78 37 
. 77 38 
, 75 40 
, 75 40 
, 67 48 
International Revolver Match, 
In the International revolver match the American team began 
its competition on June 30, at Walnut Hill, Mass. The French 
team shot on July 2, at Paris. 
The aggregate of the American team score was 7,889 points, an 
average of 525 14-15 points. 
The conditions of the match are fifteen men on a side, 80 shots 
per man at 50yds., on the Standard American target, Sin. bulls- 
eye, any six-shot revolver; maximum length of barrel, 12i^in., 
maximum weight of barrel, 2%lbs., minimum trigger pull 31bs., 
any open sights, any ammunition. The scores to be shot between 
8 A. M. and 6 P. M. Sighting shots allowed before beginning 
the score. 
The scores, which include 515 points made at Paris, and re- 
ceived at Walnut Hill by cable from Dr. Sayre, of New York, 
who is acting as umpire for the American team, follow,: Oscar 
T. Olsen, Duluth, Minn., 554; B. F. Wilder, New York, 643; R. 
S. Hale, Boston, 540; J. A. Dietz, Jr., New York, 534; W. A. 
Smith, Springfield, 532; C. S. Axtell, Springfield, 530; Louis Bell, 
Boston, 527; Thomas Anderton, Boston, 523; J. B. Crabtree, 
Springfield, 519; J. R. Calkins, Springfield, 519; E. E. Patridge, 
Boston, 517; R. H. Sayre, New York, 515; J. T. Humphrey, Bos- 
ton, 513; William Amory, 2d, Boston, 512, and C. L. Bouve, Bos- 
ton, 511; Grand total 7,889. 
Mr. C. F. G. Ai-mstrong, of Boston, was selected as a substitute 
in case that Dr. Sayre, who was in Paris, did not shoot for the 
American team in that city, as prearranged. Mr. Armstrong 
shot, scoring 517 points; but as Dr. Sayre had shot in I'aris, Mr. 
Armstrong's score was not available. Mr. Bouve shot once on 
llie wrong target, and made 8, but it was a lost shot, and did 
not score. 
There has been an unaccountable delay in forwarding some of 
the French scores. Those of MM. Keller, Dorien and Depasses, 
of Lyons, are the ones yet to be forwarded. The scores indicate 
that the American team has won by 200 points more or less. The 
scores received by the Union des Societiees de Tir made by the 
French team in the Franco-American revolver match follow : 
M. Balme 469, M. Caurrette 502; Capt. Chauchat 524; Count de 
Castelbajac 547; M. Dutfoy 541; M. Feugray 509; M. Lecoq 502; 
M. Leuvier 496; Molinier Paget 526; Capt. Mereaux 529; Adj. 
Paroche 466; Commandant Py 542, and M. Sartoris 462. 
— * — 
li you want yoat ihoot to be aaaounced hetc tend a 
aotlce like the toUowlagi 
Fixtures* 
July 8-9. — Huntsville, Ala. — The Interstate Association's toxima- 
ment, under the auspices of the Huntsville Gun Club. £. ii. 
Mattfiews, Sec'y. 
J uly 8-10. — Arlcansas State Sportsmen's Association s thirteenth 
annual meeting and tournament, under the auspices oi the Jones- 
boro. Ark., Gun Club, of which Matthews is Sec'y-Treas. 
July 10. — Olean, IN. Y., Gun Club sweepstake shoot. B. D. 
Nobles, Sec'y. 
July 12. — ^Jersey City, N. J. — Shoot of the Hudson Gun Club. 
A. L. Hughes, bec'y. 
**July, second week. — Memphis, Tenn., Gun Club's tournament. 
July 14-16. — The Americus, Ga., second annual interstate target 
tournament. H. S. McCleskey, Sec'y. 
July 15.^ — Charlottesville, Va. — Shoot of the University of Vir- 
ginia. G. L. Bruftey, Sec'y. 
July 18. — Chicago, 111., Gun Club's tournament. A. A. Walters, 
Sec'y. 
July 20-22. — Winnipeg, Can.— Seventh annual trapshooting tourna- 
ment of the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Assiciation. F. W. 
Heubach, Gen'l Mgr. 
•July zl-2Z.—Bca\eT Falls, Pa., Gun Club's tournament. W. R. 
Keeler, Sec'y. 
July 30-Aug. 1. — La Crosse, Wis. — The Interstate Association's 
tournament, under the auspices of the La Crosse and Viroqua 
gun clubs. John M. Moore, sec'y. 
•Aug. 5-6. — Brownsville, Pa., itod and Gun Club's tournament. 
Aug. 12-13.' — Ottawa, 111. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Rainmakers' Gun Club. Paul A. 
Selember, Sec'y. 
Aug. iz-lb. — loronto, Ont. — Annual tournament of the Dominion 
Trapshooting and Game Protective Association. A. W. Throop, 
Sec'y-Treas., Ottawa, Can. 
Aug. 1S-2U. — Grand Rapids, Mich. — Second annual target tourna- 
ment of the Consolidated Sportsmen's Association of Grand 
Rapids; $1,000 added. A. B. Richmond, Sec'y. 
Aug. 19-i!0. — Ottawa, 111. — The interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Rainmakers' Gun Club. Paul A. 
Selember, Sec'y. 
•Aug. 19-20.— Millvale, Pa., Gun Club's tournament. Wm. Buss- 
ler, Sec'y. 
Aug. 26-27. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club's annual 
tournament. Dr. R. E. Dinger, Mgr. 
Aug. 25-28. — Lake Okoboji, la. — Annual Indian tournament. 
Frank C. Riehl, Chief Scribe. 
•Sept. 1-2. — Irwin, Pa., Gun Club's tournament. John Withero, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 3-3. — ^Akron, O. — The Interstate Association's tournament, 
under the auspices of the Akron Gun Club. G. E. Wagoner, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 7. — Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., Shooting 
Club. C. L. Kites, Sec'y. 
•Sept. 9-10. — Enterprise jun Cub tournament. 
•Sept. 15-16. — Ligonier, Pa., Gun Club's tournament. J. O'H. 
Denny, Sec'y. 
Sept. 15-17. — Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club opening or dedica- 
tion tournament. VV. T. Nash, Sec'y. 
*Sept. 23-24. — Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club's tournament. R. S. 
Deniker, Sec'y. 
Sept. 23-24. — Scranton, Pa. — ^The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Scranton Rod and Gun Club. 
J. D. Mason, Sec'y. 
Sept. 28-29. — Louisville, Ky. — First day, State championship at 
targets; second day, State championship at live birds. J. S. 
Phelps, Jr., Sec'y. 
■"Oct. 6-7. — Allegheny, Pa. — North Side Gun Club's tournament. 
L. B. Fleming, Sec'y. 
Oct. 8-9. — Dalton, Ohio, Gun Club's fifth annual tournament. H. 
Santmyer, m'g'r. 
Oct. 14-17.— West Baden, Ind., Gun Club tournament; $500 added. 
Oct. 23-24. — New London, la.. Gun Club tournament. Dr. C. 
E. Cook, Sec'y. 
Saturdays.— Chicago. — Garfield Gun Club; grounds W Fifty- 
second avenue and Monroe street. Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
•Member of Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters' League. 
Chas. G. Grubb, Sec'y, 507 Wood street, Pittsburg. 
** Members Southern Trapshooters' Game and Fish Protective 
Association. J. J. Bradfield, Sec'y, Vicksburg, Miss. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries ore 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. 
The daily press recounts that noses, fingers, eyes, etc., do not 
register -oowder pressures accurately on July 4. 
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A ten-man team contest is announced to take place on July H 
between the Lehigh Rod and Gun Club, of the Bethl-ehems, and 
the Independent Gun Club, of Easton, Pa. 
m. 
The Potighkeepsie, IN. Y., Gun Club has developed a number of 
very skillful trapshooters, as the scores, published elsewhere in 
our columns, will show. 
The Exeter, N. H., Sportsmen's Association announces a shoot 
to be held on Labor Day; every one invited. 
■The receiving teller's department of the National Gun Club is 
now open for business, and the captains and lieutenants will each^ 
receive guerdon if each one sends in the largest number of appli- 
cations for membership to the president, Mr. John M. Lily, In- 
dianapoli^, Ind. 
