282 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[SErr. 26, igsts. 
Brookland Townatnent. 
Sept. 18.— The Brookland, Pa., Gun Club held their second 
aanual tournament at Camp Dent, in Potter county, Pa., Sept. 
17-18. Shooters were present from Westfield, Wellsville, Galeton, 
Sabinsville, Shinglehouse, Coudersport and other nearby towns. 
Camp Dent is situated at what is called Nine-Mile Station on 
the B. & S. R. R. They say it is called Nine-Mile because it is 
nine miles from nowhere. The camp is located in a most beautiful 
and lonely spot m the mountains, and consists of a fine log cabin 
with sleeping accommodations for thirty people. Close to the 
cabin is the dining room and kitchen, all of which are kept up in 
fine style by the club. 
Although it rained the second day, all seemed to enjoy them- 
selves, especially at night, the evening being spent in that pleas- 
ant manner known only to sportsmen that have sat around an 
open fireplace in a log cabin. 
Among the visitors were Mr. Frank Lawi-ence and Mr. j. 
Hawkins. Mr. Lawrence was known to most of the shooters 
present, and helped the management run the shoot. Mr. Hawkins 
made a good impression as a shooter, finishing high man for the 
two days and making one run of 75 straight. Both made many 
friends while here. 
Mr. Homer Elliott was high man among the amateurs, followed 
closely by Messrs. Beach and Hakes. Among those who thor- 
oughly enjoyed themselves were Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Ham- 
mersly, who took great pleasure in seeing tliat every one was well 
taken care of at the camp, looking personally after the comfort of 
each guest during the entire night. 
The programme called for 100 targets the first day and 230 the 
second day. The scores are appended: 
First Day, Sept. 17. 
Events 11 to 13 are 
Events : 1 2 
Targets: 10 10 
Hawkins 9 
Farnum 3 
Bellamy 9 
H Elliott 8 
Meiner 8 
Beach 10 
Sullivan 8 
Nickols 7 
Dangle 
Kennedy 6 9 
Williams 6 9 
Hakes 6 9 
Hammersly 
Lewis 
special. 
3 4 5 6 
10 10 10 10 
8 10 
8 
7 
9 
9 
S 
10 
6 
10 
10 
7 8 
10 10 
8 10 
8 6 
6 6 
9 10 
10 10 
9 8 
9 
10 
8 8 8 9 
7 . . . . . . 
8 
8 7 
8 9 
7 8 
7 10 6 9 
6 10 9 9 
9 10 6 6 
6 8 
10 8 
9 10 
8 6 
8 10 
7 9 
Shot 
11 12 13 
at. 
Broke. 
10 10 10 
100 
89 
10 9 9 
100 
64 
8 7.. 
100 
76 
6 6 7 
100 
84 
7 9 9 
70 
52 
100 
79 
7 3 7 
100 
73 
6 4 5 
100 
69 
6 5 9 
0 .. .. 
ioo 
'75 
6 4 7 
100 
S5 
9 8 9 
100 
SI 
9 6 9 
2 .. .. 
7 .. .. 
Second Day, Sept. 18. 
Events: 12 3 
Targets: 15 10 20 
Hawkins 13 7 20 
Parnuni 10 
Wilton 14 
Meiner 7 
Kortz 8 
Beach 12 
Hakes 10 
Sullivan 10 
Nickols 12 
H Elliott 11 
Kennedv 
Phillips' 17 
Lewis 10 
Hammersly 8 
Knickerbocker 3 
Martin .. 9 
Kelly 
Bailey 
Patterson 
White 
B Williams 
6 14 
8 18 
8 15 
6 12 
5 13 
9 12 
7 10 
6 17 
7 16 
16 
4 5 
10 10 
9 8 
8 7 
9 3 
6 8 
7 7 
6 7 
15 20 
14 19 
10 16 
15 18 
10 13 
9 .. 
14 16 
13 17 
12 10 
12 15 
11 17 
10 15 
12 10 
10 10 
S 9 
25 10 
25 10 
21 9 
22 .. 
17 0 
10 11 12 13 14 15 
15 10 10 15 20 25 
15 9 9 14 17 25 
11 6 7 10 11 15 
18 
19 
15 
19 
20 
14 
23 6 
15 .. 
12 
10 
12 
15 
12 
12 
15 
10 
10 
7 12 14 15 
6 10 . . . . 
5 13 15 19 
9 13 14 15 
8 8 14 12 
9 11 . . . . 
6 13 13 24 
io is a 
6 9 
.. 6 
10 
7 
6 . . . . 8 11 11 
10 ... . 8 11 . . 
. . 5 . . 7 10 . . 
Broke. 
214 
161 
107 
155 
81 
177 
175 
147 
139 
182 
87 
140 
54 
14 
8 
46 
6 
7 
36 
29 
22 
Litchfield Tournament. 
The Litchfield, 111., Gun Club, which has given some excellent 
trap events this season, held its last tournament on Sept. 16-17, 
which, despite the most unfavorable weather, was a success. The 
first day it rained persistently, and much of the time so hard that 
it was necessary to stop altogether. The programme was curtailed 
to eleven events, and by persistent work was finished to that point. 
Riehl was high for the day, Boa second and Lawrence third. 
The second day weather was fair, but a hard wind blew across 
the range in such a manner as to make even more ragged scores 
than oti the preceding day. Boa landed first, Riehl second and 
Jellar third. For the general programme Riehl and Boa tied, eacii 
losing 34 in 350. The scores: 
First Day, Sept. 16. 
Events: 1 
Targets: 10 
Riehl 10 
Boa 10 
Caldwell 10 
Lawrence 8 
Sncll 5 
Montgomery 8 
Cummings 9 
Stoner 7 
Lewis 8 
Kellar 9 
Mermod 7 
Spencer 6 
Cabanne 9 
Ford 6 
Gilbert 5 
Standcr 7 
Robley 9 
Fahrenkrog 8 
Thompson 5 
Rupert 7 
Bockwitz 7 
Cadwallader 7 
Herman 7 
Pogue 2 
Smith 7 
Miss King 
Hartling 
Mitchell , 
Irwin . . ... 
Laird ... 
4 5 
15 10 
14 9 
15 10 
13 10 
14 10 
14 9 
12 
12 
13 
15 
13 
11 
15 
13 
13 
11 
12 
11 
11 
6 7 8 
15 20 10 
13 18 10 
14 19 10 
14 17 S 
12 15 9 
12 18 8 
12 10 9 
13 20 S 
13 14 10 
12 .. .. 
12 12 5 
12 IS 8 
15 18 10 
13 19 9 
14 14 S 
9 10 11 
15 10 20 
14 9 19 
7 15 
9 13 
9 18 
8 16 
9 19 
8 14 
12 8 .. 
14 8 13 
9 9 14 
12 7 14 
8 .. .. 
7 
6 
9 10 
10 7 
13 9 
12 7 
11 7 
13 18 
10 17 
10 17 
13 18 
13 14 
10 17 
11 16 
13 9 10 
10 4 .. 
11 6 16 
11 10 18 
10 8 14 
9 .. .. 
Broke 
137 
135 
124 
127 
122 
i32 
114 
lis 
126 
121 
114 
ill 
124 
U2 
.. 6 
9 7 
Second Day, Sept. 17. 
Events: 1 
Targets : 10 
Riehl 9 
Boa 9 
Bockwitz 8 
Lewis 8 
Snell 10 
Montgomery ... 
Cnmmings 7 
Stone 7 
Robley 9 
Miss King 9 
Kellar 8 
Covy 7 
Lenharth 9 
Laird 9 
Herman 9 
Snvdei 9 
Sin lb 
Schiess 
TiJgPpfiakl • •• 
2 3 
15 10 
14 10 
14 10 
11 7 
o 
9 
X 
8 
9 
9 
10 
13 9 
11 8 
12 9 
12 5 
7 8 
11 9 
.. 8 
.. 5 
4 5 
15 10 
15 10 
15 1( 
11 9 
14 9 
14 9 
11 i 
11 7 
12 6 
12 10 
12 8 
13 9 
9 
9 
11 
13 
11 
10 6 
.. S 
6 7 
15 20 
13 IS 
1-1 10 
14 16 
14 18 
12 16 
11 16 
11 19 
8 15 
12 16 
12 16 
14 17 
13 12 
11 15 
9 10 
13 17 
'9 !! 
7 13 
9 .. 
8 9 10 
10 15 10 
8 12 9 
9 14 7 
13 6 
12 6 
12 10 
15 8 
11 9 
14 9 
8 14 6 
6 12 8 
10 12 8 
8 14 7 
7 14 10 
10 6 6 
813 9 
7 
9 .. 7 
7 14 5 
10 .. 6 
11 12 
20 15 
17 13 
17 15 
18 .. 
18 10 
17 13 
15 .. 
16 .. 
16 6 
18 14 
17 10 
19 12 
16 1: 
15 
10 11 
19 12 
13 14 15 
10 15 10 
7 14 10 
8 13 10 
9 13 
8 12 
S 11 
10 12 
>> . , 
9 14 
8 11 
7 10 9 
7 12 10 
Broke 
179 
181 
m 
168 
150 
170 
175 
150 
151 
132 
162 
.. 12 
10 8 
8 .. 
7 10 
Hartline 6 .. 8 .. 9 7 
Pogue 5 
Meyers 7 
KiLLMORE. 
Concetningf Shot Sizes. 
If it were generally admitted by sportsmen that 20-bores were 
better than 12-bores, they would nevertheless not be much used. 
Shooting has now arrived at a point at which a man individually 
no longer organizes war against the game. It is done by a 
variety of circumstances acting on, and being in their turn reacted 
upon, by a number of individuals, not all of them shooters, and in 
order to change our present habits in respect to gun gauges, we 
should have to convert not only ourselves, but every one of our 
shooting acquaintances also and simultaneously. Shooting outfit 
is no longer a question only between the man and his loader. 
Each man at some time of the year may now be required to take 
50 pounds weight of ammunition on to the field with him. 
Some there are who attempt to advocate small shot for all-round 
the season work; but I, who am like your last week's corre- 
spondent, an out and out advocate of a light load and No. 5, 
protest that small shot is the worst enemy to the game preserver, 
and also to the cruelty to animals' society as well, or would be 
so to the latter if they attended to things that are practical bj' 
Ijreference. 
Why T say that there is cruelty in using small shot is on two 
grounds, one of which is pretty generally admitted when it is 
argued that two No. 7 pellets are better than one No. 5, although 
the latter goes in further. But to leave for an instant the question 
of smashing, which is all in favor of big shot, I want to attack an 
idea that is as general as a maid-of-all-work; it is that small shot 
gives the best pattern. Nothing is further from the truth. It 
ought to do so, perhaps, in theory, but in practice it does not. 
A vast lot of precious time has been expended before white-washed 
targets in the unprofitablis task of counting pellet marks, but the 
choice made of sorts of shot for trial is not, as a rule, different 
enough in size to get at any useful principle — the principle that 
governs these things. 
It would take hundreds of thousands of discharges and counted 
targets to arrive at the principle of variation if the tests were 
made, say, with shot pellets varying no more than Nos. 6 and 7. 
But go to a smaller size in one direction, and to a bigger in tlie 
other, and yoti instantly discover the trend of differences of 
results. Broadly speaking, there is a much larger percentage of 
wildly scattered pellets when small shot is used; that is to say, 
for every reduction of the size of shot pellets there will be more 
chances of wounding. I will not say fewer chances of killing, 
because that so much depends upon the distance the game is 
away, and whether it is coming at the shooter or going away 
from him. 
Probably the best experiments with small shot ever carried 
through to a definite and instructive conclusion, were those under- 
taken at the instance of the French Government some years ago. 
These experiments proved beyond question that the smaller the 
size of the shot pellets the greater was the inaccuracy of their 
flight; and that many more pellets became mere stragglers than 
when large shot was used. The Frenchmen went to work in a 
totally different direction from that which had led, and misled, 
Englishmen for many years; and in doing that they shed new 
light, which has taken a long time to illuminate our own sphere 
of action. 
To our neighbors it appeared more necessary to discover the 
size of the circle necessary' to embrace a certain percentage of the 
shot pellets, at various distances, than it did to count the pellets 
within an already measured space. By this means they dis- 
covered the great superiority, by percentage differences, of big 
shot over small in the matter of pattern; and until then it was 
not really suspected what an enormous difference in target area 
there was necessary, say, for catching 75 per cent, of No. 9 as 
against 75 per cent, of BB shot. It is not only a loss over the 
longer ranges such as might be expected, but at near distances 
also the small pellets require a much bigger area to catch 75 
per cent, of them on the target. Indeed, the differences are so 
great even at 33yds. range that the area of No. 9 on the target 
from a choke bore is bigger than the area of BB with a cylinder 
bore at the same distance. The figures given by the French 
Governmental authority for 33yds. are as follows: The diameter 
of the circle inclosing 75 per cent, of the load with BB shot is 
2 2ft.; with No. 9 it is 3.3ft. Then at 55yds. range the difference is 
even more startling, being 4.6ft. for BB shot and 9.2ft. for No. 9 
shot. At greater ranges the diameter practically doubles for small 
shot. All the above facts apply to the choke bore. With the 
cylinder there are even more differences, thus: At 33yds. the 
rcsjicctive diameters for the same 75 per cent, proportion of 
pellets are, for BB 3.1ft. and 4.2ft. for No. 9. At 55yds., 5.9ft. for 
BB and 10.8 for No. 9 shot. 
The application of these figures is in the direction of finding the 
area of the circles and the number of pellets to each square inch, 
and then by multiplying that number by their respective remaining 
energies at the distance. But probably this letter is already too 
long, and sportsmen, who all hate wounding like poison, will 
understand that when you count the shot pellets in a 30in. circle 
at 40yds. you have not thereby necessarily learned much about 
the patterns of shotguns, and how they are effected by different 
sizes of pellets. — X. in the Country Gentleman (London). 
Pawtoxet Goo Club. 
Pawtij.xet, R. I., Sept. 12.— Events 1 and 7 were for practice. 
Events 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 constituted a lOO-target race. Mr. Bain 
made, at 100 targets, the record score of the grounds since we 
installed the new system (Sergeant). We also shot the last of the 
series of club shoots for prizes. 
Ray Sheldon is only fourteen years old. The scores: 
Events-: " 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Tarsets- 25 20 20 20 20 20 10 
Bain 17 19 17 18 17 .. 
Root 19 17 17 15 17 17 -- 
Johnson 16 17 15 15 17 18 .. 
Barstow 20 13 13 15 18 14 .. 
Morris 12 8 6 
Willis 14 • 
Sherman 15 9 
W Sheldon 14 8 
R Sheldon 13 8 
Monteith U § 12 13 12 .. 
The club shoot for prizes resulted as follows, sliding handicap, 
vards: 
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R Sheldon',' 'l'7'. .'. , .i^i OlllllllllllllUllll-19 
Morris, 12 11101111111110111111-18 
W Sheldon 15 . . 1.,. . . . 11011111111111111111-19 
Barstow 16 .... ... . 11011110111111011111-17 
Inman 16 OOOmilOlllllllOlll-15 
Sherman 17 OlimiOllOlOlllOllO-14 
Monteith. 14 • 10111001110011111100-13 
Winners in the series, possible 120, as follows: W. Sheldon, 99; 
Pr. Inman, 99; W. Stainton, 97; J, Willis, 97: W. Barstow, 9C; 
y. Sherman, 96; Ray Sheldon, 96, ' Kent, 
Mountaineers* Gun Qub* 
Chattanooga, Tenn. — The weather on the first day of the 
Mountaineers' Gun Club tournament, "the shoot above the clouds," 
Sept. 15 and 16, was bad, and as a consequence shooting did not 
commence till 2 o'clock in the afternoon. During the wind and 
rain of the first day the targets were the hardest ever seen, as 
declared by every one present. Of the programme for the day, 120 
targets were thrown, and the unfinished events were postponed to 
the next day. On the second day the weather was fine, and good 
scores were made. On the first day straight scores were few. 
On the first day "Foxy Quiller," of Birmingham, made highest 
average for amateurs. 
Squad 1„ whose members were Messrs. Heikes, Heer, Hughes, 
Spencer and Anthony, made three scores of 97 out of 100. 
All enjoyed themselves and promised to be on hand next year, 
Mr. W. R. Crosby did not arrive in time for the first day, but 
participated in the competition of the second day. 
Mose Starr, of Paducah, made highest amateur average on the 
second day with 961'^ per cent. Mr. C. O. Le Compte redeemed 
himself by winning the extra event with the only straight score. 
Heer won first average, Hughes second average, and Starr first 
amateur average. Totals for the two days: 
—First Day— —Second Day— ^Total 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
Heer 200 185 200 194 400 379 
Hughes 200 182 200 185 400 367 
Spencer 200 179 200 187 400 366 
Heikes 200 172 200 191 400 363 
Starr 200 169 200 193 400 362 
Trimble 200 180 200 181 400 361 
Huff 2C0 170 200 186 400 356 
LeCompte 200 167 200 186 400 353 
Fletcher 200 165 200 185 400 350 
Anthony 200 164 200 185 400 349 
Freeman 200 170 200 176 400 346 
Hightower 200 161 200 182 400 343 
Foxy Ouiller 200 166 200 171 400 337 
Hatcher 200 160 200 175 400 335 
Smithwick 200 162 200 172 400 334 
Livingston 200 155 200 177 40O 332 
Norwell 200 157 200 171 400 328 
Legler 200 157 200 166 400 323 
Hardy 200 153 200 166 400 319 
Polk 200 153 200 165 400 318 
O'Connell 200 150 20O 161 400 311 
Meaders 200 152 200 158 400 310 
McKinnon 200 140 200 160 400 309 
Napier 160 112 200 161 360 273 
Goodlake 200 131 160 103 360 234 
Plummer 145 109 200 104 345 273 
Matthews 200 146 115 82 315 228 
Martin 200 133 115 68 315 201 
Webster 200 134 110 88 310 222 
Brown SO 64 200 165 280 229 
Blunt 70 45 200 170 270 216 
Pratt 200 143 70 51 270 194 
Park 150 123 115 97 265 220 
Hill 150 125 115 91 265 216 
Lenoir 120 69 115 62 235 131 
43 .. .; 80 68 160 120 240 188 
Needham 50 22 155 97 205 119 
Crosbv 200 189 200 189 
Kube ■ 170 130 170 130 
Cannon' 70 32 40 23 110 55 
Head 85 40 85 40 
Capehart 70 46 ... ... 70 46 
Sauls 60 41 60 41 
Gambell 40 27 40 27 
Hale 40 25 40 25 
Woodworth 30 13 ... . ... 30 13 
Henry 20 12 20 12 
Trap at Wilmington. 
Wii-MiNGTON, Del.- On Sept. 12 an interesting five-man team 
race took place. Each contestant shot at 50 targets. The Country 
Club team, whose members were the Messrs. Dupont and Skelly, 
won, with the excellent score of 232 out of a possible 250, Follow- 
ing is a summary of the scores: 
Wawasset Club. 
Burroughs 15 11 20—46 
Graham 14 13 17-44 
Siam 14 14 18-46 
McKelvey 14 14 16-44 
Country Club. 
Eugene E 15 14 18-47 
Eugene 12 15 20-47 
A T Du P 13 12 20-45 
Vic III 13 15 20—48 
Ward 12 14 18—14-224 Skelly 14 13 18-45-^2 
Middleton Club. 
Buris S 10 17—35 Dr Bernard .... 11 12 14—37 
T g" Massey . ... 12 15 18—45 S E Massey. ... 11 13 18—42—206 
Stevens 14 14 19—47 
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