312 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[Oct. 17, 1903. 
Event No. 5, 25 targets, entrance ?2.50. all 16yds. rise: 
Rhoades llUmilUlllllUimm— 25 
Heer lllllllllJ llUmiUlOlll— 24 
Waters 1111110111111111111111111—24 
Heikes 1111111011111110111111111—23 
Young 1111010111111111111111111—23 
Anthony 1111111101111111111111110—23 
Head 1111111010111111111111111—23 
Gilbert lOllllllllimiOlllllllll— 23 
Pinney 1111111110111111111011110—22 
Phil 1111111111111001111110111—22 
T H Clav, Jr 1011011011111111111110111—21 
Gerlaugh 0110111110011111111111111—21 
Hicks 11111111001 m n n 0111110—21 
Buckuer 0011011110111111111100111—19 
Old Ham ; 0101011010100110101101010—13 
Kaintuck lOOlOllUUOw 
Event No. 6, 25 targets, entrance $2.50, all 16yds. rise: 
Young 11111111111111111111 11111— 25 
Heer 1111111111111111111111111—25 
Waters 1111011111111111111111111—24 
Gilbert 0111111111011110111111111—22 
Pinney 1011110101111111111111111—22 
Anthony 0111111111111101111111011—22 
Heikes 1101111111011111010111111—21 
Rhoades 1111110010111111111011011—20 
Head 0111111111110111110011011—20 
Gerlaugh 1111100100001111111110000—15 
The entire party of shooters, and some twenty-five of Messrs. 
Clay's and Ward's friends from Paris, Ky., were invited to the 
Heights for dinner upon the closing day of the tournament, and 
a most enjoyable event it was. I regret that I am unable to give 
the names of all the guests present, but can remember one dis- 
tinctly, the Rev. John Van Meter, of the Presbyterian Church, of 
Paris, Ky. It he, after the guests were seated about that 
sumptuous board, who invoked God's blessing upon those present, 
and gave thanks for the blessings of the day. It was he also who 
joined with Irby Bennett in the reception hall after dinner, and 
with Col. Anthony, assisted in entertaining those present. Rev. 
Van Meter was a member of Morgaji's raiders during the Civil 
"War, and he gave glorious account of Ohio hospitality. In fact, 
Rev. Van Meter says the first time he went to Ohio they com- 
pelled him to remain one year and over, and would not think of 
his leaving. It is a notable fact that the raiders were captured. 
He says, however, that he has often gone to Ohio since those 
terrible days, and that he has the highest regard for his many 
friends in that State. 
I cannot close this account without giving, in part at least, 
the menu of the sumptuous dinner served by Mrs. Clay to the 
friends of her boys on that evening: 
Course 1— Blue Points on half shell, with cracked ice, horse 
radish, etc., celery and wafers. 
Course 2— Baked fish, egg dressing: cucumber sandwiches. 
Course 3— Sweet bread patties, with French peas; beaten biscuit. 
Course 4— Broiled chicken, champignon sauce, cold ham, hot 
rolls. 
Course 5— Tomato salad on lettuce, toasted wafers. 
Course 6— Individual ices moulded as red roses; cakes. 
Course 7— Cofi^ee, cheese, salted almonds, mints. 
It was at a late hour that the guests began to disperse, and as 
the lobster sextette was present, they were called to the front 
veranda and punished the beautiful moonlight evening with a few 
strains of "My Old Kentucky Home." They can't sing much, 
but they meant well, and were forgiven. 
All good things must come to an end, and the morning of 
Oct. 3 found the Hill Top and the Heights deserted of the de- 
lighted visitors, all of whom hope to meet again with these delight- 
ful people. J- 'L. Head. 
The Rock Pigfeon. 
Hardly any description of shooting demands so much skill and 
nerve as that of killing rock pigeons out of. caves, though it en- 
tails but little fatigue, for the sport is carried on from a boat. 
Yet, although the coast of Kerry is becoming yeariy a more 
favored resort of holiday seekers who are willing to flog fruitlessly 
over-fished lakes and rivers, they rarely visit the sea caves or spend 
a summer evening there with Kerry boatmen. 
If rock pigeon shooting is the object, a visit to the caves must 
be made in the evening, when the birds come home to roost, for 
during the day they are scattered over fields and mountain sides 
when°the weather is fair, feeding chiefly upon corn and heather. 
Of the latter they are greedy eaters, and the good food obtainable in 
August and September makes the pigeon then an excellent table 
bird. A boat and two men may be hired for 5s. at any of the 
little harbors in Dingle Bay, where birds are plentiful. The best 
pigeon cave I know is situated near the village of Roads, on the 
southern side of this bay. Though the whole coast is tunnelled 
by the ceaseless working of the sea, pigeons by no means frequent 
every cave. Their favorite resorts are well known. The boatmen 
have' a curious distaste for penetrating far into the caves, many 
of them believing that fairies and hobgoblins make these their^ 
abode, while the weird moaning which the Atlantic swell makes,' 
even upon the calmest day, in the depths of a cavern probably 
adds to the superstitious awe with which they regard them. 
Nevertheless, when shooting, it is as well to keep the boat just 
outside the cave's mouth, for the firuig of a shot under the roof 
is apt to dislodge loose stones, while marksmanship is ca.sier 
when the boat lies athwart the entrance. 
When last I explored the caves of Dingle Bay, I was accom- 
panied by another gun, and our bag consisted of five pigeons, 
after an expenditure of fifty cartridges. Bad shooting! But what 
were the conditions? A narrow cleft dividing the base of a 
mountain and terminating in a dark tmmel. Into it rolls the 
Atlantic swell, breaking in foam upon the rocks, and roaring in 
the depths of the cave. The boat tosses and heaves, perhaps 
crashes against a rock, the boatmen shout., and out of tlie tunnel 
comes a cloud of blue, which, scattering at its mouth, resolves 
itself into a crowd of pigeons. The heaving boat, the roar of the 
tide, the constant fear that shipwreck is imminent, and finally the 
thcught that every bird aimed at is also being covered by another 
gun, arc sufficiently disconcerting to make one miss a little blue 
bird that shows for a second against the narrow strip of sky above 
the tossing boat, and is gone over the cliff. At times when a 
cave is narrow, it^s exceedingly difficult to induce pigeons to take 
v/ing. i\ shot fired up the tunnel will not always bring them out 
at once, lliough they are wild enough when their resting place is 
cxi)osed to view. The cave at Roads above alluded, to i,s of such 
a nature, and llierc a projecting ledge of rock furnishes a screen, 
Ijeliind which an" approaching boat must keep if a shot is to be 
ol.taine.l. On the day of which I write, my companion, a firsl- 
rate shr.i. landed three tmies- upon this ledge and fired right dnd 
left thrice at the birds -which took wing as I worked the boat 
into then view. "He protested he could not slioot while the" swell 
roared at his feet, and he did not touch a feather. His experience 
at previous caves had upset him. and utterly spoiled his shooting, 
f(-i he was a stranger to the coast. 
A^^pft from sp'ott of this kind, many caves are well worth tx- 
pVnitirn. Those that penetrate most deeply into the clififs art- 
hsfdly pv'ui' ffequcRted by pigeons, T|ip ftfiggf e^yg Q^ tlie Kerr^ 
coast never contains a vestige of bird life. It is situated upon 
the southern side of Douglas Head, which is one of the extreme 
seaward points of Dingle Bay, and is believed by the peasantry 
to pierce right through the mountain to the bay from the south. 
However that may be, it is possible to turn a large boat under 
its magnificent domed roof quite 50yds. from the entrance, and I 
do not believe tliat its inmost depths have ever really been ex- 
plored. They are too eerie for the average boatman. 
Though pigeons usually are not in the deep caves, cormorants 
abound there, while sometimes, far in on the rough strand, will 
be found a seal. The cormorants are strange-looking objects in 
the dim light, perched in twos and threes on ledges of rock high 
up, and moving their heads from side to side in mute inquiry as 
to the nature of the visiting boat. It is very difficult to put them 
to flight. From a heaving boat I have fired a dozen rifle shots at 
one of them, placing bullets on the rocks all round him; yet he 
remained on his ledge until a lucky shot killed him. When they 
do leave their post they almost invariably dive, and do not rise 
tn (he surface of the sea until far outside the mouth of the cave. 
As they pass under the boat they may be easily seen, and the 
speed at which they travel under water is extraordinary.— H. in 
Field, London. 
Missoufi State Amateof Shoot. 
St. Joseph, Mo. — ^The thirteenth annual tournament of the Mis- 
souri Amateur Association commenced Oct. 8. The attendance 
was good, forty-six taking part in yesterday's programme and 
forty-two to-day. Ihe target programme closed Oct. 9, and 
Oct. 10 was devoted to live-bird shooting. W. R. Crosby was high 
both days, with F. C. Riehl a close second in the expert class, 
while Taylor, of Mecklin, S. D., was high amateur on Tuesday, 
and Veach, of Nebra.ska City, was high to-day, and also won first 
amateur average for both days. 
Paid experts were charged $3 a day extra. Those who made 90 
per cent., ?1.50; 91 per cent., $2; 92 per cent, $2.50; 93 per 
cent, $3: 94 per cent., $3.50; 95 per cent., $4. This made a purse 
of $94, to be divided among the twenty amateurs who shot 
through. 
The Smith cup two-man team event was won by Cunningham 
and Clapp, with 47 out of a possible 50. 
At the annual meeting, Dr. Hardy was elected President; G. W. 
IJaydpn, Vice-President; Dr. C. B. Clapp, Secretary and Treas- 
urer. 
Moberly was selected as the place for holding the next annual 
meeting and tournament. 
In the Lake Contrary trophy contest to day at 50 targets, D. 
Timberlake won with 47. 
In the shoot at 100 targets for the final possession of this trophy 
D. Timberlake scored 90, and he will take the trophy home with 
him. He was warmly congratulated. The win was a pop\tlar one. 
Lake Contrary trophy: 
Maine 20 17—37 Felt 2121—42 
Oct. 8, First 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 
Crosbv 13 14 17 12 
Burmfster 13 14 15 12 
Riehl 14 15 18 15 
Budd 13 14 17 11 
Hetr 12 14 17 14 
Lord 13 14 20 14 
Tavlor 13 12 19 13 
Cunningham 14 14 19 12 
Ford 13 14 11 14 
Felt 11 13 19 13 
Murphy 14 12 17 14 
D Timberlake 14 12 17 11 
Scovill 12 12 18 12 
G Timberlake 13 15 15 14 
Cridcr :.v-.... 10 13 15 12 
Wheeler U 13 14 11 
R Thompson ♦ . . . 14 13 18 14 
Miner 11 12 16 11 
Rohrer 14 14 19 15 
Gallup .-. 10 13 12 7 
Eisenhauer 10 15 16 12 
Lester 10 10 13 10 
Meeks 9 12 14 10 
Hardy .w--- H 10 18 13 
Clapp ...14 15 18 14 
Libbe 12 15 15 13 
Brinson 10 15 15 10 
Burkhalter 13 12 17 14 
Frazier 5 8 13 13 
Nulk 12 10 10 11 
Stout 10 9 17 13 
Neach 14 14 18 15 
Brookshire 12 12 15 10 
Roberts ....14111812 
Arnhold 13 14 14 14 
LvUe . 6 9 15 11 
Ferguson 11 11 12 10 
Baldwin 12 12 13 10 
Leath 8 7 14 12 
Canser 12 
Gay 13 13 
GiUan ■ 16 14 
Maine 19 14 
J E Johnson 10 9 
Hamilton 
Day. 
5 6 7 
15 20 15 
14 20 14 
8 15 11 
13 19 12 
15 18 13 
15 19 15 
12 20 14 
14 19 13 
12 18 14 
11 16 12 
14 15 13 
14 13 11 
13 16 15 
12 18 15 
12 18 10 
14 20 13 
12 19 12 
14 17 14 
10 17 14 
14 17 12 
11 12 14 
15 17 11 
9 17 10 
14 14 12 
11 19 14 
12 18 13 
11 19 14 
10 14 10 
15 18 13 
11 15 12 
10 16 7 
13 16 . . 
14 19 12 
13 18 12 
14 16 . . 
10 18 11 
8 9 10 
15 20 15 
15 20 14 
14 13 12 
12 19 15 
14 18 13 
13 20 14 
13 18 11 
14 19 12 
12 18 13 
14 19 14 
11 .. .. 
11 19 14 
14 19 14 
13 17 14 
13 16 14 
15 17 14 
15 16 15 
13 20 11 
13 20 12 
14 18 13 
10 17 10 
10 17 13 
13 14 11 
12 17 14 
14 17 14 
12 17 14 
14 19 13 
11 12 
15 20 
15 20 
11 17 
14 18 
14 20 
11 19 
14 17 
14 20 
9 16 
15 19 
13 19 
11 17 
14 20 
13 17 
12 14 
14 16 
13 18 
15 20 
14 17 
7 14 
14 17 
12 10 
11 17 
12 17 
13 19 
14 19 
12 18 8 13 15 
13 16 13 10 15 
11 12 10 14 11 
11 17 13 14 is 
12 15 9 11 . . 
. . 19 15 14 19 
11 19 8 9 17 
Broke. 
188 
155 
184 
180 
183 
183 
182 
171 
177 
in 
173 
177 
172 
169 
168 
179 
171 
181 
137 
157 
139 
156 
170 
179 
178 
ios 
144 
134 
179 
158 
J\cmp 
9 15 13 10 
12 18 7 11 
10 
9 14 15 13 12 
7 12 13 9 
13 11 9 13 
14 13 11 14 
12 11 13 13 
12 10 8 11 16 10 12 . . 
16 11 13 15 
Oct 
Events : 
Targets: 
Crosby 
Burmister 
Riehl 
Budd 
Heer 
Lord 
Taylor 
Cunningham . 
Ford 
Felt 
Murphv 
D Timberlake 
Scoville 
G Timbcriake 
Crider 
Wheeler , 
Thompson 
N'each 
Uohrer 
Gallup 
Eisenhauer 
Meeks 
Kemp 
Hardy 
Clapp 
Libbe 
Brinson 
Rhodes 
Kennedy 
Nulk 
Roberts 
Mudgetl 
Guy 
Gillon 
Kupper . . . 
Tohoson 
Batcheller . 
. Bush 
Aodfrsou 
Arilhold . , , 
.^Iaine 
Smwfey 
. 9, Second Day. 
12345678 
15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 
15 15 19 15 14 19 15 15 
13 13 18 13 13 20 14 12 
15 14 20 15 15 17 14 13 
13 13 18 14 14 19 14 15 
13 13 19 14 13 20 14 13 
14 12 17 13 14 17 13 14 
13 13 18 15 13 18 15 14 
12 15 16 15 14 18 13 12 
15 14 19 15 14 18 14 13 
13 14 IS 14 14 17 12 14 
14 13 20 14 12 16 15 15 
13 12 19 15 14 18 14 15 
12 13 20 13 15 20 15 12 
14 11 16 15 13 19 15 15 
11 13 20 14 14 19 14 14 
13 12 20 13 15 16 14 11 
14 14 17 12 15 18 14 12 
15 15 17 15 13 20 15 14 
13 14 18 13 14 18 15 14 
14 12 14 11 12 15 10 13 
14 13 18 11 13 14 11 11 
15 13 16 13 10 15 12 11 
12 8 12 6 11 15 11 10 
13 13 17 13 15 16 14 13 
14 15 18 12 14 19 13 12 
15 15 18 12 11 20 13 13 
10 13 18 9 14 18 13 15 
14 12 17 13 13 17 11 11 
9 8 15 10 13 14 14 14 
5 11 12 11 U 11 11 9 
U 11 19 12 12 20 13 12 
12 12 13 13 13 16 13 12 
11 13 18 13 13 18 9 11 
14 14 20 12 14 . . . . 
12 11 16 12 14 .. 13 5 
. . .. 17 18 14 16 12 11 
. .. 12 12 13 -. 10 8 
.... 19 10 ... . 9 10 
, . .. 19 14 14 19 15 14 
17 11 12 
9 10 11 12 
20 15 15 20 
20 14 15 20 
16 15 14 16 
18 15 14 20 
20 11 14 20 
10 13 15 18 
17 12 15 16 
19 13 14 16 
17 12 8 16 
19 12 15 17 
17 14 12 19 
17 15 15 18 
18 15 14 20 
18 10 13 20 
14 14 13 19 
19 15 15 18 
19 12 14 15 
17 14 13 18 
19 14 15 17 
20 14 13 19 
17 14 14 16 
16 9 9 14 
16 12 14 16 
. . 11 13 . . 
20 15 14 19 
19 13 14 20 
20 12 13 13 
20 15 15 17 
17 15 12 17 
17 11 13 18 
13 13 13 12 
17 14 13 16 
19 9 11 20 
Broke. 
196 
177 
190 
185 
185 
173 
181 
168 
185 
178 
184 
187 
181 
178 
186 
174 
178 
189 
182 
162 
153 
163 
182 
183 
175 
177 
174 
156 
132 
170 
8 81017 
Crider 22 22—44 
Clapp 21 23-44 
Hardy 22 19-^ 
Veach 19 21—40 
Arnlxold 2122-^3 
18 18-36 
Murphy , 22 20—42 
D Timberiake 23 24—47 
G Timberiake 20 19—39 
Cunningham 20 2-3—43 
Eisenhauer 21 w 
Anderson 20 20—40 Thompson 
Mudgett 21 20—41 
Lake Contrary trophy contest for final posses.sion: 
Felt 23 18 19 18—78 Eisenhauer ...... .18 17 17 16—68 
Cunningham .... 19 23 22 23—87 Timberlake 22 23 24 21—90 
Arnhold 22 18 19 22—81 
Highest Averages. — The highest averages for Oct. 8 and 9 fol- 
low: Crosby 384, Burmister 332, Riehl 374, Budd 365, Heer 368, 
Lord 353, Taylor 363, Cunningliam 339, Ford 362, Murphy 355, 
D. Timberlake 360, Scoville 358, G. Timberlake 350, Crider 355, 
Wheeler 342, Thompson 357, Veach 368, Rohrer 363, Gallup 292, 
Eisenhauer 310, Meeks 319, Hardy 352, Clapp 362, Libbe 353, Nulk 
266. 
Oct. 10, Third Day. 
In the live-bird handicap to-day, F. B. Cunningham, of St. 
Joe, made the only strai.ght score, but as the purse was divided 
Rose system, he only received $32 for his good work. The birds 
were an uneven lot. Some extra fast ones, with the help of a 
good stiff breeze, were hard hit, but went outside the boundary. 
The conditions were 25 live birds, handicaps 26 to 32yds., $20 
entrance, four moneys: 
Crosby, 32 2101021111112212022211121—22 
Burmister, 27 1221221211222110221211*21—23 
Riehl, 31 2222222102212221221221212—24 
Budd, 31 10100121ill20w 
Clayton, 30 1*12112012121221121021112—22 
Cockrill, 30 *11110111111121021122011O— 20 
Cunningham, 30 2222222222222222222222222—25 
Murphy, 30 21222222112221*111122121—24 
Timberlake, 29 1111112*02202121212101111—21 
Heer, 31 2112111211122212120121222—24 
Crider, 29 212222*222222212221102221—23 
Arnhold, 29 1111122222121211211222220—24 
Hawkeye. 
Kind Lady — Ah, little girl, I am glad to see you so interested 
in that poor little dumb canine. The Kid — Yes'm. I'm holdin' 
him while me brudder gits er couple o' ole cans fer to put on 'imi 
Chicago News. 
Miss Towney (in search of the idyllic at last meets a real, live 
shepherd) — ^Pray, tell me, gentle shepherd, where is thy pipe? 
The Gentle Shepherd — I left it at oome, mum, 'cause I ain't got 
no 'baccy.— Tit-Bits. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Powell's Game Preserve — The Best Hantiog Ground in the 
South — The Huntsmen's Winter v-amps. 
In the .Stale of North Carolina, near the famous winter resorts 
of Southern Pines, Pinehurst and Pinebluff, in Moore county, on 
the Seaboard Air Line Railway, that well-known sportsman and 
genial Southern gentleman, H. H. Powell, has for the past five 
years been entertaining many sportsmen from the Northern and 
New England States. He owns many hundred acres of land bor- 
dering for miles on one of the prettiest streams of water in the 
South. He devotes his entire time to caring for and protecting 
the game on his lands, and provides ample feed by planting 
such crops of peas, beans, grain and grasses, as especially suit 
the thousands of quail, rabbits, wild turkeys, and there is such 
an abundance of wild fruits that tickle the palate of opossums 
and 'coons that they flock to Mr. Powell's lands, and the visitors 
delight in following the old-time colored guides in the nightly 
chase for the 'coons and opossums, and during the day the 
ladies— for there are many lady visitors — are enjoying the rabbit 
chase. Mr. Powell has the finest pack of rabbit dogs in the 
South. It is worth a trip South just to be with Mr. Powell's old- 
time negro guides. 
The Powell Camps have become so popular that a number of 
gentlemen North have formed a Huntsmen's Club, and voluntarily 
make a contribution to help Mr. Powell keep his hunting grounds. 
The camps consist of three separate plantation houses, the open 
fires and old log cabins in which the old colored mammies still 
reside and delight in telling tales of the plantation life '"fore de 
wa'." While everything is Southern, the sleeping quarters for the 
huntsmen and ladies are as comfortable as are to be found in the 
best hotels.- The person who is looking for winter sport will miss 
a rare treat if he fails to go to Powell's camp. The hunting of the 
'coon and opossum must be seen to be appreciated. No other sports 
equal it. The enthusiasm of the negro guides is soon imparted to 
the white hunters, and the excitement is such that one is inter- 
ested from the beginning to the end of the chase. The rabbit hunt 
with Mr. Powell's pack of rabbit hounds is more enjoyable than 
the fox chase, and the lover of quail shooting will find Mr. 
Powell's ground finer shooting than in any section of the South. 
The woods are open and easily gone over. Mr. Powell is a 
lover of the hunt and chase, and is in this work more for the love 
of it than he is to make money, and his charges for accommoda- 
tion are most reasonable. The gunning season opens Nov. 1 
and closes March 15. 
The special advantage claimed by the manufacturers for the 
Dickey bird is the raised center of their target. This surface is 
almost at right angles witli the sloping surface which is necessary 
to make the target fly, and insures the impact against this surface 
—almost at right angles — of pellets of shot which may strike only 
a glancing blow on the sloping surface. The cuts which illustrate 
the target in our advertising columns, show the point. The prob- 
ability of breaking the target is regarded as thus much increased, 
because each pellet of shot which strikes it is made efficient, thus 
minimizing the "dusted" and unbroken, though hit, targets. 
Messrs. Schoverling, Dalv & Gales, 302-304 Broadway, New York, 
have issued a beautifullv illustrated catalogue, which will be sei^t 
to applicants. The half-tone illustrations in it stand out in bold 
relief, and with a fidelity to detail only equalled by the guns, 
rifles pistols and general sportsmen's equipments m their material 
forms. Oualities and prices are fully treated. The portrayals of 
shooting 'scenes of upland and water, are excellent, and adorn the 
pages of the catalogue with themes dear to the hearts of all sports- 
men. 
The striking advertisement of the United States Cartridge Co., 
of Lowell, Mass., will attract the attention of many of our readers. 
To most of them the name is a familiar one, and if there are any 
who do not know the company and the product of its factory, it is 
quite time they did so. The United States Cartridge Co. has 
prepared, and will run in their space from week to week, a num- 
ber of interesting and spirited advertising cuts, which will well 
repay study. . 
The fire sale of Messrs. William Read & Sons, of 107 Washing- 
ton street Boston, Mass., offers the opportunity to purchase high 
grade Scott and Greener hamm^eriess guns at greatly reduced 
prices. There is a wide range of choice m weights, bores and 
sizes, and the importance of the firm is a guarantee that all deal- 
ings with them will have satisfactory endings. A list of these 
guns will be sent on application, with stamp. 
At the W P. T. S. L. tournameuf, a report of which is elsewhere 
in our columns. Mr. T. I^Iov.'ell Hawkins, of the Winchester Re- 
peating Arms Co.. won highest average. Frank Butler, of the 
U. M, C. Co., acted as referee. Mr. Charles Grubb, of the Peters 
Cartridge Co., was of general utility in promoting smooth action. 
16 12 5 20 
16 15 14 17 
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Mr. John T. Rage, of Elkton, Ky„ winner of the Lextngton, 
Ky., tournament, used "Infallible SmoTcelfess," as did = a:lso Messrs 
E. K. Bachman and C. C. English, first and second highest 
iivcrages at Bristol, Tenn.. veoently, 
