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FOREST AND STREAM.^ 
[Jan. 2, 1904. 
Target Shooting in England. 
Washington, D. C. — Editor Forest and Stream: I append a cut- 
ting taken from the West Somerset Free Press, Somerset, Eng- 
land, thinking it may be of interest to many readers of Forest 
AND Stream, as Mr. H. Thorne is known to many subscribers. 
1 can well remember the old traps they used away back in the 
'70s. Now the American trap has been introduced. It will soon 
become popular. J. Bendire. 
A clay pigeon match possessing features of considerable novelty 
for this part of the country was held on Thursday, the shoot being 
got up by Mr. J. Clatworthy, of the Blue Anchor Hotel. Mr. 
Alfrei ; J. Thorne, son of the late Mr. Henry Thorne, of Watchet, 
who l as spent a good many years in the United States, had taken 
up th i shoot aad introduced into it special, up-to-date features — 
commiin practice in the States — that add more than the usual 
sport 'p the shooting at inanimate targets, and which were for 
the firtt time introduced in this district. The traps were such 
that theV could be arranged at any angle, which might or might 
not, according to the regulations of the match, be known to the 
shooter, giving therefore more zest to the event and proving more 
Certainly the marksman's skill. All the arrangements for the shoot 
were excellently carried out; hnt unfortunately the meeting was 
by no means so well patronized as the promoters expected it to 
be, this being in great part due to the fact that another shoot 
took place on the same day at Weston-super-Mare, which drew 
away some who had intended to come from the Taunton side of 
the country. As far, however, as the shooting went, the novelty 
of the thing was pronounced a decided success, it being superior 
to the usual style and affording more variety. The traps sup- 
plied by Mr. Hinton, of Taunton, were of the American style, 
and of Eley make, as were also the "birds," one feature about 
the traps being that they did not throw so high as is usual in 
the English style, but the "birds" flew uniformly, presenting 
themselves as a rule edgewise to the marksman. A rather high 
wind and bad light throughout the day was, however, to a certain 
extent against good scoring. Mr. A. Thorne was unable to take 
as active a part in the shoot , as he otherwise would have done, 
owing to a family bereavement; but he consented to supervise 
the arrangements, for the simple reason that he was the only one 
who thoroughly understood the system, and could hardly have 
been done without. That he was unable to take a more active 
part in the shoot itself was perhaps a matter on which the rest 
were to be congratulated, as he won considerable renown as a 
very smart shot, and would have probably made the results look 
very different from what they did appear. A good programme 
of sweepstake events had been provided, in which from 15 to 20 
took part, but it was decided at the commencement, as the num- 
ber competing was less than had been expected, that a portion 
only of the programme as advertised should be carried out. The 
sweepstakes in each event were divided as prizes in the propor- 
tion of 50, 30 and 20 per cent, of the net value of' each sweep- 
stake, the price of the "birds" being deducted. Mr. J. Broom, 
of Watchet, acted aj referee, and Mr. J. Pinchin as trapper. In 
the first event— known traps and angles— for 7 birds, Mr. F. Wick- 
stead and Mr. G. Hayward tied with 4 birds each. In the shoot- 
off Mr. Wickstead beat Mr. Hayward, who thus took second 
prize, and Mr. Battersby stood third with 2 birds. The second 
event was with known traps and unknown angles, 7 birds. Mr. 
Hayward came first with 4, Mr. H. Miles being second with 3, 
and Mr. J. Cockram and Mr. J. Clatworthy divided for third. 
The third event was with unknown traps and angles, 7 birds, 
and in this Mr. G. Hayward, Mr. H. Miles, Mr. J. Cockram and 
Mr. J. Clatworthy tied for first money with 3 birds each. On 
the shoot-off Mr. Miles took first, Mr. Cockram second, and Mr. 
J. Clatworthy third. 
The next event— a walking match, 5 birds— was a decided novelty 
and was highly appreciated and caused much amusement. Ihe 
competitors had to walk at a natural field gait from the shooting 
point toward the trap, the pulling of the trap being at the dis- 
cretion of the puller, the competitor not knowing which trap the 
bird would spring from or when it would rise, in soniK cases 
having to walk almost to the trap before he could fire. After a. 
good competition, Mr. F. Wickstead took first with 3 birds. Mr. 
G. Hayward and Mr. C. H. Battersby tied for second vvith 2 
birds each. On the shoot-off Mr, Hayward won second. Mr. 
Eiattersby taking third money. 
The last of the programme events was with known traps and 
angles, 10 birds. In this Mr. Wickstead won first with S, Mr. 
Battersby coming second with 6, while Mr. Hayward and INIr. 
Miles tied fcr third money with 5, on which followed an interest- 
ing race of 18 bijads before the tie was finally settled, Mr. Hay- 
ward winning. 
In addition to the above events a number of private sweepstakes 
were shot. It only remains to say lhat Mr. J. Clatworthy carried 
out everything in capital style, and it was. to be regretted that 
he was not better supported. An ordinary lunch provided at the 
hotel during the progress -of the shoot was fairly well patrjnized, 
considering the circumstances, about fifteen sitting down. 
Concerning a Misrepresentation. 
Some months ago, the daily press of many large cities pu')lished 
a report, false in every particular, so far as it concerned Txlrs. F. 
K. Butler (Annie Oakley), which s;t forth that Annie Oak'ey had 
been arrested in Chicago, etc. By way of vindication Mr. F. E. 
Butler instituted a number of libel suits. Several of the o' 'enders 
have made full and gratifying retraction. The following is pre- 
sented for the double purpose to show- how groundless w,:re the 
offensive articles published at first, and to show a purpose t i make 
an amende in good faith : 
"In the issue of the Evening St;:r, of Aug. 11, 19t3, tl ere ap- 
peared an article in the news columns relating to Annie (3akley. 
daughter-in-law- of Buffalo Bill, and the most famous rille shot 
in the world.'' This article gave :n detail certain very unfor- 
tunate and discreditable circumstances concerning the Annie 
Oakley of the article, who then resided in Chicago, where these 
circumstances occurred. 
"At one time Mrs. Annie Butler, now of _Nutley, N. .1., where 
she was living last August, gave exhibitions in the troupe of 
Buffalo Bill as a champion shot with the shotgun at glass balls 
and artificial targets. Her professional name was Annie Oakley. 
She was not the daughter-in-law of Buffalo Bill, nor was she 
famous as a rifle shot. No one acquainted with her could have 
read the article in question as ^ whole and have associated Mrs. 
Butler v/ith the Annie Oakley of the article; for it continued 
as follows: "The prisoner's husband, Samuel Cody, died in 
England. Their son, Vivien, is now with Colonel Cody at the 
latter's ranch on the North Platte. The mother left Buffalo 
Bill two years ago, and has since been drifting around the 
country with stray shows." None of these things was true of 
Mrs. Annie Butler. But certain features of the article, when en- 
tirely isolated fwro the context, might have, been read as rtj' 
ferring to Mrs. Butler, and she conceives that she has been 
thereby injured. 
"The Evening Star now takes occasion to say (what it has been 
anxious to say ever since Mrs. Butler's representatives first called 
its attention to her complaint) that Mrs. Annie Butler, of Nut- 
ly, N. J., was not referred to in the article in question; that the 
article was not true with respect to her; that, so far as the Star is 
informed, she is a lady of unimpeached and unimpeachable char- 
acter, and that the Star knows of nothing to her discredit in 
any way. 
"The Star expresses its sincere regrets if through any assumption 
of similar names there appeared to be in its publication even the 
slightest shadow of a suggestion that Mrs. Butler was referred 
to in the article, and that she should have been in any way dis- 
turbed and annoyed thereby." 
Haverhill Gua Club, 
Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 26.— The lowery weather Christmas 
didn't interfere greatly with the shoot of the Haverhill Gun Club 
yesterd-iv, although the ck;udiness affected target sighting some- 
what. Despite the darkness, excellent scores were made, and the 
all-day event proved an attraction to many members. Guests 
were present to participate, among them being Mayor Eugene E. 
Reed and Elmer S. Reed, of Manchester, N. H.; W. E. Allison, 
of South Weymouth; J B. Sanborn, of Norwood; Dr. Gerrish, 
of Exeter, and some ether good shots of nearby cities. The 
scores as a general feature, were good, and a fine showing was 
made by the local club members. The prize feature of the day, 
a handicap, was won by Elmer Reed, of Manchester, he scoring 
45 targets out of a possible 50, with Allison, Allen and Lovering 
sharing the honors for second and third, with 40 targets each. 
The scores were as follows: 
Events: 12345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 
I overing . 
Lockwood 
Allen 
Hatch . . . . 
SpofFord 
Sanborn 
Child .. 
Miller 
Allison 
George 
Gerrish 
Follansbee 
7 10 
6 12 8 
5 12 
8 
10 
7 
8 
7 
6 11 
4 13 11 
6 11 
7 
7 
6 
6 
3 
4 13 
9 10 11 
7 13 
8 
6 
9 10 
6 
7 11 
5 14 11 
8 12 
6 
0 
6 
9 
8 
5 8 
7 8 9 
5 10 
5 
9 
4 
6 
6 
8 12 
8 11 12 
6 11 
9 
2 
8 
9 
7 
7 7 
4 12 12 
6 12 
8 
9 
9 
9 10 
7 10 
6 14 9 
9 11 
9 
7 
8 
8 
6 
4 10 
5 6 8 
6 8 
5 
5 
5 
4 
2- 
4 9 
3 6 8 
3 7 
7 
5 
6 
6 
6 
9 13 
7 10 13 
3 10 
9 
8 
8 
6 
8 
8 13 
6 13 14 
9 11 
9 
6 
7 
7 
8 
4 11 
7 15 15 
7 13 
9 
9 
9 
7 
7 
5 6 
7 10 
8 11 
11 13 
9 
7 
7 
6 
8 
9 .. 
7 6 5 5 5 3 5 4........ 
7 7 8 7 6 6 
Thompson 3 4 2.. 8 8 .. .. 
Blackburn ° ^ ° 
Events 1, 4, 7, 9 and 13, regular; events 2, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 
17 and 18, unknown; events 3, 6, and 11, reverse; events 9 to 
13, inclusive, constitute prize handicap of 50 targets.. 
Aqo'dnccfc Gan Club. 
Newport, R. I.— The usual holiday shoot was held on Christmas 
despite the unfavorable weather conditions. Fifteen of the faithful 
reported— as good an attendance as that of Thanksgiving Day. 
No regular programme had been prepared, so an impromptu one 
was arranged— 100 targets in 10s and 15s, some events as optional 
sweepstakes. 
A cold penetrating rain set in shortly after 10 o'clock, which 
rendered shooting uncomfortable, to say the least. This, and a 
dark sky line, ' were against good scores; still, some fair totals 
were recorded, H. A. Peckham being high with 7S, topping 
Bowler one target. These two made the only straights ot the 
day. 
Event No. 6, at reversed order, (something new to most of the 
boys), brought disaster to many scores, the remarks as target 
after target landed on the sod in its pristine form being varied 
and expressive. 
The traps worked beautifully, and over 1,300 targets were dis- 
posed of. 
Events 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8, unknown; No. 5, 5 pairs; No. 6, 
reverse. 
Tar-=ts- 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 Broke. 
H A Peckham 10 10 8 12 6 12 9 11 78 
IWer 9 13 7 13 4 10 10 11 77 
9 14 8 11 5 9 7 13 76 
S° th 9 11 9 9 8 9 7 12 74 
Mason ' •••• 4 13 7 12 4 9 7 9 65 
i\Vi^°" 7 11 8 8 6 6 5 9 60 
CoK-eshalV eiO 7 7 e 5 910 55 
F §°p"kL^^^ 6 10 4 8 5 7 7.. 
\lexander ! 6 9 5 6 2 4 6 10 48 
Sb eni an 7 11 7 10 3 6 
Hughes"...... 5 12 7 10 3 10 
Champ * « 11 i "s in 
H L Manchester it o £ 
G Manchester 1^ " % 
H M Manchester ^ •• " ■• •• 
Riverside Gun Club. 
roPSHAM, Me., Dec. 26.— Christmas afternoon a few members of 
the Riverside Gun Club met for a practice shoot, ^ the last for 
1903. The weather conditions were good for the time of year. 
With a good fire in the club house, it proved a very enjoyable 
afternoon. Scribner and Maxwell, of the Brunswick Gun Club, 
were among the participants, being the only visitors. 
Shooting at the traps in this section practically stops by Aug. 
15. so scores made in December are bound to be of the amateur 
class. The largest possible score on 25 targets was made by 
Maxwell, breaking 23, A. E. Hall followed with 22. 
Herewith is given the total: 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
Maxwell 75 61 Atkinson 
Scribner 75 47 E Hall 
C Strout 75 41 Norcross 
A E Hall. 60 51 B Goud 
A O Goud 60 35 Burkett 
S Strout 60 25 Vannah 
Curtis 60 30 
50 35 
50 35 
25 12 
25 10 
20 , 9 
15 9 
Richmond Gun Club, 
Richmond, S. I., Dec. 25.— The Christmas Day shoot of the 
Richmond Gun Club had fifteen events. Messrs. A. A. Schover- 
ling and L. H. Schortemeier were easily in the lead as to totals, 
with Mr. George Bechtel a good third. The address of the sec- 
retary is New Brighton, S. I. The next shoot is fixed to take 
place on New Year's Day. All are welcome. Scores: 
Events- 1- 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
Taro-ets • 10 10 10 lO 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 20 20 
L H Schortemeier 9 10 9 10 9 8 14 13 13 14 8 .. 24 17 20 
A A Schoverling S 10 7 7 8 8 14 15 13 14 15 9 23 20 18 
cfio^Bechtel" 8 8 7 '6 io '6 8 13 i2 i2 12 10 23 is li 
^"^^yqeh overling 7 9 9 7 9 6 14 12 10 9 10 9 17 9 15 
r Sclwen 2 7 3 8 6 .. 10 9 10 11 8 .. 12 .. .. 
F Lutz •• 4 3 4 6 6 
Oscar 4 
F Crystal •• ' ' " ScsOTERLiHG; SeC'y, 
Cincinnati Gun CI«b» 
Cincinnati, O.— Christmas Day was clear and cool, with not 
very much wind. A few of the Cincinnati Gun Club members 
went to the grounds and indulged in a little sport. Five events at 
20, and two at 15 targets were shot, A. Sunderbruch being the 
only one to make a straight score in any event. Williams broke 
19 out of 20 in his first event. The scores follow: 
Events: 
Targets: 
C Dreihs 
James . . . 
Jay Bee 
12 3 4 
5 6 7 
Shot 
20 20 20 20 15 20 15 
at. 
Broke. 
17 15 14 14 
.. 15 .. 
100 
7.') 
15 12 15 18 10 . . 11 
110 
81 
14 20 18 , . 
60 
52 
18 15 16 .. 
11 .. .. 
75 
60 
60 
47 
13 18 13 . 
60 
44 
7 9 13 8 
.. .. 8 
95 
45 
7 4 
40 
11 
8 8 .. .. 
9 .. .. 
55 
25 
6 .. 2 
30 
8 
Saturday, Dec. 26, was very cold, the thermometer registering 
only about 6 above zero. To add to the comfort of the shooters 
a strong wind was blowing, and the targets were very erratic in 
their flight. The contest to-day was the seventh in the Parker 
gun series, twelve shooters taking part. Medico and Gambell 
tied on actual breaks, each scoring 88. The nearest competitor, 
Don Minto, broke 76. Medico and Pohlar each made perfect 
scores of 100, includ-'ng their handicaps. Gambell was second 
high, with a total of 98. 
The club will hold its annual tournament July 19 to 22, giving 
four days of good sport, and will offer $2,200 in added money and 
guaranteed purses. There will be some new features introduced 
at this tournament, which will be announced later. It is safe to 
say that they will please the boys— amateurs as well as pro- 
fessionals. 
Rolla O. Heikes was in the city last week on his way south. 
Before joining the U, M. C. squad in their southern pilgrimage 
he will spend a couple of weeks at San Antonio, Tex., with Col. 
Guessaz, and they will do a little duck shooting on their preserve, 
about six miles from that place. 
Following are the scores made to-day in the Parker prize gun 
shoot, 100 targets, handicap added: 
Targets: 
PfeifFer 
20 20 20 20 20 
Brk. 
Hdcp. Tot' 
19 IS 17 17 17 
88 
12 
100 
10 18 16 17 18 
88 
10 
98 
8 9 8 9 14 
48 
40 
88 
9 13 17 13 16 
68 
35 
100 
16 18 17 14 11 
76 
12 
88 
11 11 11 11 10 
54 
30 
84 
15 13 15 11 12 
66 
18 
84 
12 13 12 16 13 
66 
18 
84 
14 10 1? 11 15 
62 
30 
92 
14 15 13 14 11 
67 
10 
77 
14 14 w .. .. 
15 10 13 11 7 
'56 
25 
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BONASA. 
Cresson Gun Club. 
Altoona, Pa., December, 1903.— Trapshooting in this vicinity 
awoke from its hunting season slumber to-day, when the Cresson 
(Pa.) Gun Club held its annual midwinter live-bird shoot. 
The weather was as good as could have been expected on the 
mountain top at this season of the year, although the threatening 
aspect of several days in advance doubtless kept some of the 
tender ones from turning out. 
The attendance was not as large as at some former meetings of 
this popular organization, but those present enjoyed the sport 
immensely. The birds were the "real thing," and this accounts 
for the low scores of some of the old-timers. 
The club sustained its reputation for complete arrangements and 
quality and quantity of birds, and all participants complimented 
the management on the success of the shoot. The scores: 
Fvents- 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
^'i.rgets: 10 15 10 10 5 Targets: 10 15 10 10 5 
Coon 10 8 7 7 ,. Sbter 6 .. 5 .. .. 
Dietrich 7 12 7 5 .. O'Brien 8 .. .. .. 
Powell 6 14 7 9 5 Tosh 12 .. 9 .. 
Blair 9 6 Evans 14 .. .. .. 
Tones 6 Smith .. 10 .. 7 .. 
Dexter 614 7 7 4 Franklin 10 
Adams 9 12 . . 9 . . Brown 9 
Grant. 
SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 
Spratts Patent (America), Limited, Newark, N. J., have had 
busy days during the past year, with a prospect of busier days to 
come. In a pleasing letter to Forest and Stream, one paragraph 
is as follows: "Incidentally we might mention that we penned, 
fed and fitted up the Newark Poultry show, held in the New 
Auditorium, Orange street, Newark,, N. J., Dec. 15; the Hacken- 
sack poultry show, Dec. 17-19; the Rutherford poultry show, Dec. 
10-12, and have been engaged to pen, feed and fit up the New- 
York poultry show to be held in Madison Square Garden, Jan, 
4-9, and have been awarded the contract' to bench the dogs at 
the Westminster Kennel Club show, Feb. 9-12." 
.\t Aberdeen, Md., and Wilmington, Del., Dec. 18 and 19, re- 
spectively, Mr. J. M. Hawkins won high expert average, and Mr. 
L. S. German won high amateur average. They used Winchester 
factory loaded shells. Mr. Hawkins used a Winchester repeating 
shotgun. ._ 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
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If you could take an ordinary bill out of your pocket and mark 
it so that it would be of no use to any one except the one to 
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letter and send it by mail, doing away with the journey for a 
money order, you would think it a great convenience, would you 
not? Yet this is just what the Post-Check currency would 
enable you to do. 
When this money has been used in this manner it is returned 
to the Treasury for redemption, and a fresh bill is issued in its 
stead. Thus the circulating currency is constantly kept fresh 
and clean and comparatively free from disease germs. This 
should appeal to the physician and hygienist as an important step, 
in our progress toward the final stamping out of all contagious 
diseases. What can be m.ore unhygienic than old, worn, greasy 
paper money, passing froni- hand to hand among all classes and 
conditions of men? Time and again they have been examined 
and found literally to swarm with bacteria. The clean, fresh 
Post Check would be used but little until some one would want 
to send it by mail, when its further circulation would cease, and 
a new one would take its place. Business men universally indorse 
it. It now remains only for the medical profession -and all who 
desire clean, healthful money , to see its many good, time-saving, 
money-saving and health and life-saving qualities, and write their 
Congressmen and Senators about it, urging them to vote for the 
bill (H. R, 1976), which will come up for passage at the present 
session. The plan has the approval of the Postmaster General 
and was favorably reported upon by the House Post Office Com- 
mittee at the last session,— Philadelphia Medical Council. 
