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FOREST AND STREAM.' 
[March 19, 1904. 
Boston G«n Clwb. 
Boston, Mass., March 9. — "Business before pleasure; but I am 
through with my business for to-day," was what one of the twenty- 
three attendants at the Boston Gun Club's Wednesday shoot said 
upon shooting his first event to-day, and from that on his sole 
idea was that the rest and enjoyment he would secure from three 
hours with favorite gun and load amply repaid him for the extra 
trouble and expense he had been put to to be present at the 
regular matinee. So it is with the majority of our shooters, as 
they are mostly well-known business men; but they realize that an 
afternoon free from business cares, etc., will enable them to tackle 
with renewed vigor all the morrow's problems. How many more 
should do the same thing is hard to tell, but there are many that 
never knew the benefits that can be derived from an afternoon 
with the gun. But, should they ever find out, we are under the 
impression it would be the same old story, of not finding enough 
trapshooting to satisfy them. 
More than the usual number of visitors were present to-day, 
seven facing our trap for the first time, and as many more repre- 
senting the prominent clubs of Boston and vicinity. A Boston 
Gun Club shoot would not be a shoot unless we had some new- 
comers, the general feeling being that all are to be made welcome; 
and surely, what seems better to a visitor and new shooter than 
a good-fellowship welcome when visiting a new club ground. No 
club should forget this part of the programme, as it may be the 
beginning of a larger membership roll, and a chance for a future 
Heikes, Gilbert or Crosby being brought forth on its grounds. 
Honors of to-day were taken care of by Hodsdon, 19yds. seem- 
ingly being no drawback to his shell and powder combination, 
leeding by two targets in the prize match; and, with Woodruff 
as team partner, leading in the team match. While averaging 
considerably higher for the afternoon than Getchell, the latter's 
percentage of 81 per cent, is high average for each event on the 
programme being entered. 
The newly acquired find of the club. Bell, was not much out- 
done, however, his 15-target events not netting the usual amount, 
and preventing average from coming his way. 
Frank's score in the prize match places him in the lead over 
Bell, as yet the only two to have finished their complete scores. 
Capt. Woodruff, though, has begun to move, and will bear watch- 
ing from now on. All the boys are waiting for this, as they are in 
hopes of a victim in the three-cornered race between Watertown, 
JIarvard and Boston, and depend largely upon their captain to turn 
the trick. Other scores: 
Targets: 10 15 10 * 15 10 10 15 15 Av. 
Griffiths, 19 7 11 9 8 11 8 6 15.. .789 
Campbell, 16 6 9 8 5 12 8 10 12.. ..736 
Allison, 18.... 4 10 6 7 8 7 5 6 10 .572 
Frank, 18 7 11 7 6 12 9 8 10.. .736 
Bell, 18 9 12 10 6 11 9 8 11 . . .800 
Burns, 16 2 8 7 5 12 4 7 8 8 .554 
Worthing, 16 8 7 8 4 12 6 8 8 .. .642 
Moore, 16 6 7 7 4 6 6 4 8 . . .405 
Getchell, 16 5 13 10 8 12 9 9 U.. .810 
Lee, 16 5 13 7 5 12 7 686 
Woodruff, 17 7 8 7 7 13 7 4 13 . . .695 
Muldown, 16 4 5 4 2 5 333 
Bryant, 16 2 2 3 2 4 1 200 
Lawler, 16 8 14 8 7 11 8 8 11.. .789 
George, 16 5 6 7 2 1 440 
Foote, 16 1 8 5 6 11 9 .533 
Paul, 16 7 7 5 8 6 10 .593 
Bucl^, 16 7 9 7 3 7 11 .586 
Arnot, 16 6 10 6 5 10 13 .666 
Tones, 16 6 3 12 8 2 10 10 .600 
Hodsdon, 19 13 10 9 12 .. .880 
Skelly, 16 14 933 
Williams, 16 U 8 760 
*Five pairs. 
Hodsdon™^19^.' .1111010111111111111111111-23 
Frank 18 0111101111110111111111011-21 
Getchdl 16 0111110011111110111111111—21 
Camnbeil 16 1111111110110011111011110-20 
Campbell, .... 1110111111100010111111111-20 
WoodrufT ■ 17 ■ ; ' .1111011111111101101111001-20 
Tores 16 1001101111111111101111110-20 
Griffiths 19 " 1011101110111011011110111-19 
Tpl 16 lllOOllllllllOllllOlOOUl-19 
T^^ler 16 1101100111011111110110111-19 
Worthi'ne ie' ' ' • • • .1011110111101110101101101-16 
Burns 16 1011110011111111100100001-16 
Arnot' 16 • . • • 1100111101101101101101100-16 
^,ink 16 1010000101111111010110111—16 
Allison 18 .' 0001110011010111110010111-15 
Fon?ri6 1111010100101001000110101-13 
Paul 16 ' 1101010010101001011101000-12 
MTnre 16 0001001110001011001111100-12 
Bryant, 16 ' .' OlOlOOOOlOOOOlOOOOOOOOOOl— 5 
Team match: ' * 'I 
Woodruff 4 13—17 Jones 2 10—12 
Hodsdon ......... 9 12-21-38 Williams 9 11-20-32 
Frank ^ 10-18 
Bell 8 11-19-37 
Ossining Gttfl Qob. 
OssiNiNG, N. Y.— At a meeting of the Ossining Gun Club held 
at the Weskora Hotel, Ossining, March 7, it was the sense of the 
meeting that "inasmuch as A. L. Burns, of Mamaroneck, had 
won the special prize, four silver candle holders, at the shoot of 
this club, Lincoln's Birthday, 12th ult., according to his knowledge 
of the conditions governing the same, that he be awarded the 
prizes and that this action of the club be forwarded to the sport- 
ing papers for publication." C. G. Blandford, Capt. 
VJcksbofg Gun Clofe. 
ViCKSBURC, Miss., March 5.— Great preparations for our three 
days' target tournament, to be held here May 16, 17 and 18, are 
being made, and everything at present points to success. We will 
add fully $500 in cash and merchandise, and expect to have in 
attendance some of the best shots in the United States. Messrs. 
Hayes, Miller, Dinkins, Fletcher, Pinkston and Bradfield are 
going to do all in their power to make this one of the record 
shoots for 1904. Besides the cash and merchandise prizes offered, 
there will be put in competition some very handsome trophies, to 
be contested for. 
Our sister cities — Greenville, Memphis, Natchez, Shreveport, 
New Orleans and others— had better start practicing. Our local 
shots will commence about March 20 to shoot a series for several 
very handsome prizes; this competition to close on the last day 
of our tournament. Besides the prizes offeied, this series of 
shoots will enable our local boys to get in thorough practice be- 
fore tournament time, and perhaps some of us may get in line for 
the Grand American or the World's Fair shoot, which I note fol- 
lows right after oi!r tournament. 
This will be the thirteenth tournament of the Southern Trap- 
shooters' Association, of which our club is a member. We will do 
all in our power to make it a svifccess. 
We will have some of the finest champions with us May 16, 17 
and 18, among whom might be mentioned Crosby, Gilbert, 
Faurote, Spencer, Riehl, Heikes, Anthony and Kaufman. Of 
course, these professionals cannot shoot well enough to compete 
for money, but they like to shoot, and they are always welcome 
in old Vicksburg. None of them are strangers to us. 
Of course. Uncle Tommy Devine will be here, and we also hope 
against hope to have Geo. Hillman with us. 
May is a fine time to visit us. Don't be afraid of sickness. Our 
old Hill City is the healthiest spot in the United States. 
ij,; Rabbit. 
New Jersey Pigeon Bill, 
We are informed that the contemplated legislation hostile to 
pigeon shooting at the traps was defeated in the New Jersey 
Legislature a few days since. The following, taken from the 
Observer, shows what powerful forces were organized in support of 
the anti-pigeon bill: 
SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 
Trenton, March 8.— President George Morrow McCarthy, of the 
Hudson County S. P. C. A., who drew the bill introduced by As- 
semblyman Ernst, of Hudson county, prohibiting the use of live 
pigeons or other fowl as a target for so-called "sports" to blaze 
away at a few feet from the muzzle of the guns, called on 
Governor Murphy and presented to him the petition signed by 
10,561 Jerseymen against the legalized massacre of innocent birds. 
The petitions were most extensively signed in the counties that 
the members of the committee which is holding the bill in com- 
mittee to kill it misrepresent. 
Governor Murphy listened attentively to the remarks of President 
McCarthy on the demand from all over the State from humani- 
tarians for the passage of the act, and stated that he was heartily 
in sympathy with the movement to secure the abolition of the 
cruel sport. He emphatically said that ha would do all in his 
power to secure a report from the Committee on Fish and Game, 
and he gave Mr. McCarthy every hope that he would succeed. 
It was stated around the State House that the Governor would 
have a big task on hand if he attempted to force the Fish and 
Game Committee, which has defied public sentiment, to report 
. the anti-pigeon shooting bill. The Governor could dp it, it is 
said, if he would resort to the drastic threat of informing the five 
members of the committee that he would sign no bill introduced 
by them which succeeds in passing both houses unless they 
agreed to report the measure forthwith. The defiant committee 
could thus be brought to its knees. 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Ind., March 5.— The next three shoots, complet- 
ing the series, will be shot from a distance handicap, 16 to 21yds., 
with no targets extra to shoot at. 
The scores of the ninth contest for the Julius C. Walk & Son 
cup follow: g,^^^ 
Tortrets- 25 25 * at. Broke. 
T W Beli; 21 23 24 3 53 50 
Gus Moller, 20 23 22 5 56 50 
S H Moore, 17 If 19 13 67 50 
J C Dixon, 17 • 18 18 16 69 50 
g!i^^e!'i6::::::::::::::::::::::::::: i| i| 20 1 50 
O F Britton, 21 23 24 2 53 49 
W T Fugate, 19 20 23 6 58 49 
J M Lilly, 17..... 16 17 16 75 49 
C A Medico, 18 17 21 10 65 48 
fes^'S'ls'' ::::::: i 19 t II 47 
W T Nash, la--:- - 9^ . cq 4^ 
E C Dickman 19 21 21 4 59 46 
J E Schroyer 17 1^ 18 11 71 4b 
Jos Morgan, 17 ! 10 ! 25 10 
Chas Rush • ^t, 
T J Douglas If •* 25 13 
O Konstanzer 10 " 25 10 
?L°Head' 21 21 .. 50 42 
*Nunrber broken out' of handicap allowance. Sec'y. 
In the following events Winchester factory loaded shells were 
used: Dave Curran, of Ennis, Tex., winner of the Houston 
Chronicle cup at the Sunny South Handicap, was challenged by 
F. K. Sterritt, of Abilene, to shoot for it on Feb. 22. Curran 
won. Sterritt posted $75, which was $25 more than the conditions 
called for, for a match on the 23d. Curran won again. He shot 
a Winchester repeating shotgun. In Omaha, March 5, John Sever- 
son, Wisner, Neb., defended his title to the P. L. Combs cup, 
and beat seven of the Nebraska cracks, including Mr. Diffenderfer, 
the winner of last year's Grand American Handicap at targets. 
He also used a Winchester repeating shotgun. W. R. Crosby, at 
Thomasville, Ga., March 2, broke 97 targets out of 100. At Cor- 
dele, Ga., March 4, he broke 99 out of 100. In the amateur class 
at that shoot, Mr. Marbury won first average, Mr. Aycock second, 
and Air. Loyd third. At Americus, Ga., March 5, Crosby broke 
98. Mr. Smithwick and Mr. Lee won first and second high 
averages for amateurs. 
The indoor rifle championship of the United States was again 
won with Peters .22-short cartridges, making an unbroken suc- 
cession of seven of these important events to the credit of this 
ammtmition. The winning of this event is a severe test of jnan, 
weapon and ammunition. In four successive years the average of 
the winning scores has been 245.5 points out of a posible 250, a 
mark but little short of perfection. In addition to winning the 
premier events of the indoor season, Peters ammunition won the 
prizes in the other matches held in connection with the champion- 
ship. The new champion is Mr. L. C. Buss, of New York city, 
whose winning score of 2456 is but 2 points below the record for 
this event, which was made by Mr. L. P. Ittel, of Allegheny City, 
Pa., in the contest of 1902. A composite target of this champion- 
ship contest is presented in our rifle department. 
Mr. G. W. McGill won high average for the two days' shoot 
Feb. 26 and 27, at Woodbine, Toronto, Ont. He also won the 
handsome silver cup in the live-bird event. Mr. McGill and Mr. 
Wakefield won the two-man team championship of Canada. Each 
used Lefever guns. The Lefever gun also won high amateur 
average at the Michigan State shoot, the Interstate cup at St. 
Joseph, Mo., killing 25 live birds straight; the challenge trophy 
at Sioux City, la.; also the medal for the championship of central 
Michigan. Send for one of the Lefever Arms Co. handsome 1904 
illustrated catalogues. 
Such scores as the following speak volumes for the Parker gun: 
Fred Gilbert, out of 1,000 targets shot at in nine events, broke 
962, or 96.2 per cent. The Sunny South Handicap amateur average 
was won by M. E. Atchison. Mr. T. W. Morfey holds the cham- 
pionship of New Jersey at live birds. Walter Huff, shooting at 
100 targets at Macon, Ga.. broke 96; at Columbus, Ga., 94; at 
Americus, Ga., 96. 
Polk Miller's book on "Dogs" costs 3 cents in stamps, to cover 
postage; otherwise it is absolutely free. No dog man or owner 
should be without it. Write to the Polk Miller Drug Co., Rich- 
mond, Va., for a copy. That firm will charge you nothing to 
prescribe for your sick dog. 
The calendar for 1904, issued by the firm of Parker Brothers, 
Meriden, Conn., presents twenty-four portraits of eminent shoot- 
ers, who are users of the Parker gun, with a brief synopsis of their 
famous doings in competition. 
The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., of New Haven, Conn., 
will be glad to send any one free, upon request, a copy of their 
"Trapshooter's Guide." 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Rates to St. Louis World's Fair, 
Tickets to be sold at very Low Rates via Pennsylvania Railroad. 
For the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be held at St. Louis, 
Mo., from April 30 to Dec. 1, 1904, several forms of excursion 
tickets to St. Louis will be placed on sale by the Pennsylvania 
Railroad on April 25, as follows: 
Season tickets, good to return until Dec. 15, 1904, to be sold 
daily at rate of $38.80 from New York. 
Sixty-day excursion tickets, final limit not later than Dec. 15, 1904, 
to be sold daily at rate of $32.35 from New York. 
Fifteen-day excursion tickets to be sold at rate of $26.25 from 
New York. 
Tickets of the forms named above will be sold from other sta- 
tions on the Pennsylvania Railroad at proportionate rates. 
Ten-day special coach excvirsion tickets will be sold on May 10, 
and on other dates to be announced later, good going only on 
special coach trains, or in coaches on designated trains, and good 
returning in coaches on regular trains, at rate of $20 from New 
York, $18.50 from Philadelphia, and proportionate rates, approxi- 
mating one cent per mile, from other points. 
Excursion Tickets by Variable Routes.— Season tickets and 
sixty-day excursion tickets will be sold via variable routes; that 
is, going by one direct route and returning via another direct 
route. Variable route tickets will be sold applying through Chi- 
cago in one direction at the same rates as apply for season and 
sixty-day excursion tickets to St. Louis, going and returning via 
the direct routes. 
On all one-way and round-trip tickets, reading to points beyond 
St. Louis, a stop-over of ten days will be permitted at St. Louis 
on payment of a fee of $1 and deposit of ticket. 
Why Not Shoot A BAKER? 
Do you know that we build to otdct special Trap and 
Field Guns at $60 and $75 that, for efficiency and 
finish, equal most $t 00 and $J50 gfrades of other makes ? 
MANY MEDIUM AND HIGHER GRADES ALSO. 
Send for a copy of the Baker Gun Quarterly containing full information. 
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the Interstate Association Rules for target and live bird shooting, and 
for shooting under the Sergeant System. The cover bears the title 
» My Trap Scores," and the pages, in number and form, are arranged 
to make a complete record of the shooter's doings at the traps. The 
pages are ruled to make a record of the place, date, weather condi- 
tions, number of traps, number of shooters, gun and load used, events, 
etc. 'The score sheets are ruled for 25 targets. Bound in leather. 
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