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Thursday, August 11— Remain at anehor and dfe§§ 
ship; Inspection of the fleet by the commodore and his 
staff. 
. Friday; August 12 — Third squadron run, Shelter 
Island to Thimble Islands. 
Saturday, August 13 — Captains and guests will meet 
on board flagship at 9 A. M. Fleet will disband. 
K * K 
Recent: Sales. — Messrs. Macconnell & Cook have 
made the following sales : Gasolene launch Canoga, 
owned by Mr. M. A. Heath, to Mr. John H. Petermann, 
of Charleston, S. C. ; gasolene launch Loretta, owned by 
A. C. D. Wilson, of Trenton, N. J., to Mr. Stevenson 
Taylor, of this city; sloop yacht Nomad, owned by Mr. 
Charles L. Morrison, of this city, to Willis L. Sawyer, 
of New York. Chartered the schooner yacht Uncas, 
owned by Mr. James E. Weir, Jr., to Mr. Walter R. 
Herrick. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C 
Oyster Bay, Long Island Sound. — Saturday, July 23. 
Seven boats of the Seawanhaka 15ft. one-design class and three 
of the raceabout class raced on Saturday, July 23. The breeze 
was fresh from the E.N.E., and the boats covered inside triamgular 
courses. The 15-footers were all sailed by women, and Bahr» 
won by lm. 53s. Wee Wean was second, and Imp was third. 
The prize in this class was a silver cup offered by Rear Com- 
modore Frank S. Hastings. Mystery won in the raceabout class, 
and Nathalie was second. The summary: 
15ft. Class— Start, 3:10— Course, 13 Miles. 
Finish. Elapsed. 
Bairn, Miss Van Matheson .....5 03 22 1 53 22 
Wee Wean, Mrs. D. W. Burnham 5 05 15 1 55 22 
Imp, Miss Agnes Laudon 5 '05 29 1 55 29 
Fly, Miss Christine Roosevelt 5 05 46 1 55 48 
Sabrina, Mrs. George Bullock 5 08 00 1 58 00 
Nit, Mrs. Charles A. Sherman 5 10 44 2 00 44 
Chipmunk, Miss May Young 5 11 20 2 01 20 
Raceabout Class — Start, 3:20 — Course, 13 Miles. 
Mystery, Johnston De Forest 4 59 31 1 39 31 
Nathalie, F. G. Stewart ....5 01 05 1 41 05 
Jolly Roger, T. B. Bleecher 5 02 55 1 42 55. 
Bergen Beach Y. C. 
Bergen Beach, L. I. — Saturday, July 23. 
There were nine starters in the race for cups offered by Com»- 
modore Fuller on July 23. The winners were Jennie Lee, Baby 
Roger, Ariel and Margaret. The boats sailed twice over a course 
from the club house at Bergen Beach to a stake boat off 
Canarsie; then through the main channel to the red spar buoy 
and return to the starting point. This made the first leg a beat 
to windward, the second a close reach, the third a run and the 
fourth a broad reach. The judges were F. E. Eagle, W. L. Alleni 
and R. Fritsche. The summary follows: 
Launches — Start, 3:30. 
Jennie Lee, R. O. Sidney 4 32 36 1 02 36 
Gracie, C. H. Green Did not finish. 
Sloops — Class B — Start, 3:35. 
Baby Roger, George Boehm 5 12 01 1 35 05 
Marion, W. C. E. Pens 5 11 48 1 36 481 
Open Cats — Class D — Start, 3:45. 
Rival, W. A. Bonnell 5 19 35 1 35 04 
Ariel, W. P. Hewlett , 5 14 50 1 29 50 
Open Cats— Class E— Start, 3:50. 
Doctor, George H. Hopper 5 28 11 1 38 11 
Coquette, Mr. Pearsall 5 37 00 1 43 30 
Margaret, E. D. Fisher..., 5 31 37 1 35 07 
Chicago Y. C. Cruising Race. 
The longest cruising race, for the largest prizes ever given ihi 
the west, will be sailed on Aug. 3 by the Chicago Y. C. from 
Chicago to Mackinac. Besides silver cups to the winners in eachi 
of the schooner, sloop and yawl classes and a prize for the best 
kept log book, offered by the Chicago Y. C, the Mackinac Y. C. 
has hung up a purse of $1,000 in gold to be divided among the: 
winners. The course is 331 miles in length, 1 mile longer tham 
the New York Y. C.'s course from Sandy Hook to Marblehead. 
The start will be at 5 P. M., Aug. 3. Vessel captains are re- 
quested to note the names of any yachts they may encounter em 
route, and report name and location to the Chicago, Y. C. by 
telegraph, charges collect. Yachts will fly their signal flags by 
day. The interest in the race is so general that the course of 
many passenger steamers will be changed to give their patrons: 
a view of the race. The following yachts have entered: 
Schooners. — Mistral, Dwight Lawrence; Hawthorne, John Mc- 
Connell, Geo. • O. Clinch, and Charles E. Fox; Alice, Ogdeni 
McClurg and H. H. Wait. 
Sloops. — Vanenna, Wm. F. Cameron; Vencedor, Fred A. Price? 
Siren, Alex Stewart, Murdock MacLeod and F. J. Canty. „ 
Yawls. — Nahma, Fleet Capt. Campbell and Dr. Elliott Carpenter - 
Arcadia, Rear Commodore Wm. L. Baum and Alex Robertson," 
Tannis, Jno. B. Berryman; Naiad, Fayette F. Soule, Chas. E.. 
Soule, Jr., and Fred W. Hill; Windward, Paul Springer. 
Yawls Navarre, of the Milwaukee Y. C, Coloma, of the Macata- 
wa Y. C, and the sloop Neva, of the Columbia Y. C., are also- 
entered. 
niwqtng* 
To Amend A. C. A. Constitution. 
To the. Members of the American Canoe Association. 
Gentlemen — I hereby give notice that at the executive- 
meeting, to be held at Sugar Island in August, I shall 
move to amend Article VI., Section i, line 5, of the Con- 
stitution, page 8 of the 1904 Year Book, to read : "The 
officers of the Association, with the Executive Commit- 
tees of the several divisions, shall constitute the Execu- 
tive Committee of the Association." 
This section always read as I wish to amend it until 
the amendments were passed at the meeting last August,, 
and I believe if the Executive Committee is cut down to- 
ten men, with the Commodore and Secretary-Treasurer,, 
it will . lessen the interest of just that number of men 
who were cut out of the committee, and whose presence 
at the executive meetings in October helps to enthuse 
them, and through them their fellow members at home. 
, John S. Wright, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
American Canoe Association* 
To A. C. A. Members: 
In order to accommodate members wishing to come- to 
camp early, arrangements have been made to have 
caterer begin serving meals Saturday, July 30. 
Any member intending to be in camp before August 
S wishing tents, cots, etc., should notify at once H. W. 
Breitenstein, chairman of Camp Site Committee, 511 
Market street, Pittsburg, Pa. Orders after July 28 
should be addressed care of A. C. A. Camp, Sugar 
Island, . Clayton, N.Y. C. F, Wolters, 
\%\%- -13 (as ^_ s _ u. _ ' _ - - - Commodore, 
The National Rifle Association. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The British Rifle Association consents to act as custodian of 
the Palma trophy until it shall be shot for again, but does not 
receive it on behalf of any team that competed in the match of 1903, 
when the Americans won it by confessedly unfair means. The 
incident may be considered closed between the British and Amer- 
ican associations, but for the credit of American riflemen it 
should not be regarded as closed, as between the honorable mem- 
bers of our National Association and the officers responsible for 
the scandal. 
I notice that the editor of Outing denounces the course of the 
British Association as "thoroughly discreditable" and "despic- 
able," and gives a pretended resume of the Palma trophy con- 
troversy, which is grotesquely at variance with fact. He says: 
"Truth is that the American team was actually nearer the spirit 
of the contest than the Englishmen, for the rifle used by them 
was the one that had been newly adopted by the United States 
Government, but not yet issued. 
Nothing could be further from the truth, unless it be this other 
assertion of Mr. Whitney's, that "the American Government, 
notorious in its disregard of its riflemen, could not be aroused 
to enough interest in the match to hurry its Washington circum- 
locution office into 'viewing' the rifle taken by our team." 
Let us keep the record straight. The British Association never 
protested the result of the match of 1903. When it was published 
in this country that the American team used a rifle very different 
from the service arm, the British Association politely asked the 
American Association for an explanation. Gen. Spencer, president 
of the American Association, explained that the American barrels, 
although of private make, "conformed strictly in rifling to Gov- 
ernment specifications." The explanation was accepted and the 
incident was declared closed. Subsequently the British Associa- 
tion received proof that Gen. Spencer's statement was untrue, and 
members remarked that it was impossible to have further relations 
with the American Association. No communication was made 
officially, the resulting controversy being carried on by the news- 
papers, and the officers of the American Association. 
Gen. Spencer reiterated his statement through the columns of 
the Evening Post and otherwise, and the Post obtained from the 
maker of the American barrels, H. M. Pope, a signed statement 
proving that the rifling differed radically from the United States 
service arm, and did not conform in any particular to Government 
specifications. The service rifle has four grooves and lOin. twist. 
The Pope barrel has eight grooves arid 8in. twist, and only half 
the depth of the military grooves. In other important particulars 
the Pope system is vastly superior to the military rifling, as 
riflemen know. 
Moreover, there was published in the Forest and Stream a 
communication from Col. Frank H. Phipps, Ord. Dept., U. S. 
A., Commanding, in which it was specifically stated that no rifle 
of an 8in. twist and eight grooves had ever been issued, or ever 
approved by the Government, down to so late a date as June 
21, 1904. 
The nub of this whole business is that an absolutely untrue state- 
ment was made by the president of the American Association, and 
"ratified" by the executive committee in the very resolutions of 
June 11, withdrawing the Palma trophy from competition this year 
and returning it to the British Association. If the statement were 
true, no conceivable reason could exist for returning the trophy. 
Instead of being an honorable way out, the action of the executive 
committee only rubs in the disgrace brought upon our National 
Rifle Association by tricksters and quibblers. 
The reason why members of the Association, who understand 
thoroughly the situation, submit to being misrepresented by these 
"ratifiers" of falsehood and tacit confessors of trickery is that the 
National Rifle Association is sustained largely by New Jersey, 
and Gen. Spencer and his confreres are New Jersey militia officers 
with a pull. 
The controversy is ended officially, but let us not be deluded 
into the notion that the return of the Palma trophy to England, 
accompanied by a reassertion of statements proved to be untrue, 
re-establishes our National Rifle Association in the respect of 
honorable sportsmen. Nothing short of reorganization can do 
that. Allen Kelly. 
New York, July 18. 
Indoor .22 Caliber Rifle League of the U. S. 
For years the small-bore rifle shooters of this country have been 
planning to hold a national championship rifle shoot, and at last 
it seems that a way has been found to hold such a shoot. 
The Iroquois Rifle Club, of Pittsburg, about a year ago ap- 
pointed a committee of ten to find ways and means of holding a 
championship tournament at their club. This committee applied 
for a charter with which they could incorporate rifle clubs of the 
.22 caliber into a league, and this charter has been granted. 
The name of this league is the Indoor Twenty-two Caliber Rifle 
League of the United States, and its object is to advance the art 
of rifle shooting and to hold annual championship contests. 
The Iroquois Rifle Club, being the originator of this league, 
will hold the first shoot. For this purpose they are prepared to 
liold the largest indoor rifle contest ever held in this country, 
their prizes will be very liberal, so that if a man in California 
wins he can pay all his expenses and still have money left. On 
the championship event alone, $1,000 in cash prizes will be divided. 
President Roosevelt will be asked to fire the first shot in the 
tournament, and from his active interest in the rifle, it is prob- 
able that he will come. The shoot will be held in the first part 
of October. 
The cost of becoming a member of the league is very small, and 
it is composed of both active members, which are clubs, and asso- 
ciate members, who are individuals. 
The place where the shoot will be held is the largest rifle club 
house in the United States, having five 75ft. ranges and all the 
modern improvements for handling a large crowd of contestants. 
The officers of the league are: President, Henry Sperling; 
Vice-President, R. R. Bennett; Secretary and Treasurer, J. H. 
Dimling; Corresponding Secretary, Karl W. Zoeller. Board of 
Directors: E. C. Reed, A. J. Huebner, Chas. G. Grubb, C. C. 
Hofmeister, Walter Reibling, George Foerster. 
Application for membership blanks to be made to Karl W. Zoel- 
ler, in care of the Iroquois Rifle Club, 1710 Jane street, Pittsburg, 
,' Karl W. Zoeller. 
Concerning the foregoing, the membership qualifications are as 
follows: 
Active members: Initiation $5; $2 per year dues. Associate 
members: Initiation $1; 50 cents per year dues. 
(a) Active membership shall consist of regularly organized rifle 
clubs, who shall, at a meeting held during the annual tournament, 
elect officers and choose place of next tournament, either in 
person or by proxy; each active member entitled to three votes. 
(b) Associate members shall consist of individuals who shall 
enjoy all privileges of the league, with the exception of voting. 
(c) Clubs or individuals, upon written application and payment 
of dues and initiation fee, shall become members of the league 
if favorably approved by the president and secretary; application 
to be made on blanks furnished by the league. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
The following scores were made in regular competition by 
members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association, at Four-Mile House, 
Reading road, July 17. Conditions: 200yds., offhand at the 25- 
ring target. Payne was champion for the day with the good score 
.of 227. Hasenzahl was high on the honor with 66 points. The 
annual election of officers was held to-day, and the following 
members were elected to fill the several offices: President, H. C. 
Roberts; Vice-President, J. Hofman; Secretary, A. Drube;' Treas- 
urer, H. H. Uckotter; Captain, Mat. Gindele; Lieutenant, E. D. 
Payne. 
The annual prize shoot of this Association will take place on 
Sept. 25; open to all. 
Mr. Topf, one of our genial old members, was accorded a hearty 
■welcome into our midst to-day by all present. He has had quite 
a. protracted spell of illness, and his presence had quite a cheering 
•effect upon the boys. 
IPayne .227 225 221 219 218 Lux ^203 201 194 194 193 
Nestler ; 223 221 215 210 210 Freitag 202 196 194 192 188 
Hasenzahl ....216 214 213 206 203 Drube 200 183 158 
Odell 215 207 205 202 200 Trounstine ...176 173 
^Roberts ,,...,.211 209 208 206 206 Uckotter .,,.,198 193 191 184 175 
Hoffman .... .209 207 205 185 183 „ 
Interstate Snooting Tonrnament, 
THE programme of the interstate shooting tournament of the 
National Rifle Association of America and the New Jersey State 
Rifle Association, to be held at Sea Girt, N. J., Sept. 1-10, pro- 
vides events for rifle, pistol and revolver. The order of events 
is as follows: 
First Day, Thursday, Sept. 1.— 10 A. M., opening of meeting; 
3 P. M., inspectors' match; 1 to 6 P. M., the Seabury and 
Spencer matches will be open; short and mid-range individual 
matches all day. 
Second Day, Friday, Sept. 2.-9 A. M., 200yd. stage Columbia 
trophy match; 1 P. M., 500yd. stage Columbia trophy match; 
1 to 6 P. M., the Seabury and Spencer matches will be open. 
Short and mid-range individual matches all day. 
Third Day, Saturday, Sept. 3. — 9 A. M., carbine team match; 
10 A. M., veteran organization; 1 P. M. Wimbledon cup match; 
2 P. M., all-comers' revolver squadded competition, No. 27. 
Short and mid-range individual matches all day. 
Fourth Day, Sunday, Sept. 4. — 11 A. M., divine service. 
Fifth Day, Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day.— 9 A. M., cadet team 
match; .also revolver team match; 1 P. M., interclub match; 
1 to 6 P. M., the Seabury and Spencer matches will be open. 
Short and mid-range individual matches all day. 
Sixth Day, Tuesday, Sept. 6. — 9 A. M., 200yd. stage regimental 
match; 2 P. M., 600yd. stage regimental match; 1 to 6 P. M., 
the Seabury and Spencer matches will be open. 
Seventh Day, Wednesday, Sept. 7. — 9 A. M., company team 
match; 12:30 P. M., Leech cup match. Short and mid-range in- 
dividual matches all day. 
Eighth Day, Thursday, Sept. 8.-9 A. M., first stage, 200 and 
600yds. Dryden trophy match; 2 P. M., second stage, 1,000yds., 
Dryden trophy match. Short ranges open during the afternoon. 
Ninth Day, Friday, Sept. 9. — 9 A. M., regimental skirmish 
match; 3 P. M., company, tyro, match. All individual matches 
open after skirmish match. 
Tenth Day, Saturday, Sept. 10. — The long ranges will not be 
open previous to the shooting of the president's match; 9 A. M., 
first stage of president's match, 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards. 
The second stage will follow without intermission. 5 P. M., 
"cease filing." 
Continuous matches w,ill be open on the 200 and 300yd. ranges 
after the president's match is completed on those ranges. The 
same rule will apply to the 500 and 600yd. ranges. 
The above order may be changed by the executive officer. In 
case of a change being made due notice of same will be posted 
on the bulletin board. 
Rules and regulations governing the competitions, and blank 
forms for 'entries, may be secured by addressing Lieut. Albert 
S. Jones, Post-Adjutant, Sea Girt, N. J. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here send a 
notice like the following j 
Fixtures. 
July 27. — Norwich, Conn., Shooting Club target tournament. L 
P. Taft, Sec'y. 
July 27. — Sandusky, O., Gun Club tournament. 
July 27-28. — Avon, N. Y., Gun Club tournament. Jay Greene, Sec. 
July 27-28.— Grand Forks, N. D.— The Interstate Association's 
tournament, under the auspices of the Grand Forks Gun 
Club. W. M. Ferguson, Sec'y. 
July 28. — Richmond, Mo.- — Missouri League of Trapshooters. 
July 29-30. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club two-day tourna- 
ment. J. S. Coggeshall, Sec'y. 
July 30. — Chicago, 1)1., Gun Club tournament. 
Aug. 2-5.— Love Point, Md. — Malone's summer tournament; targets 
and live birds and added money. Capt. James R. Malone, 
Mgr., 2671 Pennsylvania avenue, Baltimore. 
Aug. 4-5. — Fairmont, Minn., Gun Club tournament. 
Aug. 9-10. — Litchfield, 111. — Consolidated Trapshooters' Congress. 
Aug. 9-lGv — Birmingham, Ala. — -Alabama tournament. 
Aug. 9-12. — West Baden, Ind. — Indian tournament; $1,000 added 
money. 
Aug. 10-11. — Allentown, Pa.— Two-day target tournament at Duck 
Farm Hotel. C. F. Kramlich, Mgr. 
Aug. 10-11. — Rolling Fork, Miss., Gun Club tournament. 
♦Aug. 10-11. — Bradenville, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
Aug. 10-12. — Little Rock, Ark. — Arkansas State Sportsmen's Asso-_ 
ciation tournament. Paul R. Litzke, Sec'y. 
Aug. 11-12. — Olean, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. B. D. 
Nobles, Sec'y. 
Aug. 10-12. — Brantford, Ont. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting 
and Game Protective Association's fourth annual tournament. 
A. B. Cutcliffe, Sec'y. 
Aug. 15-20.— Buffalo, N. Y.— New York State shoot. 
Aug. 16-17. — Detroit, Mich. — Michigan Trapshooteors' League. 
Jacob Klein, Sec'y. 
Aug. 23-24. — Chattanooga, Tenn. — Target tournament of the Moun- 
taineer Gun Club; $200 added. S. B. Lowe, Sec'y. 
Aug. 23-24. — Raleigh, N. C. — North Carolina Trapshooters' Associa- 
tion tournament. 
Aug. 23-24. — Renovo, Pa. — Recreation Gun Club two-day target 
tournament. Geo. B. Dechant, Sec'y. 
Aug. 24-25. — Hot Springs, S. D. — The Interstate Association's totir- 
nament, under the auspices of the Hot Springs Gun Club. 
H. A. Gayhart, Sec'y. 
•Aug. 25-26. — Tarentum, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
Aug. 24-26. — Grand Rapids, Mich. — Consolidated Sportsmen's As- 
sociation tournament. A. B. Richmond, Sec'y. 
Aug. 30-31. — Traverse City, Mich., Rod and Gun Club tournament. 
W. A. Murrel, Sec'y. 
Sept. 5.— Lowell, Mass., Rod and Gun Club Labor Day tourna- 
ment, E. J. Burns, Sec'y. 
Sept. 5. — Auburn, N. Y. — Labor Day tournament. Knox and 
Knapp, Mgrs. 
Sept. 5. — Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club fourth annual Labor Day 
tournament. C. G. Blandford, Capt. 
Sept. 5.— Dover, N. H., Sportsmen's Association annual Labor 
Day tournament. D. W. Hallam, Sec'y. 
Sept. 5. — Springfield, Mass. — Fall tournament on Labor Day; $25 
added. C. L. Kites, Sec'y. 
Sept. 5-7. — Richmond, Va. — Tournament of Virginia Trapshooters' 
Association. W. A. Hammond, Sec'y. 
•Sept. 6-7. — Irwin, Pa., Rod and Gun Club tournament. 
Sept. 6-7.— Litchfield, 111. — Consolidated Trapshooters' Congress 
tournament. L. A. Cummings, Sec'y, Bunker Hill, 111. 
Sept. 9-11. — Chicago, 111., Trapshooters' tournament. E. B. 
Shogren, Sec'y. 
•Sept. 14-15.— Ruffsdale, Pa., Rod and Gun Club. 
Sept. 14-15. — St. Louis. — Afro-American Handicap. T. II . Cohron, 
Sec'y, Pleasant Hill, Mo. 
Sept. 22. — Moberly, Mo.- — Missouri League of Trapshooters. 
•Sept. 27-28.— Monessen, Pa., Gun Club. 
Sept. 28-29.— Concordia, Kans.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Concordia Gun Club. L. 
S. Myers, Sec'y. Elmer E. Shaner, Mgr. 
•Oct. 4-5.— Allegheny, Pa.— North Side Gun Club. 
Oct. 18-19.— Litchfield, 111.— Consolidated Trapshooters' Congress. 
Oct. 18-20. — New London, la., Gun Club tournament. Dr. E. C. 
Cook, Sec'y. 
Nov. 1-3.— St. Louis Mo.— World's Fair shoot ; live birds an^ tar- 
gets. Alec D. Mermod, Mgr., 620 Locust street. 
•Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters' League tournaments. C. 
G. Grubb, Sec'y, Pittsburg. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are 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 date of the North Carolina Trapshooters' Association tourna- 
ment has been charged from Aug. 9-10 to Aug.23-24. 
