856 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
flOcT. SO, 1904. 
won with a score of 45 out of 50 from 16yds. Ray 
Rye, N. Y., won first money in the sweep with 46. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 25 
R Hendricks, 16 9 8 8 7 23 
C G Blandford, 18 7 8 8 9 20 
W H Coleman, 16 5 9 4 10 22 
N L Stratton, 16 8 8 7 7 14 
L M Cowdrey, 16 5 6 5 5 
A L Harris, 16 9 9 9 18 
McFarland, 14 7 5 6' 15 
W Tap, 20 8 10 9 20 
D Brandreth, 16 7 19 
W S Smith, 14....;.. 21 
A Bedell, 18 21 
Hendricks, of 
6 7 8 9 
25 10 15 10 
23 ..13 8 
18 .. 12 7 
23 
16 7 .. 7 
15 9 .. 5 
21 .. .-. .. 
18 7 .. 5 
24 .. .. 10 
21 .. 14 S 
17 
21 
C. G. B. 
Baltimore Tournament. 
Baltimore, Md. — The two-day tournament of the Baltimore 
Shooting Association was held on Oct. 10 and 11. Mr. J. M. 
Hawkins made high average for the two days; Neaf Apgar second; 
George Piercy, Jersey City, and Wm. Wagner, Washington, were 
third. Mr. Hood Waters was ill, and that affected his scores. 
Oct. 10, First Day. 
Targets : 
15 
Hawkins, 20 15 
Elliott, 20 13 
Storr, 19 13 
Waters, 18 10 
Butler, 17 13 
Wagner, 19 15 
Burroughs, 17 13 
Malone, 18 . . . : 14 
Wilhite, 17 13 
Orrison, 16 9 
Lupus, 17 11 
Pensy, 16 11 
Piercy, 20 13 
Bowen, 18 13 
Worthington 13 
Lyon, 18 12 
Sechrist, 18 9 
Dupont, 18 12 
Slater, 17 12 
Foord, 17 14 
Biddle, 16 9 
Chelf, 17 11 
German, 19 12 
Hopkins, 16 10 
Mordecai, 17 12 
Chew, 17 12 
Apgar, 18 13 
Adams, 18 13 
Richardson, 18 
George, 16 
B Boeu 
Moxley 
Prospect, 16 
Bonday, 17 
Roberts, 16 
C Malone, 16 
Schabb, 16 
Leeland, 16 
Sampson, 16 
Walker, 16 
20 20 20 
19 19 19 
18 18 20 
19 16 19 
20 18 16 
16 17 15 
18 18 17 
17 13 14 
20 16 16 
16 16 14 
18 14 14 
18 13 19 
15 12 16 
19 19 18 
15 20 16 
15 15 
15 15 19 
14 18 15 
19 17 19 
16 13 17 
16 17 14 
. . 15 15 
14 19 14 
20 16 19 
13 15 12 
10 17 9 
18 16 13 
15 18 16 
18 15 17 
15 20 16 
.. ..15 
15 20 
14 17 
13 20 
12 17 
12 19 
13 11 
15 19 
10 18 
13 18 
10 18 
11 13 
11 14 
14 14 
15 19 
10 17 
20 20 25 
20 20 25 
15 19 20 
19 19 20 
16 19 20 
18 17 17 
16 19 22 
16 19 20 
16 17 19 
13 18 18 
15 17 18 
16 20 19 
16 10 20 
20 19 22 
18 13 21 
13 16 
11 15 
13 19 
11 16 
14 16 
10 .. 
13 18 
12 11 
13 16 
11 16 
13 19 
14 19 
12 13 
11 13 
19 17 21 
17 18 15 
14 19 21 
13 15 20 
17 17 23 
16 .. 20 
.. ..20 
19 20 20 
9 15 21 
13 15 16 
14 17 18 
16 17 19 
13 19 21 
20 17 19 
17 15 23 
Broke. 
168 
156 
154 
150 
138 
159 
145 
149 
136 
129 
141 
128 
164 
143 
i47 
132 
153 
133 
148 
157 
118 
117 
135 
145 
149 
6 
5 14 . . 
8 10 12 15 
.. 17 ..17 
. 16 15 19 
.13 ..17 
. 8 12 .. 
. 10 12 . . 
. .. .. 16 
.. 16 
Oct. II, Second Day. 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 
Hawkins 17 18 19 19 19—92 
German 17 15 16 19 19-86 
Lupus 9 16 16 . . 
Piercy 16 17 18 18 15—84 
Storr 16 15 18 19 18—86 
Wagner 18 18 18 16 20—90 
Waters 16 18 16 14 19—83 
Elliott 19 16 18 17 17—87 
Adams 15 17 15 16 14-77 
Wilhite 15 18 10 17 16—76 
Malone 14 16 15 17 16-78 
Chew 12 .. 
Bowen 17 14 16 17 19— 83 
Targets : 20 20 20 20 20 
Richardson ... 18 18 16 16 17—85 
Foord 14 16 14 16 19—79 
Apgar 17 17 14 19 16—83 
Lyon 11 17 18 14 14—74 
Butler 16 14 12 16 16—74 
Mordecai 14 19 11 19 17—80 
Ellison 17 16 17 18 13—81 
Baskerville ... 10 7 18 10 15—60 
Moxley 8 7 6 6 4—31 
Gifford 14 6 14 16 12—62 
Slater 14 17 18 18 16—83 
Bonday :. .. .. 10 .. 14 
Almy itf 
Krug 11 
Hopkins 18 11 17 15 
Henderson .... 14 20 11 18 18—81 
Merchandise event, unfinished from Monday, at 25 targets each: 
Hawkins 25, German 22, Lupus 21, Piercy 19, Storr 22, Wagner 
20, Waters 21, Elliott 20, Adams 20, Wilhite 20, Malone 21, Chew 
23, Bowen £0, Hopkins 19, Henderson 21, Foord 23, Apgar 19, 
Lyon 20, Butler 19, Mordecai 19, Gifford 14, Slater 20, Chelf 18, 
Pensy 18, Bonday 16. 
Target programme of the two days. First day, 200 targets; 
second day, 100 targets; total, 300 targets: 
1st day. 2d day. Tot'l. 
Apgar ..165 
Adams 169 
Foord 167 
Bowen .162 
Lyon 166 
Slater 157 
Wilhite 157 
1st day. 2d day. Tot'l. 
Hawkins 190" 92 282 
Piercy 186 84 270 
Wagner 180 90 270 
German 178 86 264 
Elliott 176 87 263 
Storr 174 . 86 260 
Waters 170 83 253 
Malone 172 78 250 
Ten "flyers," $5 entrance, gold medal to first, and the 
stake money divided among the three high guns: Lyons 
Piercy (31) 9, Malone (31) 10, A. R. M. (28) 9, Walters 
J. Gifford (29) 10, W. Wagner (30) 10, Lester (31) 9, C. 
77 
79 
83 
74 
83 
76 
278 
246 
246 
245 
240 
234 
233 
sweep- 
(29) 7, 
(30) 7, 
Bauday 
(28) 8, C. Malone (28) 8, D. Richardson (29) 9, Slater (25) 7, 
Mordecai (29) 9, Hawkins (31) 8, Pensy (28) 7. 
Maryland handicap, 5 flyers; $10 entrance; silver cup, given by 
B. S. A., to winner; sweepstake money divided among three high 
guns: Piercy (31) 13, Lyon (28) 13, Slater (25) 10, A. R. M. (28) 
14, Malone (31) withdrew, Richardson (29) 14, Pensy (28) 7, 
Waters (30) 12, Gifford (30) 14, German (31) 13, Bonday (28) 10, 
Mordecai (29) 13. 
TheJDalton Gun|'Club. 
Dalton, O., Oct. 14.— The tournament of the Dalton Gun Club, 
held on Oct. 6 and 7, had disagreeable weather on the first day, 
there being a cold, strong north wind. The attendance of local shoot- 
ers was less than expected. The programme was arranged with a 
view to interest specially the 70 to 80 per cent. men. There was 
a good attendance from other sections, and the trade was well 
represented, and to these shooters the club feels very grateful. 
High professional average for the two days was won by Mr. R. 
O. Heikes. He broke 376 out of a possible 400. Mr. C. A. Young 
was next with 373. F. H. Snow, of Cleveland, won the high ama- 
teur average for the two days, breaking 369 out of a possible 400. 
The longest run was made by Mr. Heikes. He broke 77 straight. 
Mr. C. O. Le Compte was next with a run of 72. 
Expert traps, Sergeant system, were used. The management re- 
ceived many compliments on having such conveniently appointed 
grounds. 
The trade was represented by Messrs. R. L. Trimble, C. O. Le 
Compte, D. D. Gross, C. A. Young, R. O. Heikes and H. J. 
Priddy. 
All in all, the shoot was a success. The scores: 
Heikes 
Young 
Snow 
Fisher 
Le Compte... 
Alkire 
H Santmyer.. 
Gross 
Scott 
Trimble 
Bradley 
Jennings 
O Santmyer. 
Gibson 
Haak 
Smith 
Dunn 
W VV W 
Becker .... 
Renner 
Ledgett 
Schiltz 
Becher 
Saffold 
Hunsicker 
McDowell . . . 
Carr 
Zupp 
Wcrtz 
Walters 
Plorn 
Harig 
Heibner 
Peckinpaugh ... 20 
Harrold 15 
First Day. 
Shot at. Broke. 
Second Day. 
Shot at. Broke. 
Total. 
Shot at. Broke. 
200 
188 
200 
188 
400 
376 
200 
185 
200 
188 
400 
373 
200 
187 
200 
182 
400 
369 
200 
185 
200 
178 
400 
363 
200 
175 
200 
186 
400 
301 
200 
180 
200 
179 
400 
359 
200 
171 
200 
175 
400 
346 
200 
170 
200 
16S 
400 
338 
200 
169 
200 
168 
400 
337 
200 
171 
200 
164 
400 
335 
200 
156 
200 
170 
400 
326 
200 
163 
200 
147 
400 
310 
200 
152 
• 200 
155 
400 
307 
200 
151 
200 
146 
.400 
297 
200 
176 
200 
176 
200 
173 
200 
173 
200 
168 
200 
168 
200 
i<55 
200 
165 
200 
159 
200 
159 
200 
115 
200 
115 
90 
'65 
65 
40 
155 
105 
120 
83 
120 
83 
105 
78 
105 
78 
120 
83 
120 
83 
40 
'95 
'47 
105 
70 
55 
38 
55 
38 
45 
'36 
45 
36 
45 
32 
45 
32 
45 
28 . 
45 
28 
'50 
'24 
50 
24 
10 
"6 
25 
17 
35 
23 
45 
25 
25 
15 
23 
15 
14 
11 
10 
6 
45 
25 
25 
15 
20 
15 
E. F. 
33 
15 
14 
11 
10 
6 
S. 
Batavia Tournament. 
Batavia, N. Y., Oct. 11.— The second annual tournament of the 
Holland Gun Club, held at Agricultural Park, to-day, had scores 
as follows: 
Shot at. Broke. 
107 
106 
94 
92 
91 
81 
79 
78 
76 
76 
57 
57 
Shot at. 
E Cox 120 
Wm F Huyck 100 
D Clark 80 
F T Wilcox 
A Bernhardt 
A Coughlin. 
C F Clark... 
A J Squires 
L J Stein 20 
H L Ames 20 
C A Williams 20 
55 
40 
40 
40 
20 
Tav Green 120 
S B Curtis 120 
T Knickerbocker. .120 
Dr C W Gardiner.. 120 
W C Wootton 120 
F M Far well 120 
R T Smith 120 
W Heaman 120 
T L Robson 120 
0 S Stull 120 
H T Priester 120 
H "Harrison 120 
The last event on the programme was a handicap, for club 
bers only. James Knickerbocker shot from scratch at 25 
the others were handicapped by extra birds to shoot at: 
Shot at. Broke. § h °on at 
T L Robson, 6 31 20 Dr C Gardiner, 2..30 
1 J Stein, 7 32 20 
F M Farwell, 4.... 29 17 
J Knickerbocker, 0.26 17 
D Clark. 5 
H J Priester, 13. 
.30 
Broke. 
50 
53 
54 
38 
21 
20 
16 
11 
11 
9 
mem- 
birds ; 
Broke. 
15 
15 
15 
SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 
The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., have 
issued a beautiful poster, which they will be pleased to send to 
those who apply for it. It portrays a mountain hunting scene, the 
hunter having brought down a fine mountain sheep. 
The Hunter Arms Co., Fulton, N. Y., have issued a catalogue 
which fully illustrates and describes the .functions of the single 
trigger, and the mechanical workings of it as applied to their L. 
C. Smith guns. A copy will be sent to applicants. 
We are informed by Mr. G. Harry Squires that "the official an- 
nouncement has been made through the British Commissioner that 
the Greener gun has been awarded the Grand Prize, which is the 
highest possible award." 
No notioe taken of anonymous communication*. 
G. J. S., Yonkers, N. Y.— To decide an argument, I would like 
to ask whether suckers can be caught with hook and line, and the 
season of the year when they can be caught in that manner? 
Ans. The sucker may be caught with hook and line. Bait with 
worm or with dough balls, as for carp. The fish are usually 
snared or speared. 
J. F.— A friend claims that the flesh of the rabbit is called veni- 
son. I claim it is not. I am willing to admit that the hare (he 
of the tawny coat), being wild game, his flesh may be called 
venison; but the rabbit, which is a different animal, though re- 
lated, is a domestic pet, and its flesh, in my opinion, can not 
be called venison. Will you kindly define "hare" and "rabbit" 
and decide the above? Ans. In the old days the term venison was 
applied to the flesh of all wild game animals; modern usage con- 
fines it to the flesh of animals of the deer family. 
Novice, Pasadena, Cal. — The writer would like your advice on the 
following: Am a novice in the use of the shotgun, my short ex- 
perience being few times at the traps, bluerocks. The drop of the 
stock at the heel is 2% inches, and I feel very comfortable back 
of it. I am advised by some members of our gun club to have 
the stock bent to 2*4 inches, and by other members to have it 
bent to Z x /± inches. As the gun is a valuable high grade ejector, 
I naturally don't want to spoil its original lines by experiments. 
I will use the gun mostly in the field, and occasionally at the 
trap. 1. Is there any method usual to determine the correct drop 
of a gun stock for the individual other than the feeling of com- 
fort when gun is held at shoulder? 2. What is the effect on the 
shooting of a very straight gun stock, and is such a stock de- 
sirable for all-around shooting? 3. Do you advise learning with 
the 2% inch drop, or would you have it changed? Ans. 1. The 
drop you mention, 2% inches, is about the best for all-around 
shooting; that is, at the traps and in the fieM. The real test is 
whether you can shoot with the gun comfortably and correctly. 
If you were to have it changed the volume of advice would not 
be lessened in the least. The method of determining the cor- 
rect drop of a gun stock is by practical test on the part of the 
man who uses it. There is no arbitrary method. 2. A straight 
stock is used especially for live-bird shooting at the traps, for the 
reason that nearly all the shots are below a line level with the eye 
and parallel with the plane of the earth's surface; that is to say, a 
majority of the shots are between the ground and five feet above. 
The tendency of the straight gun is to over shoot; the tendency 
of the bird sprung from the trap is to rise; therefore, with a 
straight gun stock there is an allowance made to shoot above the 
bird without any effort on the part of the shooter to do so. The 
straight gun, shot at high-flying targets, or in the field, has a 
tendency to punish the shooter's face and thereby injure his 
shooting. On the ether hand, the tendency of a very crooked 
stock is to undershoot. 3. We very earnestly would advise you 
not to have your gun changed. The drop of 2% or 2% inches 
are approved by the majority of expert shooters whose wisdom 
has been derived from long practical experience. In any event, 
so long as you have no specific personal reason to require a 
change, it would be unwise to make a change. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Concerning Proctor's. 
One of the most valuable features of the Proctor Stock Com- 
pany performances is the opportunity it gives a clever actor to 
demonstrate his ability before an appreciative public. The Fifth 
Avenue Theatre, in particular, is constantly under the observation 
of managers of important attractions, and many of the stock com- 
pany favorites have gone directly from the Proctor theatres to the 
leading companies, and have scored hits of large proportions 
because of the invaluable training they received in the stock com- 
pany. Verner Clarges last season went from the Fifth Avenue to 
the Jessie Millward production of "A Clean Slate," and now 
again leaves the Proctor Company to join the Joseph Jefferson 
Company. George E. Bryant is now with one of Henry W. 
Savage's companies, while Lotta Linthicum, leading woman 
last season, fills a similar position in the company of Ezra Kendall, 
under the Liebler management. Previously she had left the 
Proctor Company to play a season with Chauncey Olcott. Wallace 
Erskine refused several offers to join Charles Frohman and Klaw 
& Erlanger companies, preferring to remain in New York. Bessie 
Barriscale interrupted her work at Proctor's to star in "In Old 
Kentucky," and is glad to be back in New York for an entire 
season, after the discomforts of the road. Eva Vincent recently 
scored the real hit of "The Serio-Comic Governess," in which 
Cissie Loftus is starring, and Asa Lee Willard, once leading 
man, has scored notable Broadway hits, his last success having 
been attained in Leo Ditrichstein's "The Last Appeal." Richard 
Lyle, for three years with the company as low comedian, is now 
successfully starring, and Al. Philips is leading man of "The White 
Tigress of Japan." Sumner Gard is now with the Virginia 
Harned company, while William Courtenay, her leading man, was 
the first to hold a similar position in the Proctor Company when 
it was established. Drina De Wolfe played her first engage- 
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tended to the length of a column without exhausting the names. The 
moral is that the Proctor plays and their manner of production 
form a priceless school for experienced players. 
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