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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March i8, 1905. 
T. R, Geisel, a Stevens-Pope rifle and a Stevens feleseop«. 
H. J. McCartney, a Barning-Winchester rifle and WiachlSstef 
cartridges. 
M. D. Kittler, a Winchester Schuetzen rifle and Winchestef 
ammunition. 
C. Meyer, Peters cartridges. 
H. D. Aiuller, Peters cartridges in a Winchester rifle, 
G. J. P.ernius, a Ballard-Zettler rifle and i'eters cartridges. 
Felix Kosl, a Ballard rifle and Peters cartridges. 
G, T. Conti, a Zetter rifle and Peters cartridges. 
G. Ludvvig, a Stevens rifle and Peters ammunition. 
T. U. Keller, Jr., a Zischang rifle and Peters cartridges. 
O. Scbwanemann, a Zeitlcr rifle and Peters cartridges. 
H. C. Young, a Winchester Schuetzen rifle and Winchester am- 
munition. 
H. C, Zettler, a Ballard-Zettler rifle and Peters cartridges. 
F. lierpers, a Ballard rifle and Peters ammunition, 
Philip Muth, a Ballard rifle and Peters cartridges, 
F. L. Smith, a Stevens-Pope rifle and a Stevens telescope, 
G. L. Clock, Winchester rifle and ammunition. 
Dr. A. A. Stillman, a Zischang rifle, a Malcolm telescope and 
Peters ammunition. 
Owen Smith, a Barning-Pope rifle and Peters ammunition. 
Louis P. ittel, a Stevens^Pope rifle, a Stevens aperture tele- 
scope and Peters cartridges. i 
Fred C. Ross, a Stevens-Pope rifle, a Stevens crosshair tele- 
scope and Peters ammunition. 
August Xronsberg, Peters cartridges. 
J. i£. Kelley, a Stevens-Pope rifle, a Sabin four-power crosshair 
telescope, and Peters ammunition. 
P. Seivaggi, Peters cartridges in a Ballard-Winchester rifle. 
Louis P. Hansen, a Ballard-Pope rifle and Peters cartridges. 
All targets shown are exact size of the original. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Providence Revolver Club. 
At our regular Thursday evening practice shoot we made up a 
team of four men to shoot at lOyds. under the conditions as laid 
down by the Louisville club, and with few exceptions, there will 
be noted a marked falling off in scores as compared with go-as- 
you-please practice, iiven in minor events there is found the 
usual tendency toward buck fever or stage fright, and that little 
10yd. Standard, instead of looming up like the ogre audience before 
the stage novice, shrinks and fades into the backstop. 
Major Eddy was holding his military .38 in fine shape in practice. 
Arno Argus, disgusted at what he called poor work at 10yds., 
drew himself together after the "match," went back to the regu- 
lation 20yds., and planked out a nice 88 and went home better 
satisfied. 
William Almy's first trial at the 10yd. line netted him a 45. 
You can put Billy anywhere, give him any gun, and he's right in 
the game. 
We have set the date for the Louisville-Providence match for 
Saturday, the 18th, and have arranged for the use of the hall at 
Sayleaville, which we can hire for that evening. The change 
from gas to electricity may bother the men somewhat, as well as 
new surroundings, but we hope some of the fluid may be assim- 
ilated in the four-men system and give us good scores. 
Scores shot March 9, 10yd. revolver practice under Louisville 
match conditions, SO shots per man. Strings of five shots, 15 
shots deliberate and 15 shots rapid; time allowance 20 seconds per 
string. Standard American target, .38 Colt's revolver used: 
Deliberate. Rapid. Total, 
Arno Argus 37 41 34—112 40 41 44—125 237 
A C tlunburt 40 32 31—103 40 41 41—122 225 
vVm F Eddy 46 34 37—117 32 34 39—105 222 
D P Craig 29 23 26— 78 28 28 42— 98 176 
410 450 860 
Wm. Almy 45, Wm. F. Eddy 44, 43, 33, 39, 32, 34. 
Twenty yards practice, Standard target: Arno Argus 86, D. P. 
Craig 69, 69; Fred Liebrich 65. 
Rifle, 25yds., German ring target: W. B. Gardiner 229, 234, 
236, 239. 
A Sensation in the Deacons' Pew. 
"Some curious stories are told in connection with old 
Puritan church customs," said Mr. Hezekiah Butter- 
worth to a Boston Journal reporter. "Some of the old 
customs seem very funny as we see them now. It was 
little less than a crime not to attend church in those 
old days, unless detained by sickness. In fact, a person 
was thought very little of who even came late to Sunday 
worship. 
"One Sunday morning in early autumn a Puritan 
woman, whose reputation for housekeeping, spinning 
and church attendance was excellent, was belated in her 
morning work. She took her long-necked pitcher and 
went to the pasture where her cow was waiting to be 
milked. This duty done, she found — for she could see 
people on the road — that she hadn't time even to carry 
her milk back to the house and get to church in sea- 
son. So she took her long-necked pitcher along with 
her, and sat in the gallery right near where the singers 
and bass viols were displayed. After the singing was 
over and the long sermon had begun — sermons were an 
hour or two long in those days — she grew sleepy. Her 
long-necked pitcher sat on the floor nearby, and near 
the front of the gallery. She was soon oblivious of 
either milk, sermon or a dog that came pit-pattering up 
the gallery stairs. The milk soon attracted the dog. 
He smelled and wagged his tail, then smelled and 
wagged again, then looked inquiringly at the uncon- 
scious milkmaid. He made up his mind very soon, and 
into the long neck went the dog's head, and neck, too. 
He couldn't get much milk, and wanted to pull back 
and try again. 
"But he couldn't. His head was wedged fast in. He 
pulled and used his paws and tried to back away. 
Blinded of course by the pitcher, his steps were erratic, 
and suddenly, to the astonished people below, there 
appeared a sudden parting of the balcony curtain, an 
almost blood-curdling yell was heard, and there was 
a flash and down-pouring straight in among the four 
unconscious deacons in the deacons' pew beneath, of 
snow-white milk, long-necked pitcher and a milk-soaked 
frightened dog. 
"For once, there was a great awakening in that 
church, but the poor woman was frightened nearly out 
of her wits, and the superstitious d«icons were greatly 
scandalized. . , _ 
If yott want your shoot to be anQoune^ here sentf a 
notice Ufce the following j 
Fixtares. 
March 21-22.— Omaha, Neb., Gun Club spring tournament. 
March 25. — Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds of Bound Brook, 
N. }., Gun Club. 
March 28-31.- Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri and Kansas League of 
Trapshooters' first tournament, at Schmelzer's Shooting Park; 
1500 in cash and trophies added. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec'y, 
Moberly, Mo. 
March 30. — Edgewater, N. J. — Grand spring target tournament of 
North River Gun Club. James R. Merrill, Sec'y. 
March 30.— St. Paul, Ind., Gun Club tournament. E. G. Bless, 
Sec'y. 
April 3-5. — Atchison, Kans. — Forest Park Gun Club second annual 
tournament. Lou Erhardt, Mgr. 
April 4.— Rockville, Conn.— Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut 
first tournament of series. Dr. D. Y. C. Moore, Sec'y, South 
Manchester, Conn. 
April 4.— Rittersville, Pa.— All-day shoot of Lehigh Rod and 
Gun Club. H. F. Koch, Sec'y. 
April 4.— Bethlehem, Pa., Rod and Gun Club all-day target shoot. 
Howard F. Koch, Sec'y. 
April 5-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association's tournament, 
under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Need- 
ham, Sec'y. 
April 8.— Richmond Valley, S. I.— Ninth all-day shoot of the 
Mullerite Gun Club, on grounds of Aquehonga Gun Club. 
A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. 
April 12-13. — Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters' League, 
on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec'y. 
Wilmington. 
April 15.— Newark, N. J.— Mullerite Gun Club shoot, on grounds 
of Forester Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. 
April 18-20.— Waco, Tex. — Texas State Sportsmen's Association 
tournament. 
April 19. — Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. 
C. L. Kites, Sec'y 
April 19.— Haverhill, Mass., Gun Club Patriots' Day tournament. 
S. G. Miller, Sec'y. 
April 22. — Easton, Pa.— Independent Gun Club second annual 
tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec'y. 
April 26-27.— Scottdale, Pa., Gun Club shoot. 
April 26-27. — Hopkinsville, Ky. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Hopkinsville Gun Club. 
A. F. Gant, SecV- 
April 27.— Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Freeport, L. 
I., Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. 
May 2-5. — Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State 
Sportsmen's Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill 
Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenslager, Sec'y. 
May 2-6. — Kansas City, Mo. — Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- 
tective Association tournament. 
May 4-5. — Waterloo, la.. Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. 
Storm, Sec'y, 
May 9-10.— Clean, N, Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. 
Nobles, Sec'y. 
May 9-12. — Hastings, Neb. — Nebra.ska State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion's twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec'y, 
Lincoln, Neb. 
May 11-12. — Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club third " annual 
spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec'y. 
May 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen's Association 
tournament. 
May 16-18. — Herring^ton, Kans. — Kansas State Sportsmen's Asso- 
ciation tournament. it 
May 16-18.— Parkersburg, W. Va.— West Virginia State Sports- 
men's Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; 
$600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec'y. 
May 17-18. — Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox 
& Knapp, Mgrs. 
May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Daviess Cotmty Gun Club. 
James Lewis, Sec'y. 
May 17-19.— Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., 
annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec'y, 178 Mill street, 
Toronto. 
May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen's Association tour- 
nament. 
May 25-27. — Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club g^rand trapshooting 
tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec'y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. 
May 29-31. — Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters' League third 
annual tournament. Frank Pragoff, Sec'y, 
May 30. — McKeesport, Pa. — Enterprise Gun Club tournament. 
Geo. W. Mains, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. 
V, Bache, Sec'y. 
May 30-31. — Washington, D. C. — Analostan Gun Club two-day 
tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec'y, 222 F street, 
N. W. 
May 31.-June 1. — Vermillion. — South Dakota State Sportsmen's 
Association tournament. 
June 5-6. — New Paris, O.— Cedar Springs Gun Club tournament. 
J. F. Freeman, Sec'y. 
June 6-8. — New Jersey State Sportsmen's ■ Association tournament. 
June G-S.-rSioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament. 
June 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament. Ernest E. 
Scott, Capt. 
June 9.— Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament S. C. Yocum, 
Sec'y. 
June 13-16.— Utica, N. Y.— New York State shoot. James Brown, 
Sec'y. 
June 13-15.— Canton, O., Trapshooters' League tournament. 
June 20-22. — New London, la., Gun Club tournament. 
June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
July 1.— Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. 
Foss Sec'y. 
July 4.-^Shamokin, Pa.,- Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, 
Sec'y. 
July 4.— South Fram|ngham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; 
$50 in cash. 
July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, 
uiy 124?. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
narnent, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. 
W W Mr< l'itH»n* ^fc'y 
July 24-28.— Brehm's Ocean City, Md.— Target tournament. H 
A. Brehm. Mgr., Baltimore. 
Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association's toup- 
nament, under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Qub. 
N. E. Paterson, Sec'y. 
Aug. 16-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and 
Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec'y. 
Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. 
Herman, Sec'y. , ^ , 
Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la.— Indian annual tournament. 
Aug. 29-31.— The Interstate Association's tournament, under the 
auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 . 
added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec'y. 
Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo.— Grand Western Handicap. 
Sept' 12-14. — San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association's 
Pacific Coast Handicap at targets, under the auspices of the 
Ssn Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec'y. 
Sept. 18-20.— Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur 
Gambell, Mgr. 
Oct 11-12.— Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all 
amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec'y. .„ , 
Oct. 12.— Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters League, 
on grounds of Dover Gun Club. 
While hauling logs in the Sinnemahoning logging district, Clin- 
ton county. Pa., Winslow Eastlake needed a lever, and secured 
what appeared to be a piece of springy wood. He made up his 
load and used the lever for a twister, fastening it with chains. 
When he arrived at the sawmill he took it off and flung it into 
the yard. As he was about to return home he noticed a peculiar 
bulge on the stick and decided to saw it in two on the shingle 
saw. It was then discovered that the supposed stick was a black 
snake seven feet four inches long, frozen stiff and so covered with 
mud as to disguise its real nature. The bulge proved to be East- 
lake's pocketbook, containing $11, lost near where he loaded the 
logs last fall. The money was in good condition.— Springfield Re- 
publican. 
Chib secretaries are invited to send their scores for 
•publication in these colutnns, also any neivs notes they 
'^may care to lia-i-e 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. 
This year the- tournatnent of the Cincinnati Gun Club ,will be 
held on Sept. 18 to 21, 
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Mr. Lou Erhardt, manager, writes us that the Florist Park Gun 
Club, Atchison, Kans., claims the dates April 3, 4 and 5 for its 
second annual tournament. 
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Mr. S. G. Miller, Secretary, writes us that the Haverhill, Mass., 
Gun Club's ninth Patriots' Day tournament will be held on 
Wednesday, April 19, 1905, and that he will mail programme soon 
as printed. 
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We are informed that the tournament of the Missouri and 
Kansas League of Trapshooters, to be held at Schmelzer's Shoot- 
ing Park, Kansas City, March 28-31, promises to be a great success. 
Trophies and cash to the amount of $500 will be added. 
At Lakewood, N. J., March 11, a team of the Freehold Gun 
Club was defeated by a margin of 9 targets. Each man shot at 
50 targets. The totals were 264 to 255. Mr. Geo. Fisher, of the 
Lakewood team, made high individual score, 48 out of 50, a 96 
■ per cent, performance. 
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The Lehigh Rod and Gun Club, of Rittersville, Pa,, announce 
an all-day tournament, to be held on April 4. The programme 
consists of twelve events, each at 15 targets, $1 entrance. Shooting 
will begin at 10 o'clock. High average, $5; amateur high average, 
first and second, $3 and $2. H. F- Koch, Sec'y. 
Mr. J. A. Howard writes us as follows: "The regular monthly 
shoot of the Castleton Gun Club will be held on the grounds at 
Castleton Corners, Staten Island, on Saturday, March 18, at 
2:30 P. M. Visitors are always welcome. Targets will be thrown 
at 1 cent each. Take Silver Lake trolley to Castleton Corners." 
At the Point Breeze track, Philadelphia, there were three pro- 
/grgmme events on March 11. The weather was pleasant. The 
first event, 5 birds, $3 entrance, high guns, resulted in a tie be- 
tween Brown and Aiman on 4. Second event, 10 birds, sweepstake, 
Brown was the only one of the twelve contestants to kill straight. 
The third event was a miss-and-out in which three tied on 5. 
The successful Florist Gun Club team wonf its- tenth straight 
victory by defeating a team of the Hill Top Gun. Club in the 
Philadelphia Trapshooters' League series, on Saturday of last 
week. The scores were 198 to 166. North Camden defeated 
Narberth by a score of 199 to "197. Meadow Springs defeated 
Hillside, 173 to 154. S. S. White defeated Clearview, 190 to 183. 
The Mullerite Gun Club, Mr. A. A. Schoverling, manager, 2 
Murray street, announces a shoot on April 15, to be held on the 
grounds of the Forester Gun Club, Newark, N. J. The programme 
of the Mullerite Club, provided for the shoot at Lakewood, N. J., 
on Saturday of this week, contains eight events: 10, 15, 20 targets, 
and one a handicap at 50 targets, $3 entrance, for merchandise 
prizes. Shooting begins at 11 o'clock. Targets, 2 cents. 
Following is a copy of the invitations sent out, which are self- 
explanatory: "Chartered June 23, 1888. The Herron Hill Gun 
Club, of Pittsburg, Pa., requests the honor of your' presence at 
the fifteenth annvial meeting of the Pennsylvania State Sports- 
men's Association, May 2 to 5, inclusive, 1905, Pittsburg and- 
Alleg^eny Driving Park, Brunots Island." An inclosed card con- 
veys the following information: "Programmes ready April 1; 
$2,000 added. Not guaranteed. Three days at targets; one day at 
live birds. Manufacturers' representatives shoot for targets only. 
A 100-target distance handicap event with $1,C00 added. Commit- 
tee in charge: Louis Lautenslager, Chairman; Charles G. Grubb, 
Elmer E. Shaner." 
The programme of the Interstate Association-trapshooting tour- 
nament, given for the Augusta, Ga., Gun Club, April 5 and 6, 
provides ten events each day, each at 20 targets, $2 entrance, $10 
added. Other information as follows: Lunch will b^ served on 
the grounds each day. Targets (2 cents each) included in all 
entrances. Grounds will be open for practice the afternoon of 
April 4. All contestants will shoot from the 16yd. n^ark. All 
standard target loads will be for sale on the grounds. Rose 
system, four moneys, ratios 7, 5, 3, 2. Guns and arnmunition, 
prepaid and marked in owner's name, care of Messrs. Bowen 
Bros., 954 Broad street, Augusta, Ga., will be delivered to the 
shooting grounds free of charge. The Southeastern Passenger 
Association has granted a one and one-third rate on the certificate 
plan for this tournament, provided there are fifty or more in at- 
tendance holding certificates. This rate is good on all railroads 
south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi rivers. 
When purchasing tickets, be sure to ask for certificate. 
Bernard Waters. 
Ossining Gtin Club. 
OssiNiNG, N. Y.— Though our shoots are supposed to be bi- 
monthly, and last Saturday, the 4th inst., was the regular club 
day, several of the boys couldn't wait for the big prize handicap 
schedule for the 25th inst., therefore the scores herewith appended. 
In the last event, a match between Hyland and Blandford, the 
latter got back in his old form, breaking his last 22 straight 
Events- 123456789 10 11 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 
G B Hubbell 8 7 4 
T T Hvland 77365896 10 8 19 
C G Blandford .... 6 8 7 7 8 7 6 7 23 
D Conors • 7 6 8 6 6 
W S Smith 8 4 7 5 7 .. .. ,. 
D Brandreth 7 7 9 8 10 7 .. 
H L Stratton ,. , 6 7 4 6 6 ..,. 
C G. B, 
