04 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec. i 6 , 1905^ 
Tte Acme Gun Club, Beaver, Pa., are not unmindful of the 
Social side of life, and with their wives and sweethearts, held a 
daftCe last Thursday night. 
^The scores made Wednesday by the members of the Tipton, 
Iowa, Gun Club were low, owing to the trap being out of order, 
and are not published through courtesy. A shoot is being 
arranged wherein the Red Oak boys will participate. 
A meeting of the Youngstown, Ohio, Club was held Saturday 
to decide the handicap trophy. Black, with 45 out of 50 proved 
the. winner; Seaborn, second, with 44. 
Allowance in Aiming at Moving Objects, 
Interesting as were the figures of striking velocities we pub- 
lished last week, the deductions we may now draw from them are 
tof far greater application tO' the problems of every-day shooting. 
Unless he can see a tangible result from experimental researches, 
the sportsman is never quite satisfied. Hence our desire to give 
him an opportunity of applying the information now available to 
the wise selection of his ammunition and the improvement of hi§ 
shooting. The ultimate test of abstract research is that it shall be 
capable of application, and in the present instance we can fully 
satisfy this somewhat difficult requirement. On the basis of the 
figures which were published last week we can inform the sports- 
man the exact allowance he must give to a crossing bird accord- 
ing to the range at which the shot is taken. 
To_ analyze the values of striking velocity at every distance, as 
published in our last issue, we first of all converted them into the 
following table of mean velocities between the muzzle of the gun 
and the various distances into which the range was divided; 
Size of 
Distances 
over which the mean velocities are 
specified. 
shot. 
0— 20yds. 
0 — 25yds. 
0— 30yds. 
0 — 35yds. 
0 — 40yds. 
3 
1050 
1009 
971 
944 
903 
4 
1050 
1006 
962 
929 
888 
6 
1050 
1003 
969 
923 
882 
51/2 
1050 
1001 
955 
917 
876 
6 
1060 
1000 
962 
912 
871 
6I/2 
1050 
998 
949 
906 
865 
7 
1060 
996 
946 
901 
860 
All velocities are stated in feet per second. 
From this table we gather that a charge of No. 6 shot fired 
from a standard cartridge having a velocity of 1060ft., per second 
over 20yds. has a mean velocity of 962ft. over 30yds., and 871ft. 
over 40yds. The corresponding values for the other sizes of 
shot are similarly set forth in the above table, and we see from 
it that there is a difference in the mean velocity over 40yds. of 43ft. 
between shot sizes 3 and 7. This means that, although the 
29yds. mean velocity is equal in all cases, the greater ranging 
power of the larger sizes of shot gives them a distinct advantage 
in mean velocity at all sporting ranges beyond that of 20yds., 
which infers that the large sizes of shot reach the bird quicker than 
the smaller sizes, and, in the absences of definite quantities, it 
would appear as though a distinctly . greater allowance must be 
given, say, in the case of No. 4 shot as compared with No. 7. 
Having a really authoritative set of relations to work upon, it is 
obviously the best plan to reduce these differences to actual 
quantities in inches of allowance. 
The time occupied between the fall of the hammer and the 
arrival of the shot at a given distance is naturally not included 
in the time value derived from the mean velocity from the muzzle 
to the object struck, and we must accordingly add the amount 
of time occupied from the fall of the hammer to the arrival of 
the charge of shot at the muzzle. Persons of an over-refining 
turn of mind might be inclined to argue that an extra time al- 
lowance should be made in respect to the interval between the 
brain signal that the gun is properly aligned and the response of 
the finger by way of pulling the trigger. This may, however, be 
dismissed, for the reason that, if the swing of the gun is con- 
tinuously maintained, the processess of the shooter’s mind may 
for all practical purposes be ignored. In this way the distance of 
the bird’s flight while the shot is reaching It must date, so to 
speak, from the fall of the hammer to the impact of the shot. 
We have accordingly reduced the mean velocity shown in the 
first table to a series of time values, which are represented in the 
form of decimal fractions of a second. To each of the values so 
obtained we added an allowance of .0040 of a second for the delay 
in the gun above referred to. The following table of values 
accordingly represents the time which elapses with each size of 
shot from the fall of the hammer to the arrival of the charge at 
the various distances named: 
Size of 
Points 
on range for which time delays are 
specified. 
shot. 
20yds. 
25yds. 
30yds. 
35yds. 
40yds. 
3 
.0611 
.0783 
■ .0967 
.1162 
.1369 
4 
.0611 
.0786 
.0975 
.1177 
.1391 
6 
.0611 
.0788 
.0979 
.1184 
.1401 
51/2 
.0611 
.0789 
.0982 
.1189 
.1411 
6 
.0611 
.0790 
.0985 
.1194 
.1418 
61/2 
.0611 
.0792 
.0988 
.1200 
.1427 
7 
.0611 
.0793 
.0991 
.1205 
.14.35 
All times are stated in decimals of a second. 
As figures are never very interesting unless the mind can grasp 
their actual meaning, our comments upon this table shall be very 
brief. All we wish to point out is that when the differences in 
the times of arrival are represented to the nearest ten-thousandth 
part of a second, they appear quite considerable. For instance, at 
40yds. there is a time interval of .0066 of a second between the 
arrival of a charge of No. 3 shot and a charge of No. 7 shot. The 
question to be settled is how far the bird will travel during this 
interval of time, the value shown by such a calculation being the 
amount of extra allowance that must be accorded to No. 7 shot 
as compared with No. 3. 
Now, in order to produce a table of allowances for aiming at 
moving objects, it is necessary to adopt a characteristic rate of 
flight as a basis for comparison. We accordingly adopted the 
value of 60ft. per second, which corresponds with forty miles an 
hour, and is the average rate of flight which we have ourselves 
fixed by chronograph measurements for a clay bird sprung from 
a powerful trap and throwing at an angle with the ground more 
or less horizontal. It is similarly the recognized speed, of a fast- 
flying iiheasant or a driven grouse or partridge. Almost needless 
to say, many birds fly much slower than this, whereas others 
move along at a greater rate when the wind is in their favor and 
when the rate of flight is aided by gravity, as is the case when a 
bird is flushed on a hill and is inclining its course towards a 
lower elevation. IW obtain the distance covered in a given time 
by a bird traveling at 60ft. per second is a very simple matter. 
The values in the above table of time allowances must be multi- 
plied by 60, the number of feet covered in a second. The result 
is the number of feet the bird will cover in the fraction of time 
■used in the sum. Without further preface, we will introduce our 
third table, which shows the exact distance a bird will travel 
during the time that elapses from the fall of the hammer to the 
arrival of the various sizes of shot at the distances named: 
Table of allowances for aiming at a crossing bird: 
Size of Distance of bird when the hammer falls- 
shot. 
20yds. 
26yds. 
30yds. 
35yds. 
40yds. 
3 
3ft. 
S.Oin. 
4ft. 
7.4in. 
5ft. 
9.6in. 
6ft. 
11.7in. 
8ft. 
2.6in. 
4 
3ft. 
S.Oin. 
4ft. 
8.6in. 
6ft. 
10.2in. 
7ft. 
0.7in. 
8ft. 
Llin. 
5 
3ft. 
S.Oin. 
4ft. 
8.7in. 
5ft. 
10.6in. 
7ft. 
1.2in. 
8ft. 
4.9in. 
51/3 
3ft. 
S.Oin. 
4ft. 
8.8in. 
5ft. 
10.7in. 
7ft. 
1.6in. 
8ft. 
5.6in. 
6 
3ft. 
S.Oin. 
4ft. 
8.9in. 
6ft. 
10.9in. 
7ft. 
2.0in. 
8ft. 
6.1in. 
61/2 
3ft. 
S.Oin. 
4ft. 
9.0in. 
6ft. 
ll.lin. 
7ft. 
2.4in. 
8ft. 
6.7in. 
7 
3ft. 
S.Oin. 
4ft. 
g.lin. 
5ft. 
11.4in. 
7ft. 
2.8in. 
8ft. 
7.3in. 
Here we have in an absolutely tangible form an important 
poi'tion of the lesson that is to be learnt from, the series of in- 
vestigations which culminated in the table published in our last 
issue. We find that in shooting at 20yds. the same allowance is 
required for all sizes of shot, the amount being 3ft. 8in., which 
is thus far greater than many would suppose. At 25yds. the re- 
quired allowance is increased by practically another foot. At 
30yds. there is a rather greater proportional increase, while at 
35yds. the allowance becomes the very substantial one of 7ft. or 
more. At 40yds. the shooter who desires to center his charge of 
shot on a fast-flying bird traveling at right angles to the line of 
flight must aim rather more than 8ft. in front of it. 
Turning now to the differences in the specified allowances for 
the extreme sizes of shot shown in the table, it will be seen that 
up to 30yds. they are less than 2in. At 36yds. the separation of 
values becomes more pronounced, and the difference is, practically 
speaking, 3in., while at 40yds. it attains a maximum just under 
6in. These figures entirely disprove the assumption that the 
sliooter requires to alter his allowances when aiming at moving 
objects according to the size of shot in his gun. Adopting No. 6 
shot as a standard size, we find that there is a difference of only 
2in. in the allowance for a 40yd. shot when a change is made to 
size No, 4. In view of the impossibility of knowing the precise 
velocity of the cartridge, the true rang-e of the bird, and its 
correct rate of flight, it is obvious that such fractional differences 
^ cfiangg iii ihfi of shot §r§ too ii?%lto?imal 
for serious consideration. We accordingly adopt the allowance 
shewn for size ^ No. 6,^ and draw up the following exceedingly 
simple code of instructions to the shooter who desires to have a 
tangible idea of the allowance that he must give to a fast-flying 
bird: 
When the bird is at 20yds., the shooter must allow 3ft. Sin. ; at 
26yds., 4ft, 9in. ; at 30yds., 6ft. llin.; at 35yds., 7ft. 2in. ; at 4(^ds., 
8ft. 6in. 
As already stated, the above allowances only represent the 
daylight between the bird and the point at which aim should be 
taken -in the case of crossing shots. When a bird’s flight is in- 
clined so as to produce a foreshortening effect of its line of travel, 
the distance it covers is still the same, but the amount of daylight 
between the bird and the point at which aim is taken is a re- 
ducing quantity, which culminates at the zero mark when the bird 
is flying either directly toward or directly away from the shooter. 
This question of angle is, however, one which the shooter must 
instinctively settle for himself. If he knows approximately that the 
bird will move, say, 7ft. while the shot is reaching it, he must de- 
cide in his own mind, according to the angle at which the bird is 
flying, whether this must represent Ift., 2ft., or 3ft., as the case 
may be, of daylight between the bird and the point aimed at. 
There is, however, another aspect , of the question, which raises 
an apparent difficulty in the application of the above figures. 
Supposing that the bird is directly going away, and that its dis- 
tance is .35yds. at the moment when the hammer falls, the bird 
will naturally have moved 7ft. 2in., not by the time that it is 
struck, but by the time the shot has reached the distance of the 
bird when the hammer fell. During the time that the shot is 
covering the 35yds., already mentioned, the bird still continues its 
flight. Consequently, some further time must elapse while the shot 
is covering the extra 7ft. 2in. Referring to our curve of values, 
we find that the average velocity of a No. 6 pellet between 36 and 
38yds. may be taken at 680ft. per second. Under such circum- 
stances, the bird will move a further 7.67in. while the shot is 
traveling the extra 7ft. 2in. It thus happens that the total flight 
of a going-away bird at 30yds. between the fall of the hammer and 
the impact of the shot on the feathers is as nearly as possible 7ft. 
lOin., instead of the 7ft. 2in. for a crossing bird. As, however, no 
allowance is necessary in the case of an approaching or a going- 
away bird, this diflerence is absolutely immaterial, except in so 
far that the shot does not strike the bird with the velocity it 
possesses when at the 35yds. mark. 
Referring again to our curve, we find that the striking .velocity 
of the shot at the moment when it reaches a bird at 36yds. is 
695ft. per second. This velocity is reduced to 670ft. per second 
when the bird has traveled a further 7ft. 9in., and if we deduct 
60ft. from the striking velocity by reason of the fact that the 
shot is not colliding with a stationary object, but one moving 
away at about one-tenth of its own velocity, then we find that 
the actual velocity of impact of a going-away bird shot at when 
25yds. away, becomes 610ft. per second. This enables us to lay 
down that the ^Velocity with which the shot strikes a going-away 
bird, shot at when 35yds. distant, is the same as that of shoot- 
ing at a crossing bird 44yds. away. 
From the point of view of the actual flight of the bird during 
the travel of the shot it will be found that the perspective fore- 
shortening of the line of flight for semi-crossing birds makes it 
entirely unnecessary to increase the allowance by reason of the 
fact that the bird is increasing its distance from the shooter while 
the shot is traveling up the range. The resolving of our calcula- 
tions into the very simple series of figures which are given above 
may thus be considered all sufificient for practical purposes. We 
have laid down the necessary allowances that must be made 
in the case of cartridges having a standard velocity. In the 
future we shall be able to examine cartridges which depart 
from this standard, either by showing an excess or a decrease 
on the standard velocity laid down, and we shall be able to 
show in inches the differences of allowance which arise from 
abnormal cartridges, whether they be on the strong or on the weak 
side. A careful examination of our tabulated results enables us to 
say that we shall be able to ascertain the striking velocity at all 
distances of any cartridge by making the very simple time meas- 
urement involved in ascertaining the mean velocity between 15 
and 25yds. We have shown that from the muzzle to 20yds. 
velocity test affords a splendid insight into the general charac- 
teristics of a cartridge. We shall, in the future, be able to show 
that its effectiveness from the sportsman’s standpoint may best be 
tested between 16 and 25yds. It v/ould be unfair to antidoate the 
teachings of experiments yet to be made. We can therefore 
dismiss the subject for the moment, now that we have stated 
the exact allowances that must be made at all sporting distances 
for cartridges giving a standard velocity.— London Field. 
Gun Accidents. 
As often related in these columns, every shooting season that 
comes to us brings with it two or three accidents, always melan- 
choly, and ofttimes fatal. It seems in the natural order of things 
that this should be so, though, to look at the matter from a 
common-sense point of view, one would imagine that in these 
days of breechloaders a serious accident ought to be a rarity. It 
is nothing of the sort, however, and the present season, so far 
from being any exception, furnishes three fatalities in the British 
Isles alone, to say nothing of what may have occurred abroad. 
Mishaps in the shooting field are always sad to. contemplate, be- 
cause, no matter how they may have come about, the sup- 
position underlying them is that some one or other has been 
culpably negligent, or that the victim — apart from suicide — was 
unfit to be trusted with a loaded gun. Anyway you look at it, 
a sort of stigma attaches to the occurrence, and seems to fasten 
itself on some one or something; and, sad to relate, when the 
matter is inquired into, the circumstances, if elucidated at all, are 
elucidated only at the expense of somebody’s character and repu- 
tation, or to the detriment of the sufferer’s own position. ' Let us 
glance briefly, then, at one or two mishaps which have come 
about since the present season opened, and see if there is or is 
not a lesson to be learned from the circumstances surrounding 
tb.em, so far as we know them. 
In the English Midlands, a few weeks ago, two men were out 
rabbit shooting. In getting through a hedge, one of the guns 
went off, and shot the carrier dead. The entire charge seems to 
have gone through the unfortunate gunner’s neck. Surely our 
sympathies go out tO' the poor fellow in the most whole-hearted 
manner; but, again, surely such an accident could have been 
prevented by simply taking the cartridges out of the gun before 
negotiating the hedge. There are not wanting those who exclaim 
‘"Serves him right.” But death robs all right-minded men of 
malice or vituiierative sarcasm, and therefore, all there is to do is 
to express one’s sorrow for a brother gunner. In doing so, how- 
ever, this moral may be pointed out to others, namely, to unload 
their guns before climbing gates or hedges, or doing anything of 
a similar nature in the shooting field. 
It happens, all the same, that this very identical piece of advice 
has been preached from time immemorial; but no diminution has 
come about in the annual death roll. Men seem bent on going on 
their own way, and in their own fashion, and the more the pity, 
considering the results. In fact, it seems impossible to impress 
on some shooters the necesity of unloading their guns as often as 
possible. A shot may be lost now and again, certainly, just as a 
shooter has removed the cartridges from his gun; but what about 
it? Surely a chance may be lost or sacrificed occasionally to a 
natural desire for safety? Yet — it is a curious fact — I have known 
men persist in getting through a hedge with their guns loaded, 
just because they have lost a chance on the other side on pre- 
vious occasions by not doing so. For remonstrating with them, 
too, I have been called an old woman; but that is a mere detail. 
By improperly loading a gun, a less serious accident happened 
only last week. A shooter opened his gun, put in two cartridges, 
and closed it. But he closed it by bringing the barrels up to the 
breech, and in some unexplained manner the caps of the cartridges 
struck against the strikers, and one of the cartridges exploded. 
The result was that another gunner, standing some thirty yards 
or so off, got the best part of a charge of No. 5 in his side, his 
thick clothes, fortunately, saving him from serious injury. Now, 
if the loader of the gun had opened the breech with the barrels 
pointing to- the ground, and then, after inserting the cartridges, 
had closed it by bringing the stock up to the barrels (while the 
latter were still pointing downward) the accident could not have 
possibly happened. Any one can satisfy himself on this point by 
trying the methods of loading implied by my remarks. Yet here, 
again, I have been snubbed by speaking to shooters about care- 
lesness in loading (but live to tell the tale all the same). 
If there were the same laws written or unwritten regarding 
shooting as there are governing hunting, coursing, yachting, 
and, indeed, nearly all other sports, we should not have so many 
aeeidents. But, as things are at present, any one who can buy 
a gun, get a Hoense and leave to shoot somewhere or other, is 
full-fledged, as it were, and, if he gets into a party, becomes at 
once a nuisance and a danger. He does not take advice readily, 
and is deaf to remonstrance, There are no laws to which hg can 
be held amenable, and so accidents happen, sooner or later, The 
waste? at a hunt plear* the gronn4 af wndaUraWes, an4 t|]f 
judge at a coursing meeting generally does the same. Cricket 
and football have to be learned before they can be indulged in, 
and so have most other pastimes. It appears to be very dit- 
ferent with shooting, and so we have a dangerous sport par- 
ticipated in by those . without the necessary training, with the 
result that lives are lost. VVeH, it is a curious state of things at 
this period of the world’s history, and I submit, with all respect, 
that it is high time something was done to insure a knowledge of 
guns and how to use them on the part of every one, and no one 
should be granted a license until he had at least reached the 
standard of ordinary “safety.”' — Shooting Times. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Moatclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., Dec. 9. — The regular monthly shoot for the 
Ftaly gun was run off to-day, with Moffett the winner for the 
month, with a score of 41 to his credit. Moffett broke 20 targets 
in the first string (event 3) for the gun and 17 in the second string, 
this with bis handicap of 4 giving him a score of 41. Bush came 
in a good second with 40 net tO' his credit. 
Event 5, for a silver ladle, was won by Boxall, with a score of 9. 
Events : 
Targets : 
Moffett . . 
Bush 
Boxall . . . 
Thomas . . 
Neville .. 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
25 10 25 25 10 25 25 
22, 5 20 17 8 18 11 
18 9 20 20 8 22 20 
17 6 18 15 9 20 . . 
7 
9 5 13 . . 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets : 25 10 25 25 10 25 25 
Crane 2 18 18 8 19 . . 
tlolloway 7 11 14 3 . . . . 
Cockefair 16 18 3 18 14 
Winslow 22 10 4 . . . . 
Benson 13 .. 
E. Winslow, Sec’y.. 
Pleasure Guo Club. 
Encle'wood, N. J., Dec. 11. — Inclosed find scores of our Thanks- 
giving Day shoot, which was well attended. Owing to the very 
disagreeable weather, the scores were not what they should have 
been. Mr. Geo. Piercy won first amateur high average, and Mr. 
Carl Richter second. In events 3, 6 and 1, first prize was a large 
fat live gobbler. Extra events were shot for turkeys after the 
regular programme had been finished, and many of the shooters 
carried a good dinner home. 
Scores : 
Events : 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
Targets: 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
16 
15 
15 
16 
15 
Richter 
.. 7 
9 
10 
9 
8 
10 
10 
11 
9 
6 
Truax 
.. 9 
8 
11 
7 
11 
6 
8 
8 
9 
7 
Schoverling 
.. 4 
7 
10 
9 
11 
6 
6 
9 
5 
6 
Mackay 
.. 7. 
4 
7 
7 
2 
3 
Raynor 
.. 8 
7 
4 
F W estervelt 
.. b 
6 
4 
, . 
2 
. , 
5 
, . 
6 
C Ruch 
.. 3 
Vreeland 
.. 4 
4 
Townsend 
.. 6 
3 
C W’estervelt 
.. 5 
6 
5 
8 
5 
Piercy 
..10 
io 
12 
ii 
10 
11 
6 
10 
12 
11 
.. 4 
.. 6 
6 
Gladwin 
.'. 7 
5 
6 
.. 8 
10 
ii 
10 
V 
H Demarest 
1 
Brugmann 
11 
10 
9 
8 
11 
10 
13 
10 
T West 
1 
W West 
8 
4 
6 
C H Sedore 
6 
6 
3 
4 
3 
Con Sedore 
8 
10 
3 
4 
4 
Clark 
9 
4 
Eickhoff 
9 
6 
7 
8 
9 
Vosselman 
8 
8 
6 
10 
Van Buskirk 
6 
10 
8 
Hasbrouck 
4 
2 
3 
Sauer 
10 
7 
Uteriener 
5 
7 
Cottrell 
5 
5 
J. Westervelt, Sec’y. 
At Point Breeze. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 9.— On the grounds at the Point Breeze 
track to-day, the competition was remarkably close. In the event 
at 10 live birds five tied on 8, and the remaining three contestants 
tied on 7. In the 5-bird event, J. Morris was alone with a straight 
score. In the second match at 10 birds, he was high with 9. 
Scores: 
Ten live birds, $5 entrance, two moneys, Rose system: 
Felix, 30 2002221222—8 Cobb, 28 1112220110—7 
Killion, 28 0122021221—8 Morris, 28 *002211221—7 
McDonald, 27 2212101011—8 Bodd, 26 0011221202—7 
Clegg, 28 2120202122—8 Toughliill, 27 2002021212—7 
Second shoot, 5 live birds, $3 entrance, two high guns: 
Morris, 28 21221—5 McDonald, 28 0*211—3 
Feli.x, 30 11101—4 Clegg, 28 22100—3 
Killion, 28 02102—3 
Three-cornered match, $5 entrance, high gun taking all, 28yds. 
rise, 5 birds: 
McDonald 222*1—4 Felix 02210—3 
Morris 00110—2 
Three-cornered match, $5 entrance, one money, 28yds. rise, 10 
birds: 
Morris 1111201212—9 McDonald 2210012022—7 
Felix 2211012022—8 
Hudson Gun Club. 
New York. — The regular monthly meeting of the Hudson Gun 
Club was held at headquarters, Five Corners, Jersey City, Dec. 4, 
President Joe Whitley in the chair. Regular business attended to, 
reports of committees and special committees. The special house 
committee reported having bought glass, lumber, dishes, kitchen 
utensils and other necessary articles to put the house in readiness 
for the reception on Dec. 17, and otherwise also reported progress. 
The special shoot committee reported through Carl Von 
I.engerke (“Dr. Sergeant”) that he had bought three silver cups, 
three gold pins and three sets of gold buttons, which he pro- 
duced, and which were very much admired by the members 
present. Besides these handsome and valuable prizes, be re- 
perted having received a voluntary donation of three very hand- 
some silver watch fobs. 
Mr. J. Doran reported that he had a gold-mounted fountain pen 
for the club for this occasion, which had also been presented 
voluntarily.. Thus you see we have received liberal support with- 
out “sponging.” 
There will be at least fifteen to twenty prizes to shoot for. 
Take Newark, N. J., Turnpike car at Jersey City or tioboken 
or Newark, Trenton, etc., and get off at the west side of Hacken- 
«:ack River Bridge, walk north to D., E. & W. R. R. Bridge, 
thence to the grounds. Carl Von Lengerke. 
Another Book. 
“Wild Brutes I Have Saw,” by Bridget Seton-Clancy. This 
charming group of essays, has about it the odor of the back- 
woods to a remarkable degree, says the Milwaukee Sentinel. 
The authoress explains in the preface that her early life was 
spent in the wilds of northern Minnesota, where she associated 
almost entirely with wild animals. She says: 
“Many times I used to- set under a tree for hours at a time, 
watching for to get a shot at a rabbit. I could shoot good with 
a rifle, and have often saw men who were worse shots than I be. 
When the other girls were wasting their time going to district 
school, I would be walking through the woods, watching the 
wild beasts playing in the trees and on the grass, and learning 
something every minute. I seen lots of funny incidents, which 
I will try to mention in this here book.” 
Miss Setcn-Clancy is one of those free, untamed souls who 
occasionally startle the literary world by their supreme disregard 
for the statute in such case made and provided. If she is ever 
worried by the rules of grammar, it does not appear in her work. 
She h^s something to say, and says it straight from the shoulder. 
This is one of the best books of the year, and it should enjoy a 
large sale, — Big Falls Times, 
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