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Jan. 31, 1914. 
Carlo is not placed by the French Government on an 
international basis congenial to sportsmen, instead^ of 
being left to the petty annoyances of red tape. Why, 
all sorts of formalities are necessary before sportsmen 
and other visitors can obtain permission—granting that 
they are quite willing to pay the heavy duties exacted— 
to import a limited number of their favorite brands of 
cigars! Be he rich or otherwise, the visitor is allowed 
to take in with him the enormous number of ten cigars 
for a stay of several days; even then he musC make a 
deposition that they are for his own consumption! As 
an alternative, the visiting pigeon-shot may take in one 
whole ounce—not a pound, but one ounce—of tobacco! 
But should he forget or omit to declare it before his bag 
is opened at the Custom House there will be trouble in 
the. form of unpleasant officiousness, if nothing more. 
Moreover matches are contraband! 
It all seems so silly, nowadays. But the officials are 
more severe than they probably would be because they 
are allowed premiums on the fines, which they can levy 
at their own discretion. The whole contemptible system 
is a growing annoyance to 'the ever increasing number 
of American visitors and sportsmen. The full fine is 
$125 if convicted; but the traveler anxious to oontinue 
to his destination often is beguiled, by the threat that 
his baggage will be seized, into giving a signature that 
forms the basis of a report forwarded to the Minister 
of Finance’s department making it appear that the per¬ 
son in question has admitted, smuggling and has con¬ 
sented to compound the fine without appeal. 
The idea of the Congress at Monte Carlo was accepted 
in good faith as likely to dispel annoyance to shooters 
taking in their ammunition; and it was understood that 
the display of guns by foreign makers would include 
cartridges with foreign powders. 
This proved a hoax. Cases of cartridges loaded with 
foreign powders—English, American, German, Belgian— 
were hurried to the different frontiers by enterprising 
agents or firms, intending to be icpresented at the Con- 
gess. And “to the frontiers” tells the tale. That was 
as far as the ammunition got. Everywhere it was im¬ 
pounded by the French customs. 
Here is an instance of the length to which the official 
red tape can be stretched: The agent for Messrs. Eley 
tried in vain to take through the French customs some 
cases of cartridges loaded with the famous “T,” or 
French smokeless, powder. They had been sent solely 
with the object of demonstrating how much depends on 
the method of loading, the firm naturally assuming that 
no official objection would be raised to the taking in of 
cartridges loaded with French powder. It was, though. 
Eloquently the agent pleaded that this ammunition, be¬ 
ing loaded with the French powder, ought to find favor 
with the French customs. He thought this argument 
would be a sure winner. 
Nothing doing, though. 
He was informed that no exception could be made in 
his favor unless he.would open each and every cartridge, 
to prove that the French powder had been loaded! 
Naturally the agent declined to stand for that. He 
cabled to his principals, who brought every influence to 
bear and offered every monetary guarantee; but all in 
vain. When released, these cases will be sold at the 
firm’s depot in. Milan; and a considerable expense bill 
will have to be written off to “profit and loss.” 
Monsieur Fertat, a sportsman living at ’Gissey, not far 
from Dijon, while out shooting along the course of the 
River Oze, has killed a rare species of beaver of which 
no trace has been found in that province—Burgundy— 
since the seventeenth century; although a few can be 
found on little islands in the River Rhone. This spe¬ 
cies is not quite the.§ame as the Canadian beaver; nor 
is it so heavily furred; which is natural, seeing that its 
habitat is in a less rigorous climate. 
Paris. 
The Interstate Association News. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., January 24, 1914. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Please announce to the readers of Forest and Stream 
that the Ninth Southern Handicap Tournament will be 
held at Roanoke, Virginia, on May 12, 13, 14, 1914, under 
the auspices of the Roanoke Gun Club. There will be 
$1,000 added money and the winner of first place in the 
Southern Handicap will be guaranteed $100 and a tro¬ 
phy; the winner of second place will be guaranteed $75 
and a trophy, and the winner of third place will be 
guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies 
will also be awarded. 
Also announce that the Ninth Western Handicap Tour¬ 
nament will be held at Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Au¬ 
gust 4, 5, 6, 1914, under the auspices of the Green Bay 
Game and Gun Club. There will be $1,000 added money 
and the winner of first place in the Western Handicap 
will be guaranteed $100 and a trophy; the winner of 
second place will be guaranteed $75 and a trophy, and 
the winner of third place will be guaranteed $50 and a 
trophy. Several other trophies will also be awarded. 
The Ninth Pacific Coast Handicap Tournament will be 
held at Portland, Oregon, on July 20, 21, 22, 1914, under 
the auspices of the Portland Gun Club. There will be 
$1,000 added money and the winner of first place in the 
Pacific Coast Handicap will be guaranteed $100 and a 
trophy; the winner of second place will be guaranteed 
$75 and a trophy, and the winner of third place will be 
guaranteed $50 and a trophv. Several other trophies will 
also be awarded. The Interstate Association. 
Kindly cover both Tournaments in your list of “Fix¬ 
tures” and oblige. 
EI.MER E. SHANER, 
Treasurer and Manager. 
Fixtures—Registered Tournaments. 
May 12-14.—Roanoke, Va.—The Interstate Association’s 
Ninth Southern Handicap Tournament, under the aus¬ 
pices of the Roanoke Gun Club; $1,000 added money. 
Winner of first place in the Southern Handicap guar¬ 
anteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second place guar¬ 
anteed $75 and a trophy, and winner of third place guar¬ 
anteed $50 and a trophy. Several other trophies will 
also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, Pitts¬ 
burgh, Pa. 
August 4-6.—Green Bay, Wis.—The Interstate Associ¬ 
ation’s .Ninth Western Handicap Tournament, under the 
auspices of the Green Bay Game and Gun Club; $1,000 
added money. Winner of first place in the Western 
Handicap guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of sec¬ 
ond place guaranteed $75 nd a trophy, and winner of 
third place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. Several other 
trophies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Man¬ 
ager, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
July 20-22.—Portland, Ore.—The Interstate Associa¬ 
tion’s Ninth Pacific ’Coast Handicap Tournament, under 
the auspices of the Portland Gun 'Club; $1,000 added 
money. Winner of first place in the Pacific Coast Han¬ 
dicap’ guaranteed $100 and a trophy; winner of second 
place guaranteed $75 and a trophy, and winner of third 
place guaranteed $50 and a trophy. __ Several other tro¬ 
phies will also be awarded. Elmer E. Shaner, Manager 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Cleveland Gun Club. 
Cleveland, January 23, 1914. 
The thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Cleveland 
Gun Club Company, Cleveland, O., held Tuesday even¬ 
ing, January 20, at the Cleveland Athletic Club, 1120 
Euclid avenue, was a very interesting affair, a large 
number of its members attending and taking part in 
the same, with Mr. A. J. Stevens in the chair, and all 
officers present. The reports of the financial secretary 
and the treasurer were read and showed that the club 
is in a very ’flattering condition for the coming year, 
which were approved and a vote of thanks were given 
to the officers that were in charge. After the remarks 
of a .number of gentlemen as to what should be done 
for the good of the game, some important changes were 
recommended, and one of the principal things decided 
upon was to give a prize every ’Saturday for high gun 
with or without handicap, and all weekly club shoot to 
be at 100 targets for these prizes. The yearly champion¬ 
ship trophy, is a beautiful diamond watch fob, which will 
be donated by Mr. E. S. Rogers. Other members pres¬ 
ent donated $350, which will be used to purchase weekly 
prizes. After all of the good things ’had been taken in, 
the officers for the coming year were elected: Mr. A. J. 
Stevens, president; Di. M. D. Stepp, vice-president; H. 
C. Rockwell, secretary; F. H. Wallace, financial secre¬ 
tary; E. ’S. Rogers, treasurer. C. E. Doolittle, F. G. 
Hogen, Dr. A. I. Brown and F. N. Stone, directors; 
Geo. P. Freeman and L. J. Thorp, field captains. 
F. H. WALLACE, Secretary. 
Telegraphic Trapshooting Matches of the Dupont Trap¬ 
shooting Club. 
Results of the first match, held during the month of 
January, each club shooting on its home grounds, and 
on the first regular monthly shooting day. 
Boston, Mass.—Paleface Shooting Association.243 
Columbus, Neb.—New Columbus Gun Club.242 
Sioux City, Iowa.—Soo Gun Club.236 
Lansdale, Penn.—Lansdale Gun Club.232 
San Diego, Cal.—Pastime Gun ‘Club.227 
Minneapolis, Minn.—Minneapolis Rod & Gun Club..223 
Little Falls, N. J.—Little Falls Gun Club.225 
Springfield, Ohio.—Springfield Gun Club.224 
Utica, Illinois.—Starved Rock Gun Club.223 
Denver, Pa.—Denver Rod and Gun Club.223 
Dayton, Ohio.—National Cash Register Gun Club-223 
St. Louis, Mo.—St. Louis Trapshooters’ Ass’n.222 
Buffalo, New York.—Buffalo Audubon Club.221 
Chicago, Ill.—Chicago Gun Club.220 
Coatsville, Pa.—Coatsville Gun Club.219 
Kankakee, Illinois.—Kankakee Gun Club.218 
Circleville, Ohio.—’Ideal Gun Club.217 
Danbury, 'Conn.—Pahquioque Rod and Gun Club.208 
Columbus, Ohio.—‘New Columbus Gun Club.204 
New Haven, Conn.—New Haven Gun. Club.201 
Wilmington, Del.—Dupont Trapshooting 'Club.188 
Wayne Jet., Philadelphia, Pa.—Fox Gun Club.173 
Cincinnati, Ohio.—Cincinnati Gun Club.152 
Boise, Idaho.—Boise Gun Club. 
Bridgeport, Conn.—Sea Side Gun Club. 
Chicago, Ill.—South Chicago Gun Club. 
Cleveland, Ohio.'—Cleveland Gun Club. 
Independence, Ore.—Independence Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Ind.—Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa.—S. S. White Gun Club.221 
Philadelphia, Pa. (Edge Hill) Highland Shooting 
Association . 
Portland, Ore.—Portland Gun Club.220 
Portland, Maine.—(Portland Gun Club. 
Rockford, Ill.—Rockford Gun Club. 
San Jose, Cal.—San Jose Blue Rock Club. .. 
•Names of shooters making the teams of the. various 
clubs which have competed in the Telegraphic Trap¬ 
shooting Matches. 
New Colombus Gun Club 
—Colombus, Neb. 
Gates . 25 
Kaufman . 25 
Sawyer . 25 
Rudat . 25 
Neuman . 24 
Lohr . 24 
Drinnin . 24 
Brock . 24 
Gutzmer . 23 
Miles . 23 
Paleface—Boston, Mass. 
McCardle . 25 
Putnam . 25 
Steele . 23 
... 25 
... 25 
... 24 
... 24 
... 24 
... 24 
... 24 
Smith 
Williams . 
Clarke . 
Osborne, G. L. 
Newton . 
Hilliard . 
Davis . 
Total . 245 
Soo—Sioux City, Iowa. 
Dr. Moore. 25 
Osborne . 25 
Hunter . 24 
Total . 242 
Lansdale—Lansdale, Pa. 
Bender . 25 
Henry . 25 
Hoffman . 25 
G. L. Taylor. 24 
McKenzie . 24 
Harper . 24 
C. Whitaker . 24 
Rae . 22 
W. F. Duncan. 22 
Hamer . 22 
Total . 236 
Pastime—San Diego, Cal. 
Toews . 24 
Couts . 23 
Walsh . 23 
Greenway . 22 
Ervast . 22 
Ecker . 24 
Weisser . 23 
Julian . 23 
Fesler . 22 
Grier . 21 
Total . 227 
Gun Club—Little Falls. 
Hobart . 24 
Speer . 24 
H. Sindle. 24 
Comly . 24 
Kussmaul . 23 
F. Sindle . 22 
H. Francisco. 21 
Smith . 21 
C. Annizzaro . 20 
Klotz . 22 
Total . 225 
Starved Rock—Utica. 
Kneussl . 24 
Duncan . 23 
Doan . 23 
Hanson . 23 
MoCauslin . 22 
Quimby . 22 
Westerman . 22 
Sharp _. 22 
Pierski . 21 
Zeller . 21 
Total . 223 
N. C. R.—Dayton, 0. 
Sheets . 25 
Cain . 23 
H. Heikes . 23 
Monbeck . 22 
Hubler . 22 
Clark . 22 
Furnas . 22 
Platt . 22 
Bippus . 21 
Clabaugh . 21 
Total . 223 
Audubon—Buffalo. 
Blackmer . 25 
F. Kelsey . 24 
Ebberts . 23 
Lambert . 23 
Ward . 22 
Patterson . 22 
Lawson . 21 
•Covert . 21 
Wright . 20 
Eberhardt . 20 
Total . 221 
New—Coatsville. 
Jones . 24 
Dolby . 23 
Stevens . 23 
Williams . 23 
Ewing . 22 
Fulton . 22 
Hammonds . 22 
McFarland . 19 
Alexander . 19 
Total . 219 
Ideal—Circleville. 
Moeller . 24 
Hosier . 22 
Valentine . 22 
Brandon . 22 
Stout ..22 
W. Valentine. 21 
■Caldwell . 21 
Walters . 21 
Ritt . 21 
Metzger . 21 
Total . 217 
New—Columbus, 0. 
Shattuck . 25 
Webster . 22 
Ward . 22 
Ford . 22 
Snook . 21 
Reed . 21 
Thompson . 18 
Shilling . 18 
Drake . 18 
Smith . 17 
Total . 204 
Trapshooting— 
Wilmington. 
Richardson . 23 
McHugh . 20 
Minnick . 20 
Metz . 24 
Billinger . 24 
Rodgers . 22 
L. S. Wartz . 22 
Taylor . 22 
■C. S. Wartz. 22 
Felver . 21 
Total . 232 
Rod & Gun—Minneapolis. 
Starbeck . 25 
Richter . 25 
Peck . 23 
Lawson . 24 
Hanley .;. 22 
’Stark . 22 
Bend . 22 
Claggett . 22 
Sodon . 20 
Larrabee . 18 
Total . 225 
Gun Club—Springfield. 
Poole . 24 
Ernst . 24 
Henderson . 24 
Downey . 23 
Shobe . 22 
Winkler . 22 
McGregor . 22 
Hays . 22 
Downs . 21 
Lynch . 20 
Total . 224 
Rod & Gun—Denver. 
Imhoff . 22 
Young . 24 
Sweigart . 24 
Wolfskil! . 23 
Engle . 22 
Shaffer . 23 
Hagy . 22 
'Grimes . 21 
Borden . 21 
Me'llinger . 21 
Total . 223 
Trapshooters’—St. Louis. 
Bell . 24 
Victor . 25 
Locatell . 23 
Erund . 23 
■Hapke . 23 
Rhodes . 23 
Irwin . 22 
Bingham . 20 
Wassenberger . 20 
Cawi . 20 
Total . 222 
Gun Club, Chicago. 
Davis . 25 
Fetherston . 24 
Miller .-. 23 
Kammer . 22 
'Frank Young . 22 
George Eck . 22 
Zacher . 21 
Goode . 21 
Silver . 20 
Moore . 20 
Total . 220 
Gun Club—Kankakee. 
Adams . 25 
Johnson . 25 
Bott . 23 
Russell . 23 
Dyer . 22 
B. Birr . 21 
Radeke . 21 
Kuntz . 20 
Beckman . 19 
F. Birr . 19 
Total . 218 
Pahquioque—Danbury. 
Crane . 24 
Gregory . 24 
Sanford . 23 
Cornen . 23 
R. Hall . 21 
Day . 20 
Downs . 19 
Scofield . 18 
G. Hall . 18 
W. Olmstead . 18 
Total . 208 
Gun Club—New Haven. 
Chamberlin . 25 
F. Smith . 24 
C. Smith . 23 
Jenney . 21 
Norton . 20 
Hepburn . 19 
McCarthy . 19 
Alting . 18 
Marsh . 16 
Witcher . 16 
Total . 201 
Fox—Philadelphia. 
H. Greenwood. 22 
Dr. Hutton. 19 
Mrs. Moulton. 19 
