trophies were awarded to the twenty high guns with 
added handicap. 
The three Interstate Trophies were awarded to W. 
\V. Bradbury of Lawrence, H. P. Emory of Worcester 
and J. M. Gates of Leominster, respectively. 
Total Total 
Number Number 
Shot At Broke 
'Sibley . 160 154 
•Chapin . 160 152 
Randall . 160 150 
Dr. Russell . 160 148 
Adams . 160 147 
Putnam . 160 147 
Steele . 160 146 
•Darton . 160 145 
'Wheeler . 160 144 
Hilliard . 160 142 
Gates . 160 142 
Dr. Newton . 160 142 
Jay Clarke . 160 142 
W. T. Clarke . 160 138 
Littlefield . 160 138 
*Jas. Burns . 160 138 
Dr. Forster . 160 137 
Archibald . 160 137 
Rogers . 160 133 
Simpson . 160 134 
Corson . 160 134 
Emory ..-. 160 134 
Bob Burnes . 160 133 
Hunt . 160 133 
'Fanning . 160 132 
Hinds . 160 131 
Dr. Hayden . 160 131 
Lagerquist . 160 130 
Langstroth . 160 129 
Hanford . 160 128 
Bradbury . 160 128 
Davis . 160 128 
Reed . 160 128 
Bob Smith . 160 127 
Spencer . 160 125 
Temple . 160 124 
Varick . 160 124 
Blinn . 160 122 
Dr. Burr . 160 119 
Judson . 160 118 
Bancroft . 160 116 
Hoghton . 160 114 
McDonald . 160 113 
Shaughnessy . 160 in 
Chase . 160 106 
Bailey . 160 107 
Brooks . 160 105 
Sherman . 160 102 
Brackett . 160 98 
Converse . 160 98 
Tainter . 160 91 
Shriver. 140 91 
Motley . 140 72 
Cross . 140 61 
'Professionals. 
CHAS. H. LITTLEFIELD, Jr., Cashier. 
Messina Springs Gun Club. 
Syracuse, April 22, 1914. 
W. E. Hookway won First Prize Watch Fob; C. H. 
Littlefield, Jr. won Second Prize Watch Fob; G. H. 
Pumpelly won Third Prize Watch Fob. 
These handsome trophies donated by Interstate Asso¬ 
ciation and do credit to the association. They are es¬ 
pecially fine classy articles and will please all trap 
shooters. 
W. L. Race, W. E. Hookway and W. E. Corfield each 
broke 23 in merchandise and divided first three prizes. 
C. H. Littlefield, Jr. and H. E. Mills each with 22 took 
four and five prizes. 
E. A. Wadsworth and T. E. Clay each with 21 took 
six and seven prizes. 
Office was conducted by H. H. Stevens and Geo. 
Grim. It is unnecessary to comment on it as they un¬ 
derstand their duties which were performed admirably 
and the club wishes to extend our best thanks to these 
gentlemen. 
Yards 
W. E. Plookway . 18 
C. H. Littlefield, Tr. 19 
G. IT. Pumpelly . 20 
C. S. Wilson . 18 
W. E. Corfield . 20 
E. A. Wadsworth . 18 
C. C. Snook . 18 
M. Wyntthausen . 19 
D. Wadsworth . 20 
E. F. Burnett . 17 
T. E. Clay . I9 
FI. Pendergast . 20 
C. W. ITobbie . iq 
W. L. Race . 16 
C. L. Frantz . 20 
A. W. Meagher . 10 
B. F. Fellows, Tr. 17 
H. V. Fellers .:. m 
W. Wilt . 
H. W. Smith . 19 
£• E. Lytle . z6 
S. Fowler . t 6 
F. Steves . j6 
*H. H. Stevens . 20 
Sim Glover . x 8 
•Professionals. 
Total 
126 
122 
121 
121 
120 
120 
119 
118 
118 
118 
118 
116 
114 
114 
114 
112 
112 
109 
107 
i°5 
104 
105 
104 
95 
93 
136 
127 
J. Montgomery .. 
M. W. Pendergast 
J. Breen . 
Tom Caroley . 
G. Ginehart . 
J. L. Weller . 
Harry Harrison . 
Yards 
19 
16 
16 
16 
• 
. 16 
16 
Total 
66 out 90 
49 out 60 
23 out 45 
31 out 45 
8 out 15 
22 out 30 
20 out 30 
FOREST AND STREAM 
635 
Mrs. Harry Harrison . 16 
A. W. Morrison . 16 
E. Wright . 16 
F. Umbrecht . 16 
15 out 30 
18 out 30 
20 out 30 
18 out 30 
La Crosse Gun Club. 
La Crosse, Wis., April 26, 1914. 
This morning’s shoot of the La Crosse Gun Club 
wound up the first series of contests for the presi¬ 
dent’s trophy and established the basis for the handi¬ 
caps of the second series to be shot off during May. 
A field of twenty-two shooters faced the traps un¬ 
der ideal weather conditions and amateur high gun 
honors fell to J. V. Winter with 46 out of 50 while 
Dr. Scfileiter took second place with 43. C. C. 
Mitchell, professional, was high with 48. 
Shot At Broke 
C. C. Mitchell, Prof. 50 48 
J. V. Winter . 50 46 
T. Schleiter . 50 43 
W. Miller . 50 42 
W. A. Wager . 50 42 
H. B. Bozard . 50 40 
J- Bartl . 50 39 
A. Tausche . 50 38 
Gus Rose . 50 38 
M. Locke . 50 36 
W. Layland . 50 36 
F. Schwalbe . 50 35 
R. Franklin . 50 35 
H. L. _ Storr . 50 35 
W. Erickson . 50 34 
M. Savage . 50 34 
C. F. Sutor . 50 33 
A. Moll . 50 31 
T. E. Higbee . 50 30 
F. W. Pittman . 50 29 
M. Novak . 50 ' 26 
Mrs. J. V. Winter . 25 12 
Nemours-Fox Shoot. 
Saturday Afternoon. April 25-th, 1914. 
La-st Saturday afternoon nine lady members of t-he 
Fox Gun Club of Philadelphia came to Wilmington to 
shoot with the ladies of the Nemours Trapshooting Club. 
Instead of bright, -beautiful wea-ther it stormed a -11 after¬ 
noon and prevented s-ome of the ladies from participat¬ 
ing in the event. 
Out of -the -seven squads (35 women) arranged for, 
twentv-six braved -the storm, and -all -but three of these 
shot through the fifty bird event, even though the rain 
poured in torrents and ran off their fingers and -the ends 
of -their gun barrels in perfect streams. It was a .most 
enthusiastic band of women, and -the shooting wa-s thor¬ 
oughly enjoyed bv all who took part, though the -weather 
conditions precluded good scores. 
The high honors of the day went -to Mrs. Moulton of 
the Fox Gun Club. She was just recovering from a spell 
of illness and did not sh-oo-t in her usual good form, 
making only 30 x 50. This was quite a low score for 
Mrs. M-oulton, for she is one of the best women shots in 
t-he country and averages regularly from 80 to 85 per 
cent. Her prize was a souvenir spoon -of Delaware. 
Mrs.. Moulton -also won -the first special prize, a ster¬ 
ling silver watch fob that was given -by the Nemours 
Club to the lady on the Fox team making high actual 
score. 
Miss Langdon of the Fox -team captured the second 
special prize, a gold nuail -pin, for the second high 
actual on her team. Miss Langdon is a new shooter, 
but handles her gun like a veteran. 
Miss Jessie Gentieu of the Nemours Club w-on the 
prize for the best straight run of ith-e day, a -silver le-mon 
fork. Mi-ss Gen-t-ieu, who is a new shooter and who has 
s-h-ot but seven -times over -the traps, -is a -natural pointer 
and promises to be one of -the best, if not the best shoot¬ 
er in the Club. She scored twentv breaks out of her 
first string of twenty-five o-n Saturday. 
The prize for the second best straight run of -t-he day, 
sterling silver salt spoons, went to Mrs. E. L. Riley. 
The high -total score was made by Miss Clara Bing¬ 
ham, who was awarded an Old Swedes -souvenir SDOon. 
Mrs. Harry Stidham made the best -to-ta-l score of the 
ladies -who had never sho-t in a match before and was 
awarded a set of silver lingerie pins. 
The prize for -high actual score on the first string of 
twenty-five, a hand painted vase, wen-t to Mrs. H. 
Pret-tym-a-n. 
The consolation prize (50 targets), a hand painted egg 
cup, went to Miss C. Wynands, who was bothered by 
the rain and did not shoo-t in her usual good form. 
Scores follow: 
Miss 
Actual 
Evt. 1 
Breaks 
Evt. 2 
Total 
w-i-t-h 
H’cap. 
Bingrham . 
6 
9 
41 
Mrs. 
F-aiile y . 
3 
7 
40 
Miss 
J. Gen-t-ieu. 
20 
7 
37 
M-iss 
A. Schofield .1. 
4 
5 
37 
Mrs. 
F. Walls. 
II 
10 
37 
Miss 
r. D. Oen'tieu. 
9 
11 
38 
Mrs. 
H. McKay. 
10 
10 
36 
Mrs. 
H. White. 
4 
10 
36 
Miss 
Alice Riley. 
11 
8 
35 
Miss 
Lansrdon . 
11 
l6 
35 
Mrs. 
H. P ret t yin an. 
T 4 
5 
35 
Miss 
Bessie V. Carson. 
, 12 
13 
35 
Mrs. 
E. L. Riley. 
13 
13 
34 
Mrs. 
Sh'i’sler . 
9 
10 
33 
M-i s-s 
H. D. Hammond. 
13 
12 
31 
Miss 
M. R. Woodman. 
10 
7 
3 i 
Miss 
T. P. Hirst. 
9 
9 
32 
Mrs. 
B. V. Clark. 
10 
7 
3 i 
Miss 
C. Wynands. 
2 
1 
27 
Mrs. 
Moul-ton . 
15 
15 
30 
Mrs. 
W. A. Toslyn. 
7 
1 7 
30 
Miss 
M. V. Lan-nan. 
j 
4 
29 
Mrs. 
B. McKaig . 
6 
2; 
Miss E. Hammond, 16x2=; wi 
th hand 
icap. Mrs. 
T. H. 
Martin, 17x25 with handicap, 
handicap. 
Mrs. 
Cox, 15x25 
w-i th 
After the shoot the members and guests boarded the 
special car that was waiting for them at Ris-ing Sun 
Lane and went to the home of Mr. George Frank Lord 
at Orchard Lane, Holly Oak, where supper was served 
by the Nemours Club. After the supper a dance was 
held and a general good -time was had. The Philadelphia 
party left on -the n:n P. M. train from Holly Oak 
station. BLU-E BIRD. 
THE SHIRAS MOOSE. 
A New Subspecies from Wyoming. 
It -has been known for many years that moose inhabit 
parts of -the northern Rocky Mountain region in the 
states of "Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, especially in 
and about -the Yellows-tone National Park, writes E. W. 
Nelson, in a recent issue of the proceedings of -the Bio¬ 
logical Society of Washington. It is also known that 
they were formerly more widely distributed than at 
present, -but -their range has -been restricted and -their 
numbers diminished in most places by modern develop¬ 
ments in- their country. T-he-ir present center of abund¬ 
ance appears to be along -the Yellowstone River and 
abou-t -the south end (or head) of Yell-o-wsto-ne Lake in 
the Yellowstone National Park. 
We -a-re indebted to George Shira-s, 3d, for nearly all 
we know concerning the life history of these animals. 
During -the late summers and autumns of 1908, 1909 -and 
1910 Mr. Shiras vis-ited -the head of Yellowst-one Lake 
and ascended -the Yellowstone River, and, to the sur¬ 
prise of every -one, discovered -that moose were amaz¬ 
ingly numerous there. He saw twenty-one moose in 
the shallow water at the head of the -lake a-t one time 
and estimated -that there were abou-t 1,500 in this dis¬ 
trict. Owing to proh-i-bitio-n of shooting in the -park, 
and the unfrequented section -they occupy, -they showed 
little alarm at -the presence of Mr. Shiras and -his party. 
In the National Geographic Magazine for July. 1913 
(Vol. XXIV, No. 7), Mr. Sh-iras gives an account of his 
observations of these moose, a map of their distribution 
in -the park and a series of fine photographs of these 
animals taken by day and night in their ha-un-ts. This 
■is -a remarkably -interesting -and valuable contribution 
to -t-he life history of one of our -least known -big game 
animals. Through the generosity of Mr. Shiras and the 
kind co-operation of Governor Joseph M. Carey, and 
State Game Warden D. F. Hudson of Wyoming, -a splen¬ 
did pair of -these ahim-als were collected for the Bio¬ 
logical Survey in December, 1913, the male serving -as 
the type of the new subspecies. 
In consideration of his remarkable work in originat¬ 
ing modern methods of flash-light photography of birds 
and mammals and the interest he h-as awakened, through 
this and by his writings, in animal life -and i-ts preser¬ 
vation, I take pleasure i-n offering a well-deserved trib¬ 
ute by naming this fine game anim-al in honor of George 
Sh-iras, 3d. 
Minnesota has a forested area of 28 million 
acres, the largest of any state east of the Rocky 
Mountains. 
MAY CLOSE DEER SEASON 3Y VOTE. 
The much discussed question whether to close 
the deer season in California for three years or 
leave it open for one month out of each year will 
be settled by a vote of the sportsmen. To secure 
the sentiment of hunters it has been decided to 
hold a voting contest at the coming Outing and 
Sportsmen’s Show in Los Angeles. 
Much opposition to this plan to close the season 
has developed within the past few years, but many 
sportsmen are in favor of closing the season until 
the deer may multiply. 
COMMISSION WANTS LICENSE FEES. 
Suit might be brought against S. G. Iverson, 
Minnesota state auditor, to compel him to turn 
over to the State Game and Fish Commission the 
$28,000 collected last year for resident hunting 
licenses. 
This developed at a meeting of the Game and 
Fish Commission when representatives of the 
Minnesota Game and Fish Protective League dis¬ 
cussed with the commissioners the advisability of 
taking some action. 
The last legislature abolished all standing ap¬ 
propriations and gave the commission but $81,500 
for its work. This is $37,000 less than it had the 
previous year when all license receipts were 
turned over to the commission. The result has 
been to cripple the work of that body. The auditor 
maintained that he could not risk paying over 
this money to the commission without a Supreme 
Court decision authorizing him to do so. 
