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FOREST AND STREAM 
Feb. I, 1913 
The Day ^ Motor 
is the subject of a most interesting 
group of articles in the FEBRUARY 
SCRIBNER 
Discovering America by Motor, written by Ralph D. Paine 
The Automobile and Its Mission, by Herbert Ladd Towle I 
The Pyrenees Route, by Charles L. Freeston, author of “The 
High Roads of the Alps,” Etc. 
Steam-Coach Days, by Theodore M. R. von Keler I 
Germany and the Germans, from an American Point of 
View, by Price Collier 
The Great Panama Canal, by Joseph Bucklin Bishop, I 
Secretary of the Isthmian Canal Commission tVBWtli 
The Sanitation of the Isthmus. The story of the heroic men who risked their lives in discov¬ 
ering the mosquito origin of yellow-fever and how Colonel Gorgas has rid the country of plague.j 
The Heart of the Hills, by John Fox, Jr. 
Sandy Land Lilies, by Barry Benefield I 
THE GREAT NOVEL OF THE YEAR 1913 
The Custom of Bye Country 
By EDITH WHARTON 
Author of “The House of Mirth,” began in the January number 
$3.00 a Year CHARLES ScRIBNER’s SoNS, New YoRK $3.00 a Year 
As the school officials of the city of Philadelphia 
have forbidden rifle practice by members of the schools, 
the Southern High School, of that city, which has made 
such .a very good record in inter-school competitions 
the last two years, has been compelled to withdraw from 
the League. 
Interclub Rifle Matches. 
W.VSHINGTON, D. C., Tan. 27.—In the inter-club rifle 
matches this week, the Park Club, of Bridgeport, Conn., 
retains its lead with another win, and A. B. Gully, of 
that club shot the possible score of 200. The club’s 
score was 994 of the possible 1000, defeating the Birming¬ 
ham Ala., Club, whose score was 938. 
The Warren, Pa. Rifle Club, with a score of 990, 
defeated the Thirteenth Regiment Rifle Club, of Brook¬ 
lyn. N. Y., whose score was 904. The Myies-Standish 
Rifle Club, of Portland, Me., with a score of 958, de¬ 
feated the Presque Isle Rifle Club, of Erie, Pa., whose 
score was '938; the New Orleans Rifle and Revolver 
Club, with a score of 898, the Manchester, N. H., Rifle 
and Pistol Club, with a score of 971, and the District 
of Columbia Rifle Association, with a score of 977, all 
had walkovers. 
The prize for which the clubs are striving is a new 
trophy presented by the War Department, representing 
the civilian rifle club championship of the United States. 
The standing to date of the Eastern League is as follows: 
Bridgeport .. 
Washington 
IVarren . 
Erie . 
Bangor . 
Portland _ 
Manchester . 
Birmingham . 
New Orleans 
Brooklyn .... 
Won. 
4 
4 
4 
3 
2 
2 
2 
1 
1 
0 
Lost. 
0 
0 
0 
1 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3 
4 
There are seven more matches to be fired, when the 
winning club of the Eastern League will shoot against 
the winning club of the IVestern League for the cham¬ 
pionship. 
Military School Rifle Matches. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 26.—The National Board for 
the Promotion of Rifle Practice in the United States, 
in pursuance of its policy to promote rifle shooting in 
institutions of learning, has given a handsome trophy for 
the military schools of the country to compete for. The 
rnatches are held under the supervision of the National 
Rifle Association of America, which announces the re¬ 
sults of the first match of the series now being held as 
follows; 
Harvard Military School of Los Angeles, Cal., de¬ 
feated the Culver Indiana Military Academy, 870 to 852. 
St. John’s Military Academy, of Delafield, '\Vis., defeated 
the Hitchcock Military Academy of San Rafael, Cal., 912 
to 762. The Kemper Military School of Boonville, Wis., 
defeated the Missouri Military Academy of Mexico, Mo., 
790 to 575. The Wentworth Military Academy of Lex¬ 
ington, Mo., defeated the Kentucky Military Institute 
of Lyndon, Ky., 897 to 733. St. John’s School, of Man¬ 
lius, New York, defeated the Military Academy of Ros¬ 
well, N. M., 843 to 809. The Bordentown, N. J., Mili¬ 
tary Institute with a score of 871, won from the Girard 
College of Philadelphia by default. The Nazareth Hall, 
Pa., Military Academy, with a score of 493 won from the 
New York Military Academy by default. The Randolph 
Military Academy of Morristown, N. J., with a score of 
607, won from the Miami Military Institute of German¬ 
town. O., by default. 
The conditions of the matches call for teams of five, 
representing each school, each boy firing ten shots stand¬ 
ing and ten shots prone, with a .22cal. rifle. There are 
sixteen schools in the competition, each one of which 
will fire one match with every other school. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
The team match of the Indoor League on Jan. 22. 
shot at the Brendamour range, was attended by nine 
members. The team total was not up to the mark which 
the club has set in previous matches. W. H. Cox shot 
very consistently, placing 19 shots in the black, and 
recording a total of 211, high for the match. C. E. Pugh 
got in second place on 2f)2, and A. A. Yungblut, with 
his 22, scored 197. Elmer Hake, who usually makes the 
team, was in poor form to-day, and fell down badly, 
although making high 5-shot score, 46, on his second 
target. A team match is being arranged with Troop C 
of Cincinnati, and will be shot on the Brendamour 
range, with a return match at the armory. Scores: 
Public High School Compeiition. 
Washington, D. C., Jan. 21.—The National Rifle 
Association of America announces the results of the 
second competition between the public high school rifle 
teams throughout the United States for the new national 
trophy, for which twenty high schools are competing in 
a series of inter-school competitions covering nine weeks. 
The shooting is being done on gallery ranges at 50 feet 
with .22cal. rifles, and teams of five; the total possible 
score being 1000. The results of the second competition 
are as follows: 
Iowa City High defeated Brookline, Mass., 939 to 
736; Southern High of Philadelphia defeated the High 
School of Commerce, New York City, 902 to 843; Stuy- 
vesant High, New York city, defeated Eastern High of 
lyashington, D. C., 861 to 799; Morris High, New York 
city, defeated Baltimore Polytechnic, 915 to 810; Deering 
High of Portland, Me., defeated De Witt Clinton High 
of New York city, 946 to 879; Salt Lake City High de¬ 
feated the Susquehanna, Pa., High, 934 to 841; Tucson, 
Ariz., High defeated the Utica, N. Y., Free Academy, 
746 to 729; Manual Training, Washington, D. C. de¬ 
feated Manual Training, St. Louis, Mo., 857 to 680; the 
Portland, Me., High defeated the Business High, Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., 926 to 778; Technical High, Springfield, 
Mass., defeated Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., High, 870 to 
Intercollegiate Rifle Matches. 
Washington, D. _ C., Jan. 24. —The National Rifle 
Association of America announces the results of the 
third match in the intercollegiate series of gallery rifle 
shooting matches for the college championship as follows: 
Dartmouth College defeated Clemson Agricultural 
College, 902 to 850; Columbia University defeated Cornell 
University, 939 to 886; Lehigh University defeated Rhode 
Island State College 838 to 688; Massachusetts Agricul¬ 
tural College defeated Princeton University 954 to 944; 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology defeated North 
Georgia Agricultural College 929 to 901; Harvard Uni¬ 
versity defeated the, University of Maine 950 to 839; 
Norwich University defeated University of Vermont 910 
to 878; University of California defeated Kansas Uni¬ 
versity 887 to 783; University of Wisconsin defeated 
Louisiana State College 873 to 858; Minnesota University 
defeated Washington State College 924 to 862; West 
Virginia LTniversity defeated Michigan Agricultural Col¬ 
lege 931 to 921; University of Nebraska defeated U. S. 
College of Veterinary Surgeons 828 to 820; State Uni¬ 
versity of Iowa defeated Perdue University 928 to 901; 
Oklahoma A. and M. College with a score of 866 won by 
default from the university of Missouri. 
This is the third match of the series of thirteen 
matches to determine the championship. 
W H Cox. 43 44 40 43 41—211 
G E Pugh. 39 44 42 38 39—202 
A A Yungblut. 42 41 36 38 40—197 
Ccl. C Hake. 37 39 36 41 37—190 
A H Kenan. 38 34 42 41 31-186-986 
Scores of other members: 
J F Stevenson. 31 35 35 40 '42—186 
Elmer Hake . 32 46 40 26 38—182 
H F Schaefer. 36 35 32 31 30—164 
J R L Carrington. 35 27 37 33 30—162 
Fulton, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1913. 
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