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FOREST AND STREAM 
Dec. 7, 1912 
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5 out of 6 REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIPS 
PRACTICALLY A CLEAN SWEEP, WON BY 
THE FAMOUS 
BRAND 
Ammunition 
The results of the United States Revolver Association 1912 Outdoor Championships, just officially announced, show that users of 
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Match A, Revolver Championship Match D M j|i tarv R ecor( | Match F. Pocket Revolver Championship 
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3rd—J. E. Gorman.455 2nd—C. M. McCutcheon! .' .'' .207 Match B. Pistol Championship 
3rd—A. M. Poindexter.574 
5th—C. M. McCutcheon.448 
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ist—Dr. j. h. snook. 621 TT'WO TW1PW RF C* 0 TlQ Match t. revolver earn Championship 
3rd—A. M. Poindexter.574 t -B. YT i J8L* Yf JlLs 1 1st—Denver Revolver Club 774 
5th—C. M. McCutcheon.570 J 
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London Field’s Appreciation of Forest 
and Stream. 
SOME CONTRASTS. 
There are many differences between shooting in this 
country and shooting in America, as we have recently 
been reminded by that amusing and interesting little 
book “Stories of Some Shoots,” in which General Drain, 
of Washington, has described his experiences in Scot¬ 
land and England with pheasants, driven partridges, and 
wild duck. We shoot different birds, and we shoot 
them in a different way. But there are other differences 
besides those of field and covert, and one of them is the 
reading and writing about the sport by those who take 
part in it. I have just been looking through the special 
number of Forest and Stream, the New York paper 
which deals more fully with shooting and fishing than 
any other in America, and I have been struck with the 
very large proportion of the paper which is filled with 
news—that is, news of shooting. Part of this, of course, 
is news specially collected for this particular number, 
for there are nearly twelve columns of reports from the 
“game and fish commissioners and wardens” of the 
various States as to the prospcts of sport for the season. 
But there are other items of news in which interest 
seems to be pretty constant, and chief among these come 
the accounts of the doings of the various clay-bird shoot¬ 
ing clubs and their tournaments. The Field prints each 
week during the season short accounts of the meetings 
of the Gun Club, the Middlesex Gun Club, and so on— 
perhaps a column. But here in Forest and Stream 
are ten pages of news and advertisements mixed, all 
dealing with the shooting of clays. If this form of 
shooting is not the most popular of all forms in America 
at all events it seems to get most of the attention of 
the papers and the gunmakers. Incidentally, it provides 
some stimulating reading. 
W1ITH THE REPEATER. 
Accounts of actual sport in the field often read 
familiarly enough, though here and there a sentence goes 
a little oddly, possibly owing to the fact that the narrator 
has been shooting with a magazine instead of a double- 
barreled gun. We get an account of walking up prairie 
chickens in South Western Minnesota, for instance, and 
after a little find John, the setter, stiffening to a point: 
“The lashing of his great tail ceased. He was immov¬ 
able. Yet we could see no birds, and went ahead care¬ 
fully to give the dog a chance. Then from beneath 
our feet rose eight young birds, frightened and anxious 
to be off. They made for the corn east of the field, 
and, when they were a fair distance off, two guns began 
to decimate their ranks. Only four birds dropped to 
six shots, and a cripple dropped a little way off, too 
weak to fly further.” A little further on the decima¬ 
tion was evidently more complete, though the actual 
numbers are not given. “John dropped his nose, roaded 
a bit, and advanced into the wind toward the ground 
we had just covered, and raised his head. The pointer 
drew alongside, and both their noses quivered as they 
sniffed the odor of the birds. Being curious we went 
back the way we had come over the knoll, and soon 
the air was thick with rising chickens. They had laid 
tight to the ground, and as we passed them before, they 
had failed to flush. The battery of guns began their 
usefulness. * * * ” Well, there is a satisfaction in 
dropping a right and left out of a covey, even when 
other birds rising a little later escape because the gun 
is unloaded. And a right and left, it seems to me, is 
quite enough for one gun to take at one time out of 
one covey. At the same time I should rather like for 
once in a way to see a battery of quick shots with re¬ 
peating guns begin their usefulness on a covey of 
grouse or partridges rising at an ordinary distance. 
A VARIED VOCABULARY. 
To "begin usefulness” is an expressive phrase. But 
the dictionary of the shooter in the field has not nearly 
so many new pages as that of the clay-shooting gun 
club. Some of the terms in common use among clay 
shooters are plain and straightforward enough; others 
need comment. A moment’s reflection suggests that the 
“high amateur” of a tournament is the highest scorer 
who is not a professional. You are given photographs of 
“high amateurs” and “high professionals,” all of them 
sitting in the correct position, which is with the gun 
across the knee with the breech open and the barrels 
dropped. The “high professional’*^ on the first day 
broke 140 clays out of 150, and 90 per cent, seems to be 
an indifferent score. One of the competitors, for in¬ 
stance, “made a clean score at the lunch table, though 
he did not make his usual good showing on the firing 
line;” he scored only 135. Another competitor would 
have done well, but "struck a snag” and finished third. 
Another one, in the “doubles” event, “in spite of a 
‘dutch double,’ went out with 46, which shows that 
Jimmy is some quick with his shooting stick.” A “dutch 
double” presumably is a miss with right and left. But 
what is a “merchandise shoot?” “There will be a 
merchandise shoot of five events of 10 targets each,” 
you read, “and a Jack Rabbit shoot of ten events.” 
Perhaps a Jack Rabbit shoot is the kind of shoot you 
would expect to follow if you had made a clean score 
at one of the shooting lunches of which the menu is 
given; “Heublein cocktails, caviar slices, turtle soup, 
fried sea pommes grande, peas, potatoes, head lettuce, 
coffee, cheese, ice cream, cigars.” This is more elaborate 
than the average snipe shooter can manage on the bog, 
but you need something fortifying to withstand the con¬ 
tingencies _ of an important clay tournament—plating a 
gun, for instance. “Lester German, based upon the 
fact that he had missed a target, went over into an ad¬ 
joining field to again pattern his gun. A complaint was 
made by the owner of the farm. It required the united 
efforts of Elmer Shaner, Tom Marshall and Bill Crosby 
to keep him out of jail.” It is a world of action indeed, 
in which, based upon the fact that you have missed a 
clay pigeon, you find yourself the next moment con¬ 
fronted with a dungeon. But deeds, not words, are the 
rule throughout. You are asked to observe “William 
H. Heer, ‘Cyclone shooterj not talker. Constant at all 
times, and crushes mud p ; es with regularity. Witness 
his work on Friday, in bad weather, 200 without a miss. 
You must pass it along to Billy.” But this clearly 
might place one in a difficulty. 
WHAT OFFERS? 
Advertisements are occasionally more interesting than 
letterpress. This, from a column adjoining the descrip¬ 
tion of William H. Heer’s dealings with mud pies, sug¬ 
gests further inquiry into the merits of the hotel ac¬ 
commodation offered: “Kent Island Narrows, Md. 
There are reasons, ask why.” Another rendezvous. Bear 
Mountain Camj>, describes the advantages offered more 
definitely, “Deer and bear shooting for the big game 
man, and plenty of partridge for the spread shot prefer- 
ent.” At Centreville Station, Sullivan Co., N. Y. you 
can be sure of “good bird dogs and hounds.” From 
Montgomery, Pa , on the other hand, comes an offer 
of “two good female rabbit dogs.” But the really at¬ 
tractive offers are of land for sale. There are about 400 
acres of “fine open land, well stocked with partridge 
and other game, with seven cottages, fine drinking water, 
together with several streams running through the 
place,” for twenty dollars an acre. Or you may buy a 
4000-acre farm, with a fifteen-room dwelling, outhouses, 
“good fishing and hunting, especially quail shooting,” at 
seven dollars fifty cents per acre. The only disturbing 
reflection is that the price of the property with all its 
advantages being plainly set down in black and white, 
the owner would probably take much less.—“Cheviot” in 
London Field of Nov. 16, 1912. 
Boston A. C. 
Boston, Mass., Nov. 28. —The day of thanks broke 
forth with the noise of powder and the song of shot at 
the Boston Athletic Association. First shoot of the 
season went to R. A. Faye, who won take-home trophy 
with 93 from scratch. F. Whitney took lower berth with 
92 from a start of 20 free ones. T. C. Adams sat on 
the Pullman steps on 
89 from 
scratch. The 
weather 
was 
regular made-to-order 
kind—no one 
could ask for better. 
P. R. Tucker was a 
guest. 
The 
scores: 
Broke. 
Hdcp. 
T’t’l. 
R A Fave . 
. 93 
0 
93 
F Whitnev . 
. 72 
20 
92 
T C Adams . 
. 89 
0 
89 
L H Davis . 
. 75 
11 
86 
P W Whittemore .. .. 
. 68 
16 
84 
C P> Tucker . 
. 65 
5 
70 
W C Brooks . 
. 62 
8 
70 
P R Tucker . 
. 34 
0 
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Eugene Gun Club. 
Eugene, Ore., Nov. 22.— Only six shooters took ad¬ 
vantage of the nice weather to-day, but they feel well 
repaid, as conditions were fine. Seavey shot his old 
consistent clip and was high with 92. Deierlin was run¬ 
ner-up with 90 to his credit. Following are the scores: 
Seavey . 23 22 23 24 92 
Deierlin . 20 24 23 23 90 
Bean . 24 19 21 22 86 
C Kompp . IS 21 20 24 83 
Yeatch . 21 19 19 21 80 
Darrow. 17 19 20 19 75 
E. A. Bean, Sec’y. 
