Dec. 28, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS 
To All Sportsmen: 
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The D 11 Pont Powder Company ex¬ 
tends the readers of Forest and Stream 
sincere wishes for a Happy and a 
Prosperous New Year. 
At this time we also wish to express 
our thanks for the most satisfactory 
treatment accorded us during the past 
year. 
We feel that our increased business is 
largely due to the high quality of our 
powder. We wish to assure you that 
our manufacturing plants are continu¬ 
ally striving to excel in that particular. 
The high quality of Du Pont Powder 
is conclusively shown by the splendid 
records made by sportsmen at the traps 
and their success in the field. 
Preference for Du Pont Powders, 
“The Regular and Reliable Brands,” 
during 1913 will be appreciated. 
START 
THE NEW YEAR RIGHT 
=BY^= 
SHOOTING DU PONT POWDERS 
The Du Pont Gun Club. 
Wilmington. Del.. Dec. 21. — The desire of man to 
break succumbed to bis inherent right to go broke, so 
Santa Claus beat the gun to-day, and got away with 
most of the regulars. The merry Muletied make shop¬ 
pers of shooters. However, among the early shoppers 
were thirty-two Du Ponters, who turned out to-day to 
try to add their names to Connable cup and to eat with 
one of the Coleman du Pont silver spoons. The cuppers 
ran into a tie between W. Edmanson, already being a 
signatural resident of the cup, and J. H. Minnick, who, 
strange as it may seem, has not yet been able to get a 
scratch on the tankard. He has one chance left, for there 
is one more shoot, after which all those whose mark 
shows on the mug will shoot at 100 aerosaucers to de¬ 
cide to whom shall go the honor of its custody. 
CONNABLE CUP. 
The scores in the Connable cup event were: 
23 yards—J. B. McHugh 21. 
22yds.—J. H. Minnick and W. Edmanson 23: H. P. 
Carlon 22: W. M. Hammond 17; W. G. Wood 15; L. C. 
Lyon 11. 
20 yards — Dr. A. Patterson 18, Victor du Pont 17, 
L. L. Jarrell 16, E. R. Galvin 16, Stanley Tuchton 12. 
18 yards—T. W. Malthewson 19, G. F. Lord 16, S. G. 
David 13. 
16 yards—Dr. J. H. Squires 20, W. J. Highfield 16, 
Dr. Harris 5. 
COLEMAN DU PONT SPOON. 
In the Coleman du Pont spoon event the winners in 
their respective classes were: Class A—W. Edmanson 
24; Class B—J. W. Anderson, Jr., 24; Class C—Walter 
Tomlinson 22: Class D—W. J. ‘Highfield 19; Class E— 
Albert Bird 20. 
The scores of the contest in the several classes were 
as below: 
Class A—W. Edmanson 24, H. P. Carlon, W. M. 
Hammond, J. B. McHugh and J. H. Minnick 21; IV. G. 
Wood 20; L. C. Lyon 17. 
Class B—J. W. Anderson, Jr., 24, L. L. Jarrell 22, 
Dr. A. Patterson 21. Victor du Pont 20, Stanley Tuch¬ 
ton 18. Henry Winchester 15 
Class C—Walter Tomlinson 22, G. F. Lord 18, Dr. 
Horace Betts 16„ J. G. Highfield 14, T. W. Matthewson 
Class D—W. J. Highfield 19, W. G. Robelen and 
Dr. E. O. Bullock 10, R. S. Robison 15, S. G. David 
and W. G. Ramsay 14 A. F. du Pont 13, Lee Moore 13. 
Class E—Albert Bird 20, Dr. Squires 14, E. R. 
Jenks 5. 
Those who were not eligible for the prizes were 
Edward Banks 23, L. D. Willis 22, W. A. Joslyn 19, 
B. F. Stevens 13. 
Two weeks ago Dr. Arthur Patterson and Victor du 
Pont tied for the spoon in Class B, and the tie was 
decided yesterday afternoon, when Victor du Pont won 
by breaking 24 out of his 25. 
DR. SQUIRES WON. 
During the afternoon a match was shot for the Class 
D cup. Dr. II. J. Squires, of Class E, challenged W. J. 
Highfield, holder of the Class D cup. Dr. Squires won, 
breaking 33 to Ilighfield’s 27. Thus a Class E man holds 
the Class D cup, the conditions permitting any person 
in a lower class to challenge for a cup in a higher class. 
Should he win, his name is inscribed on the trophy and 
he is entitled to take part in the final shoot-off for 
ultimate ownership. 
Collegiate Shooting. 
Princeton, N. J., Dec. 22. —Perhaps readers of 
Forest and Stream may be a little interested in what 
we are trying to do with trapshooting in the colleges. 
Possibly this fall’s record may tend to give us a black 
eye in your opinion, and I do not blame any one in the 
least. However, all of us had the misfortune this season 
to experience extreme adverse conditions on the dates of 
our intercollegiate team shoots. There was but one ex¬ 
ception, when Harvard met Yale over the New Haven 
traps. Given average conditions, there are several of 
us that have developed close to a 90 per cent, average 
at the end of a season’s practice. 
I have only direct statistics from the Princeton Club, 
but have had opportunity to know of the work of several 
dependable men in the others. Thompson and Scott, of 
Yale; Bullock and Lockwood, of Harvard, and Comstock, 
of Dartmouth, are all experienced men, and, allowing for 
an occasional off day, will be seen near the top in any 
of our matches. 
The difficulty with most college shots is generally in 
timing too slowly on a windy day. Older shooters who 
have more opportunity for practice, are able to narrow 
their marginal difference between windy and calm days 
to a few birds. The average college man is in the stage 
of experience when one timing has to do for both con¬ 
ditions, making a big difference in his scores. 
Last year and year before, Yale led the best teams 
ever put out by any college, establishing records that we 
are proud to hand down. 
The intercollegiate team record was boosted to 445 
out of 500, while Biddle and Thompson, of Yale, put the 
individual mark at 95. 
The intercollegiate shoot last spring indicated a high- 
water mark in collegiate shooting, all teams participating 
fYale, Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard), keeping well 
above the 80 per cent. mark. This fall has indicated a 
slump, but we all feel confident that next spring’s show¬ 
ing will be of a higher order. 
Just a word about what we are doing at Princeton: 
During the last three years interest in the traps has 
steadily increased._ Now we have two trap pits—an Ideal 
Leggett installed in one, and three experts in the other. 
Some days twenty or more shooters turn out. Last 
spring and this fall a cup has been put up for the sea¬ 
son’s high average in practice. N. R. White won both 
cups with a total of 991 out of a possible 1,100 pigeons, an 
average of 90 per cent. R. Simpson and F. B. Nimick 
led him a very close race, losing but few more targets. 
Certain weeks during the season handicap cups are shot 
for, which tends to keep everybody interested. 
Next spring we are going to bend our efforts to 
have it the best season of ail, and we hope if any visitor 
interested in shooting is in Princeton when we are hold¬ 
ing forth, he will come down and see us. 
A Tiger. 
Greenwich Gun Beats Greenwich Field. 
Greenwich, Conn., Dec. 21.—To-day a 50-target match 
was shot at the traps of the Greenwich Field Club be¬ 
tween a team from that Club and one from the Green¬ 
wich Gun Club, the match being won by the latter team. 
On account of the high wind the targets were very dif¬ 
ficult. Scores: 
Greenwich Field Club. Greenwich Gun Club. 
A L Ferguson.39 J H Finch. 36 
J K Coffin.32 J S Conover.40 
F W Hoeninghaus. 25 PA Raymond.37 
E R Newell.28 L Brush. 40 
G Lauder, Jr.17—141 R V Pell. 32—1S5 
Narine and Field Club. 
Bath Beach, L. I., Dec. 21.—Only two events were 
I-ulled here to-day—December cup, which ran into a tie 
between C. D. Sayre and C. B. Ludwig, each getting 92 
out of 100—no mean shooting, considering conditions. 
Take-home trophy went home with L. C. Hopkins, but 
not until he had shot off a tie with Sayre, who had 22 
out of 25. There was lots of good shooting on the 
beaclp which, however, is not unusual for the Marine 
and Eield aerosaucer exponents. The scores: 
December 
cup, 100 targets, handicap: 
c 
B Ludwig. 
.14 92 
C M Camp. 
...12 
88 
c 
D Sayre... 
. 12 92 
' J M Knox. 
...14 
71 
p 
R Towne.. 
. 8 90 
W C Biddle. 
...15 
70 
c 
P Hopkins 
. 8 89 
Take-home 
trophy, 100 
targets, handicap: 
L 
C Hopkins 
22 
C M Camp. 
20 
C 
D Sayre... 
. 22 
T M Knox. 
13 
P 
R Towne.. 
. 21 
W C Biddle. 
13 
C 
W Ludwig, 
. 20 
Shoot-oiF won by L. C. 
Hopkins. 
