440 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Oct. 5, 1912 
WIN A GREAT VICTORY AT THE 
Grand American Handicap 
AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL., JUNE 18-21 
PRELIMINARY HANDICAP—Won by Wm. S. Hoon, 94 x 100 and 18 x 20 in shoot off. 
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP—Wm. S. Hoon tied for 1st place, 192 x 200. 
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP—C. A. Young made High Professional Score, 95 x 100 from 22 yards. 
PROFESSIONAL DOUBLES CHAMP10NSHIP-J. S. Day and Walter Huff tied for 1st—84 x 50 pairs. 
AMATEUR DOUBLES CHAMPIONTHIP—Harry W. Kahler 2d-88 x 50 pairs. 
There were no 16-yard targets at the Grand American, and therefore, no targets that will figure in the season’s average. It must be apparent, however, that in figuring the 
average at Springfield, the scores made on practice day, the double target event, and the Consolation Handicap should be eliminated—the Consolation because it was not open to 
all. The real Amateur Average was therefore wen by Mr. Hoon, on his score of 380 x 400. 
HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE—All single targets, W. S. Hoon-380 x 400. - 
Practice Day: 2d Professional Average, H. D. Freeman, 192 x 200. 2d Amateur Average, Bart Lewis, 191 x 200. 
All the above used the Red P Ammunition. A fitting climax to a wonderful succession of winnings. 
The superior quality of “steel where steel belongs” shells absolutely proven. 
For Field or Trap, there is no shot-gun ammunition that gives the unalloyed satisfaction that can be gotten with the Red P Brand. 
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, OHIO 
NEW YORK: 98 Chambers St., T. H. Keller, Manager. SAN FRANCISCO: 608-612 Howard St.. J. S. French, Manager. 
NEW ORLEANS: 321 Magazine St., Lee Omoliundin, Manager. 
Charleston Gun Club. 
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 28.—Ninety-two and 
ninety-one out of one hundred is not so bad in a prac¬ 
tice shoot. Davis made the former and Fritz the latter 
in our shoot to-day, at which seven turned out. Scores: 
Davis 92, Fritz 91, Shepherd 88, Nicholson 66, Beardsley 
52, Mettsheard (50 targets) 18, Goshorn (50 targets) 41. 
Dr. G. Nicholson. 
Du Pont Gun Club, Rifle Dept. 
Wilmington, Del., Sept. 28.—The following scores 
were made on the rifle range of the Du Pont Gun Club, 
Miss Hickman being a beginner, but showing what a 
lady can do with a weapon when it is pointed right: 
J. B. Hickman 104, 102, 73; Miss E. Hickman 112, 152, 
139; T. C. S. Dorsey 222; E. R. Golterman 165, 104. 
A team race that created some interest was as fol¬ 
lows: W. F. Silitoe and W. F. Jensen 368; T. C. S. 
Dorsey and E. R. Golterman 357; A. J. Curley and J. G. 
S. Grant 314. 
THE NEGATIVE ANGLE SYSTEM. 
Military authorities and big game hunters 
are much interested in a new rifle sighting sys¬ 
tem that is designed to eliminate the necessity 
for estimating distances and adjusting sights in 
long-range shooting. 
Of the Remington negative angle system, 
as the invention is called, Sir George Greenhill, 
a noted English ballistical expert, said in a re¬ 
cent lecture: “The new system proves that 
since the origin of firearms our method of 
sighting in active service rifle firing lias been 
wrong. The invention is likely to bring abou: 
a revolution in the art of shooting.” 
In brief, the system utilizes the well-known 
fact that the apparent size of an object de¬ 
creases as the distance increases. The user of 
the negative angle sight is instructed to sight 
at a point the height of the object under it. If 
the arm were the army rifle and the target a 
man, the point of aiming would be about 5 feet 
6 inches below the man’s feet. With the regu¬ 
lation ammunition, as furnished for the army 
rifle, the negative angle system will insure hits 
on the man target, at all ranges from ioo to 
825 yards, which is an increase of about 300 
yards over the range of the present battle sight. 
At first it would appear that some trouble 
might be met in sighting. However, no diffi¬ 
culty whatever is found in aiming at a point 
5 feet 6 inches below a man’s feet, particularly 
as the man is conveniently on the spot to afford 
a gauge, very much like a foot rule photo¬ 
graphed with another object to indicate com¬ 
parative heights. 
The new system is the invention of H. 
Ommundsen, an Englishman, who won the 
King’s prize at a recent English national shoot, 
and who has been high up in the same contest 
on several other occasions. 
That the system is applicable to all kinds 
of game shooting with a rifle is evident, as to 
do away with guessing at distances must inevi¬ 
tably help the hunter to increase his field 
averages. 
ALBINOS IN ANIMAL LIFE. 
One of the most curious freaks of nature 
is the albino. Albinism occurs not only among 
human beings, but includes everything that has 
life. While it is most noticeable among human 
beings and has been studied by scientists with 
particular reference to the human family, yet 
it also occurs among other animals and birds 
of all kinds. Most unusual of all, however, and 
perhaps the most striking example outside of 
the human family, is the occurrence of albinism 
in the vegetable kingdom. In fact, there is 
nothing that grows in the ground, nothing that 
swims in the waters underneath among which 
this curious freak of nature does not exist. 
For many years scientists all over the world 
have made a study of this curious freak. In 
Germany and on the continent generally science 
has been trying to discover nature’s secret since 
the days of Pharaoh, but it is only in recent 
years that interest has developed in the new 
world. For the last ten years many scientists 
of America have delved deep into the subject. 
Among these are numbered the best scientists 
in the service of Uncle Sam, and while there 
has been no continuous investigation, the re¬ 
searches of Americans have shown remarkable 
results. 
The scientists of the Smithsonian Institution 
in Washington have been working along this line 
for years, gathering specimens from all over the 
world, and the result of their labor is now shown 
in a unique exhibition just completed. This un¬ 
usual collection shows curious examples of al¬ 
binos in all phases of life, among birds, fowls 
and animals, and it is probably the only collec¬ 
tion of the kind in the world.—From the San 
Francisco Call. 
SKIN SUPPLY FROM INDIA’S WILD PIGS. 
We have repeatedly referred to the damage 
done to crops by wild pigs in India, and to the 
importance of taking advantage of the strong 
demand for pig skins and so making profitable 
a systematic extermination of these animals by 
hunting, or preferably by trapping. In this con¬ 
nection it is interesting to quote the following 
from a recent report of the Canadian Trade 
Commissioner in Leeds, England: 
“Much difficulty is being experienced by local 
firms in obtaining pig skins, and inquiries have 
been made as to the prospect of procuring sup¬ 
plies from Canada. At present, supplies of tan¬ 
ned pig skins come almost entirely from Ayrshire 
in Scotland, although in the past small quantities 
have been received occasionally from the United 
States. The latter, however, are considered to 
be at a disadvantage, as the skins from that 
country were as a rule found to be badly flayed. 
Pig skins could be sent here either tanned or 
simply salted. Various uses are found for them, 
such as for instance the making of purses, bags, 
cases and leggings. They are also used for 
bookbinding, for covering furniture, and also for 
use in the saddlery trade. The present scarcity 
is attributed to the increasing uses to which 
these skins are now being put, and some idea 
as to the demand is shown by the fact that prices 
have risen over 50 per cent, in the last five years. 
To compete successfully on this market it is very 
important that the skins be carefully flayed.”— 
From the official Indian Trade Journal, Calcutta. 
