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ings were permanent and covered a city block. 
The firing line was 700 feet and as level as a 
billiard table. Sportsman’s Park is the finest 
trapshooting park in the United States and the 
seventeenth tournament of the Interstate Asso¬ 
ciation will long be remembered as well as the 
men who made it possible. 
In this 227,250 target battle the following men 
stepped to the front as victors in the following 
events: 
Grand American Handicap, J. F. Wulf, 99 x 100 19 yards. 
Preliminary Handicap, Al. Koyen, 97 x 100 19 yards. 
Consolation Handicap, H. E. Furnas, 96 x 100 16 yards. 
National Amateur Championship, Singles, F. M. Troeh, 
99 x 100 (all stood on 16). 
National Amateur Championship, Doubles, Allen Heil, 
89 x 100. 
Mound City Overture, F. M. Troeh, 99 x 100. 
St. Louis Introductory, Harve Dixon, 197 x 200 18 yards. 
Woman’s Championship, Mrs. D. J. Dalton, 23 x 25. 
Professional Championship, P. R. Miller, 97 x 100. 
MAKE YOUR GUN COMFORTABLE. 
By Fred. Copeland. 
T O the man who is a true sportsman, who 
loves his guns, there is a complete charm 
in a gun the model of which is obsolete, a 
gun which has outlived its day on account of its 
honest cosntruction and the loving hands that 
have jealously shielded it from injury and nursed 
its joints against wear. Traces of blue on its 
straps and of casehardening on its frame may 
linger in protected spots on the bright steel, 
which, in the case of the barrels that glow like 
mirrors within, has these many years shown a 
bald spot through the browning in the neighbor¬ 
hood of the fore end as though to dignify its 
age and arouse a longing to go back through 
the Octobers with such a gun; such an owner. 
Habits early formed will systematically fight 
the certain wear of steel on steel. Heavy grease 
such as is used for gears is a most soothing lo¬ 
tion for the gun’s most wearing'point; where 
fore end and frame meet. It is easy to dose the 
trap gun in this way for a small round metal 
box containing the grease may easily accompany 
the gun in its case and there will be plenty of 
time to procure a match or sliver of wood to 
apply the grease not only to the bearing of fore 
end on frame but also to the lug that hooks to 
the bolt on this bearing, and to the lug which 
receives the locking bolt. Besides being an ef¬ 
fective lubricant when breaking and closing the 
gun the grease acts as a cushion for the shock 
sustained by the lugs and joint at the time of 
discharge. While the sportsman may be quite 
willing to take the time to protect his trap gun 
in this manner, his field gun may suffer from 
bearings wiped dry on the cloth interior of his 
gun case. This may be overcome, before the 
instant eagerness of entering the cover inter¬ 
feres, by applying a generous supply of grease to 
the concave bearing of the fore end iron before 
he leaves home. When the gun is assembled 
later in the day a twig may be pressed into serv¬ 
ice and all larger bearings be lubricated from 
the generous supply in the protected curve of 
the fore end iron. It is true the field gun suf¬ 
fers far less than the trap gun for it may be 
carried for hours at a time without its being 
broken open or the gun discharged, nevertheless, 
it is a comfortable feeling to know that the gun 
of your choice is being protected as far as human 
care can go. 
Honest wear will denude the steel of the frame 
and barrels but if carefully wiped and oiled it 
will not suffer from rust. 
To the accompaniment of dog and gun on the trail of the elusive woodcock 
with perchance many incidents of the chase worth relating at the well earned 
dinner that follows, a few bottles of 
Ivan! 
At $ a’’ 1 ' Sf°Uf 
will add a completeness to the occasion that makes for sociability and good 
digestion. They are the complement of the happy outdoor life, good for con¬ 
solation or congratulation. 
Supplied in Bottles and Splits by all Good Dealers. 
HOW TO CLEAN THE GUN. 
APPILY the action of the nitro powder is 
confined to the polished" interior of the 
barrels and they may be kept in perfect 
shape, if, after use, the following method is 
followed: 
1. Brush out the bore with a bristle brush 
2. Wipe out with a rag. 
3. If streaks of lead appear—and they are quite 
apt to in the 20 gauge tubes—remove them with 
a Tomlinson cleaner (brass gauze covered wood 
forms laid on springs). 
4. A second rag will remove the lead loosened 
by the cleaner. 
5. A third rag usually comes out white. 
6. If the bore is now besmeared with a nitro 
solvent, such as Hopps No. 9, the action of the 
solvent will cause a black precipitate to form 
which may be wiped out in a day or two when 
another application of the solvent should be made 
for nitro powder residue does not allow of a 
thorough cleaning the first time. 
The locks of the gun will not need attention 
for periods of several years unless they get a 
wetting when they should be taken down, wiped, 
and lubricated with a thin oil. 
CARE OF THE STOCK. 
O many sportsmen nothing delights the eye 
more than an oil finished stock. If your 
purse will not allow of an oil finished stock 
at the time of purchase and you are having a 
gun made up for you at a factory they will be 
very glad to soak up the stock with oil and al¬ 
though it comes to you as dull and lacking in 
grain as a piece of brown chalk you may bring 
out all the grain you are lucky enough to get 
and obtain a fine finish by rubbing it down your¬ 
self. It is more to be desired than the usual 
finish on the stock of the low priced gun and 
not only can you make the stock more beautiful 
but also scratches may be healed by a little rub¬ 
bing. If your gun has a finished stock it may 
be kept in perfect condition and its beauty aug¬ 
mented by the application of raw linseed oil. 
The stock should be slushed with this orl and 
allowed to remain over night. If it is left longet 
it may gum. In the morning the stock should be 
wiped and rubbed down either with a woolen rag 
or the palm of the hand. Artificial heat may be 
used as an aid but the natural heat caused by 
the friction in wiping is best suited to drive the 
oil into the wood. Although a dull finish is 
desirable a polish may be obtained by occasional 
applications of oil which is rubbed down at once. 
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