352 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[Aug. 26, 1911. 
WINNING SCORES 
Recently put on record 
by users of 
SHELLS 
July 8-9—Belleville, Ills. 
July 11 -13—Little Rock, Ark. 
July 18-19—Boston, Mass. 
July 26-27—Butler, Pa. 
178 
X 
180 
14=1 
X 
150 
288 
X 
300 
549 
X 
570 
140 
X 
150 
145 
X 
150 
286 
X 
300 
281 
X 
300 
143 
X 
150 
174 
X 
180 
139 
X 
150 
141 
X 
150 
285 
X 
300 
. H. E. Smith, High Amateur 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Average 
Peters regular length and regular wadding, give perfect pattern at any distance from 16 to 23 yards. 
Harve Dixon won the GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP with them June 24 th, 1911 , from 20 yards—the first time this great 
event was ever won from this distance. 
Remember, too, that PETERS SHELLS will shoot 100 £ in any standard make of gun—no special combination necessary. 
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY. CINCINNATI. OHIO 
New York: 98 Chambers St. T. H. KELLER, Manager 
San Francisco: 608-612 Howard Street. J. S. FRENCH, Manager 
New Orleans: 321 Magazine St. E F. LECKERT, Manager 
Connable Cup Conditions. 
One of the most highly coveted trophies that is now 
being competed for by the members of the Du Pont 
Gun Club is the handsome silver cup donated by Mr. 
Frank L. Connable, one of the vice-president of the 
Du Pont Company. The cup is solid silver and stands 
nine inches high, with an ebony pedestal four inches 
high, making the total height of the trophy thirteen 
inches. It was designed and made by Bailey, Banks 
& Biddle, of Philadelphia, which is a sufficient com¬ 
mentary to make on its quality and the gracefulness of 
its style. 
Much interest is being taken in the competition for 
this trophy by the members of the club, but as will he 
gathered from the conditions governing the contest, 
which are given below, it is a very open race at present, 
as the contests have still three months to run, the last 
competition being on Saturday, Nov. 25, 1911. 
The conditions follow: 
1. This cup shall be known as “The Frank L. Con¬ 
nable Trophy,” emblematic of the amateur handicap 
cnampionship of the Du Pont Gun Club, Wilmington, 
Del. 
2. This cup is open for competition to all members of 
the Du Pont Gun Club. 
3. Contests for the cup will commence Thursday, 
June 1. 1911', and will end Saturday, Nov. 25, 1911 (26 
Thursdays and Saturdays) except the Thursdays and 
Saturdays during the weeks commencing June 25, July 
2 and July 9, respectively. 
4. Each contest is at 25 targets, shot in strings of 
15 targets and 10 targets, over two traps. (If during the 
progress of any contest a trap should break down, the 
event must be finished on one of the other traps.) 
The score made on the first 25 targets shot at on any 
regular club day to count, and only one score to count 
on any one day, except as hereinafter provided. No 
score higher than a possible 25 will be counted. Twelve 
scores must be shot to qualify for the trophy. 
5. Handicaps will be based on the revised Du Pont 
system, and will consist of targets added to the score. 
6. Classification is determined by the actual number 
of broken targets in the last four club trophy events in 
which a contestant participated. In the case of a new 
member, his classification will be decided by the class¬ 
ification committee. 
7. All changes in the handicaps will be based on the 
scores made in the last four trophy events in which 
contestants took part. The handicaps will be changed 
after every two contestants. 
S. The winner of the trophy will be the shooter who, 
having competed in twelve or more contests, has the 
highest percentage, as shown by the sum of all scores 
made by him in this event. Ties, if any, will be shot 
off at 25 targets per man, the handicaps being the same 
as each man shot under in the last contest for this 
trophy in which he took part. 
9. Contestants unable to shoot their score on Satur¬ 
days may shoot their score on Thursdays by making 
application to the secretary before 10 A. M. on the day 
of the shoot. This condition does not apply to those 
shooters who regularly shoot on Saturdays, but on’y 
one score in any week shall be counted. The only ex¬ 
ception to the above is as follows: In case a ’ con¬ 
testant has failed to shoot in twelve events prior to 
Nov. 4, thereby qualifying, he may upon application to 
the secretary, shoot two events on each Thursday or 
Saturday during November until he has shot the num¬ 
ber of events required to qualify, but such contestant 
will not be allowed to shoot more than twice in any 
week to qualify. 
Calumet Sharpshooter's Association. 
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 12.—Shooting under conditions de¬ 
cidedly unfavorable for effective work, members of the 
Calumet Sharpshooters’ Association recorded good scores 
at their range, 102d street and Lake Michigan. Three 
matches were shot. The first was with rifles at 200yds., 
F. Francisco winning the honors. The two others were 
with revolvers, slow fire, at 25yds., and rapid fire at 
50yds. Scores: 
Rifle match, 200yds.: Francisco 85.5, Baldwin 84.0, 
Robey 76.0, Shuman 72.0, Boyer 65.0, Schalle 61.5, Jack- 
son 61.0, Blake 57.0, Swanson 55.5. 
Revolver match: 
25yds. 50yds. 
Baldwin . 78.0 76.0 
Francisco . 74.5 71.0 
Robey . 74.0 72.0 
Mathews . 60.0 .... 
White . 55.0 
Turner . 77.5 
Scott . 60.0 
Sky dark; wind veered three-quarters, 10 to 18 miles; 
targets standard American; position offhand; arms, any; 
ammunition, any. 
At Shell Mound Park. 
Capt. J. D. Heise won first prize in the bullseye 
competition of the San Francisco Schuetzen Yerein. 
James E. Gorman came within 3 points of breaking 
the 100-shot revolver record. Flis scores are 96, 93, 90, 
89, 87. 91. 93, 92, 92, 92; total 915. The record is 918, 
held by C. S. Richmond, of Savannah, Ga. 
William F. Blasse made 233 and 225, the highest scores 
in the Golden Gate Rifie and Pistol Club, monthly medal 
competition, and a 225, the highest score in the Ger¬ 
mania Schuetzen Club medal competition. 
W. G. Hoffmann made a score of 227 in the Golden 
Gate Club medal competition, and George A. Pattberg 
scored 226 in the same contest. 
Lieut. J. F. Waters made five consecutive 24s out of 
as many 25s, and a total score of 45 out of a possible 50 
in the monthly medal shoot of Company A, Irish Vol¬ 
unteers. Herman Enge made 204 points, the highest 
score in the competition of the San Francisco Turner 
Schuetzen. 
The annual matches for the championship of the 
United States Revolver Association, with revolver, pistol 
and military revolver, will be held throughout the United 
States from Sept. 10 to 17, open to all competitors. 
Those residing in California who desire to compete 
should apply to C. W. Linder, vice-president of the 
United States Revolver Association. Marksmen about 
the bay cities will compete on the Shell Mound range 
Sept. 10. 
Seven of the most popular shooting organizations held 
their monthly medal and bullseye competitions on the 
Shell Mound range yesterday, which brought out a 
large number of the expert marksmen from both sides 
of the bay, crowding the shooting stands all day. The 
light and atmospheric conditions were very favorable, 
and the scores most satisfactory. 
Best All-Round Rifle. 
I have been reading various letters in your paper re 
the best all-round rifle. I see that everybody who writes 
appears to have an opinion of his own as to this, hut 
there appears to have been no one as yet who has said 
that there is no all-round rifle. And yet this is a fact 
which is not here admitted by everybody of experience. 
“Garhwali” recommends the .400 li. v. rifle, both in the 
hill and in the plains, but is it the best rifle available 
for either of these? It certainly is not for the hills. 
There is no question among experienced hill sportsmen 
that, taking any modern small-bore rifle, the whole point 
lies in the trajectory, always provided that a suitable 
bullet is used. I tried most bores of rifles in the hills 
on almost every animal out here from O. ammon to 
ghurel, and I found that there was little difference be¬ 
tween them as regards results, provided a good shot was 
made. (I have used .275 Mauser, .256 Mannlicher, .375 
and .350 Mauser, also .400 h. v., and .450 black.) The 
.400 had a slight advantage in the case of a bad shot, 
but this was more than counterbalanced by the flatter 
trajectory of the smaller bores, which made error very 
much less. No man, however good he may be, can judge 
his distances in the hills to within 50yds. between 250 
and 150. At least, he will make an error of over 50yds. 
in many cases, and this is where the .250 and .275 come in. 
I was so struck with a .275 magazine rifle that I used, 
that I finally took it into use for stag in the jungle. The 
following record will show how effective it is, all the 
shots being fired in fairly thick jungle, a great many of 
them snapshots at moving animals: 
Cartridges 33—Sambiiur 16; bear, 1: Eld’s deer, 3; 
barking deer, 6; total 26. On a three months’ shoot in 
upper Burmah. 
Out of these there was one miss and one animal got 
away wounded to a shot which I fired at its neck, and 
which knocked it over, probably grazing the spine. 
On the other hand, the .275 is no good for tiger. It is 
folly to use it, and there is no doubt that it is folly to use 
anything less than a .450 for a tiger, except for a steady 
shot from a machan or from cover, and in this case you 
are as well off with a .275 as with a .400. But no sure 
man would ever dream of following up a wounded tiger 
on foot with either. The bullet for either of these would 
very often no doubt drop a wounded animal, dead, but 
what is required is a rifle that will do that every time 
if a shot hits reasonably accurately. To my mind, there 
is no rifle that will do this, and which you can use with 
good effect in the hills. Anything from the low velocity 
