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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Oct. 14, 1911. 
THE POST SEASON TOURNAMENT 
Sl.000 ADDED MONEY 
Will be held on the grounds of 
The Sunset Hill Country Club The Interstate Association 
Sunset Inn and Sunset Hill Country Club. 
AMATEURS 
All Amateurs who, prior to October 1, 1911 shot at 600 or more single targets in Registered 
Tournaments during 1911, are eligible to compete at this tournament. 
PROFESSIONALS 
Professionals may shoot for targets only, and for the Special Prize donated by The Interstate 
Association to the professional making high average at this tournament. 
For further particulars apply to Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Treasurer, 219 Coltart Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Exposition City Gun Club. 
The Exposition City Gun Club’s final regular bluerock 
trapshoot for this season took place Sept. 24 on the 
Presidio trap grounds, near the Marine Hospital. Thirty- 
five shooters participated in the different club events, 
squad and individual shoots. 
The Forester cup trophy, awarded for high average for 
the entire season, was won by E. Klevesahl, with a total 
score for the season of 116 targets. J. A. Cook and C. H. 
Lancaster, of Oakland, tied with Fred Feudner, with 18 
out of 20 each, for the club first-class medal. In shoot¬ 
ing off the tie Cook won, with another 18, against 16 
and 14 respectively. For the second class medal W. H. 
Price and E. Klevesahl tied with 14 each. Price won the 
shoot-off by breaking 12 targets to Klevesahl’s 10. 
J. Hervey Jones won the third class medal after shoot¬ 
ing off a 14 tie with VV. H. T. Huie. The score was 
11 to 10 . 
Carl Westerfeld won the fourth class medal with a 
high score of 14 out of 20. 
The scores in the club medal shoot at 20 targets, For- 
ester’s cup shoot, 20 
targets, and “grub” 
shoot, 
15 
targets, follow: 
Targets: 
20 20 
15 
Targets: 
20 
20 
15 
E Hoelle . 
17 12 
12 
T Regan . 
.. 8 
b 
9 
W II Price. 
14 15 
13 
H S Nelson. 
.. 8 
7 
9 
T, Prior . 
16 15 
9 
C N Dray. 
.. 11 
11 
6 
E Holling . 
16 16 
Geo Morss . 
.. 16 
8 
11 
R D Moon. 
10 11 
ii 
E H Forestier.. 
.. 10 
8 
9 
W II T Tule. 
14 16 
1 II Tones. 
.. 14 
11 
8 
Col T W Dorsey.. 
13 13 
9 
Geo Thomas ... 
.. 12 
13 
9 
W T? Sanborn.... 
10 13 
8 
A C Stubbs. 
.. 8 
14 
12 
H Dutton . 
10 8 
9 
Carl Westerfeld. 
.. 14 
7 
5 
E Klevesahl . 
14 17 
9 
G Edwards . 
10 
8 
C B Henderson... 
15 14 
7 
Tv Steinfeldt ... 
.. 9 
9 
8 
E C Stewart. 
9 11 
W A Simonton. 
.. 16 
17 
10 
N W Sexton. 
13 10 
8 
Ed Cortelyou .. 
.. 11 
8 
6 
F Feudner . 
IS 16 
8 
P E Linforth... 
.. 5 
5 
7 
C H Lancaster... 
18 12 
11 
T A Cook. 
.. 18 
14 
Back scores: 
E H Forestier.... 
7 .. 
R G Moon. 
.. 13 
14 
W H T Huie. 
13 17 
W IT T Huie... 
.. 14 
16 
6 
Shooting conditions were not favorable for big scores. 
Trapshooters’ League. 
Strengthened by the addition of the Clearview Club, 
of Darby, the Du Pont organization, of Wilmington, and 
the Lansdale team, of Lansdale, Pa., the Trapshooters’ 
League this season promises to have the most success¬ 
ful shooting year of its career. The admittance of this 
ful shooting year of its career. The admission of this 
trio of clubs increased the circuit to eight, making it 
possible for the teams to pair off their championship 
events, and does away with the crowded condition on 
shooting days, which somewhat marred some of the 
shoots last year. 
With eight clubs in this fall, the league has arranged a 
schedule which permits of matches between two clubs 
on one grounds, enabling the league to arrange the dates 
whereby there will be four distinct matches on each 
shooting day on different grounds. 
The league is now really a tristate organization. With 
the Mevdow Springs Club, located at Fifty-seventh street 
and Lancaster avenue; the Highlands, at Edge Hill, Pa.; 
the S. S. Whites, at Holmesburg Junction, and the 
Clearviews, at Darby, Philadelphia is well represented. 
The South Ends, who shoot in Camden, and the Had- 
donfield crowd give New Jersey a good representation 
while Lansdale upholds the rural members of the Key¬ 
stone State. The newly admitted du Pont Club hails 
from Wilmington, giving Delaware a chance to figure in 
the championship race. 
The season will open to-day, and will continue in 
April. One shoot per month is the schedule, the shoot¬ 
ing day being the first Saturday of each month with the 
exception of October. Two shoots will be held during 
next month, the November date being moved forward 
to the first Saturday in October owing to the hunting 
season. 
The same shooting conditions will govern this year’s 
race as for the last few years, namely, 50 targets per 
man, the ten highest scores to count for a club’s total, 
all gunners standing at 16yds. The point system will 
prevail, the club winning its match to be allotted two 
points and the loser one. The schedule follows; 
Oct. 14.—At Camden—South End vs. Highland; at 
Haddonfield—Haddonfield vs. Lansdale; at Darby—Clear¬ 
view vs. Meadow Springs. 
Oct. 28.—At Holmesburg—S. S. White vs. South End; 
at Lansdale—Lansdale vs. Clearview; at Edge Hill- 
Highland vs. Du Pont; at Fifty-seventh street and Lan¬ 
caster avenue—Meadow Springs vs. Haddonfield. 
Dec. 2.—At Camden—South End vs. Du Pont; at 
Fifty-seventh street and Lancaster avenue—Meadow 
Springs vs. Lansdale; at Edge Hill—Highland vs. S. S. 
White; at Darby—Clearview vs. Haddonfield. 
Jan. 6 .—At Haddonfield—Haddonfield vs. South End; 
at Holmesburg—S. S. White vs. Clearview; at Lansdale— 
Lansdale vs. Highland; at Wilmington—Du Pont vs. 
Meadow Springs. 
Feb. 3.—At Camden—South End vs. Lansdale; at Edge 
Hill—Highland vs. Haddonfield: at Fifty-seventh street 
and Lancaster avenue—Meadow Springs vs. S. S. White; 
at Darby—Clearview vs. Du Pont. 
March 2.—At Darby—Clearview vs. South End; at 
Holmesburg—S. S. White vs. Lansdale; at Fifty-seventh 
Street and Lancaster avenue—Meadow Springs vs. High¬ 
land; at Wilmington—Du Pont vs. Haddonfield. 
Ossining Gun Club. 
Ossining, N. Y.. Oct. 3.—At a little shoot held on the 
grounds of the Ossining Gun Club yesterday, the follow¬ 
ing scores were made. First event was at 5 pairs; sec¬ 
ond “sniping” walking with gun below elbow from 
22yds., target sprung at will of puller. No. 4 was the 
prize event, 25 targets, and was handily won by L. H. 
Lyon, who broke straight without his 3 targets handicap. 
Waterbury and Holden shot at targets for the first time. 
Figures in parentheses after the names denote added 
targets in event No. 4. Scores: 
Events 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 5p. 5 10 25 15 
C Blandford (0) . 9 4 7 22 14 
L F l.von (3) . 5 2 9 25 11 
A Bedell (0) . 6 3 10 19 12 
W Fisher (3) . 9 21 .. 
W Holden . 4 .. 10 
F Waterbury . 9 
Deterioration of Nitro-Cellulose Rifle 
Powders. 
At a time when so much interest is taken in the per¬ 
formances of military and sporting cartridges, any new 
feat is worthy of special note, especially if it carries with 
it its own moral. No less than seventeen years ago a 
heated controversy arose concerning the relative merits 
of cordite, and the alternative guncotton military pow¬ 
ders, the base of which is more correctly described as 
nitro-cellulose. The chief disadvantages of cordite are 
its high temperature of explosion and the great increase 
of pressure which occurs under a relatively small rise of 
temperature. Pure nitro-cellulose powders show less 
erosion of the bore of the gun, and are, generally 
speaking', better adapted for giving a high grade of 
ballistics. It may, for instance, be mentioned that the 
Ross .280 cartridge is loaded with a pure nitro-cellulose 
powder. Against these powders is the very curious cir¬ 
cumstance that they are liable to go badly wrong in hot 
climates, and also to a limited extent in situations of 
moderate temperature. At the present stage of develop¬ 
ment neither Germany nor any other Continental power 
using a nitro-cellulose powder could successfully carry on 
a campaign in any tropical country except by devoting 
quite special attention to the perishable qualities of their 
service ammunition. The following letter, which was 
received some weeks ago, has brought the matter to the 
front from a sportsman’s point of view, in a manner 
which necessitates a full discussion of the facts. The 
correspondent writes: 
Khartoum, July 9, 1911.—Sir: When I was shooting 
last April on the White Nile T had with me a Mannlicher 
magazine rifle, with ammunition by Kynoch. This am¬ 
munition was bought by me in unopened packages of 
twenty rounds. Each packet is dated August, 1910. After 
leaving Khartoum for the South, I discovered that the 
ammunition was so very unreliable that I was unable to 
use the Mannlicher at all. The majority of the rounds 
that I tried failed to go off: a few did go off, but the 
bullet struck the ground about 50yds. from the muzzle. 
Fortunately, I was able to borrow a .303 rifle, and with it 
service ammunition dated 1902. Ammunition of this date, 
loaded with cordite, has been used regularly this year on 
the ranges with satisfactory results. Personally I have 
always found that service cordite powder of any age 
gives excellent results abroad. I am sending you some 
of the Kynoch cartridges, and will be glad if you will 
examine them. You will notice that some of the cases 
have split. C. V. E. 
The powder in the Kynoch 6.5mm. cartridges appears 
to be of the pure nitro-cellulose variety. Many of the 
cases were split at the neck, and a green corrosive 
product exuded from the crack. When the bullets were 
removed they were found to be deeply corroded at the 
base, and the powder itself smelt very strongly of nitric 
acid. Those cartridges of which the cases had not 
split showed similar evidence of decomposing powder. 
Our correspondent's inability to obtain satisfactory firing 
results with the cartridges no doubt arose from the de¬ 
terioration of the cap composition, brought about by the 
presence of the products of powder decomposition. Prac¬ 
tically speaking, any cartridge loaded with nitro-cellulose 
powders are subject to this mishap after having passed 
one or two seasons in a hot climate. The defect does 
