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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 2, 1911. 
1911 Grand American Hnndicnp 
The Greatest Trap-Shooting Event of the Year, Won With 
At Columbus, Ohio, June 22, 1911, by a record score 
99 out of 100 from 20 yards 
Mr. Harvey Dixon, of Oronogo, Mo., handicapped on the 20 -yard line, and shooting PETERS Factory Loaded Shells, purchased by him 
out of the regular stock of the Columbus Gun Club, won the most coveted honor in the trap-shooting world, together with the Inter-State 
Association Trophy and the $ 1,000 purse. The score of 99 from 20 yards in the Grand American has never been equaled. 
It pays to use PETERS SHELLS—the kind having “Steel inhere steel belones.” 
THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY - - - CINCINNATI, OHIO 
New York: 98 Chambers Street. T. H. KELLER, Manager New Orleans: 321 Magazine Street. E. F. LECKERT, Manager 
San Francisco: 608-612 Howard Street. J. S. FRENCH, Manager 
the future possibilities of the craft in making 
long offshore passages. Designers of the hulls 
and makers of the engines have taken part in 
the Bermuda contests, and the experience thus 
gained has proved invaluable. 
The races have shown that during the quiet 
months of the summer on the Atlantic there is 
pleasure in the contests, and that the customary 
precautions only are necessary by those taking- 
part in them to 1 be absolutely free from annoy¬ 
ing incidents. 
The offshore cruising motor boat of to-day 
stands for seaworthiness and safety, while im¬ 
proved methods of ventilation make the vessel 
comfortable below decks and the well built and 
well looked after engines give little or no 
trouble. 
The construction of vessels designed for the 
Bermuda race should be commenced before the 
winter is far advanced. This gives designers, 
builders of hulls and the engine makers the re¬ 
quired time to turn out faultless workmanship, 
and also the opportunity to give the vessels the 
trials required by prudent owners preceding 
these contests. 
With the conditions and rules agreed upon at 
an early date, building may go on without the 
fear of interruption because of changes in the 
conditions at a late day. There have been de¬ 
lays in issuing the conditions for previous races, 
and this lapse it is desired to avoid for the next 
contest. 
The Bermuda challenge cup now is held by 
Mr. Samuel Cochran, of the Bensonhurst Y. C., 
by the victory of his Eronel II., fitted with a 
Craig engine, in 1910, and the winning boats, in 
addition to the latter, have been Ailsa Craig in 
1907, fitted with a Craig engine; the same 
vessel, in 1908, and the Heather, fitted with a 
Standard engine, in 1909. The owners of these 
vessels, together with the builders of their hulls 
and the makers of their engine*, can easily add 
their testimony to the great aid given the motor 
boat industry of the country by the motor boat 
races to Bermuda. 
The possession of the Bermuda challenge cup 
and a cash prize of $1,000, donated by a mem¬ 
ber of the New York Y. C., goes to the winner 
of the race. 
A. C. A.—Western Division. 
Chicago, Ill., Nov. 6 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: In the generally accepted term of 
canoeing weather this is not perhaps the ideal 
period for canoeing, but now is the time to talk 
over last summer’s experiences in and out of 
a canoe and formulate plans for the season to 
come in 1912. 
The Western Division has enjoyed a year of 
prosperity, its membership has grown, and there 
has been inaugurated a series of cruises which 
promise to be a feature of succeeding seasons, 
the paddle down the Pecatonica River in Sep¬ 
tember being followed by a week-end cruise on 
the Rock River in October, both of which were 
events notable in the history of canoeing in the 
West. 
Even the torrid temperatures experienced last 
July failed to bake the enthusiasm of the mem¬ 
bers of the division who attended the meet on 
Lake Mendota at Madison, where the cheering 
hospitality of Mr. Lamp provided those in at¬ 
tendance with every facility for canoeing enjoy¬ 
ment, and Milwaukee sent three new members, 
an example to be followed in the future. 
Sugar Island was again the meeting place of 
members of the American Canoe Association, 
and the Western Division was strongly repre¬ 
sented there. In two years the Western Division 
will be the host of the A. C. A. and its commo¬ 
dore will be the guiding spirit at the meet of 
1914. Therefore, it has been suggested that we 
foregather on the evening of Nov. 25 at Morse’s 
Cafe, northwest corner of Evanston and Law¬ 
rence avenues, meeting there at 6:30 o’clock for 
dinner, which will cost you but one dollar in 
spite of the advanced cost of living. The eve¬ 
ning will be spent in preparing for next year’s 
division meet, and members can be assured of 
a warm welcome. Do not in the meantime for¬ 
get the time, the place and the price. 
If you find that it will be impossible to attend 
the meeting, which is to be one of a series of 
mid-winter affairs, cut out the other engagement 
and just come. 
F. B. Huntington, Vice-Corn. 
A VILLAGE RAT AND SPARROW CLUB. 
Yesterday was a great day in our village. 
It was one of the red letter days of the year. 
For rich and poor, young and old, it was a 
holiday, and so a day of feasting and merry¬ 
making. A year ago a rat and sparrow club 
was founded, and yesterday saw the celebra¬ 
tion of the first anniversary of the useful little 
institution. 
Anv and everybody who can lay claim to the 
proud distinction of residing within the bound¬ 
aries of our parish is entitled to become a 
member of the club on, in the case of adults, 
the payment of the small sum of a shilling a 
year, and, in the case of children, the payment 
of the nimble sixpence per annum. 
There are three hundred members, and there 
being no expenses to be met, the whole of their 
subscriptions are added to the prize fund, with 
the squire’s, the rector’s, and a few other do¬ 
nations, amounted yesterday to the goodly 
sum of just £20. 
Yesterday prizes were given to the twelve 
members—nine adults and three children—- 
who had caught the largest number of rats 
and sparrows during the twelve months, and 
in one case delivered the tails and in the se¬ 
cond the heads, as the victims were caught, to 
the honorary secretary, our excellent school¬ 
master. 
Yesterday, moreover, a rat and sparrow 
shoot was he’d, and prizes were given to the 
six who proved to be the best shots. Hence 
the importance of the day; hence the holiday 
and the feasting and the merrymaking. 
For a few days past one of the members, 
who has the reputation for being a clever hunt¬ 
er and fowler in particular, had been out in the 
fields and the isolated rickyards with a pair of 
nets, an abundance of bait, and several call- 
birds, and had caught one hundred strong and 
healthy sparrows. Then other members, with 
