Dec. 16, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
887 
Glenwood Country Club. 
Glen Head, L. I., Dec. 9.—Shooting over traps grows 
more popular each week. To-day’s shoot at 100 clays was 
won by William Silkworth with 88. S. Isaacs took 
second with four less. 
To-day the club will hold an open sweepstake at 
2 P. M. Stop on your way duck shooting at Great 
South Bay ar.d earn a little pin money. 
The leading scores follow: William Silkworth 88, 
S. Isaacs 84, A. Perie 79, H. Crosby 78, E. W. Berner 74. 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Fifteen gunners took part in the weekly sliding dis¬ 
tance handicap of the Bergen Beach Gun Club Dec. 9. 
A heavy mist rolled in from Jamaica Bay and made 
shooting difficult. Voorhees was high gun, breaking 85 
out of 100 targets. The scores: J. Voorhees 85, P. Von 
Boeckman 83, R. Morgan 80, J. F. Simonson 80, C. W. 
Brown 79, K. D. Bergen 75, G. Gates 74, A. Griffith 73, 
H. W. Dreyer 70, W. L. Skidmore 67, H. Hewes 67, 
H. D. Tracy 62, C. Lynch 40, E. Judd 53. 
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Schoolboy Shooting Championship. 
The annual rifle tournament of the New York Public 
School boys, known as schoolboy rifle and sub-target 
rifle shooting tournament, will be held at the Sports¬ 
men’s Show, March 1 to 9. 
In the 1912 tournament there will be thirteen team 
matches, with varying conditions, for trophies consisting 
of silver cups and silver medals, bronze medals, guns, 
gun cases, hunting knives, etc. 
No. 1 event, the Winchester cup, requires 10 shots 
standing and 10 prone; No. 3, the U. M. C. champion¬ 
ship match, calls for 5 shots standing and 5 prone. One 
of the most widely interesting events on the program is 
No. 4, the Du Pont match, which goes outside New 
York’s public schools and is open to the teams of any 
preparatory school in the United States. The conditions 
call for a team of four shooting at 50ft. or equivalent of 
this distance, 7 shots standing. This cup is held for the 
ensuing year by the winning team. Each member of the 
triumphant team receives a silver medal, with bronze 
medals for each boy in the team making next to the 
highest score The New York State Association match 
is open to teams of both public high schools and pre¬ 
paratory schools. There will be two new trophies 
donated by S. M. Van Allen and William J. Poth, 
manager of the Sportsmen’s Show, to become the prop¬ 
erty of the winners. 
All detailed information can be had from Mr. Emanuel 
Haug, Public Schools Athletic League, 500 Park avenue. 
Seventh Regiment. 
Corp. J. K. Boles, of Company I scored first blood of 
the season over the ranges of the Seventh Regiment, 
Dec. 8. He made 138, taking leadership in expert class 
and first trophy of the season. Scores: 
Winners in class cup match No. 1: 
Expert class—Lance Corp. J. K. Boles, Co. I..69 69—138 
Sharpshooters Class—Musician C Daut, Co. A.69 66—135 
Novice Class—Pvt F C Welles, Co. F. 65 64—129 
First entry winners: 
Yards: 200 500 Tl. 
Expert Class—Lance Corp J K Boles, Co. I.. 35 34—69 
Sharpshooter Class—Pvt J E Engel, Co. C.. 32 34—66 
Novice Class—Pvt R G Munroe, Co. K. 30 30—60 
Sharpshooter qualifications: 
Pvt C J Austin, Co. C. 31 34—65 
Sergt H L Joeckel, Co. C. 31 34—65 
Pvt J E Engel, Co. C. 32 34—66 
St. Paul Rifle and Pistol Association. 
St. Paul, Mir.n., Dec. 6.—It’s a cinch to keep your 
job on the team here these days, because every now and 
then a dark horse turns out to be a white hope. At the 
weekly shoot to-day, Mooney, a brand-new prospect shot 
like a veteran, and better than our veterans. He was 
high with 197 out of a possible 200, his fourth score 
being a possible. Four high scores: 
Mooney . 49 49 49 50—197 
Keys . 48 49 49 49—195 
Arnold . 50 48 48 49—195 
Narum . 48 48 48 49—193 
New Revolver Champion. 
A new revolver record is announced by Secretary- 
Treasurer J. B. Crabtree, of the United States Revolver 
Association, in which John A. Dietz, of the Manhattan 
Revolver Club, of New York, recently scored 475 points 
out of a possible 500. The record was made with 50 
shots at 50yds. It was previously held by Dr. I. R. 
Calkins, of this city, at 465, until raised a few months 
ago to 467 by J. E. Gorman, of San Francisco. 
AMERICAN DUCK SHOOTING 
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Game Laws In Brief 
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It gives all the fish and game laws of the United States and Canada. It is complete 
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