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FOREST AND STREAM 
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importance. What adept creatures they are; and 
how skillfully proficient. Note now; diving 
down in the snow in winter, for their nuts, rarely 
if ever, will they bring out a meatless subject; 
but always will find the one, brim-to-shell with 
slumbering tree-fat. A red squirrel is at best a 
little robber, and his plundering devastation and 
meanness extends sometimes to the utmost limits. 
The red squirrel in some places may be consid¬ 
ered as the veritable destroyer of the lordly gray 
squirrel. This is ventured upon my own careful 
investigations, in this; the red will pursue the 
gray male squirrel and being close at its heels 
will nip that animal’s one and only means of re¬ 
production. I have, in certain wanderings in the 
tree and flower world, found numbers of males, 
practically castrated, and have then understood 
why more grays were not the rule. So persist¬ 
ent in this practice is the red that no gray is left 
undamaged. Nor does the red fight square. Often 
two or three follow after the fleeing one, and 
where some tire others will diligently take up the 
inconceivable chase, whose purpose is so singu¬ 
larly well-defined. The gray squirrel is usually 
of a phlegmatic disposition, and as often of alder- 
manic proportions. He cares not to stir much; 
and is no fighter. Otherwise, undoubtedly, he 
could meet the red rascals with disastrous re¬ 
sults. What with summer depredations upon bird 
nests and eggs there is not much to recommend 
the red squirrel as a friend of Nature; but in a 
way it exemplifies the so-called, survival of the 
fittest. And one witnesses too how carefully the 
birds, with their eyes out to successful rearing of 
their broods, keep themselves away from terri¬ 
tories infested by the reds. But reds will make 
far-out-of-their-locality depredations, and will 
wreck and destroy apparently for the pleasure of 
it. This stamps them as citizens, often-mosts, 
undesirable, indeed. 
The program for the two-day shoot, Friday, 
April 30, and Saturday, May 1, to be held at the 
New York Athletic Club, Travers Island, prom¬ 
ises to be one of the most interesting in the 
club’s history. George Corbett, chairman, is ar¬ 
ranging details at this early date. 
ROBIN HOOD GUN CLUB. 
Gerbolini Wins a Leg on Forest & Stream Cup. 
Concord, Staten Island, Nov. 26, 1914. 
The open game season accounts for the small 
attendance at our Thanksgiving day shoot. Only 
seven shooters went the program. With a free 
start of nine birds, Gerbolini carried off the 
honors of the day. Ben Beyersdof 
was contented 
with second prize, getting 88x100 
with his 
free 
start of six. 
Frank Lawrence paid us a 
visit 
and helped run 
the office. The scores : 
Handicap 
Total 
T. Wittendorfer 
. 52 
23 
75 
T. Colton . 
. 75 
14 
8q 
W. Shaw . 
23 
78 
G. Conelley _ 
. 82 
82 
B. Beyersdof ... 
. 82 
6 
88 
G. Smith . 
24 
54 
T. Gerbolini .... 
. 83 
9 
90 
F. Lawrence _ 
. 42 
50 
G.’' CONELLEY, ’ Secretary. 
DUPONT—MEADOW SPRINGS. 
How the Mighty Fell. 
DuPont marksmen were so busy eating turkey 
that they fell easy prey to the Meadow Springs 
Gun Club at Manoa, Pa. The 1 calites were able 
to muster but 16 shooters, instead of the usual 
40 or 50 who make the trips away to uphold the 
prestige of the greatest gun club in the 1 world. 
As against this showing, the Springers shot a 
full club of about 50, and won out in the last 
inning by a very narrow margin. 
Many of the DuPont members evidently found 
other attractions more inv'ting thin the elusive 
day pigeon, as some of the very best shots in 
the club were missing, and with their help the 
match would have been cinched. As it was the 
final score stood 451 for the Manoa Club, while 
DuPont scored 447, and lost out by but four 
targets. Any number of DuPont members who 
can be mentioned and who did not attend the 
shoot could have accounted for the number 
necessary to win. 
Out of four matches shot between the two 
clubs in the past four years each has won two. 
Those who made the teams for DuPont and 
Meadow Springs were: 
MEADOW SPRINGS. 
P. J. Ford . 49— so 
Harry Sloan . 48 
Pierce . 46 
L. Fish . 45 
J. John . 45 
P>. Crestman . 45 
W. Williams . 44 
Torpey . 44 
G. Good . 43 
Eagen . 42 
Totals . 
DUPONT 
W. A. Simonton . 
John H. Minnick . 
Schuyler Colfax . 
W. W. Tomlinson . 
W. Swayne . 
II. P. Carlon . 
Thorpe Martin ... 
Clyde Leedom . 
Dr. Horace Betts . 
J. W. Anderson, Jr. 
Total . 447—500 
451—500 
49— S° 
47 
46 
44 
44 
44 
44 
44 
43 
42 
At the local club several of the enthusiasts 
were out, and the hand trap events were popular. 
T. E. Doremus operated the trap, and threw a 
fine assortment of skimmers, anti other difficult 
birds, and some good scores were made: The 
scores: 
Frank Mathewson . 63—75 
F. D. Thatcher . 29—50 
E. F. Carley . 7—25 
E. I. LeBeaume .„. 21—50 
T. E. Doremus . 59—75 
C. A. Cunningham . 16—25 
S. J. Newman . 19—25 
J. T. Robertson . 22—25 
J. J. Magaheran . 22—25 
F. II. Springer . 40—50 
J. P. Magaheran . 9—25 
H. B. Green . 5—25 
H. White . 13—25 
J. C. Ewing . 18—25 
Eugene duPont . 23—25 
NEW ROCHELLE YACHT CLUB. 
Geo. Granbery Lifts the Lid. 
New Rochelle, Nov. 22, 1914. 
George P. Granbery carried off the honors to- 
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