Sea Girt for Rifle Practice. 
While all Europe is engaged in war, the United 
States is going ahead training its small army and its 
organized militia to the proper state of efficiency. 
One feature of its training is the annual rifle shoot¬ 
ing competitions which have done so much to make 
our soldiers more skillful than the soldiers of any 
other nation in the handling of the rifle. 
For some years back, there has been held at one 
central point a big shoot to which were sent teams 
representing every state and territory, as well as the 
army, navy and marine corps. As the expenses in¬ 
cident 'to the journey to a central point worked a 
hardship on those states furthest away from the tourna¬ 
ment, it was decided this year to try an innovation by 
dividing up the country into five divisions and having 
the national and National Rifle Association matches in 
each of the' divisions, thus equalizing to a considerable 
extent the expense of transportation for state teams. 
The matches of the Eastern States known as Divi¬ 
sion A which include the states of Maine, New Hamp¬ 
shire, Vermont. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con¬ 
necticut, New York, Pennsylvania. New Jersey, Dela¬ 
ware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and the Dis¬ 
trict of Columbia will be held at the well known Sea 
Girt, N. J. range beginning August 24th. It is ex¬ 
pected that all of the above states with the exception 
of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and probably Vermont and 
Virginia will send teams to this competition. There 
will also be a team from the United States Army which 
is being trained at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. and which is 
in charge of Capt. James A. Romeyn, U. S. A. and a 
team from the United States Marine Corps stationed 
within the division. 
A new departure in this year’s matches is 'the throw¬ 
ing open of the Government and National Rifle Asso¬ 
ciation matches to teams and individuals from institu¬ 
tions of learning having military departments. There 
will also be a competition for civilian rifle clubs. 
This class has grown greatly in the last few months 
owing to the recent act of Congress authorizing the 
free issue of rifles and ammunition to them. 
At the Sea.Girt shoot there will be held a tryout 
for the selection of a team to represent the United 
States in the competition to be held in Canada for the 
Palma trophy. There will also be another international 
match for the National Guard Association trophy repre¬ 
senting the .world’s individual long range championship. 
The Executive Officer for the Sea Girt shoot will be 
Brig. Gen. Bird W. Spencer, N. G. N. J. 
The matches of the Southern Division, known as 
Division B including the states of North and South 
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ala¬ 
bama and Mississippi will be held at Jacksonville. Fla., 
beginning October 6th. All of the above mentioned 
states will send teams with the exception of South 
Carolina. This will be the baptism for the new Florida 
State Range which is one of the largest in the country 
and which is a candidate for the national matches of 
1515. The Executive Officer for this shoot will be Gen. 
J. Clifford R. Foster, Florida State Troops. 
Included in Division C are the states of Ohio, 
Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa 
and North and South Dakota. There will be no com¬ 
petition in this division this year but the states who de¬ 
sire to participate in the matches may send its team 
to the nearest divisional shoot which will be that of 
Division D to be held at Fort Riley, Kansas, beginning 
Sept. 28th.. The Executive Officer will be Brig. Gen. 
C. I. Martin, N.. G. K. In this division are comprised 
•the states of Missouri, - Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, 
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, New 
Mexico and Arizona. It is not known how many of 
these states will be represented. 
The states of the northwest and Pacific coast are 
located in Division E. These states are Montana, Idaho, 
Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington and the 
Territory of Hawaii. The matches are to be held at 
Portland, Oregon, beginning Sept. 3rd. and the Execu¬ 
tive Officer will be Brig. Gen. Wm. E. Finzer, O. N. G. 
At all of these competitions in addition to the inter¬ 
state match, will be held an individual rifle match, in¬ 
dividual pistol match and all of the time honored 
FOREST AND STREAM 
matches of the National Rifle Association which include 
the Wimbledon Cup, the Leech Cup, Marine Corps 
Cup and the Divisional Regimental and Company Cham¬ 
pionships. Owing to the state of war which exists 
throughout the world, these matches will have added 
interest this year. It is to be regretted however that 
the army is taking no part in these matches beyond the 
team which is to compete at Sea Girt. In view of the 
importance of these great rifle matches it is unfortu¬ 
nate that the absence from the United States of the 
army will make it impossible for the army to take any 
active interest in this years’ Divisional Matches. 
Programs of the different divisional shoots may be 
secured from the Post Adjutant at the different ranges 
where the competitions are to be held. 
Official from the 
National Board for Promotion 
Practice. 
Washington, D. C. 
Waterloo Gun Club. 
of Rifle 
Waterloo, Iowa, August 4 and 5 
, 1914- 
Total 
Total 
Number 
Number 
Shot At. 
Broke 
*W. S. McGill . 
152 
2nd Day 200 
166 
■T. C. Hartman . 
179 
2nd Day 200 
184 
T. A. Huntley . 
194 
2nd Day 200 
195 
I F. Couts _ 
193 
2nd Day 200 
185 
*D. Flanagan ... 
178 
2nd Day 200 
177 
IT. French s _ 
194 
D. B. Bailey .. 
164 
1 ). Shear . 
159 
E. Davis . 
179 
*F. R. Riggs ., 
185 
2nd Day 200 
185 
*F, C. Whitney 
149 
2nd Day 200 
152 
Wm. Sheenan .. 
183 
2nd Day 200 
186 
Jas. Ford . 
184 
T. E. Tyler . 
176 
Ed. Short . 
185 
Nick Webber ... 
171 
H. G. Northey . 
2nd Day 200 
173 
180 
2nd Day 200 
181 
L. W. Witry .. 
168 
2nd Day 200 
187 
Henry Steige ... 
170 
T. L. Carson _ 
173 
D. A. Downing . 
2nd Day 200 
178 
180 
H. E. Beam ... 
153 
2nd Day 200 
151 
F. Kessev . 
152 
Bert Repass .... 
164 
F. M. Landis _ 
180 
F. T. Fencel . 
180 
2nd Day 200 
178 
IT. A. Morey .. 
.1st Day 200 
163 
2nd Day 200 
160 
F. C. Clark ... 
176 
2nd Day 200 
180 
R. C. Hoick . 
174 
P. C. Schmidt . 
169 
Ralph Storm ... 
179 
Rcbt. Tackson .. 
1 77 
Ed. Kessler _ 
171 
A. Myers . 
2nd Day 200 
173 
169 
(>. A. Fritzel .. 
167 
C. A. Chapman .. 
149 
W. E. Spencer . 
2nd Day 200 
156 
182 
2nd Day 200 
173 
C. A. Lampright 
157 
2nd Day 200 
171 
227 
L. S. McEwen . 
200 
169 
J. L. Scripture . 
2nd Day 
200 
178 
200 
183 
j. A. Wygle . 
200 
179 
G. W. Remmer . 
no 
90 
B. A. Reed . 
no 
93 
2nd Day 
200 
185 
T. S. • Ilemmingway ... 
no 
89 
Chas. Hummel . 
200 
196 
H. D. Tobin . 
140 
126 
A. L. Thomas . 
140 
122 
E. S. Ryburn . 
‘Professional. 
140 
105 
FRED C. WHITNEY, Secretary. 
ATLANTIC SALMON IN PACIFIC WATERS. 
Of all the attempts made in recent years to 
establish various races of sporting fishes in wa¬ 
ters to which they do not naturally belong, to 
none is there attached greater interest than the 
endeavor to plant Salmo salar in a river flowing 
into the Pacific Ocean. Although I believe that 
some spasmodic attempts to attain this purpose 
were made years ago, without any known result, 
the first serious efforts to introduce the Atlantic 
salmon on the Pacific coasts began with the es¬ 
tablishment of a fish hatchery on the head waters 
of the Cowichan River, in Vancouver Island, in 
the year 1910. Ova of the Atlantic salmon taken 
from eastern Canadian rivers were then sent to 
the Cowichan, where, after being successfully 
hatched out, the young fry were in the following 
year turned lose in some of the small streams 
feeding Cowichan Lake and the well-known river 
issuing from the lake. It was last autumn my 
good fortune to catch with a fly in front of my 
residence, on the banks of that river, a fish which 
I at once recognized as a salmon parr. I accord¬ 
ingly preserved it in spirits, and presented it to 
Mr. John Castley, the manager of the Cowichan 
River Hatchery. That gentleman kept the fish 
until the visit this spring of Mr. E. McLean 
Fraser, the curator of the biological station at 
Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. 
Mr. Fraser took away the fish for purposes of 
identification, and has now made a long com¬ 
munication on the subject to the various leading 
British Columbian journals. I will quote part of 
his letter of April 10 to the Victoria Colonist, as 
it proves conclusively that the specimen captured 
by me was, indeed, Salmo salar. 
Sir. —-For some years the eggs of Atlantic sal¬ 
mon (Salma salar ) have been hatched at the 
Cowichan Lake Hatchery, but no evidence of the 
survival of the fry put into the streams was 
obtained until September 3, 1913, when Colonel 
Haggard, while fly fishing in the Cowichan River, 
caught a young fish of this species, commonly 
called a parr. Recognizing it as such, he handed 
it to Mr. J. H. Castley, of the Cowichan Lake 
Hatchery, who later asked me to make an ex¬ 
amination of it, to see if the diagnosis would be 
confirmed. It was hardly to be expected that such 
an experienced Old Country angler as Colonel 
Andrew Haggard would be mistaken in such a 
matter, nor was he. 
As a result of the careful details made known 
by the curator of the biological station, about a 
fortnight ago (in the beginning of April, 1914), 
another specimen, caught in the Cowichan River 
close to the hatchery, by Mr. Duncan Stewart, 
was placed in his hands for identification. I saw 
the fish shortly after capture. It was very sil¬ 
very, and looked to me exactly like an ordinary 
Atlantic salmon smolt, but rather larger than I 
have usually seen smelts in British waters. 
From the above two certified captures it will be 
seen that we have in all probability now got the 
young of Salmo salar established in the twenty- 
five mile long Cowichan lake, and the river, about 
forty miles in length, by which it empties its 
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