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[Jan. 9, 1909. 
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200yds., sitting or kneeling at 300yds., and prone at 
500yds. The regular standard arm of the United States 
or a rifle viewed and stamped by the National Rifle As¬ 
sociation must be used, but any ammunition within the 
rules is allowable. The scoring and marking must be 
done by others than members of the club, and the scores 
must be shot on a regular practice day with a duly 
authorized officer present to supervise the shooting and 
verify the scores. Fifty points of the possible score of 
75 points at all ranges will be qualifying score. Con¬ 
testants must make 50 per cent, of the totals at the lower 
ranges to qualify them to go to the higher ranges. 
Within the past few years a large number of such 
civilian rifle clubs have been organized and now exist 
in almost every State and Territory. 
William Wolff Smith, Sec’y- 
Los Angeles (Cal.) Revolver Club. 
A TELEGRAPH match was shot between teams of the 
Smith & Wesson Revolver Club, of Springfield, Mass., 
and the Los Angeles Revolver Club, on Jan. 3, ten 
men on each team. 
On Dec. 27 the following scores were made on Stand¬ 
ard American target: 
Revolver, 50yds.—C. W. Linder, 88, 82, 91, 95, 86, 93; 
A. B. Douglas, 89, 90, 90, 88, 96, 85, 90; W. E. Smith, 
77, 92, 86, 86; J. E. Holcomb, 80, 81, 72, 92; 1. C. 
Douglas, 85, 80, 87; W. E. Potter, 87; W. A. Wright, 
80, 69, 85, 78, 73; A. M. Smith, 82, 79, 77; W. R. Cutts, 
72, 80; W. G. Eisenmayer, 75, 72; V. North, 73, 75; 
E. D. Nichols, 77, 70, 69; T. A. McKean, 64. 
Pistol, 50yds.—A. B. Douglas, 86. 
A. B. Douglas, Asst. Sec’y. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
The following scores were made at the regular shoot, 
Dec. 27, all shooting at 200yds., offhand, on Standard 
target: 
King. Special. 6-Shot. 
Nestler . 85 86 86 86 82 33 
Hofer . 84 86 81 78 78 42 
Freitag . 79 82 80 75 77 37 
Hasenzahl . 76 88 83 82 81 38 
Bruns . 71 81 80 80 73 42 
Drube . 72 63 .. .. 38 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, Dec. 31.—Scores made to-day at 2628 
Broadway were as follows: Dr. C. Philips, 88, 88, 88, 
87, 84; Ur. J. R. Hicks, 84, 88, 89; M. Hays, 81, 83, 86, 
88 ; R. M. Ryder, 85, 87, 88; G. Grenzer, 83, 84, 86, 86, 
87; J. E. Silliman, 84, 85. 
Rifle, 25yds.—Dr. W. G. Hudson, 245, 248; J. E. Silli¬ 
man, 242, 242, 242, 242. 
Jos. E. Silliman, Treas. 
MR. BUTCHER ON GAME LAWS. 
Continued froni page 56. 
possible. The lack of the few words suggested 
nullifies that part of Section 98 , which is in¬ 
tended to prevent the use of wild birds’ 
plumage for millinery ornaments. 
It is now a well defined proposition in law 
that the Legislature of a State in the exercise 
of its police powers has the absolute right to 
pass any law necessary to protect the wild life 
of the State, because it is an asset of the State, 
as a whole, and not of the individual citizen. 
The unanimous opinion of the Court of Ap¬ 
peals of the State of New York in the cele¬ 
brated Silz case has been confirmed by the 
Supreme Court of the United States in an opin¬ 
ion handed down on the second day of Novem¬ 
ber of this year. This opinion settles forever 
the constitutionality of the question of the 
power of Legislature in the matter of bird and 
game laws, and is undoubtedly already familiar 
to every member of this League; therefore, as 
the Legislature of the State now has a perfect 
right to pass any laws or amend any law in 
such a way that it will give the most perfect 
protection to the wild life of the States, we feel 
that the words suggested, “irrespective of 
whether said bird was captured or killed within 
or without the State” are not only necessary 
but proper. 
It is absolutely impossible for any person to 
determine after a bird is dead whether it has 
been killed within or without the State, because 
the same kind of wild birds that are found with¬ 
in the borders of this Commonwealth are also 
