April 17, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
633 
Boston and Vicinity. 
George Hassam won the March cup of the Palefaces 
with the three best scores of the month, totalling 246 
out of 300. Burnes was second with 240, and Frank 
third with 238. 
Very handsome programmes have been received for 
the Westport Factory shoot April 19. Silver cups are 
to reward the average winners in three percentage classes. 
A. W. Lewis, Fall River, Mass., is the secretary, and he 
will give you full particulars. 
That Harvard score made against Princeton on the 
latter’s grounds is the best team score made hereabouts 
for some time—226 out of 250 will win the majority of 
such events. 
T. C. Adams shot nearer his old-time form at the 
B. A. A. April 3 shoot, scoring 87 out of 100. 
A picked team of the Harvard Shooting Club went to 
Princeton for a contest April 3 and covered themselves 
with glory by scoring 226 out of 250 to their opponents’ 
208. B. M. Higginson, of Harvard, broke 49 out of his 
50 targets, and his team mate, Gilman, broke 47. W. J. 
Latta was high gun for the Princeton team with 45. 
The National Sportsman team defeated Kirkwood Bros, 
at Wellington, April 3, and whether it was owing to the 
cold weather or stage fright or cold feet or something 
else, the scores put up were very much under the aver¬ 
age. Bob Smith’s team averaged over 71 per cent., and 
Horace Kirkwood’s string of ten men just under 71 per 
cent. The captains worked industriously and led their 
respective teams with 85 and 86 per cent. 
The Lawrence April 19 programmes are decidedly late 
and may have considerable effect on the attendance from 
out of town. If there is one thing more than another 
which boosts the attendance at a tournament it is prompt 
mailing of programmes sufficiently ahead of the event 
to inoculate visiting shooters wdth the desire to be there. 
A peculiarity of the Wednesday shoot was the number 
of maimed and injured from the repeated affectionate 
raps of ZVs drams smokeless powder. Todd’s three- 
cornered comb on the new old reliable cut a gash in 
the firsti event that a change to his pump gun didn’t 
help much. He shot the 100 through, but winced every 
time, and consequently made a poor score. Clarke had 
also a sore jaw and Charles was in the same boat, both 
showing discolored faces for a week after. Better reduce 
the load and likewise the punishment. 
The Winchester rifles shown in Parlor Y of Young’s 
Hotel, under the able manipulation of Capt. A. F. Lau- 
densack, the rifle expert, proved a very attractive exhibit 
to Boston sportsmen who were interested in the outfit 
taken by ex-President Roosevelt on his African ex¬ 
pedition. Mr. W. R. Clark, Seneca Lewis, Mr. Keyes 
and J. R. Cameron were on deck some part of the three 
days well pleased with the interest displayed by hun¬ 
dreds of Massachusetts riflemen. 
Considerable enthusiasm is being shown in Portland, 
Me., this spring at the traps of the Portland Gun Club, 
that hotbed of good trap shots in years gone by. At the 
shoot held Wednesday, April 7, twenty-five shooters were 
in attendance, and some first rate scores were shown. 
C. Freeman w’as high gun with 88 per cent, on 160 tar¬ 
gets; W. H. Taylor scored 87 per cent, on 85 targets; 
Jack Brinley broke 86 per cent, of 180 targets, and Billy 
Hill 85 per cent, of 265. In the special prize event with 
added handicap, H. Cash (15) and S. Monroe (5) tied, 
the former winning shoot-off. 
Gus E. Greiff, of the New York Athletic Club, favored 
Boston last week and attended the Harvard-Paleface 
shoot at Cambridge, on Saturday. 
Mayor Reed did the trick at Wellington recently with 
a 91 out of 100. The Mayor was duly thankful for the 
19yd. handicap in the Burnes trophy distance event seeing 
that he is a sure 20yd. man and one whom 21yds. would 
not outgun. 
Two-man team matches for silver spoons create plenty 
of interest in Paleface circles. The Daggett-Burnes and 
Charles-Clarke couples won the last contest, and as one 
partner of each team had left the grounds early the two 
remaining rivals shot off the tie, Charles being the 
victor. 
Members o'f the Eastern Game Protective Association 
meet the trapshooters of the Lawrence Fish and Game 
Association in a friendly team contest on Patriots’ Day, 
and there is some good material being drafted in for the 
occasion. 
It proved ■ a close team race between Harvard and 
Paleface gunners at Cambridge last Saturday, the scores 
resting 206 to 212, with the slight advantage on the 
Wellington side. The weather was cold and windy, yet 
the scores show up well, as follows; Paleface—Edwards 
45, Daggett 44, Kirkwood 44, Charles 40, Burnes 39; 
total 212. Harvard—Higginson 45. Morse 44, Hauthaway 
42, Gilman 38, Brewer 37; total 206. Quite a number of 
other shooters were on hand to help the match along. 
Fifteen shooters assembled at the Riverside grounds of 
the B. A. A. Gun Club last Saturday and had some 
rare sport in a novelty match. Three traps were placed 
in the balcony of the club house to throw targets 65ft. 
over the heads of contestants standing on the shooting 
platform. A member of the club offered a special prize, 
and C. C. Clapp and J. H. Richards tied on 41, with 
handicaps of 1 and 13 respectively. In the handicap 
shoot of 100 targets. Geo. B. Clark, with 12 added, won 
cut on the score of 89. C. Adams and O. R. Dickey tied 
on best actual scores of 86. 
The shooting contests at the New England Kennel 
Club grounds. Braintree, Mass., April 10, were won by 
Mr. Samuel Hammond and Mr. I. R. Thomas. Only a 
few shooters were out. 
Several fine pistol scores were made by D. G. Fox, of 
Haverhill at the M. R. A. range. Walnut Hill last Sat- 
urday, five being 90 or better. H. E. Tuck excelled in 
the offhand practice match, L. Lewis in the medal match 
and F. Daniels at long range, closely pressed by Major 
Hiuman. 
METROPOLITAN 
At Montclair, N. 
WON 
B A L L I 
CHAMPIONSHIP 
J., April 7th, 1909. 
WITH 
ST I T E 
(••The World’s Best”) 
BY G. K. KOUWENHOVEN—SCORE 94 ex 100 
Competing with 160 of the Best Amateurs in the East 
BALLISTITE EMPIRE 
(Dense) 
(Bulk) 
J. H. LAU (SL CO., Agents, 75 Chambers St., N. Y. City 
The New 7/Zca-/en Trap Gun 
A 12-Gauge, Take-Down, 6-Staot Repeater, 
built with expert knowledge oi trap-shooting 
requirements. 
No expense is spared to make this gun the best handling, best shooting, most efficient 
trap gun in the world. It has imported Circassian walnut stock, hand-made, beautifully 
modeled; with fine checking on grip and forearm. It is handsome, harmonious and 
distinctive, yet the excessive, expensive ornamentation has been eliminated, allowing the 
gun to be sold with Smokeless Steel barrel at the moderate price of $38.00 catalog list 
less at your dealer’s. 
Made to individual measurements for discriminating shooters at a slight additional 
charge 
Every man who shoots over the trap should know this gun—mail a postal to-day for circular 
giving a large illustration and full description—or send three stamps postage for complete catalog of 
^1 Marlin repeaters. 
7^e 7/2ar/in ^iremrms Gh 
27 Willow Street. New Haven, Conn. 
The Gun That Blocks the 
SEARS 
POSITIVELY SAFE 
SPECIAL OFFER: 
Send 10 Cents for our Large Catalogue and get a 
Beautiful Davis Guns Souvenir. 
N. R. DAVIS SONS, Lock Box 707. ASSONET, MASS., U. S. A. 
When writing say you saw the ad. in “Forest and Stream.” 
