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FOREST AND STREAM 
Feb. 17, 1912 
Auff. 6.—Belle Vernon, Pa.—Western Pennsylvania Trap- 
shooters’ League tournament, under the auspices of 
the Belle Vernon G. C. B. F. Daugherty, Sec’y. 
Aug. 7-8.—Lindsay, (Okla.) G. C. Kobt. May, Sec’y. 
Aug. 14-16.—Kansas City, Mo.—The Interstate Associa¬ 
tion’s Seventh Western Handicap tournament, under 
the auspices of the Kansas City G. C.; $1,000 added 
money. The winner of first place in the Western 
Handicap is guaranteed $250 in cash and a trophy. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Treas., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Sept. 2.—Ogdensburg (N. Y.) S. A. J. M. Morley. Sec. 
Sept. 10.—McKeesport, Pa.—Western Pennsylvania Trap- 
shooters’ League tournament, under the auspices of 
the Youghiogheny Country Club. R. J. Caughey, 
See’y. 
Sept. 10-13.—Denver, Colo.—Rocky Mountain Interstate 
Sportsmen’s Association; $5,000 added money. Am¬ 
brose E. McKenzie, Mgr. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The following officers were elected for 1912 by Chenango 
Fish, Game and Gun Club: President, L. A. Smith; 
Secretary, E. D. Borden: Tournament Committee, Gr.ean- 
ery, Borden, Munroe and Ferris. 
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Royal Centre Gun Club will hold a tournament oh 
March 22, on their grounds at Royal Centre, Ind. A 
large entry is expected. Full particulars from E. A. 
Marx, President, or J. E. Swisher, Secretary. 
The Niles Gun Club, at Niles, O., is very busy just 
now preparing to move into their new club house and 
getting ready for the annual tournament, to be held 
May 23. Phis club is a hustler and no rriistake. 
The recently organized McCarron Lake Gun Club at 
St. Paul, Minn., has elected the following officers: Paul 
W. Feist, President; Fred. W. Keussel, Vice-President; 
Max Rieling, Treasurer; Henry Enfeldt, Secretary. 
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At a meeting of the Florida Hunters’ and Fisher¬ 
men s Club, held at the Lake View Hotel, Leesburg, 
Feb. 5, a pleasant surprise was sprung on Game War¬ 
den George E. Winters, when the president, Mr. 
C. J. Rainear, on behalf of the club, presented him with 
a handsome Remington repeating shotgun. The pre¬ 
sentation was greeted with cheers by the club, for Mr. 
M’inters is a popular game warden and guide. 
To-day is the day of the annual clay pigeon cham¬ 
pionship of New York Stock Exchange, to be held on 
grounds of Country Club at West Chester, N. Y. This 
shoot always brings out a bunch of very good guns, 
who shoot every Saturday and Sunday at the Country 
Club on Pelham Bay, and whose names get into the 
papers only annually. It also includes many prominent 
amateurs from Larchmont, New York A. C., Crescent 
A. C., Atlantic Y. C., who are members of the board. 
W. F. MacCandless, Secretary, N. C. R. Gun Club, 
writes us as follows: “The Ohio State shoot will be 
held on our shooting grounds, June 4-7. We are going 
to make this the biggest and best shoot (for the shoot¬ 
ers) yet held, and ask you and your friends to help 
us do so by attending, and shooting through the pro¬ 
gram with us. Dayton for all—all for Dayton.’’ The 
officers of the N. C. R. Gun Club, Dayton, O., are: H. 
L. Monbeck, President; S. W. Everett, Captain; W. F. 
MacCandless, Secretary-Treasurer. The officers of the 
Ohio State Trapshooters’ League are: R. R. Dickey, 
President; J. E. Cain, Vice-President; J. M. Markham, 
Secretary, all of Dayton, O. 
The program of the seventh annual Washington’s 
Birthday shoot of the East Millstone (N. J.) Gun Club 
is interesting. There are to be eight 25-target events, 
$1.50 entrance in each event; Nos. 5 and 6 constitute the 
County Championship. In these events the entrance 
fee for shooting for the championship of Somerset 
county, for residents only, is $2. If shooters wish, they 
may enter for the $1.50 sweepstakes as well The win¬ 
ner of the County Championship will hold the Fleisch- 
man cup for one year, and the East Millstone Gun Club 
solid gold medal permanently. High amateur guns, $5, 
$3, $2. Money divided by Rose system, 5, 3, 2, 1. High 
professional gun, $5, providing five or more compete 
throughout the program. Not more than two profes¬ 
sionals will be allowed to shoot in anyone squad. Pro¬ 
fessionals shoot for targets only. Any one may shopt 
for targets only. Shells in all standard loads will be 
on sale at the grounds. Ammunition, etc., shipped, 
express prepaid, to East Millstone, N. J., care of East 
Millstone Gun Club, will be delivered on the grounds 
free of charge. If stormy the shoot will be under 
canvas, starting at 10 o’clock. Trains leave New Bruns¬ 
wick at 7:55 A. M. Automobiles will meet both the 
8:30 A. M. train from New York, via the Penn. R. R., 
arriving at New Brunswick 9:29 A. M., and the 8:15 
train from Liberty street. New York, via the Philadel¬ 
phia & Reading R. R., arriving at Weston 9:20 A. M. 
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Trapshooting by electric light, indoors, will be for 
the second time, a feature in the cpming Sportsirien’s 
Show, the eighteenth annual, which will open March 
1, for an eight-day run at Madison Square Garden. 
Gefieral Manager Steve Van Allen, who took in the 
Pinehurst tournament, reports the clay pigeon breaking 
fraternity heading strong for the Garden shoot, and 
predicts a great assemblage of shotgun sharps. Phila¬ 
delphia, which has become the home of top-notch 
American trapshooters, will be strongly represented, led 
by Harry Kahler and Gdorge McCarty. A suggestion 
made at Pinehurst, for a Philadelphia-New York cham¬ 
pionship five-man match at the Sportsmen’s Show is de¬ 
veloping. 
A gun club with a large membership has been organ¬ 
ized at Mt. Healthy, O., under the name of the Mt. Healthy 
Royal Gun Club, and will hold regular weekly club 
shoots as soon as the weather becomes settled. The 
officers of the new club are as follows: President, Fred. 
Menze; Vice-President, W. H. Weber; Recording Sec¬ 
retary, John Koehler; Financial Secretary, Charles 
Weiner; Treasurer, George Smith; Trustees, Louis Bit- 
ner, Ed. Bitner and Ctem Shaw. The grounds are 
located at Lookout Grove, a short distance from College 
Hill, on the traction line. One of the objects of the 
club is the protection of game, and practical work done 
in this direction during the long spell of cold, stormy 
weather. Seven committees, of two men each, have 
looked after twelve bevies of quail, supplying them with 
food and doing all possible to insure their survival 
through the winter. The club is planning for an all-day 
picnic and shoot on June 22, at which prizes galore will 
be offered. 
Secretary J. Franklin Meehan, of Highland Shooting 
Association, sends the following: “A section of Presi¬ 
dent Dalton’s (of our Highland Shooting Association) 
address might be of interest to shooters in general, and 
perhaps be the means of securing some friendly match¬ 
ing in the shooting game. Among other things, he said 
he believed the Highland Shooting Association had the 
best individual shot in thfe country, the best five-man 
team, the best ten-man team, the best fifteen-man team, 
the best two-man team, members of which were over 
sixty years of age, and the best three-man team, whose 
members were under seventeen years of age. He ex¬ 
cepted clubs in Philadelphia simply because all the 
shooters here belong to the several prominent clubs, 
and one of his objects in making this assertion was in 
the hopes that for the sake of friendly contests the 
shooters of Wilmington, Baltimore, New York, Allen¬ 
town, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh or any section would look 
at it in the same friendly spirit and respond with 
challenges.” 
Beecrott. 
Does if Pay fo Reload Shells? 
We have received from the Marlin Fire Arms Co. a 
copy of the new “Ideal Handbook No. 22,” just off the 
press. This is similar to the previous issues of the 
“Handbook,” familiar to all expert shooters during the 
past twenty-five years, but the new edition is corrected 
to date, and has been amplified by the addition of about 
twenty pages of useful and interesting information for 
shooters. In this book the Marlin Co. does not leave it 
to the imagination or experience of the shooter to de¬ 
cide that the saving in cost of ammunition by reloading 
the ernpty shells actually amounts to enough to make it 
worth while—they prove by actual cost figures that any 
man who shoots considerably can materially reduce his 
shooting expense in this way. They show, (or exarriple, 
that the .32-40 high power factory cartridges cost tha 
shooter $34.20 net per 1,000; the same cartridges loaded 
by hand, buying the new primed shells and other com¬ 
ponent parts, cost the shooter $26.96 per 1,000; when 
the shells are reloaded with exactly the same powder 
charge, primers and factory bullets, the expense is only 
$13.46 per 1.000. 
The .32-40 low power factory cartridges cost $28.80 per 
1.000; when you reload, your expense is only $11.31. 
Factory .32-40 short range cartridges cost $25.20 per 
1,000; reload your shells, and they cost you only $7.65. 
Make your own bullets, and you have 1000 short-range 
cartridges for $3.80. 
It is admitted that modern metallic shells represent 
the biggest part of the expense of factory ammunition. 
These expensive, high grade shells are extremely well 
made. They can be reloaded time and time again. You 
wouldn’t throw away your pipe after smoking it once, 
why throw away your empty shells. 
Even shotgun shells can be reloaded successfully two 
or three times each, as the Ideal tools include one 
which cuts off any frayed end of shells, leaving a good 
crimping end. A reloading outfit costs very little, and 
you can load as few or as many shells as you wish 
with just the ri,ght loads for the occasion, and always 
have fresh ammunition. 
This book contains full information regarding powders, 
bullets, primers and reloading tools Tor all standard 
rifle, pistol and shotgun ammunition, tells how to cast 
bullets, how bullet moulds are made, how to measure 
pow’ders accurately—in fact, everything relating to load¬ 
ing and reloading of amriiunition. 
It lists hand-cast bullets; tells all about gas check 
bullets (which take the place of metal jacketed bullets, 
with less wear of barrel); gives tables of shotgun or 
smooth-bore gauges; round ball for shotguns; tables of 
velocity, penetration, etc.; twists of rifling in rifle bar¬ 
rels; made by the various arms companies; tells how 
to find the twist in any rifle barrel; tables reducing 
drams to grains; tables of powders, primers, etc. This 
book has 160 pages of information every shooter needs; 
sent free to any shooter for three stamps postage by 
the Marlin Firearms Co., 27 Willow street. New Haven, 
Conn. 
Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 3.—Although the thermometer Was 
hovering around the zero mark, with a sharp wind blow¬ 
ing from the west, ten shooters came out for their 
favorite recreation in the fresh air. Short frames of 15 
and 20 birds are decidedly popular with the shooters 
when the cold air gets to nipping the fingers, and 
after finishing each frame they made a beeline (or the 
club house, where a good fire warmed them up again. 
MacLachlan and Goode each broke 21 out of 26 in the 
practice event. Young and Graham scoring 20 each. In 
the club event ,at 50 targets, Stannard topped the list 
with a^ total of 47, while Fetherston was high amateur 
with 45, and EdmonSon was next in line with W. 
Young took the lead in both events at doubles 19 
breaks out of 12 pairs in each frame. 
We were pleased to have with us to-day, Mr, C. A. 
Edmonson, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Mr. H. (T. Kirk¬ 
wood, of Boston, Mass., both of them giving a good 
account of themselves on the firing line, and we nope 
to have them with us whenever they are in Chicago 
and can find time to come out to our park. 
Events: * 1 2 3 
Targets: 25 50 12p 12p 
J S Young . 20 40 1$ 1» 
A F MacLachlan. 21 40 16 8 
O P Goode. 2l 37 17 14 
C W May. 13 37 .. .. 
L M Fetherston. 45 .. ., 
L Jeff . 33 12 H 
H C Kirkwood. 39 14 17 
C A Edmonson. 44 12 14 
W D Stannard. 47 .. 16 
E S Graham. 20 43 18 15 
Tractice. 
Feb. 4.—This was another day of cold weather, and 
although the sun was shining brightly, it was almost 
noon before the thermometer registered up to zero, and 
it only got a few notches above that during the after¬ 
noon. Most of the twelve shooters put up very cred¬ 
itable scores, considering the cold weather. 
In the club event, Fetherston was high amateur with 
a total score of 44 out of 50, while Seelig was only 
one target behind him. Taggart and Kammerer each 
broke 40, while Moore scored 39. Bills was high pro¬ 
fessional with 46, Graham taking second place with 44, 
while Stannard broke 43. Bills broke 21 out of 12 
paids in the double event, Fetherston and Graham each 
breaking 18. 
May is trying to get used to a new "pump” gun, and 
says he finds it quite a change after shooting a double 
barrel for years. Meisner has returned from a trip 
which kept him away for the past month. 
Events; 
Targets: 
L M Fetherston 
C R Seelig. 
B L Kammerer 
J A Taggart... 
Amos Moore . 
O W Crocker.. 
F M Meisner.. 
C W May. 
J W Keller. 
F G Bills. 
E S Graham.... 
W D Stannard.. 
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Wm. F. Merkle, Supt. 
Pillow Gun Club. 
Pillow, Pa.—The attendance was large, and weather 
beautiful at the shoot of the Pillow Gun Club, held 
Feb. 3. The scores, at 75 targets each man, follow: 
D W Keitz. 
... 62 
H C Deibler. 
. 62 
P M Bohner. 
... 64 
A E Daniels. 
. 60 
T A Shaffer. 
... 66 
L Buffington .... 
. 50 
T N Buffington .... 
... 56 
H V Runk. 
. 44 
D Williard . 
... 48 
Lew Reed . 
Clhas Schmeltz . 
... 47 
T L Snyder. 
. 47 
I J Lahr. 
... 57 
T A Bingaman.... 
. 61 
Geo Wert . 
... 50 
J E Bingaman.... 
J. A. Bingaman, 
. 54 
Sec’y. 
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