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FOREST AND STREAM 
March 9, 1912 
The Survival of the Fittest 
The Match 
KAHLCR -iJs, GAY 
Lexington, Ky. —Inclosed find check for $750, forfeit money of 
pigeon race between Harry W. Kahler of Philadelphia and Jacob 
D. Gay of Pine Grove, Ky. This race is to be shot in three live 
bird pigeon races, 100 birds per man in each race, February 26, 28 
and March 1, on the private shooting grounds of Messrs. Alfred 
and Thomas H. Clay, Jr., of Austerlitz. James G. Denny 
The Tte^stilt 
February 26.Gay won.84 to 81 
February 28.Gay won.92 to 81 
March 1.Gay won.93 to 80 
Mr. Gay did his wonderful shooting with 
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Eastern Inter-Collegiate. 
W ASiiiNGTON, D. C., March 2.—Massachusetts Agri- 
^Itiiral College took the lead this week in the Eastern 
Division of the Intercollegiate Rifle Shooting League 
by defeating Norwich University, while I^rinceton, with 
which Massachusetts was tied, was defeated by Harvard. 
The University of lowq maintained its lead in the West¬ 
ern Intercollegiate League. 
Eastern League results were: Massachusetts Aggies 
defeated Norwich, 956 to 897; Pennsylvania defeated Del- 
943 to 874; Harvard defeated Princeton, 931 to. 
929; North Georgia defeated New Hampshire, 928 to 835; 
L9uisiana defeated Maryland Aggies, 925 to 855; West 
\ irginia defeated U. S. Veterinary Surgeons, 914 to 90S. 
Shooting at the Sportsmen's Show. 
Though the big events did not take place until 
after we had gone to press, a number of good scores 
have been made at the Garden, even though shooting 
conditions are hard. Among the professionals H. C. 
Kirkwood came to the front with a score of 49 out of 
50; Sim Glover, 48, and O. R. Dickey, of Boston, 48 
Others who are in front in the professional ranks were 
M E. Osborne, 48; J. S. Fanning, 47; G. H. Pumpelly, 
ii; Neaf Apgar, 46; H. H. Stevens, 46; Edward Banks, 
4b; W. W. Hassinger, 45. 
In the amateur division P. E. Osborne, of West Sum, 
ntertulle, Mass, led with 48 out of 50; C. R. James, ol 
the Crescent A. C., 47, and G. H. Rumpelly, of Owego, 
a close third with 47. Other top liners among the ama¬ 
teurs were F. H. Schauffler, 45; H. T. Eee, 44; J. F. 
James, 44; F. B. Stephenson, 43; W. Simonson, 43; F, 
N. Reed, 43. 
Philadelphia Rifle Associatien. 
The following scores were made by the Philadelphia 
Rifle Association, Thursday, Feb. 29, on the Philadel¬ 
phia range of the National Rifle Academy, 1234 Filbert 
street: 
Rifle, offhand, German ring target, distance 75ft.: E. C. 
Goddard 242, 242, 242, 246, 245, 245, 247, 247, 247, 248; 
E. H. Williamson, Jr., 242, 244, 245, 246, 248 248, 244, 249, 
242; R. L. Dubbs 238, 243, 244, 240, 241. 
Pistol, Standard American target, distance, 60ft.: H. L. 
Reeves 83, 90, 84; Miller Forbes 88, 89, 86, Geo. Hugh 
Smith 84, 89, 84; Dr. W. E. Quicksall 88, 91, 89, 92 , 84, 
81, 90, 83, 88; Herman Thomas 94, 89, 92; Dr. G. G. 
Davis 63, 74, 80, 82, 78. 
Harry Overbaugh. 
Schoolboy Rifle Tournament. 
Official program of the School-Boy Rifle Shooting 
Tournament, under the auspices of the Public Schools 
Athletic League of New York: 
No. 1. Winchester Cup.—Open to teams representing 
any public or private school or academy in the United 
States, not conferring degrees. Conditions; Teams of 
six; distance, 50 feet; number of shots, 10 standing and 
10 prone; targets. National Rifle Association; ammuni¬ 
tion, .22 caliber short; rifles and ammunition furnished 
by the P. S. A. L. Entries of one or more teams allowed 
from any one institution, but no student can fire as 
a member of more than one team in this match. En¬ 
trance fee, SI per team. Prizes: 1. To the team mak¬ 
ing the highest aggregate, a silver cup (presented by 
the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.) to be held for one 
year by the school winning it, when it shall again be 
put up for competition; silver medals to each member 
of the team (presented by the Winchester Repeating 
Arms Co.). 2. Bronze medals to each member of the 
team making the second highest score. 
No. 2. Standard Bearer Rifle Match.—Open to teams 
of any preparatory or elementary school in the United 
States, not conferring degrees. Conditions: Teams of 
eight; distance, 50 feet; number of shots, 10 standing 
and 10 prone; target. National Rifle Association; ammu¬ 
nition, .22 caliber short; rifles and ammunition furnished 
by the P. S. A. L. Entries of one or more teams 
allowed from any one school, but no member can fire 
as a member of more than one team in this match. En¬ 
trance fee, $1.50 per team. Prizes: A trophy (presented 
by the Sub-Target Gun Co.) to be held for one year 
by the school winning it, when it shall again be put 
up for competition, and a medal to each member of 
the team. 
No. 3. Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Championship 
Match.—Open to pupils of any high school in Greater 
New York. Conditions: To the school-boy making the 
highest aggregate of two tickets; 5 shots standing and 
5 shots prone on each ticket and the aggregate high 
score in the Winchester trophy. Remington trophy, 
Schoverling, Daly & Gales trophy, Van Allen trophy 
and Poth trophy to be shot for during the tournament 
will be given a silver medal emblematic of the School¬ 
boy Indoor Rifle Shooting Championship of Greater 
New York for the year 1912, and to the school he repre¬ 
sents will be presented the “Championship Challenge 
Cup” (presented by the Union Metallic Cartridge Co.) 
to be held by the school for one year, when it shall 
again be put in competition by the Public Schools 
Athletic League of New York or the National Rifle As¬ 
sociation of America. 
No. 4. Du Pont Match.—Open to teams of any pre¬ 
paratory school in the United States not conferring de¬ 
grees. Conditions: Team of four; distance 50 feet; 
number of shots, 7 standing; target, National Rifle As¬ 
sociation; ammunition, .22 caliber short; rifles and am¬ 
munition furnished by the P. S. A. L. Entries of one 
or more teams allowed from any one school, but no 
member can fire as a member of more than one team 
in this match. Entrance fee, $1 per team. Prizes: 1. 
To the team making the highest aggregate, a trophy 
donated by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., 
to be held one year by the school winning it, when it 
shall again be put up for competition by the P. S. A. L.; 
silver medals to each member of team. 2. Bronze 
medals to each member of the team making the second 
highest score. 
No. 5. The Peters Match.—Open to teams of high 
schools in the Public Schools Athletic League; P. S. 
A. L. rules of eligibility to govern. Conditions: Teams 
of five; distance, 50 feet; number of shots, 10 standing 
and 10 prone; target. National Rifle Association; am¬ 
munition, .22 caliber short; rifles and ammunition furn¬ 
ished by the P. S. A. L. Entries of one or more teams 
allowed from any school, but no student can fire as a 
member of more than one team in this match. En¬ 
trance, $1 per team. Prizes: 1. To the team making 
the highest aggregate a trophy donated by the Peters 
Cartridge Company, to be held by the school winning 
it for one year when it shall again be competed for; 
silver medal to each member of the team. 2. Bronze 
medals to the second team making the highest aggre¬ 
gate score in the “Second Team Class.” 
No. 6. New York State Rifle Association Match.— 
Open to teams of public and private high schools in 
Greater New York. Conditions: Team of ten; distance, 
50 feet; number of shots, 10 standing and 10 prone; 
target, -National Rifle Association; ammunition, .22 
caliber short; rifles and ammunition furnished by the 
P. S. A. L. Entries of one or more teams allowed from 
any school, but no student can fire as a member of 
more than one team in this match. Entrance fee, $2 
per team. Prizes: 1. To the team making the highest 
aggregate a trophy donated by the New York State 
Rifle Association to be held by the school winning it 
for one year when it shall again be competed for; this 
trophy is emblematic of the Indoor Team Rifle Shoot¬ 
ing Championship of Greater New York; silver medals 
to each member of the team. 2. Bronze medals to 
the second team making the highest aggregate score in 
the “Second Team Class.” 
No. 7. Junior Marksman’s Medal.—Open to any 
school-hoy who has not yet reached his nineteenth birth¬ 
day, attending a public, private or high school. Con¬ 
ditions: Ten shots standing and 10 shots prone at 50 
feet on the National Rifle .Association target; .22 caliber 
rifle and ammunition furnished by the P. S. A. L. En¬ 
trance fee, 15 cents for each ticket, re-entries allowed 
until qualifying. Prizes: To any school-boy making a 
total of 38 points standing and 42 points prone, or a 
total score of not less than 80 on the rifle range will be 
presented a Junior Marksman Medal authorized by the 
Secretary of War. The first qualifying score stands and 
