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FOREST AND STREAM 
Those to Qualify were: I, Eugene 
du Pont, 25; 2, J. W. Dickerson, 24; 
3, E. H. Morse, 23; 4, Wilbur New- 
some, 22; 5, J. W. Hessian, 21. Event 
No. Two.—Quail shoot—starting at 
r6 yards, shooter walked toward the 
trap with gun below elbow and fir d 
twice at any two targets. Five high¬ 
est scores made in two days (twen¬ 
ty-four shots) to count. Many of the 
cent stants killed their bird with the 
first barrel but found it difficult to 
find and kill the second before it 
had sailed out of range. If they shot 
too quickly at the first one in order 
to obtain a close shot at number two 
the result was often a miss of the 
first. The winning scores were there¬ 
fore quite low. The scores follow: 
1 Eugene du Pont, 15 2 W. S. Bogart, 14 
3 J. W. Plessian, 13 4 Elting Warner, 11 
5 Warren Miller, 10 
Event No. 3. — Finals — twenty-five targets. 
The fifteen high guns of Event No. 1 (the pre¬ 
liminary shoot) were the only contestants eli¬ 
gible. 
The five leading scores in this event were: 
1 Wilbur Newsome, 24 2 E. H. Morse, 23 
3 J. S. Dickerson, 22 4 Eugene du Pont, 22 
5 Warren Miller, 22 
Event No. a. —Hand Trap—ten targets thrown 
from hand trap. Five highest scores count. 
Camp Fire Club Championship. 
This event proved to be one of the most in¬ 
teresting and enjoyable of the outing. Mr. Fan¬ 
ning was certainly an expert with this hand trap, 
standing behind the firing line, he would call 
“Mark!” and the shooter would have to be wide¬ 
awake indeed to discover a rapidly disappearing 
blue rock skimming low over the tops of the 
bushes, straight up in the air directly overhead 
or perhaps ar right angles to left or right fly¬ 
ing off between the trees. 
To make it still more difficult Fanning shot 
them out on edge and even upside down in daz¬ 
zling curves, keeping the gallery in great glee to 
note the many misses of the expert shots. 
The president, George D. Pratt, solved many a 
d : fficult shot but once at least the bird flew 
strong and safe without the marksman catching 
a glimpse of him. 
OUTING OF THE CAMP FIRE CLUB OF AMERICA. 
Upper Picture At Left—Eugene du Pont Being Instructed by Ernest 
Thompson Seton. Upper Left—J. W. Hessian, the Expert Rifle 
Shot, Making a Perfect Score at the Mountain Sheep at 300 
Yards. Lower Picture-Tent and Camp Equipment 
of Messrs. Morse and du Pont. 
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The winning scores follow: 
1 E. F. Warner, 8 2 H. C. Brown 
3 Eugene du Pont, 7 4 Geo. D. Pratt, 6 
5 C. W. Old, 6 
As the purple shadows lengthened at the close 
of a cloudless, perfect day, the northwest breeze 
seemed to sink to rest with the sun and with the 
calm, peaceful stillness of the evening all the 
disciples of Isaac Walton gathered on the dock 
to try their skill with fly and bait both for ac¬ 
curacy and distance. The conditions are here¬ 
in given just as they appear in the booklet of 
events, and I have added the scores and casts 
made, not records of wonderful achievements, 
but accomplished with oufits suitable for service. 
No one watching these out-of-door men could 
help but feel that they had tasted the real joys 
of the rod and reel and had cast the lure on the 
waters of far away little rivers—living over 
again many a thrilling moment. 
Fly Casting—Accuracy. 
Three rings, 30 inches in diameter, placed 25, 
35 and 45 feet from the platform, respectively. 
Five casts to be made at each ring. A cast in¬ 
side the ring counting perfect. One demerit 
given for each foot, or faction of a foot, that 
the fly falls away from the target. In lengthen¬ 
ing the line, in going from one target to another, 
the contestants could make as many casts in the 
air as they chose; but each time that the fly 
touched the water a cast was counted. The win¬ 
ner was the one having the least 
number of demerits. Score: 1, Wil¬ 
bur Newsome, 13; 2, H. S. Hadden, 
19; 3, Lloyd Taylor, 19; 4, D. T 
Abercrombie, 25; 5, George Hub- 
bell, 44. 
Fly Casting—Distance. 
The only restriction on the rod 
was that it must be a single-handed 
fly rod, weighing not more than six 
ounces. To it must be attached the 
reel. The leader must be of single¬ 
gut, not more than nine feet long and 
not less than six. Each contestant 
cast from the platform provided and 
had five minutes to cast. Longest 
cast won. Score: 1, David T. Aber- 
ciombie, 76 feet; 2, Howard S. Had¬ 
den, 68 ) 4 feet; 3, George Hubbell, 
66)4 feet; 4, Wilbur Newsome, 65 feet; 5, W. S. 
Bogart, 65 feet. 
Bait Casting—Distance. 
Any standard bait casting rod allowed, length 
not to exceed six feet; any reel; any bait cast¬ 
ing line of no less than eight pounds breaking 
strength; lure—any lure not to exceed one ounce 
in weight and to have hooks removed. Highest 
average of five casts won. 
Winners: 
1 Warren Miller 2 Eugene du Pont 
3 W. S. Bogart 4 H. S. Hadden 
5 Wilbur Newsome 
Bait Casting—Accuracy. 
Same tackle as above, each contestant making 
five casts at 50 feet, 65 feet and 80 feet distances 
from platform, casts made in rotation by con¬ 
testants at three distances respectively. 
Each foot from rim of target counted one 
demerit; total demerits divided by 15 and sub¬ 
tracted from 100 to get percentage. Highest 
won. Winners: 
1 John W. Hessian 2 Wilbur Newsome 
3 Warren Miller 4 Kenneth Fowler 
5 D. T. Abercrombie 
The woodcraft activities were interspersed 
with the rod and gun and consisted of “Water 
Boiling,” “Flapjack Contest,” “Tomahawk,” 
“Canoe Sports,” “Swimming,” “Archery” and 
“Fire Making Without Matches or Flint.” 
Space does not permit me to give the interest- 
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