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FOREST AND STREAM 
We Make to Order GUNS 
from $41.50 to $450 
Ranging in Price 
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experience in making guns for the foremost trap and game shots of the United States 
enables us to satisfy the most exacting gun user. 
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NEW YORK SALESROOMS, 32 WARREN STREET 
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First in America, Best in the World, 
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CAMP CASCO 
West Harpswell, Casco Bay, Maine 
A camp limited to thirty gentlemen from 
13 to 21, beautifully located on Stover’s 
Cove, 18 miles from Portland. The camp 
is directly on the shores of the bay and 
gives a clear view of Orr’s, Bailey’s, 
Ragged and Eagle Islands. 
The remarkable equipment consists of 3 
motor boats, dories, 25 lobster traps, trawls, 
deep sea fishing gear, and all the equip¬ 
ment for tennis, baseball and land sports, 
besides the swimming facilities. 
Camp Casco offers the following fea¬ 
tures. A two weeks’ cruise in the 
schooner from Portland to Eastport, har¬ 
boring at Bar Harbor, Rockland, etc., and 
a two weeks’ hike from Harpswell to the 
White Mountains, stopping at Bath, Port¬ 
land, Westbrook, Sebago Lake, North 
Conway, etc. We also have a weekly 
“Foghorn,” clam bake, bon fire, vaude¬ 
ville, stunt night, and a shore dinner on 
every Sunday at Old Orchard, Falmouth, 
Foreside, New Meadows Inn, Cape Cot¬ 
tage, etc. 
Four story diving tower and “shute 
the shute.” Camp physician and varsity 
man for each five boys. All councillors 
and Director on the hike and cruise. 
Boys in Scout uniforms and under Scout 
laws. For booklet address the director, 
EDGAR P. PAULSEN, 
Principal U. S. M. A. Children’s School, 
West Point, New York. 
SALMON FISHING 
I have 3f4 miles of Good Salmon Fishing on the 
famous Nepisiguit River, and also good Sea Trout Fish¬ 
ing, which I will lease in periods or for the Season. 
There is accommodation for three or four ladies or 
gentlemen in a comfortable and well-furnished lodge, 
which is beautifully located and secluded, with ice 
house and smoking den, and situated about midway of 
the fishing. Lodge is nine miles from railway station, 
and reached over a good auto road. Experienced guides 
always on hand. For full particulars write to 
HENRY BISHOP, Bathurst, New Brunswick 
For Your Spring Trout Fishing Trip 
this year try the justly famous old Sullivan County 
trout streams—the Willowemoc and the Mongaup. Re¬ 
stocking every year has kept these streams the most 
reliable for good sport of any in this section. You can 
put up at the Old Cooper Homestead—of high reputation 
for almost half a century as a fisherman’s resort. A 
new house, all modern improvements, good rooms and 
every comfort—open fireplaces. Season opens April 4th. 
Make arrangements now and come early. Write for 
booklet and rates. Address 
MISS ADA COOPER, De Bruce, Sullivan County, N. Y. 
Chips From the Flying Clays. 
The support of The Interstate Association is again 
most liberal. To a club, awarded a registered tourna¬ 
ment (not under “Old Policy”), which elects to receive 
its contribution all in prizes, The Interstate Associa¬ 
tion allows of any combination which does not over 
reach $50, i.e., a club may choose ten $5 trophies; three 
$12, one $8 and one $5; two $25, etc. 
* * * 
Club managers, are you alive to the fact that you 
can get more for a target barrel nicely rounded up 
with empty shot gun shells than you paid for the 
same barrel full of clay targets? And Jones pays the 
freight, too. * * * 
The equipment of the shooting school at Atlantic 
City consists of one Ideal-Leggett and one Western 
McCrea automatic trap, standard targets, 20-gauge guns 
of practically every make, and competent men in charge. 
The targets will be thrown about 40 yards against a 
background of water. A person desiring to use his 
ov/n 20-gauge gun may do so, but only factory loaded 
ammunition can be shot on the range. 
* * * 
If every trap boy was docked a nickel for every 
target he carelessly broke in loading his trap not only 
would he soon put himself in line for promotion but 
a sad little leak would be plugged in the club treasury. 
* * * 
It is interesting to note that the first shooting done 
was at glass balls. Then came the first clay targets— 
the Ligowsky birds which long since passed to the dis¬ 
card, and now would be objects of curiosity. After the 
Ligowsky target there was adopted in turn the Ameri¬ 
can Clay Bird, the Peoria Black Bird and the Blue 
Rock targets. It is safe to say that many of the 
present day shooters never heard of the first three 
brands of targets mentioned. 
* * * 
All those club secretaries who bewail the fact that 
although they can get their targets by a nice major¬ 
ity of their shooters all break upon landing may now 
rest in peace for trapshooting from aeroplanes is no 
longer a novelty. The chief drawback, however, lies 
ir. the fact that the flying machine catches up and 
passes the target almost before the gun can be aimed. 
Why not have the club machine hover hard by ready 
to swoop down on the target and net it thus linking 
the gentle art of the rod closer to that of the gun. 
Furthermore, never again may we hear of the shooter 
who on a windy day had a target sail back to him 
knocking out an eye tooth for now if pursued he may 
step into the club plane and escape. And again, the 
man with the single shot trapgun has come to his 
own. He can shoot doubles. Even though both targets 
art thrown at once he can get a fine chance for a 
double by breaking one from the usual mark then 
aviate up to within 16 yards of the other and calmly 
take a pot shot at it. 
* * * 
The Interstate Association’s trophy for newly or¬ 
ganized gun clubs is a graceful loving cup bearing the 
Association's seal. The cup stands on an ebony base. 
During the month of March 16 clubs were presented 
with these cups. __ 
Association of Surf Angling Clubs. 
The annual dinner of the Association of Surf Angling 
clubs was given under the auspices of the Ocean City 
Fishing Club at the Imperial Hotel, New York, April 8. 
The room was decorated with fishing nets of various 
kinds and queer fishes of the ocean. In the center of 
the table was a boy in yellow oil skins fishing. The 
line was attached to a live lobster, and in the tiny tank 
on the table, banked with moss, fishes and lobsters 
swam about. 
As the members and guests entered the room the ex¬ 
clamation was almost unanimous: “Boy, you’ve got 
a bite!” 
The menu card, from the cocktail to the coffee, had 
a reference to almost every one present, the coupling 
of names with food making for a smile. 
Churchill Hungerford presided and announced the gift 
of a solid silver cup worth $1,000, which is to be a 
perpetual trophy to encourage the art of surf casting. 
The cup is offered by the Ocean City Fishing Club for 
a competition. 
Joseph Champion, Mayor of Ocean City, was the 
guest of honor. The cup is to be competed for in the 
second week in August of each year; the contest is 
to consist of teams of five m^n from each club that 
wishes to compete; largest aggregate _ score to win; 
the cup to remain in possession of winning club for fol¬ 
lowing season, and the next competition to be held on 
their grounds, each of winning contestants to receive 
a gold medal and names engraved on cup. 
Addresses were also made by a representative of each 
club as to its progress and plans. 
It was decided to hold the annual meeting of the as¬ 
sociation the second Saturday in November annually. 
Rules and regulations affecting the tournaments were 
adopted, and special privileges were allowed whereby a 
member holding a record could enter a tournament in 
the exhibition, and if he should exceed his former cast 
in same it should establish a record. 
Dates for the casting tournaments were assigned to 
the different clubs. 
The following officers were elected for the coming 
year: President, Elvin C. Burtis of Asbury Park; 
vice-president, Dr. Carleton Simon of Midland Beach, 
and secretary, Hartie I. Phillips of Asbury Park. Com¬ 
modore Kurtz of Midland Beach was appointed official 
record keeper. 
These clubs were represented: Angling Club of New 
York, Dr. Raynor, Messrs. Spencer and Muller; Mid¬ 
land Beach Fishing Club, Dr. Simon, Commodore Kurtz 
and Mr. Fech, Ocean and Stream Fishing Club of_New- 
ark, Messrs. Webb and Pottier; Ocean City Fishing 
Club Messrs. Hungerford and McGinnis; Belmar Fish¬ 
ing Club, the Newman brothers, and the Asbury Park 
Fishing Club, Messrs. Burtis, Corson and Phillips. 
HARTIE I. PHILLIPS. 
Manhattan, April 10. 
