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were with us last autumn and you may wish you had 
a case of shells along instead of a few boxes. Indeed, 
you may leave the alder for the open and then wish you 
had a wagon load of shells when you find how pro- 
vokingly the empty shells come down without a hole 
in them. This is of course practice for one; two 
would be far too dangerous. Don’t go into a cover 
where there may be nesting woodcock, there is plenty 
of small cover where you need not disturb the birds. 
On Cleaning a Shot Gun. 
In cleaning a double barrel gun one barrel of which 
is plain cylinder and the other choked or when one is 
used to cleaning a heavily choked trap gun, it will add 
to your comfort of person and mind to put a heavy 
glove on the hand that pushes the rod through the 
cylinder barrel. There is a tendency to forget and 
push harder as the swab nears the muzzle which in 
the case of the cylinder bore allows the swab to pop 
out of the muzzle resulting in a thumb being jabbed 
against the sharp edge of the breech end of the barrels 
making an annoying cut. This same thumb on the 
morrow may have to push a safety slide up and back 
many times. 
NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. 
By George L. Bugaly. 
A new National Amateur Trapshooting Champion has 
been crowned. A new record at the traps has been es¬ 
tablished and to Ralph L. Spotts, representing the New 
York Athletic Club, go the honors in both events. 
The Eleventh Annual Championship Shoot of America 
is now a thing of the past, but to those who witnessed 
both the preliminary shoot of 200 birds on Friday, 
May 5th, and the championship event of 200 birds on 
May 6th, at the Travers’ Island traps of the Winged 
Foot organization, under whose auspices the events were 
held, there will long cling the pleasant memory of hav¬ 
ing watched trapshooting of unusual excellence and a 
competition that under the efficient direction of George 
J. Corbett, chairman of the Trapshooters’ Committee of 
tbe New York Athletic Club, was not marred by an 
unpleasant incident and one that went off without a 
hitch of any kind. 
R. L. Spotts, who by reason of his consistantly good 
shooting during the past month and the new record 
established by him on preliminary day May 5—the first 
day of the shoot—when he bettered by one target the 
old record made last year by the late lamented George 
L. Lyon, who at that time won the National Amateur 
Championship by breaking 192 out of a possible 200 
“Tar Hawks,” was a prime favorite with the large 
gallery that followed the shoot, but as E. L. Bartlett 
of Baltimore, C. H. Newcomb of Philadelphia, former 
Amateur Champion of 1913; J. H. Hendrickson of the 
hard hitting New York Athletic Club crowd and who 
had distinguished himself by running a straight string 
of 107 clay birds in the preliminary event, and J. G. 
Martin of Harrisburg, Pa., had also equalled the 1915 
record in the curtain raising event, it was freely for- 
casted that Mr. Spotts would have his work well cut 
out for him if he intended to annex the title this year; 
but being calm, collected and also arising to the oc¬ 
casion under just such circumstances are a few of Mr. 
Spotts’ greatest assets. However, as far as bettering 
the record of 193 birds already made by him, even his 
most enthusiastic admirers and well wishers did not an¬ 
ticipate. Shooting at that same steady gait, so well- 
known to those who have followed the fortunes in the 
trapshooting game of the scatter gun artist, Spotts ran 
off strings of 24, 25, 25, 25, 25, 24, 23 and 25. A score of 
196 x 200, which not only won for him the applause of 
the large gallery that followed him from trap to trap, 
but the Amateur Trapshooting Championship of America 
and the honor of holding the record with the highest 
score ever made by an amateur in a 200 bird event. 
Breaking the record twice in two days, a sure enough 
example of Spotts shooting the spots with Spotts 
at his best. 
“Al” Heil of Allentown, Pa. and J. H. Prendegast of 
Phoenix, N. Y., last year’s New York State Champion, 
were tied for second place with a score of 191 x 200, Mr. 
Prendegast taking the shoot off with a score of 24 x 25. 
Mr. Heil losing five of his birds took third place. C. 
H. Newcomb and W. H. Walstencroft, both of Philadel¬ 
phia, and E. L. Bartlett of Baltimore, were tied for 
fourth position with a score of 190 x 200 each. On the 
shoot off Bartlett lost one of the “Tar Hawks” and 
with a score of 24 x 25 landed the disputed position— 
fourth—Newcomb and Walstencroft finishing as named. 
The team race between the Independent Gun Club of 
Philadelphia, the New York Athletic Club first team: 
Boston Athletic Association, Little Falls Gun Club and 
Jersey City Gun Club, resulted in a tie between the 
New York Athletic Club team and the Independent Gun 
Club of Philadelphia; each team having a total score 
of 947. Boston Athletic Association, third; score, 918; 
Little Falls Gun Club, fourth; score, 905, and Jersey 
City, fifth; score, 871. The Independent team was com¬ 
posed of Heil, 101; Walstencroft, 190; Newcomb, 190; 
l-'oord, 188; Martin, 188. Total, 947. The New York 
Athletic Club teams: Spotts, 196; Stephenson, 189; 
C. J. Stein, 188; Ramsey, 188; Martin, 186. Total, 947. 
Prizes known as trap prizes were also awarded to 
the high guns at each trap, their being four traps, in 50 
and 100 bird events. The following won trap prizes 
a: 100 birds: No. 1, McMahon, 96; No. 2, Corbett, 98: 
No. 3, Speer and J. G. Martin, 97; Spotts, 100. 
At 50 birds: No. 1, Prendegast, 49; No. 2, Corbett, 
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Page and Mallory, 49; No. 3, Short and Heil, 50; No 
4, Speer and Billings, 50. 
The New York Athletic club house was handsomely 
decorated for the occasion with large American flags 
and pennants of the New York Athletic Club and the 
Boston Athletic Association, while the line of traps 
were marked off with small American flags. While 
the fair sex were well represented among the large 
gallery that followed the shooting, the lack of their 
number among the contestants was very noticeable—oniy 
one woman contestant facing the traps—a Mrs. A. G. 
Wilkes of San Francisco, who accompanied her husband 
across the country to take part in the shoot. Mr. Wilkes 
was the 1915 State Champion of California: Mrs. Wilkes 
represented the Family Club of San Francisco, and 
broke 74 out of each hundred on the preliminary day 
while in the championship event she broke 65 in the 
first hundred and 66 in the second; a total score of 131 
x 200. The following gentlemen had charge of the office, 
and to them and the men who acted as scorers and ref¬ 
erees is due the credit of conducting a trapshooting 
tournament that will last long in the memory of scatter 
gun enthusiasts. The office: P. B. Keenan, Paul Pil¬ 
grim, W. M. Hammond, J. L. Clark, L. R. Lewis, Chas 
North and Tom Davis. 
Scorers and referees: N. Apgar, H. Keller, Haze 
Keller, W. H. Meyerhoif, M. Dowse, Harry Wells, L. 
G. Parsells, W. Behm, Tom Davis and C. T. Summersou 
NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONS. 
1915. J. II. Hendrickson, New York Athletic Club_94 
1906. W. M. Foord, Wilmington. 94 
1907. E. F. Gleason, Boston. 95 
1908. G. S. McCarty, Philadelphia. 98 
1909. G. S. McCarty, Philadelphia. 98 
1910. No competition. 
1911. H. Kahler, Philadelphia.173 
1912. B. M. Higginson, New York Athletic Club.185 
1915. C. H. Newcomb, Philadelphia.179 
1914. R. L. Spotts, New York Athletic Club.188 
1915. G. L. Lyon, New York Athletic Club.192 
1916. R. L. Spotts, New York Athletic Club.196 
1905-1909. Competition at 100 birds. 
1911-1916. Competition at 200 birds. 
It is interesting to note that R. L. Spotts’ 188 made 
in 1914 would Have only tied him for eight place this 
vear. 
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, 
Etc., Required by the Act of Congress 
of August 24, 1912, 
of FOREST AND STREAM, published monthly, at New 
York, N. Y., for April 1, 1916. 
State of New York, 
County of New York, ss. 
Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the State and 
county aforesaid, personally appeared C. L. Wise, who, 
having duly sworn according to law, deposes and says 
that he is the Treasurer of the FOREST AND STREAM 
PUBLISHING COMPANY, Publishers of FOREST AND 
STREAM, and that the following is, to the best of his 
knowledge and belief, a true statement of the owner¬ 
ship, management (and if a daily paper, the circula¬ 
tion), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date 
shown in the above caption, required by the Act of 
August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws 
and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, 
to-wit: 
1. That the names and addresses of the publisher, edi¬ 
tor, managing editor, and business managers are: 
Publisher FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING 
COMPANY, 128 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Editor C. A. Hazen, 128 Broadway, New York, N. Y 
Managing Editor C. A. Hazen, 128 Broadway, New 
York, N. Y. 
Business Manager FOREST AND STREAM PUB¬ 
LISHING COMPANY, 128 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
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and the names and addresses of stockholders owning or 
holding 1 per cent, or more of the total amount of 
stock.) 
Owner: 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY 
128 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Stockholders: 
Charles L. Wise, 128 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
C. A. Hazen, 128 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
W. A. Bruette, 128 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
George Bird Grinnell, 238 East 15th Street, New 
York, N. Y. 
H. Greemman Canda, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
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other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent, or 
more. of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other se¬ 
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and security holders as they appear upon the books 
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hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that 
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lieve that any other person, association, or corporation 
has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, 
bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING COMPANY. 
C. L. WISE, Treasurer. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this fourth day 
of April, 1916. 
NORMAN WILMER CHANDLER, 
Notary Public, 
New York County. 
County Clerk’s No. 77, Register’s No. 7005. 
My commission expires March 30, 1917. 
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