FOREST AND STREAM 
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Forest and Stream Is an Honorary Member of the Interstate Association for the Promotion of Trapshooting. 
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Edited by Fred. O. Copeland. 
|| Already one of the great trapshooting \\ 
|| classics of 1916 is history. Another first || 
|| magnitude constellation of the trapshooting || 
|| firmament reaches the zenith this month. || 
|| Surely the good spirit and wishes for sue- || 
|| cess that typify the holidays of the new || 
|| year may be extended to the first month of || 
|| the year’s last half and Forest and Stream |l 
|| most heartily wishes success to each of its || 
|| readers who attend the Eastern Handicap. || 
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This department will welcome questions on trapshoot¬ 
ing and guncraft. It will leave no stone unturned to 
give a clear decisive answer. It does not, however, de¬ 
sire questions which may lead to a controversy in its 
pages; such, for instance, as the general question of the 
best method of handicapping or the type of gun best 
suited to trapshooting. In so far as possible the an¬ 
swers will be published and the questions should be 
addressed to the Editor of the Trapshooting Department. 
TO A LOST TARGET. 
By Editor Trapshooting Dept. 
Target! that in silence slippest 
Over the meadows, light and free, 
Till at length they rest thou findest 
On the bosom of the lea! 
Four long years of careful pointing, 
Half in practice, half in strife. 
Still finds me sadly wanting 
Yet in better hours and brighter, 
When I solve thy illusive gleam, 
I know my gun will point lighter, 
And land on thee with full steam. 
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. 
O you keep a separate record of youi practice 
targets and targets shot in competition? It has 
been our experience that the percentage of broken 
targets will range higher in competition than in prac¬ 
tice in spite of the fact that many “competitive” tar¬ 
gets are shot away from home where conditions are 
new and therefor strange. Of course a word may be 
said here on the other side for your away from home 
targets may be shot under more favorable conditions 
than those obtaining at your local lay-out; the equip¬ 
ment may be better or more important than that you 
may shoot against an unobstructed sky background— 
inasmuch as the sky may be called a background—while 
the home grounds may be dark. But leaving this aside, 
whether at home or “abroad” you are apt to take a 
day off for competitive targets while practice is more 
frequently enjoyed at the end of the day’s work. The 
freshness of the new part of the day is personified in 
you and the eye and muscles are quick. Then, too, 
practice is the time to try out that difficult target while 
the club shoot or tournament is the time to try noth¬ 
ing new but to summon all the experience that sea¬ 
soning brings. 
KEEPING THE FOREGOING IN MIND all trap- 
shooters will wish to get hold of the new Winchester 
Average Chart which the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Co., of New Haven, Conn., will be glad to furnish 
their trapshooting friends upon request. 
The chart enables the shooter to tell at a glance 
whither he is tending in a way no figures ever could. 
If you can shoot above 50 per cent, or less than 100 
per cent., the chart is for you and enables you to keep 
tally from the week ending January 8th to the week 
ending December 30th. You record your weekly aver¬ 
age by carrying forward from week to week a black 
line to the line on the chart corresponding to your 
average on targets shot at during each week. More¬ 
over, with a red line you may on the same chart keep 
your average on total number of targets shot at from 
January First to date. Furthermore with different 
colored lines you can plot lines of your other years’ 
averages for comparison. Practice, club shoot and reg¬ 
istered tournament targets can be shown by different 
lines. First make the dots then connect by a line, the 
dots will show the number of times you practiced, went 
to club shoots, etc. Besides being interesting it is a 
fascinating method of indicating whither you are drift¬ 
ing. Let us hope your line tends ever upward! 
Write for a Copy 
of This Book 
E VERY sportsman should have a copy 
of “Game Farming for Profit and 
Pleasure. ” If you are a lover of the 
woods and fields and the wild game that 
inhabits them you will find this book of in¬ 
tense interest and undoubted value. It is 
sent free to those who write for it. 
'‘Game Farming for Profit and Pleasure” is a 
carefully edited and profusely Illustrated manual on 
the breeding of game birds. It describes in detail 
the habits, foods and enemies of wild turkeys, pheas¬ 
ants, grouse, quail, wild ducks, and related species. 
It tells of the best methods for rearing. It discusses 
the questions of marketing and hunting. 
The breeding of game birds is profitable and 
Game Breeding Department, Room 1?2 
HERCULES POWDER CO. 
Wilmington, Delaware 
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pleasant for many reasons. The demand for birds, 
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raise game, is much greater than the supply. There 
is also a continuous call for eggs by breeders. 
Furthermore the birds you raise will afford you 
good sport in hunting, aud also food for your table. 
If you own large acreage, you may lease the privi¬ 
lege of shooting over your land to those who will 
gladly pay for it. 
If you cannot raise game yourself we will try to 
put you in touch with those who will raise it for 
you to shoot. The more game raised, the more 
good hunting there will be for you and the more 
often you will enjoy game on your table. 
But the book tells the whole story. You will 
find it most interesting reading. Write for your 
copy today. Use the coupon below. 
Game Breeding Department, Room '' 
Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, Delaware 
Gentlemen:—Please send me a copy of Game Farming for Profit and 
Pleasure. I am interested in game breeding: from the standpoint of 
Name. 
