FOREST AND STH E A M 
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Forest and Stream Is an Honorary Member of the Interstate Association for the Promotion of Trapshooting. 
— /or the feeling of confidence 
with any standard arm 
I N tKe old days, when the average pistol 
never got out of the bureau drawer, any 
ammunition that would go off and throw a 
hullet from the muzzle proha hly seemed 
good enough. 
Today, when even the layman has learned to land 
_i the bull's-eye, you find him asking questions and 
getting the facts about ammunition —and the sale and 
prestige of Remington UMG Ammunition keep 
leaping ahead of all previous high marks. Uniform 
results can be had only with uniform ammunition. 
Ask revolver shots in any city or town where to get 
cartridges for any standard make of arm, and you will 
realize what Remington UMC prestige means. The dealer 
with the Red Bali Mark of Remington UMC on his store 
is Sportsmen's Headquarters in every town. 
THE REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC 
CARTRIDGE COMPANY 
Largest Manufacturers of Firearms ami Ammunition m the VForli 
Woolworth Building, New York 
Edited by Fred. O. Copeland. 
Among the dreams of the strange and beauti¬ 
ful days that were, when to your school-boy’s 
brain each outing to the windswept hills, each 
gleam and gloom of the forest brought the large 
excitement, there must always come the longing 
to feel again this wild pulsation. With the fulfil¬ 
ment of greater joys long anticipated, new ones 
seem no longer new; but to trapshooters a para¬ 
mount pleasure lies waiting. It would be hard, 
indeed, to find a trapshooter whose heart does 
not flutter at the thought of attending the Inter¬ 
state’s greatest classic at Saint Louis this month. 
And to you who participate in this week of joys 
when new acquaintances will be made and from 
which you will carry away remembrances that 
are ever a pleasure, Forest and Stream speeds its 
message of goodwill. 
TRAPSHOOTING HAS HEART THROBS. 
The more a man follows up tournaments, and, 
in fact, the local shoots of his club, the more he 
firmly resolves to eliminate that certain missed 
target in his score. Time and again he has 
seen it shut him out of the prizes even in so 
long a program as a 200 bird go, and he is quite 
likely to catch himself meditating on the uncer¬ 
tainties of life. As a matter of fact every shoot¬ 
er knows he and his associates must season 
themselves to omit seeing this missed target in 
their own and the other fellow’s score for it 
is not unlike the case of Mark Twain and the 
proud owner of an odd looking yet high-born 
dachshund. 
Someone asked Mark why he acted as if he 
didn’t see the dog. 
“Because,” replied Twain, “I was afraid the 
owner migfrt be sensitive about having it.” 
Verily, the old heart throb, once claimed alone 
by the owner of a muzzle-loader who with game 
in sight feverishly split the charge overboard in 
his haste, is not lost even in these last days. 
TAKE IT EASY! 
We have had it called to our attention more 
than ever this year that the man who tightens 
nearly all of his muscles and is almost rigid when 
he goes after his target, steadily weakens as the 
150 or 200 target program of the day wears on. 
Often times the last few events finds him “up in 
the air.” Of the many little “tricks of the 
trade” that go to break targets here is a thought 
that can safely be followed out; learn to handle 
yourself so easily that you will minimize the 
handicap the physical fatigue the end of the day 
naturally brings. “Losts” cost as much in per¬ 
centage in one event as another. 
AFTER YOU HAVE ARRIVED. 
We like to compare our sport with other sports 
and in nearly every phase it is different. Ath¬ 
letes arrive at the pink of condition only after a 
severe course of training. The trapshooter at¬ 
tains a condition of proficiency by gradual and 
pleasant stages. When he steps to the score he 
is no different than he has been for the preced¬ 
ing month or year even. He is his natural self. 
If he trained it would spoil him; he simply keeps 
his hand in and may enjoy in full the social ele¬ 
ment that is so inherent in the sport Indeed, 
he need not give up any of his habits or hobbies 
but bring them along with him so long 
as he lays them aside when he is in actual action. 
He is a spectator and a participant and the blend 
is entirely pleasant: it is an ideal condition that 
he would not change if he could. 
