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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July ii, 1908. 
GRAND AMERICAN 
HANDICAP 
Some Records to be Proud of 
Sixteen Grand American Handicaps 
Out of a. Total of Eighteen 
(Ten at Pigeons and Eight at Targets) 
Have been Won by Shooters who used 
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“Forest and Stream.” 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, June 27. —At Armbruster’s Park to-day the 
following scores were made: ' 
Revolver, 50yds., 10 shots—Dr. H. H. Brinkerhoff, 84, 
SO, 83, 85, 86, 86, 85, 89, 87, 86, 87, 80; J. L. R. Morgan, 
71, 77, 81, 78, 84, 82, 81, 79. S3, 86; G. P. Sanborn, 82, 90, 79, 
82, S3, SI, 90, 90, 88, 90, 97, 92, 88, 92, 87, 96 , 89, 84, 85, 90. 
June 25.—At 2628 Broadway scores were made as fol¬ 
lows : 
Revolver, 20yds.—M. Hays, 86, 82, 82, 80, 80; W. J. 
Coons, 83, 80; . L. R. Morgan, 87, 84, 80, 80; R. M. 
Ryder, 89. 86, 87, 86, 83, 83; Dr. C. Philips, 82, 83, 80; 
G. Grenzer, 83, S3, 83, 82; J. E. Silliman, 86, 85, 85. 
July 2.—At 2628 Broadway scores were made to-day as 
follows: 
Revolver, 20yds.—J. L. R. Morgan, 85, 80, 81, 80; M. 
Hays, 85, 83, 82, 82; Dr. C. Philips, 85, 85, SO, 80; R. 
M. Ryder, 87, 81. 86, 85, 86, 85. 85, 86, 84, 83. 82; G. 
Grenzer, 87, 86, S3, 83; J. E. Silliman, 87, 88, 88, 86, 84, 
83, 82, 81, 80, 80. 
Jos. E. Silliman, Treas. 
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among them an extraordinary set of caribou horns. The 
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FLY-BOOKS I HAVE MET. 
It is said that a man is known by the com¬ 
pany he seeks. May it not be equally true that 
an angler is known by the fly-book he keeps? 
In these days of delineation of character by 
hand-writing, by the configuration of the finger¬ 
nails, by the angle at which the hat is worn, by 
the manner in which a cigar is smoked, and by 
a dozen everyday trivialities, a man is almost 
afraid to walk abroad, lest.his public appearance 
should be one huge compound advertisement of 
the fact that he had “done” the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer out of eighteenpence in his in¬ 
come-tax returns. Under such circumstances I 
rather hesitate to add a fresh terror to life by 
suggesting that a man’s character should be 
judged by the fly-book he carries; and yet in 
very truth much of the distinctive qualities of 
the angler are faithfully reflected in the ap¬ 
pointment of the leathern wallet containing his 
flies and “fixings.” 
One cheery veteran north-country trout fisher 
with whom I have spent many happy hours, 
and than whom no man ever threw straighter 
three yards of single hair on a moorland river, 
possesses Brobdingnagian views on the fly- 
book question. Confront him with a fly prob¬ 
lem which necessitates a reference to his 
armory, and he dives into an immense hare 
pocket in the left skirt of his fishing coat, to lug 
out a terrific quarto volume, which at first glance 
makes you gasp with the thought that he has 
inadvertently brought the family Bible along 
with him instead of his fly-book. A second look, 
however, reveals the fact that the impressive 
tome has length and breadth in plenty, but no 
thickness worth mentioning. Its owner slips 
off a strong elastic band and opens the covers. 
At once the whole of its treasures are laid be¬ 
fore the eye. There is no turning over of 
leaves, no perplexing hunt for the special patt- 
tern in demand; between two leaves of felt the 
whole resources of the storehouse are laid bare, 
and the big but simple fly-book has positively 
nothing up its sleeve. In a moment the eye has 
roved over the entFe acreage of the bumbles 
and bloas snread indiscriminately upon yielding 
felt. The fly sought for is not there. Quickly 
the great portfolio is returned to the depths of 
the left skirt of the coat; the veteran makes an¬ 
other dive into a second hare pocket in the 
right skirt, and wriggles out a companion book 
to the first, strongly reminiscent at first sight 
of a counting-house ledger. Off comes the 
elastic band, and again, between two single 
sheets of felt or flannel, are exposed to view all 
the materials of a fly-dresser’s traveling reposi¬ 
tory, with the complete stock-in-trade laid out 
for inspection on one floor—silks, feathers, and 
dabbing. The arrangement, which would be ir¬ 
ritatingly cumbersome to most of us. is typical 
of the man—big hearted, big fly-booked, frank 
and open as the day when he unfolds himself, 
and with no hole-and-corner work about him. 
Another fly-book I know is a model of neat- 
