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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 15, 1908. 
THE DU PONT LIST FOR 1000 
Birmingham, Ala., May 6-8: 
THE SOUTHERN HANDICAP. 
The Preliminary Handicap. 
High Average for Ihe Entire Tournament. 
Columbus, O., June 23-26: 
THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. 
The Professional Championship. 
Tie for First Place in the Amateur Championship. 
High Average for the Entire Tournament. 
High Amateur Average. 
Second and Third Moneys in the Preliminary Handicap. 
The Long Run of the Tournament—196 Straight. 
Boston, Mass., July 14-16: 
THE EASTERN HANDICAP. 
The Preliminary Handicap. 
High General Average for the Entire Tournament. 
High Amateur Average for the Entire Tournament. 
The above honors were won by shooters who used 
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UNCLE LISHA’S SHOP. 
By Rowland E. Robinson. 
•A- rare glimpse of an unspoiled corner of old New 
England by a sympathetic observer. This is one of Mr. 
Robinson’s most delightful sketches of Yankeeland, a 
book that appeals to the grown up folks, and is sure to 
T^i5 nlS u ma . n y agreeable hours to the younger generation. 
The shop itself, the work room of the village bootmaker, 
himself a perfect type, serves as a natural setting for 
the village characters, and is a sort of gossip and ex¬ 
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but a step to the district school, the sugar camp, the 
turkey shoot, and a hundred other homely, delightful 
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When writing say you saw the adv. in 
“Forest and Stream.” 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, Aug. 8. —At Armbruster’s Park to-day th 
following scores were made: 
Revolver, 50yds.—B. F. Wilder, 87, 90, 85, 87, 87- P 
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follows: 
Revolver, 20yds.—P. Hanford, 93, 90, 89, 92, 88; T L 
£• Morgan 80 SO; Dr. C. Philips, 83, 81, 80; R. H 
Ryder 90, S7, 85, 85, 85; T. P. Nichols, 87, 85 84, 84, 83- 
?o ^9 Wlfder, 85; G L. Armeroux, 75, 73; J. k. Silliman,’ 
83, 82; G. Grenzer, 86, 84, 82. 
Jos. E. Silliman, Treas. 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 
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4670 North Eighteenth street, Philadelphia, Pa., is ele’ 
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ferent grades of guns, ranging in price from $50 to $500 
are depicted in colors with admirable realism. All the 
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illustrated, the mechanism in particular having in this 
respect special attention bestowed on it. 
The reputation of the rainbow trout for certain streams 
has been thoroughly established, and it has become a 
favorite fish in some waters. For this reason the adver- 
tisement of the Plymouth Rock Trout Co., of Plymouth. 
Mass., offering next month, to furnish fingerling rain¬ 
bows for fall distribution will have a peculiar interest 
for those wishing to stock streams. 
“MY FRIEND THE PARTRIDGE.” 
Too few people in Springfield know that, 
living quietly in his little home on the Hill and 
doing his part toward making the rifles for the 
hrmy in the big armory factory, is one of the 
most widely recognized authorities on dogs and 
bird shooting in North America. Stephen 
Tillinghast Hammond has been content to live 
his life simply, accepting the friendship of the 
few and being far too reticent with his vast 
fund of woodlore, even with them. For years 
the readers of Forest and Stream have known 
him as “Shadow” and for many years he was the 
kennel editor of that periodical and the most 
respected authority on hunting dogs in the 
country. He has written a number of little 
books on dogs and the art of shooting with a 
shotgun, and these have become standards of 
their kind. But there was one book which all 
who know “Steve” Hammond have been urging 
him to write for years, a book which should be 
entirely characteristic, a rambling story of the 
ruffed grouse and the men who have been afield 
with the writer. Now it has been done under 
the title of “My Friend the Partridge (Forest 
and Stream Publishing Company, New York), 
and it proves well worth waiting for. To many 
some of the stories are old friends, for they have 
been told by little springs by the covers while 
luncheon was being eaten, and one of the long 
line of Mack’s given an hour’s rest. Some of 
the little stories are new, of men long gone, of 
the men whom Mr. Hammond shot with in his 
youth, men like George Ashmun, and his set. 
But these little pictures of the hunting are only 
a small part of the book—a part, perhaps, which 
will appeal more to local people, for one likes 
to read about his friends. The great value of 
“My Friend the Partridge” is that it is the last 
word on the subject of the life and habits of 
that interesting New England game bird. 
Mr. Hammond, in selecting his title, doubt¬ 
less chose to use the colloquial name of the 
ruffed grouse for popularity’s sake. No one 
must think for an instant that it is a mistake. 
Few hunters, and few naturalists, give the bird 
his right name, anyway. The partridge has even 
been the author’s first and only love and he 
has hunted him since a small boy. Just how 
many his old guns have brought down, he nor 
any one else can tell. In early life he became 
a ‘partridge expert,” hunting it in preference 
to other birds, and all the time making a close 
study of its habits and environments. In the 
opening chapter the charm of upland shooting 
is taken up and in it one gets into the rhythm 
of the book at once. The style comes as a sur- 
