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JERSEY CITY. N. X 
Sam Lovel's Boy. 
By Rowland E. Robinson. Price, $1.25. 
Sam Lovel’s Boy is the fifth of the series of Danvis 
books. No one has pictured the New Englander with 
so much insight as has Mr. Robinson. Sam Lovel and 
Huldah are two of the characters of the earlier books 
in the series, and the boy is young Sam, their son, who 
grows up under the tuition of the coterie of friends that 
we know so well, becomes a man just at the time of the 
Civil War, and carries a musket in defense of what he 
believes to be the right. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
HITTING vs. MISSING. 
By S. T. Hammond (“Shadow”). Cloth. Price, $1.00. 
Mr. Hammond enjoys among his field companions the 
repute of being an unusually good shot, and one who is 
particularly successful in that most difficult branch of 
upland shooting, the pursuit of the ruffed grouse, or 
partridge. 1 his prompted the suggestion that he should 
write down for others an exposition of the methods by 
which his skill was acquired. The result is this original 
manual of “Hitting vs. Missing.” We term it original, 
because, as the chapters will show, the author was self- 
taught; the expedients and devices adopted and the forms 
of practice followed were his own. This then may be 
termed'the Hammond system of shooting; and as it was 
successful in his own experience, being here set forth 
simply and intelligently, it will prove not less effective 
with others. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
When writing say you saw the ad. in “Forest 
and Stream.” 
gave a vote of thanks to the Governor for the same. The 
equipment includes the mess hall, and this year it is 
expected the mess will be placed under the direction of 
a regular army officer, Congress appropriating $12,000 for 
the messing of the competitors. 
Col. R. K. Evans, who has been executive officer of the 
last three national matches, has been selected by Secre¬ 
tary Dickinson as executive officer for 1910, and the 
rules were amended to provide for two assistant execu¬ 
tive officers, one of them to be from the organized 
militia. 
The National Board sustained the action of the execu¬ 
tive officer in disqualifying the Naval Academy team at 
Camp Perry last year, but incorporated in its proceed¬ 
ings a paragraph from his report, in which Col. Evans 
says: “The executive officer avails himself of this op¬ 
portunity to state that there is nothing in this incident 
which can reflect in the slightest degree on the honor or 
good faith of the Naval Academy team.” Col. Evans 
also paid a high compliment to the team. The resolu* 
tions and quotations were forwarded to the Secretary 
of the Navy. 
To prevent any possibility of a similar misunderstand¬ 
ing in the future, the rules relating to the arms used in 
the matches were revised so as to provide that “the trig¬ 
ger pull must always be at least three pounds. Rifle to 
be used as issued by the Ordnance Department, without 
alteration or modification of any kind or character what¬ 
soever. A violation of this rule in any respect shall dis- 
qualify a team or competitor.” A new provision author¬ 
izes the Ordnance Department to select star-gauged rifles 
“of as high grade as can be produced,” for the use of 
teams and individuals in the national matches.. 
All the ammunition companies have been invited to 
submit bids for furnishing 1.000,000 rounds of ,30cal. and 
a competitive test will be had, and the ammunition which 
is the best will be selected for the matches. The Ord¬ 
nance Department will compete with the private compa¬ 
nies, as last year. The allowance for preliminary practice 
was slightly increased. 
A great advance was made in the rules governing the 
distances and the shooting in the matches. The 800yd. 
range was cut out entirely from the national team and 
individual matches. Instead of the rapid-fire being on 
a bullseye target, Target D will be substituted for target 
A. Target D carries the figure of a man prone, and a 
shot in the figure will count 5, a shot below the figure 
4, and others 3 and 2. The competitors will be lined up 
and fire by odd and even numbers, the former firing 
first. The pieces will be loaded, and when all are ready 
a signal will be given, and the targets will rise and re¬ 
main in position for 20 seconds, and then disappear. 
As the targets come up the competitors will sink to the 
ground, with one knee on the ground and an elbow on 
the other knee. The five shots must be fired or other¬ 
wise each unexpended cartridge will count as a miss, and 
firing mav be continued from the time the target appears 
until, it disappears. Any competitor having a defective 
cartridge, a disabled piece or more than five hits on his 
target, must fire again. Only “battle sights” may be 
used in rapid fire. 
A similar change has been made in the rules for the 
skirmish runs. The skirmishers will be assembled at a 
point more than 600yds. from the targets. The magazines 
will be filled, and one cartridge loaded therefrom. Fir¬ 
ing will begin at 600yds. and the targets will be run up 
and continue in sight for thirty seconds, during which 
two shots are fired, the competitor firing at will. The 
targets will then be withdrawn and the competitors ad¬ 
vanced to 500yd. line, and two more shots will be fired, 
the targets appearing and disappearing as before. Three 
shots will be fired at the 400yd. and 350yd. firing point, 
and at the 300 and 200yd. points five shots are to be 
fired. At all ranges except 600yds. the battle sights will 
be used. As this will be the first time that disappearing 
targets have been used in the national matches, the in¬ 
novation will attract widespread attention in this and 
other countries, as it will furnish an unusually severe 
test of marksmanship. The match will be the more 
interesting from the standpoint of the spectators because 
of the changes. 
eye-pieces, telescopic sights, spirit levels, temporary 
shades or other devices is forbidden, but competitors 
may use field glasses or small telescopes such as might 
reasonably be carried as a part of a soldier’s equipment, 
ihey may also use a micrometer and individual score 
book the use of such lubricants as are not injurious 
to the rifle will be permitted. An important change of 
a technical character has been made by the National 
Board in substituting the word “revolver” for the word 
pistol wherever found in the rules. This marks the 
passing of the pistol from military shooting. The am¬ 
munition for the national revolver match will be selected 
on the same lines as that for the rifle matches 
The classification in the national team match will be 
the same as last year, but based on the results of 1909 
No change was made in the prize list, but the provision 
requiring the team making fifth place to drop two men 
and the sixth team to drop one man was stricken out. 
!\ew \ ork, Jan. 27.—At 2628 Broadway scores to-da 
were made as follows: 
Revolver 20yds : B F Wilder 88, 85, 84, 84; E. G 
T oe ' 81; p - Hanford 95. 94. 89, 89, 89 
M A tt Dlet Qn 90 <k S9 Vi S8 ’ F tF Mor ff an 89, 88, 87, 85, 84 
o 1- X? 90, Dr - J- R - Hicks 89. 87, 87, 87, 85- Di 
fill£an S ^ e 83 93 * * 865 G ‘ 87 ’ 86 ’ ^ * * 
Hudson 2 24 y 6 d ; S H G M L - Pop"* 246 ’ 244 ’ 2415 Dr ’ W ’ G 
Jos. E. Silliman, Treas. 
Secretary F. Hecking calls attention to the fourteenth 
annual J 00-shot indoor championship match, to be held 
under the auspices of the Zettler Rifle Club, 159 West 
Twenty-third street, New York, March 12-19. 
