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cylinder 20 and No. 6 shot is a combination only fit 
for the earliest days of partridge shooting. 
Of course, a 20, choke-bored, requires to be held 
straighter than an ordinary 12-bore game gun, but the 
remedy lies with the user. Also the lightness of a 20 
gives to the user of a 12 an uncertain mounting and 
swing of the gun, but this w'ears off until the return to 
a 12 shows one the same uncertainty with this, after 
using the 20, on account of its extra weight. To sum 
up, if a man be content to hold his gun straighter, and 
is reconciled to the use of a choke bore and No. 5 shot, 
he may avail himself of the light weight of a 20 without 
fear of a disappointment; if not, he is advised to stick 
to his 12-bore. 
In conclusion, it may be remarked that the fear of 
smashing game with a choke may be eliminated by 
holding forward and rather high instead of “dead on’’ 
the mark, that is to say, by striking the jnark with the 
under edge of the pattern instead of the center. 
I am not, unfortunately, a five-days-a-week man, but 
as one who began with a 16, changed to 12,_ and has 
gone back to 16, may I take a hand in this discussion? 
The crux of the matter seems to me to be that the 
personal factor is of very much greater importance than 
the mechanical one. We all know that a tennis player 
or cricketer would go off his game if he suddenly pro¬ 
vided himself with a much lighter racquet or bat than 
he was in the habit of using; how, then, can a shooter 
expect to do- otherwise. There is, moreover, the extra 
pull-off to be taken into account. 
We all know also that without confidence no one can 
shoot well, and the change from one bore to the other 
is so much in the nature of an experiment that a man 
whcx once makes an exhibition of himself—as he prob¬ 
ably will do, in his own. eyes at least—with his strange 
gun, will never regain confidence enough in his weapon 
to enable him to do it justice. 
As regards the mechanical side, I think the numerous 
comparative trials carried out by the Field prove that 
in velocity and pattern, which together mean killing 
power, the 16 compares very favorably with the 12; 
and this being so, I suggest that the wounding com¬ 
plained by some, is simply the result of the charge not 
being centered, partly because the smaller killing circle 
of the 16 calls for straighter holding and partly because 
the shooter is not at home with his strange gun, and is 
not the fault of the gun at all. 
The moral seems to be that if you are born with a 
12 in your hand, so to speak, stick to a gun of much 
the same “handling” through life. If you go off your 
shooting, get a new gun by all means, but don’t, for 
heaven’s sake, be persuaded that just because Jones or 
Brown shoots splendidly with a 16, that you, a 12-bore 
man, born and bred, can go and do likewise. .As for 
keepers not taking to 16s, surely the fact of 12 being the 
standard bore is reason enough. Also keepers as a 
class are not inclined to chop and change. They have 
too little money, and perhaps too much sense.—Cor¬ 
respondence in Field (London). 
The Palefaces. 
Boston, Mass., Feb. 16.—The second leg of the New 
England distance handicap championship was held on 
the Paleface grounds to-day, some twenty-two shooters 
in all joining in during the six events. 
That the shooting was of a quality equal to the best 
the scores show, but the conditions would hardly war¬ 
rant such high average work. 
One Geo. Hassam was all the berries, though there 
were others in Mayor and his brother Elmer Reed. 
With this trio in trim, of course, something good was 
to be had, and it was not very many targets before we 
found it out, with Mayor leading the way until the 
fifth event. At that point a bad half hour with three 
misses spoiled his chance for a 95 or 96, and Reed and 
George, each somewhat under handicapped, took plenty 
of leewav and came forth with the necessary straight 
to take the lead. 
All along the line the work of each individual was 
worthy of special mention, and it is a sure guess that 
the next shoot will easily be a corker, both from a 
shooting and an attendance aspect. Scores: 
Events: \ 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Hassam. 17 . 14 13 19 14 15 18 
Reed 17 . 14 14 18 14 15 18 
Mayor, 20 . 13 15 19 14 12 19 
Kirkwood, 19 . 14 14 18 13 13 18 
Mixter, 19 . 12 9 20 14 14 19 
Frank, 18 . 14 14 18 13 10 18 
Morse, 18 . 14 14 16 15 12 14 
Higginson. 18 . 13 13 18 11 15 15 
Charles, 19 . 14 13 17 13 11 15 
Ellis, 18 . 11 15 15 14 12 15 
Heard, 16 . 13 13 16 11 11 16 
Dickey, 17 . 13 12 16 10 11 15 
Hathaway, 18 . 12 8 16 12 10 18 
C C Clapp . 10 12 14 12 9 18 
Pierces, 16 . 10 10 15 11 15 13 
Whitney, 16 . 11 10 17 11 10 13 
Robbins, 16 . 7 8 15 13 11 16 
Wild, 16 . 12 14 17 13 .. .. 
Bond, 16 . 9 14 12 13 .. .. 
E E Clapp, 16 . 12 10 12 11 .. .. 
Burnes, 16 . 13 10 10 .. 
Follett, 16 . 
Kimball, 16 . 13 12 
Feb. 9.—The second Paleface shoot for the month of 
February was held at Wellington to-day with fourteen 
contestants entered for the 100-target distance handicap 
event. 
W. F. Clarke with his new single-sticker seemed to 
be there in the lime light and took the cut glass 
souvenir for his fine work of 94. 
Bob Smith also had a hand in the proceedings and 
slipped over a score of 92 or just one too many for 
the high professional, Sibley. 
Higginson and Morse, both from the Harvard Uni¬ 
versity Club, made the 90 class, incidentally placing 
themselves in line for the handicapper’s ax, which at 
Broke. 
94 
93 
92 
90 
88 
87 
86 
85 
83 
82 
80 
77 
76 
75 
74 
72 
10 17 
present needs a little sharpening, for one or two of the 
regulars who have been somewhat out of it for a few 
months and who are now coming round to form. 
After the regular event a very interesting team match 
was shot between Frank’s five “prunes” and Clarke’s 
five “lemons,” the 
scores were counted. 
latter biting 
Scores: 
the 
dust 
when final 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
Broke. 
Clarke, 17 . 
. 14 
15 
19 
14 
14 
18 
94 
Smith, 16 . 
. 15 
14 
19 
14 
14 
16 
92 
Sibley, 17 . 
. 13 
13 
19 
15 
15 
16 
91 
Higginson, 18 . 
. 12 
15 
18 
10 
15 
20 
90 
Morse, 16 . 
. 14 
14 
18 
12 
14 
18 
90 
Kirkwood, 20 . 
. 15 
15 
14 
10 
14 
18 
86 
Charles, 19 . 
. 14 
13 
19 
13 
11 
16 
86 
Bond, 16 . 
. 14 
13 
15 
10 
15 
19 
86 
Frank, 18 . 
. 12 
15 
17 
11 
12 
17 
84 
Hassam, 18 . 
. 13 
15 
17 
13 
10 
15 
88 
Dickey, 16 . 
. 15 
14 
17 
11 
11 
14 
82 
Hathaway, 18 . 
. 12 
12 
18 
9 
13 
18 
82 
Jones, 16 . 
. 11 
13 
15 
13 
10 
19 
81 
Wheeler, 16. 
10 
16 
13 
13 
16 
80 
Atlantic City Gun Club. 
Atlantic City, N. J., Feb. 19.—The Atlantic City Gun 
Club is slated for some “big doings” for the coming 
season, with the annual Easter Monday tournament and 
the New Jersey State shoot in June, the latter to be 
run off on the famous Young’s pier, where the Westy 
Hogans gather again in September. 
The Easter tournament will be shot on the club’s 
grounds; the program will consist of 200 targets in ten 
events of 20 each. The last 60 targets will carry with 
it two guns, one watch and three prizes in cash, all to be 
eligible by paying $5. There will be an optional sweep 
in connection with each event of $1.00 to be divided 
40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. There will be also an optional 
sweep of $5 on each the first and last hundred targets, 
high gun shooting, two moneys for every ten entries. 
This shoot attracted sixty shooters last year, and this 
year we feel confident we will not have less than seventy- 
five on the firing line. 
The State shoot will carry with it $325 in cash and 
about $700 worth ^of merchandise, all open to the entire 
country for the price of targets only. 
The Westy Hogan shoot is a great event, but, we 
anticipate that this State shoot will eclipse any shoot 
ever held in the East, and to be on the safe side, shooters 
better reserve the dates immediately, for even the inter¬ 
mediate shots are protected in this event. Keep the 
dates in mind brother shooters, and we assure you that 
you cannot afford to miss this, “the event of the year” 
in the East. 
The weekly shoot drew quite a crowd, in spite of the 
inclement weather. Dr. Westcott shot a very even 
race and was high gun for the afternoon. 
Cook was trying out a new gun and was handicapped 
with a bad case of “flinches.” 
Powers also had a strange gun, and the discs refused 
to crumble to dust, as they have had a way of doing 
in the past. 
Young says he is a summer shooter and is praying 
for the “good, old summer time,” when there will be 
something doing. 
Scores. 
Events: 12345678 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Cook . 18 
Westcott . 22 
Powers . 16 20 18 21 
Young . 9 17 14 15 
Sheppard . 13 22 .. .. 
Mathis . 15. 
Team shoot: 
Powers .20 
Sheppard .22—42 
18 20 16- 18 19 21 19 
20 20 21 22 23 
16 17 
gun: 
W T 
Elias. 
. 24 
T< 
R 
Hooker....... 
.... 24 
H L 
Welles. 
.18 
E 
A 
Wilson. 
.... 25 
W B 
Short. 
. 23 
J 
G 
Batterson. 
22 
R S 
Spotts. 
. 21 
J 
R 
Collins. 
.... 25 
W B 
Smith. 
. 22 
A 
B 
Alley. 
.... 13 
56 
W 
T Elias., 
. 20 
K R Hooker. 
.... 19 
48 
F 
Pelham . 
. 25 
E A Wilson. 
.... 22 
45 
H 
H Wells. 
. 20 
T G Batterson. 
.... 24 
33 
W 
B Short. 
. 20 
T R Collins . 
.... 24 
27 
R 
S Spotts. 
. 21 
A B Alley. 
.... 19 
25 
W 
B Smith. 
. 23 
mulative cup: 
W T Elias . 
.23 
IC 
R 
Hooker... 
F Pelham. 
.24 
F. 
A 
Wilson... 
II H Wells. 
.17 
J 
G 
Batterson. 
W B Short. 
22 
T 
R 
Collins.... 
R S Spotts. 
22 
E 
G 
Smith.... 
W B Smith. 
. 18 
S. S. White Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 19. —At Holmesburg Junction, 
t,o-day, the two events, the club and class challenge cups 
and the Hunter Arms trophy, had thirty-three and 
twenty-seven contestants respectively. The former event 
was won by F. W. Mathews, the latter, the Hunter 
trophy, by C. Hand. Mathews and Hand, for the shoot 
of last month and this month, for the Hunter trophy, 
had tied on 96, and these two shoots determined the 
winner of the prize. They shot off at 25 targets, and 
Hand won, 22 to 18. 
Club and class challenge cups, 50 targets 
Hdcp. 
Class 
T’tl 
Hdcp. Class 
.T’tl 
Boyer . 
3 
B 
46 
F Mathews. 2 
B 
62 
Harkins .... 
5 
C 
39 
W Mathews 2 
A 
46 
Sidebotham 
3 
B 
39 
Eyre .... 
... 4 
C 
46 
Harkins .... 
5 
C 
39 
George .. 
... 4 
C 
64 
Heite .. 
8 
D 
41 
Cotting . 
... 5 
C 
43 
Witherden . 
5 
C 
43 
Kendall . 
... 8 
D 
47 
Frank . 
1 
A 
45 
Hinkson 
... 8 
D 
41 
Harper .... 
3 
B 
36 
Firth ... 
.... 6 
C 
48 
Newcomb . 
0 
A 
47 
Nelson ., 
.... 5 
C 
60 
Severn . 
0 
A 
41 
Fontaine 
... 4 
C 
41 
Lewis . 
21 
Hand .... 
... 5 
C 
54 
Griffith .... 
i 
A 
50 
Robinson 
.. 3 
B 
46 
Pratt . 
3 
A 
40 
Bentz ... 
, , 
26 
Cantrell .... 
3 
A 
44 
Hafer ... 
. . 
28 
Appleton .. 
3 
B 
50 
Cameron 
, , . 
, . 
15 
Beyer . 
3 
B 
44 
Weakley 
... 4 
. . 
6 
German .... 
. 
22 
Hunter Arms trophy, 50 targets: 
Boyer . 
Harkins .. 
Hdcp. 
Total. 
40 
Hdcp. 
F W Mathews 4 
Tota 
50 
20 
W H Mathews 3 
60 
Frank .... 
.... 4 
43 
Eyre . 
.... 6 
43 
Harper ... 
.... 5 
44 
George ... 
.... 7 
45 
Newcomb 
.0 
44 
Hinkson .. 
.... 12 
31 
Severn .... 
.... 2 
44 
Firth . 
.... 9 
36 
Lewis . 
41 
Nelson .... 
.... 8 
34 
Griffith ... 
.... 3 
50 
Fontaine . 
.... 7 
47 
Pratt . 
.... 6 
42 
Hand .... 
.... 8 
50 
Cantrell .. 
.... 2 
43 
Robinson . 
.... 6 
49 
Appleton .. 
.... 4 
44 
Cameron . 
. 
20 
German .. 
47 
Tones . 
21 
Eagle Gun Club. 
Manoa, Pa., Feb. 19.—Two events, one at 10, the other 
at 5 birds, and a miss-and-out, constituted the program 
of the Eagle Gun Club to-day. McFales was first in the 
10-bird event with 9. In the 5-bird event W. Paulsen 
and Aiman tied on straight scores. The latter won the 
miss-and-out, nine entries, with a total of 3. Scores: 
Ten-bird event, handicap: 
McFalls, 30.220222221—9 
W Paulson, 30..022212210—8 
Aiman, 30.221022201-8 
Fleming, 28.220022012—7 
F Paulson, 29. .220012022—7 
Five-bird event, handicap: 
W Paulson, 27.11121—5 
Aiman, 30 .21111—5 
Redman, 29 .02212—4 
Hofman, 28 .02222—4 
Redman, 29.222200021—7 
Esslinger, 28.. .002220221— 6 
Hefner, 27.020001220-4 
Hoffman, 29... .200210020-4 
Fleming, 28.00222—3 
F Paulson, 28 .00222—3 
Hefner, 28 . 02101—3 
Esslinger, 27 . 00210—2 
Miss-and-out event, handicap: 
Aiman, 30 .122—3 
F Paulson, 29 .220—2 
Redman, 29 .220—2 
Hoffman, 29 .220—2 
Fleming. 28 .20 —1 
W Paulson, 28 . 20 —1 
Hefner, 27 .20 —1 
McFalls, 30 .20 —1 
Jones, 27 .0 —0 
Cook . 16 
Wescott . 20—36 
A. H. Sheppard, Sec’y. 
Larchmonf Yacht Club. 
Larchmont, N. Y., Feb. 19.—The winners of the day 
were: G. F. Pelham, who won the leg on the February 
cup; J. Ross Collins, and W. D. Wells. Scores: 
High gun, scratch, out of a possible 125 targets, un¬ 
known angles: 
W J Elias. 98 K R Hooker. 100 
F Pelham . 110 E A Wilson. 105 
H H Wells. 92 J-G Batterson..;..108 
R S Spotts.105 j R Collins.107 
W B Smith. 106 
Handicap, 25 birds, unknown angles, for leg on Sauer 
Concordia (Kansas) Blue Ribbon Gun Club. 
Concordia, Kans.—J. T. Clark, of Randall, was the 
high man and also carried off the new Stevens trap gun 
with a score of 46 out of 50. The weather conditions 
were very unfavorable for high scores, and Mr. Clark’s 
score of 46 out of 50 was very good and safe, the 
closest man having only 42, and the most of the boys 
were down in the 30s. 
Mr. Paul H. Rohr, of the Baker-Ossman Hardware 
Co., will have charge of and run the shoots in the future. 
Following are the scores made in a 15-target and the 
50-target event for the Stevens trap gun: 
Events: 
Price 
1 
O 
Events: 
1 
2 
14 
46 
Fred Larson. 
.. 10 
37 
12 
42 
Snvder . 
.. 9 
36 
12 
39 
Phillips . 
... 8 
37 
13 
38 
Barton . 
... 11 
34 
14 
36 
Goodman . 
.. 10 
32 
11 
39 
De Graff . 
.. 7 
34 
12 
37 
Tohn Havden ... 
... 10 
. , 
12 
35 
Don Phillips .... 
20 
6 
41 
Ed Larson . 
19 
8 
40 
Roswell .. 
1.. 
19 
J. F. Caldwell, Sec’y. 
Handicap, 25 targets, unknown angles, for leg on W. 
B. Short’s February cup: 
Buffalo Audubon Gun Club. 
—Scores made at the club 
Y., Feb. 19. 
as follows: 
25 
20 
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Buffalo, N. 
shoot to-day are 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 
Imhoff .15 12 16 8 
Reid . 10 14 16 16 
Dr Cummings.. 15 13 18 18 
Freeman ..15 17 17 18 
Lambert .17 15 18 17 
Smith .15 17 16 16 
Bernhard .15 15 IS .. 
Cox . 14 19 20 19 
Wootton .16 18 19 18 
C J Wilson.13 11 16 18 
Trautman .13 8 14 15 
Talcott . 19 17 19 18 
Suckow .17 15 17 17 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 
Events: 12 3 4 
Mesinger .16 16 13 12 
Keily .16 15 19 16 
Dr Wilson .20 16 19 17 
C S Sidway.16 15 17 15 
R H Sidway... 17 17 17 17 
Wright .. 19 18 20 .. 
Warner .16 15 18 18 
Tomlinson .17 9 17 18 
Walkinshaw ... 12 15 .. .. 
Hopper .15 17 18 20 
Burke .11 13 15 18 
Savage .15 17 15 14 
Smith, Jr. 5 . 
W. C. Wootton, Sec’y. 
