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Garden Prairie Gun Club. 
Garden Prairie, HI., Oct. 18.—F. G. Bills was high 
professional with a total of 195 out of 200. He made a 
run of 125 straight. Lack of attendance was due to the 
absence of shooters on duck hunting trips. J. S. Young 
was high amateur with 190, and Alex. Vance was a 
close second with 187. J. O. Anderson, 176, was third. 
Scores follow: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 20 20 
F G Bills. 14 15 15 14 17 20 
H W Vietmeyer. 14 15 13 14 20 20 
E S Graham.12 15 15 15 19 18 
W D Stannard.. 14 11 14 14 19 20 
J S Young. 15 14 15 13 20 19 
A Vance .15 13 15 14 16 IS 
J O Anderson... 12 14 14 12 15 IS 
F P Sullivan.... 13 13 15 13 19 16 
H O Sears.12 12 10 13 16 14 
A Swezy . 9 13 12 13 17 17 
7 8 9 
15 15 15 
15 15 15 
14 15 14 
13 15 14 
14 13 15 
14 14 12 
15 14 14 
12 14 15 
12 12 13 
14 13 13 
10 11 12 
15 20 20 
15 20 20 
14 18 20 
15 19 20 
14 19 20 
14 20 20 
15 19 19 
13 19 18 
15 17 16 
14 15 15 
H. O. Sears, 
Broke. 
195 
191 
190 
188 
190 
187 
176 
174 
162 
81 
Sec’y. 
Orange Gun Club. 
Orange, N. T., Oct. 23. —In the merchandise event at 
25 targets, M. R. Baldwin won first with a perfect score, 
as follows: 
M R Baldwin. 0 25 
Hopper . 3 24 
Hilsmger . 1 22 
Moody . 8 23 
Wakely . 8 23 
Wallis . 8 23 
A second merchandise event at 25 targets resulted as 
follows: 
Baldwin 
Wickes . 
Hopper . 
Hilsinger 
0 22 Moody . 4 21 
0 21 Walceley . 3 20 
0 22 Wallis . 5 22 
1 25 
For the Wallis cup, 20 singles and 5 pairs, 
resulted as follows: 
Baldwin . 0 20 Hilsinger - 
Wickes . 0 22 Moody . 
Hopper . 0 17 Wakeley . 
the first leg 
. 1 IS 
. 4 20 
. 3 24 
Penrose Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Oct. 23.—Of the fourteen contestants 
Murphy was the only one to score straight in the event 
at 10 birds. Dando and Pratt tied on 9 for second. The 
tie on 8 had seven contestants. Scores: 
Murphy, 30.. .1222122112—10 
Dando, 29... .1011121211— 9 
Pratt, 28.2222222220— 9 
Sanford. 30.. .2102112022—8 
Felix, 30 .0220222222— 8 
Aiman, 29 ...0221102222—8 
Fisher, 30 ...0112202222—8 
Holznagle, 
James, 28 . 
Wingate, 
Paul, 28 . 
Schall, 28 
Williams, 
Hopkins, 
29.0121122101— 8 
.1020211111— S 
28..1120122220— 8 
_2022120022— 7 
....2202202022— 7 
29.. 1102011201— 7 
29.. 1102011201— 7 
'Rifle 'Range and Gallery . 
Individual Rifle Championship. 
The individual rifle; championship match for 1909, 
under the auspices of the Zettler Rifle Club, New York, 
is fixed to take place on Nov. 2, at Union Hill Schuetzen 
Park, Union Hill, N. J. 
The conditions are 100 shots per man, 25-ring target 
(%in. rings), distance 200yds., entrance $3, competition 
open to all comers. Any rifle and sights,. including 
telescopic, allowed. High power ammunition is barred. 
A forfeit of $1 must be paid on all entries on or before 
Oct. 30. The trophy is held by the winner for one year. 
The name of the winner of each year is inscribed on the 
trophy. A fine trophy, donated by T. H. Keller, is for 
the best 100-shot score; for best 10-shot score, $10; second 
best, $5. The targets will be open for practice at 
8 A. M. The match will start at 9 o’clock. Entry blanks 
are obtainable of Zettler Brothers, 159 West Twenty-third 
street, or of F. Hecking, same address. The N. R. A. 
medal will be contested for on same day by members of 
the Zettler Rifle Club. 
Providence Revolver Club. 
Providence, R. I., Oct. 20. —Scores made by members 
of the Providence Revolver Club, at their two ranges 
follow: 
ARLINGTON RANGE. 
Revolver, 50yds.: 
Joslin . 84 89 87 82 90—432 
Parkhurst . 88 84 86 86 82—426 
Pistol, 50yds.: 
Joslin . 86 92 85 93 93—449 
Willard . 87 82 86 84 SI—420 
English rifle, 25yds.: Coulters, 43, 46, 44, 43, 42. 
PORTSMOUTH RANGE. 
Revolver, 50yds.: W. Nash, 82, 82, 83, 86, 90; W. Almy, 
86, 88; T. J. Beisel, 88, 83, 77. W. Almy. 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, Oct. 21.—At 2628 Broadway to-day the 
appended scores were made: 
Revolver, 20yds.: G. P. Sanborn, 91, 91, 89, 86, 83; 
P. Hanford, 93, 93; J. L. R. Morgan, 88, 86, 85 , 83; 
C. W. Green, 89, 82; G. Grenzer, 85, 82, 81; J. E. Silli- 
man, 88, 86, 85, 84, 84. 
J. E. Silliman, Treas. 
Massachusetts Rifle Association. 
Walnut Hill, Mass., Oct. 23.—In the medal and 
badge match, L. Lewis was high with 87, and in the 
Shield pistol match Louis Bell took the medal. Scores: 
Medal and badge match, 200yds., offhand: L. Lewis 
87, S4; F. G. Fitz 84. 
All-comers’ practice match, 200yds., offhand: J. Bush- 
field 80, J. Smith 77. 
Pistol medal and badge match: C. F. Lamb, 84, 84, 83; 
M. Darling, 82, 81. 
Shield medal pistol match, 50yds., Columbian targets: 
Louis Bell, 8, 10, 6, 8, 7, 10, 10, 10, 9, 8, winning the 
medal on ten scores of 10 or better. 
Pistol practice match, 50yds.: F. S. Beckford 90, 89, 
87, 86; I. Smith, 86, 86, 85; M. Darling, 85, 85; M. 
Weeks, 84, 84, 80. 
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The eyes of big game hunters are turning ftore and 
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The Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, 
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the micrometer adjustment of the objective lens and the 
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Company. 
TRAMPERS OF TAMALPAIS TRAILS. 
Thousands of trampers of Tamalpais trails 
are fraternally united in their comman belief 
that no mountain of equal height on all this 
glad, green globe possesses a more pleasing va¬ 
riety of enchanting vistas and far-sweeping 
panoramas than this tri-peaked ridge of Tamal¬ 
pais. 
A source of perpetual inspiration for poetry 
and prose is this majestic over-lord of the 
Golden, Gate, Edward Rowland Sill, Ina Cool- 
brith, Col. Albert S. Evans, Helen Bingham, 
John Rea, and Clarence Urmy, all have paid 
their tributes to sovereign Tamalpais. For 
millenniums the Nipponese have reverenced 
their sacred Fujiyama. Greece gloried in 
Olympus when the world was young. The 
Scottish bards have sung their lays often in 
Ben Lomond’s praise, but ne’er were High¬ 
landers more loyal to their glens and braes 
than the clansmen of Auld Tam who roam this 
Caledonia of California. 
Each Sabbath morn, ere goodly folk have 
donned their conventional costumes of starch 
and frou-frou, this “canny, canty clan” is 
gathering at the Sausalito ferry. Corduroy and 
khaki clad comes mony a lassie and lad, and 
auld folk, eke, with staff and haversack, and 
hobnails ringing on the pavements. “Breathes 
there a man with soul so dead” who tingles not 
with expectant thrills as he mingles with this 
merry congregation? A holiday spirit haunts 
the waiting-room, and its spell imbues these_ pil¬ 
grims to “God’s temples.” Even the autopiano 
seems keyed up to the occasion,_ for its mechan¬ 
ism has attuned itself to a list of outdoors 
melody. As the throng in a theatre await the 
rising of the curtain, so does this crowd duster 
eagerly about the door. This will be, indeed, 
the first performance for children who, gleeful 
with anticipation, are about to enjoy their first 
outing in the Marin woods, while adult new¬ 
comers, soon to be initiated into the Clan 
Tamalpais, are wondering what treat is in 
store for them. 
Truly a cosmopolitan company are these 
trampers in togs picturesque. A certain canny 
Scot typifies his “ain countree,” as stalwart 
and straight he stands in the midst of the clan. 
Golf stockings, imported undoubtedly from 
Glesga, encase sturdy calves, that developed 
their firmness on his native, heathery highlands. 
His beard gives him a striking resemblance to 
Andrew Carnegie, the Laird o’ Skibo. A lover 
of sky-line ridges is he, and often he may be 
seen alighting from the train at the summit of 
Tamalpais, from which he strikes forth for the 
Bolinas ridge, whose fringe of Douglass 
spruces beckon around a corner of the ocean- 
rimmed horizon. 
The Scotch and their English cousins are quite 
characteristic of this Clan Tamalpais. Ardent 
out-of-doors folk and good fellows all, they are 
well represented among the passengers on early 
boats bound for Sausalito. The week-end recess 
is a popular institution throughout the United 
Kingdom, and these jolly “Johnny-Bulls” have 
taught many filial natives the value of relaxation 
among the greenwoods. 
In this potpourri of pedestrians the Germans 
are notably numerous. In the babel of voices 
on the morning boat you may hear them chat¬ 
tering of their choice of routes. “Dis day I 
vill to Villow Camp valk,” or “I go by Redwood 
Canon and waldmeister pick.” None of the 
pleasure-seekers you pass on these woodland 
trails are more enthusiastic lovers of “nature in 
her various forms” than are these German- 
Americans. 
Muir Woods is a favorite retreat for these 
wood-sick ones. In the early summer groups 
of them may be readily recognized, as. on 
bended knees, they gather the rare waldmeister 
from its hiding places among the trim oxalis 
carpets adorning Redwood Canon. Of sweetly 
subtle fragrance is this delicate herb that the 
Germans call the woodmaster. Its clusters of 
seven tiny leaves are crowned with small white, 
star-like blossoms during May time. Like its 
relatives of the mint family, it yields a richer 
and more pungent perfume when it is crushed 
in the fingers. Our Teutonic friends delight 
in gathering this sweet herb just before its 
May-flowering season, and immerse it in their 
white wines, to which it imparts a wondrous 
flavor. 
Your average young American is usually in 
too much of a hurry. His nervous energy 
drives him on and on. He is ever impelled to 
annihilate distance, and so he “hits the trail ’ 
at a pace-setting spurt that all too often blinds 
his eyes to the rare beauties beside his path. 
One organization of Tamalpais tramps is an 
aggregation of notorious stunters. It reverses 
the spelling of our mountain and calls its. mem¬ 
bers the Siaplamat Indians. On periodical 
cross-country runs from Mill Valley to Willow 
Camp its fleeter athletes cover the eight long 
and rough miles up hill and down break-neck 
trails in an hour, and even less. 
The gentler and more philosophic German is 
seldom attacked by Marathonitis. Although he 
is generally a lusty walker, he loves to linger 
during the delicious drowsy noon hours in the 
shade of the giant sequoias, drinking in the per¬ 
fume of azalea-haunted pools or listening to the 
laughing, lulling' music of the waterfalls. . In 
some rare fern-crypt he culls the delicious 
maidenhair and five-fingered fronds, and, when 
the shadows fall aslant through the redwood 
colonnades, he wends his homeward way, bear¬ 
ing a precious burden of forest spoils. Most of 
these exiles from the fatherland are well versed 
in wood lore and display a natural bent lor 
botany. The more fragile wild flowers they 
carefully press between sheets of blotting-paper, 
while cones of redwood and spruce, pine and 
cypress are carried to their home herbariums. 
At West Point, the most western . curve of 
the railroad, perches between the twisting tracks 
a picturesque little inn where German folk re¬ 
sort on recreation rambles. 
Thp hush of an early Sabbath morn broods 
over picturesque Mill valley. Its fern-fringed 
brook whispers matins of "holy quietude as it 
murmurs over the mossy margins of the four 
wells. A thrush flutters down to its brink to 
wet his witching whistle, then pipes his praise 
of this woodland beautiful in notes of liquid 
ecstasy. Floats faintly upward the whistle of 
an arriving train, a mile backward toward the 
sunshine. Ten minutes pass and still no other 
sound breaks the spell of nature, save the rat- 
a-tat tattoo of a woodpecker tapping a dead 
tree trunk. 
