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[Nov. 27, 1909. 
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For a gun of which the ordinary pattern is GO per 
cent., results of 80 and 74 per cent., respectively, are 
exceedingly high. This is not the time to discuss in 
detail whether the ordinary rules of dispersion cease to 
apply to shot sizes exceeding a certain value. .Any¬ 
how it is quite possible that the large, heavy B size of 
pellet is more inclined to maintain a straight course in 
the air than the ordinary small sporting sizes. How¬ 
ever this may be, the patterns obtained at 10yds. greater 
range still exceed 62 per cent., while even at 55yds. no 
less than half the pellets lay within the same size 
circle. The following are the details of the actual re¬ 
sults obtained: 
Table III.—Pellets in 30in. circle, with same gun and 
similar cartridges: 
Schultze at 50yds. 
,-Position of Circle- N 
Elevation. 
Laterally. 
53. 
. 2in. low 
2in. left 
56. 
2in. right 
56. 
2in. left 
51. 
lin. left 
49. 
true 
Av. 53=62% 
Diameter of spread about 40in. 
Schultze at 55yds. 
44.lOin. low 2in. right 
49. 4in. low true 
43. 4in. low true 
39.lOin. low true 
52. 5in. low 2in. right 
Av. 45=53% 
Diameter of spread about 45in. 
Previous experiments have indicated that at 50yds. the 
number of pellets in the circle is 60 per cent, of those 
obtained at the standard 40yds. distance. Here the fall¬ 
ing off is undoubtedly much less, which confirms the 
suggestion that the large size under test maintains a 
very true course. The 53 pellets at 50yds. represents no 
less than 78 per cent, of the number obtained at 40yds. 
The results at the furthest distance dealt with are 
similarly close in proportion, so that an unexpected ad¬ 
vantage seems to attach to the use of the extreme size 
of shot here chosen for long-distance shooting. 
In order to give the reader some kind of idea what 
effect this charge produces at 50yds., a succession of 
shots were fired at 2ft. squares of cardboard. The re¬ 
sults seemed at first very disappointing compared with 
those obtained in the ordinary pattern test. Although 
the 30in. circle does not seem at first sight of very 
much greater area than a 2ft. square, actually the one is 
nearly 82 per cent, of the other. Therefore, the 53 
pellets of the selected 30in. circle should become 43 for 
a selected 2ft. square. Selection was, however, impos¬ 
sible in the case of the sheet of cardboard. Conse¬ 
quently, it could not be shifted about to include the 
many useful pellets lying outside one or other of its 
sides. Sufficient shots were fired to arrive at the average 
type, and the illustrations here given are typical of 
the results obtained. Though the chances of succes- 
fully dealing with a single bird «@re doubtless “odds 
against,” the utility of the distribution for aiming into 
a pack is obvious. One favorable feature of the pat¬ 
terns, which at first sight may seem unfavorable, is the 
general, patchiness of the distribution. But this surely 
favors the “kill or miss” conditions which it has been 
sought to fulfill. The large number of instances where 
two or three pellets are gathered together in a small 
group of their own means that birds SO' struck would 
almost certainly be gathered without trouble or delay. 
The blank spaces merely express the flukiness of shots 
taken beyond the natural range of the gun; but they 
have this advantage of the results with ordinary shot, 
viz., that they do no harm to the stock of game. This 
certainly cannot be said of the practice of shooting at 
birds out of range of small shot. Each B pellet has 
practically the same power as if it were fired out of a 
punt gun, and the claim that this result is obtainable 
from a shoulder gun at least merits attention and a 
practical trial, to ascertain whether the theoretical 
principles which have been advanced are in harmony 
with practical conditions.—The Field. 
Concordia (Kansas) Blue Ribbon Gun Club Shoot 
Concordia, Kans., Nov. 17.—George W. Lewis was 
high man with 157 out of 165. Clarence Krohn was high 
amateur with 154, Stewart second with 152. 
Visiting shooters were George W. Lewis, Peters Car¬ 
tridge Co.; D. D. Gross, Dupont Powder Co., and H. E. 
Concannon, of the U. M. C. Co., and F. W. Chapel, of 
Simpson, Kans. 
Following are the scores made: 
Events: 
1 
O 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
Targets: 
15 
15 
20 
15 
15 
20 
15 
15 
20 
15 
Broke. 
* Lewis . 
...13 
14 
20 
15 
13 
20 
13 
14 
20 
15 
157 
Krohn . 
...14 
11 
20 
14 
15 
20 
12 
15 
19 
14 
154 
Sewart . 
...12 
15 
19 
13 
15 
18 
14 
15 
IS 
13 
152 
♦Gross . 
. .. 14 
14 
17 
13 
13 
18 
12 
13 
20 
14 
148 
Caldwell . 
...15 
14 
10 
12 
14 
19 
12 
15 
IS 
13 
148 
Empson . 
...14 
12 
14 
15 
13 
19 
14 
15 
16 
15 
147 
Myers . 
... 13 
14 
18 
12 
15 
IS 
13 
13 
18 
14 
147 
♦Concannon . 
... 12 
11 
17 
14 
14 
19 
13 
15 
16 
12 
143 
Chappel . 
...11 
11 
17 
10 
14 
16 
15 
13 
18 
12 
137 
Snyder . 
...13 
14 
15 
12 
13 
20 
12 
12 
19 
130 
De Graff . 
14 
17 
14 
14 
20 
13 
13 
IS 
123 
Foster . 
12 
17 
11 
11 
17 
11 
79 
Eckstrom . 
15 
14 
12 
10 
IS 
11 
ii 
94 
Barton . 
... 13 
18 
ii 
15 
IS 
78 
Phillips . 
...12 
n 
14 
11 
13 
61 
Mackie . 
12 
12 
is 
40 
Iluscher . 
i2 
12 
♦Professionals. 
J 
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L DWELL, 
Sec'y. 
Highland Gun Club. 
Edge Hill, Pa., Nov. 20.—Poultry in abundance 
furnished objects of competition, Landis taking three 
turkeys and four chickens. Others in the poultry wins 
were Tansey, Sidebotham, I. Wolstencroft, Aiman, Perry, 
Anderson, George, Overbaugh and Dr. Wentz. There 
were ten 10-target programme events, each event after the 
first being handicapped according to the showing in the 
previous event. There were several ties, which were 
decided by lot. No one was allowed to win more than 
three turkeys. The day was exceptionally fine. The 
scores, showing the actual breaks in each event, follow: 
Sidebotham ... 
.... 7 7 10 10 
8 8 8 8 
7 
9 
82 
Tansey . 
.... 10 9 9 
10 
8 10 9 9 
9 10 
93 
George . 
.... 588 
5 
8 7 7 5 
7 
9 
69 
Wentz . 
.... 852 
3 
6 9 7 6 
6 
7 
59 
.... 5 
5 
5 4 3.. 
Overbaugh ... 
.... S 9 10 
9 
7 9 10 9 
7 
8 
86 
Wright . 
.... 645 
4 
4. 
23 
Anderson .... 
.... 976 
8 
9 7 9 7 
9 
8 
79 
Favic 
.846 
6 
7. 
31 
Harkins . 
.... 571 
4 
7 18 3 
7 
4 
47 
Lewis . 
.... 8 8 8 
5 
7 4 8 5 
8 
7 
68 
Landis . 
.... 9 10 10 
9 
9 9 10 10 
9 
9 
94 
Perry . 
.... 689 
7 
8 10 10 10 
8 
8 
84 
Mercer . 
....10 8 5 
6 
7 9 9 .. 
9 
63 
Roatche . 
.... 776 
8 
5 4 6 .. 
43 
Aiman . 
....10 9 9 
8 
..989 
62 
I Wolstencroft 
.... 9 S 7 
S 
S 9 7 8 
7 
7 
78 
Ten doubles: 
Landis 15, Overbaugh 13, William 
Dalton 
11, Tansey 8, 
Wright 8, Harkins 4, Davis 
4, 
Walter 
Dalton 4. 
Five overhead: 
Landis 5, 
I. 
Wolstencroft 4, Side- 
botham 3, Mercer 2, Harkins 2, Overbaugh 2. 
Five incomers: Franklin 4, Overbaugh 4, I. Wolsten¬ 
croft 3, Landis 3, Mercer 1, Harkins 1, Sidebotham 0. 
Shoot-off for turkey: Overbaugh 2, Franklin 1. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., Nov. 20.— Four trophy events were 
run off to-day, twelve men competing. Most of the 
scores were remarkable for their excellence. 
In event 1, Allan won out with 24 breaks to his 
credit, while in the second event, Allan and Bush and 
Crane tied for first place with 23 each, Bush winning 
out. In the third event, Bush and Boxall tied with 24 
breaks, Boxall winning in the shoot-off. In the fourth 
event, Allan was high man with a clean score of 25 
breaks. 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 
Batten . 21 22 21 24 
Bush . 23 23 24 22 
Allan . 24 23 23 25 
Greene .18 19 19 20 
Baldwin .17 18 19 21 
Boxall .’22 22 24 23 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 
Crane . 21 23 22 23 
Old . 19 20 21 18 
Erazee . 21 22 21 20 
Harrison .19 17 18 16 
England .17 18 17 16 
Winslow. 19 19 20 19 
Ossining Gun Club. 
Ossining, N. Y., Nov. 20.—The scores appended were 
made at a practice shoot to-day. A number of valuable 
prizes have been provided by Col. Brandreth for the 
club shoot to be held on Thanksgiving Day. After the 
main event some 10-target Class A and Class B poultry 
events will be shot. 
Events: 12 3 
Targets: 10 10 10 
W S Smith. 7 8 8 
W S Smith, Jr. 8 5 6 
J T Hyland. 5 9 6 
C G Blandford. 9 10 10 
P Wood . 
4 5 6 7 
10 10 25 25 
9 .. 15 .. 
.. 9 15 .. 
8 7 21 22 
9 8 20 23 
10 8 19 19 
C. G. B. 
Penrose Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, No. 20/—The turkey shoot of the Pen¬ 
rose Gun Club had six contestants. Wingate killed 
straight, scoring 7 of the 10 birds with the use of one 
barrel only. Paul missed his first bird, then ran 9 
straight. Scores: 
Wingate 28.. 2122111111—10 Spear, 28.1022222201—8 
Paul 30.0222222122— 9 Pebbles, 20.. .2100121012—7 
Aiman, 29.2202222212— 9 Selzer, 27.0011210022— 6 
Murphy, 30...2110102111—8 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, Pa.—Tournaments registered during the 
week ending Nov. 20, follow: 
Dec. 20-22.—Houston (Tex.) G. C. Alf. Gardner, Sec’y. 
Dec. 27.—Waco,Tex.—Ambold G. C. J. A. Lemke, Sec’y. 
Dec. 30-31.—Artisia (N. M.) G. C. Mark A. Corbin, Sec’y. 
Jan. 19-22.—Pinehurst Country Club. Leonard Tufts, 
Pres. 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 
Messrs. E. P. Follett & Co. state that Follett’s pneu¬ 
matic concentrators give the shotgun the carrying power 
of a rifle, with the ultimate spread of a charge of shot. 
Besides the increase in range, the concentrators keep 
the gun clean, each discharge carrying out all the 
residuum left in the barrel by previous discharges. The 
cartridge is adapted to use on turkeys, geese, ducks, 
rabbits and all grouse, on deer when buckshot is used, 
and on clay-pigeons when adjusted for short range. The 
manufacturers offer to send by mail postpaid a sample 
box of 25 for 20c., or 100 for 75c. Address E. P. Follett 
& Co., 2827A. Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago, Ill. 
'Rifle 'Range and Gallery. 
Providence Revolver Club. 
Providence, R. I., Nov. 17.—The annual cup match 
was shot at Providence on Saturday, _ Nov. 13, at the 
Arlington range. Mr. Parkhurst shot with the Colt’s new 
officers’ model revolver. The match was 50 shots at 
50yds., U. S. R. A. rules: 
E C Parkhurst 
R Donaghy ... 
W Almy . 
J J Peckham . 
81 87 79 84 83-414 
78 75 76 S3 81—393 
79 87 74 77 74—391 
68 67 72 7 71-345 
W. Almy. 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, Nov. 18.—At 2628 Broadway scores were 
made as follows: „ „ „„ „ _ _ 
Revolver, 20yds.: Dr. T. Hicks, 92, 91, 86, 86, 85; Dr. C. 
Philips 87, 87, 85, 84; J. L. R. Morgan, 89, 84, 83, 80; 
C. Schnitzler, 89, 85, 81, 81; P. Hanford, 91, 90, 88, 84; 
M Hays, 90, 86, 82; G. P. Sanborn, 91, 89, 87; E. G. 
Loel 86, S5; W. MacNaughton, 89; J. E. Silhman, 91, 88, 
gtj J. E. Silliman, Treas. 
ESTES PARK FISH HATCHERY. 
Situated in one of the most picturesque and 
beautiful spots in Estes Park, sheltered by 
towering pines with deer and mountain sheep 
in abundance, is the Estes Park Fish Hatchery. 
Four miles northwest from the town of Estes 
Park on Fall River, the hatchery stands, a 
monument to the zeal and efforts of the Estes 
Park and Loveland citizens. 
The hatchery was conceived several years 
ago, but nothing definite was done up to two 
years ago, when the Estes Park Protective and 
Improvement Association was formed. 
This organization was founded with the pur¬ 
pose of protecting all the wild animals and 
birds in Estes Park, in preserving the wild 
flowers and in restoring the park to a sem¬ 
blance of its appearance before inhabited by 
human beings. 
Two years ago on the 22d day of July, the 
building which the fish hatchery now occupies, 
was .completed. For thoroughness and com¬ 
pleteness of detail it is surpassed by no other 
hatchery in the State. It surpasses the State 
and Government hatcheries in almost every 
particular. With the exception of its output of 
fish, which is much less than either the State 
or Government hatcheries, it is by far the best 
fish hatchery in the State. 
The Loveland Herald says it is a strictly 
private enterpurise and is maintained by private 
contributions and membership fees. 
The object of the hatchery is to stock The 
streams of Estes Park with trout. Three kinds 
of trout, rainbow, native or black speckled, and 
the eastern brook trout are propagated. No 
other species of fish is hatched. 
Since the inception of the hatchery over 
2,000,000 trout have been placed in the waters of 
the Big Thompson. Old fishermen say that the 
fishing has been 100 per cent better this year 
than in the previous two or three years. This 
condition is directly due to the stocking of the 
stream by the hatchery. 
During the past two seasons twenty-five 
trout of less than legal size have been caught 
to one of legal length. This fact alone shows 
that the efforts of the hatchery have worked 
wonders. 
Next year the trout now less than the legal 
size and close to it will have grown several 
inches in length, and will make fine fishing in 
the riveh. 
One of the ideas in keeping the Big Thomp¬ 
son and its headwaters is to attract tourists. 
The part is generously endowed by nature with 
the most beautiful scenery in all Colorado. 
Some vaunt it above the Alps in Switzerland 
and other famed European scenery. The 
scenery alone is capable of attracting myriads 
of tourists, but the protective association has 
figured that good fishing will attract more 
tourists and are working along this line. 
G. H. Thompson, superintendent and fish- 
culturist at the Estes Park hatchery, is an ex¬ 
pert in his line and has helped to make the 
park hatchery the success that it now is. He 
has been intimately connected with fishculture 
for the past decade, and has been superintendent 
of the Colorado State hatchery. 
