Dec. 25, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Larchmont Yacht Club. 
Larchmont, N. Y., Dec. 19.—There was close com¬ 
petition among the big field of contestants at the shoot 
of the Larchmont Yacht Club. In the averages, S. 
Stuart was conspicuous with a total of 131 out of a 
possible 145. The 10 and 15 target events were won by 
W. J. Elias from scratch. Scores follow: 
Club accumulative cup, 25 targets, handicap, unknown 
angles: 
H’p. T’l. H’p. T’l. 
1 S Stuart . 0 24 * 
W J Elias . 2 24 
T Lenane, Jr. 2 21 
G J Corbett . 3 25 
R L Spotts . 1 24 
Tie between Corbett and Bemis. 
won by Corbett. 
Sauer gun, 25 targets, handicap, unknown angles: 
W T Thielman. 2 
W B Short. 3 
T R Collins . 4 
W E Bemis . 5 
The shoot-off was 
S Stuart 
W T Elias .... 
T Lenane, Jr. 
G J Corbett. 
0 24 W B Short. 2 20 
1 23 R L Spotts..'. 2 25 
1 24 JR Collins. 3 24 
2 15 WE Bemis. 5 21 
W J Thielman. 1 21 
Halstead cup, 25 targets, handicap, unknown angles: 
H T Thielman. 1 22 
W B Short. 2 18 
S Stuart . 0 
W J Elias. 1 
T L 
^enane, Jr. 1 
25 
25 
20 
J R Collins. 3 
W E Bemis. 5 
23 
25 
G T Corbett . 2 21 
R E Spotts . 1 25 
Tie between Stuart, Elias, Spotts and Bemis. In the 
shoot-off Stuart won. 
Baudoine cup, 25 targets, handicap, unknown angles: 
S Stuart . 0 22 W J Thielman . 2 22 
W J Elias . 2 23 W B Short. 3 23 
T Lenane, Jr....... 2 22 JR Collins. 4 24 
G J Corbett. 3 21 WE Bemis. 5 22 
R S Spotts . 2 25 
Club’s monthly double cup: 
S Stuart . 
,. 13 
R L Spotts . 
... 11 
W T Elias . 
. 9 
W E Bemis. 
.... 12 
T Lenane, Jr. 
,. 7 
T R Collins. 
W B Short. 
,. 9 
"G J Corbett . 
.... 8 
High gun for day, 
total 
145 targets: 
S Stuart . 
. 131 
W B Short. 
.... 98 
W J Elias ’. 
.. 123 
R L Spotts.. 
.... 127 
T Lenane. Tr.. 
.. 102 
J R Collins.. 
.... Ill 
G T Corbett.. 
.. 94 
W E Bemis. 
.... 105 
H J Thielman. 
.. 96 
Ten targets, scratch, unknown angles: 
9-Stuart . 
.. 9 
W B Short. 
.... S 
W J Elias . 
.. 9 
R L Spotts.. 
.... 7 
T Lenane, Tr. 
.. 5 
T R Collins. 
.... 8 
G J Corbett. 
.. 7 
W E Bemis.. 
.... 4 
H f Thielman. 
.. 6 
Tie between Stuart 
and Elias won by Elias. 
Fifteen birds, scratch, unknown ansrles: 
S Stuart . 
.. 14 
W B Short. 
.... 10 
W J Elias . 
.. 15 
R L Spotts. 
.... 14 
T Lenane, Tr . 
.. 9 
T R Collins. 
.... 11 
G T Corbett. 
.. 7 
W E Bemis. 
.... 11 
H J Thielman . 
.. 13 
Boston Athletic Association. 
Boston, Mass., Dec. 18.—H. W. Knights was high 
with 96, at the shoot of the Boston Athletic Association, 
held at Riverside to-day. A strong wind made difficult 
shooting. J. B. Paine was high on actual breaks with 
90. Scores: 
Targets: 
15 15 20 15 15,20 Broke. 
Hep. Total. 
H W Knights. 
. 12 11 14 11 12 12 
72 
24 
96 
T B Paine. 
. 15 12 18 14 12 18 
90 
4 
94 
M Ballou . 
. 11 11 19 10 12 15 
78 
10 
88 
C B Tucker_ 
.. 11 11 17 12 12 15 
78 
8 
86 
C P Blinn. 
. 13 11 15 10 12 14 
75 
10 
85 
Roy Fave . 
. 13 14 13 12 14 18 
84 
0 
84 
S A Ellis. 
. 14 10 14 14 13 15 
80 
2 
82 
O R Dickey.... 
.13 10 18 11 14 16 
82 
0 
82 
T C Adams... 
. 11 9 16 14 13 17 
80 
0 
80 
J H Daggett.. 
. 11 8 11 13 11 15 
69 
10 
79 
T D Page. 
. 11 12 8 6 5 14 
56 
20 
76 
*H C Tuttle... 
. 11 11 14 12 13 14 
75 
0 
75 
R W Page. 
. 10 9 9 6 10 7 
51 
22 
73 
F Whitney .... 
•Guest. 
. 8 8 9 6 5 14 
Ossining Gun Club. 
49 
16 
65 
Ossining, N. Y., Dec, IS.—The following scores were 
made at the regular practice shoot to-day. Hinchcliffe 
and Guy tried clays for the first time, and considering 
the hard targets thrown, their scores were good. 
Events: 12345678 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 25 25 10 
C G Blandford.!.. 7 7 9 9 8 21 18 9 
B Partrick . 6 7 5 5 7 20 20 7 
F Guy . 3 4. 
W Hinchcliffe . 2 4. 
W S Smith. 8 10 8. 
A Aitchison . 6 3. 
Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus, O., Dec. 18.—Very little shooting this 
week, owing to the weather being too cold. Thursday 
afternoon the street railway boys were out and shot all 
the afternoon until dark, then had a big supper served 
at the club. To say they enjoyed themselves is telling 
ft the truth. 
There were twenty shooters, making a nice party. 
Hope to have you again, boys; we like your company. 
On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 23, we will have a poultry 
shoot for chickens, ducks and geese, open to all; distance 
handicap. Come out and get some meat for Christmas. 
Wednesday, Jan. 5, is our first monthly shoot, 150 
birds, for the day, entrance $10. This will be a handicap 
! shoot. Programmes will soon be out. Be sure you get 
one and come. 
On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 16, Lacey did the best 
shooting, with Yearing and Whisner a close second. In 
the prize event, Lacey got the razor; Wagner and Year¬ 
ing each a razor strop; Kroger and Walker each got a 
gun cleaner. Owing to the scores being below the 
average, we will not give them for publication. 
Allantic City Gun Club. 
Atlantic City, N. J., Dec. 18. —The weekly shoot of 
the Atlantic City Gun Club was well attended, and some 
good scores were made. The main event of the after¬ 
noon was the leg for the western trophies, distance and 
dead bird handicaps: 
Western trophies. 
Yards. 25 25 Hep. Total. 25 25 25 25 
Cook . 18 23 23 0 45 24 22 23 20 
Wescoat . 18 20 22 0 42 21 18 22 22 
Powers . 18 17 18 0 35 12 19 19 .. 
Headley . 18 20 24 5 49 16 19.. .. 
Watson . 16 21 23 7 50 18 . 
Scholl .18 18 18 0 36 15 15 .... 
Mathis . 16 14 16 0 30 . 
Vankirk . 16 16 18 15 49 . 
Sheppard . 18 21 23 0 44 . 
Pennell .16 12 .. 0 12 . 
In the trophy event Capt. Headley had the misfortune 
to drop his last target. 
Cook shot an even race for the afternoon, and 45 
from scratch is hitting them some. 
Wescoat came out after quite an absence, and did 
some very even shooting, and for quickness his work 
is a marvel. 
Powers had a case of too many guns. He is going to 
stick to one hereafter, and he is expected to get in form 
in record time. 
Young, the old Standby, was sadly missed—trying a 
little field shooting, we understand. 
The Christmas shoot will be only in the afternoon 
from 2:30 until dark. Everybody come out and make it 
a record-breaker, and take home some fowl. 
A. H. Sheppard, Sec’y. 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Bergen Beach, L. I., Dec. 18. —The strong wind 
blowing across the traps had its negative effect on the 
scores. The weather was cold. Kelly and Ryder were 
trying out new guns. Each event was at 25 targets: 
Geo Kelly . 
. 21 
19 
22 
22 
21 
H Miller . 
. 15 
17 
18 
21 
21 
ib 
A V Suydam. 
. 17 
19 
18 
21 
21 
W H Ryder. 
. 14 
IS 
IT 
19 
R Morgan . 
. 18 
21 
16 
22 
23 
i9 
J Conover . 
. 16 
14 
18 
19 
W L Skidmore . 
. 15 
13 
14 
13 
i6 
ii 
H D Bergen. 
. 19 
19 
19 
T Voorhees . 
16 
17 
i3 
ii 
is 
T Shevlin . 
. . 
10 
11 
16 
G S K Remsen. 
24 
22 
26 
Griffith . 
15 
20 
Penrose Gun Club. 
Philadelphia, Dec. 18.—The club has arranged for an 
all-day shoot on Christmas. 
The 10-bird handicap, held to-day, was won by Lohr 
with a straight score. There were three in the tie on 9 
for second place, Wrand, Paul and Wayne. Scores: 
Lohr, 29 ....1222211112—10 
Wayne, 29 .. .2222222220— 9 
Paul, 29 .1122021222— 9 
Wrand, 28 ...2102222222—9 
Smith, 29 ....0210222221—8 
Hartman, 29. .1120111202—8 
Slear, 29.1120120220— 7 
Murphy, 30...0200022222—6 
Hoffmer, 27.. 0020000220—3 
Ho and Gun Club. 
Batavia, N. Y., Dec. 16.—Our regular day is the 
second Thursday, but we had a hard snowstorm last 
week and postponed shooting till to-day. We expect to 
shoot on Christmas morning if the weather is good. 
Targets: 
Gardiner. 
Febiger .. 
Tomlinson 
25 25 25 25 
22 23 24 21 
24 21 22 20 
24 22 21 20 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 
Watson . 20 22 18 21 
“39” .16 18 19 18 
Chas. W. Gardiner, Sec’y. 
''Rifle 'Range and Gallery. 
Los Angeles (Cal.) Revolver Club. 
The following practice scores were made on the indoor 
range at 716 South Olive street, Dec. 5: 
Revolver, 20yds.: W.- E. Smith 85, 87, -92, 85, 90, 89; 
J. W. Siefert 79, 78, 83, 78, 79, 83, 79; Peter Peterson 81, 
72, 64; A. B. Douglas 89, 83, 88. , „ o „ „„ 
Pistol, 29yds.: R. J. Frazer 88, 86, 89, 85, 88, 81, 87, 
92 , 90, 94, 85, 87, 92 , 89, 84; A. B. Douglas S2, 78, 88. 
The following scores were made Wednesday night, 
D Revolver, 20yds.: A. B. Douglas 86, 83, 88, 86. 88; 
L. M. Packard 85, 82, 81, 86, 89: W. E. Smith 84, 80, 
37, 88; I. C. Douglas 81, 78, 84; J. W. Siefert 74, 76, 88. 
Pistol, 20yds.: Carl Schroeder 81, 75, 68, 96, 76, 78; 
J E. Holcomb 78, 75, 78, 79, 90, 79; I. C. Douglas 82, 88, 
84, 76, 80. 
Scores made Dec. 12 are as follows: 
Revolver, 20yds.: J. W. Siefert 90, 74, 86, 86, 84, 83, 77; 
A. B. Douglas 85. 91, 87. 91, 87; I. C. Douglas 78, 78 
Pistol, 20vds.: R. j. Frazer 75, 79, 85, 87; J. E. Hol¬ 
comb 77, 78; C. B. Hubbs 67, 79; A. B. Douglas 89; 
I. C. Douglas 87. _ , 
I. C. Douglas, Sec y. 
United States Revolver Association. 
New York.—T he following includes matches of Dec. 9: 
Won. Lost. Per Cent. 
Belleville, III. 0 2 000 
Boston, Mass. 0 2 000 
Chicago, Ill. 0 2 
Los Angeles. Cal. 0 
Manhattan, N. Y. 2 0 l-OOO 
Myles Standish, Me. 1 J -yOO 
National Capitol, D. C. 0 - 000 
Newark, N. J. 0 2 000 
Philadelphia, Pa. 1 1 -500 
Portland, Ore. 2 0 1.900 
Providence, R. I. 2 0 1.000 
St. Louis, Mo. 2 0 1.000 
San Francisco, Cal. 2 0 1-090 
Smith & Wesson, Mass. 2 0 _ 1-000 
A. L. A. Himmelwright, Secy-lreas. 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, Dec. 16.—At 2628 Broadway the following 
scores were made to-day: _ 
Revolver, 20yds.: M. Hayes 89, 87, 84, 86; J. L. R. 
Morgan 90, 90, 89, 87, 87; A. L. A. Himmelwright 86, 84; 
W. MacNaughton 84, 82, 81; E. G. Loeb 79; R. F. 
Cicado 79, 78; P. Hanford 91, 91, 89; B. F. Wilder 87, 
86 86, 85; H. Olney 76, 75; C. W. Green 87, 84, 84, 82; 
C Dreschel 84; Dr. J. R. Hicks 92, 90, 90, S9, 85; Dr. 
R. H. Sayre 93, 92; Dr. C. Philips 84 
Providence Revolver Club. 
Providence, R. I., Dec. 15.-—Scores shot at the Ports- 
Revolver, 50yds.: W. Almy 86. 81, S6, 84. 
Pistol, 50yds.: T. J. Beisel. 79, 78 81, 79, 88, 83. 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 
After a protracted period of litigation, the United 
States Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down a 
final decision in favor of the Luger automatic pistol. 
Suits to prevent the sale of this arm were instituted on 
the ground that its mechanism infringed certain existing 
patents. These claims have npw been disposed of, aad 
it is stated that this decision is final. 
TIMBER CONSERVATION. 
The Pacific Coast lumber manufacturers have 
taken the initiative in an important step for the 
promotion of proper and conservative use of 
their timber supply. Practically all of the large 
manufacturers of lumber in Oregon and Wash- 
ington have entered into an agreement to manu¬ 
facture odd, as well as even lengths m floorings, 
finish, and similar planing mill products. Here¬ 
tofore, it has been customary to manufacture 
these products in even lengths only. Now, it is 
proposed to trim the manufactured lumber to 
lengths of odd numbers as well as even numbers 
of feet. Under the old system, a considerable 
portion of the lumber which came, to the shap¬ 
ing machine was wasted, and this action has 
been taken in order to save that waste. 
Considerable opposition to this innovation 
has arisen among retailers and consumers. I he 
retailer contends that it is impossible for him 
to dispose of odd length material because of the 
common practice in the construction of wooden 
buildings, claiming that the initial saving of 
the manufacturer is transferred to the con¬ 
sumer. This is denied, however, because of the 
proportionally small amount of odd length ma¬ 
terial which will occur under the new system, 
and because of the latter day practice of. laying 
sub-floors of rough lumber and sheathing. on 
the sides of the house before putting the finish¬ 
ing material in place. . 
Because of the conservation element which 
enters into this question, the United States 
Forest Service has been recommending the 
adoption of odd lengths for some time past. 
When it is considered that about 750,000,000 
feet of planing mill products are manufactured 
annually in the two States mentioned above, 
this two per cent, assumes important propor¬ 
tions. The Forest Service is authority for the 
statement that 15,000,000 board feet of high 
priced lumber can be saved annually in Oregon 
and Washington by the manufacture of planing 
mill products into lengths of. odd feet as well 
as even. The manufacturer is convinced that 
the waste is unnecessary. 
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