Y 
OU know mallards-wisest and wariest of all 
x ducks- Solomons of the air. You can 1 knock 
down mallards with a paddle nor can you get them 
with a gun that plasters its shots all over the face 
of creation. 
A mallard shot is generally a long shot, and long 
shots require a hard-shooting, close-shooting gun. 
That’s why the long-headed man who goes to a 
mallard country takes a Lefever. When he swings 
it on a towering pair of mallards he does not ques¬ 
tion the result. He know it— 
TWO CLEAN KILLS 
The reason a Lefever kills clean and sure and 
far is Lefever Taper Boring. 
But if you buy a Lefever for the taper boring 
a’one, you will get more than your money s worth. 
For ins ance. you will never be handicapped with 
looseness at the hinge joint. The exclusive Lefever 
St-rew compensates for a year’s wear by a trilling 
torn that you make yourself with a screwdriver. 
lefever 
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Sixteen other exclusive Lefever feature? and Lef e¬ 
ver simplicity and strength make the $28 gun the 
neer of anv 8 S 0 gun on the market. Upwards to 
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Durston Special 
20 Gauge. Price $ 28.00 
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J H Emanuel, Jr... 1 23 
Trophy shoot, 25 targets handicap: . 4 16 
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J H Emanuel, Jr... 1 19 
Du Pont Gun Club. 
Wilmington, Del., 2L-Think of^twenty-one hill 
squads and some more who shot - 1 2 PM. and 
can imagine how. we "re rushed between ^P. ^ ^ 
dark. We ‘“^tffk about gun club organi¬ 
sm™ don’t you think that «« dub 
jss ? *nur to 
Shi’SiJt will op™ th, 01 W O. 
the boys. « w Bridge to-day, and was 
Ti ’' 5 "” M r 
Larchmont Y. C. 
Larchmont, N. Y., Jan. 22 .—Favorable conditions 
were a feature of the weather at the shoot of the Larch- 
month Yacht Club to-day. Five special events afforded 
good competition for the contestants. r. E. Samson 
was a distinguished performer. He scored a leg on 
the Tanuary cup and 25 straigrit in a special contest. 
W J Elias scored a leg for the January cup, while G. 
I ’ Beady made a like win for the commodore s cup. 
F.' Stead had a long handicap allowance and scored a 
leg for the Sauer gun: 
Baudoine cup, 25 targets, handicap: 
W J Elias. 3 2 o G G Hamtl. 1 20 
E A Wilson. 2 20 
R Johnson . 1 18 
W B Short. 3 16 
F E Samson. 0 22 
F Stead. 6 24 
J G Bateman. 2 20 
G L Bready. 3 20 
Commodore’s cup, 25 targets, handicap: 
G L Bready. 2 25 J G Bateman. 2 20 
vitnessed by the largest red with 
at a shoot in this State.. ^ About ^ t ra£s. worked 
R Johnson . 1 24 
F Stead . 6 24 
W B Short . 3 23 
W J Elias . 2 22 
Sauer gun, 25 targets, handicap 
F Stead . 6 25 
F E Samson. 1 24 
G L Bready...*. 2 23 
R Tohnson . 1 23 
E A Wilson . 2 23 
January cup, 25 targets, handicap: 
E A Wilson . 2 19 
F E Samson. 0 19 
G G Hamill. 1 15 
W'J Elias . 2 21 
W B Short. 3 21 
G G Hamill. 1 18 
J G Bateman. 2 11 
F E Samson. 1 23 
E A Wilson. 2 22 
W B Short. 3 22 
T,*'V" Merchandise event, FoorQ, nusn anu p Stead . 5 22 
Coleman du 1 ont „„ stra ;ght. This tie will be shot off J G Bateman. 2 20 
1500 on the previous , .. afternoon was in tne 
tfoleman^du Pont 6 Merchandise ^eventf Foord, Bus .1 and 
Lobb tying on 25 
next week. three classes on the Saturday 
The ties that resulted in three classes ^ c , ass 
previously were shot: off. Tuchton, and Class D, 
J Dr A H M H Buclinalter. WS, winners’ were awarded 
G L Bready. 
W J Elias . 
G G Hamill..... 
R Johnson . 1 I< 
2 20 
2 20 
1 18 
Special match, 25 targets, handicap: 
F E Samson. 0 2s G L Bready.. 2 22 
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10 
25 
18 
19 
23 
21 
16 
14 
17 
21 
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All of the 
St ^e ng com V plete P s 0 co n res of the shoot were’. 
L Evans ...4® Lobb 
R B Evans. 
Nealy . 
Bush . 
Turner . 
Lindley . 
SI ear .. 
Megaw ... ® 
Bickley .1“ 
Simpson . 
Olney .il 
Gregg . 
Smith . II 
McKelvey . fd 
H. Winchester 
J Winchester . 
Naudain . 
Foulke . 
Ross . 
Hickman -- 
Wm Foord . -5 
Beauchamp .. 1° 
Harrington . H 
Richardson .. 22 
Mitchell ..16 
Dickerson ... 13 
MacMullen ..15 
J W Anderson-...... 16 
Hodge .. 18 
Morgan ...1- 
Handy .. 
Bacon . | 
A G Trott . 4 
Griswold .21 
Rogers .13 
Hanby .19 
Ed Ford .H 
H.A Lindsay. 2 
McHugh .23 
Matthews . 20 
Keithley . -2 
Mathewson . 19 
S B Trott.18 
Ferriday .11 
Taggart . ° 
Farrow . 5 
C Buckmaster . 1“ 
Considerable interest was 
25 
IOD . -14 
T Husbands .,2 
H G Buckmaster. 
S C Rumford. i? 
L Rumford . ,7 
Betts . 72 
Bedford . 
Steele . 7- 
Gerow .. 
H R Lindsay. 
Robinson 
14 
W T Elias . 2 24 
G G Hamill. 5 24 
R Johnson . 2 24 
J R Colmun 5 23 
Ten targets, scratch 
F E Samson. 9 
F Stead . 9 
F. A Wilson . 9 
R Tohnson . 9 
G L Bready........ T 
E A Wilson.. 3 22 
W B Short. 5 21 
J G Bateman. 5 18 
W J Elias . 7 
W B Short. 7 
G G Hamil . 4 
J G Bateman. 5 
W 
1\UU1U3wu . - 
McCain . 
Springer . 
Flowers ... „ 
Lambert . 
Godwin .f, 
Jensen . 77 
Poffenburger . 
Pennington . T? 
Pratt . 
Brown . 
Richards . 
Gavan . 
Crossman . 
Tuchton . ; .ri 
Banks ."j 
. 9 
.17 
Ten doubles: 
F E Samson... 
High gun score: 
F 
F Stead .... 
G L Bready. 
W J Elias .. 
15 
R 
Tohnson . 
...12 
15 
E 
A Wilson . 
... 12 
13 
W 
B Short. 
... 11 
13 
12 
F 
Stead . 
* 
.... 10 
12 
11 
C. 
G Hamil. 
.... 8 
112 
E 
A Wilson. 
....105 
111 
G 
G Hammill . 
110 
110 
J 
G Bateman. 
....88 
Montclair Gun Club. 
10 
20 
Birch 
Dickerson .. 
Pyle . 
Gunsoulus . 
Vance . 
Wardenbury - 
Prickett .J* 
Cook .J® 
Wilson .J’ 
Carlon .f0 
£ a P e .is 
Coyne . 
Lane . £ 
F McHugh . 3 
Onley . 9 
Prettyman . • 
Greer . 16 
Slaughter . 1 
Pusey .H 
Connor .16 
Jeffries .H 
S Lindsey .14 
manifested in the revolver 
Montclair, N. J., Jan. 21.—In event No. 1 Messrs. 
Boxall and Frazee each made a perfect score. Event 
No. 3, 25 targets, handicap, the third leg for the Jan¬ 
uary cup, for members, was won by Cramer with 20 
breaks and a handicap of 5, or a total of 25. 
Event No. 4, a walking match, was won by Frazee with 
C breaks to his credit. 
In the two pick-up team’ races Messrs. Bush and 
Frazee made the best showing with a score of 17 
points out of a possible 20. Scores: 
Boxall . 19 11 3 22 
busk"... I io 11 
Williams . ° •• 
Pick-up team race, 10 targets per man: 
Event 6 : Williams and Boxall 9; Bush and Frazee II, 
Atwater and Crane 16. 
Event No. 7: Williams and Boxall 10; Bush and 
Frazee 17; Atwater and Crane 17. „ , j 
E. Winslow, Sec y. 
19 
23 
11 
12 
18 
HUNTSM 
Keep 
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te. Booklet 
and pistol qualification scoring at 50yds. In this class 
there were six entries. K. K. V. Casey was high man 
with a score of 88 , 86 , and 76. , . v jr 
Revolver and pistol qualification scores, 50 yds.. ix. Ik- 
V Casev 88 , 86 , 76; L. du Pont 87, 83, 81, F. B. liar 
kins 80, 79; F. G. Robelen 70, 72; J. A. Ellison 72; John 
Bancroft, Jr., 66 , 64, 64. „ , . T j 
Revolver and pistol practice | co jes, 5°yds. L. du 
Pont 7S; C. F. McCloskey 72, 55 49 H U imbert 
57, 47, 37, 29; A. B. Richardson 44, 27, LL. xi. Ingram 
J '’Ri*fle practice scores, 50yds., ,22cal.: C. W, Pierce 83, 
79, 71. __ 
Claredon Gun Club. 
Secaucus, N. J„ Jan. 22 .—Enclosed find scores that 
were made to-day at the grounds of the Claredon Gun 
Club, Secaucus, N. J. There were several individual 
matches shot between the members and a team race 
between the Claredon Gun Club and the Hudson Gun 
Club, each club shooting four men at 100 targets each. 
The Hudson team won and carried off the honors with 
a margin of 22 targets, owing to the poor shootmg o 
Frank Sommers, who was not shooting up to his usua 
form. He had the misfortune of his gun getting ou 
of order, and having to use a strange one that did not 
fit him. He also shot a race at 50 birds with George 
Richards for a suitable purse, but Richards was a little 
too strong for him, and won out by 2 targets. A return 
match has been arranged to take place at an early date, 
when Frank says that he will show him ?p ma ‘ a ' n 8 ; 
After the shoot all hands adjourned to the club house. 
The Gun of To-day. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ __ 
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with the article “The Gun of To-day, by W Baden 
Powell, as published in Forest and Stream irom F' eId - 
London. I think a further positive verification of the 
truth of wad retardation as a cause of the closer pattern 
in choke-bored guns, would be to bore a large number 
of small holes, S say an inch (more or less), back from 
the muzzle to give an early exit to more or less °f the 
pressure, the barrel from there on acting as a break or 
retardent to wad. Let some one try th .8 out ^nd^re- 
port. 
ing our n cfgarrthere were numerous hunting stones 
but when Fred Allen tried to tell us of the ten geese 
that he said that he killed with one shot at Barnegat, 
we all gathered up our coats and gun bags and wend 
our way to our homes to think it over. . , . was 
The weather was cold, and with a stiff wmdthat wa 
blowing across the traps, made shooting hard, whicn 
accounts for the low scores th a t weremade. Howcve , 
we will try again in a few weeks and try to imp 
