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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 24, 1911. 
MAY THE BEST MAN WIN 
We hope you decided to use a mm D Brand at the G. A. H. 
At the 
FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL STATE SHOOT 
Of the 
New York State Sportsmen's Association 
SYRACUSE. JUNE 13-15. 1911 
In a field of 118 shooters 
SPORTING POWDERS 
WON THE HONORS 
F. S. Wright (shooting Du Pont) High Amateur.432 x 450 
Sim Glover (shooting Ballistite) High Professional.432 x 450 
In the Merchandise Event —First Prize—the Piano—went to 
Mr. Wright; and for the second time he won the H. W. Smith Cup, 
Emblematic of the Amateur Individual Championship of the State 
of New York. 
Write for Shotgun Smokeless Circular No. 3. 
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS POWDER COMPANY 
established 1802 Wilmington, Delaware 
Rhymes of The Stream and Forest 
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PIGEON’S LEG MENDED. 
If the pigeon patient whose left leg has been 
in a plaster cast at the Relief Hospital for 
eleven days were able to talk probably the first 
thing it would do after its discharge from the 
hospital would be to fly to Pemberton Square, 
the general meeting place of the pigeons, and 
tell the others what a wonderful thing sur¬ 
gery is. 
The pigeon at the Relief Hospital had the 
plaster cast taken from its leg by Dr. Shedd 
this morning. There were many surgeons 
present and they manifested no little interest in 
the work of Dr. Shedd, who has taken con¬ 
siderable interest in the case of the helpless 
pigeon, which a week ago Sunday tapped its 
bill repeatedly against a window of the hospital 
until an attendant came to its assistance. 
The pigeon was admitted, and Dr. Shedd, 
after setting the injured leg, placed it in a cast, 
also placing the right leg in a cast. 
The bird has been given much attention and 
has been an ideal patient. This morning the 
bird was taken to a private room and Dr. Shedd 
and Mr. Hartigan, the attendant, placed it on 
an operating table and removed the cast. When 
the cast was removed it was evident that the 
pigeon had forgotton all about flying. The bird 
flapped its wings once, but made no attempt to 
fly out of Dr. Shedd’s hand. The injured leg 
has mended well, and in another week the 
patient will be discharged. 
The injured pigeon has become a mascot at 
the Relief Hospital. The attendants would like 
to keep the bird there. Several persons have 
promised to give the bird a home should the 
attaches of the hospital wish to give it up. The 
managers of the poultry show made an effort 
to get the bird for exhibition purposes, but Dr. 
Shedd felt that the patient was not strong 
enough for show purposes. 
In the accident the pigeon lost its tail, some 
plumage and broke its leg. It was a wise old 
bird, the doctor said, when it dragged itself to 
the. window of the hospital. Dr. Shedd said 
that the pigeon seemed to take an interest in his 
operation and blinked its eyes approvingly when 
the cast was removed.— Boston Globe. 
WATERSNAKE AND PICKEREL. 
Up at Rock Ridge Lake, near Denville, 
Charles Jay spent half an hour at the dam last 
Sunday watching a most interesting fight be¬ 
tween a three-foot watersnake and a sixteen-inch 
pickerel. The snake had seized the pickerel by 
the tail and the lively fish caught the snake’s 
tail in its mouth. It was a case of “circulate,” 
and for a few minutes the reptile and the fish 
looked like a “pinwheel.” Charles yelled for a 
camera, but his companions were out of hear¬ 
ing, staking out building lots on the tract. Dr. 
Runge ran down from his bungalow just as 
Charles raked the combatants ashore. The 
snake had swallowed about one-third of the 
pickerel and the fish had engulfed nearly one- 
fourth of the snake. They were both provided 
with incurved teeth, and were not separated 
without considerable difficulty. The pickerel 
was returned to the lake minus a few scales 
and the snake was scotched. Then came a 
downpour of rain and the “subsequent pro¬ 
ceedings interested them no more.”—Newark 
Call. 
SLIGHTLY MYSTERIOUS. 
A Boston girl who was watching a Sedgwick 
county farmer milk a cow adjusted her glasses 
and said: “It is all very plain except that I 
don’t understand how you turn it off.”—Kansas 
City Journal. 
ANANIAS PROFESSION. 
“Open your mouth; I shall not hurt you—-you 
feel no pain,” said a dentist to a patient. 
“Doctor,” exclaimed the latter, after the oper¬ 
ation had been performed, “now I know what 
Ananias did for a living!”—Fishing Gazette. 
