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FOREST AND STREAM. 
THE HIGHEST AVERAGE 
FOR THE YEAR 1907 
was made by MR. FRED GILBERT, who, of course used 
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A Grand Average of 95.89 Per Cent. 
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Sportsmen’s Show Rifle Tournament. 
The inter-school rifle tournament held in Grand Gem 
tral Palace, under the auspices of the Forest, Fish ana 
Game Society, had competition of noteworthy excellence. 
1 h nd?vid'lla°"and team contests, with the rifle and sub- 
^gightTo^ffie^for^e schoolboy championship of 
obiect had fifteen contestants. Of the latter, M. Wiechers 
of Curtis High School, was victor, with the excellent 
score of 98. A. Garcia, of the same school, won the 
^ Morris Hfgh School, and A. Garcia were left for the 
fin Charl?s y older, n of y Mo?r n is High School, won the trophy 
for the best score in rifle competition; the number of 
. ntripc. was so large that this contest was decided miss 
aSd-nut At the rffle range, the team championship was 
score ^of K 9 L‘' °T h e' S Co mrn ere ial^ITgh 1 chool ^ 
which ^a^ihiaUy^beatm‘by ^ut^nf^poinL^^EaM^meim 
sunuette,''"The's^md'^ard ' Fle^r^rj”^ t^opTiy ^or'^he highest 
H?gh School, w^TIl Manual “a.nmg" School was 
are Th n e eC s e core r r 5 ? SS* rA d sub- 
target matches follow: 
Team Rifle match: offhand . Prone. Total. 
278 291 669 
Curtis .. 97 s 293 568 
Commercial . 077 287 664 
Manual Training . 2 81 2 82 553 
De Witt Clinton. 934 556 
Commerce_ ... 9K1 294 552 
Erasmus Hall . 2 g 6 266 552 
Stuyvesant^ . 2fi g 283 549 
Boys High .. 937 2S1 548 
Paterson, N. J. 282 542 
St. John’s Military .. SK 2 79 542 
N. Y. Military Academy. 2bd ^ 540 
Stamford Conn. „ 457 286 
Pingry School, Elizabeth, N.J. 
Sub-target match: 13g 281 
Morris IHgh .. 440 139 279 
Manual Training . 136 278 
De Witt Clinton . js 439 277 
Curtis .. 444 436 277 
Commercial ... iqj > 433 274 
Erasmus Hall . 195 433 271 
Commerce . 197 432 269 
St. John s Military . “ 427 257 
Stuyvesant .. 497 127 254 
New York Military. 
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Eaub. 1880 Ref: Bro»4 »t. Bank 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
rt Tli» following scores were made by 
members of thU Association at 200yds„ on German ring 
target, on Dec. 29: Special scores. Honor. 
„ .„ 223 220 213 212 207 61 
Freitag . SS 219 216 204 200 64 
?J, un0 .: 205 194 173 189 ... 59 
All®",. 200 210 210 195... 63 
Gmdele . 499 227 211 207 210 66 
H° fer . 487 166 180 178 177 . ; 
194 m. 61 
Auburn Rif e Club. 
Auburn, Me., Dec. 27.-The Auburn Rifle ClubJbeM 
but one shoot this week on 942 241 246 23?; 
The scores were: ^ German 
P^’pftol^, 80 , 7 " 76,- 70. & R. Houston-R.fle, 
22 J 9 an 233 3.-The scores of our club for this week are as 
11 
W M. Trask 45, 44, 43; Capt. A. H. Fields ii, 
German ring target, 25 y ds. : W. R. J Io ^ st0 g Yth 2^1 
234 234, 232; N. L. Mower 237, 236, 1. A. smun zo , 
N.’b. Kimball 234, 233. eo ok- W M Trask 86, 
85 P 82 Ol 81 2 °8 y 0 dS -A H L Mowe^^S^N^B. KmPiall^t, 70. 
85 ’On ’Friday,’ Jan. 10, 1908, this club will hold its annual 
me°e?in F g r, fo ay ’el J ection’of officers lor *. ensuing year., y 
THE WOUNDED DUCK. 
Continued from page 52. 
between the house and the storehouse, though 
they are only forty feet apart and I am in and 
out several times getting breakfast. But first he 
alights on a high stump to survey the situation 
and sees me putting down the food. 
I write these trifles because it is a rare oppor¬ 
tunity to do so, and the intelligence of all creat- 
