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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 6, 1910. 
IN ALABAMA 
At the Annual State Shoot 
Birmingham, July 26th (& 27th 
1910 STATE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP 
Won by Mr. W. T. Laslie of Tuskegee 
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Score 96 ex 100 
AMATEUR AVERAGES 
1st. Mr. J. K. Warren .-...467 ex 500 
2d. Mr. W. T. Laslie .463 ex 500 
3d. Mr. Robert Skinner .453 ex 500 
Mr. Walter Huff, High Professional_483 ex 500 
The above gentlemen all used 
DVPONT POWDERS 
“The Champions’ Choice” 
A Problem’s Solution 
HITTING vs. MISSING. 
By S. T. Hammond (“Shadow”). Cloth. Price, 01.00. 
Mr. Hammond enjoys among his field companions the 
repute of being an unusually good shot, and one who is 
particularly successful in that most difficult branch of 
upland shooting, the pursuit of the ruffed grouse, or 
partridge. This prompted the suggestion that he should 
write down for others an exposition of the methods by 
which his skill was acquired. The result is this original 
manual of “Hitting vs. Missing.” We term it original, 
because, as the chapters will show, the author was self- 
taught; the expedients and devices adopted and the 
forms of practice followed were his own. This then may 
be termed the Hammond system of shooting; and as it 
was successful in his own experience, being here set 
forth simply and intelligently, it will prove not less 
effective with others. 
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This is a thoroughly practical work, treating of the 
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and withal a most beautiful work. 
Cloth, profusely illustrated, $1.50 postpaid. 
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to the brow of the hill from which it could see 
the hunters coming up the valley; and the deer 
stood very still until they approached quite 
near; then it advanced to meet them. The man 
who guided the party saw the beautiful creature, 
and with great glee pointed it out to the prince; 
but the deer moved not. The man. growing im¬ 
patient lest the deer should be allowed to es¬ 
cape, urged them to shoot at once, and the men 
were fixing their arrows, but the prince com¬ 
manded them to refrain yet a while. “There is 
some reason,” he said, “why the fair creature 
thus approaches us unaffrighted.” 
Then the deer came near to the prince's 
palanquin and said: “Because of the fair colors 
of me, I have remained these many years hid¬ 
den in the heart of the woods beyond the eye 
of man; how, O, prince, came you to learn of 
my dwelling place?” 
Thereupon the prince answered and said: 
“The man yonder, with the birth-mark on his 
face, he told us of you.” 
When the deer turned and looked upon the 
man, it knew that he was the same whom it had 
saved aforetime from drowning in the lake; and 
gazing intently on him, the deer said with deep 
bitterness of voice: “When I saved your life, 
for which you could not repay me, you made 
me a solemn promise—the only favor I asked— 
that you would never tell any one of my ex¬ 
istence, swearing by the name of your king to 
keep sacredly the vow; now you not only break 
your oath, but have brought men hither to kill 
me.” And the deer wept great tears of anger 
mingled with despair. 
Then the Lord of Idzumo, also weeping, thus 
addressed the deer: “You are only an animal, 
yet you showed mercy in saving this man who 
now, from desire of mere gain, forgets your 
great kindness and basely ignores his obligation. 
He, therefore, is even less than an animal, for 
it is but human to show gratitude.” 
The prince then gave command that the un¬ 
grateful man should immediately suffer decapi¬ 
tation, the execution to take place in the 
presence of the deer. And to the deer he said: 
“Go in peace; henceforth you are free to 
wander where and as you will over these my 
estates and neither to you nor your kind after 
you, shall any harm come.” 
And when the queenly consort of the prince 
heard thereof, she wept, and made much lamen¬ 
tation before her lord, saying: “Behold what 
temptations > are in dreams; and at what a cost 
is it often sought to fulfill them; get thee hence, 
O, Selfishness, thou grim mother of Ingrati¬ 
tude!” . e 
And the Prince of Idzumo forthwith made a 
decree that forever thereafter it was forbidden 
to hunt deer within his estates, and that for 
every violation thereof life should be forfeited. 
Ever afterward there was lasting peace and wide 
prosperity throughout that land. And still in 
many an ancient park of Nippon and even in her 
forest reaches, the traveler may behold herds of 
deer tamer than sheep, as with unpricked-up 
ears and soft, trustful eyes, they feed from the 
hands of children.—Japan Magazine. 
The Indians of To-day. 
By George Bird Grinnelf. Demi-quarto, 185 pages, 
buckram. Price, $5.00. 
It describes the old-time Indian and the Indian of to¬ 
day, and contrasts the primitive conditions and ways of 
living with those of the present. It contains over fifty 
full-page portraits of living Indians from photographs. 
Contents: The North American Indians. Indian 
Character. Beliefs and Stories, The Young Dogs’ 
Dance. The Buffalo Wife. A Blackfoot Sun and Moon 
Myth. Former Distribution of the Indians. The Reser¬ 
vation. Life on the Reservation. The Agent’s Rule. 
Education. Some Difficulties. The Red Man and the 
White. 
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Danvis Folks. 
A continuation of “Uncle Lisha’s Shop” and "Sam 
Lovel’s Camps.” By Rowland E. Robinson. 16mo. 
Price, $1.26. 
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