870 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[Nov. 26, 1910. 
projects above, and has no bearing against the shoulder. 
This leaves the sharp narrow toe to steady the gun and 
to take the recoil. With the rational stock, the face of 
the shooter will be resting upon the stock when the bump 
or heel has reached a level of the shoulder, and the whole 
of the butt will find a bearing in the hollow of the shoot¬ 
er’s shoulder. The bend of the gun will, with the 
rational stock, be about 2%in. at heel, l%in. at comb 
and l%in. midway between heel and comb. 
In the gun with the cheek-piece the cast-off of the gun 
is almost, and frequently quite, annulled by the projec¬ 
tion on the left side of the stock, called the cheek-piece. 
—From the Ninth Edition of “The Gun and Its Devel¬ 
opment, by W. W. Greener. 
Blue Ribbon Gun Club. 
Concordia, Kans., Nov. 16.—Mr. D. D. Gross was 
high professional with 97 out of 100. Caldwell was high 
amateur with 98. 
Visiting professionals were D. D. Gross, Ed. O’Brien, 
Geo. Lewis, J. S. Jackson and John Gillespie. 
Visiting amateurs were Henry Rider, of Belleville; Mr. 
Knight, of Herington; I. Mackey, of Everett, Wash., 
and Sam Trost, of Huscher. Following were the scores 
made: 
Events: 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Shot 
Targets: 
15 15 15 15 20 20 
at. 
Broke. 
Caldwell . 
. 15 14 15 15 20 19 
100 
98 
Myers . 
. 15 15 14 14 20 IS 
100 
96 
Clark . 
. 13 14 14 15 19 20 
100 
95 
Rider . 
..15 11 15 13 18 20 
100 
92 
Snyder . 
. 14 11 15 13 19 19 
100 
91 
De Graff . 
. 14 14 13 12 17 17 
100 
87 
Trost . 
.13 13 13 14 18 15 
100 
86 
Empson . 
. 14 13 13 14 15 15 
100 
84 
Phillips . 
. 15 10 11 12 18 17 
100 
83 
Mackey . 
. 11 14 .. 11 19 17 
S5 
72 
Barton . 
. 14 14 14 .. .. 
45 
42 
Largent . 
.10 12 12 .. .. 
45 
34 
Birch . 
.10 12 12 .. .. 
45 
34 
Knight . 
.16 
20 
16 
Professionals: 
Gross .. 
. 15 15 15 12 20 20 
100 
97 
O'Brien . 
. 15 14 15 12 20 20 
100 
96 
Lewis . 
. 15 15 11 15 20 19 
100 
95 
Jackson . 
. 13 13 15 12 18 19 
100 
90 
Gillespie . 
. 11 15 13 15 17 19 
100 
90 
The Yale University Gun Club. 
New Haven, Conn., Nov. 14.—On Saturday, Nov. 5, 
over the home traps, the Yale GunClub defeated Prince¬ 
ton and the University^ of Pennsylvania in a 100-target 
race for the intercollegiate championship. Yale’s score 
of 445 exceeds the previous record by 6 targets, making 
the team a record-breaker as well as championship winner. 
Almost perfect weather conditions prevailed, and were in 
large measure responsible for the scores. The individual 
honors were won by George E. Dimock, whose total of 
94 also establishes a record, exceeding that made by 
Wight, of Princeton, last spring, by 2 targets. 
The scores 
follow: 
Yale. 
Dimock . 
23 
23 
24 
24—94 
Morrison . 
23 
22 
22 
23—90 
E H Thompson. 
24 
20 
23 
22—89 
B C Thompson. 
24 
20 
24 
21—89 
S Biddle . 
24 
20 
21 
18—83—445 
Princeton. 
C Biddle . 
21 
22 
22 
23—88 
Este . 
17 
20 
24 
20—81 
White .. 
20 
19 
20 
18—77 
Caesar .'.. 
15 
14 
17 
13-59 
Dresser . 
22 
20 
21 
22—85—390 
University of Pennsylvania. 
Helbert . 
18 
21 
23 
24—86 
Lewis . 
19 
14 
16 
17—66 
Dixon . 
16 
18 
19 
19—72 
Scott . 
18 
21 
21 
17—77 
Davis . 
15 
17 
23 
21—76—377 
Utica Tournament. 
Utica, O., Nov. 9-10.—There was a light attendance at 
the two days’ tournament of this club. . There was a cold 
wind and rain and snow, hard weather conditions: 
First Day. Second Day. 
__A_ _A_ 
f f \ 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
F Kingsbury ... 
. 180 
144 
ISO 
151 
Wm Webster .... 
. 180 
157 
T E Cain. 
. 180 
152 
180 
if>8 
Dr Edwards . 
. 180 
165 
180 
167 
C Coburn . 
. ISO 
152 
180 
163 
L Bottenfield .... 
. 180 
144 
Lon Fisher .... 
. 180 
139 
180 
139 
F Wince . 
. 180 
140 
180 
147 
A O Garrison.... 
. 180 
99 
180 
123 
C J Mowry. 
. 180 
158 
180 
161 
F A Hulshizer... 
. 180 
154 
180 
136 
H C Oden. 
. 180 
121 
ISO 
132 
Roy Smith . 
. 165 
109 
Professionals: 
C A Young. 
. 180 
152 
180 
172 
T Barstow. 
123 
180 
128 
International 
Trapshooting 
Tournament 
and 
Sportsmen’s Exhibition. 
New York, Nov. 15.—The Sportsman’s Show is to 
take place in Madison Square Garden, in the week be¬ 
ginning March 6, 1911. The main features are to be 
indoor trap and rifle shooting tournaments and ex¬ 
hibitions of sporting goods that pertain to such sports 
only. 
Programs and particulars from S. M. Van Allen, 
Metropolitan Life Building, New York City. 
Marine and Field Club. 
Bath Beach, L. I., Nov. 19.—There were six contest¬ 
ants at the club shoot to-day. The scores were rather 
poor, all things considered, 95 out of 150, made by J. H. 
Emanuel, Jr., was high. Each event was at 25 targets. 
Scores. 
C D Sayre.11 8 11 7 15 11 14 .. 77 
P E Chase. 12 15 11 11 12 13 10 .. 84 
C M Camp. 11 12 9 14 12 11 7 .. 76 
J H Emanuel, Jr.12 18 15 14 18 17 .. .. 94 
P R Towne. 4 11 8 13 13 8 .. .. 57 
''Rifle 'Range and Gallery . 
National Rifle Association of America. 
To Our Civilian Rifle Clubs—Indoor League, Season 
of 1910-11.-—In reply to the circular letter of Oct. 20 
from this office calling for a vote on the conditions to 
govern this winter’s indoor rifle shooting league, replies 
were received from twenty-seven clubs. These replies, 
tabulated, represent the following expressions of opinion: 
In favor of retaining the conditions of 1909. 5 
In favor of using strictly military rifles. 5 
In favor of not using telescopes. 7 
Total not in favor of using telescopes.15 
In favor of using telescopes. 6 
In favor of any sight, not telescopic, on the stock.... 1 
In regard to the number on a team, expressions differ. 
Three or four voted for ten about the same number for 
eight, and the balance for five. A good suggestion was 
received from the Tacoma Club, that of allowing ten 
members to shoot and counting the best five scores. 
This we have decided to do. The number shooting will 
be restricted to ten, but any number from five to ten 
may shoot. It is thought that this may be instrumental 
in keeping a larger number of club members interested 
in the work. 
The following will be the conditions to govern the 
shooting in the 1910-11 Indoor League matches, and will 
not be changed or deviated from in any respect. Clubs 
entering the League v/ill therefore bind themselves to 
strictly adhere to these rules: 
CONDITIONS, LEAGUE SHOOT OF I9IO-II. 
Team.—Any number of men up to ten. The five best 
scores to count for the team. 
Distance.—Seventy-five feet. 
Number of Shots.—Twenty each man. Four targets to 
be used; five shots on each target. 
Target.-—The N. R. A. official gallery target (1 to 10 
count). Forty official targets will be furnished free by 
the N. R. A. for each match. These targets will be 
marked for identification, and no other targets will be 
received for record. These targets will be sent to the 
N. R. A. judge and will be retained under his control 
before and after the shooting. 
Position.—Prone. No part of extended arm to touch 
the ground except the elbow. No artificial support to 
any part of the rifle except the sling. 
Rifle.—Any ,22cal., weighing not over lOlbs. 
Ammunition.—Any. 
Sights.—Any, in front of the firing pin and not con¬ 
taining glass. Telescopes not allowed. 
Trigger Pull.—Not less than 31bs. 
Time allowance.—Five minutes will be allowed for each 
string of five shots. 
Preliminary Practice.-^-No member of the team to fire 
more than five shots preliminary to firing his scores in 
the match on the night of the contests. 
Judges.—The judge appointed by the N. R. A. or his 
representative will act as executive officer at each con¬ 
test. He will see that all conditions are lived up to, 
weigh the rifles, test the trigger-pull and measure the 
range. Special care must be taken to see that five shots, 
no more or no less, are fired on each target. He will 
certify to the scores and take charge of the official targets 
before and after the contest, and forward the same to the 
secretary of the National Rifle Association at the com¬ 
pletion of each match. 
Matches, When Shot.—All official targets for each 
match are stamped “For the week ending -.” 
The scores may be shot any time during the week for 
which the targets are stamped, providing the results of 
the shoot are in the office of the National Rifle Associa¬ 
tion by not later than Friday night of each week. This 
is absolutely necessary, so that they can be compiled and 
given to the press associations on Saturday. Arrange¬ 
ments have been made with Arms and the Man whereby 
the results can be telegraphed in at “night press rate” 
(which must be prepaid). If no scores are received up 
to Friday night of each week from clubs competing in 
the League, they will receive a zero for that week’s shoot. 
Scores published in the daily papers compiled from 
advance information will be unofficial. Bulletins ot 
official scores will be furnished to shooting periodicals 
weekly. 
The schedule for the season’s shooting will be made 
up on Monday, Dec. 5, on a basis of the number of 
entries received in the office up to that date, and the 
first match will be shot the week ending Dec. 24. 
To make conditions to suit even a majority of civilian 
rifle clubs in this country is almost impossible, and to 
those clubs that are not in accord with conditions finally 
drawn up, we would state that, first and foremost, the 
aims and purposes of the National Rifle Association of 
America is to promote military rifle shooting and make 
our citizens familiar with the military arm, so that they 
will be efficient volunteers in case this country is forced 
into war. 
Pursuing our work along these lines we believe that in 
all matches the strictly military rifle should be used, but 
as the time is not. yet ripe to enforce such rules, we 
have met the sporting rifle shooters half way. Some of 
the clubs requested permission to use the military rifle 
with reduced ammunition in these matches. Our reply 
to this is that it would be manifestly unfair to allow a 
,30cal. bullet in competition with the .22, as the in¬ 
creased diameter of the bullet would naturally favor a 
higher count. 
Set triggers and sights on the stock are of little prac¬ 
tical valus as aids to marksmanship, either military or 
sporting, and nothing would be accomplished by adopting 
either. The telescope has its value for indoor work, but 
was objected to by most of the clubs on the score of 
extra expense. 
Targets such as are used in the league matches may 
be secured from the National Rifle Association at a cost 
of $2.50 per thousand and in lots of one thousand or 
more. 
Members of the American international small-bore team 
that won the match last spring will be pleased to hear 
that the medals are on the way from England for them. 
The trophy itself has not yet been received from the 
maker. 
In the letter from the miniature rifle clubs of Great 
Britain notifying the National Rifle Association of 
America of this fact, nothing was said about another 
match in 1911. 
Albert S. Jones, Sec’y. 
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, N. Y., Nov. 19.—The following scores 
were made at Greenville, N. J., on the Standard American 
target at 50yds. The weather conditions were fair, al¬ 
though rather cold. Dr. J. L. R. Morgan (.38 target re¬ 
volver), 85, 87, S3, 84, 86; F. N. Sanborn (.22 pistol), 89, 
85, 83, 88, 81, 88, 85, 82, S3, 90; H. A. Reid (.38 target 
revolver), 76, 81, 65, 87, 71; A. A. Leach, Jr. (.22 pistol), 
76, 79, 75, SO, 73, 75, 82, 71, 70, 70; A. P. Lane (.22 pistol), 
88, 91, 90, 80, 90; .38 military, slow fire, 44, 43, 39; rapid 
fire, 31, 35, 41; J. A. Baker, Jr. (.38 military, slow fire), 
44, 46, 44, 41, 43, 43, 41, 37, 4'3, 45; rapid fire, 15, 26, 18, 24, 
23, 26, 28, 44, J. A. Baker, Jr. 
PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. 
Among the fur buyers advertising with us this season 
is the firm of Weil Bros. & Co., of Fort Wayne, Ind., 
who have been in business for nearly forty years. They 
have issued a new price list and other literature, free on 
application,, and are offering special prizes to hunters and 
trappers. 
Schoverlihg, Daly & Gales, 302-304 Broadway, New 
York, have issued a list of odd guns and discontinued 
models of Sauer guns, which, with their 320-page cat¬ 
alogue of firearms and sporting goods, they will send to 
all applicants. 
RESTOCKING OUR FORESTS. 
Some of the very noblest schemes for the 
benefit of America and the Americans come 
from London; from lofty principles to clothes 
and tobacco, they are well stocked, in England, 
with commodities for the American market. 
The latest offering, says the Evening Sun, is 
an idea for the restocking of American forests 
with wild animals threatened with extinction, 
for the benefit of sportsmen and the firearms 
trade, and incidentally to dispel the idea, now 
gaining ground so fast in Europe, that all 
America is becoming civilized to the point of 
etiolation, and thereby to attract the presence 
and purses of hunting parties from the ends of 
the earth. 
Since, as they say, it is a well-known fact 
that “buffalo, antelope, deer, grizzly bears, elk 
and other wild animals are rapidly being ex¬ 
terminated,” it is planned to distribute these and 
some other animals hitherto unknown in the 
American continent through the United States 
and South America, according to the climate. 
The enthusiastic co-operation of our greatest 
living lion hunter is said to have been promised, 
and the scheme is now in the process of “warm¬ 
ing up” by judicious advertising. 
A splendid idea, of course. There are still 
several hundred acres of forest in various parts 
of this great country not immediately required 
for the uses of the lumber and paper trades, 
which ought to be utilized as game preserves. 
And it may be that some of the timber land al¬ 
ready bespoken might be leased, for a short 
term, and thus our — or somebody’s—forests 
could be made to earn their upkeep while they 
wait for the sawmill and the pulp machine. 
Especially attractive is the idea of importing 
alien animals, like the rhinoceros, the dik-dik, 
or any of the varieties of big cats, to enliven 
the pleasures of a shooting party in our glori¬ 
ous American autumn. Surely a land which 
holds out its arms to every strange kind of 
human being under Heaven ought to be broad¬ 
ly zoolophilous enough to welcome the wildest 
animals from every clime, even to the great 
man-eating flea of Sicily. 
