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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec. 24, 1910. 
Buffalo Audubon Gun Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 17.—Herewith are the scores 
of the semi-monthly club shoot, held to-day. Byron 
Covert, of JLockport, once again demonstrated that he is 
some shooter when he captured the high honors of the 
day in the regular shoot of the Buffalo Audubon Club 
with only 4 misses scored against him, he breaking 76 
out of a total of SO, and also making two 20 straights with 
a run of 39. Considering' the rather blustery weather, 
Mr. Covert’s shooting was certainly grand. 
There was a battle royal to determine the winner of 
Class A — Smith, Lambert and C. S. Sidway tying with 
19 each. In the shoot-off which followed, Smith and 
Lambert again tied with 16, Sidway dropping out. On 
the second shoot-off they again tied with 19 and again 
they tied shooting from the 20 yd. mark, each breaking 
13, Lambert finally winning by the score of 18 to 
Smith’s 15. 
S. Freeman won Class B with 16, and Talcott Clark 
and John Reed tied for Class C, Clarke winning in the 
shoot-off. Clarence Sidway had things his own way for 
the Reed trophy, as his 19 from the 20yd. mark was 
several points higher than his nearest rival. 
There were several spirited contests at doubles, and in 
this particular style of shooting Renn Spaulding was the 
high man with two very good scores of 15 and 16 re¬ 
spectively—Pretty classy shooting' in stormy weather. 
The committee on the New Year’s Day shoot is busy 
with the program, and expect to have it ready for dis¬ 
tribution within a few days. A special feature will be 
an old-fashioned team shoot for members only, captained 
by W. II. Smith and C. C. Lambert. 
Several of the Audubons, on invitation of B. V. Covert, 
will attend a turkey shoot to be held at Lockport ori 
Dec. 26, shooting to begin at 10 A. M. Yesterday’s 
scores follow: 
Targets: 
20 
20 
20 
20 
Total. 
B V Covert. 
. 20 
17 
20 
19 
76 
W H Smith. 
. 17 
19 
16 
19 
71 
R H Sidway. 
. 19 
17 
16 
16 
b 8 
Ed Cox . 
18 
15 
16 
68 
C S Sidway. 
. 16 
19 
15 
17 
67 
C C Lambert- . 
. 13 
19 
16 
19 
67 
Dr T M Burke. 
. 14 
14 
16 
18 
64 
W F Hopper. 
. 13 
17 
18 
16 
64’ 
S Freeman . 
. 18 
16 
17 
12 
’63 
John Reed . 
. 16 
17 
14 
14 
61 
T H Clarke. 
. 14 
17 
17 
13 
61 
Ed Reinecke . 
. 14 
14 
14 
16 
58 
C Rogers . 
. 13 
13 
16 
16 
. 58 
W Imhoff . 
. 14 
11 
14 
13 
52 
S Spaulding . 
. 14 
12 
10 
15 
51 
T B Geddes. 
. 13 
8 
15 
9 
45 
John Ebberts . 
. 10 
13 
9 
10 
42 
A1 Suckow . 
12 
Secretary. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J.. Dec. 17. — Seventeen contestants 
turned up to-day in the kickers’ handicap shoot for two 
Christmas turkeys. Each man helped to make up the 
handicaps in the way of added targets in a 50 target 
event. _ Messrs. Atwater and Kussmaul were high with 
48.6 points each, Atwater winning out on the shoot-off 
and taking the first choice. 
Targets: 
25 
25 Hdp. T’l. 
25 
Colquitt . 
. 21 
24 
3.2—48.2 
19 
Thomson . 
. 19 
20 
9.4—48.4 
Coffin . 
. 18 
17 
6.0—41.0 
VI 
Kussmaul . 
21 
8.6-48.6 
19 
Stager . 
21 
3.6—47.6 
22 
Atwater . 
. 17 
22 
9.6—48.6 
18 
Renson . 
. 17 
17 
9.2—43.2 
18 
Frazee . 
. 16 
17 
9. S—42.8 
20 
Winslow . 
. 17 
17 
12.2—46.2 
Batten . 
. 17 
12 
8.4—37.4 
Howard . 
. 17 
16 
10.2—43.2 
Dr Case . 
. 10 
9 
12.6—31.6 
Brown . 
. 16 
9 
12.4—37.4 
14 
H S Sindle. 
20 
S Francisco . 
12 
T H Francisco . 
9 
F Sindle . 
18 
The Montclair Gun Club held its annual dinner and 
election of officers at the Hotel Montclair on the even¬ 
ing of Saturday, Dec. 17. The following officers and 
directors were elected for the ensuing year: J. Sey¬ 
mour Crane, President; G. W. Boxall, Vice-President; 
E. Winslow, Secretary; Y. T. Frazee, Field Captain; 
Chas. L. Bush, Treasurer; Thos. Dukes. W. A. William¬ 
son, Dr. Herbert Foster, Theo, J. Badgley, H. Beltinson. 
After a very fine game dinner, those present listened to 
Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, of the National Audubon Soci¬ 
ety; Mr. O. C. Hain, Naturalist; Hon. E. W. Townsend, 
M. C., delivered very interesting addresses on Game 
Preservation, Game Hogs, and Sportsmen. 
Edward Winslow, Sec’y. 
Frontier Rod and Gun Club. 
Ruffalo, N. Y., Dec. 10. —The last regular shoot of 
1910 held by the Frontier Rod and Gun Club was at¬ 
tended by sixteen enthusiastic marksmen. The weather 
was only fair for trapshooting on account of an east 
wind and snow flurries blowing in the shooters’ faces, 
which tended to keep the scores below normal, but had 
no apparent effect on Messrs. Talcott and Suckow, who 
shot 81 and 84 per cent, respectively. 
Class A point was won by Eichberg with 22, and 
Class B and C by Faber and Hendershot. This con¬ 
cludes a most successful year at the traps. Wakefield, 
Goetz and Rowland having won A, B and C Class 
trophies, respectively, after some very keen and spirited 
competition. What proved to be the most interesting 
event of the afternoon’s sport was the choosing of the 
eight-man teams by Captains McKenna and Wakefield, 
each man shooting at 25 targets, which resulted in a tie 
of 140 targets broke by each team, to be continued at 
the next regular shoot. Jan. 8 , 1911. Regular meetings 
will be held the third Sunday in each month indefinitely. 
The scores: 
Class A: 
Events: 
12 3 
4 5 6 
Shot 
Targets: 
10 15 25 10 25 15 
at. 
Broke. 
Talcott . 
. 9 14 19 
9 20 11 
100 
81 
Eichberg . 
. 6 3 22 
8 20 11 
100 
70 
Suckow . 
. 9 12 20 
9 21 13 
100 
84 
Wakefield . 
. 20 
25 
20 
W Bidell . 
7 .. 8 
75 
49 
Dewald . 
75 
54 
Class B: 
Faber . 
. 5 6 16 
5 .. 11 
75 
43 
Utz . 
. 8 10 16 
50 
34 
F Clay . 
50 
32 
Class C: 
McKenna . 
. 4 8 14' 
3 16 9 
100 
54 
Rowland . 
. 5 8 14 
50 
27 
Hendershot . 
. 7 11 19 
50 
37 
Eaton . 
. 7 9 12 
3 .. 7 
75 
38 ' 
Smith . 
. 4 8 21 
8 18 15 
100 
74 
. 7 .. 21 
35 
28 
Story. 
.15 
25 
15 
Match race, 25 
Capt. McKenna. 
targets: 
...14 
Capt Wakefield... 
. 20 
Suckow . 
...20 
Talcott . 
. 19 
Utz . 
...16 
Clay . 
Smith 
...21 
Ridell . 
. 20 
Eichberg . 
...22 
Rowland . 
. 14 
Faber . 
...16 
Eaton. 
. 12 
Storv . 
...15 
Vedder . 
. 21 
Dewald . 
... 16-140 
Hendershot . 
. 19-140 
Manhasset Bay Y. C. 
Port Washington, L. I., Dec. 18. —The regular 
weekly shoot of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club was 
held to-day. Owing to the glare from the ice on the 
bay, shooting was very difficult. Some good scores were 
made. 
Ten birds, scratch: 
H Funke . 9 
T W Alker. 8 
FI L Hoyt, Jr. 5 
I O’Rourke . 5 
Fifteen birds, scratch: 
H Funke . 12 
T W Alker .'.11 
E A Sierck. 11 
T E Meyer. 11 
H L Hoyt, Jr. 11 
J E Meyer . 5 
E Hager . 4’ 
C M Gould. 2 
J F O’Rourke. 1 
I O’Rourke .10 
J F O’Rourke. 10 
C M Gould. 8 
E Hager . 6 
Twenty-five birds, handicap, 
sweepstakes: 
I O’Rourke _ 
. 7 
24 
E A Sierck. 
2 
IS 
T W Alker. 
_ 3 
23 
H Funke . 
2 
17 
T E Meyer. 
. 3 
23 
H Clark . 
2 
17 
B G Loomis.... 
. 3 
23 
II L Hoyt, Jr . 
0 
16 
C M Gould. 
. 7 
23 
E Hagar . 
15 
J F O’Rourke.. 
. 7 
21 
Clark cup, handicap: 
T W Alker. 
. 3 
23 
E A Sierck. 
9 
19 
H Funke . 
. 2 
21 
H L Hoyt, Jr... 
.. 0 
19 
T E Meyer. 
. 2 
20 
B G Loomis. 
2 
IS 
C M Gould. 
. 7 
20 
E Hagar . 
11 
FI F Clark. 
. 2 
20 
Yearly prize, 
handicap: 
C M Gould .... 
. 7 
25 
B G Loomis . 
.. 3 
19 
TI L IToyt. Tr... 
. 0 
22 
H Funke . 
.. 2 
18 
T E Meyer ... 
. 3 
22 
H F Clark. 
.. 2 
18 
I W Alker. 
. 3 
19 
One hundred 
birds, 
scratch 
I W Alker. 
. 75 
H Funke . 
71 
T E Meyer.... 
. 72 
E A Sierck. 
65 
H L Hoyt, Jr 
. 72 
Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus, O.—A nice little crowd of shooters was out 
Dec. 17, trying to see who could break the most pigeons. 
R. O. Heikes was a guest of the club, so the boys came 
out to make it pleasant for the Daddy of all the Shoot¬ 
ers, and he broke a few. So did some of the other 
fellows. The weather was ideal. Heikes broke 118 out 
of 125; J. Smith 69 out of S5; Ford, 85 out of 90; G. 
Smith, 85 out of 100; Dr. Van, 38 out of 40; Web, 112 
out of 125; Coe, 53 out of 85; Maris, 20 out of 25; Heikes 
and Van broke 24 out of 25; Webb 25 straight. 
There will be a turkey shoot held soon by the club. 
Invitations will be mailed later. 
The Grand American Handicap shoot will be held out¬ 
side of Chicago. Columbus Gun Club will have a 
chance to bid for it. The winner of 1911 will get $1,000 
and a fine trophy. This is the banner shoot of all shoots. 
The club has added some new members this year, and 
prospects of more. Everybody is welcome to shoot, 
whether a member or not. The club wants everybody 
to learn how to use the shotgun. 
Poltsville Tournament. 
Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 16.—There was a gale of wind 
and zero temperature. Coleman scored 137 out of 150, 
which was highest average for either amateur or pro- 
fessional. Scores: 
Coleman . 
150 
137 
Brennan . 
150 
64 
Miller . 
15 
7 
Daubert . 
150 
103 
A Laska . 
150 
104 
Reikert . 
150 
103 
Reed . 
150 
110 
Professionals: 
F .Lawrence .... 
150 
93 
A S Sked. 
150 
135 
L R Lewis. 
150 
101 
Elliott . 
.... 150 
60 
Schaffner ... 
.... 150 
73 
Llovd . 
.... 150 
96 
Patton . 
.... 150 
102 
Murphy . 
.... 150 
116 
Kline . 
.... 75 
49 
N Apgar ... 
.... 150 
135 
R Klotz .... 
.... 150 
111 
How to Use the Gun. 
The Art of Wing Shooting. 
Much is performed automatically by the nerve-com¬ 
pelled muscles; this intuition varies in degree with differ¬ 
ent persons. The shooter must look at the bird or other 
moving object, and depend upon his own muscles to 
correctly align the gun; his eye will correct his error, 
just as a boy watching a cricket ball will put his hand 
where he knows the ball will be at a given moment of 
time, and does not need to look at his hand. 
The physiology of shooting was cleverly stated by 
Dr. W. J. Fleming in a letter to the Field of Feb. 19, 
1887—a letter which the author regrets he cannot re¬ 
produce in full, and can but summarize indifferently. He 
has demonstrated by actual experiment that what is 
known as “personal error” in the observation of objects 
is an important factor in calculating time or distance; 
astronomers for instance, need to allow for this “per¬ 
sonal error” in recording the time of a star’s appearance 
at a given point. If two distinct lights are so placed 
that either may appear or disappear instantly, different 
observers vary.in their ability to quickly determine which 
light is shown, and record it by the depression of a 
key; the time required varied from 1-100 to 6-100 of a 
second. If it be assumed that instead of light appear¬ 
ing a game bird is the object visible, it follows that be¬ 
fore any person can aim his gun at it, at least 1-100 of a 
second of time will elapse, while another person, equally 
quick in aligning his gun. will not be cognizant of the 
object seen until upward of 6-100 of a second have passed. 
Consequently, it follows that the allowance which one 
person would rightly make in order to hit the object 
would not be correct for another person; for, taking 
the two extremes, the object may have moved but 6 in. 
before known as seen by one, and 3ft. before known as 
seen by the other. Dr. Fleming also says: 
“Another important point in connection witrh this 
matter is the influence, noted by all observers, which 
food, stimulants, and sedatives have in altering the 
figures for each individual. The effects vary in differ¬ 
ent persons, and this goes far to account for some men 
shooting better before, others after, lunch, for some men 
being unable to shoot if they smoke, others unable to 
shoot if they do not. I have tried to show that each 
must be a law to himself, and therefore, I trust, 
helped some men who have failed to get good results by 
following the rules of their mentors.” 
Any one with a rudimentary knowledge of optics 
knows that before seeing an object that is visible sev¬ 
eral physiological processes are automatically performed 
by the organs of sight Its position and its distance 
from the observer are estimated by the other processes, 
mainly bv the adjustments his eyes require to make to 
see clearly, compared with previous experience. The 
principal adjustments are the amount of convergence of 
the two eyes required to bring their optical axis to a 
point at the object, and the amount of accommodation 
necessary to bring the image of the bird to a sharp 
focus in the retina. These adjustments are made by 
muscles both within and without the eye, and they in¬ 
form of the amount by the muscular sense, that same 
sense which informs whether we have one ounce or a 
pound weight in our hands. The muscular sense may 
be trained; it enables sportsmen to judge accurately of 
distances, as letter-sorters and others judge of weights 
to a. nicety. As it is dependent upon previous experi¬ 
ence, it does not follow that the sportsman who can 
tell whether a partridge is 30 or 50yds. distant will know 
as well as a sailor how many leagues distant is a 
vessel, nor can the letter-sorter estimate the weight of 
a bullock. Muscular sense differs in quantity and quality 
with individuals, and is a matter for special training. The 
sportsman who wishes to become a good shot must ob¬ 
serve carefully and practice constantly. The ability to 
shoot well is a special gift to some, and though it may 
be acquired by all. it is possible only to indicate how 
the skillful use of the shotgun may be developed. A 
sportsman may be a first-rate shot, yet unable to explain 
how he has acquired an unerring aim; some attribute it 
to one stvle of aiming, others to a different method. 
Manv dis'eussions take place among sportsmen and 
experts as to the correct method of aligning the gun, 
and the advocates in the sporting papers of the various 
styles of shooting detail circumstantially the most op¬ 
posite experiences as the best. 
HOLDING AHEAD. 
It is not the intention of the author to enter into a 
long dissertation upon the various merits and disadvan¬ 
tages of “holding on” and “holding ahead.” It must be 
confessed that the advocates of the last method have 
theoretically the best argument, as the following figures 
prove: 
The average speed at which game birds fly may be 
taken at 40 miles per hour, which means that a bird 
flying across the shooter at that speed will have traveled 
about 12 inches before the quickest shooter can have 
brought his gun to position and pulled the trigger. The 
following “delays” may be assumed as unavoidable: 
Time occupied in becoming aware of the game, 1-100 
to 6-100 of a second. 
Time occupied in raising the gun, 25-100 of a second. 
Time occupied in pulling trigger, 1-200 of a second. 
Time occupied in igniting charge, 1-200 of a second. 
Time occupied in shot traveling 40 yards, 14-100 of a 
second, 
during 1 which the bird will have traveled 10 ft. 6 in., or 
thereabouts; and to hit a mark 10 ft. 6 in. to the right or 
left of the mark aimed at, the muzzle of the barrel would 
require to be more than 3in. to the right or left of the 
line of aim. As pointed out previously, if, instead of 
being able to pull the trigger in 1-200 of a second, the 
shooter needs 3-100 of a second, the bird will have flown 
16in. further than is stated above. 
Even while the charge of shot, having left the muzzle, 
is on its way, sufficient time elapses for a fast-flying 
bird to travel a considerable distance: for the first 15yds. 
or so, it may be taken that for every yard the shot ad- 
