LONG RANGE, CLOUT, OR FLIGHT SHOOTING
Lads. Three-foot target at 130 yards, if possible on a steep hillside.
In the target is a bull's eye, and counts 9 Within 3 feet of outside of target " 7 (< /r (( a a " a << r (( ^ (( it n a i' i( -5 Honor is for 300 at 60 consecutive shots. High honor is for 400 at 60 consecutive shots. (In one or two meets)
Men. Four-foot target at 180 yards, if possible on a steep hillside.
In the target is a bull's eye, and counts 9 Within 6 feet of outside of target " 7 K _ i( a u a it i( - << o u a a it '( (( ^ ^* 24 " *' " " " I
Honor for 300 at 60 consecutive shots.
High honor for 400 at 60 consecutive shots.
- (In one or two meets)
FISHING
By Dr. Henry van Dyke, Author of "Little Rivers", "Fisherman's Luck," etc.
(Boys are those under 14; lads, 14 to 18; men, over 18)
Tackle-making. Boys : To make a 6-foot leader of clean gut, with smooth knots to stand a strain of 5 lbs., honor. To tie 6 different flies, of regular patterns, on number 8-12 hooks, and take trout with each of them, by daylight casting, in clear water, high honor.
Lads: To make a bait rod of 3 joints, straight and sound, 14 oz. or less in weight, 10 feet or less in length, to stand a strain of 1½ lbs. at the tip, 13 lbs. at the grip, honor. To make a jointed
