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All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here, 

 send in notice like the following: 



February.— Live bfrd tournament on ISi'b'B grounds, Bloonifield 

 avenue, Newart, N. J. 



Feb. 34-16.— Reading Sliooting Association, Becoud spring tourna- 

 ment, at Sliillington, Pa. Two days at targets, tbii-d day at live birds. 

 Address H. W. Matz, Tlu'ee-Mile House, Sbillington, Pa. 



Feb. 14-16.— Forester Gun Club toiu-nament, Davenport, Iowa. 



Feb. 16.— Essex Gun Club shoot, on Heritage's grounds , Marion, N. J. 



Feb. 20.— Matcb shoot, T. C. AVright and Thos. Murphy, at 25 Uve 

 birds, Hurlingham rules, for 850 dollars a side, at Park Hotel groimds. 



Feb. 31.— H. P. Davies Co. tournament, Toronto, Canada. 



Feb. 21-22.— Atchison, Kansas, toiu-nament. Auiateurs only. 



Feb. 21 -9S.— Highland Gun Club tournament, JDes Moines, la. Live 

 birds and bluerock targets. 



Feb. 21-23.— Oneida County Sportsmen's Association tQuraament, at 

 Utica, N. y. Live birds and targets. 



Feb. 22.— Live bii-d tournament, on Erb's grounds, Newark, N. J. 



Feb. 22.— Syi-acuse Gun Club, "jack rabbit" tournament, at Syra- 

 cuse, N. y. 



Feb. 23.-^^. L. Brewer vs. E. D. Fulford, 100 hve birds each, for |100 

 a side, Utica, N. T. 



Feb. 23.— Eclipse Outing Club, annual shoot at live birfls, at the Pine 

 Brook Hotel grounds. ' 



Feb. 23.— Match shoot, Wm. Ryan vs. Chas. Anderson,' at "Willard 

 Park, for !$25 a side, at 10 hve birds, old Long Island rules to govern. 



Feb. 23-23.— Bloomsbm-g (Pa.) Gun Club tom-nament. 



Feb. 28. — New .Jersey Trap-Shooters' League, team shoot, grounds 

 of Union Gun Club, Springfield, N. J. ; also open to all tournament, 

 beginning at 9 A. M. 



March 10. — Interstate Manufacturers' a,nd Dealers' Association's 

 Grand American Handicap, hve birdtoiu-nament. New Jersey (grounds 

 to be named) ; Hurlingham rules, Monaco bomadary. 



March. — New Mexico Mutual Fish and Game Protective Association, 

 second annual tom-nament. 



May 2-3. — ^Independence (Ind.) Gun Club tournament. Added money. 



May 9-11. — Ohio Trap-Snootei's' League tournament, Columbus, O. 



May 17-18. — ^West Newburgh Gun Club spring tournament, at New- 

 Iburgh, N. Y. 



May 33-25. — Knoxville Gun Club tournament, $1,000 added to pm'ses. 

 Also valuable merchandise prizes. 



May 30. — Kastei'n New York Trap League tom-nament, at Canajo- 

 toarie, N. Y. 



May.— Saratoga (N. T.) Gun Club tournament. 



May .30- June 1.— Iowa State Sportsmen's Association, Clear Lake, la. 



June 5-10.— lUinois State Sportsmen's Association, Chicago, IlL 



June 13-16. — ^New York State Sportsmen's Association tom-nament, 

 at Rochester. H. M. Stewart, Cor. Sec'y, 412 Ellwanger.& Barry Build- 

 ing, Rochester, N. Y. 



Oct. 19-20.— West Newburgh Gun dub faU tournament, at Newburgh. 



INTERSTATE M. & D. ASSOCIATION. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



A club composed of trap-shooting enthusiasts has recently been 

 organized in "Woodside. N. J., under the name of the C<;>lumbia Gun 

 Club There are fifteen members and these are the officers: Presi- 

 dent, Edward Shroud; Recording Secretary, Samuel Ta;i-lor; Financial 

 Secretary, V. W. Rembe; Treasm-er, Calvin Pitt. . The United States 

 Pigeon Company traps are used. The grounds are located near the 

 Bdleville reservoir. Strict rules are enforced, and shoots, open to all, 

 at targets, will be held on aU legal holidays. The club meets at 167' 

 :8ylvan avenue. Woodside, and wUl have its next shoot on "Wash- 

 ington's Birthday. Communications for the club- shovild be addi-essed 

 to V. W. Rembe," Woodside Steel Works, Newark, N. J. 



Shooters who go to the Reading Shooting Association tournament 

 iQ-ext Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday vni\ get a royal reception 

 from the club members, but President Harry Matz in particular. Mi-. 

 Matz is an expert hve bird and target shot and is immensely poptdar 

 among Pennsylvania sportsmen. Those shooters from other j.ilaces 

 who have taken part in Reading shoots know well his la vish mairDer of 

 entertaining. The Three MUe House, where the club has its head- 

 quarters, is"a famous old hostlery, and accommodations for shooters 

 and shooting cannot be surpassed. The grounds ma.y be reached 

 from Reading by electric cars, which run every fifteen minutes. 



The annual election of officers of the Washington Heights Gun Club 

 was held at the club's headquarters, 2044 Amsterdam avenue, on Jan. 

 ' 26. and the foUowtng officers were elected for the year 1893: President. 

 H! W. Ohver; Vice-President, Mathew Cox; Secretarj-, J. R. Terhuue; 

 Treasurer, Alderman R. B. Saul; Captain, C. R. TerwiUiger; Execu- 

 tive Committee: Hugh Hai-rison, David Wagner, M. J. Ellis, Thomas 

 Rodgers, Eugene Searles. The regular monthlj'- hve pigeon club shoot 

 wUlbe held Feb. 15, at the chib gi'ounds, 170th street and Ktngsbridge 

 Road. 



The match to be shot next Monday at Erb's Newark grounds, be- 

 tween Ho wland Gasper and AJlen Willey, was forced upon the latter, 

 who at first positively refused to again meet Gasper in a match. 

 Willey is at least ten birds in a hundred better than Gasper, and e-o-en 

 (this is a high rating for Gasper. Gasper iusisted, however, upon hav- 

 ing a race on the terms finally arranged, and as Willey was a winnei- 

 3ie was compelled to accept. 



On Feb. 1 T. W. Morfey, of Paterson, and Mr. Woolf, of Morristown, 

 shot at 25 Uve birds each for $35 a side on Frank Class's Moi-i istown 

 Driving Park. Woolf e killed 18 to Morfey 's 11. In a series of 10-bird 

 sweeps which followed the scores were: Morfey 7, 7, 6, 8: Tenard 7, 

 8 7 8- WooU 8, 9, 8, 9; Class 9, 10, 9. 9; Lyons 5, 7, 5, 7; WilUson 

 5', 7, 5,' 7. 



A kingbu-d shoot, jack rabbit system, will be held on the Syracuse 

 Gun Club grounds at 10 A. M. sharp, Feb. 22. Lunch on the grounds. 

 Bach shooter breaking over 50 per cent, receives 10 cents for every 

 target broken, balance divided 50, .30 and 30 per cent, to the three high- 

 est scores. Ties to be divided. Shells for sale on the grounds. A. .E. 

 Spangler, G. H. Mann, H, R. Becker, field committee. 



At the annual meeting of Endeavor Gun Club officers were elected 

 for the year: Dr. Z. P. Fletcher, President: F. Post, Vice-Pi-esident: 

 J D. Polhamus, Secretary; C. W. McPeck, Treasurer; .1. A. Creveling, 

 I. McPeek and A. R. Strader, Directors; E. Hollister, Captain. The 

 secretary's addi-ess is 11 Cottage street, Jersey City, N. J. 



The annual meeting of the MacMmoodus Gun Club. Moodns, Conn., 

 was held Monday evening,' Jan. 33. The election of officers i\ as as fol- 

 lows: U. S. Cook, President; S. P. Clark, Vice-President; F. 0. Fow- 

 ler and D. J. Treat, Directors; G. P. Lecrenier, Secretary and Tre^is- 

 urer; P. C. Fowler, Captam. \ 



The Syracuse Gun Club was the first to claim Feb. 23 for a touriia- 

 ment, but since then four other claims have been made for the sanie. 

 Tlais does not matter so far as clubs long distances away 4i'e 

 .concerned, bilt it does look as though Utica might have avoided the 

 date. 



At the annual meeting of the KnoxviUe, Tenn., Gun Club the follow- 

 iing officers were elected for 1893: S. B. Dow, President; T. 0. Eld- 

 ridge, Vice-President; S. Van Gilder, Captain; J. C. White, Treasurer; 

 R. Van Gilder, Seci-etary. 



Mr. H. Bishop wi-ites from White Haven, N. J.: "I will hold an all 

 day target shoot at White Haven, N. J., on Friday, Feb. 10, beginning 

 at 10 o'clock. Will insure a good time to all who will visit us." 



TheBloomsburg (Pa.) Gun Club will hold their second annual tour- 

 nament on Feb. 22, "23 and 34. Live bu-ds all day on the 32d, and tar- 

 gets the other two. 



The sportsmen of West Orange, N. J., are about to form the West 

 Orange Gun Club, which will not only practice trap shooting, but field 

 shootmg as well. 



A live bu-d match between James Dunn and John ConUn took place 

 at Dennis's Hotel, in Kearney, on Jan. 31, Dunn grassing 20 to Conlln's 

 18 out of 25. 



The White Plains Gun Club will hold an aU day shoot at h've and 

 ay birds on Feb. 33 on then- grounds at White Plains, N. Y. 



CKHTTPICATE OF THE OROAmZATlON OF THE INTERSTATE MANTIFACTUBEBS' 



AND dealers" association. 



This is to certify that we, George H. Sampson. Charles Tatham and 

 John A. H. Dressel, do herebj- associate ourselves into a company, 

 under and by provision of an act of the Legislature of the State of 

 New Jersey entitled "An Act Concerning Corporations," approved 

 April seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and the several 

 supplements thereto and acts amendatory thereof, for the purpose 

 herein mentioned, and to that end we do by this certificate set forth: 



That the name which we have assumed to designate such company, 

 and to be used in its business and dealings, is the Interstate Manufac- 

 turers' and Dealers' .'Vssooi.'^itinn. 



The places of business in tliis State where the business of such 

 company is to be conducted are Jersey Citj% in the county of Hudson, 

 and Oaldand, in the coimty of Bergen, but the principal' part of the 

 business of said company within this State is to be transacted at 

 Jersey Cit3% in the county of Hudson; and the objects for wl:ich this 

 company is formed are, to encourage field and trap shooting through- 

 out the United States of America and its territories, by organizing 

 and assisting to organize clubs for that purpose, and by giving tour- 

 naments and distributing advertising matter perta'ining thereto 

 among sportsmen. 



That the total a.mount of capital stock of said company is twenty- 

 five hundred dollars, the number of shares into which the same "is 

 divided is fifty and the par value of each share is Uttj dollars. 



The power of transfer of any share of said stock by the holder thereof 

 is linuted and resti'icted as follows: Before such holder shall transfer 

 the same to any pei-son not ah-pady an authorized shareholder, he 

 shall olf er in writiTig the sale of the "same to the board of directors of 

 the company for tlie benefit of the shareholders, at a valuation to be 

 fixed bj^ the'board of directors; such offer shall remain ojjen for the 

 period of thirty days, and, if not accepted within that tune, in writing, 

 the holder may transfer such share to any jjerson. The said power of 

 transfer is also to i3e limited and restricted by such bj^-law in regard 

 to assessments upon shareholders as may be adopted by the share- 

 holders of the company. 



The amount with which the said company will commence business 

 is one thousand dollars, which is divided into twenty shares of the par 

 value of fifty dollars each. 



The period at which said company shall commence is the first day of 

 January, eighteen hundred and ninety -three, and the period at which 

 it shall terminate is the first day of .januai-y, nineteen hundred and 

 forty-two. 



In witness whereof, we hereunto set om- l^ands and seals this twenty- 

 thii d day of December, A. D., eighteen huudi'ed and ninety-two. 



Geoeoe H. Sampson. 

 Chas. Tatham. 

 John A. H. Dressel. 



By-La-ws. 



Article I. — StocMiolders. 

 1. As far as possiljle, stockholders shall be confined to manufac- 

 turer.s and dealers in sportsmen's suppUes. 



3. AppUcation for stock shall be made in writing, ond for at least 

 one share, and shall be acted upon by the executive committee at its 

 first meeting after such appUcation is made. 



Article XL— Meetings. 



1 The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the third 

 Tuesday in December ol each year for the election of officers and for 

 the transaction ot such other business as may properly come before 

 the meeting. 



2 To constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders there 

 must lie at least a raajonty of the outstanding capital stoclc, and each 

 share ii - i i 'i iresented shall be entitled to one vote. A major- 

 ity (- i i shall be decisive. 



3 \ I I I - riusc ot the stoclibolders shall be called whenever 

 the exeeuti-> e committee may deem one necessary. 



4 N^otiee of ea(ili annual meeting shall be mailed to each stock- 

 holder ten davs bclore the date of meeting, and notice of each special 

 meeting at least live days before the meeting. 



5 '^I'ho president to call a special meeting at request of holders of 

 five (5) shares of stock. 



Article in.-=-0^cers. 



1 There shall be a board of seven du-ectors, who shall be elected by 

 the stockholders by ballot at each annual meeting, to serve for one 

 year or until their successors are elected. A majority of the votes 

 'east shall be necessary for an election. The board shall fill its own 

 vacancies occurring during the year of its service. 



2 The board of directors shall elect from their own number the 

 president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer required bylaw, 

 and shall appoint iToui their ov.-a number an executive committee p£ 

 three, , , . , ' 



3. The board of du-eetors shall also appoint a manager. 



Artioe IV. — Duties of Officers. 



1. It shall be the duty of the president to preside at all meetings, 

 to have a general supervision of the affairs of the Association. 



3. Tne secretary shall attend to all meetings and record all votes of 

 the company and directors, and keep minutes of their proceedings in 

 a book provided for that purpose, preserve all records, send notieiss 

 of the time and place of all meetings and prepare and publish all 

 notices and coniniunications ordered by the executive committee. He 

 shall Vie sworn t'li the faithful discharge of his duty. 



3. The treasurer shall collect all moneys due the Association, make 

 all disbursements upon bUls approved hy the secretary and manager, 

 report at the annual meeting, and oftener if requii-ed, the state ot the 

 funds of the Association, and the names of membeis who are in 

 arrears for their assessments or dues. AU checks shall be signed by 

 the treasurer, and he shall give bonds if required to do so by the 

 du-ectors. He shall also sign all certificates of stock issued. 



Article Y.—A-'isesmHents. 



1. Each shareholder may be annuall.y a.ssessed by the board of 

 directors to the amount not exceeding two hundred dollars, payable 

 in equal quarterly payments, and due without notice Jan. 1, AprU.l, 

 July 1 and Oct. 1. In case such sharehoii 1 1 - u. ii cail to pay such 

 assessment within thirty days aftei- u 1 1 , ' the board of 

 directors may. In their disci etion, caiici 1 1 e iield by such 

 delinquent shareholder, and written notice ot suen caiicellation shallbe 

 mailed to such shareholder, and thereupon he shall cease to be a 

 shareliolder in said Association and a new certificate tor- any share So 

 canceled may be issued to such person as the board of du-ectors may 

 direct. . , , 



2. No special assessment for paying guaranteed purses or other 

 extraordinary indebtedness shaU be levied, except by two-thirds vote 

 oi the outstanding stock. j 



Article VT. — Privileges of Stockholders and Others. , 



1. Only stockholders and those licensed by the du-ectors of the 

 Association will be allowed to have tents on the tom-nament grounds, 

 and onl3' such ammunition as is manufactured or dealt in by stock- 

 Iiolders "will be for sale. 



2. The targets furnished by the Association must be manufactured 

 by a stockholder of the Association. ' j 



Akticle VU.— Amendments. 1 

 1. These by-laws maybe altered or amended by a majority vote of 

 the stocldiol'ders present at any annual or special meeting of the 

 Association. Such proposed ameuchnents shah be presented in writ- 

 ing, signed by at least two stocldiolders, and notice of same shall be 

 forwarded to each stocltholder of the Association at least two weefcs 

 before the time at which same ai-e to be acted upon 



jclay 



C. H. TOWKSEND. 



Saratoga Springs Tournaments 



■ Bakatoga Springs, N. Y., Feb. 2.— The Saratoga Gun Club claims the 

 ^following dates for tbeu- four-day tournament, to be held May 9, 10, 11 

 and 12 and would ftu-ther say to all interested m trap-shoc>tmg, send a 

 postal' card to W. H. Gibbs, secretary, Saratoga Springs, N. _Y., with 

 your name and address, thereby avoidmg the possibihty of being over- 

 . looked or not on the Ust when we issue the programme. It wdl be the 

 shoot of the season. Come, enjoy, be convinced that we ai-e fche 



W, A. COSTEB. 



The Po-wder Challenge Accepted. 



Editor Forest and Stream: , ^ ■, „ „\ ^ ^ 



I proposed to Mr. J. A. R. EUiott or anybody else a "practical" test 

 of the kilhng forces of Schultze and American wood powder, Ijecause 

 ]\Ii-. ElUott has seen fit to beUttle Schultze powder, which he has, how- 

 evei-, repeatedl}' fallen back upon after a signal failure with American 

 wood. He stated as a reason for writing that his silence might 

 have lieen construed that wood powder was the cause of his being 

 defeated in his first match with Mr. Fulford by a very low score, a fact 

 which all spectators knew to be the case, and which caused Mr. EUiott 

 to substitute Schultze for wood in the next four matches. 



I was very careful to state expheitly how the test could be made fair 

 and impartial in every partictdar, and how to eliminate the elements of 

 luck and difference m the skill of the shooters. 



I wanted the test to be made and did not chaUenge with generaUtiea 

 or impossibUities for the sake of newspaper notoriety, and I asked no 



^^Mi-'^Elfiott was free to choose between several ways and means of 

 comparing the actual Idllmg forces of the two powders under exactly 

 alike and fair conditions. Not to place Mr. EUiott at a pecuniary dis- 

 advantage I offered him $100 expenses to come to New A'ork to have 

 the test made. I offered odds and also placed my check for $250 in 

 the hands of the Forest and Stream as a guarantee of good faith on 

 my part. x- , • 



I liuew Mr. Elliott to be in the pigeon shootmg business as a pro- 

 fessional, and that my proposition \>ras not exactly out of his fine. 

 He declines mv proposition, and gives a good, vahd reason, namely, 

 that his business connection henceforth would prevent Mm fi-pm 

 accepting. 



This is perfectly satisfactory, but he might have declined with a little 

 better grace and not shown his ugly spu-it, born no doubt of disap- 

 pointment. However, we do not all see alike. 



That I succeeded, in the opinion of practical, unbiased sportsmen, to 

 devise maimer and means to arrive at the exact kilhng forces of the 

 two powders, is proved by the exi^ressions of leading shooters from 

 various parts of the country. 



In reply to Mr. Lindsley's letter in the same issue of your valuable 

 paper, I am very happy to accept his proposition as made and re- 

 quest Mr. Lindsley to post his check for |500 with the editor of For- 

 est AND Stream to cover mj^ cieck for fuU amount, which is now in 

 the samehands, and which I wish to apply for this bet. 



I concede aU of Sir. Lindsley's mentioned conditions. The test to be 

 play or pay, both powders to be bought in the open mai-ket at four or 

 more different places by disinterested pai-ties or the referee, and an 

 equal number of cartridges to be used from each lot. 



The velocity tests to be made of course with measure for measure 

 charges, as Mr. Lindsley proposes. The comparative bursting pres- 

 sures aiid patterns of the two powders to be compared with charges 

 giving alike velocities, as otherwise one Ipowder might show the 

 closest pattern or lowest pressures or botli, while its velocity nught 

 be so slow as to be worthless for pii^eon or field shooting, and it 

 would be difficult to find a proper and lau- comparative scale of merit. 



I do not think that Mr. Lindsley will object to have all the cartridges 

 loaded by the U. M. C. Co., who are certainly neutral parties and load 

 immense quantities of both powders. This would prevent anybody 

 from saying that either one or the other of the contesting parties was 

 especially sldUf ul in loading the sheUs, and make this most important 

 factor for a fair te^t absolutely even. 



As to stringing ot shot, I have never heard of nor seen records of 

 comparative powder tests. This stringing business is one of Mr. 

 Lindsley's hallucinations. He has never made anj- tests in this direc- 

 tion of any value, and were it not for the genius of Mr. R. W. S. Grif- 

 fith, the world would not know any facts about the strniging of shot. 

 However, if Mr. Lindsley has discovered something new, so be it, and 

 I wUl aUow him to carry out any fair experiment he ma}^ wish in this 

 line. It wUl prove, howevei-, -'rainbow chasing" on Mr. Lindsley's 

 part and never be a subject of comparison for ilitlerent kimls of pow- 

 ders. 



Additional questions as to manner of how to arrive at fair results of 

 the comparative merits of the two powders to be left to the decision 

 of the judges and referee. 



As soon as Mr. Lindsley has deposited his $500, I shall be willing to 

 meet him at his own office to complete arrangements, though he 

 makes it a point to say that he is not wiUing to come to mine, and I 

 promise him that I shaU not haggle over technicalities. 



I shaU not even object to having the tests made at his own fac- 

 tory, providing that he has the most modern apphances, which, how- 

 ever, I doubt. 



The velocity and pattern tests could be made at the U. M. C. factory, 

 and also the pressure te.sts could be made there, as the necessary 

 gauges could easUy be sent there. 



After above tests, I shall give a few proofs that the mixture made 

 by Mi-. Lindsley and Ulegally sold as American wood powder is not the 

 same powder as the American wood powder which I have championed 

 against black powder, before Schultze and "E. C." powders were pro- 

 curable in this country. 



Ml-. Lindsley glories in his country and that he is an American. "So 

 do we aU of us." He is an American by chance, whUe I am from • 

 choice and judgment. Yet it does not foUow because we love oiu- 

 glorious country best, that an American without any scientific school- 

 ing in chemistry, etc., who of necessity must mix, make and sell siuaU 

 amounts, and is constantly experimenting and changing his powders 

 in quahty of product in a pot-luck .style, can compete with the great- 

 est acknowledged scientific authorities in explosive chemistry m the 

 world, operating pkants and scientific machinery, backed by unUmited 

 capital, watched constantly by government experts, mixing 100 times ■ 

 larger batches and keeping their product under observation for ■ 

 twelve months before marketing it, although they are Englishmen. 



However, the objections which might be m-ged agfdnst the English 

 products on the score of American patriotism have been removed, as ■ 

 far as the E. C. powder is concerned, ah-eady, and the ever-increasing 

 demand for Schultze powder will soon necessitate an American com- 

 pany and Amercan factory for Schidtze also. 



New York, Jan. 6. Justus yoN Lengerke. I 



Handicapping Again. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



After a cursory examination of the columns of yotu- valuable paper 1 

 of the past few weeks I notice that the all-absorbmg topic seems to be ■ 

 the question of how it is best t<3;classif.v and hamlicap the trap-shootera ■ 

 of the country. I cannot at this time j-efrain from inviting myself un- 

 asked to criticise the various systems adx-aneed Ijy these would-be : 

 handicappers. Cm- fileud Jesse Pumi:ihre.y's ideas are theoretically '] 

 all right, and he is to be congratulated on his effort; but we cannot ' 

 admit that they are-practicable. WhUe they appear simple there is ' 

 too much of it "to work successfully on the tournament gi-ounds. The ■■ 

 ideas of our friends Crutty and "Jack Rabbit" AVorden are worthy of 

 serious consideration as far as the division of pm'ses is concerned, but 

 the idea of constantly changing shooters from one class to another as 

 advanced by nearly all of the new handicappers causes great con-" 

 fusion and dissatisfaction, while the retrogressive action of being com- 

 peUed to shoot the one'man-up system shows lack of ingenuity in in- i 

 venting a system that wUl be modern and up to the times. 



Shooters go to a tournament to shoot and not to be entertained by ; 

 other sports or amusements, and if a reasonable programme be issued : 

 they wUl not be shot out at the end of the day and wUl have had ■ 

 ample time to partake of refreshments and indulge in friendly con- • 

 versation. If a shooter is not called to the score once every fifteen 1 

 minutes he becomes restless, forgets about shooting and for amuse- 

 ment turns Ills attention to other things which may or may not take , 

 him away from the shooting grounds. Every shooter can fire from 1 

 100 to 150 shots between 9 o'cloclc in the morning and 5 o'clock in the • 

 afternoon without becoming over-fatigued. 



Mr. Parker has been trained in the Interstate camp and many of his 

 ideas emanate from those headquarters, and wiU no doubt be used bj . 

 the friends of the Interstate people. Distance to be used as the basis ' 

 for handicapping, added money, portainle screens, etc., ai-e ideas that 

 have long been talked of at he.adquiu ters. 



It would be useless for me to send any system for handicapping, 

 etc. to my friends m the American Manufacturers' Association, for ' 

 although they know that I am the author of the rules for trap slioot- 

 ing which were adopted with some shght modifications by the old 

 American Shootuig Association, which have been used very generally 

 throughout the country under one name and another, and also that I 

 claim authorship to the present system for handicapping the shooters, 

 which, in spile of some objection, has been recognized and used in al- 

 most every State in the Union, they would brand anything coming 

 from me as wTong, bad, impracticable on its very face, while they 

 know that what I have heretofore pubUshed has been for the time 

 being entii-ely satisfactory. 



"Wben the Keystone rapid firing system ^vas first introduced and the 

 amateur rule o'nly was used there was not a trap shot in the country 

 who could average over 80 per cent., whereas the same men had been 

 averaging much better than 90 per cent, shooting at unknown traps, 

 unknown angles and different distances mider the one-man-up sys- 

 tem. It took the experts a year to become accustomed to the rapid 

 firing system. Then means were devised to handicap them so that the 

 weaker shots would have more opportunity to cope with them, and, 

 to prevent the experts from dropping for places, forming pools, etc., 

 they were compeUed to shoot before the amateurs. Notwithstanduig 

 the fact that some of the expert shots have complained that the Inter- ' 

 state Manufactiu-ers' and Dealers' Association handicap is too severe, 

 they have as a rule maintained such a high average that they have re- 

 ceived more money than if they had shot under the amatem- rules and 

 been compeUed to divide the purse with the semi-exjjerts and the bet- 

 ter shots among the amatem s who M ould have been close on their 

 heels. , , , , , 



Two difficulties with the system have developed: 

 The fii'st is, that it has not been practicable to advance aU the ama- 

 teurs who, according to the records made at their home clubs, have 

 averaged 80 per cent, or better to the semi-expert class; this in turn 

 making the semi-expert class deficient. 



The second is that the trap-shooters in general want something new, 1 

 simply because it wiU be new. 



As a member of the classification a.nd tournamant committee of thfti 

 Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association I shaU submit thft 

 foUowing system to be adopted for the coming saason: 



Novelty Rule— Five traps wiU be used in a sti aight fine, w ith three 

 traps placed in the field 60yds. from the score, 10yds. apart. The out- 

 side traps to be numbei-ed 6. 7 and 8. Unknown traps, unknowTi 

 angles, different distances. Six men to a squad. Amateurs, semi- 

 experts and exi^erts wiU all shoot this rule, and the traps will be, 

 sprung by the indicator. The hancUcap wiU be one of distance only. 

 The amateur (Class 0) wUI stand at the 16-yai-d mark, the semi-expert 

 rdass B) wiU stand at the 18-yard mark, and the expert ( Class A) will 

 stand at the 20-yard mark. Shooters wUl be classified by the Associ- 

 ation from the records they have made at their home clubs for a period 

 of thi-ee months previous to their application for a certificate of clas-i 

 sification. As soon as an amateur averages 75 per cent, he wUl be ad- 

 vanced to Class B: as soon as a semi-expert averages 85 per cent, he 

 wiU beadvancetl to class A. Purses wiU probably be divided into five 

 moneys, and if there is anv change in this rule due notice wiU be give) 

 of same. It is also ]jroposed to aTdd 50 cents for each entry to at lea.:-' 

 two guaranteed events eacli day of a shoot, which money will be do 

 uated by the Association. This system will be copyrighted by th^ 



