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their matches until their names have been on the 
club roster for at least thirty days. 
All scores to be wired to E. R. Galvin, 592 
Du Pont Building, Wilmington, Delaware, on the 
day of the shoot and signed with the name of 
the club. The messages to be sent collect and to 
give only the last name of the ten high men and 
their scores, for example: “Jones, twenty-five; 
Smith, twenty-five; Brown, twenty-four; Harri¬ 
son, twenty-three; Johnson, twenty-two; Olson, 
twenty-two; Jenks, twenty-one; Grant, twenty; 
Jackson, twenty; Miller, twenty; total two hund¬ 
red twenty-two. Sign name of club.” 
Where a club has two or more members of 
the same name, the initials should also be given, 
for example: “John Jones, twenty-five; Sam 
Jones, twenty-five; William Smith, twenty-three; 
F. Smith, twenty-three; Miller, twenty; Grant, 
twenty; Jackson, twenty; Harrison, twenty; John 
Brown, twenty; Earl Brown, twenty-two. Total 
two hundred eighteen. Sign name of the club.” 
All such wires to be confirmed in writing. 
When all scores are in they will be furnished 
the sporting weeklies for publication, with a copy 
to each club. 
In case any club desires to receive by wire 
the scores made by any or all of the other clubs 
competing in the race, it is understood that they 
will be sent this information by each club, pro¬ 
vided the club receiving the same is willing to 
pay for the telegram or telegrams. 
The Du Pont Powder Company has offered 
a suitable trophy to the club making the highest 
aggregate score in the five matches. It is desired 
to start these matches beginning with the month 
of January. 
Report of President and Treasurer-Manager of 
The Interstate Association, Year 1913 
Wilmington, Dela., December i, 1913. 
To the Members of The Interstate Association: 
Gentlemen: 
The secretary and treasurer’s reports cover fully 
the condition and the year’s work of our organiza¬ 
tion, and I am certain that our members will feel that 
the season has been a successful one. 
It is not my intention to make many recommenda¬ 
tions, as I feel that the informal meeting held at the 
Hotel Astor, New York City, on November 13th, covers 
well the important matters which will perhaps be brought 
to your attention for consideration. . 
Even though some of my recommendations may 
come up through other channels, I feel that it will not 
be amiss to repeat several that were made in my last 
year’s report. 
Recommendations. 
That arrangement be made, at a nominal expense, 
to secure more daily paper publicity for tournaments 
given under our auspices. 
I would again strongly urge that our Association 
begin the work of organizing gun clubs. 
I shall be interested in knowing to what extent 
our invitation to interested amateur trapshooting offi¬ 
cials will be received. I hope that we will have the 
benefit of the advice of these officials at our meeting 
this year, and that if we are not favored that we again 
extend the invitation. 
I still feel that we are getting near the time when 
our added money can best be devoted to trophies. 1 
realize that this would be a radical change if made 
now, but suggest that we work to it by allotting a por¬ 
tion, say 25 per cent, of the registered fund for the 
purchase of trophies, and that a committee of our more 
practical members be instructed to suggest the plan 
of distribution. 
I would further suggest that trophies he given in 
the Grand American Handicap Tournament as follows: 
One for each of the first five places in Preliminary 
Handicap; one for each of the first ten places in Grand 
American Handicap; one for each of the first five 
places in Consolation Handicap; one for each of the 
first five places in the Amateur Championship; one for 
each of the first three places in Amateur Double Cham¬ 
pionship. 
I would also suggest that trophies be provided for 
the first three places in the subsidiary handicaps. 
By way of explanation, would say that many who 
participate in these events care but little for the money 
winning in comparison with a nice trophy which would 
be preserved and would be something to show for a 
good score, even though the score might not be the 
winning one. 
The plan adopted at our last meeting whereby Mr. 
Elmer E. Shaner was relieved of considerable detail, 
and the taking over of this work by Mr. E. Reed Shaner 
as secretary, has apparently worked out in a most satis¬ 
factory manner, as was expected, and I hope the or¬ 
ganization will continue as it now is, in so far as the 
actual operating end is concerned. 
I want to thank the members of this organization 
for their continued co-operation throughout the year. 
I also want to thank our honorary press members and 
their representatives for the co-operation they have 
always given in assisting us to promote the splendid 
sport of trapshooting. 
Respectfully submitted, 
J. T. SKELLY, President. 
To the President, Officers and Members of The Inter¬ 
state Association. 
Gentlemen:—My twenty-first annual report as man¬ 
ager is herewith submitted. The statistical data in con¬ 
nection with the year’s work will be found in the sec¬ 
retary’s and treasurer’s reports, copies of which are 
hereunto annexed. 
Having in former reports gone into extensive de¬ 
tail, covering all points at great length, in this I deem 
it necessary only to touch on subjects absolutely vital, 
satisfied that such eliminated review will meet all 
requirements, the members of the Association being well 
acquainted with the subject matter at large. 
Proposed Changes in the Trap Rules. 
The opinions of trap shooters who attended Reg¬ 
istered Tournaments in 1913, as shown by the recent 
poll, coupled with the wide difference of opinions among 
those who expressed their views through the columns 
of the several sportsmen’s journals, indicates that it 
would be unwise to make any changes at the present 
time in the trap rules. I would, therefore, advocate 
that no changes be made in the trap shooting rules 
as revised in 1909. 
Registered Tournament Policy. 
The Registered Tournament idea has been given 
a thorough test during the past six years and with ad¬ 
mirable success. The records of more than 10,000 trap 
shooters who competed at one to fifty or more regis¬ 
tered tournaments during the past six years are on 
file in the Department of Records. The list comprises 
tiap shooters in every one of our States and territories, 
as well as a number in the Dominion of Canada. It is 
needless to say that the matter of compilation entailed 
a vast amount of work, but the Association now has 
valuable data which can be used as a basis for its future 
work. The Department of Records has become one 
of the most important branches of The Interstate As¬ 
sociation’s work. 
It might be well for the Association to consider a 
suggestion of increasing the scope of the Registered 
Tournament idea. While the plan in vogue is very satis¬ 
factory, there are some points which could be elaborated 
on with a view of bringing out every possibility of 
the scheme. The time has arrived when every tourna¬ 
ment of note must of necessity be registered, as the 
contestant now at all times demands official credit fot 
his work. 
Considerable discussion has taken place from time 
to time regarding changes in our Registered Tourna¬ 
ment policy. In this connection I would state that 
