Jan. 31, 1914. 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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Forest and Stream is an Honorary Member of the Interstate Association for the Promotion of Trapshooting. 
PINEHURST’S MIDWINTER HANDICAP. 
By Herbert L. Jilson. 
It attracts the largest, classiest and most representa¬ 
tive field in the history of Southern trap shooting. 
One hundred experts, champions and ex-champions, 
gathered from all sections, rank it with the Premiere 
Grand American and the Famous Westey-liogans. 
Assembled for Pinehurst’s seventh annual Midwinter 
Throughout the week, with the exception of the open¬ 
ing day, when a high wind gave the targets the wings 
of Mercury, perfect conditions ruled and scores mounted 
skyward, while the program under the able management 
of Luther J. Squier, assisted by Charles 'North, went off 
without a hitch, President Leonard Tufts of the Pine- 
hurst Country Club casting the critical eye of personal 
supervision over every detail. Secretary Shaner of the 
Interstate Association dignified the occasion by his 
A fitting climax to a notable week was Saturday 
afternoon’s Handicap in which Charles H. Newcomb of 
the Independent Gun Club, Philadelphia, won the chief 
trophy and the purse of $350, with a fast 9s, shooting 
from the limit mark of twenty-one yards. Four targets 
further down the line found W. IT. Patterson of -Buf¬ 
falo (18 yards); Dr. D. L. Culver of Jersey City (19 
yards), and T. J. Donald of .-Felicity, Ohio (17 yards), 
bunched in a triple tie at 91 for second, third and fourth 
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Left to Right—Upper Row: Frank G. Drew, President Interstate Association; Elmer E. Shaner, A. B. Richardson. 
Lower Row: D. F. McMahon, N. Y. A. C.; John Philip Sousa, Luther Squier, Mel Hawkins. 
Handicap was a field of one hundred prticipants, includ¬ 
ing all sections of the country, the largest, classiest and 
most representative field in the history of Southern trap 
shooting and one which ranks the shoot with the pre¬ 
miere Grand American and the famous Westey-Hogans. 
present with Bandmaster John Philip Sousa, prominent 
in the list of contestants. Hundreds of visitors gath¬ 
ered daily to watch the flying targets vanish in purple 
clouds of dust, for no entertainnic.F feature of the win 
ter is more keenly anticipated by the resorters. 
moneys amounting to $300, $250 and $200. Another trie 
at 90 divided fifth and sixth moneys amounting to $150- 
and $100, the group including T. L. McMillan of Atlanta 
(16 yards); Charles Nuchols of Charlotte (18 yards), and 
P. F. McMahon of New York (19 yards). Close up and 
