118 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Jan. 25, 1913 
Registered Tournaments. 
K. Reed Shaker, the new secretary of Interstate As¬ 
sociation, has blossomed out handsomely on his job with 
issuance of an artistic booklet, telling comprehensively 
whys and wherefores of the Association. We quote here¬ 
with some of the interesting material found in the 
brochure. Don't pass it by to read another time. It 
was written, for you. Read it now, and you won’t have 
any questions to ask, or know less than the other fellow: 
“The Interstate Association’s primary object in reg¬ 
istering tournaments is to encourage State associations, 
leagues of gun clubs and special organizations; therefore. 
It is the Association’s present intention to do all in its 
power to urge and foster the formation of State associa¬ 
tions and leagues of gun clubs in those States where 
none now exist. The Association anticipates that in the 
near future it will probably be in a positnon to contribute 
more generously to State and similar organizations. 
“.A broad experience has demonstrated that the regist¬ 
ration of tournaments confers many important advantages 
to trapshooting activities, but that, if not safeguarded and 
controlled by proper restrictions, it is subject to many 
abuses, petty and serious. The promoter, actuated by 
purely business reasons, is the chief offender. For the 
sport or its advancement he cares nothing; for the 
profits he hungers greatly. Under the old conditions, 
each succeeding year the mushroom club and the hungry 
promoter were becoming more numerous, and, accord¬ 
ingly, the Interstate Association was expending money 
for which no return was given in the way of promoting 
legitimate trapshooting. Yet many legitimate attemps at 
holding tournaments resulted in failure, because the sum 
total of so much gun club effort exceeded the demand 
for competition. The majority of shooters have limita¬ 
tions to their purses, besides having a limit to their 
craving for competition. 
“There is such a thing as too much shooting, with its 
harmful reactions. 
“Again, under the old conditions, a strong club hold- 
iit?_ n successful tournament often made excessive profits, 
which were out of all proportion as compared to the 
effort and e.xpense of holding the tournament. Of 
course, the excessive profits came out of the shooters’ 
pockets. 
“The new conditions eliminate the undesirable feat¬ 
ures, while developing the sport on lines that are broad, 
wholesome and permanent. The matter of good sports¬ 
manship is given full consideration. 
“In place of program advertising, the Interstate As¬ 
sociation has substituted a yearly contribution of $ 20 , 000 , 
to be .apportioned to State Association tournaments and 
to the tournaments of gun clubs members of State Asso¬ 
ciations as herein defined. These apportionments of 
moneys are applied to the clubs’ respective programs for 
the heaefit of the contestants. 
“Thus the moneys which heretofore went to hundreds 
of clubs, weak and strong, now go directly to the shoot¬ 
ers, much to their enrichment. Nevertheless, the clubs 
directly benefit by the changes, since more shooters sup¬ 
port the registered tournaments because of the material 
inducements offered in the way of added moneys, and be¬ 
cause of the greater number of shooters who shoot 
through the entire program. 
“.At all times there is a reasonable guarantee that 
when a tournament is registered it is worthy of the con¬ 
fidence and support of the trapshooting fraternity, and it 
has ^the dignitv and importance incident to good auspices. 
“The yearly averages, compiled from the records of 
tournaments thus registered and standardized, are in¬ 
comparably more valuable than are the averages com¬ 
piled from the data of a multitude of clubs whose stand¬ 
ards of cornpetition are loose or non-existent. 
“All this in a particular way-—in a general way, the 
present requirements of registration make for responsi¬ 
bility, permanency and good sportsmanship, both of 
clubs and shooters. At present the mushroom club and 
speculative promoter have no standing. 
“A summarized report of the operation during the 
year 1912 shows that 250 tournaments were registered, of 
which number, 201 were conducted under the Squier 
money-hack system; that $ 20,000 was contributed by the 
Interstate Association to gun clubs and State associa¬ 
tions and leagues of gun clubs; that $23,003.62 was paid 
back to amateurs to cover their losses, and that $26.- 
680.63 in average money was divided among amateurs 
after all of said losses were paid back. Approximatelv. 
$42,000 was divided among amateurs, at these 201 tourna¬ 
ments, which, under the old conditions, would have 
gone to promoters and gun dubs in the way of excessive 
profits. 
“For the years 1911 and 1912 the Interstate Associa¬ 
tion outlined the pi'i'igram of events, specified what 
system of money division was to be used, and stipulated 
how its contribution was to be applied. This plan was 
quite successful in its workings, and gave the very best 
of satisfaction, but the Association thinks the time has 
now arrived for such matters to be left to the clubs hold¬ 
ing the tournaments to arrange as they think will best 
suit their particular localities. Therefore, it was ruled 
that, for the year 1913 clubs may frame their own pro¬ 
gram of events, use any system of money division they 
wish and apply the added money as they desire. 
“In the apportionment of the $20,000 contributed by 
the Interstate Association, the States are divided into 
three classes—A, B, and C. 
“Class ,A includes States with a population of 3.000,000 
or over. To each State association tournament of this 
class the Interstate Association will contribute $300. 
“Class B includes States with a population of under 
3.000.000 to over 1,000,000. To each State Association 
tournament of this class the Interstate Association will 
contribute $ 200 . 
“Class C includes States with a population of under 
1,000,000. To each State -Association tournament of this 
class the Interstate Association will contribute $100. 
“The matter of population will be determined by the 
census of 1910. 
“A State association in a Class A or Class B .State 
must have a membership of fen or more bona fide gun 
clubs located in ten or more different cities or towns. 
“A State Association in a Class C State must have 
a membership of five or more bona fide gun clubs located 
in five or more different cities or towms. 
“The Interstate Association, at its discretion, may 
exact proof of the proper organization of any State As¬ 
sociation, which applies for a registered tournament. 
“The foregoing applies to State Associations, or to a 
league of gun clubs in a State which has no State As¬ 
sociation. 
“The following applies to individual gun clubs: 
‘Any gun club, a member in good standing in a State 
Association or of a league of gun clubs, may apply for 
registration. Applications from gun clubs not members 
of a State Association or of a league of gun clubs will 
not be considered. 
“To each two-day approved tournament the Interstate 
Association will contribute $100. 
“To each one-day approved tournament the Interstate 
Association will contribute $50. 
When a gun club applies for a two-day tournament 
the granting of such application shall depend on the at¬ 
tendance at and success of previous registered tourna¬ 
ments of said club, if any were held. The determination 
of whether it shall be a one-day or two-day tournament 
is at the discretion of the Interstate Association. 
“The Interstate Association would respectfully sug¬ 
gest that the regular program for a registered tourna¬ 
ment consists of not less than 150 targets nor more than 
200 targets per day. 
“The records of the Interstate Association show that 
the most successful tournaments held during the past 
few years were those of one day’s duration, and that 
many two-day tournaments which had a good attendance 
the first day were failures in point of attendance the 
second day. Therefore, at the annual meeting of the 
directors of the Interstate Association, held Dec. 6 , 1912, 
the following resolution was adopted: 
“ ‘Any club that held a two-day registered tourna¬ 
ment in ISll or 1912 at which the attendance did not 
reach 25 or more entries the second dav shall not be 
granted registration for more than a one-day tournament, 
unless said club shows increased strength and is able to 
assure the Association of prospective success.’ 
“Applications for one-day registered tournaments will 
be given the preference in 1913. 
“Preference will also be given to the applications of. 
clubs that will add money to their respective programs 
for the benefit of the shooters. 
“Any gun club holding a re.gistcred tournament shall 
give one page of its program, of which the copy shall be 
furnished by the Interstate Association, for purposes of 
announcing the amount of money contributed by the 
Interstate Association and for purposes of publicity. 
Gun clubs located in sections where freight rates are 
excessively high, thus making targets cost considerably 
more than they do in the East, may charge 2% cents 
or 3 cents per target, if it is customary to make such 
charge at tournaments. 
“The Interstate Association’s contribution will not 
be paid to any club until such time as such club, holding 
a registered tournament, shall have sent in the requisite 
report of the tournament to the Interstate Association. 
“When the fund of $20,000 is exhausted, tournaments 
will be registered, but without any contribution of added 
money by the Interstate Association. 
“Gun clubs located in States where there are no 
State -Associations or leagues of gun clubs may register 
their tournaments, but no contribution will be made, to 
these tournaments. Scores made at such tournaments 
become a part of the official averages for the year. 
“Send applications for registered tournaments to 
Interstate Association, E. Reed Shaner, Sec’y, 219 
Coltart avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa.’’ 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 14. —Bergen Beach Gun Club 
held its monthly shoot to-day. Ideal weather gave op¬ 
portunity for good scores and good sport. The principal 
event was 100 targets, which ran into a tie between 
Russell and Dr. Sauer on 89. Russell won the shoot-off. 
Scores: 
A Russell . II 89 
Dr Sauer . 1 89 
*11 D Gibbs. 0 88 
G S K Remsen. 5 87 
H II Shannon. 6 86 
W D Hinds . 2 85 
G Kelly . 5 84 
H Tracy . 20 84 
*J Fanning . 0 84 
P von Boeckman... 1 84 
H Allen . 8 83 
J Gaughan . 8 82 
*C von Lengerke... 0 81 
♦Professionals. 
Rhode 
W E Groll. 8 81 
P M Moeller. 15 81 
H Edwards .14 80 
J Dannefelser . 20 75 
E Schorty . 4 73 
J E Smith . 0 73 
E M Huggins. 15 71 
*11 Keller . 0 69 
PI W Dreyer. 0 69 
D Jones . 0 65 
*R Schneider . 0 63 
*T Davis . 0 51 
c. c. 
Providence, R. I., Jan. 11.—The third legf for the 
president’s cup was shot for at the Rhode Island Country 
Club lo-day. Dr. Charles H. Gardner was high with 43 
out of 50. In the two previous rounds the scores were 
(50 targets in each case): H. T. Merriman 42, 35; K. F. 
Wood 25, 34; J. B. Lewis 38, 38; I. B. Merriman 31, 28. 
To-day’s scores, 50 targets: L. C. Tingley 26, R. W, 
Comstock, Jr., 7, L. C. Blanding 27, H. T. Merriman 36, 
Dr. C. II. Gardner 43, IT. B. Denning 30, J. B. Lewis 30, 
A. Ho^Tman 35, K. F. Wood 32, Mrs. V. M. Wilson, Jr., 
10 . 
Ninik&hda Club. 
Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 11. —The trap team of the 
Minikahda Club defeated the Town and Country Club 
here to-day, 344 to 325, taking permanent possession of 
the silver cup that has been in competition during the 
past three years. Starbeck, of the Minikahdans, was 
high gun with 41 out of 50. 
Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Jan. 11. —The weather to-day was not 
very pleasant for target shooting, as it was cloudy and 
dark, a fine mist falling the greater part of the afternoon, 
threatening to turn to snow at most any time. Fourteen 
shooters came out to enjoy themselves. Fetherston re¬ 
peated his win of last week by landing the high score ot 
the day in the first 50 target event, scoring 49. Young 
was a close second with 48, while Graham came in third 
v/ith 46. 
Goode and Silver divided first place honors in the 
second fifty, when each broke 46. 
In the double events Jay Graham was right on the 
job, breaking 23 out of his first 12 pairs, and 22 in the 
second frame. Barto gave him a good race in both these 
events, as Joe broke 21 in each event. Young and 
Graham finished up their scores with a 25 straight and 
won the last event on singles. Harpham was going 
along fine, when his gun went wrong ajid he dropped 
down with the borrowed one. 
Events: 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
Targets: 
15 
50 
50 12p 12p 12p 
25 
20 
T. 
M Fetherston . 
. 13 
49 
19 
15 
T 
S Young. 
. 12 
48 
15 
14 
19 
25 
O 
P Goode. 
. 14 
43 
46 
18 
ie 
E 
Silver . 
43 
46 
J 
E 
B Barto. 
44 
21 
21 
E Harpham. 
. 10 
40 
20 
C 
B Barnes. 
. 12 
43 
38 
C 
W May. 
35 
41 
E 
B Fox. 
. 10 
27 
14 
T 
V Cannon. 
. 8 
J 
K Graham. 
. 15 
46 
23 
22 
20 
25 
A 
H Ammann. 
. 15 
42 
45 
17 
i4 
H 
C Kirkwood. 
43 
M 
Ballou . 
. 15 
39 
44 
11 
Event No. 8 was gun-below-the-elbow. 
Jan. 12.—A clear, bright day, but rather cold and 
crisp, as the thermometer hovered close to the zero 
mark, kept the list of shooters down to thirteen, and 
they found the warm club house quite comfortable after 
shooting through each frame. 
Ralph Kuss again headed the list by breaking a total 
of 94 out of 100 in two 50-target events—quite an im¬ 
provement over last Sunday, when he cleaned up the 
bunch with 77 in the gale and sleet. Seelig, Sr., Silver 
and Miller each scored 45 in the first 50, while Crocker 
came in for third place on 42. Bills broke 49 out of 50 
in the first 50, but dropped 7 in the second event. 
George Eck was high in event No. 3, shooting with 
gun below armpit, breaking 22 out of 25. Krammer 
found that bv slowing up just a trifle, he breaks more 
targets, scoring 45 out of 50 in two extra frames he 
shot. He has been in the habit of trying to break them 
almost before they leave the trap. Robert and Green 
came over from Hammond to spend the afternoon 
with us. 
Events: 
Targets: 
R Kuss . 
C R Seelig. 
E Silver . 
P Miller . 
O W Crocker. 
Geo Eck . 
B E Kammerer. 
C F Seelig. 
W D Stannard. 
F G Bills. 
W Wolfe . 
F E Probert . 
H Green . 
Events 3 and 4 were 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
50 
50 
24 
20 
25 
46 
48 
45 
44 
45 
43 
22 
45 
41 
ie 
42 
39 
38 
40 
22 
38 
40 
24 
33 
32 
41 
16 
49 
43 
15 
13 
18 
34 
18 
39 
22 
gun-below-the-armpit. 
Medford (Okl».) Gun Club. 
■Medford, Okla., Tan. 17.—good bunch turned out 
to-day to pay their respects to Jimmie Keating, a trade 
representative, the firm he represents having sent several 
of the members a sample box of ten shells. We held a 
Jimmie Keating special. The following are the scores: 
Hutchinson . 
. 9 
. 9 
Walling ... 
7 
7 
. 9 
7 
Hardy . 
. 9 
Eaton . 
7 
Strider . 
After this event the following scores 
were made 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Striker . 
25 24 
Brown . 
. 25 
92 
40 36 
. 25 
20 
Hutchinson . 
40 34 
Croxton ... 
. 25 
10 
Blood . 
40 32 
Davis . 
. 25 
8 
Walling . 
40 27 
Dotts . 
. 10 
9 
Anderson . 
25 20 
Eaton . 
. 10 
6 
Chism . 
25 17 
The year 1912 was a very successful one for our gun 
club. We commenced the year with an expert trap, 
under a rudely constructed trap house, and a membership 
of seven or eight. W'e increased our membership to 
thirty-six, added an Ideal-Leggett trap and new trap 
house, we built a nice club house and have a two-inch 
plank platform on the firing line—everything modern 
and up-to-now. 
We believe we are the only gun club in the United 
States that kept an accurate record of every shot fired 
by every member of our club over our trap. 
During the year we held a merchandise shoot, the 
Grant county championship, and a one-day registered 
tournament. All were successful, leaving us a nice 
balance in the treasury. We have planned for the new 
year monthly handicap shoots and a high average trophy 
for the year. Our record shows that 54,108 rounds of 
ammunition were fired over our trap. 
We shoot every Friday, and visiting sportsmen are 
invited to visit us. 
I. V. Hardy, Sec’y. 
