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FOREST AND STREAM 
Feb. I, 1913 
Midwinter Handicap 
By HERBERT L. JILLSON 
P lXEllUKSr. X. C'., Jan. 'JT. (Special). — Saturday’s 
premier handicap of the sixth airnual Midwinter 
Handicap of the I’inehurst Country Club rounded out 
a remarkable week, which takes its place among the lead¬ 
ing -American shoots and is a pleasant prophecy for the 
trapshooting season of 1912. which it inaugurates. Never 
in the history of these annual events have as many shoot¬ 
ers gathered or such a wide extent of territory been 
rei)resented. Three-fourths of the field were the pick of 
the country’s best. 
Naturally, the tournament was one of sensations and 
surprises, and the pace was fast enough to hold the 
attention of big crowds from opening practice to the final 
climax of the Handicap, in which J. E. Jennings, of the 
Dominion -Athletic -Association, of Toronto, pulled 
through a winner with 95 to his credit from the 20yd. 
mark, one target in the lead of S. W. Putnam, of Fitch¬ 
burg, Alass., who scored 94 at 18yds. Tied at 93 were 
C. D. Coburn, of Mechanicsburg, O. (19yds.), and Allen 
Heil, of -Allentown, Pa., (22yds.), with the field close up, 
bunched in numerous ties, and many of them in the 
running until the last string had been shot. 
Ninety-five and a tie between B. A’. Covert, of the 
Audubon Gun Club, Buffalo, and -Allen Heil, who shot 
from the 18 and 21yd. marks respectively, gave a spec¬ 
tacular finish to the Preliminary. In the shoot-off, Mr. 
Covert, who voluntarily advanced to the 20yd. mark, 
scored 25 straight, while Heil recorded but 21, losing 
the 13th, 15th, 21st and 23d targets; 93 found Dr. D. L. 
Culver, of Jersey City (19yds.), Bradford Timms, of -At¬ 
lanta (IGyds.) and N. \\’. M’alker, of Goff, N. C. (18yds.), 
bunched in a triple tie, with a squad of five snug up 
and going fast in 92. 
The race for the high general average gold medal 
offered for the GOO targets, exclusive of the handicaps 
(IGyds.) was a pretty one, F. .S. Wright, of the .Audubon 
Club, leading with 572. At 5GG, L. B. Worden, of Har¬ 
risburg, and C. H. Newcomb, of Philadelphia, tied for 
the silver medal and second position, Newcomb winning 
the shoot-off, 25 to 23. F. G. Fuller, of Mukwonago, was 
fourth in 5G2. For the full 800 targets of the week, 
Newcomb led with 749, and George L. Lyon, of Dur¬ 
ham, N. C., who shot as a non-contestant, finished sec¬ 
ond in 744. 
The innovation of the tournament w-as the intro¬ 
duction of three trophies in three class divisions created 
by the Lewis system, which divided the number of 
competitors in the first two days’ program (400 targets) 
into three classes, a score ’oetv/een 379 and 355 determin¬ 
ing Class A, 354 and 334 Class B, and 333 and 325 Class 
C. In the Handicap event, S. W. Putnam won the Class 
A trophy with a score of 94; C. D. Coburn finishing sec- 
end in 93, and W. J. Jones and C. H. Newcomb third 
in 92. In Class -A, -Allen Heil was first in 93, Frank 
Huseman and C. A\'. Billings tied for second at 91, and 
David T. Leahy third at 90. In Class C, Robert N. 
Burnes won the trophy with 87, Charles Xtichols was 
second in 8G, and E. P. Springer third in 85. In the 
similar event in connection with the Preliminary, Dr. 
D. L. Culver won Class A trophy with 93; L. B. AA'or- 
den and \\’. J. Jones tied for second at 92, and C. H. 
Newcomb and G. H. Waddell tied for third at 91. -Allen 
Heil won Class B with 95, and N. \A'. AA’alker was second 
in 93, with C. W. Billings and L. C. Grant tied for third 
at 92. Brad. Timms won Class C trophy with 93, and 
Thomas Lenane, Jr., was second in 92, and Charles 
Nuchols third in 90. 
In Saturday’s 100-target sweepstakes, K. L. Spotts 
(90), F. S. Wright, L. B. Worden, F. H. Huseman, 
Richard Gerstell, F. -A. Hodgman and G. E. AA'addell, 
all of whom made 94, were high guns. In a similar 
event, Friday, F. S AA’right at 98, E. -A. Randall at 97, 
and F. G. Fuller at 9G, led. B. AI. Higginson’s 191 was 
best sum for the day. Henry Powers was second in 190, 
and he lost a chance tc win on the last two strings. In 
third position F. G. Fuller and S. \A'. Putnam tied at 
18S. This program was also duplicated on AA'ednesday, 
the opening day, when F. S. AA’right scored 93, C. H. 
Newcomb was second in 192, and L. B. AA'orden third 
in 190. 
-Among the professionals, H. D. Gibbs led in the 
general average with 743 of the 800 targets, and 56G of 
the GCO. In the Handicap, C. FI. Goodrich. was first in 
97, E. H. Storr second in 94, and E. AI. Daniels third 
in 93. In Saturday’s sweepstake, AA'oolfolk Henderson 
scored 99, I'red Gilbert 98, and Goodrich and Pirellis 97 
each. In the Preliminary, Gilbert and Henderson tied 
at 91, and Pirellis made 89. Gibbs and Pirellis divided 
honors at 98 and 90 in the sweepstakes. In Thursday’s 
sweepstakes, Gibbs made 190 and tied with H. H. 
Stevens; J. Al. Hawkins was third in 189. In AA’ednes- 
day’s sweepstakes Hawkins led with 188, Pirellis was 
second in 187, and Gilbert third in 185. 
Dr. I. H. Dreher, of AA'ilmington, N. C., was chair¬ 
man of the handicap committee, selected from the con¬ 
testants and associated with him w’ere C. AA’. Billings, 
of Glen Ridge; B. S. Donnelley, of Chicago; F. D. 
Kelsey, of East -Aurora; Henry Powers, of Atlantic City; 
D. -A. Edrvards, of Union City, and Dr. AA’. F. Clarke, 
cf Boston, who w'ere much complimented for the im¬ 
partiality of their adjustment. 
The added money and trophies amounted to $2,500, a 
sum exceeding even the Grand -American, which is .$1,500, 
but which guarantees soirre $700 in addition, making the 
total about $2,300. The only other shoots which equal 
the Pinehurst event are the AA’esty Hogans’ and the 
Denver Handicap. Air. Jennings, the winner of the 
Handicap, carried away the irragnificent handicap trophy 
and the $500 prize; Air. Covert, the Preliminary winner, 
a .splendid trophy anil $200 in added money, not to men- 
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