FOREST AND STREAM 
1117 
G. A. H. Heroes Are Made on Fields Like These. 
events made by G. M. Cowderay, speaks well for 
the traditional clear grey eye that once tamed our 
western land and is now found, apparently with 
a vengeance, on the last frontier to the north. 
What a treat it would have been to have taken 
part in this tournament almost in the shadow, as 
distances go in far places, of old Fort Saskatche¬ 
wan! How about a Northern Handicap of North 
America ? 
The Du Pont Company have just issued a map 
showing the location of all the gun clubs in the 
United States. About 198,050 trapshooters regu¬ 
larly engage in the sport. Including all classes 
it is estimated that there are over 400,000 trap- 
shooters in this country. 
The delegates to the Twelfth Annual Conven¬ 
tion of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the 
World were initiated to the charms of trapshoot¬ 
ing at Atlantic City a short time back. Great 
interest was shown and Philadelphia will see to it 
that no later convention is complete without a 
trip to Atlantic City. The attendance at the 
shooting school at Atlantic City has been large 
for the last few weeks and many have “gone 
Straight” with the little guns. 
The Interstate Association presented 12 Trophy 
Cups in May and 9 in June to newly organized 
gun clubs. 
Some of the shooters who participate in begin¬ 
ners’ day events are quite naturally very poor 
and some are good, but seldom does one run 
across a beginner who can shoot as well as John 
Brogan. Brogan at one of the beginners’ day 
shoots in Philadelphia broke 24 out of his first 
25 targets and finished his string of 100 with 91 
breaks. 
The Canadian National Exhibition has decided 
to hold a trapshooting tournament in connection 
with the annual exhibition in Toronto, beginning 
August 24 and running to September xi, and the 
dates set aside for such are August 29, 30, 31, 
September 1 and 2. 
The traps will be set overlooking Lake Ontario 
and will occupy practically the centre of the south¬ 
ern boundary of Exhibition Park, a part of the 
.grounds largely used by the public. 
This exhibition is the largest annual affair of 
its kind held in Canada, and as such is advertised 
very extensively. 
The attendance last year was nearly 1,000,000 
people, and this should be materially increased 
this year. 
Reduced railway fares will be available from 
all points in Canada and United States. From 
the exhibition standpoint of course, the tourna¬ 
ment is being “staged” as an attraction both for 
the general public and the shooter, and as such 
a five days’ program has been thought advisable. 
While the program has not been definitely 
decided upon, it will comprise a “Canadian Na¬ 
tional Exhibition Handicap” and “International 
Championships” at single and double targets, as 
well as regular events, and it is expected that at 
least $2000 in trophies and cash will be added. 
The holding of a tournament before thousands 
of people who are out to be entertained and in¬ 
terested means a great "boost” for trapshooting. 
Wilmington (Del.) has a new trapshooting 
organization, and the promoters plan to make it 
second to none in the country. 
Henry Pfirrmann, of Los Angeles, who won the 
California-Nevada State championship with 100 
straight and had an unfinished run of ill straight 
is only a recruit at trapshooting. Three years 
ago this summer he was the rawest of all novices; 
now he is one of the best shots on the coast. 
Omaha handled the Western Handicap very 
well, and the Omaha Gun Club would be delight¬ 
ed if the Inter-State Association allowed them 
to stage it again in 1917. 
In the New Jersey championship tournament 
Cleve Speer broke 99 targets according to the 
referee, but Speer thinks he should have been 
given a clean score, asserting that he broke his 
95th bird, which the referee decided was a miss. 
In a recent shoot at the Portland, (Ore.) Gun 
Club, Mrs. James Reed and Mrs. Carl J. Schilling 
tied for first honors and it was not until the 
ninth shoot-off that Mrs. Reed obtained a ver¬ 
dict. 
The tournament of the Paleface Shooting As¬ 
sociation at Wellington, Mass., did not take place 
because of the date being too close to the State 
championship tournament. 
Up in Alaska they have a lot of good trap- 
shooters. Juneau has a club of live business men 
and they shoot team matches quite often with 
a club of business men at Douglas, a “suburb,” 
across the Gasteneau channel. 
Portland (Ore.), is the first Western city to 
inaugurate trapshooting at night. Targets are 
thrown regulation distance. Four 100-candle- 
power lights make the place nearly as bright 
as in the day. In the first shoot four of the 
sportsmen broke more than 90 targets of the 
100 thrown. 
Eugene E. Reed, former Mayor of Manchester, 
: ' JJ” anc ^ one °f best known trapshooters 
in New England, has been appointed a Federal 
Commissioner of the Philippine Islands and left 
for Manila on June 15. The office carries a four- 
year term. 
September will be held at Venice Park where 
it has been held for several years. The Hogans 
expect 500 shooters this fall. 
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