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conducted in the East, excepting, of course, the 
Westy Hogans. 
The Southern had 244 entries in the main 
event held in Memphis, Tenn., with 177 men and 
women to face the traps. The best previous 
entry list was at Roanoke, Va., in 1913, when 
163 men appeared. 
There were 159 entrants in the Western Handi¬ 
cap, held in Omaha, Neb., against 230 in St. 
Louis in 1915; 227 in Denver, in 1906; 202 in 
Denver, in 1907, and 188 in Omaha, in 1911. 
The Pacific Coast Handicap staged in Port¬ 
land, Ore., drew 90 of the coast trapshots. The 
same event attracted 138 in Portland two years 
ago and five times have the entrants passed the 
100-mark. Strong winds interfered with the tar¬ 
get breaking, it playing all sorts of freakish tricks 
with the targets. 
“BORN” OR “MADE.” 
W HETHER shooters are “born” or “made” 
is a much-mooted subject. Mr. H. H. 
Stevens, who has come in contact with 
shooters of every conceivable type during the 
summer at the shooting school at Atlantic City, 
is of the opinion that shooters are “self-made.” 
He says that a novice, who has never formed 
any bad habits which need to be overcome will 
rise to proficiency rapidly enough to satisfy the 
most impatient; perfection being a matter of re¬ 
finement in gun fitting, coaching, practice and 
the cultivation of absolute confidence. 
Some, he found, naturally made progress 
faster than others, but it would be a bold asser¬ 
tion to say that this shooter was more favorably 
endowed by nature, particularly as regards shoot¬ 
ing, than his fellow. He ventures the opinion 
that one merely learns quicker and better than 
the other. 
To become expert, one must cultivate an easy, 
natural position and correct manner of holding 
the gun. By watching the experts, both amateurs 
and professionals, one may learn how to stand 
from the object lessons they give when at the 
traps, for few indeed in either class adopt any 
other than the easiest and most natural position. 
The gravest faults Mr. Stevens encountered in 
novices were tendencies to lift the cheek from 
the gun, unnecessarily waiting after getting aim 
before shooting, and an uncontrollable habit of 
pulling the trigger the moment the target ap¬ 
peared, without regard to aim, direction or flight. 
Possession of a gun which does not fit the 
shooter cannot be correctly called a fault, rather 
it is a misfortune. The beginner in wing-shoot¬ 
ing knows nothing about selecting a gun to fit 
him. It is necessary to use a “trygun” to get 
an exact fit and enjoy the pleasure of being able 
to shoot well. 
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP FOR 1917 . 
A LTHOUGH the Interstate Association for 
the Encouragement of Trapshooting does 
not award the Grand American Trapshoot¬ 
ing tournament for 1917 until its meeting in 
December there are at this time no less than five 
cities in the field for the trapshooting classic. 
These cities are: Toledo, O.; Milwaukee, 
Wis.; St. Josephs, Mo.; Chicago, Ill., and In¬ 
dianapolis, Ind. At the recent Grand American 
tournament in St. Louis, Chicago trapshots talked 
it up for the “Queen City of the Lakes,” and 
the St. Joe trapshooters buttonholed every trap- 
shooter and pinned a button on him—or her— 
which declared in no uncertain language that St. 
Joe was the spot for the 1917 tournament. 
The Chicago trapshots said they would pull off 
the tournament at Grand Park, with Lake Michi¬ 
gan as the background, with ten traps and would 
guarantee the greatest trapshooting event ever 
held in these glorious States. And Chicago looks 
pretty good to many of the shooters. Toledo, 
Indianapolis and Milwaukee were not very strong 
Holidays at Their Best Have Limitations 
Not so with the happy memories that fit the mood prompted by an easy chair, a pipe 
and a bottle of 
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That’s the combination that makes “Indoor Thinks” even more enjoyable than Outdoor 
Realities. Alone or with “pals of the trail” there’s nothing so conducive to “rem¬ 
iniscing” than a glass of Evans’ Ale or Stout. They bring the joys of outing days to 
the home fireside. Brimful of cheer and comfort. 
Supplied in Bottles and Splits by all Good Dealers. 
C. H. EVANS & SONS, Established 1786, HUDSON, N. Y. 
at the Grand American, but they will present their 
claims at the annual meeting of the Interstate 
Association. 
Indianapolis has one of the finest trapshooting 
grounds in the country; Milwaukee has several 
available places, while Toledo has the grounds of 
the Power Bay Gun Club, 160 acres, room for any 
number of traps desired and with the waters of 
the bay for the background. And a clear back¬ 
ground is going to help a whole lot in the selec¬ 
tion of the place for the Grand American Handi¬ 
cap. The background at St. Louis didn’t please 
all the shooters. 
There are many trapshots of the opinion that a 
Grand American Handicap in the East would be 
a great thing for the sport. The entries at the 
present time are mainly from the Middle West. 
Eastern trapshots are inclined to the belief that 
if the tournament was held in one of the larger 
Eastern cities there would be fully as many 
entries as in the tournaments in Dayton and St. 
Louis. If one of the larger clubs in one of the 
larger Eastern cities could stage the event it 
would be well worth a trial. 
To stimulate interest among owners of the 
Hand Trap for throwing clay targets the Du 
Pont Company, Wilmington, Del., will award 
$15 as a first price, second prize $10, two prizes 
of $7.50, five of $5 and fifteen o^ $2.50 for stories 
of not more than 600 words concerning the use 
of the Hand Trap, the stories to be illustrated by 
three photographs each containing more than one 
person. The contest closes December 1, 1916. 
CASSIAR’S BIG GAME. 
A record of big game killed in the Cassiar 
district, British Columbia, last season, follows— 
15 moose, 29 caribou, 29 goat, 25 sheep and 27 
bears. 
The shortest route from the East to these 
hunting grounds, is by the new G. T. P. to 
Prince Rupert, thence north by steamship to 
Wrangell, then up the Stikine River 150 miles 
by launch to Telegraph Creek and beyond that 
point pack and saddle horses. 
R. W. Dean, of Elizabeth, N. J., killed the 
moose with the largest spread—61inches. The 
palm was 37 bv 11 inches and it had 22 points. 
Dr. A. W. Elting of Albany, N. Y., got a 
moose with a spread of 52% inches, having a 
palm 38 by 13 inches, with 30 points. 
The largest caribou was killed by Dr. A. B. 
Tones of Providence, R. I. It had a spread of 
52 inches, a length of 55 inches and 33 points. 
W. S. Paul, of Philadelphia, killed a caribou 
having a spread of 47% inches, a length of 50% 
inches, with 40 points. He also killed the larg¬ 
est goat. 
Mrs. Paul killed three caribou, her largest hav¬ 
ing a spread of 40 inches, with a length of 52% 
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The 27 bears were distributed as follows: W. 
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