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FOREST AND STREAM 
[July i, 1911. 
TRAPSHOOTING 
If you ivant your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the follozving: 
Fixtures. 
July 4.—Roanoke (Va.) tournament. E. W. Poindexter, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 4.—Stone Lake (la.) G. C. tournament. H. A. 
Walker, Sec'y. 
Aug. 16.—Batavia, N. Y.—Holland G. C. ninth annual 
tournament. Western New York Championship. 
Chas. W. Gardiner, Sec’y. 
Aug. 32-23.—Fort Dodge (la. )G. C. 
Aug. 24-25.—Sioux Falls (S. D.) G. C. 
Aug. 29-31.—Des Moines, la.—The Indians. C. W. Budd, 
Sec’y. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
July 1.—Vancouver (B. C., Can.) G. C. C. L. Burtch, Sec’y. 
July 3-4.Upper Creve Coeur Lake, Mo., FalstafT G. C. 
Fred C. Suhr, Sec’y. 
uly 4-5.—Calgary (Canada) G. C. II. C. Andrew, Pres, 
uly 6-7.—Webster City (la.) G. C. N. M. O’Connor, 
Sec’y. 
uly 6-7.—Chatham (Canada) G. C. W. E. Elliott, Sec’y. 
uly 7-8.—Lethbridge, Alberta, Can.—Alberta G. C. 
H. D. Johnson, Pres. 
July 8.—Catasauqua, Pa.—Bryden G. C. II. W. Osmun, 
Sec’y. 
July 8-9.—Swansea (Ill.) Country Club. Wm. C. Butts, 
Sec’y. 
July 9-10.—Fargo, N. D.—Gate City G. C. Albert E. 
Rose, Sec’y. 
July 11-12.—Princeton (Mo.) G. C. E. W. Stacy, M.D., 
Sec’y. 
July 11-12.—Manning (la.) G. C. E. E. Breckenbridge, 
Sec’y. 
July 11-13.—Wilmington, Del.—The Interstate Associa¬ 
tion’s sixth Eastern Handicap tournament, under the 
auspices of the Du Pont G. C.; $1,000 added money. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Treas., Pittsburg, Pa. 
July 11-12.—Little Rock, Ark.—Arkansas State tourna¬ 
ment, under the auspices of the Little Rock G. C. 
Geo. W. Clements, Sec’y. 
June 12-13.—Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can.—Fort Garry G. C. 
E. H. Houghton, Mgr. 
July 13.—Brodhead (Wis.) G. C. J. B. Pierce, Sec’y. 
July 14.—Salisbury (Md.) G. C. T. B. Lankford, Capt. 
July 17-19.—Wellington, Mass.—Massachusetts State Trap¬ 
shooting Association’s State tournament, under the 
auspices of the Palefaces. F. E. II. Sheldon, Sec’y. 
July 18.—Coraopolis, Pa.—Western Pennsylvania Trap- 
shooters’ League. Louis Lautenslager, Pres. 
July 18-19.—Albia, la.—Monroe county F. and G. P. A. 
J. R. Price, Pres. 
uly 19.—Barre (Vt.) Auto G. C. F. E. Adams, Sec’y. 
uly 19-20.—Seattle (Wash.) Trapshooters’ Association 
H. E. Johnson, Sec’y. 
uly 19-20.—Milan (Mo.) G. C. A. F. Dodson, Sec’y. 
uly 20.—Lorain (O.) G. C. J. Traxler, Sec’y. 
uly 21-22.—Duluth, Minn.—Minnesota State tournament, 
under auspices of Duluth Central G. C. H. P. Cur- 
ren, Sec’y. 
July 22.—Coatesville (Pa.) G. C. H. A. Nichols, Sec’y. 
July 22.—Western Connecticut T. S. L. tournament, under 
the auspices of the Pahquioque G. C. E. H. Bailey, 
Pres. W. C. T. S. L. 
uly 24-27.—Betterton (Md.) G. C. J. R. Malone, Sec’y. 
uly 25-26.—Birmingham, Ala.—Alabama State tourna¬ 
ment, under the auspices of the Birmingham G. C. 
H. McDermott, Sec'y. 
July 25-26.—Valley Junction, la.—Valley G. C. Chas. P. 
Waldron, Sec’y. 
July 26-27.—Butler (Pa.) R. and G. C. S. G. Purvis, Sec. 
July 26-27.-—Hannibal (Mo.) G. C. Geo. H. Carter, Pres. 
July 31-Aug. 2.—Belleville, Ont., Canada.—Dominion of 
Canada Trapshooters’ Association. M. Sprague, Sec. 
Aug. 1-2.—Cedar Rapids, la.—Hawkeye G C.. A. J. 
Smith, Pres. 
Aug. 2-3.—Pawnee, Okla.—Big Four League’s tourna¬ 
ment. Dave Elliott, Sec’y. 
Aug. 2-3.—Portsmouth (O.) G. C. Messrs. J. E. Nutt 
and F. M. Edwards, Mgrs. 
Aug. 3-4.—Wilmington, N. C.—New Hanover G. C. 
J. H. Dreher, Sec’y. 
Aug. 5.—Sheboygan, Wis.—Sheboygan R. and G. C. 
John H. Look, Mgr. 
Aug. 8-9.—Lock Haven (Pa.) G. C. C. A. Johnson, Sec’y. 
Aug. 8-10.—Omaha, Neb.—The Interstate Association’s 
sixth Western Handicap tournament, under the 
auspices of the Omaha G. C.; $1,000 added money. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Treas., Pittsburg, Pa. 
Aug. 10.—Berwick (Pa.) R. and G. C. W. I. Shrader, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 10.—Beaver Dam, Wis.—Recreation G. C. Gee. L. 
Friedrich, Sec’y. 
Aug. 12.—Chicopee Falls (Mass.) R. and G. C. F. E. H. 
Sheldon, Sec’y. 
Aug. 14-15.—Evansville, Ind.—Recreation G. C. O. A. 
Beard, Cor. Sec’y. 
Aug. 15.—Allegheny, _ Pa.—Western Pennsylvania Trap¬ 
shooters’ Association. Louis Lautenslager, Pres. 
Aug. 1516.—I.aurel (Miss.) G. C. Charles Green, Pres. 
Aug. 15-17.—Charlotte, N. C.—North Carolina State tour¬ 
nament, under the auspices of the Charlotte G. C. 
J. E. Crayton, Pres. 
Aug. 16.—Westminster (Md.) G. C. Geo.E.Baughman, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 16.—Batavia, N. Y.—Holland G. C. Chas. W. 
Gardiner, Sec’y. 
Aug. 17.—Xenia, O. —Green County G. C. A. C. Blair, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 17-18.—Fairmont (W. Va.) G. C. Ed. H. Taylor, 
Sec’y. 
Aug. 19.—Bridgeport, Conn.—Western Connecticut T. S. 
L. tournament, under the auspices of the Seaside G. C. 
E. H. Bailey, Pres. YV. C. T. S. L. 
Aug. 21-23.—Victor, Colo.—Two Mile High G. C. M. R. 
Y’alentlne, Sec’y. 
Aug. 22.—Mechanicsburg (O.) G. C. F. T. Coburn, Sec’y. 
Aug. 22-23.—St. James (Mo.) G. C. R. H. James, Sec’y. 
Aug. 22-24.—Baltimore, Md.—Maryland State tournament, 
under the auspices of the Maryland State Sports¬ 
men’s Association. Geo. P. Mordecai, Sec’y. 
Aug. 23.—Tomah (Wis.) G. C. W. H. Schultz, Mgr. 
Aug. 24-25.—Sioux Falls (S.D.) G. C. J. J. Burns, Sec’y. 
Aug. 24-25.—Bradford (Pa.) G. C. A. W. Verona, Sec’y. 
Aug. 25-26.—Sedalia (Mo.) G. C. J. McGrath, Sec’y. 
Aug. 26.—Reading, Pa.—Berks County League of Gun 
Clubs. Lloyd R. Lewis, Mgr. 
Aug. 29.—Wilkes Barre (Pa.) G. C. E. L. Ivlipple, Sec’y. 
Aug. 29-30.—Dorchester (Neb.) G. C. J. Freehouf. Sec’y. 
Sept. 1.—Sandusky, O.—Ye Oak Meadow Gun Range. 
Ira C. Krupp, Sec’y. 
Sept. 3-4.—St. Louis, Mo.—Blue Wing G. C. F. A. 
Grundmann, Asst. Sec’y. 
Sept. 4.—Salem (O.) G. C. J. H. Pumphrey, Pres. 
Sept. 4.—Wilmot (O.) G. C. E. E. Ellis, Sec’y. 
Sept. 4.—Ogdensburg (N. Y.) Shooting Association. 
J. M. Morley, Sec’v. 
Sept. 4.—Longmont (Colo.) G. C. H. C. Keef, Cashier. 
Sept. 4.—Waterbury, Conn.—Western Connecticut T. S. 
L. tournament, under the auspices of the Mattatuck 
R. and G. C. E. H. Bailey, Pres. W. C. T. S. L. 
Sept. 4.—Royersford (Pa.) G. C. Frank A. Anderson, 
Sec’y. 
Sept. 4-5.—Lynchburg, Va.—Virginia State tournament, 
under the auspices of the Lynchburg G. C. J. D. 
Owen, Sec’y. 
Sept. 5.—Wheeling, W. Va.—Big Game Rifle, Rod and 
Gun Club. H. C. Friedrichs, Sec’y. 
Sept. 5.—Pillow (Pa.) G. C. T. A. Bingman, Sec’y. 
Sept. 5-6.—Charleston (Mo.) G. C. J. A. Howlett, Sec’y. 
Sept. 6.—Wellington (Colo.) G. C. H. C. Keef, Cashier. 
Sept. 6-7.—Indianapolis, Ind.—Trap Shooters’ League of 
Indiana State tournament. Harry YV. Denny, Sec’y. 
Sept. 7.—London (O.) G. C. H. L. Hildinger, Sec’y. 
Sept. 7.—Ft. Collins (Colo.) G. C. H. C. Keefe, Cashier. 
Sept. 7.—Downs (Kans.) G. C. YV. H. Charles, Sec’y. 
Sept. 9.—New Athens, Ill.—Egyptian G. C. Jac. H. 
Koch, Sec’y. 
Sept. 13-14.—Cainesville (Mo.) G. C. G. D. Davis, Sec’y. 
Sept. 13-14.—Omaha (Neb.) G. C. F. T. Lovering, Sec’y. 
Sept. 14-15.—Cincinnati (O.) G. C. H. S. Connely, Sec’y. 
Sept. 20-23.—Atlantic City, N. J.—The YY’esty Hogans of 
America. Bernard Elsesser, Sec’y, York, Pa. 
Sept. 21.—Braddock, Pa.—YY’estern Pennsylvania Trap¬ 
shooters’ Association. Louis Lautenslager, Pres. 
Sept. 27-28.—Benton (III.) G. C. YV. IT. Foulk, Sec’y. 
Oct. 4-5.—Columbus (O.) G. C. L. Fisher, Sec’y. 
Oct. 10-12.—Des Moines, la.—Iowa State tournament. 
C. YY ,r . Budd, Chairman Board of Directors. 
Oct. 17-18.—Scammon (Kans.) G. C. G. K. Mackie, Pres. 
Oct. 25-26.—Kansas City, Mo.—Big Four League’s tour- 
nament. Dave Elliott, Sec’y. 
Nov. 28-29.—Rising Sun (Md.) G. C. H. L. YVorthing- 
ton, Vice-Pres. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
G. YY". Maxwell, of Hastings, Neb., who has only one 
arm, was high professional in the Preliminary Handicap 
at Columbus, O. Mr. Maxwell broke 98 out of 100 
targets. 
X 
Joseph H. Hunter has been too busy bass fishing to 
hunt the bluercck lately. At the Analostan shoot the 
other day Joe said he had been bass fishing three times, 
making fifty-four in the three strings. 
X 
On Aug. 4 the Storm Lake Gun Club will hold an 
all-day shoot. Added money, $50. Purse divided, 40, 30, 
20 and 10 per cent. This is a flourishing, up and com¬ 
ing club of forty-seven members, of which forty shoot 
the full program every time. H. A. YY’alker is club 
secretary. 
X 
At the meeting of the Montana State shoot at Hunter’s 
Hot Springs, E. P. Mathewson for the Association, pre¬ 
sented H. C. Hirschy with a pin in the shape of a fox 
head, and Mr. Cummings with an owl’s head. Two 
Simeon Fords were immediately developed in the ex¬ 
temporaneous speeches of thanks turned out by the re¬ 
cipients. 
X 
About the most important shoot in western Pennsyl¬ 
vania this year will be the two-day tournament (June 30- 
July 1) to be held at Conneaut Lake. Among the com¬ 
petitors will be teams from Pittsburg, Erie, McKees¬ 
port, Sharon, New Castle, Brownsville, Butler, Mead- 
ville, and Greenville. Ten 15-target events are scheduled. 
Half the entrance money goes to the purse, to be 
equally divided among Classes A, B, C and D on a 
basis of 60 and 40 per cent, to first and second gun¬ 
ners. The special feature will be a 100-target match be¬ 
tween Charles Shron, said to be the best target shot in 
western Pennsylvania, and J. C. Roha. The prize for 
this event will be $500. 
Grand American Handicap. 
Columbus, Ohio, June 20-23. 
The twelfth Grand American Handicap has passed into 
history, and is on record in the memories of those who 
"ere present as the best one of the series, whatever may 
be the verdict of the officials of the Interstate Associa¬ 
tion. There was some rivalry between several cities for 
the privilege of holding the tournament, but it was 
finally decided to award the honor to Columbus, and this 
decision met with the hearty approval of the majority of 
the shooters. The tournament was held on the grounds 
of the Columbus Gun Club. These grounds comprise 
several acres of perfectly level land, located in Arling¬ 
ton, a beautiful suburb of Columbus, and are reached 
after a tiventy-niinute ride on the street cars, which pass 
all the principal hotels in the city. The targets are 
thrown against a clear skyline, not a tree or building in¬ 
terfering with the sharp definition of the target, as it 
leaves the trap. This is a condition which few clubs 
possess, and shooters who have visited many club 
grounds say that never have they visited better grounds. 
The events were shot over five traps, Nos. 1 and 2, 
1 deal-Leggett, and Nos. 3, 4 and 5, Western McCrae. 
The former were in charge of C. A. North, well-known 
by reputation, if not personally, to nine out of ten trap¬ 
shooters in the country; the latter were looked after 
by II. E. YY'inans, who also has many friends in the 
fraternity. No “trap sickness’’ occurred during the 
week, and these two experts had nothing to do but hold 
themselves in readiness for a call. In his moments of 
ease Charlie North, as usual, busied himself in attend¬ 
ing to a dozen details of a tournament, jumping into 
any place he saw the need of a helper, and he has a 
sharp eye for such places. In the office he rendered 
much help to the regular staff in various ways. 
The management was favored with splendid weather 
during the entire meet. Scarcely a cloud appeared in 
the sky, and the wdnd at no time was strong enough to 
affect the flight of the targets to any serious extent, 
although it materially aided the shooters to endure the 
heat. Under these conditions some exceptionally good 
scores were recorded, although no records were broken 
or new ones made, as was the case last year. The act 
of the Association in putting all the double targets in 
one event, instead of running them through the pro¬ 
gram, met with the approval of the shooters generally. 
This new feature, the double-target championship event, 
was not very well patronized, but this fact rather in¬ 
dicates that this style of shooting has not become very 
general among the shooters yet, than any dissatisfaction 
with the placing of the event on the program. Entrance 
is optional, and the scores made do not count in the 
shooter’s general average. Another possible cause for 
the low entry was that it came after a strenuous four- 
days’ work, and the shooters were too tired to go into 
it with much enthusiasm. If shot earlier in the week 
the number of shooters might have been larger. 
The sport-loving public patronized the tournament lib¬ 
erally, large crowds being present each day, and on 
i hursday between one and two thousand were present. 
A noticeable feature was the increased number oi ladies 
who evinced much interest in the work of the shooters. 
Still another new feature was the presence on the 
grounds of a moving picture camera. Pictures were 
taken of the various squads in action on the firing line, 
and later these pictures will be exhibited in all parts ot 
the country. This will do much to popularize the sport 
without doubt, by making it familiar to the general 
public, whose ideas concerning trapshooting are decidedly 
hazy at present. Thousands of trapshooters who are 
unable to attend a Grand American Handicap will also 
have the chance to see what a Grand American is like. 
For this treat their thanks are due to the Du Pont 
Powder Co., who originated the idea and defrayed ail 
expenses, with the sole view of advancing the game 
and giving pleasure to the shooters. 
The trade had a large representation, several of the 
arms companies erecting tents in which to display their 
guns and implements, and providing a pleasant place for 
the shooters to occupy between squads. A list is given 
elsewhere, and we think is complete; if not, the omission 
of any name is unintentional and unavoidable, as an 
earnest effort was made to secure the full list. Other 
large tents were erected by the club back of the firing 
lines, and these were well occupied during the shoot. 
The problem of feeding three or four hundred hungry 
shooters was quite successfully solved by a local caterer, 
the food and service being much better than is usually 
to be had at large tournaments. 
Manager Fisher, of the Columbus Club, had charge of 
the field force, and the members are entitled to a word 
of praise for the way in which, from “squad hustler” 
to referee, they performed their strenuous duties. Much 
of the smooth running of the tournament depended upon 
them, and they made good. 
In the office were the old veterans (not referring to 
age) Fred YVhitney, of Des Moines, la., and Bernie 
Elsesser, of York, Pa. The former's smiling lace was 
seen at the cashier’s window, as it has been for the 
past nine years, this being his tenth G. A. H., and the 
latter occupied his old position of compiler of scores for 
the sixth time. Both are unbeatable in their special 
work. The other members of the office force, with one 
exception, have been with Mr. Shaner for several years as 
members of his working force. 
There is no need of saying 1 much about Elmer E. 
Shaner. All the good things have been said, and it is 
impossible to say anything but good. His motto is, “an 
absolutely square deal to everyone”; he lives up to it, 
and all shooters know that he does, consequently his de¬ 
cisions on any point coming up under the rules are re¬ 
ceived and acquiesced in without a murmur. He grows 
younger each year, and if possible, more courteous and 
heedful of the comfort of others. From this tournament 
he will go to the Rainmakers’ camp, if he can steal 
away from his duties for a couple of days, and just rest. 
YYc hope he makes it. 
Not a hitch in the running of the shoot occurred during 
the week. The program was started on schedule time 
