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Western Handicap. 
Portland, Ore., July 23, 1914. 
In reporting the breaking -of all coast 'tournament 
records at the Ninth Pacific Coast Handicap held here 
this week, there are some points of special interest to all 
lowers of trap shooting that we wish to dwell upon. 
Perhaps we may best convey this to the reader by 
taking him mentally by trolley or automobile on a trip 
of twelve miles out of the business center of this thriv¬ 
ing city. Either way it is a ride to enjoy—by rail along 
the picturesque Willamette and through green valleys 
of garden lands—and by auto over one of a number of 
roads developed by the highest standard of the highway 
builder’s art, flashing by modern country homes and 
farms that proclaim prosperity and contented citizen¬ 
ships, to arrive in forty minutes on a twenty-acre tract, 
the location, equipment and surroundings of which com¬ 
mand instant approbation of every visitor. 
A range looking due north to a clear sky background, 
flanked bv rolling hills clothed in the tender, everlast¬ 
ing green’of the Oregon, fir, with an ideal grove covering 
a few acres on the south end and fed by such a stream 
of living water as only the west can boast. Then,, a 
fine two-story club house, finished and equipped with 
every modern convenience—running w-ater, electric light, 
telephones, social hall, cloak rooms, kitchen and dining 
room, observation porches, cement walks, and, converg¬ 
ing in, a slight semi-circle extending across the field, 
four modern automatic target traps permanently in¬ 
stalled. 
Such is the home of the Portland 'Gun Club, which has 
made the Rose City the Mecca without a rival of the 
shotgun lovers of the great northwest. Seeking to rem¬ 
edy what they considered 'to be the one weakness of 
trap shooting as a popular pastime, by supplying the 
items of permanent holdings, of personal comfort, of 
class, so to speak, which heretofore it has mostly lacked, 
the directors of the Portland Club set about something 
over a year ago to provide themselves with a permanent 
home. They bought twenty acres of the best land in 
Oregon, spent altogether about. $8,000, with the result 
above indicated, and, in the opinion of the writer and 
many others, -bui-lded even better than they knew. 
Moreover, this splendid enterprise has been so financed 
as to be not in any sense an expensive, but actually a 
well-paying venture. Bonds were issued for all stock 
sold at $100 a share, and the income from the land and 
targets thrown guarantees interest at 7 per cent. We 
dwell on -this at -some length beoause we believe -that 
thi-s is what the shooting -game -most needs to place it 
where it belongs among high, class, truly American 
sports, and that many -other cities -could and would fol¬ 
low such -a pattern if -once the way were clearly indi¬ 
cated. The men who did -this -and to whom credit is -due 
all 'are active members of the club, and -particularly 
Henry Metzger and J. A. Ad-delman, president and 
secretary, backed by their willing -and wide-awake 
board of directors. 
The well-known Sh-aner smile was -c-aught -at its extra 
best by the Oregonian camera immediately after the in¬ 
imitable tournament manager of -th-e Interstate Associa¬ 
tion -got his first view of the grounds, and dit -never 
relaxed one w-hi-t as the week’s -events transpired. And 
right here be it said that the Portland Daily Press 
handled the big event in -a -liberal, -broad way that left 
no'thing to be desired. 
The details of office and field work were ably handled, 
as always, by Mr. Shaner -as general Factotum; R. A. 
Tyler, oa-s-hier; E. L. Matthews, 'Superintendent of 
grounds; Henry Metzger and Joe A-ddelman, general 
providers; Eddie Morris, chief mechanician; the bunch 
of go-od -fellows designated -as directors, and by no means 
least important, Mrs. Matthews, in charge of the culi¬ 
nary department. The day was clear, warm, and -every¬ 
thing favorable except a choppy, incoming, cross-quarter¬ 
ing wind which was responsible for rather less than 
normal average soo-res. Only nineteen -men finished with 
90 or better. -Peter O’Brien and H. Whilom led the ama¬ 
teurs -and -the field with -totals of 97. Harry Ellis also 
upheld local form by breaking 96, and F. M. Troeh 
accounted for 94. Professional high soo-res were: Poston 
-and L. Reid, 95; Morgan, 94; Fisher an-d Esight, 92. 
The trade an-d -Interstate Association were well repre¬ 
sented as follows: 
Elmer E. Sh-aner, tournament manager. 
T. E. Doremu-s, C. A. Haight, P. J. Holohan, G. E. 
Holohan and E. G. Whit-e, for DifPont Powder Co. 
H. E. Poston, E. J. Morgan -and G. E. Oliver, for 
Hercules Powder Co. 
'C. H. Knogh't, A. -W. Woodworth, G. H. Hambri-g-ht and 
E. B. Van Arnum, for Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 
R. C. Reed, F. A. Dryd-en, C. Mckean and W. A. 
Hilliis, fo-r -Remington UIMC Co. 
J. S. French, L. H. Raid and J. E. Reid, for Pe-ters 
Cartridge Co. 
W. B. Stadf-eld, W. F. Wi-llet -and I. M. Fisher, for 
Selby Smelting and Lead Co. 
F. C. Riehl and E. B. -Morris, -for Western Car¬ 
tridge Co. 
FIRST DAY, JULY 20. 
The record of attendance was broken when F. P. 
Wade, of Boise, Idaho, fired the first shot of the regular 
program -promptly at nine o’clock M-onday morning, 
when twenty squads had qualified, and this ran up to a 
total of 117 entries during -the day. Weather conditions 
were fine, but an uncertain wind injected a -good deal 
of uncertainty into the game. This, with perhaps other 
conditions tba-t the boys were unabl-e -to figure out to 
their entire satisfaction, combined to make the average 
scores rather disappointing. All, however, seemed dis¬ 
posed to take this good-naturedly, and some really 
creditable scores were offered. Don Morrison easily led 
the amateur class with a total of 141; 'then was a gap 
of -six birds to Ed Ellis, of Seattle, -and L. Rayburn, of 
Roslyn, Wash., who scored 135, and H. Ogelvie broke 
134. In the professional class L. H. Reid led the field 
with 146; Earl Morgan found 141 to h'i-s liking, while 
Peter Holohan and Frank Riehl -tie-d at 138. 
The race at doubles wound up the day’s work as a 
feature of special interest. In -this R. Starkey was -the 
bright particular -star, scoring 45; H. Wihlon accounted 
for 42; Rayburn and D. Holohan, 41, and F. Troeh a-nd 
P. Nelson, 40 eaoh -for the .monies. Professional honors 
i-n this race went to Riehl, 42; Morgan, 41, -and C. 
Haight, 38. 
SECOND DAY, JULY 21. 
Weather conditions continued much -as yesterday, with 
soores in -the regular events a little better. Frank 
Troeh, the Vancouver, Washington, amateur, showed 
best form at 16 yards, and went -out with 95. Don 
Morrison oame in second with 94, and H. Wihlon got 93 
for. third amateur honors. Among -the professionals, 
Rei-d held his -form, and came under the wire with 97; 
Earl Morgan and I. M. Fisher found 93; and Frank 
Riehl and Hugh Poston 92 -each. The total entries 
showed 112 starters, with most -contestants shooting for 
-the purses. The optional sweeps did not fill. 
The -preliminary handicap was started -shortly -after 
noon, with 102 -entries, which marked another record 
list for -this event. During the afternoon -the wind 
freshened considerably, and this, with -the additional 
yardage, made the game yet a little more spicy, so that 
it -became -evident quite early in the running that the 
winning score would not be especially high. In the 
final summing up, Frank Van A-tta, of Vancouver, led 
with -a score -of 90; Hugh Fleming, of Seattle, and 
Harry Quick, -of Cheh-alis, divided second honors with 89. 
THIRD DAY, JULY 22. 
The -final day of the big -event came with clear sky 
and -conditions favorable, -and was characterized by 
some very good shooting that -overshadowed the rather 
-indifferent averages of the first two days. On the six¬ 
teen-yard events, comprising too targets, Hugh McElroy 
of Spokane led his class with 97, while Frank Tro-eh 
-made 96, and H. Wihlon 93. Reid kept up -his wonderful 
form and accounted for 99; Riehl -breaking 96, and E, G. 
White and F. Dry-den 95. 
Thus, for the total of 350 registered targets, amateur 
honors wen-t to J. L. D. Morrison, 325; F. M. Tro-eh, 322; 
H. F. Wihlon and -L. Rayburn, 317. And in the pro¬ 
fessional class, Reid showed the magnificent total of 
342 for first; Riehl 326 for second, and Earl Morgan 
third, 325. This brought -the -work right up to 'the 
crowning event. 
NINTH PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP. 
Manager Sh-aner called -this event -at just about noon 
with a total of one hundred and thirty-eight entries. 
This is -easily high-w-ater mark in the history of inter- 
