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32 Warren Street 
The “Old Reliable” 
PARKER 
GUN 
would start at 6 :oo A. M. would nothave caused 
as much comment. 
The twelfth finally came, and now is past, and 
the “Night shoot” the first ever held under sim¬ 
ilar circumstances will go down in trapshooting 
history as an unqualified success. Promptly at 
6:oo P. M. the first squad composed of W. M. 
Hammond, Neaf Apgar, Henry Winchester, John 
H. Minnick and Wm. C. Corey went up to the 
traps, and the first gun was fired in one of the 
most unique shoots ever held. 
All told, thirty-eight shooters entered the regu¬ 
lar program events, and about twenty more local 
shooters shot one or more events over the trap:., 
which were kept in operation until nearly mid¬ 
night. The lighting system which was planned 
by the Salem Club was perfection itself, and 
Neaf Apgar, who has been gunning at one thing 
or another through these parts almost as long 
as the oldest inhabitant can remember, and wn'o 
represents the Peters Cartridge Company, gave 
a rare exhibition of skill, getting 47 x 50, which 
was high over all for the evening. Neaf ground 
out his first 25 in perfect style. In his third 
event, which consisted of 10 birds, he dropped 
one, and in the last two events he dropped 
one in each, so that he finished with 47. 
It remained for three Wilmingtonians to fur¬ 
nish the “class” of the evening among the ama¬ 
teurs, while a local professional was close up 
to Mr. Apgar. John H. Minnick annexed the 
high amateur average for the evening, getting 
45 x 50. He brought back to Wilmington the 
solid gold watch fob which was hung up as a 
prize for high gun. 
Two squads of women shooters who are mem¬ 
bers of the Nemours Trapshooting Club also at¬ 
tended the shoot and participated in the Women’s 
event, and Miss Bessie V. Carson outshot them 
all and annexed the handsome sterling silver 
spoon which was awarded to the feminine shooter 
making the best score. Not satisfied with show¬ 
ing her ability in the regular event Miss Carson 
shot in a squad of men in a 25 target practice 
event and here demonstrated the fact that she 
is one of the best women shots in the country. 
Her score in this event was 18 x 25, and was ex¬ 
ceeded by but two of the four men in the squad. 
In the practice events it was left to Walter 
Tomlinson, who very frequently does some spec¬ 
tacular work with his gun both at the traps 
and in the field, to turn in the best score of the 
night- Mr. Tomlinson scored 24 x 25, and in 
doing so dropped his second target and ran 23 
straight, which was by way of being a nice 
piece of shooting. Mr. Tomlinson’s fame as a 
duck hunter is well known throughout the state, 
and many of his local friends are often the 
recipients of the fruits of his prowess with the 
scatter gun, as he is very liberal in disposing of 
the ducks, quail, snipe, etc. which he bags. 
W. S. Colfax, the local pro. made second 
high professional score of the evening, get¬ 
ting 46 x 50, having the misfortune to lose two 
targets in his last event. 
Wm. Francis who always wins a prize in the 
merchandise and poultry shoots put on at the 
DuPont Trapshooting Club started off like a 
house afire, getting 9 x 10, and 8 x 10, respective¬ 
ly in his first two visits to the traps. His later 
attempts did not pan out so well, but he finished 
with a good total. 
Among the other women who shot, Miss C. 
Gentieu, Mrs. E. L. Riley and Mrs. Charles 
Springer finished second to Miss Carson, with 
scores of 5 x 10, while Miss J. Gentieu, Miss 
H. Gentieu and Miss J. P. Hirst came next with 
4 x 10. All the local visitors to Salem report 
that the officials of the club in that place out¬ 
did themselves in showing them hospitality. 
Autos were furnished to convey the ladies to 
the Jersey City, and upon their arrival there they 
were entertained, at a luncheon. 
The scores of the "evening in 'detail were: 
*Neaf Apgar . 
•Schuyler Colfax .... 
John H. Minnick .. 
•E. F. Slear . 
*Carl Von Lengerke 
C. A. Glaspey . 
*L. D. Willis . 
*W. M. Hammond 
Walter Tomlinson .. 
*L. B. Parcells . 
H. P. Carlon . 
*T. H. Lawrence _ 
Big Chief iBender ... 
B. H. Bates . 
Henry Winchester .. 
Wm. C. Corey . 
Chas. Springer . 
*P. S. Cates . 
C. H. Zimmerling .. 
Wm. Francis . 
C. Bill Popp . 
‘Francois Pratt . 
John Cook . 
George Hires . 
Ralph Springer . 
Mrs. C. Springer .. 
•professional. 
Total 
50 
• ■ 47 
.. 46 
• • 45 
45 
•• 45 
• • 44 
• • 44 
■■ 43 
•• 43 
.. 42 
.. 41 
.. 41 
.. 40 
39 
38 
36 
36 
33 
33 
30 
30 
28 
27 
35 
18 
8 
NEW HANDICAPPING SYSTEM. 
At the annual meeting of Interstate Associa¬ 
tion early in December a new system of handi¬ 
capping was presented—and, although it was not 
accepted for use on the G. O. H., it was sug¬ 
gested for club shoots. We believe the new 
system has much to recommend it to gun clubs, 
and we would appreciate readers’ opinions of 
it. Send ’em along. 
The records show that in the last Grand Amer¬ 
ican Handicap Event, the purse consisted of 
$4,268 entrance money and $500 contributed by 
Interstate Association. The records also show 
that but 55 men participated in division of this 
sum. The first eight men won $2,502.45, while 
the next 47 men won $2,289. 
A suggestion has been made to the effect, 
which can be varied in one or more principles, 
without affecting the practical working of the 
plan. At future Grand Americans: 
Charge same entrance money as at 1914 event, 
but divide it according to classes. 
Compose the different classes as follows: 
Class A to consist of 22 yard men. 
Class B to consist of 21 yard men. 
Class C to consist of 20 yard men. 
Class D to consist of 19 yard men. 
Class E to consist of 18 yard men. 
Class F to consist of 17 yard men. 
Class G to consist of 16 yard men. 
And divide the purse proportionate to the num¬ 
ber of entries in each of the various classes— 
the proportion for each class to be determined 
later. 
Taking for a basis the same entries, scores 
and purse of the 1914 Grand American Handi¬ 
cap Event, this plan was worked out, with very 
interesting results. Interstate contribution of 
$500 awarded as follows: 
1st place in Grand American Handicap. $200 
2nd place in Grand American Handicap. 150 
3rd place in Grand American Handicap. 100 
4t'h place in Grand American Handicap. 50 
Total . $500 
The entrance money from each class was al¬ 
lotted to each class, so that the 22-yard men 
would be shooting for their own entrance money, 
but not the entrance money of any other class, 
but still have an opportunity of competing for 
the $500 Interstate Association guaranteed to the 
first four high guns. Here would be the amount 
of money competed for in each class as com¬ 
pared with the amount competed for by the same 
men, if classified in 1914, Interstate’s $500 count¬ 
ed in as won in 1914. 
Entries % of Total Purse 1914 Purse 
Class A . 16 3.3 $341-00 $653.25 
Class B .20 4.1 175.00 178.80 
Class C .26 5.4 230.00 141.20 
Class D . 62 12.8 546.00 522.60 
Class E .104 21.5 918.00 880.25 
Class F . 55 11.4 487.00 244.85 
Class G .,200 41.5 2,071.00 2,170.60 
The figures taken are from Sportsmen’s Re¬ 
view, and are sufficiently accurate for all prac¬ 
tical purposes. 
The number of shooters participating in the 
