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Westy Hogan s Program. 
It is doubtful if any program ever offered the partici¬ 
pants at a trap-shooting was constructed with as much 
care and effort as that which the Westy Hogans this 
year present to the shooters of the country for their 
eighth annual tournament in Atlantic City next month. 
The Westy Hogan tournament is perhaps the only big 
shoot in the country which has appealed to all classes 
of shooters—the good shot, the mediocre shooter and 
the beginner. The tournament Committee of the 
Hogans, mindful of this, has invariably endeavored _ to 
provide a program which will guarantee to all partici¬ 
pants an equal chance to share in the benefits accruing 
from the tournament. This year’s program is no ex¬ 
ception to the rule laid down years ago. 
In reading their program this year Westy Hogan “old- 
timers” will notice that there has been no radical de¬ 
parture from the policy of former years. They will also 
observe that more than the usual number of new fea¬ 
tures have been added. All of the many and popular 
events which have made the Westy Hogan tourna¬ 
ment the great attraction that it is, and have won for 
it the distinction of being different from any other trap¬ 
shooting contest in the country, have been retained. 
The tournament will again be held on Venice Park, 
a convenient and attractive suburb or Atlantic City. It 
will open on Tuesday, September 15, which is practice 
day, at 12.30 o’clock noon. There will be ten events 
of fifteen targets each, entrance $1.50 per event. Rose 
system, accumulation of points, ratio 5, 3 and 1. The 
sweepstakes will be optional and the Squier Money- 
Back System will not apply to the practice day events. 
On Wednesday—the first day—the program will con¬ 
sist of five events at fifteen targets each, entrance 
$1.00, and five events of twenty targets each, entrance 
$1.00. There will be an optional sweep of $1.00 on 
each event, and an optional sweep of $5.00 on the day’s 
program of 175 targets. The five twenty target events 
will constitute the State Team Race, five men. There 
will be no entrance fee for the team race and each 
state may enter from five to ten contestants and the 
high scores made by such contestants will be counted. 
No contestant shall represent more tnan one state and 
must be a resident of said state. Only one team en¬ 
try from each state will be accepted. The name and 
address of each contestant on the different teams 
must be turned in at the cashier’s office before the first 
shot is fired in event six on Wednesday, September 
16. Professionals are not eligible to compete. Five 
trophies will be presented by the Westy Hogans to the 
winning team. There will be an optional sweep on 
the state team race, entrance $10.00 per team. Two 
moneys—60 and 40 per cent, high guns. 
On Thursday, September 17—the second day—there 
will also be five events at fifteen targets each, entrance 
ninety cents, and five events at twenty targets each, 
entrance ninety cents. There will be an optional 
sweep of $1.00 on each event and an optional sweep 
of $5.00 on the day’s program of 175 targets. The five 
twenty target events will constitute the West Hogan 
Amateur Championship at 100 single targets, entrance 
$1.00. The winner of the championship will receive 
the G. E. Painter $100.00 sterling silver trophy donated 
by Mr. G. E. Painter, of Pittsburgh. Continental Hotel 
trophy, sterling silver, donated by the Continental 
Hotel, Atlantic City, to second high gun, and Westy 
Hogan gold watch fobs to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, 
seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth high 
guns. In case of a tie for first or second place in 
this event, the tie will be shot off at 20 targets. All 
other ties will be shot off miss and out. 
The third day—Friday, September 18, the program will 
consist of ten’ events of fifteen targets each, entrance 
$1.00 with an optional sweep of $1.00 on each event 
and an optional sweep of $5.00 on the day’s program of 
150 targets. The high amateur for this day s program 
will win a leg on the Atlantic City Cup, and will also 
receive $50.00 in gold which has been donated by one 
of the Westy Hogans’ best friends. _ The Atlantic City 
Cup is solid sterling silver, thirteen inches high, eleven 
inches across the bowl, and has an actual value of 
$300. The conditions are that the cup is to be shot 
for annually at Atlantic City, until won three .times by 
the same man, which gives permanent ownership. The 
first contest for the Atlantic City Cup was on June 4, 
1910, when C. H. "Newcomb won a leg on it. F. S. 
Wright, Al. Heil and R. H. Bruns, respectively, have 
each won a leg on it. Entries for the Westy Hogan 
Special and the “Bull Durham” Handicap to be shot 
on September 19. close on this day, Friday, at 5 p. m. 
On Saturday, September 19, the famous Westy Hogan 
Special, the Du Pont Target Trophy—18 yard mark 
championship and the “Bull Durham” Handicap will 
be shot. The Westy Hogan Special is an event for 
amateurs who cannot average better than 88 per cent. 
Conditions 100 single targets, entrance $3.00; optional 
sweep on the too targets $2.00 extra. Money divided 
high guns, three moneys for each ten entries or frac¬ 
tion thereof. One diamond watch fob, donated by the 
Alamac hotel and eleven Westy Hogan gold watch fobs 
will be distributed in this event under the Lewis Sys¬ 
tem, four classes three trophies to each class. The 
three high guns in each class win the trophies. All 
applications to enter the Westy Hogan Special must be 
made at the cashier’s office on or before 5 p. m. Fri¬ 
day, September 18. No forfeit is required, but applica¬ 
tions to enter must be made pn application blanks, a 
copy of which will be found in the program. The 
Westy Hogans reserve the_ right to refuse any entry 
up to the time the event is to be shot. Any or all 
ties for trophies will be shot off at twenty targets. 
The DuPont Target 18 yard mark championship is 
an open contest and shoot-off for first accumulation 
purse of $200.00. It is open to amateurs only and the 
conditions are 100 single targets, 18 yards rise, targets 
to be thrown full sixty yards. Entrance $10.00 includ¬ 
ing price of targets; division of money, high guns, 
three moneys for each ten entries or fraction thereof. 
Optional sweep. $2.00 on each twenty targets, high guns, 
ten entries to fill. Winners of trophy who are eligible 
to compete for the $200.00 Accumulation Purse are W. 
M. Foord, Wilmington, Del.; Bart Lewis, Auburn, Ill.; 
William Ridley, What Cheer, Iowa, and J. N. Knox, 
Convoy, Ohio. 
The “Bull Durham” Handicap which promises to be 
the most interesting race of the entire tournament, will 
be at 100 targets, entrance $7.00, handicaps 16 to 22 
yards. Optional sweep of $1.00 on each twenty targets. 
Regular entries must be made at the cashier’s office on 
the shooting grounds, before 5 p. m. Friday, September 
18. Penalty entries may be made after Friday, up to 
10 a. m. on Saturday by paying $10.00 entrance. 
Entries are not transferable and entrance money can¬ 
not be withdrawn after handicaps have been allotted. 
The division of money will be high guns, three moneys 
for each ten entries or fraction thereof. The division 
of money in the $1.00 optional sweeps will be high guns 
one money for each five entries. If fifteen or more 
do not enter these optionals, money will be refunded. 
The five amateur contestants who make the five high¬ 
est scores will each receive a trophy. Amateurs who 
shoot for targets only will be eligible to win the tro¬ 
phies. Bull Durham trophy, donated by Mr. George 
L. Lyon, of Durham, N. C., to high gun; Hass trophy, 
donated by Mr. E. L. Hass, of New York City, to sec¬ 
ond high gun; diamond watch fob, donated by Alamac 
hotel, to third high gun; diamond watch fob, donated 
by the Hogans, to fourth high gun, and gold watch 
fob, donated by the Hogans, to fifth high gun. Con¬ 
testants, amateurs and professionals, who shoot for “tar¬ 
gets only” in the Bull Durham Handicap, must make 
entry for said event at the cashier’s office on the shoot¬ 
ing grounds by 5 p. m. the day before it is scheduled 
to be shot, otherwise a penalty of $3.00 (total entrance 
with penalty $5.00) will be charged. All entries must 
be made on application blanks, a copy of which will 
be found in the program. 
An innovation at this year’s Westy Hogan shoot will 
be the Special event for Ladies on Saturday, Septem¬ 
ber 19 at 2 p. m. The contest will be at fifty targets, 
and will be open to members of regularly organized 
ladies’ clubs. The Westy Hogans will donate five tro¬ 
phies for this event. Conditions governing the dis¬ 
tribution of trophies will be announced on the shoot¬ 
ing grounds early in the week. 
The regular program will be conducted under the 
reliable Squier Money : Back System, and losses will 
be paid on each day’s shooting. The shooting will 
begin at 8.30 a. m. each day. Ideal-Leggett traps will 
throw Blue Rock targets. The grounds on Venice 
Park can be reached by trolley. Take a Venice Park 
Car at Virginia Avenue and the beach, “Boardwalk,” 
direct to the grounds, eight minutes’ ride, or any of 
the city coaches, ten minutes’ ride. A full line of 
factory loaded shells will be for sale on the grounds. 
Shells forwarded by express or freight must be pre¬ 
paid and marked with owner’s name and sent in care 
of Atlantic Sporting Goods Co., Atlantic City, N. J. 
They will deliver on the grounds free. 
A copy of the program will be sent to any person 
applying to Bernard Elsesser, Secretary, York, Pa. 
Further information relative to the tournament will be 
cheerfully furnished by the secretary or by any mem¬ 
ber of the Westy Hogans, 
Nemours (Ladies) Trapshooting Club. 
Wilmington, Delaware, August 20, 1914. 
In spite of the fact that yesterday afternoon was one 
of the hottest that Wilmington has experienced this 
summer, eight enthusiastic women of the Nemours 
Trapshooting Club, appeared at the Du Pont traps for 
their weekly shoot. There were also a number of out 
of town visitors to watch the shooting. 
Miss Hammond made high actual score for the after¬ 
noon, breaking seventeen of her quarter of a century 
of targets. 
In the handicap event Miss Amy Schofield was high 
and was awarded the Ramsay Trophy for the week. 
Miss Wvnands captured the eleventh book in the 
“Consolation Contest” entitled- “The Natural History 
of Selborne” by Gilbert White. 
As a third handicap prize yesterday Miss Hammond 
offered a basket of choice vegetables and flowers from 
her own garden. This was won by Miss Marie V. Lan- 
nan who also made second high actual score for the 
afternoon. 
The shoot yesterday marked the Deginning of the 
“Westy Hogan Contest.” The management of the 
celebrated Westy Hogan Shoot has extended an invita¬ 
tion to the ladies of the Nemours Club to take part 
in their Women’s Event, September 19th at Atlantic 
City, and the club has decided to send a squad of five 
of their members. In order to give all the ladies of 
the Nemours Club a chance to participate in this pleas¬ 
urable trip it has been decided by the Governing Board 
to throw it open to competition among the members. 
The ladies will shoot for the trip and the three best 
scores of each one will be counted between the dates 
of August 19th and September 16th, inclusive (5 shoots). 
The three highest scores will be added together and 
the five members having the highest totals for three 
shoots will be declared the winners. 
Scores yesterday (25 targets) follow: 
Miss Hammond, 17; Mrs. Springer, 10; Miss Lannan, 
15- Mrs. Riley, 14; Miss Schofield, n; Dr. Seward, 4; 
Miss Wynands, 3; Miss Hirst, 4. „ BLUE BIRD » 
N. C. R. Gun Club. 
A fairly good number of Shooters were present, but 
I really feel that more of the Shooters from the sur¬ 
rounding country and neighboring towns should take 
advantage of the opportunity to practice over the traps 
as they will be for the coming 15th G. A. H., and un¬ 
der regulation G. A. H. conditions. 
The Officers of The Interstate Association have ad¬ 
vised us that they expect 700 Shooters, and you well 
know that among that number there will be many who 
will make very high averages, and if our Ohio Shooters 
wish to keep any of the trophies and prizes in our 
State, it would be well for them to visit us on Satur¬ 
day afternoons, and practice over our grounds to get in 
the best of form to compete with our shooting friends 
C. H. NEWCOMB 
FINAL WINNER OF 
Du Pont Pennsylvania 
Amateur State 
Challenge Trophy 
WITH 
3^ Dram Load of 
SCHULTZE 
SCORE: 
100 STRAIGHT 
yHIS spectacular victory gives 
Mr. Newcomb permanent pos¬ 
session of this trophy, emblematic of 
trapshooting championship of the state. 
In the five victorious challenge matches, 
Mr. Newcomb’s total score was 880 
x 900 — 97.7% — some shooting! 
Mr. Newcomb’s official average of 95.28% 
on 4065 targets shot at in the 1913 Interstate 
Association Registered Tournaments is further 
proof of the important part that SCHULTZE 
plays in the race for high places in the 
trapshooting world. 
SCHULTZE POWDER ignites quickly, 
insures high velocity, patterns excellently and 
its light recoil makes shooting a pleasure. 
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT 
TRAPSHOOTING AND SCHULTZE 
POWDER BOOKLET, WRITE TO 
SPORTING POWDER DIVISION 
DU PONT POWDER CO. 
Established 1802 
Wilmington, Delaware 
from other States. I make this statement with all due 
respect to the splendid scores and averages that are 
made by many of our Ohio Shooters, but in my opinion 
Trap Shooting is like playing a musical instrument; 
one must practice regularly and conscientiously to keep 
in the best form.. 
Regret that I just learned Saturday that there are 
still some Shooters who think our grounds are only for 
the use of our members on Saturday afternoons. 
Although I have published this statement before, I 
want to repeat that all Shooters from all localities are 
and have always been welcome to shoot with us every 
Saturday afternoon, and they can always be assured 
of a cordial reception and a place on the firing line. 
Our club is conducted for the pleasure and recreation 
we derive from the sport, and we always enjoy it 
better when there are many visiting Shooters taking 
part with us. Visit us and bring your friends with you. 
We were glad to have “Pop” with us this afternoon, 
and pleased to see the nice shooting he did. He does 
not get to visit us as often as he did in the past, and 
we always miss him. 
Work on the grounds for the coming 15th G. A. H. 
is under way and will be rushed to completion. 
Don’t forget the 5th and final Tournament of the 
C. O. T. S. League, which will be held by the Salem 
Gun Club on our grounds Saturday, August 29. They 
