FOREST AND STREAM 
Forest and Stream is an Honorary Member of the Interstate Association for the Promotion of Trapshooting. 
Fifteenth Grand American Handicap 
The N. C. R. Gun Club Again Pulls the Biggest G. A. H. on Record 
By W. G. Beecroft, with our own photographs 
Once more, like 'the targets thrown from seven traps, 
all records for America’s greatest inanimate target 
match were smashed at Dayton, under the inimitable 
auspices of N. C. R. Gun Club by direction of The 
Interstate Association and the unerring management 
of Elmer E. Shaner, assisted by the big boy E. Reed 
Shaner. Enough has been said, deservedly, about the 
remarkable way in which the tournament and shooters 
were handled by its entertainers and everyone has rec¬ 
ognized the effort and ability shown by W. F. Bippus, 
president of the club and (same initial) MacCandless, 
the club secretary and accelerator. To make things in¬ 
teresting the professionals were segregated, trapped by 
themselves, as it were, and it may be said without a 
piano pedal, that they were pretty near the orchestra 
seats in the show. Next, and maybe a minute or two 
before, came the shoot to decide from among thirty- 
four state champions, who should struggle along under 
the honorable title of Interstate or National Amateur 
Champion. The pentupness of the interest in this 
event is best described in the words of E. Reed, who 
insists one could “hear a pin drop” during the event. 
Reed did not specify what kind of a pin, perhaps he 
meant a coupling pin, at any rate it was some cham¬ 
pionship, and the best man won. 
The most remarkable and unfortunate circumstance 
of the tournament, was the winning of three events by 
Woolfolk Henderson. Mr. Henderson retired from pro¬ 
fessional ranks only a few months ago and shot as an 
amateur, which, under the rules of The Interstate As¬ 
sociation, is permissible, the fact being that the only 
amateurs in the trap shooting game are the profes¬ 
sionals; paradoxical, yes, but true, for the amateur 
shoots for money, while the professional is allowed to 
shoot for targets only. As I said before, Henderson 
clearly was within his rights, and deserves no censure 
for shooting and certainly none for winning, for 
although given the handicap limit he travelled too fast 
for the best shooters in the world, all of whom, with 
two or three exceptions, were present. What I mean 
in describing Henderson’s winning as unfortunate, is 
not the effect it will have on the top notch shooters 
but upon the coming shooters, who feel that profes¬ 
sionals should not be allowed to shoot among amateurs, 
which beyond any question is true. This clearly is up 
to The Interstate Association. However, to get back 
to our Southdown. First of all the weather was ideal 
for aerosaucer smashing, though occasionally old Boreas 
was a bit too generous in his zephyring. The grand 
stand was filled to capacity during the entire week and 
was fulsome in its applause, especially when it watched 
a match race, of which, thanks to the new arrange¬ 
ment of things, was a frequent occurrence. The going 
down the line shooting atracts little attention, from the 
layman, because of its lack of direct competition, for 
unless one follows the score board carefully, there is 
no telling who is ahead, nor between what shooters 
competition exists. The race between professionals 
was for the Henry Sanford Cup, the offering of which is 
due in a measure to Jack Fanning, the hand trap 
artist, as Mr. Sanford, a great admirer of all pro¬ 
fessionals wanted the trophy offered at the Westy 
Hogans, but Jack persuaded him that the big profes¬ 
sional event would fit better at the biggest shoot, and 
that went. With some exceptions the best profes¬ 
sionals in the country were on hand to kop the cup. 
Every train brought another “for wads only” expert, 
until there were about fifty old, young and middle aged 
ballistic exponents on the firing line. The race was for 
the swift and it looked for awhile as though youth 
once more would be served, buit when the smoke 
cleared away that sterling representative of Remington 
Arms U.M.C. Company alone was left and in his hand, 
metaphorically typing, was the handsome Sanford 
Trophy on the unbeatable score of one hundred straight. 
There were any number of high professional scores. 
In the preliminary handicap Homer Clark, one of the 
most popular professionals in the country, and Ole’ 
Les German tied on one hundred straight, while J. R. 
Graham and Bill Crosby each smeared the ambient at¬ 
mosphere with the dust of ninety-nine. In match races 
Homer again smashed the limit against Fred Bills and 
C. A. Young did the same against Ed. Graham, the 
Olympic champion. In an exhibition event at one hun¬ 
dred without stop, Mrs. Topperwein ran ninety-nine 
m five minutes and four seconds. Much applause and 
then some more and a little besides. A match was 
threatened between G. Frank Lord advertising manager 
of DuPont and L. R. Meyers, advertising manager for 
Reminpori 
Shooters Win 24 Out of 38 State Championships 
Virginia the Latest Clean-Up with 100x100 Strong 
Dr. L. G. Richards’ State Championship Score, Shooting Nitro Club Steel Lined Speed Shells 
Other Virginia Winnings: High Amateur Average, 387 x 400, won by 
Dr. Richards with Nitro Clubs, the five highest amateurs shot same ammunition. 
Five of seven State Medals won by amateurs shooting Re ming ton :t/MC Shells. 
Three men on winning Five-Man Team shot Reming ton rUMC Shells. 
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