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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Feb. 6, 1909. 
T rapjhooiing. 
If you zvant your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the follozving: 
Fixtures. 
Feb. 9.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. 
Feb. 14.—Jersey City, X. J.—Hudson G. C. T. H. Keller, 
Sec'y. 
Feb. 16-20.—Kansas City, Mo.—Interstate shooting tour¬ 
nament. R. S. Elliott Arms Co. 
Feb. 22.—Englewood, N. J.—Pleasure G. C. C. J. Wes- 
(ervelt, Sec’y. 
Feb. 22.—Port Washington, L. I.—Championship of Long 
Island Sound, auspices of Manhasset Bay Yacht 
Club. James W. Alker, Sec’y. 
Feb. 22.—Towanda, (Pa.) G. C. live bird and target 
shoot. F. D. Montanye, Sec’y. 
Feb. 28.—Jersey City, N. J.—Hudson G. C. T. II. Keller, 
Sec’y. 
March 9.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. 
March 14.—Jersey City, N. J.—Hudson G. C. T. H. 
Keller, Sec’y. 
itlarch 28.—Jersey City, N. J.—Hudson G. C. T. H. 
Keller, Sec’y. 
April 6-7.—Lincoln, Neb.—Capitol Beach G. C.; $200 
added. Geo. L. Carter, Sec’y. 
April 7.—Montclair (N. J.) G. C. third annual champion- 
shin Metropolitan clubs. Edward Winslow. Sec’y. 
April 11.—Jersey City, J.—Hudson G. C. T. PI. Keller, 
Sec’y. 
April 13.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. 
April 25.—Jersey City, N. J.—Hudson G. C. T. PI. Keller, 
Sec'y. 
May 11.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. final shoot of 
series for Hendrickson cup. L. H. Schortemeier, 
Sec’y. 
May 13-14.—Sistersville, W. \'a.—West Virginia Shooting 
Club. Ed. O. Bower, Mgr. 
June 5.—Montclair (N. J.) G. C. anniversary tournament. 
Edward Winslow, Sec’y. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
Feb. 9.—Rising Sun (Md.) G. C. H. Linn Worthington, 
Pres. 
Feb. 22.—Edge Hill, Pa.—Highland G. C. J. Franklin 
Meehan, Mgr. 
Feb. 22.—Troy, N. Y.—North End R. and G. C. J. P. 
Murphy, Sec’y. 
March 16-17. — Decatur (Ill) G. C. John Duffey, Sec’y. 
March 20. — Frenchtown (N. J.) G. C. P. S. Bloom, Sec'y. 
llarch 24-25. — Leesburg (Fla.) G. C. A. B. Lees. Sec’y. 
April 6-7. — Lincoln, Neb.—Capital Beach G. C. Geo. L. 
Carter, Mgr. 
April 6-7. — West Lebanon (Ind.) G. C. C. R. Bowlus, 
Sec’y. 
April 7-9.—Columbus (O.) G. C. Fred Shattuck, Sec’y. 
April 9-10.—Toronto, Ont.—Parkdale G. C. P'. A. Parker, 
Sec’y. 
April 14-16. — Lamed, Kans. — Kansas State tournament, 
under the auspices of the Lamed Gun Club. J. T. 
Whitney, Sec’y. 
April 16-17.—Reading, Pa.—South End G. C. H. Melchior, 
Mgr. 
.■\pril 23. — McClure (O.) G. C. Frank F. Foltz, Sec’y. 
■Vpril 23-24. — Troy, N. Y. — Mountain I’iew G. C. J. J. 
Farrell, Sec’y. 
April 26-28. — X’icksburg, Miss. — Alississippi State tourna¬ 
ment, under the auspices of the I'icksburg Gun Club. 
J. C. Williams, Mgr. 
April 27-28.—Atlantic (la.) G. C. P. I. Appleman, Mgr. 
April 29.—Temple, Pa.—Plercules G. C. A. K. Ludwig, 
.Sec'y. 
April 3C. — Berwick (Pa.) R. and G. C. W. I. Shrader, 
Sec’y. 
May 3-7.—Reading, Pa.—Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s 
Association tournament, under the auspices of the 
Independent Gun Club. Chas. N. ' Seitzinger, Sec’y. 
May 4-6.—Nashville, Tenn.—The Interstate As.sociation’s 
fourth Southern Handicap tournament; $1,000 added 
money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
May 11. — Pillow (Pa.) G. C. T. A. Bingaman. Sec’y. 
May 12-13.—Montpelier (Vt.) (5. C. Dr. (j. H. Burr, 
Sec’y. 
May 12-13.—Ossining (N. Y.) G. C. C. G. Blandford, 
Capt. 
May 13-14.—Janesville (Wis.) G. C. J. PI. McVicar, Sec’y. 
May 15. — Niles (O.) G. C. Jos. Rummell. Sec’y. 
May 17-18.—Brampton (Can.) G. C. R. E. Choate, Mgr. 
May 17-20. — Burlington, la.—Iowa State tournament under 
the auspices of the Iowa State Sportsmen’s Associa¬ 
tion. Everett Beckwith, Pres. 
May 18-19.—Marion, Ind.—Indiana State tournament under 
the auspices of the Queen City G. C. Frank Howard, 
Sec’y. ~ 
May 18-20. — Walla Walla, Wash. — .Sportsmen’s Associa¬ 
tion tournament of the Northwest, under the auspices 
of the Walla Walla Gun Club. J. F. Snails. Sec’y. 
May 19-20.—Capron (Ill.) G. C. A. Vance, Sec’y. 
May 21-22.—Falls City (Neb.) G. C. C. C. Davis, Sec’y. 
May 23-24. — Fargo, N. D.—Gate City G. C. Louis Jen¬ 
sen, Sec’y. 
May 25-27. — Chicago, HI.—Illinois State tournament under 
the auspices of the Chicago Gun Club. Fred H. 
Teeple, Sec’y. 
May 25-27. — Grand Island. Neb.—Nebraska State tourna¬ 
ment under the auspices of the Grand Island Gun 
Club. Gus Sievers, Sec’v. 
IMay 28-29.—Cleveland (O.) G. C. F. H. Wallace, Mgr. 
May 29.—McKeesport (Pa.) G. C. L. W. Cannon. Sec’y. 
May 31.—Mechanicsville (N. Y.) G. C. George Slinger- 
land, Sec’y. 
May 31. — New Plaven (Conn.) G. C. M. E. Thompson, 
Sec’y. 
June 1-3. — Haines Landing,'Me. — Hillside G. C. W. D. 
Hinds, Pres. 
June 2-4.—Columbus. O.—Ohio State tournament under 
the auspices of the Columbus Gun Club. Fred Shat¬ 
tuck, Sec’y. 
June 6-7.—Rockford, Ill.—Red City G. C. T. J. Malana, 
Sec’y. 
June 17.—Sturgeon (Mo.) G. C. J. H. Winscott, Sec’y. 
June 22-25.-—Chicago, Ill.—The Interstate Association's 
tenth Grand American Handicap tournamept; $1,000 
added money. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pitts¬ 
burg, Pa. 
June 29-July 2.—Canadian Indians’ tournament. Thomas 
A. Duff, High Scribe, Toronto. 
July 3.—Cleveland (O.) G. C. F. H. Wallace, Mgr. 
July 5.—Richmond, Va.—Deep Run Shooting Club. V. 
Hechler, Sec’y. 
July 13-14.—Manning (la.) G. C., E. E. Breckenridge, 
Sec’y. 
July 20-22.—Aberdeen, S. D.—South Dakota State tourna¬ 
ment, under the auspices of the Aberdeen Gun Club. 
John L. Ruckman, Sec’y. 
July 20-22.—Buffalo, N. Y.—The Interstate Association’s 
fourth Eastern Handicap, under auspices of the 
Buffalo-Audubon G. C.; $1000 added. Elmer E. 
Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
July 23-24.—Webster (S. ,D.) R. and G. C. T. J. Delaney, 
Sec’y. 
Sept. 6-7.—Richmond, Va.—Virginia Trapshooters’ Asso¬ 
ciation. V. Hechler, Sec’y.. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Manager Ed. O. Bower. Sistersville, W. \'a., writes 
us that the West Virginia Shooting Club will hold its 
second annual registered tournament on May 13 and 14. 
The nine-man team contest, between the Montclair and 
Orange gun clubs, on the grounds of the latter, Jan. 30, 
was won by Montclair on the close margin of one tar¬ 
get. The totals were 147 to 146. Each man shot at 25 
targets. 
The date of the regular shoot of the Holland Gun Club, 
Batavia, N. has been changed from Feb. 11 to Feb. 
12. The trophy programme will begin at 9 o’clock. At 
10 o’clock, the sweepstake programme will commence. A 
good attendance of visitors is expected. 
The Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club announces a prize 
club shoot, on Lincoln’s Birthday, Feb. 12. commencing 
at 1:30. Entries close at 3 o’clock. Ossining and Tucka- 
hoe will contest in a team shoot, wdiich will add to the 
pleasure and action of the competition. 
Renowned visitors, of the world of sportsmanship in 
New York last week were Mr. Ed. Banks, of Wilming¬ 
ton, Del.; Mr. Fred Gilbert, the Wizard of Spirit Lake, 
Ta.; Mr. Walter Huff, Macon, Ga.; D. D. Gross, St. 
Louis,‘Mo.; J. S. Fanning, of Jersey City; W. Fred 
Quimby, of Wilmington, Del., and Art. Killain, of St. 
Louis. 
Vt. 
At North Cornwall, Pa., on Jan. 30, a two-man team 
contest at live birds, between Win. H. Bollman and 
Harry H. Heilman, on one side, and Fred Ehrhorn and 
Howard M. Bright on the other side, 25 birds per man, 
was won by a total of 35 to 33 as follows: Bollman 21, 
Heilman 14; total 35. Ehrhorn 19, Bright 14; total 33. 
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Mr. Fred Coleman was in his usual good form at a 
live-bird shoot held on the grounds of the Pottsvilic, Pa., 
Game and Fish Protective Association, Jan. 30. He 
scored 15 straight in the main event, defeating 24 con¬ 
testants, the next highest being Ditchey 14; Thomas, 
Rehman and Showers 13, Canfield, Prendergast, Goettler, 
Daubert and Patten 12. 
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Dtr. C. W. Floyd, w'ho not long since was one of the 
class experts in trapshooting matters of New York and 
vicinity, has taken up his domicile at Selbyville, Del. 
In a ca'lm, but positive manner, he enrolled himself in 
the list of Grand American Handicap winners a few 
years ago. He now has favored our readers with the 
report of a trap shoot at Bishopville, which is published 
elsewhere in our columns. It is delightfully permeated 
with the spirit of true sport. 
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From the Philadelphia Inquirer of Jan. 31, we take the 
following interesting e.xcerpt concerning Chief Bender, 
who has been performing at the traps so noticeably 
well of late: Failing to get on a match with Bender, the 
Indian pitcher of the Athletics, for Fen Cooper, the 
former State champion, at live birds, an effort is now 
being made to match the Indian with Nate Benner, 
former county champion, also of this city. Benner’s 
backers want a match for $400 a side at 25 or more live 
birds, to be shot in Mahanoy City, Tamaqua or Lans- 
ford parks. 
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The Harrisburg, Pa., Shooting Association has issued 
the programme of its twenty-second tournament, Feb. 
22. Competition will commence at 10 o’clock. The main 
event is the Harrisburg Sportsmen's Association 
twenty-second annual live-bird handicap for the Penn¬ 
sylvania State challenge trophy of the Harrisburg Sports¬ 
men’s Association, entrance $13, birds included; moneys 
divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. A sliding handicap 
will govern; kill 5, 1yd. back; miss 1, no change; miss 2, 
forward 1yd. Entries close Feb. 18. If late, one can 
shoot up until 1 P. M. Extra events will be shot. 
Promptly at 1:30 P. M. the tie will be shot off for the 
Williamsport diamond badge, emblematic of the cham¬ 
pionship of Pennsylvania, between Harry Hess, of Nan- 
ticoke; George Hansell, of Lebanon, and Fred Coleman, 
of Pottsville, Pa. All entries must be made on blank 
application, which accompany programme, and mailed to 
G. W. Hepler, 209 Kelker street, Harrisburg, Pa., on or 
before Feb. 18, 1909. Shells for sale. All kinds of re¬ 
freshments and first-class dinner at Paxtonia Inn. Pen¬ 
alty entries, $2 e.xtra. Bernard Waters. 
The Pinehurst System. 
Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 30.—Most natural it was that 
Pinehurst should be responsible for the introduction of 
something new in trapshooting, most natural it seems to 
have the innovation received with an enthusiasm which 
bids fair to extend throughout the country, for thus it 
has always been here. Briefly, Pinehurst has invariably 
taken the initiative, always been creative, and for this 
reason, has come to be recognized generally throughout 
the country. Most natural it is that the plan be known 
for all time as the Pinehurst System of trapshooting; 
the idea, briefly, for contestants to run down through 
to the final round in precisely the same manner as in 
match play golf and tennis, the field being made up in 
divisions of sixteen or ratios of this number, eight, 
thirty-two, or sixty-four, etc. 
It will readily be seen that the possibilities of develop¬ 
ment are limitless. For instance, the field could be 
made to qualify for the “match” rounds with a “medal” 
TOO-bird shoot arranged in sweepstake events, the si.xteen 
best scores making the first division, and so on 
down through the entire list. On the other hand, 
the shoot might be conducted on the plan of the 
Pinehurst System used in connection with the annual 
midwinter golf tournament, the field arranged in various 
classes, and the sixteen best shots in each class qualify¬ 
ing. The number of shots to decide the match in both 
ualification and match shooting, could be fixed at any 
gure from 10 to 100, the latter figure undoubtedly what 
would be decided on as a satisfactory test in ^the more 
important contests. Handicaps could also be introduced 
when advisable. 
Further prizes could be offered for the division win¬ 
ners and runners-up and the consolation division winners, 
and the division winners and consolation division winners 
could be brought together in final rounds to decide the 
championship. For instance, if there were four divisions 
of 16 each, the winner of the first and second and third 
and the fourth, would meet in the semi-finals, and the 
winners of these rounds would come together for the 
finals, and this plan might be carried out indefinitely. 
The test of the system which was shot immediately 
following the handicap, last Saturday, for a special cup 
contributed by Mr. Leonard Tufts, included a field of 
sixteen entries, all fast men, so evenly matched that no 
“qualification” was necessary. The rounds were 20 tar¬ 
gets each, and in each case of ties, miss-and-out de¬ 
cided it. 
Harry S. Welles captured the final round from W. B. 
Darton after rounding out a splendid score of 114 out of 
115_, his only miss being the 91st target: 35 targets of the 
string being in tie shoot-offs. In the semi-final rounds 
Mr. Welles defeated George L. Lyon; and Mr. Darton 
defeated John R. Taylor. 
In the second round Mr. Welles defeated Harold 
Money; Mr. Lyon, A. R. Allan; Mr. Taylor. T. II. 
Keller, Jr.; and Mr. Darton. Walter Huff. 
In the first round Mr. Money defeated J. .S. Young; 
Mr. Welles, T. A. Marshall: Mr. Lyon, J. T. Skelley; 
Mr. Allan. John Philip Sousa; Mr. Tavlor. Guy Ward: 
Mr. Keller, A. \1'. Church; Mr. Darton, Fred Gilbert, and 
Mr. Huff, F. W, Moffett. 
In this week’s issue of Forest and Stream there is 
published a list of the high average performances of the 
year, made by amateurs and professionals, the con¬ 
ditions pertaining thereto being set forth clearly in the 
prefatory remark.; by Secretary-Manager Elmer E. 
■Shaner. In this connection, in our advertising pages, the 
Winchester Repeating Arms Co., the Union Metallic 
Cartridge Co., the Peters Cartridge Co., and E. I. du 
Pont de Nemours Powder Co. call attention to marvelous 
achievements of those who used their excellent products, 
all well worthy of careful perusal and remembrance. 
THE PI.AN IN DETAIL. 
Briefly, the plan in detail is clearly shown in the follow- 
ins- bracket, in which the first rounds are omitted, 
owing to lack of space: 
M'elles 1 
i- Welles 1 
Lyon J I 
[ M'elles 
Taylor 
Darton 
Darton 
Herbert L. Jillsom, Sec’y. 
