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uted to the tournament; from one cent for each target 
trapped, and from an extra entrance fee of $1 per day 
charged each amateur contestant who competes in all of 
the regular program events each day of the tournament. 
Any contestant who competes in less than the ten regular 
program events each day shall be charged 10 cents for 
each event in which he competes, which sums also shall 
become a part of the special fund, but such contestant 
shall nave no interest in the Squier money-back system. 
Professionals are not charged the extra entrance fee 
of $1, but they are charged two cents for each target 
shot at by them, and one cent for each target shot at by 
them is placed in the special fund. 
Contestants are not guaranteed that they will be paid 
back the total amount of their net entrance fees, but it 
is reasonable to believe that they will be paid back in 
full, as the statistical data in connection with tourna¬ 
ments conducted under the Squier money-back system 
shows that where the added money was placed in the 
special fund there was an amount sufficient to pay back 
the losses in full, and frequently there was quite a large 
surplus. 
The working out of the Squier money-back system 
means that the less skillful shot can compete in all regu¬ 
lar program events of a tournament and have a chance 
to win something if he is in good form, and if he fails 
to shoot up to expectations, his sport costs him the 
price of targets only. The more skillful shot has a better 
chance of winning larger amounts than under the old 
way of adding a small amount of money to each event, 
because of the increased number of entries in each 
event, thus making bigger purses to compete for, and 
from the possible surplus from the special fund. 
The question may arise: "Where does the gun club 
make on a proposition of this kind?” The question is 
readily answered by stating the fact that there is a 
reasonable profit in the one cent per target which goes 
to the club; that, as a general rule, the number of con¬ 
testants is largely increased; that consequently the traps 
can be worked to their greatest capacity, and the cost 
of trapping reduced thereby, and that the majority of con¬ 
testants shoot through the entire regular program. In 
addition, the club makes on the proposition by sending 
home a satisfied lot of contestants, who will return 
and shoot again. 
When the fund of $20,000 is exhausted, tournaments 
will be registered, but without any contribution of added 
money by the Interstate Association. Thus, it is ap¬ 
parent that gun clubs should make their applications at 
their earliest convenience, even though their tournaments 
are scheduled to be held late in the year. 
Registration as herein set forth applies to United States 
gun clubs only. The old policy is still in force as to 
Canadian gun clubs. 
Send applications for registered tournaments to Elmer 
E. Shaner. Secretary-Treasurer, the Interstate Associa¬ 
tion, 219 Coltart avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Northern Kentucky Gun Club. 
Thd seventh annual tri-state championship shoot at 
white fliers was held on Jan. 1 and proved to be one of 
the most successful of the series. The contest for the 
trophy (a gold watch charm with diamond setting) was 
open to amateurs of Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and 
the three States were well represented. Among the 
visitors were Messrs. Shafer and Hall, of Maysville, Ky.; 
Judge Denny, of Lexington, Ky.; T. H. Clay, Paris, Ky.; 
C. A. Woody, Cynthiana, Ky.; R. H. Burns, Brookville, 
Ind. The weather was all that could have been asked 
for—clear and cold, with no wind—and the large num¬ 
ber of spectators were able to watch the sport in comfort. 
The birds were a very ordinary lot, though there were 
a few extremely fast ones in the bunch. Sitters were 
plentiful, and in some cases refused to take wing; others 
proved to be the most puzzling fliers, and fooled the 
marksmen more than once. 
The shooting started about 11 o’clock, with an event 
at 5 birds, in which seven of the twelve contestants went 
straight and divided the moneys. The trophy event had 
twenty-one entries, Nicholas withdrawing after his six¬ 
teenth bird, and Woodbury after his seventh. The latter 
has not been in the game for several months, and was 
not in his usual form. The contest proved an exciting 
race, Hammerschmidt, Bruns, Walker and Robbins being 
tied at the end of the 22d round with one miss each. 
Walker dropped out on his next bird, and Robbins 
missed his 24th, leaving the other two to fight it out, as 
they finished with 24. Two shoot-offs were required. 
The first was a tie on 5 straight. In the second, Bruns 
lost his fourth bird and his opponent went straight, 
winning by one bird, a total of 34 out of 35 birds. 
Hammerschmidt has not been shooting at the trap for 
three or four months, but lack of practice seems to make 
no difference with him. Bruns is one of the best ama¬ 
teur trap shots in this vicinity at both clay targets and 
live birds, and as good a loser as winner. He divided 
first money with Hammerschmidt. Payne lost a bird 
dead out, which kept him out of the tie. He is the 
quickest man with his first barrel that we have in these 
parts, and it is generally effective. Irwin seldom loses 
as many birds as he did in this match. Voige is one of 
the new ones in the game, and is making good. Rob¬ 
bins lost his first bird and then killed 23 straight, the 
long run of the match. Geo. Dameron was not in form 
to-day, and besides had the hard luck of losing 3 birds 
dead out. Dr. Gould lost his birds early in the race, 
and finished in second money with four others. Holaday, 
Sr., can’t handle a gun as he used to, but still retains 
his love for the sport. Milt Johnson can’t resist a real 
good shoot, and was on hand to-day, getting in third 
place. At clays he often does much better, but the white 
fliers are rather new to him. A miss-and-out ended the 
day’s sport. Walker and Voige divided the money on a 
score of 9. Hammerschmidt stayed in till his ninth bird. 
which he missed. The last bird was shot from 38yds. 
Event No. 1, 5 
birds, $3 entrance, high guns, 30yds.: 
Schreck . 
. 5 
Payne . 
.. 5 
Hammerschmidt 
. 5 
Walker . 
4 
. 5 
T Clay . 
.. 4 
Woody . 
Hall :. 
.. 4 
. 6 
.. 4 
. h 
.. 3 
Event No .2. 
tri-state trophy, 25 birds, 30yds., 
$16.25 
entrance, 40, 30, 
20, 10, class shooting: 
E Hammerschmidt ... 24 
Hall . 
.. 22 
R H Bruns. 
. 24 
Bedford . 
.. 21 
J A Payne. 
. 23 
C A Woody. 
.. 21 
I P Gould. 
. 23 
A Voige . 
.. 21 
Denny . 
. 23 
Irwin . 
.. 19 
G Walker . 
. 23 
G Dameron . 
.. 19 
E Robbins . 
. 23 
Grump . 
.. 17 
. 22 
M Johnson . 
. 22 
Woodbury . 
T Clay . 
. 22 
First shoot-off 
for trophy. 
5 birds: 
Hammerschmidt 
. 5 
Bruns .'. 
.. 5 
Second and final shoot-off 
for trophy: 
_ .fi 
.. 4 
Miss-and-out, $2 entrance; 
start 30yds., 1yd. back 
after 
each shot: 
Walker . 
. 9 
.. 4 
. 9 
.. 1 
Hammerschmidt 
. 8 
Payne . 
.. 0 
Denny . 
. 5 
*Irwin . 
.. 0 
*Re-entry. 
Haddonfield Gun Club. 
The boys turned out in force. Everyone of the twenty 
gunners who participated in* the shoot had a Christmas 
turkey or chicken appetite. Ten of the number won 
prizes. 
On shoot-off of ties for turkeys, Eyster and F. Tom¬ 
linson each received a turkey. Eight other gunners 
received a chicken each. 
J C Bennington. 20 50 
E Tomlinson. 5 48 
F Tomlinson . 5 43 
Manning . 20 47 
Thomas . 5 43 
Eyster . 14 50 
G Holloway .21 50 
Bennett . 9 50 
K Peacock . 10 50 
Pedlow . 10 39 
F Holloway . 3 44 
J W Logan. 3 42 
T Peacock . 5 43 
Garrett .12 39 
A C Stafford. 12 44 
Dungan . 7 43 
Tompkins ..14 47 
Albertson . 10 48 
Heits . 10 43 
W. A. Shreve, Sec’y. 
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