May i8, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
637 
Capt. A. W. Money. 
Wilmington, Del., Alay S.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have just received a letter Ironi Captain A. W. 
Money, dated April 23 last and written from his present 
home at 5 Trinity Gardens, Folkestone, England, which 
was in reply to a letter I sent him shortly after my re¬ 
turn from the Sportsmen’s Show in Madison Squaie 
Garden, March 9 last. By way of explaining the Cap¬ 
tain’s reference to “the slips from your notebook,” would 
say, that during the Sportsmen’s Show so many of the 
old-timers, etc., asked me, “How’s the Captain?” that I 
decided to have them sign their names on leaves of the 
pad in my pocket memorandum book, so that I cou d 
send the signatures (several of them with sentiments 
attached) to the Captain, so that he could see that, 
although he is no longer with us in this country, he 
was not forgotten. That portion of the letter which re¬ 
fers to Noel Money and also to Harold will, I know, 
be also read with much pleasure. Below I quote you 
portions of said letter referred to; 
“I have been a long time answering your most wel¬ 
come letter of March 21, but I never seem to be ab e 
to get any time these days for any letter writing. This 
is such a busy little town, and there is such a lot al¬ 
ways going on, especially at this time of the year, that 
one always seems booked for something or another— 
Badminton, lawn tennis, bands playing on the Leas, and 
the ladies wanting to be escorted, etc., etc. It seems to 
rnonopolize every moment of one’s time, and if I do 
sit down to my desk I find such a lot of unanswered 
letters that must be attended to. Your letter is most 
interesting reading, and the slips from your notebook 
with those signatures, etc., made me long to be back 
with the old friends and at the old game again. God 
bless t’nem all. I don’t believe there is a country in the 
world that produces such a lot of jolly good fellows, 
and it makes my old heart rejoice to know that they 
have not forgotten me, any more than I have them. I 
had a good deal of shooting during the season and did 
not find myself a bit handicapped by age, and did not 
come across anyone who could claim to be able to beat 
me, and strange to say the longest days did not tire 
me in the least, though some of it was pretty nearly as 
rough walking as it is at Oakland (N. J.). I don’t 
find any of it to come up to the ruffed grouse shooting, 
and I would give a lot to be going to have another day 
with your old self and Colin Wise at Ocean Park.” 
The Captain then goes on to say that he is looking 
forward to some good shooting next season, as his son- 
in-law, Mr. Charles Bayley, who has been in the tea 
and rubber business out in Ceylon, has retired and is 
coming to Great Britain to live, and has taken a house 
and large shooting up in Argyleshire, Scotland. Noel 
Money, too, the Captain’s oldest son, who will be 
readily remembered by the old boys among the trap- 
shooters as secretary of the E. C. Powder Company in 
its early days, and as a rattling good pigeon and target 
shot, and also a jolly good companion to boot, has 
gotten a new home in Flerefordshire, “with no end of 
shooting.” 
Regarding trapshooting in England, Captain Money 
says: 
“Trapshooting of every kind is a dead letter in Eng¬ 
land, but I may possibly shoot some pigeons at 
Boulogne later on, as it is so easily reached from here 
and one can return by boat same evening. 
And now for some news of Harold Money: 
“Harold is doing wonderfully well in Ceylon, and only 
wishes he had gone there years ago. His heart is in 
his work and he doesn’t spare himself, and is looking 
forward before long to being put in charge of one of 
the rubber plantations, either in Ceylon or on the Malay 
Peninsula. He seems to have mastered his work and 
to have picked up the Tamil lingo in a very short 
time, and has had several tempting offers, but means 
to stick where he is till he gets something really tip¬ 
top. * * * Po write again soon, all news about our 
mutual friends is very welcome.” 
From all the above you will readily see how much the 
Captain enjoyed reading the little items of news which 
I sent him regarding his old friends over here. 
Edward Banks. 
The Grand American Handicap. 
The Interstate Association’s Thirteenth Grand Ameri¬ 
can Handicap Tournament will be held at Springfield. 
III., on the grounds of the Illinois Gun Club, June 18 
to 21, inclusive. 
The Grand American Handicap at Targets, inaugurated 
in 1900, has grown year by year in magnitude. It is the 
greatest battle between America’s trapshooters, and it 
can be safely asserted that this year, even though mark¬ 
ing the fateful thirteenth renew'al, there will be no 
diminishing in magnitude; no lessening in competition; 
no dwindling in popularity. 
June, the month of roses, has generally been honored 
with the trapshooting classic. This year there will be 
no departure from old lines in respect to dates. The 
days chosen belong to the third week of that glorious 
rnonth, a period when every trapshooting devotee is in 
his finest fettle. This assures the highest standard of 
excellence in the combat for fame and fortune. There 
will be an innovation, however, characterizing the com¬ 
petition. Heretofore the main event, the Grand Ameri¬ 
can Handicap, has been “open to all,” but this year 
that particular event is confined to amateurs only. In 
fact, the entire tournament has been arranged for ama¬ 
teurs, with the exception of two events, which are open 
to professionals only. 
A change has also been made in the order of schedul¬ 
ing the events. It has been the custom in the past 
to conduct the National amateur and the National pro¬ 
fessional championships on the final day of the tourna¬ 
ment. The order will be reversed this year, these highly 
important events being scheduled for the first day, a 
change bound to appeal to all prospective entrants. 
A popular feature introduced last year, namely, the 
guarantee of $1,000 in cash, in addition to a beautiful 
trophy, to the winner of first place in the Grand Ameri¬ 
can Handicap, will be continued. The trapshooting 
fraternity put the stamp of approval on this step in 
1911 in no uncertain way, and the Interstate Association, 
ever mindful of trapshooting’s interest and the advance¬ 
ment of the sport, has ruled to make this feature a 
fixture. 
Springfield, capital city of Illinois, is known far and 
wide as one of the leading convention centers of the 
West. A veritable network of railroads radiate from 
Springfield in all directions, and this attribute in con¬ 
nection with extraordinary facilities for housing large 
gatherings and the possession of hotels, the equal of 
any in the country, has served to attract to this city 
conventions of every description. 
The Illinois Gun Club, of Springfield, on _ whose 
grounds the tournament will be held, was organized in 
the early eighties. From the time of its inception it 
was one of the foremost organizations of its kind in 
the country, and numbered among its members many 
of the best shots of the time. In the spring of 1909 a 
reorganization of the club took place under the old 
State charter of the Illinois Gun Club. Edmund Burke, 
State’s Attorney, who had been instrumental in the re¬ 
organization of the club, was elected president, and has 
been re-elected annually since that time. The success 
of the club has been signal, developing some trapshoot¬ 
ers that have taken their places at the top of the ladder 
and held it with the best of the country. There has 
been no notable tournaments held in the Middle West 
in recent years at which the Illinois Gun Club has not 
been represented, and usually by a full squad or more. 
There is every reason to believe that when the final 
gun is fired, and the thirteenth Grand American Han¬ 
dicap has passed into history, that it will be fu'ly up 
to the high standard set by its predecessors. Entries 
close Saturday, June 8. 
Gun Clubs of New N exico. 
Most every town boasts of a gun club. Many ex¬ 
perts from the large gun factories visit the clubs, and 
local sportsmen are found able to keep with the pro¬ 
fessionals. 
A Pecos Valley tournament is now being discussed, 
and is on to make it open to the world, as Texas did 
twenty years ago, when every man was a hunter and 
a born sportsman. Cheap auto transportation will bring 
the clubs together. Almo. 
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REMINGTON 
UMC 
Again Wins World’s Championship 
at - 
INANIMATE TARGETS 
Geo. L. Lyon, shooting a J ^/n//l^ tO/? rUAfC Pump Gun successfully defends 
the E. C. Cup, emblematic of this championship. 
The Scores: 
GEO. L. LYON, (Holder) 
Unknown Angles 
94 
LESTER S. GERMA> 
Unknown Angles 
90 
Both contestants shot I^emlng to/t rUMC Steel Lined Shells 
J^mln^ tofi rUMC — the perfect shooting combination. 
REMINGTON ARMS—UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. - 299 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 
Expert Rules 
Pairs 
Total 
Ave. 
40 
40 
174 
87 
(Challenger) 
Expert Rules 
Pairs 
Total 
Ave. 
42 
38 
170 
85 
