FOREST AND STREAM 
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Pinehurst Classic a 
By Herbert L. Jillson. 
Pinehurst, N. C., Jan. 23 
S. A. Huntley of Omaha, the National doubles 
champion, was the bright and particular star of 
the 8th annual midwinter handicap trap shoot¬ 
ing tournament at Pinehurst, North Carolina. 
Not only did he capture the chief trophy but 
he also tied for the Preliminary and he won 
both the high average for the 800 targets of the 
entire program, totaling 759, and the average for 
the 600 of the 16 yard sweepstakes with 575. 
J. D. Platt, Jr., off Dayton, was the Preliminary 
winner in a tie shoot off with not only Huntley 
but H. W. Heikes of his own town and G. N. 
Fish of Lyndonville, N. Y. Huntley also landed 
in the class event of the Preliminary for the 
leading prize with A. E. Ranney winning B Class, 
D. W. Baker C Class and Vincent Oliver D 
Class. In a similar event in connection with 
the Handicap J. B. Lallance, Jr., C. W. Billings, 
David 'Wardsworth and Isaac Andrews, cap¬ 
tured the trophies, all in all an event which con¬ 
tinues to take front rank among America’s 
classic meets. 
Some Class to the Field. 
Some class in the field? Yes, some: Ralph L. 
Spotts of the New York Athletic Club, amateur 
champion of America; S. A. Huntley of Omaha, 
amateur champion on doubles; F. S. Wright of 
South Wales, the New York State champion; 
A. B. Richardson of Dover, the Delaware State 
champion; George L. Lyon of Durham, N. C., 
the new Long Island champion; B. M. Higgin- 
son of Newburgh, amateur champion in 1913; 
Charles H. Newcomb of Philadelphia, the Handi¬ 
cap title holder; John Philip Sousa, the band¬ 
master; and others from here, there and every¬ 
where. 
The Midwinter Handicap. 
Huntley s tie for the Preliminary trophy re¬ 
sulted in his being moved back from the 22 yard 
mark to the 23 yard limit, but he started right 
after the trophy with a clean break of 20 on 
the first string followed by three more of 19 
each, and ending up with an 18 for a total of 
95. David Wandsworth, 3rd, was close after 
him at the 17 yard mark, but he made his 20 
at the end of the string recording 19 before that 
Which was preceded by an 18 a 19 and an 18 
for a total of 94, which never gave him a 
vantage point which made him dangerous. 
C. W. Billings at 18 yards, once winner of the 
Handicap, C. H. Newcomb at 22 yards, the 1914 
winner, and J. B. Lallance, Jr., at 19 yards, were 
bunched in a triple tie for second, and it was 
a pretty race throughout as the following tabu¬ 
lated scores show: 
Billin gs . 18 19 18 19 19—93 
Newcomb . 18 20 17 18 20—93 
Lallance . 19 19 19 I7 19 —^ 
Isaac Andrews, a 16 yard man, and George 
L. Lyon, 21 yards, made 92 each with J. I. 
Brandenburg and W. H. Patterson each 18 yards, 
and A. B. Richardson 21 yards tied at 91. 
Quadruple Tie in the Preliminary. 
Eighty-nine bunched J. D. Platt, Jr., 18 yards, 
H. W. Heikes, 20 yards, G. N. Fish, 20 yards 
and Huntley, 22 yards, in a tie for the Pre- 
Helkes . !7 1 7 19 19 17—89 
Huntle y . 18 17 19 18 17-89 
A. E. Ranney made 88 at 18 yards for fourth 
position and 87 bunched D. W. Baker 17 yards, 
C. L. Frantz 19 yards, and W. M. Foord 21 
yards. 
Class Shooting Makes a Big Hit. 
The class shooting feature inaugurated last 
year proved to be a big card on the program. 
In the Handicap event 93 landed the trophy for 
Lallance in Class A, and Billings won the Class 
B trophy in the shoot off at the same figure with 
Newcomb breaking 17 to 16 for his opponent. 
Wards worth’s 94 won Class C and Isaac An¬ 
drews got the Class D trophy with 92. In a 
similar event in the Preliminary, Huntley won 
the Class A trophy in the shoot off for the 
Preliminary prize with Fish and Heikes. Platt’s 
89 placed him at the head of Class B, but he 
couldn’t take two prizes and A. E. Ranney’s 88 
was good. D. W. Baker won Class C with 
87, and Vincent Oliver Class D with 84. 
Sweepstakes Precede the Big Events. 
The program opened with practice sweepstakes 
on Tuesday, preceding the regular sweeps on 
Wednesday and Thursday. A. B. Richardson, 
the Delaware State Champion, recorded 192 for 
the lead on Tuesday, C. D. Coburn second in 191 
and F. M. Edwards third in 189. 
Wednesday, W. H. Jones recorded 192 for the 
lead, Huntley tieing Wright at 191 for second 
and third plays, and Coburn finishing in 190. 
In the sweepstakes preliminary to the Handi¬ 
cap on Saturday, Huntley only missed one tar¬ 
get and Newcomb and Wright recorded 99 each. 
In a similar event which led up to the Pre¬ 
liminary on Friday, Wright was first in 97, 
Huntley second in 96 and A 1 Heil third in 95. 
Spotts got under the wire at 92 which was about 
as good as he made during the week. 
Professionals Swap Honors. 
The professional delegation swapped honors 
throughout the week. In the Handicap, O. R. 
Dickey and Walter Huff at 18 and 20 yards 
were first in 92, and in the Preliminary LeCompte 
made 87 at 19 yards and Gibbs 82 at 22 yards. 
In the sweeps which led up to the Preliminary 
Storr was first in 97, and Joslyn second in 94. 
In a similar event connected with the Handicap, 
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S. A. Huntley, Winner Midwinter Handicap. 
liminary trophy. In the shoot off Platt broke 
them all, Huntley missing one, Heikes three and 
Fish fifteen. The race was even money through¬ 
out, a 20 straight on the last string bringing 
Platt into the tie when he appeared to be out 
of it. The scores : 
. 17 18 18 16 20—89 
Fish . iS 18 19 17 1 7 —89 
Tremendous Success 
