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May issue. This article was announced for 
April but unavoidably was delayed. 
HANDICAP COMMITTEE G. A. H. 
Pittsburgh, Pa., February 13, 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
We will thank you io announce in the trap de¬ 
partment of Forest and Stream that the com¬ 
mittee which will allot handicaps to entrants in 
the coming Grand American Handicap is made 
up as follows: 
O. P. Goode, chairman, Chicago, Illinois; Har¬ 
rison Kennicott, Evanston, Illinois; C. D. 
Coburn, Mechanicsburg; Ohio; J. F. Wulf, Mil¬ 
waukee, Wisconsin; J. K. Warren, Birmingham, 
Alabama. 
We feel confident that our expectations of this 
committee will be realized. 
The Interstate Association 
E. REED SHANER, Secretary. 
GILBERTIAN MATINEES. 
Words by Sir Ballistic—Staged by Du Pont. 
April will practically end the trap season among 
yacht and country clubs but will open the sea¬ 
son among strictly trap shooting clubs, excepting 
the few larger clubs that shoot all season. March 
was filled with important shoots, notably those 
given in honor of Fred Gilbert, who celebrated 
his twentieth year as a professional shooter. In 
that time this popular scatter gun man has done 
wonderful cracking, further along in .this de¬ 
partment are shown his records. The big event 
for Fred was an all day shoot pulled at Dupont 
Trap Shooting Club, followed by a dinner, some 
feed, at Dupont Hotel in Wilmington. Not con¬ 
tent with the popping of the day, a merry 
fusillade of corks and pulling of innumerable 
jokes, reminiscences—and some .Toe Millers, 
wound up the day and began another. The whole 
affair was given in true Dupontian $tyle. Right 
here, having told something about an old trap 
shooter, it will interest thousands of aerosaucer 
destroyers to hear of the youngest to join the 
ranks, this is Charles G. Blandford, Jr., of Ossin¬ 
ing, N. Y. This lad was born January 28 at the 
husky heft of 8% pounds, to “POP” Blandford, 
one of the most popular men that toes the score. 
Health and success to the lad. C. G.’s other two 
sons, aged 18 and 20, are 80 per cent, shooters. 
Some of the winners among 500 clubs holding 
Gilbert shoots were: West End Gun Club, C. 
D. Coleman, 96; Independent Gun Club, Howard 
Wilson, 98; Chester Blue Rock Gun Club, H. E. 
Thynge, 98; Bloomfield Gun Club, F. Baldwin, 
gi ; Springfield Gun Club, Harry Fisher, J, Tracey 
and_ Powell tied on 95; Oxford Gun Club, Dr. 
Ewing, 97; Analostan Gun Club, Miles Taylor, 
87; Lehigh Outing Club, 84 per cent; La Crosse 
Gun Club. A. J. Roberge, 100; Cerro Gordo Gun 
Club, .Monplasure and McGowan tied at 86; 
Riverside Gun Club A. F. MacLachlan, go; 
Daniel Boone Gun Club, 93; Beloit Gun Club, 
Geo. Vosberg, 93: Herron Hill Gun Club. B. 
Conrad, with 94, after a shoot off with J. E. Pen- 
rod; Independent Gun Club, J. Maurer, after a 
shoot off with J. Heil, 89—23x25; Thornburg Gun 
Club, R. T. Donaldson, 96; Youghiogheny Gun 
Club, F. D. Smith, 94. Mr. Gilbert’s records, 
as far as obtainable, are: 
Year. 
1895 
1896 
Shot at. 
Averages not 
Averages not 
Broke. 
compiled. 
compiled. 
Per Cent. 
1897 
3,290 
3,056 
92.90 
1898 
3,060 
2,742 
89.60 
1899 
2,875 
2,700 
93-90 
1900 
3,790 
3,585 
94.60 
1901 
4,285 
4,015 
92.70* 
1902 
7,800 
7,406 
94 - 90 * 
1903 
9,205 
8,655 
94 - 20 * 
1904 
17,015 
16,179 
95.08* 
1905 
17,845 
17,065 
95 .o 6 * 
1906 
Sick all year- 
-did not shoot. 
1907 
9,195 
8,817 
95.80* 
1908 
10,945 
10.402 
95-03 
1909 
12,630 
12,079 
95 - 6.3 
1910 
2,000 
1,896 
94.80** 
1911 
2,100 
4,600 
1,995 
95 - 00 ** 
1912 
4,413 
95-93 
i 9 U 
5,940 
5 , 6 i 5 
94-53 
1914 
3,800 
3,517 
92-55 
Indicates high 
average winner for year. 
Mr. Gill 
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when he did not shoot, a feat never before or since 
accomplished by any shooter, amateur or professional. 
**The averages those years were figured only on tar¬ 
gets shot at in Interstate Association tournaments. 
KANSAS DECISION IS NOT FINAL. 
In view of the fact that there is evidence that 
not only the public, but, in many instances the 
press of the country also, is under the impression 
that the decision just rendered by Judge John 
C. Pollock of the Federal District Court at 
Topeka, Kansas, in which he holds the federal 
law for the protection of migratory birds to be 
unconstitutional, is the final adjudication on that 
statute, the following statement correcting this 
erroneous impression has been issued by Presi¬ 
dent John B. Burnham of the American Game 
Protective Association: 
“Conservationists need feel no alarm over the 
Kansas decision. The Supreme Court of the 
United States now has before it on appeal a case 
from Arkansas in which the constitutionality of 
the law will be finally passed upon. That case 
lacks certain important elements, favorable to 
the sustaining of the law, which the Kansas 
case, which will be incorporated with it, will 
provide. In a sense, then, Judge Pollock’s de¬ 
cision is a welcome one to those who are work¬ 
ing to avert the destruction of the wild life of 
the country. 
“The Kansas decision is the third that has 
been rendered by federal judges on the law. In 
Arkansas, Judge Jacob C. Trieber on May 23, 
1914 held the measure unconstitutional, while in 
South Dakota, Judge J. D. Elliot on April 18, 
1914 held it constitutional. It is to be remem¬ 
bered that the law is in full force and effect and 
will doubtless be vigorously enforced by the 
United States Bureau of Biological Survey everj 
where in the United States, with the exception of 
the jurisdictions of Judges Trieber and Pollock 
“The solicitor general of the United States 
has asked the Supreme Court for an early con¬ 
sideration for the test case as is possible but it 
may be that it will not be reached before next 
fall. We are hoping to have it passed upon this 
spring.” - 
NEARLY HALF A MILLION TRAP SHOOT- 
ERS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
A revised Gun Club map of the United States 
just issued by the Du Pont Powder Company, 
showing the location of towns containing organ¬ 
ized clubs, gives the total number of clubs up to 
November 15, 1914, as 3,221. It is estimated that 
the average membership of these clubs is fifty, 
making a total of 161,950 trapshooters belonging 
to clubs that shoot regularly. 
There are probably still more trapshooters not 
members of organized clubs, mostly in farming 
sections. 
The increased popularity of the hand trap 
tends to swell the number of unorganized trap¬ 
shooters. 
The total of all classes is estimated at 400,000. 
probably more actual participants than can be 
found in any other American sport. 
Trapshooting is undoubtedly growing rapidly 
and enthusiasts predict that the next annual map 
will show more than 4,000 clubs and that in 
1915 the total number of trapshooters will grow 
to 500,000. 
PRAIRIE CHICKENS INCREASING IN NORTH 
DAKOTA. 
Galesburg, N. D., March 22, 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Herewith is my check, renewing my sub. to the 
grand old paper, which in its monthly form is 
far better than ever. 
We have had a very fine winter here; there 
has not been a single heavy storm all winter. 
Prairie chickens have wintered finely, and there 
are a great many of them about here at least. 
It is no uncommon sight to see 75 to 100 in any 
cornfield, and in one barn-yard a couple of miles 
from this town, one can see as many as that right 
in the yard among the tame fowl and the cattle, 
and it is certainly a pleasant sight, far pleasant¬ 
er than to see that many dead birds. If we have 
a good hatching season it is probable that the 
shooting in North Dakota next fall will be 
beyond compare. All indications are for an 
early spring. The snow is about all gone and 
the weather is mild and sunshiny. I hope you 
will prosper in the new form as much and more 
than you did in the old. 
J. P. WHITTEMORE. 
