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LITTLE TALKS WITH SPORTSMEN 
NORTH DAKOTA Charles Brewer, Fargo, Secretary of the North Dakota Game and Fish 
Board of Control, writes: “For a number of years 1 have used Remington 
“High^Penetration^nd guns of different grades, and Remington-UMC shells. I find them an excellent 
combination, possessing high penetration and killing power. a 
I can cheerfully recommend them both as being satisfactory in every respect." dUftjLuMA; • 
OHIO Harry R. Comstock, Tiffin, well-known Ohio sportsman, President of his local gun club 
Considend Beti M and Vice-President of the Ohio Trap Shooters' League, writes: “Have used nearly 
With th« all makes of shotguns, doubles and repeaters, but maintain that when I want to makt I 
Winning Combination the best score at the traps or on ducks, I always pin my faith to the good old Remington 
Pump Gun and 3 J drams of powder in the Arrow or Nitro Club shells. With this combination my gun will 
consistently better 76 %, an average I have never been able to make with my y> tJ . y r 
other guns. This speaks for itself." ^ ' 
OKLAHOMA E. V. Fisher, of the Capital Gun Club t Oklahoma City, writes: "I have been using 
c 1 1 • - my Remington Pump Gun at every tournament and locally, for the past seven 
Suie Make .™" 11 years, and 1 honestly believe it is better to-day than when it left the factory. 1 
Difference" never saw a gun like it. In hunting along the Canadian River, sand at times blows 
a hard that a man has to hunt cover. When other guns hang and clog with sand my Remington is always 
r duty, and in seven years has never hung, stuck, or failed to fire a shell. 1 never shoot any' other 
’ r or Nitro Club shells. I find them more uniform, and I think a harder shooting shell than 
bning sure makes a difference." 
OREGON Henry F. Wihlon, champion trapshooter, Gresham, writes: “I have used a Reming¬ 
ton Pump and Nitro Club shells for the past two years, and find them very satisfactory. 
AttributesSuccew I won the State Shoot in May, the Interstate Championship, .. 
Combination* the Honeyman State Championship, and Chingren trophy. I 3 
attribute my success to the Remington-UMC combiiuftion." 
PENNSYLVANIA 
C. A. Jobson, of the Lock Haven Gun Club, Lock Haven, writes: "The first 
and most important step along the route to success in shooting is the selection 
-mn p p , of the gun and ammunition, whether it be for big game hunting, trapshooting, 
100 Per Cent. Perfect Qr targct practice—all that is, or can be desired, is found in the Remington-UMC 
Red Ball combination. 'Sour creation of the hammerless, solid breech, bottom ejection Pump Gun puts 
into the hands of sportsmen the best Pump Gun ever made, either for trap- or field-shooting, while the uni¬ 
formity and effectiveness of the Arrow and Nitro Club shells make them the standard shotgun ammuni¬ 
tion of the age. To try this combination means that the consistent user will always stick to 
it, and the better he becomes acquainted with your goods, the more he will be pleased with 
his choice. I consider Remington arms and ammunition as nearly 100 % perfect as it is 
possible to manufacture, and it gi^es me great pleasure to recommend them. ’ 
RHOnF 1 QT ANH Arthur S. Lippack, of Providence, writes: "I have been using one of.your Pump 
ioLni'«L» Guns for tfie last twp years, and think it is the finest duck and trap gun I have 
Handles All Makes ever owned. During this time I have used all kinds of loads and makes of shells, 
of Shells and have never found one that your Pump would not handle. I have owned 
three other makes of pumps, and have never had one besides the Remington that ^ . /> 
w'ould do this." 
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Forest and Stream is an Honorary Member of the Interstate Association for the Promotion of Trapshooting. 
Women May Now Shoot In The Grand 
American Handicap 
By Peter P. Carney. 
Progressiveness—that is the watchword of the Inter¬ 
state Association of Trapshooters. 
One of the real reasons for the wonderful growth of 
trapshooting in this country in the last two years is 
the progressive policy of the Interstate Association. And 
in its recent annual meeting the association as reported 
in the January issue of Forest and Stream decided to 
place on its statute books some new regulations that 
are sure to aid in the further broadening of “the sport 
alluring”—as trapshooting is known to its devotees. 
These new regulations, six in number, are as follows: 
x—Classification of States for championsnip purposes. 
2— Appropriation for the resurrection of defunct gun 
clubs and to assist new organizations. 
3— Permitting the entry of women in the Grand Amer¬ 
ican Handicap. 
4— Broadening of the trophy principle for the Grand 
American Handicap. 
5— The early closing of entries for the Grand American 
Handicap. 
fi—Excellent placing of Grand American and sub¬ 
sidiary handicap tournaments. 
The first three are, without question, the most im¬ 
portant bits of legislation. The most radical is the 
letting down of the bars to women, and hereafter the 
“Dianas of the Traps” may shoot in the trapshooting 
classic to their hearts’ content. 
This change had to come. Women are demanding 
their place alongside of the men every day, and while 
some days things don’t break so well for them they 
eventually land. They want to vote and are succqpd- 
ing very well in their efforts; they wanted to compete 
in track athletics and swimming competition and the 
Amateur Athletic Union couldn’t see the necessity for 
many years, but they do now, and women have all the 
privileges in athletic competition that men have. And 
now they have succeeded in winning their way into 
the national trapshooting classic. This is only fair be¬ 
cause the entries of women shooters have for years been 
accepted in the State tournaments and championship 
shoots. 
At the Grand Handicap in Chicago last summer there 
were at least 50 women trapshooters present and they 
threatened to run a blue ribbon event of their own 
if they were not allowed to enter the Grand American 
in the future. It is only a matter of time when there 
will be a Grand American Handicap for Women. _ And 
as one of the fair Dianas said, “believe us we will be 
there with bells on.” And they will. It wouldn’t be 
surprising to see upward of 100 women trapshooters in 
the St. Louis championship competition. 
The States will be apportioned off in four classes ac¬ 
cording to the trapshooting activity, fourteen States 
being placed in each four classes, A, B, C and D. The 
money donated by the Inter-State Association to the 
State championship matches will be apportioned out to 
each class in this manner: Class A, $250; Class B, $225; 
Class C, $200, and Class D, $150. This will form a good 
basis for other trapshooting changes in the future. 
The sum of $2,000 was set aside for the purchase of 
suitable trophies to be given to new clubs and to those 
gun clubs that have fallen by the wayside, but which 
can be revived by a little work. This is an important 
step and one that will lead in the amplification of the 
process of building and reviving gun clubs. 
The decision to close the entries on August 5th for 
the Grand American is a wise move. This is one week 
earlier than usual. It is absolutely necessary to close 
the entry list earlier because of the increased number 
of entrants. With 400 or even 500 ’entrants the list 
could close 10 days before the championship, but with 
the continual increase of entries and changes in con¬ 
ditions a change was necessary in the handling of the 
entries. In the Grand American in St. Louis the ama¬ 
teur with the highest average will be awarded a trophy. 
This is something that has been overlooked for years. 
Trophies numbering 1016 were given by the Interstate 
Association last year to the clubs conducting registered 
tournaments and $23,900 were expended by the associa¬ 
tion in assisting the clubs to develop the pastime. 
Nearly every sport has suffered somewhat during the 
past couple of years because of various conditions, but 
there has been no slump in trapshooting. It is the only 
sport that has gone forward. In no locality in the 
United States did the blight of depression affect trap¬ 
shooting. This clearly indicates the popularity of the 
sport. 
There were 333 tournaments conducted under the super¬ 
vision of the Interstate Association last year and the 
reports from 332 of these show that 8,140 trapshooters 
participated and that 4,814,260 targets were broken. This 
is the greatest number ever broken in Interstate As¬ 
sociation tournaments, but this number is only about 
one-half of the number of targets broken, for there are 
hundreds of gun clubs holding shoots who do not 
affiliate themselves with the Interstate organization. 
This gives one an idea of the growth of the sport. 
Pennsylvania led in the number of registered shoot3 
with 38. Florida, Nevada and Rhode Island were the 
only states who did not conduct State Championships 
last year. 
In the 332 shoots the average number of contestants 
were 47 amateurs and 7 professionals, and the average 
number of targets broken was 14,500. That’s smashing 
’em a few. 
Chicago had 839 entries and 25,000 spectators. Sf. 
Louis wants 1,000 entries and 50,000 spectators'—and St. 
Louey is hustlir" right now. 
