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Forest and Stream is an Honorary Member of 
the Interstate Association for the Promotion of 
Trapshooting. 
WINCHESTER 
“REPEATER” LOADED SHELLS 
Capt. J. F. Wulf, 
The Winner 
The Grand American Handicap, the trapshooting classic—equivalent 
to the World’s Series in baseball, the event that marks the climax in a 
trapshooter’s career, was won by Capt. J. F. Wulf, of Milwaukee, with 
the wonderful score of 99 x 100 from the 19-yard mark, shooting 
Winchester “Repeater” Loaded Shells. 
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An Expert Review of the Greatest 
Event in the Trapshooting World 
Edited by Fred. O. Copeland 
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T HE twenty-six railroads that serve Saint 
Louis brought to the G. A. H. 683 entrants 
from 44 states, the District of Columbia and 
Canada. Illinois supplied the greatest number 
( 225 ) and 8 states, not to mention the District 
of Columbia, tied for low honors with one man 
each. As for cities, Chicago sent the largest 
number, 44, while the whole state of Pennsyl¬ 
vania sent only 6. Any sport that will take hun¬ 
dreds of men of affairs away from their busi¬ 
ness for a week is not only leaving its nearest 
rival in a poor second place but it stands alone 
and high up in the sportsman’s sky. 
To permanently fix in the reader’s mind the 
type of men who are drawn to this sport, an in¬ 
cident of the first day is recalled. It was the 
double target match for the Hazard trophy— 
emblematic of the world’s championship—between 
G. V. Dering, of Columbus, Wis., the holder, and 
Geo. Nicolai, of Kansas City, Mo., the challenger. 
Trapshooters do not dispute the decision of the 
referee—his decision is final, and right or wrong 
one seldom ever hears a complaint. 
In this case Nicolai fired and knocked one of 
the targets out of its course. The referee called 
“lost.” Dering asked the referee to change his 
verdict to “dead,” declaring that he was firm in 
his belief that Nicolai had hit the target, and at 
Dering’s suggestion the change was made. This 
target put Nicolai one target in front of Dering 
and it might have been the championship, too. 
Nicolai did win the match, for at the last 40 
targets Dering could hardly manage his gun, 
the barrels being so warm—but there was no 
alibi from him when the score was announced 
against him. 
Geo. Nicolai is, by the way, “some shooter” 
himself, and when he goes after the bacon there 
is generally bacon to be found at his house. 
Kansas City has, for 50 years, been noted as the 
home of great shots, and when a man gets to be 
considered a real shooter in that city, he is one. 
There is no more spectacular side to trap¬ 
shooting than a match at double targets between 
experts and over a 200-target race, as this one 
was, the best man usually wins. 
The Hazard Double Target Championship Cup, 
which Dering and Nicolai competed for, is one 
with which trapshooting history is linked, and a 
contest for it recalls memories of some of the 
greatest “gun men” of all time who have shot 
for and won it in the past. Fred Gilbert, “Pop” 
Heikes, T. Bell Crosby, J. A. H. Elliott, Tom 
Marshall, Bob Elliott and many others, famous 
the world over, have won “legs” on the cup, and 
some of them are still in the ring and would 
make anyone hustle to-day to beat them. 
The cup is a massive sterling silver hand- 
National Amateur Championship 
Won by F. M. Troeh, of Washington, shooting 
a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Score 99x100. 
Professional Championship (Dunspaugh 
Trophy) 
Won by Phil R. Miller with a Winchester 
Repeating Shotgun. Score, 97 x 100 and 25 
straight. 
Hercules All-around Amateur 
Championship 
Won by Edward L. Bartlett, of Baltimore, 
with Winchester Loaded Shells. Score, 185 
x 200. 
General Average on All Single Targets 
Won by F. M. Troeh, of Washington, with a 
Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Score 576 x 
600. 
wrought pitcher, standing 18 inches high, entitled 
“The Wave,” the motive and feeling of which 
are successfully expressed in outline and decora¬ 
tion. Four heads of Tritons and Mermaids 
emerging from waves form the base of the 
National Amateur Championship 
at Doubles 
F. M. Troeh was second in this event with 
88 x 100 which was only one under the winner. 
He shot a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. 
Women’s National Championship 
Won by Mrs. J. D. Dalton, of Warsaw, Ind., 
who scored 23 x 25 in the elimination contest 
and made the same score in the final contest 
with a Winchester Repeating Shotgun. 
Mound City Overture 
Won by F. M. Troeh, of Washington, with a 
Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Score 99 x 100 
and 20 straight. 
General Average on 16-Yard Targets 
Won by F. M. Troeh, of Washington, with a 
Winchester Repeating Shotgun. Score 187 x 200 
pitcher. The body is decorated with water sprites 
at play amidst waves and sea weed, and shell 
forms express the neck and lips. A gracefully 
poised Mermaid forms the handle, and is con¬ 
tinued into a decorative fish form where it 
This was a great victory for Winchester guns and shells; and as a 
demonstration of “speed” and other desirable qualities in guns and 
shells, it shows up like the red W on a package of Winchester ammu¬ 
nition. It also shows why you should 
SHOOT WINCHESTER GUNS AND SHELLS 
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awarded the FIRST GRAND PRIZE at the Panama-Pacific 
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