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FOREST AND STREAM 
[July 25, 1908. 
Interstate Eastern Tournament. 
The Interstate Association’s third Eastern tournament 
was held under the auspices of the Palefaces, at Welling¬ 
ton, Mass., July 14-16. Wellington is but a few minutes’ 
ride from North Station, Boston. The grounds are situ¬ 
ated conveniently near to Wellington Depot. Four sets 
of traps are installed in the most complete, substantial 
and efficient manner. 
The tournament was a decided success. Much interest 
was manifested in it both by the contestants and the vis¬ 
itors, among whom were a number of charming ladies. 
The competition was spirited. It did not drag, nor did 
the interest flatten out, conditions which obtain at some 
tournaments now and then when sociability wanes, or 
when the action drags because of repeated delays due to 
various causes. Everything, too, was smartly done. There 
was a prevalent good fellowship. The neat grounds, with 
the broad view across the broad marshes in front of the 
traps, were a gratifying sight to the eye, though these 
same marshes, during the tournament days, harbored all 
kinds of wind, from gentle zephyrs up to a gale, with 
MAKERS OF HIGH AVERAGES, BOSTON. 
Left to right: 1st. Mr. Horace C. Kirkwood: 2d, Mr. 
Chauncey M. Powers; 3d, Mr. G. L. McCarty. 
effects on the scores in corresponding degrees, indicated 
by goose eggs. 
The Palefaces in the past year had done much work 
in the way of improvements. The grounds had a spick 
and span appearance everywhere. Much filling in and 
leveling had been done since the Interstate Handicap 
of last year, and in the way of most obvious additions, 
there were substantial concrete walks at the firing points 
in evidence. These followed radii from the center of the 
traps, and therefore were fan-shaped. They were all 
neatly marked with the prescribed handicap distances. 
Several tents were pitched on the grounds, serving 
several useful purposes, one of which was pre-eminently 
serviceable as a restaurant.. 
As the record of the competition will clearly show, 
there were sufficient entrants to keep the management 
busy the whole day long. A gratifying circumstance in 
this connection was the large number of new amateurs 
who participated. Much of the success is due to the 
arduous and persistent efforts of Messrs. H. C. Kirkwood 
and C. E. Comer, the latter devoting himself specially 
to efforts which would beneficially interest the amateurs, 
the c’ass which is always essential to the proper upbuild¬ 
ing of the sport. 
i he tournament was managed by Secretary-Manager 
Elmer E. Shaner, in the flawless manner which dis¬ 
tinguishes all his tournament management, and which 
now has become so certain that it is accepted as a matter 
of course. However, there is a lot of wear-and-tear of 
gray matter incident to the position, as one could 
reasonably expect in the case where one man has an in¬ 
finity ot details to provide for, in respect to which the 
negligence of any one might precipitate a general crash. 
The energetic manager was not feeling well at this tour¬ 
nament, so much so that, when the Eastern Handicap 
was concluded and the presentation of the trophies was 
in order, he informed the assemblage that he was to ill 
to make a speech, so confined his remarks to the mere 
formalities of the occasion. Both Mr. H. E. Buckwalter, 
winner of the Preliminary Handicap, and Mr. George L. 
Lyon, winner of the Eastern Handicap, made brief but 
pertinent responses when each received the trophy em¬ 
blematic of their respective wins. And so ended a pleas¬ 
ant tournament, the details of which followed in regular 
sequence without hitch or flaw in the general action of 
it, excepting a few delays now and then caused by the 
faulty work of the traps. 
The referees and scorers were as follows: No. 1 set 
of traps, P. Savage referee; L. Cornell scorer. No. 2, 
E. Gourley, referee; Mr. Fortes scorer. No. 3, Mr. Wall¬ 
ing referee; Mr. Loomis scorer. At No. 4, W. H. Well¬ 
ington referee, and D. Hill scorer. Quite a bit of fault 
was found with the refereeing at some of the traps. 
Monday was practice day, and forty-nine shooters par¬ 
ticipated. There were four 15- and two 20-target events, 
a total of 100 targets. H. C. Kirkwood set a fast pace 
by breaking 95 out of the 100, with Lester German and 
Geo. Lyon close up with 94. J. S. Fanning and Tom 
Marshall were 93. Neaf Apgar scored 92. This com¬ 
petition was not a part of the regular programme. 
Three members were officially added to the handicap 
committee to take the places of absentees, namely, Mr. 
C. W. Billings, of New York; Mr. C. F. Marden, of 
Salem, Mass., and Mr. E. C. Griffith, of Pascoag, R. I. 
The members of the regular committee in attendance 
were Mr. C. H. Newcomb, Philadelphia, chairman, and 
Mr. Geo. L. Lyon, Durham, N. C. 
July 14, First D&y. 
The weather was pleasant, though a stiff 10 o’clock 
wind caused the targets to take irregular flights many 
times, and thereby added to the difficulties of good 
scoring, although some of the more seasoned experts 
performed excellently well. About 5 o’clock a heavy 
rain set in, which necessitated the postponement of 
part of the programme to the next day. 
The programme consisted of ten 15-target events, 
$1.50 entrance, and two special events, of which one, 
No. 6, was at 20 targets, 19yds. rise, use of both barrels; 
the other, event 12, was at 10 pairs, 16yds. rise. Com¬ 
petition was open to amateurs. Manufacturers’ agents 
could shoot for targets only. 
The weather was pleasant, though a stiff 10 o’clock 
wind made irregular flights of many targets. 
In the totals of the day, J. A. R. Elliott was high 
with 180 out of 190; second, L. S. German, 179; third, 
J. M. Flawkins, 176; fourth, H. H. Stevens and J. R. 
Taylor, 174; fifth, Neaf Apgar, 172; sixth, W. B. Darton 
and J. S. Fanning, 171. 
Of the amateurs, H. C. Kirkwood averaged 175; sec¬ 
ond, C. M. Powers, 173; third, G. L. Lyon, 171; fourth, 
D. A. Upson, 170; fifth, C. H. Newcomb, 169; sixth, 
J. H. Hendrickson, 167. 
In the event at 19yds., use of both barrels, three— 
Elliott, Marshall and Welles—scored the 20 straight, 
while 19s were quite numerous. 
The event at 10 pairs developed some peculiar shoot¬ 
ing. The endeavor to use both barrels seemed to dis¬ 
organize several of the contestants, with the result that 
less targets were broken than would have been the case 
if said contestants had confined their efforts to but one 
of the targets, using but one barrel. Mr. J. R. Taylor 
was high professional with 18 in the double event, and 
of the amateurs H. C. Kirkwood, Leahy, Powers, Glea¬ 
son, Skelly and Donahue tied on 15. The scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 20 Broke. 
JAR Elliott.. 15 12 15 15 14 20 14 15 14 15 14 17 ISO 
L M Palmer, Jr 10 13 12 11 11 19 11 13 15 14 13 13 155 
F W Moffett.... 15 15 11 11 14 17 13 11 13 14 13 12 159 
John Martin .... 15 11 13 12 13 IS 12 14 12 12 12 14 158 
G H Pumpelly.. 14 14 12 13 14 13 12 14 12 14 12 8 152 
E A W Everett. 13 13 12 13 14 17 12 12 11 12 10 11 150 
W B Darton... 15 15 14 13 15 19 15 14 14 15 14 8 171 
C E Comer.14 14 14 13 12 15 11 13 12 13 13 13 157 
C F Marden... 14 15 12 13 14 16 15 14 13 14 13 8 161 
G H Hassam... 12 14 13 14 11 18 14 15 13 12 12 14 162 
T M Hawkins... 15 14 15 15 13 17 15 15 14 14 13 16 176 
J Hardy, Jr.... 12 12 11 13 13 16 9 13 11 12 13 2 136 
Thos 
Howe .... 
13 
9 
13 
15 
11 
14 
15 
10 
13 
14 
10 
9 
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9 
8 
10 
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11 
17 
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13 
12 
9 
12 
12 
137 
Roy 
Hodsdon... 
15 
14 
13 
13 
14 
18 
13 
14 
14 
10 
14 
11 
163 
F 
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Butler. 
14 
11 
12 
12 
14 
12 
8 
7 
10 
13 
12 
6 
131 
T 
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Sousa. 
10 
10 
11 
11 
10 
12 
6 
6 
12 
9 
10 
6 
113 
T 
F 
Horrigan.. 
10 
8 
10 
11 
8 
15 
10 
10 
10 
9 
11 
10 
122 
W 
A 
Ham mond 
13 
15 
12 
13 
13 
17 
15 
14 
12 
14 
13 
10 
161 
P 
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Carver.... 
11 
13 
13 
13 
12 
15 
13 
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10 
11 
9 
7 
137 
A 
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Sibley. 
13 
15 
11 
12 
13 
IS 
14 
12 
15 
14 
12 
10 
159 
C 
R 
Borland... 
11 
11 
14 
12 
13 
16 
9 
11 
8 
5 
14 
10 
134 
P 
II 
Powell. 
13 
14 
13 
10 
12 
19 
14 
15 
15 
12 
14 
8 
159 
C 
P 
Blinn. 
10 
14 
11 
12 
13 
16 
14 
10 
12 
11 
13 
11 
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who's who. 
From left to right: Mr. H. E. Buckwalter, of Rcyers- 
ford, Pa., winner of Preliminary Handicap; Mr. E'mer 
E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager Interstate Association; 
Mr. George L. Lyon, of Durham, N. C., winner of 
Eastern Handicap. 
L A Newton.... 9 10 11 9 9 12 9 10 12 12 13 6 122 
A B Richardson 7 12 12 12 13 17 9 12 13 11 12 11 141 
H E Buckwalter 12 15 14 15 13 19 14 12 14 13 11 16 168 
C H Newcomb.. 13 15 15 15 12 19 15 14 14 14 15 8 169 
W B Severn.... 14 14 13 12 15 15 12 13 15 12 12 7 154 
G S McCarty... 15 13 15 13 15 19 15 14 13 14 15 12 173 
M Ballou . 12 13 13 12 13 17 10 15 9 13 11 10 148 
F Le Noir . 13 13 14 15 14 19 13 10 12 13 12 12 160 
F E Metcalf.... 12 13 12 13 11 13 10 11 13 13 12 8 141 
LI Metcalf .15 13 14 14 12 18 13 13 13 15 12 14 166 
W II Mathews.. 11 9 12 11 12 15 10 6 10 9 7 14 116 
L S German.... 14 14 14 15 15 19 15 15 14 13 15 16 179 
T R Taylor.14 14 15 15 13 18 14 11 15 14 13 18 174 
C W Billings... 11 10 12 13 13 16 12 11 10 12 13 12 145 
C M Powers.... 14 15 15 15 15 16 14 14 13 14 13 15 173 
G L Lyon. 14 13 15 13 13 19 13 15 15 14 15 12 171 
Neaf Apgar .... 15 14 14 15 14 19 15 12 12 15 14 13 172 
H W Jordan... 12 9 13 12 13 18 13 9 12 12 11 10 144 
PALEFACE GROUNDS, WELLINGTON, MASS. 
Interstate Association Tournament. 
