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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 12, 1908. 
T rapj hooting. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Dec. 17-18.—Amateur Championship, under auspices of 
New York Athletic Club. 
Dec. 15.—Allentown, Pa.—.Lehigh Valley Shooting Asso¬ 
ciation. C. F. Kramlich, Capt. 
Dec. 25.—Jersey City (N. J.) G. C. J. Lewis, Sec’y. 
1909 
Jan. 1.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C. annual merchandise 
contest. L. H. Schortemeier, Sec’y. 
Jan. 18-23.—Houston, Tex.—Sunny South Handicap. Alf. 
Gardiner, Mgr. . 
Jan. 21-23.—Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club midwinter 
handicap target tournament. G. Dan Morgan, Sec’y- 
M err. 
Feb. 12.—Port Washington, L. I.—Championship of Long 
Island Sound, auspices of Manhasset Bay Yacht 
Club. James W. Alker, Sec’y. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
Dec. 15.—Allentown, Pa.—Lehigh Valley Shooting As¬ 
sociation. Allen Heil. Fin. Sec’y. 
Dec. 16.—Phillipsburg, N. J.—Alert G. C. Edw. F. 
Markley, Mgr. 
Dec. 17-18.—Osborn (O.) G. C. Perry J. Comer, Mgr. 
Dec. 25-26.—St. Louis (Mo.) G. C. Alec D. Mermod, 
Sec’y. 
Dec. 25-26.—Creve Coeur Lake, Mo.—Upper Creve G. C. 
Fred C. Suhr, Mgr. 
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Jan 12-15.—Hamilton, Ont., G. C. 19th tournament; live 
birds and targets. J. J. Lawler, Sec’y. 
Jan. 21-23.—Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club. Leonard 
Tufts, Sec’y. . , _ 
June 29-July 2.—Canadian Indians tournament. Thomas 
A. Duff, High Scribe, Toronto. 
May 3-7.—Reading, Pa.—Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s 
Association tournament, under the auspices of the 
Independent Gun Club. Chas. N. Seitzinger, Sec’y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
There will be much more double-target shooting in 1909. 
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The Upper Creve Coeur Gun Club has arranged for a 
registered tournament, to be held on Dec. 25 and 26. 
Fred C. Suhr is Manager. 
The Grand American Handicap for 1909 is to be held 
in Chicago, on the grounds of the Chicago Gun Club. 
The Eastern Handicap was allotted to Buffalo, N. Y. 
Other announcements later. 
At a live-bird shoot of the Pottsville, Pa., Game and 
Fish Protective Association, Dec. 5, out of thirty-five 
shooters, William Thomas was high with a total of 36 
out of 40; that is, the four 10-bird entries totalled 40. 
Read the report of the Interstate Association meeting, 
held on Friday and Saturday of last week. It is pub¬ 
lished this week in our trap columns. Many important 
changes have been made in the programme for the As¬ 
sociation’s shooting season of 1909. 
The progiamme of the Jersey City Gun Club’s Christ¬ 
mas Day shoot provides ten 20-target events, $2 en¬ 
trance. Shooting will commence at 10 o’clock. High 
averages $5, $3 and $2. Ship shells to John Weippert, 
1123 Communipaw avenue, Jersey City, N. J. 
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The Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, Port Washington, 
L. I., announce a contest, known as the championship 
of Long Island Sound, for Lincoln’s Birthday. It will 
be open to members of any yacht or athletic club, whose 
domicile is on the sound. Entrance, $1. There will be 
first, second and third prizes. 
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There was no straight score at the live-bird shoot of 
the Penrose, Pa., Gun Club, Dec. 5. Lohr, Aiman, Kill¬ 
ian, Boyd and Bender were high in the 10-bird event 
with 9 each. There were fifteen contestants. In the 
miss-and-out, twelve contestants; Bender and Paul 
divided first on a score of 4. 
In the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ Leagus series, Dec. 5, 
the team totals were as follows: S. S. White, 436; High¬ 
lands, 420; South End, 408; Meadow Springs, 405; Florists, 
401; Chester-Ridley Park, 283. The standing of the teams 
is now as follows: S. S. White' 6 points, 841 targets. 
Highland (6) 837. South End (4) 800. Meadow Springs 
(3) 798. Florists (3) 778. Chester-Ridley Park (2) 598. 
The Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club began its high average 
season on Saturday of last week. There will be four 
prizes. Rifle shooting and archery will have an in¬ 
ning on the club grounds on Dec. 12, on which day a 
five-man team of the club will contest with a team at 
Tuckahoe. 
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At Shamokin, Pa., Dec. 5, the respective winners of 
the live-bird contests, held once a week in the prior five 
weeks, joined issue for the championship of North¬ 
umberland county. Edgewood Park was the scene of the 
decisive event. Kaseman was victor with a straight 
score of 10. The others scored as follows: Curtis 9, 
Fulton 9, Reubendall 8, Vottero 6. 
The Independent Gun Club, of Philadelphia, has pre¬ 
pared an interesting programme for a New Year’s Day 
shoot, to be held at Holmesburg Junction. It will con¬ 
sist of thirteen 15-target sweepstakes, a lucky number, as 
each sweepstake has a turkey prize. Events 9, 10 and 
11, total 45, will be for a gun. A large number of pro¬ 
fessionals and amateurs have signified their intention to 
participate. 
Chairman E. F. Markley, of the Alert Gun Club, writes 
us that because of conflict with the date of the Lehigh 
Valley Shooting Association tournament, at Allentown, 
the date of his club tournament has been changed from 
Dec. 15 to Dec. 16. Mr. Markley states that “this will 
enable shooters in the East at this time to start in the 
week at Allentown, on the 14th and 15th, then to Phil¬ 
lipsburg on the 16th, and to New York at the New 
York Athletic Association tournament on the 17th and 
18th.” 
The New York Athletic Club Shooting Committee 
(G. F. Pelham, Chairman) has sent out invitations to 
attend its two-day shoot at Travers Island, Dec. 17 and 
18. We take the following from the published con¬ 
ditions: “The shoot will start on the arrival of the 
9 A. M. train from Willis avenue, and on Dec. 17, will 
consist of 100 targets, 16yds., preliminary to the amateur 
championship of America. Entrance fee, price of targets 
only. There will be three handsome sterling silver 
trophies presented to the three high guns. This event is 
open to all amateurs of America. Friday, Dec. 18, on 
the arrival of the 9 A. M. train from Willis avenue, 
amateur championship of America, 100 targets, 16yds. 
rise. Entrance fee, price of targets only. Open to all 
amateurs of America. The winner will be awarded a 
handsome trophy, emblematic of the championship of 
America, to be absolute property of the winner. Hand¬ 
some sterling silver trophies will also be awarded to the 
second and third high guns. There will be four sets of 
traps, 25 targets to be shot from each. Individual and 
squad entries will be received from now (Dec. 1) on. 
Guns and ammunition shipped prepaid to New York 
Athletic Club, Pelham Manor, N. Y., will be delivered on 
the grounds. Communications should be sent to Gus E. 
Greiff, 302 Broadway, New York city. How to reach the 
grounds: From New York City: Take Third avenue L 
to 129th St. Station, transfer there for Willis avenue 
(Harlem River), N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., New Rochelle 
Branch, for Pelham Manor, N. Y. Stages will meet 
all trains. Trains leave Willis Avenue (Harlem River) 
at 7:50 A. M., 10 A. M„ 11 A. M..12M.; land 2 P. M.” 
Bernard Waters. 
Interstate Association’s Annual Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Inter¬ 
state Association was held at Oakland, Bergen county, 
N. J., Dec. 3, 1908, at 10 A. M. The meeting was duly 
adjourned to meet Dec. 4, 1908, at 10 A. M., at the Grand 
Hotel, New York city. 
The adjourned annual meeting was called to order at 
10:30 A. M., with President W. F. Parker in the chair. 
The roll call showed the following members present: 
Union Metallic Cartridge Co., by A. C. Barrell; E. I. 
Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., by J. T. Skelly; 
Remington Arms Co., by A. C. Barrell; Hunter Arms 
Co., by John Flunter; Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 
by S. G. Lewis; Parker Bros., by W. F. Parker; Peters 
Cartridge Co., by T. H. Keller; Chamberlin Cartridge & 
Target Co., by Paul North; Lefever Arms Co., by A. H. 
Durston, and the American Powder Mills by Murray 
Ballou. The United Lead Company was represented by 
S. G. Lewis, by proxy; The Marlin Fire Arms Co., by 
W. F. Parker, by proxy, and the Dickey Bird Target & 
Trap Co., by A. C. Barrell, by proxy. A. W. Higgins, 
of the E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co.; B. 
Waters, of Forest and Stream; T. S. Dando and 
Edward Stark, of Sporting Life, and H. S. Rosenthal 
and L. Werk, of the Sportsmen’s Review, honorary 
members of the Association, were also present, as was 
Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager of the Association. 
L. C. Parker, of Parker Bros., and W. Fred Quimby, of 
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Co., were present 
by invitation. 
The minutes of the last annual meeting and those of 
the different mail votes, taken during the year, were 
read and approved. 
Mr. A. C. Barrell, Treasurer, presented his report for 
the year. The report was received, approved and filed. 
The Secretary-Manager’s report was also receiped, •ap¬ 
proved and filed. It was as follows: 
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 21, 1908. 
To the President, Officers and Members of the 
Interstate Association: 
Gentlemen—I take pleasure in presenting the follow¬ 
ing report of the transactions of the secretary-manager’s 
office for the year 1908. 
It is unnecessary for me to call attention to the fact 
that the year 1908 was marked by conditions unlike any 
presented in the sixteen years of my connection with the 
Association. A world-wide lull in public maneuvers, 
which extended to sports and recreations of all classes, 
manifested itself from the start of the year and held 
sway during the entire trapshooting season. Despite 
this condition, I am pleased to state that the trapshoot¬ 
ing sport, as conducted by the Interstate Association, 
was marked by success which will compare favorably with 
any of our previous years. Expectations were more 
than realized, with one exception, that being the Rocky 
Mountain Handicap. This tournament was held in 
Denver, Colo., a portion of the country where it had 
been heralded that the general cessation in the _ com¬ 
mercial and sporting world was not pronounced. Sincere 
regret was expressed by the Denver promoters over the 
fact that success such as expected did not permeate the 
event. They had just one reason for the small attend¬ 
ance—business depression. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
The year’s innovation—the registered tournament idea— 
has been given a thorough test during the season just 
closing, and with admirable success. When the Asso¬ 
ciation authorized the matter of registered tournaments, 
no doubt some members possessed misgivings as to the 
outcome of the venture. One year’s trial, however, is 
convincing that a ten-strike in popularity was achieved 
in establishing the registered tournament. The plan 
was accepted by the trapshooting world as a step in the 
right direction, a so-called “long-felt want,” and prompt 
responses to the request that tournaments be registered 
indicated the enthusiasm engendered by the newest de¬ 
parture of the Association. No better evidence on this 
score exists than the record of 465 tournaments regis¬ 
tered to date. Every day during the season the secre¬ 
tary-manager’s office was made cognizant that the reg¬ 
istered tournament plan had encountered a responsive 
chord in the hearts of the trapshooters. Inquiries as to 
its workings were received from all parts of the United 
States and Canada. A few gun clubs seemed to be under 
the impression that a charge for registration would be 
enforced. Prompt answers in the negative. were given 
them, together with the assurance that this. departure, 
as well as every action taken by the Association since 
its inception in 1892, has but one aim—“the encourage- 
men of trapshooting.” 
The records of more than 7,500 trapshooters, who' com¬ 
peted at one to forty or more registered tournaments, 
are on file in the Department of Record. The list com¬ 
prises trapshooters in every one of our States and Ter¬ 
ritories, as well as a number in the Dominion of Canada. 
It is needless to say that the matter of compilation of 
these records entailed a vast amount of work on the 
secretary-manager’s office, and it was a physical impos¬ 
sibility for two men to keep pace with the work during 
the height of the tournament season. The Department 
of Record has been in existence less than one year, but 
it has in that time become one of the most important 
branches of the Interstate Association work. 
It might be well for the Association at its annual 
meeting to consider a suggestion of increasing the scope 
of the registered tournament idea. While the plan in 
vogue is very satisfactory, there are some points which 
could be elaborated on with a view of bringing out every 
possibility of the scheme. I think the period is not 
very far distant when every tournament of note must 
of necessity be registered, as the contestant of the 
future will, in my opinion, at all times demand official 
credit for his work. 
DOUBLE TARGETS AND EVENTS USE OF TWO 
SHOTS. 
I regret to announce that the double-target events and 
the events use of two shots, as per resolution at our 
last annual meeting, did not receive the support they 
deserved. The lack of interest was solely on the part 
of the contestants, as they proved to be most entertain¬ 
ing events to the onlookers. No part of the programme 
attracted more attention from the spectators, and the 
gallery always assumed extensive proportions each day 
as the hour for shooting them arrived. Rounds of ap¬ 
plause from the spectators were frequently heard, as some 
one of the contestants made a difficult break with the 
second shot; but the contestants themselves seemed to 
show a singular falling off in enthusiasm. While this 
lack of interest caused much comment, I do not think it 
was prearranged to belittle the contests, as the qualities 
necessary to make a good trapshooter, also, generally 
speaking, make him an honest man and too self-respect¬ 
ing to descend to chicanery. I am free to say, how¬ 
ever, that I could not detect the cause of the apathy, 
and cannot prescribe a remedy. 
The tournament work for the season is summarized 
as follows: 
THE SOUTHERN HANDICAP. 
The third Southern Handicap tournament was held at 
Birmingham, Ala., May 6, 7, and 8, under the auspices 
of the Birmingham Gun Club. The tournament was 
an eventful one, by reason of the fact that for the second 
time in the history of the Interstate Association it was 
necessary to defer one day’s shooting owing to inclem¬ 
ent weather. Rain fell so heavily that it knocked out 
the entire programme of May 5. 
The Birmingham shooting grounds are in the A1 class, 
and the equipment was all that could be desired. The 
attendance was beyond expectations, there being 127 
contestants, 37 more than 1907. This clearly indicates 
