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that the Southern Handicap is growing in popularity, 
and keen rivalry for the honor of holding the tourna¬ 
ment will develop from year to year. 
The handicaps were allotted by Messrs. Geo. L. Lyon 
and Geo. K. Mackie, of the regular committee, and 
Messrs. J. F. Fletcher, of Birmingham, Ala.; D. A. 
I Edwards, of Union City, Tenn., and H. T. McIntosh, of 
Albany, Ga., efficient substitutes for the absentees. The 
handicaps gave entire satisfaction. 
THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. 
The ninth Grand American Handicap tournament was 
held at Columbus, O., June 23 to 26, inclusive, under 
the auspices of the Columbus Gun Club. This famous 
i fixture has been so thoroughly covered in the sports- 
i men’s journals that I need say little in review. It was, 
as all of our Grand American Handicaps have been, a 
decided success. In point of attendance it was next 
to the record-breaking tournament of 1907, there being 
362 entries received for the main event. As I stated 
I last year, it is not to be expected that the Grand 
American Handicap will continue to grow indefinitely. 
However, the G. A. H. is so firmly established as the 
j banner event of the year that it will always show a 
large entry list, even though other tournaments should 
i present a falling off in entries. This year’s event aroused 
the usual enthusiasm, and newspapers the land over 
1 sought information concerning the tournament. Our 
bureau of publicity was alive to the situation, and kept 
the daily press well supplied with information. 
The award of the trophies by President Parker at the 
finish developed one of those entertaining scenes which 
I have marked the tournament since its creation. Proud 
were the men when called to the “front and center,” 
there to receive the handsome emblems indicating their 
prowess in competition against the greatest aggregation 
of trapshooters in the world. 
THE EASTERN HANDICAP. 
The third Eastern Handicap tournament was held at 
Boston, Mass., July 14 to 16, under the auspices of the 
Palefaces. I am happy to be able to state that the 
tournament was a success. The Bay State pitted its 
best shooters against all comers, and this made the 
| event one of more than ordinary interest. 
The shooting grounds are located at Wellington, Mass., 
and they are excellently appointed. The Palefaces or- 
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ganization “did itself proud” in the way of management 
and courteous treatment of its guests. Everything 
necessary to make the tournament a success was as 
nearly perfect as might be. The entries numbered 109, 
many of them being high class amateurs. Much in¬ 
terest was manifested in the tournament, both by the 
contestants and the spectators, among whom were a 
number of charming ladies. The result was simply what 
may be expected in Boston at any time. 
The handicaps were allotted with satisfaction to all 
competitors. This matter was in the hands of Messrs. 
C. H. Newcomb and Geo. L. Lyon, members of the 
regular committee, and Messrs. C. W. Billings, of New 
York city; C. E. Marsden, of Salem, Mass., and E. C. 
Griffith, of Pascoag, R. I., selected to fill the place of 
the absent committeemen. 
THE WESTERN HANDICAP. 
The third Western Handicap tournament was held at 
Des Moines, la., Aug. 18 to 20 inclusive. Through the 
courtesy of the Superintendent of Public Parks, of Des 
Moines, the tournament was held in Birdland Park, a 
magnificent place for a trapshooting event. The Des 
Moines management spared neither time or expense 
to perfect the conduct of the tournament, and the ar¬ 
rangements made were ample enough in every way to 
hold a Grand American Handicap. 
It was our second largest tournament of the year, 153 
contestants taking part in the shooting. It was a meet¬ 
ing long to be remembered by those who were so for¬ 
tunate as to witness the superb skill displayed by many 
of the contestants. The handicaps were so well distrib¬ 
uted in the main event that a quintette of performers 
tied for first place. Praise for bringing about this 
splendid result belongs to Messrs. Geo. L. Carter and 
Geo. K. Mackie, of the regular committee, and Messrs. 
C. W. Budd, Des Moines, la., and W. F. Kennedy, of 
Minneapolis, Minn., substituted members of the com¬ 
mittee. 
Our members have no reason to complain of the 
manner in which all things worked together for their 
good. 
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN HANDICAP. 
The initial Rocky Mountain Handicap tournament was 
held at Denver, Colo., Sept. 1 to 3 inclusive. Members 
of the Association are familiar with the fact that Denver 
was the scene in 1906 and 1907 of the Western Handi¬ 
cap, a fixture transferred this year to Des Moines. The 
events of 1906 and 1907 were among the largest tourna¬ 
ments ever given, and the Denver promoters looked 
forward to a rousing turnout this year. The outcome 
was not exactly in line with their vision, but neverthe¬ 
less the entry list bore the names of 103 active con¬ 
testants, who made it a point to enjoy themselves and 
at the same time produce enjoyment for their friends 
and onlookers. 
Berkeley Park daily had a large audience interested in 
the sport, and, as Colorado men made a fine showing, I 
am satisfied that the tournament was of value in the ad¬ 
vancement of trapshooting. 
The handicaps were allotted by Messrs. Joseph Rohrer, 
of Colorado Springs, Colo.; W. G. Sergeant, of Poplin, 
Mo., and Dr. C. E. Cook, of New London, la., in 
absence of the regular committee. 
THE OUTLOOK. 
It is conceded the land over that 1908 earned a niche 
in the history of sports not to be soon forgotten by 
Americans or by any sport-loving nation on the globe. 
Wrecks line its path. To illustrate: I have been in¬ 
formed by a well-posted observer that reliable figures 
show just one public amusement park that survived the 
fearful blow of the year. Ruin reared its scowling head 
over scores of well established sport enterprises. Pro¬ 
fessional baseball, it must be admitted, was not hard 
hit, but by a peculiar turn of the cards of fate, it 
chanced that the races were unusually close in the major 
unions. Small organizations were not so fortunate, and 
circuit changes came thick and fast. Many of the 
thirty-four protected leagues collapsed early in the fray. 
The surviving organizations are congratulating them¬ 
selves on escaping the storm’s wrath. 
Despite the universal gloom that pervaded every section 
of the New World, trapshooting under the direction of 
the Interstate Association, stood a true test without 
flinching. Taking the good and the bad, and striking 
an average, the sport did not suffer in the least. Had 
the Denver tournament been the first held in that sec¬ 
tion, it would have been looked upon as a splendid 
success. It only suffered by comparison with the pre¬ 
vious tournaments, which set a standard tremendously 
high in every phase. 
With a season never equaled in history for its slump 
