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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 12, 1908. 
in mercantile and recreation maneuvers out of the way, 
there is a new line up. The path for the future is not 
beset with any hurdles. The coming year has the chance 
and will no doubt accept the challenge to wrest the 
laurels from our banner year. 
NEXT YEAR’S GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. 
This event attracts attention from Maine to California. 
It is the world’s biggest trapshooting contest, and the 
trade mark has a potency that makes the tournament the 
■object of envy from scores of gun clubs. 
It has again been suggested that the trapshooting 
world would be pleased to see a radical change made in 
the conduct of the Grand American Handicap. In other 
words, that the Interstate Association assume direct 
charge of everything in connection with the event. This 
means that the Association’s stamp of approval would be 
put on every detail from beginning to end of the tour¬ 
nament. 
In line with the suggestion that the Association assume 
full charge it would of course be necessary for it to rent 
•or buy shooting grounds of its own on which to conduct 
the tournament. The argument advanced in favor of a 
step of this nature is that it would redound to a better 
feeling. There is but one Grand American Handicap, 
and it is a plum that many clubs grasp for. Fortune 
cannot fall to all, and regret finds a resting place with 
some organizations failing to secure the coveted event. 
True, they try to fight down this feeling, but chagrin 
clings with a tenacity most marvelous and often is the 
precursor of friction. 
Perhaps it might be well for the Association to give 
consideration to the suggestions. They come from men 
foremost in the trapshooting world whose sincerity in 
the welfare of the sport is unquestioned. 
FOR CONSIDERATION. 
In looking, over the year’s work a point has come to 
my observation which I think should be considered by 
the Association when the outline for 1909 is under dis¬ 
cussion. It is the matter of unlimited registration of 
Vri Urnamen ts. .In my opinion, the number registered in 
.1908 was far in excess of what should be for the best 
interests of the sport. Several instances occurred where 
tournaments followed each other so closely that the ordi¬ 
nary devotee of the sport was not financially able to 
take part in. all of those scheduled for the section of 
the country in which he resided. The overplus of tour¬ 
naments had a tendency to lessen the attendance at 
many meetings which would have otherwise been well 
attended. I would suggest that applications for registra¬ 
tion be given closer scrutiny and the number approved 
reduced, to a considerable extent. My views in this re¬ 
spect. will perhaps not meet with general favor, but I feel 
that it is my duty to express my honest opinion of the 
situation. 
In conclusion I wish to renew my thanks to the mem¬ 
bers of the Association and the members of the various 
committees for their prompt and courteous attention to 
all correspondence emanating from this office. I also 
wish to again extend my kind regards to the sportsmen’s 
journals for the interest they continue to exhibit in our 
welfare, and to acknowledge the aid they have given the 
Association in keeping its work prominently before the 
general public. Very respectfully submitted. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr. 
The Publicity Committee, through its chairman, Mr. 
Farrell, made a verbal report and received a vote of 
thanks from the Association for its efficient work during 
the year. 
The next order of business taken up was application 
for membership, and J. H. Lau & Co., of New York 
city, was duly elected a member. 
.Mr. J. H. Haskell, in view of his efficient connection 
with the Association, was unanimously elected an honor¬ 
ary member. 
The resignation of the Marlin Fire Arms Co., was 
presented, and on motion accepted. 
Under the head of New Business, the Association ruled 
that in figuring the official averages for the year four 
places beyond the decimal point be used, if necessary in 
determining a winner. 
By resolution it was decided that at future Grand 
American Handicap tournaments the State team race be 
dispensed with. 
By resolution it was decided that no member of the 
Association be allowed to give a trophy, directly or in¬ 
directly, to a winner of any of the Interstate Associa¬ 
tion events. 
A vote of thanks was tendered the sportsmen’s journals, 
honorary members, for the assistance they have given the 
Association in keeping its work prominently before the 
general public. Also the Association passed a resolution 
thanking the officers and members of the clubs under 
whose auspices the Interstate Association tournaments 
were held. A vote of thanks was tendered the members 
and substitute members of the 1908 Handicap Committee 
for their efficient work during the year. 
The Association ruled that a committee to allot handi¬ 
caps at the 1909 Grand American Handicap be appointed, 
but at the subsidiary handicaps a committee to allot 
handicaps be selected, on the grounds, from the con¬ 
testants who are present at the tournament. 
By resolution it was decided that at the 1909 Grand 
American Handicap tournament the programme of events 
scheduled for the first day shall include one event at 10 
doubles; that the Preliminary Handicap shall consist of 
80 smgles and 10 doubles; that the Amateur Champion- 
sh'P shall consist of 160 singles and 20 doubles, and that 
the Professional Championship shall consist of 160 sin¬ 
gles and 20 doubles. 
By resolution it was decided that all contestants who 
take part in the Preliminary Handicap, Amateur Cham¬ 
pionship and Professional Championship at the G. A. H. 
tournament shall be advanced two yards when shooting 
at doubles. By resolution it was decided that doubles 
shall be counted on the season’s average of professionals 
who take part in the Professional Championship 
By. resolution it was decided that at each subsidiary 
handicap given by the Association the programme of 
events scheduled for the first day shall include one event 
al 10 doubles; that the Preliminary Handicap shall con¬ 
sist of 80 singles and 10 doubles, and that contestants 
shall be advanced two yards when shooting at doubles in 
the Preliminary Handicap. 
The following matters were next taken up and ap¬ 
proved by the Association: 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
After Dec. 15, 1908, application for a registered tourna¬ 
ment must be made not less than forty-five days in 
advance of the tournament opening date, and a printed 
programme of the tournament must be in the hands 
of the secretary-manager of the Association at least 
fifteen days before the date or dates of said tournament. 
Clubs holding registered tournaments must use In¬ 
terstate Association rules, and must not change or 
modify the rule relating to shooting at a broken target. 
When a broken target is thrown, it is a “no target,” 
whether hit or missed. 
Clubs holding registered tournaments must print a 
copy of their sanction in the programme. 
By resolution it was decided that at all tournaments 
given by the Association contestants may shoot for 
'targets only” in all events, with the exception of the 
Grand American Handicap proper, the Amateur Cham¬ 
pionship and. the Professional Championship. 
By resolution it was decided not to register more than 
two tournaments of any one club during any one year. 
By resolution it was decided that watch charms be 
substituted for trophies at all future tournaments given 
by the Association. 
It was decided to hold the Grand American handicap 
at Chicago in 1909, and the Eastern Handicap at Buffalo, 
N. Y. It was decided to hold no Pacific Coast Handi¬ 
cap in 1909, and the matter of the Soutnern and Western 
handicaps was held in abeyance for future consideration. 
Upon motion, the stockholders’ meeting adjourned at 
5:30 p. M., to meet at 10 A. M. the following day. 
The adjourned meeting of the stockholders was called 
to order at 10:40 A. M., Dec. 5, with Vice-President 
Keller 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; Winchester Re¬ 
peating Arms Co., by S. G. Lewis; Parker • Bros., by 
L. C. Parker; Peters Cartridge Co., by T. H. Keller; 
Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Co., by Paul North, 
and the Lefever Arms Co., by A. H. Durston; the 
United Lead Co. was represented by S. G. Lewis, by 
proxy; Marlin Fire Arms Co., by L. C. Parker, by 
proxy; American Powder Mills, by T. H. Keller, by 
proxy, and the Dickey Bird Target & Trap Co., by A. 
C. Barrell, by proxy. B. Waters, of Forest and Stream, 
was also present, as was Elmer E. Shaner, secretary- 
manager of the Association. 
New Business was at once taken up where left off. 
By resolution it was decided that the Association recom¬ 
mends to gun clubs under whose auspices registered 
tournaments are given that contestants be permitted to 
shoot for “targets only,” if they so desire. 
After disposing of many matters of routine importance, 
the stockholders went into an election of directors. 
The following board of seven directors were elected 
to serve during the ensuing year: W. F. Parker, T. H. 
Keller, A. C. Barrell, S. G. Lewis, J. T. Skelly, A. H. 
Durston and John Hunler. 
The Board of Directors elected officers as follows: 
President, T. H. Keller; Vice-President, A. C. Barrell; 
Treasurer, A. H. Durston; Secretary-Manager, Elmer E. 
Shaner. 
The directors appointed the following committees: 
Tournament Committee, Paul North, Chairman; S. G. 
Lewis, A. C. Barrell, T. H. Keller, J. T. Skelly, A. H. 
Durston and H. . McMurchy. Handicap Committee for 
1909 Grand American Handicap: Guy V. Dering, Chair¬ 
man; Fred A. Stone, F. H. Teeple, Woolfolk"Hender¬ 
son and Geo. K. Mackie. Trophy Committee, A. C. 
Barrell. 
After discussing several matters of no particular inter¬ 
est to the general public, the meeting adjourned sine 
die, at 1:15 P. M., with all business fully covered. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr. 
Boston and Vicinity. 
Watch out for the Paleface banquet in February or 
March. We understand it is to eclipse in more ways than 
one, last year’s very pleasant occasion. 
The New York-Boston return team match is off for 
the present by mutual agreement. Postponement until 
spring is the idea. 
Lynn and Marblehead trapshooters will meet on Christ¬ 
mas morning in a ten-man team race on the Marblehead 
grounds, which are said to be the most difficult of any 
in New England. The targets never enter the sky line, 
as they are thrown across a valley directly into an oppo¬ 
site hill. Only in the winter time with a good snow 
covering do the targets show up well. Practice on these 
grounds should be excellent preparation for good scores 
under easier conditions. 
Trap circles early last week were all agog over the 
match arranged between two prominent club members 
for the large stakes of $500 a side, at 250 targets each. It 
took place on the Paleface grounds at Wellington, Tues- 
day, Dec. 1, but at the eleventh hour, in deference to 
the wishes of the Boston Athletic Association on the 
question of amateur and professional standing, the money 
was not shot for. The Association put up a fine silver 
trophy for the winner and the contest was watched with 
a great deal of interest, notwithstanding the original 
bets were declared void owing to the changed conditions. 
The time consumed was considerably less than one hour 
and the scores at the finish stood: Thurber C. Adams 
213, Thomas Baxter 197. Mr. Adams also had a shade 
the best of it in the practice scores of the previous day, 
with the figures reading: Adams 91, Baxter 86 out of 100. 
Mr. J. H. Brinley, one of the Red W. missionaries, 
condescended to stay in Boston a matter of four or fine 
days this month. “Brin” spent Thanksgiving day at his 
Connecticut home and is becoming an adept in fox 
hunting, if you please. 
Harry Haynes, of the Savage Arms Co., paid his re¬ 
spects to the Boston gun dealers last week, incidentally 
showing the new 10-shot automatic pistol which his 
firm have lately placed on the market. 
Many were glad to notice Frank’s good scores at the 
shoot last Wednesday. This sterling enthusiast has stood 
by the ship while his scores for some reason or other 
took a right smart tumble. Now he is regaining form 
and proving once more the fascinating uncertainty of 
trapshooting. 
J. C. Todd, of Newburyport, will leave about Jan. 1st 
for some quail shooting in the South. He will be missed 
at the B. A. A. and Paleface grounds, having faithfully 
attended the Saturday shoots of one and the Wednesday 
shoots of the other organization. 
Among the visitors to Wellington for the Baxter-Adams 
match were Mr. J. H. Daggett, F. Owen, Dr. Gleason, 
Chas. Blinn, Frederick Whitney, G. B. Clark, Marley 
Pratt, all enthusiastic members of the B. A. A.; Geo. 
Rice, J. K. Burgess, Josh Crane, from the Norfolk 
Country Club, Henry Powers, Charles Comer and Horace 
Kirkwood, of the Palefaces. 
Arthur Sibley won the November cup at Wellington 
after a tie with Todd and Frank. As becomes a popular 
professional, he will put it up for further competition 
in the near future. 
We were privileged on Saturday to view two grand 
moose heads in the work room of M. Abbott Frazar, the 
very successful Hub taxidermist. These heads are the 
property of two Philadelphia sportsmen, who hunted in 
New Brunswick last October. They had a splendid con¬ 
scientious guide, being so pleased with his services that 
they generously shared his address with other sportsmen 
and unhesitatingly recommended him. One head shows 
a spread of 55%in., most symmetrical antlers, with huge 
palms. The other head, though evidently an older ani¬ 
mal, which possibly in its lifetime had carried even 
better horns than its doomed partner, now showed a 
dimmed splendor by comparison. These magnificent 
trophies of the chase will adorn the homes of W. Littell 
White and Frank Cantrell, both members of the In¬ 
dependent and S. S. White gun clubs, of Philadelphia. 
The shoot for the scratch cup offered by the Harvard 
Shooting Club terminated the season for the Harvard 
shooters last Friday. B. M. Higginson, TO, was high 
gun with 90 out of a possible 100, and is now the pos¬ 
sessor of the cup. C. F. Lewis, T2, and C. B. Mc¬ 
Laughlin, T2, tied for the handicap cup and will either 
have to shoot off or toss up to settle the argument. 
Harvard line up for this coming Saturday vs. Paleface 
will likely be Higginson, Gilman, Morse, Hauthaway and 
Brewer. Paleface selection will be from Charles, Hassam, 
Buffalo, Marden, Frank and Todd. 
Smith Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J., Dec. 1.—There was a large attendance 
of trapshooters, among whom were Fred A. Stone, of the 
“Red Mill,” and Dave N. Schaffer, of the same com¬ 
pany; Mayor Isaac Schoenthal, of Orange; Sheriff Frank 
Van Ort, of Passaic county; Police Judge Carroll, of 
Paterson, and Fire Chief Robert Kiersted, of Newark. 
Fred Macauley, Wm. Steugel, Richard Hensler and 
Eugene Couture made the shoot possible, and had much 
praise bestowed on them for the manner in which the 
competition was conducted. Other than a southwest 
wind which sprung up before noon, the weather con¬ 
ditions were all that could be desired. 
A match of special interest was that of the world- 
renowned lady, Annie Oakley, with her husband, Frank 
E. Butler. The conditions were 25 targets, in which the 
gentle lady won by a good margin. 
F Butler . 
23 23 23 23 
Llassinger .. 
.. 20 23 21 19 
Mrs Butler ... 
24. 
Million ..... 
Clover . 
20 21 22 22 
Brackett .... 
.. 11 14 .. .. 
20 23 19 IS 
Jamanew ... 
.. 11 .. .. 
17 10 15 IS 
Ouinn . 
.. 10 .. 
Bercaugh . 
23 23 22 24 
McCabe .... 
..13 9 .. .. 
Philips . 
14 14 16 10 
Colyer . 
.. 10 11 .. .. 
Hensler . 
12 16 14 17 
Stone . 
.. 22 22 24 20 
W Stengel . 
12 16 9 14 
McDonald .. 
.. 21 20 20 22 
F Stengel . 
8 11 .. .. 
Schaffer .... 
.. 22 19 23 19 
Clockner . 
18 14 16 .. 
MacCauley . 
.. 12 9 16 15 
Couture . 
8 12 .. .. 
Murphy . 
.. 18 12 19 17 
Ohles . 
6 4 .. .. 
Erb . 
.. 17 19 20 21 
Chalk . 
T Wheaton . 
15 11 .. .. 
19 20 .. .. 
Thornton .... 
.. 20 21 19 20 
The following 
turkey dinner: 
scores at 
25 targets were 
made for a 
Bercaugh . 
. 23 
F Stengel ... 
. 6 
G Ohl . 
. 13 
Brackett . 
. 15 
Clockner . 
. 21 
. 22 
Butler . 
....... 22 
Dr Betts . 
. 18 
Schaffer . 
. 22 
Dr Grom. 
. 20 
Koegel . 
... 23 
Hassinger .... 
. 18 
Schalk . 
. 10 
Weidemeyer . 
. 6 
Thornton . 
.: 20 
Erb .. 
. 12 
A Wheaton ... 
. 12 
Rhodes . 
. 2 
Johnson . 
. 6 
Dexhammer . 
. 3 
Fnglehorne .... 
. 6 
Couture . 
. 6 
Smith . 
. 9 
Blood . 
. 1 
Fink . 
. 4 
Walters . 
. 3 
Krammer . 
. 14 
Schoenthal ... 
. 3 
Keiffer . 
. 3 
Hill . 
. 1 
McCabe . 
. 6 
Wingelhoffer 
Mihlon . 
3 
T Wheaton . 
. 15 
.: 9 
MacCauley . 
. 12 
Murphy . 
. 18 
Only 61 could 
were as follows: 
shoot at the 100 targets. 
High scores 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
K Bercaugh. 
100 90 
Fred Stone .. 
...150 134 
Frank Butler ... 
Sim Glover . 
100 90 
100 88 
Annie Oakley 
....50 47 
On Dec. 5 the main event was a prize shoot at 50 
targets, handicap allowance, in which S. Castle, Jr. (3) 
and R. Bercaugh (4) tied on 50, the handicap allowance 
completing the scores. In the shoot-off Bercaugh won, 
24 to 23. Two sweeps at 25 targets were also shot, Ber¬ 
caugh and Davis being first with a tie on 23, and Dr. 
Betts being high with 23 in the second sweep. 
J. C. 
