April 30, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Tri-Ciub Final. 
The third contest of the series between the New 
York Athletic Club, the Crescent Athletic Club, and 
the Larchmont Yacht Club took place at Larchmont on 
April 23. There was such a close race between the two 
leaders—only one target separating them at the con¬ 
clusion of the second contest—that the keenest of interest 
was manifested in the final. Larchmont was hopelessly 
outclassed as a team, though some of the members per¬ 
formed well individually. 
When the third contest started the totals of the two 
leaders were: New York 1700, Crescent 1701, an extraor¬ 
dinary close score when the great numbers of targets are 
considered. It was a still more remarkable circumstance 
that at the end • of the first string of 25 in the third 
contest the leaders were even, the total then being 1909 
each. Some of the best and steadiest shots of the two 
teams seemed to have lost form while shooting the first 
string, as the scores will show, but the lapses were so 
evenly balanced that they established no leadership. 
In the second string, each team totaled 217, so that 
they still were tied, but after that there was a slump 
in favor of the N. Y. A. C. team, which enabled it to 
pull out with 30 targets to the good. Thus the race 
was decided in the last 50 targets. 
Frank Hall, of the New York team, finished strong 
with a run of 56, making a total of 95 in the four 
strings. Brigham and Piercy finished strong also, scor¬ 
ing 25 in the last string for the Crescents. 
The totals of the three teams for the contest were as 
follows: 
New York 883;.for the three contests 2583, an average 
of .861 per cent. 
Crescents, 852; for the three contests, 2553; an average 
of .851 per cent. 
Larchmont, 812; for the three contests, 2365; an average 
of a fraction over .788 per cent. 
Individual high scores were as follows: For the New 
York team: F. H. Schauffler 276 out of 300, an average of 
.92 per cent. For the Crescent team: F. B. Stephenson, 
271 out of 300, an average of .901 per cent. For the 
Larchmont team: R. L. Spotts, 272 out or 300, an average 
of .902 per cent. 
Each man shot at 100 targets in each contest. 
A 50-target contest took place in the forenoon, for a 
silver cup. Hodgman and Culver tied on 49. The tie 
was shot off in the first strong of the team contest, 
Hodgman winning, 19 to 17. Dr. Burtis, Hall and Van- 
derveer scored 48 each, Brigham 47. 
FRANK HALL, OF NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB. 
High score man over all at Tri-Club contest, Larchmont. 
Strf : <£§ :r 
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TRI-CLUB CONTEST. 
Larchmont Yacht Club Team.—From left to right: J. Morrison, K. R. Hooker, E. L. C. Robins, J. G. 
Batterson, Dr. W. B. Short, T. Lenane, Jr.; \V. J. Elias (in rear), A. B. Alley, and Ralph L. Spotts, 
high gun at the three shoots. 
A seven-man team contest took place after the main 
event was concluded, 100 targets per man, Crescents vs. 
Larchmonts, the former winning by 30 targets. 
Two sweeps, 25 targets each, concluded the day. Sum¬ 
maries of the three contests, singly and collectively, 
follow: 
New York Athletic Club. 
Mch. 
Apl. 
Shot 
19th. 
9th. 
Ap 
l il 23. 
at. 
Brk. 
F H Schauffler.... 
.. 93 
94 
22 
22 
22 
23—S9 
300 
276 
M V Lenane. 
.. 89 
92 
23 
22 
21 
24-90 
300 
271 
O C Grinnell, Jr... 
.. 75 
93 
25 
21 
23 
24—93 
300 
261 
G W Lembeck.... 
.. 83 
88 
21 
20 
20 
24—85 
300 
256 
G F Pelham. 
.. 77 
92 
15 
24 
21 
22—86 
300 
255 
Dr D L Culver_ 
.. 81 
85 
17 
22 
24 
22—85 
300 
251 
C W Billings, capt. 73 
90 
21 
22 
22 
22—87 
300 
250 
Frank Hall . 
89 
24 
21 
25 
25—95 
200 
184 
F A Hodgman.... 
91 
19 
23 
23 
25—90 
200 
181 
T f O’Donohue, Tr 
.. 74 
87 
200 
161 
E A Wilson. 
.. 79 
100 
79 
(j M Thomson. 
.. 75 
TOO 
75 
R M Owen. 
18 
20 
2i 
24—83 
100 
83 
799 901 
209 217- 
222 235 883 
3000 
2583 
Average, .861 per 
cent. 
Crescent 
Athletic Club. 
F B Stephenson,capt 85 
96 
24 
21 
21 
24—90 
300 
271 
H M Brigham.... 
.. 81 
91 
21 
23 
20 
25—89 
300 
262 
T H Vanderveer... 
.. 81 
89 
23 
22 
21 
23—89 
300 
259 
G H Piercy. 
.. SO 
86 
24 
22 
22 
25—93 
300 
259 
Dr T D Burtis. 
.. 85 
90 
21 
19 
22 
21—83 
300 
258 
A G Southworth... 
.. 79 
91 
22 
21 
21 
22—86 
300 
256 
M Stiner . 
.. 80 
91 
21 
22 
24 
17—84 
300 
255 
W W Peabody, Tr. 
.. 81 
87 
17 
24 
21 
23—85 
300- 
253 
Dr T T Keyes. 
.. S3 
IS 
23 
17 
19-77 
200 
160 
W C Damron. 
si 
100 
81 
C A Lockwood.... 
84 
100 
84 
FI W Woodcock.. 
.. 79 
100 
79 
L M Palmer, Jr...'. 
17 
20 
19 
20—76 
100 
76 
814 S87 
208 217 208 219 852 
3000 
2553 
Average, .851 per 
cent. 
Larchmont 
Yacht Club. 
K L Spotts, capt.. 
.. 85 
95 
23 
23 
23 
23—92 
300 
272 
Dr W B Short.... 
.. 83 
85 
21 
21 
21 
21—84 
300 
252 
T Lenane, Jr. 
.. 68 
90 
20 
22 
24 
22—88 
300 
246 
IC R Hooker. 
.. 76 
87 
18 
23 
19 
21—81 
300 
244 
W T Elias. 
.. 77 
86 
18 
19 
IS 
20—75 
300 
238 
T G Batterson. 
.. 71 
86 
22 
22 
21 
14—79 
300 
236 
T R Collins. 
.. 70 
75 
20 
21 
20 
20—81 
300 
226 
T Morrison . 
.. 74 
72 
19 
20 
19 
19—77 
300 
223 
E L C Robins.... 
.. 56 
62 
19 
16 
18 
15—68 
300 
186 
E A Wilson. 
21 
22 
23 
21—87 
100 
87 
Dr R T Held. 
.. 79 
100 
79 
A B Alley. 
76 
100 
76 
739 814 
201 209 206 196 812 
3000 
2365 
Average, .788 1-3 per cent. 
had shot for targets only. The program is finished at 
4 o’clock, and he has plenty of time to get the 6:30 ex¬ 
press, so back home he hikes after the first day’s shoot, 
when he really expected to stay for the three days. He 
won’t shoot for targets only; he can do that on his home 
grounds. He has the com, plenty of it, but he does not 
purpose to be an easy mark and plaster it around for his 
more steady fellow shooters to annex. He might have 
shot a steady gait the second day and paid for both days 
and been a little to the good, but he wouldn’t risk it. 
Here is where the Squier money-back system comes in. 
He could stay for the three days, enter for the money 
and shoot badly each day, so that his draw-down from 
the sweeps would be, say, $8. His total entrance was 
$48. 
Five hundred targets at 2 cents each, $10; already re¬ 
ceived $8; at the end of the third day, the-management 
has a check for $30 to hand him back, so that this shoot¬ 
ing has cost him $10, and he has had a chance to make 
good each day in the sweeps. 
Hundreds of dollars are used to pay back these losers 
that would otherwise have gone into the profits of the 
shoot. 
The big merchandise event on the third day is the 
feature each year of the New York State shoot. No other 
Association in the United States is so favored by the big 
gun manufacturers. They break their iron-clad rule 
each year for this time-honored event, this being the 
fifty-second annual tournament; and it is safe to say 
that many times in the past, when the affairs of the 
Association have been on the wane, the generous re¬ 
sponse of gun manufacturers with the donations of guns 
has saved the day. 
The affairs of the Association were never in better 
shape than now, and the 1910 New York State shoot will 
be a “hummer.” 
Hoping you will accord this communication space for 
the good of the sport, I am 
Chas. G. Blandford, 
Sec’y N. Y. S. S. A. 
Siwanoy Country Club. 
Mt. Vernon, N. Y., April 23.—The Siwanoy Country 
Club, of this city, has taken up trapshooting in addition 
to other sports and established what they term a gun 
club section. The club is at present shooting for two 
valuable prizes, one donated by its president, Mr. C. G. 
Stone, and the other by Police Commissioner J. D. 
Conner, of Mt. Vernon. The grounds are well equipped, 
although considered by experts to be difficult to shoot 
over, owing to the poor background. 
The second leg for the above trophies was shot to-day. 
The weather conditions were ideal, as the following 
scores will show: 
Police Commissioner’s trophy: 
E W Holmes. 
The Squier Money Back System. 
Ossining, N. Y., April 21.—About 1600 advance cards 
of the New York State shoot, to be held in Syracuse, 
June 7-9, have lately been sent to active trapshots 
throughout the State. Likely some of those who re¬ 
ceived the cards have never attended a tournament where 
the Squier money-back system has been employed; there¬ 
fore this letter. 
Briefly, the money-back system was gotten up for the 
good of those who- love to shoot, but unfortunately are 
not steady enough to maintain, at all times, an average 
that will guarantee them any great portion of their 
entrance money back. For instance, John Doe wants to 
attend a well managed three-day shoot; he is sufficiently 
supplied with this world’s goods to do it and do it right. 
Another elemen enters into the proposition, however. 
His shooting is erratic; the first day’s program will cost 
him $16 and he may be at his worst and draw down 
but $3.75, which makes his $8.25 worse off than if he 
E W Valentine.. 
C Dick . 
H. 
9 
T. 
25 
W Thorpe, Jr. 
10 
25 
T D Conner. 
9 
23 
H V Morgan. 
9 
24 
W M Wylie. 
5 
23 
T. G Rauch. 
6 
25 
C W Schedler. 
10 
25 
W Thorpe, Jr. 
10 
25 
T D Conper. 
10 
22 
H V Morgan. 
6 
25 
W M Wylie. 
0 
21 
T, G Rauch. 
4 
25 
C W Schedler. 
H. T. 
8 25 
8 25 
4 24 
President’s trophy 
E W Holmes.. 
H J Smith. 
T T Cowling. 
E W Valentine. 6 
C Dick . 
G A Wylie. 
The handicaps in the above contests are figured on 
the Dupont trophy system, and are changed after every 
competition. 
The club is arranging to send a team to shoot a match 
with the White Plains Gun Club, at White Plains on 
Saturday, April 30, at 2:30 P. M. 
Geo. A-. Wyl^e, Capt. 
