'July 3, 1909 ] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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]. 11 Id be able to use a shotgun up to its full possibility, 
1 his own natural power likewise. Perhaps it might 
be amiss to have a championship at doubles. How- 
jr, there is no doubt but what the Interstate Associa- 
h, in its own wise way, will attend to the matter in 
$ own good time. Frank E. Foltz, of McClure, O., 
a close after Upson with 187. But the master per- 
:ner was found in the professional ranks, Fred Gilbert, 
^Spirit Lake, la., scoring 193. During a long part of 
li competition, the race was close between Gilbert, 
1 H. Heer, of Concordia, Kans., and J. R. Taylor, of 
k’anta, Ga., each an expert of renown, the latter two 
jshing on a tie on 191 for second. Gilbert also made 
(h professional average, while that for amateurs fell to 
(•ton Lewis, of Auburn, Ill. 
he great tournament was handled with Manager 
liner’s usual masterful skill. Every detail of its ma- 
Inery is so nicely adjusted that it moves now with the 
se and precision and co-ordination of a fine chrono- 
er. The years have developed a fine lot of specialists 
-n whom to select the expert assistance when needed, 
i. sharpened the ability of the regular office staff, 
ive automatic traps were used. Five different events 
>e begun at the same time, one at each trap. This was 
complished by dividing the total number of contestants 
jb five different sections, each of which had a trap 
: gned to it. To more minutely illustrate it, we quote 
rn the programme as follows: “For example: Say 
r have. 200 entries—40 squads of five men each. Divide 
1 40 squads into five sections, and it would make 8 
cads to each section. Section 1 to S would compose 
\ first section. Squads 9 to 16 would compose the 
ond section. Squads 17 to 24 would compose the 
i d section. Squads 25 to 32 would compose the fourth 
«tion, and squads 33 to 40 would compose the fifth 
ction. These sections simultaneously would be started 
iNos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 traps respectively. After all 
< ads of a section finished competing at a particular 
kp, their entire section would pass on to the next trap 
v compete there, and so on, until they had competed 
rhe entire five traps.” 
'n the first day, the new target traps began to work 
i ly. They were supposed to be a great improvement 
i all target traps, which had gone before, and the 
; eral opinion seemed to be that they were. As the day 
tanced, the traps became more inefficient, breaking 
iliy targets, and causing serious delay. The failure 
U|; not from any fault in the design of the traps. It 
w structural solely. The arm did not have the neces- 
sy strength, and the intermittent strain on it worked 
tout of the alignment which was an essential to per- 
e: work. A very slight variation was sufficient to cause 
1 trouble. The trap is of new design, and it was sup- 
i ed to have been thoroughly tested beforehand, but, as 
1 event proved, the matter of endurance had been in- 
idciently considered. The two North brothers, Paul 
Charles, had narrow escapes from severe injuries, 
fth their usual conscientious effort, they worked like 
ijvers to correct the defects and keep the competition 
jng. The day was exceedingly hot, and there also 
if; a high degree of humidity. Paul became over¬ 
fed and was prostrated for a half hour or more. 
<st aid, in the way of lowering the temperature with 
c brought him round after a wnile, and he fortunately 
covered from what might have been a much more 
cous happening. He also had a forefinger badly in- 
L?d. Charley North unwisely got in front of a trap 
tfch was discharged at the inopportune moment, and the 
feet struck him a glancing blow on the forehead, 
Peking him insensible for a while. Fortunately, it was 
.^mporary injury. Had it been on the temple, the blow 
ifeht have deprived the world—and in particular the 
itoshooting world—of one of its most popular and ef- 
ient devotees. 
the train service to and from the grounds was quite 
.pie, and made the 15 miles quite to the convenience of 
Ij shooters. As to comfort, the weather was so hot that 
Ire was no comfort on any railroad train. It may be 
;1, however, that the trains made no discomfort by 
r , ng too fast. 
n incident connected with the tournament, which ex- 
: l, d quite a bit of discussion, and which received a 
rjat deal of unfavorable and unwarranted adverse criti- 
:[n from some of the Chicago dailies, was the refusal 
nthe Association to accept the entry of O. N. Ford, of 
litral City, la. The daily press took up the matter 
in an ex parte standpoint, and seemed to hold that 
?f*d had been treated unjustly. The first of the Inter¬ 
ne Association rules begins as follows: 
^Section 1. The management of the Interstate Associa- 
n reserves the authority to reject any entry without 
ding any reason therefor, and to disqualify, in whole 
>1 in part, any contestant who acts ungentlemanly, or 
Ibrderly, or who handles his gun dangerouslv.” The 
magement gave no reason for barring Ford from In¬ 
state Association tournament, but it was common 
’ror that it was because of professionalism. 
’he grounds were in good condition, and the back- 
pund had been improved by building up, to a greater 
rghth, the back-stop erected to catch the shot, of 
*fich several tons were sent toward it during the handi- 
;[• week. 
mother great improvement was the absence of trade 
ijvity on the grounds. No trade talk was encouraged, 
'he catering was far away superior, compared to that 
pvided two years ago. A good lunch was served in a 
fee tent at a reasonable price. 
\ large cool tent, back of the scores, gave added com- 
'•table quarters for those who desired to watch the com- 
jition. Other tents were those of the Hunter Arms 
o. and A. H. Fox Co. 
Tanager Shaner had many kind words of praise for 
excellent manner in which the tournament was run, 
i of which was thoroughly well deserved. However, 
' smoothness with which it ran was no index of the 
hours of clerical work each mVht which were an 
Mdent of the smooth running-. His son, E. Reed 
Saner, was an able assistant, and bids fair to rival his 
■ -nted father in tournament management. F. C. Whit- 
nr, of Des Moines, Ta.. ao-ain acted as cashier, and 
fedlcd the comp’icated involved details of moneys and 
I'ir divisions as if'thev were p'easant trifles of a June 
Trning. He was cool and imperturbable, yet quick and 
accurate, the moneys being ready with astonishing 
promptness. The compiler of scores was Bernard Els- 
sesser, of York, Pa., assisted by D. H. Eaton, of Cin¬ 
cinnati, O., each of whom is an expert in this specialty. 
Charles North was superintendent of traps, and so well 
known are his skill and efficiency that nothing could be 
added by repetition. Enough to state that he was con¬ 
stantly alert and efficient. 
The clerks were C. S. Hitchcock, Chicago, Ill.; W. H. 
Hoffman, Pullman, Ill.; Geo. E. Clements, Pittsburg, Pa. 
At trap No. 1, the referee was Claude Stephens, 
Muncie, Ind.; the scorer, L. M. Hinkley, Chicago, Ill.; 
squad hustler, A. Thomas, Chicago, Ill. 
At trap No. 2 the referee was T. R. King, an attorney, 
of Columbus, O.; the scorer, PI. G. Clayton, Chicago, 
Ill.; the squad hustler, A. McNulty, Chicago, Ill. 
At trap No. 3, the referee was J. F. Atwood, an attor- 
new of Columbus, O.; the scorer, C. Bellman, Chicago, 
Ill.; the squad hustler, D. Haywood, Chicago, Ill. 
At trap No. 4, the referee was PI. Brayton, La Grange, 
Ind.: the scorer, C. M. Haynes, Chicago, Ill.; the squad 
hustler, C. P. Louthan, Columbus, O. 
At trap No. 5, the referee was J. W. Farrell, Muncie, 
Ind.; the scorer, F. H. Teeple, Jr., Chicago, Ill.; the 
squad hustler, M. Wolstrom. Chicago, Ill. 
The relief force was as follows: Referee, A. Devries, 
Chicago, Ill.; scorer, W. B. Cornell, Columbus, O.; 
squad hustler, G. Taylor, Chicago, Ill. 
The attendance was good each day, the Grand Handi¬ 
cap days being the most popular from the public view- 
FRANK FISHER. 
Winner of Preliminary Handicap. 
point. Many ladies dignified and adorned the event with 
their presence. Many of them were relatives of the con¬ 
testants, and they took as keen interest in the shooting, 
second only to that of the shooters themselves. 
There were several youngsters, boys of thirteen or four¬ 
teen years of age, who displayed excellent skill consider¬ 
ing their youth 
The Grand American Handicap purse was as follows: 
384 regular entries at $5 each, $3,072; 52 penalty en¬ 
tries at $13 each, $676; 21 forfeited entries, at $5, $105; 
added to the purse, $200, making a total of $4,053. 
Winners and winnings Were as follows: 
Fred Shattuck, $405.30. 
J. R. Livingston, $364.75. 
G. E. Burnes, $324.25. 
W. Wettleaff, $283.75. 
D. G . Barstow, H. I. Hess, C. H. Peck, A. S. 
Wyckoff, B. T. Cole and W. Shattuck, $148.65 each. 
R. O. Heikes, Chas. H. Ditto, H. D. Freeman, L. J. 
Squier, K. P. Johnson, Art. Killam and R. W. Clancy, 
$63.80 each. 
Fred Gilbert, W. Huff, J. S. Young, Guy V. Dering, 
Woolfolk Henderson, C. F. Schaffer, Peter Baggerman, 
Harvey McMurchy, J. H. Pumphrev, Wm. Rauo, J. B. 
Snowden, B. H. Black, J. M. Hughes, C. A. Stillwell, 
Leo Stockley, Lou Reed, J. B. Barto, A. M. Hatcher, 
Rotnour, Homer Clark, Geo. Kistler. G. Miller, Samuel 
Rice, J. Aylesworth, E. Anderson, Holverson and J. M. 
Mashek, $40.50 each. 
Ed O’Brien, J. R. Graham. H. W. Kahler, D. E. 
Thomas, G. W. Tolon, F. E. Rogers, Mrs. Ad. Topper- 
wein, L. I. Wade, J. W. Ewing. John Peterson. Wm. 
PidW, Chas. Dockendorf, T. H. Keller, Jr., Frank Lee, 
A. M. McCrea, A. H. Amman, J. B. Kavs, J. S. Fan¬ 
nin"', G. E. Mapes and Meisenheimer, $12.15 each. 
The star feature of Monday in five of the 20-target 
events f~r preliminary oractiee. was 100 straight, made by 
Lester S. German. Also 195 out of the ten 20-target 
events made by L. I. Wade. H. D. Freeman scored 193, 
while W. II. Heer scored 190. The foregoing shooters 
were professionals. Of the amateurs, Jesse Young scored 
192, Woolfolk Henderson 191, Harvey Dixon 190. Mon¬ 
day was for preliminary practice, 109 shooters partici¬ 
pating. Many excellent scores were made. 
June 22, First Day. 
The programme of the first day consisted of five 20- 
target events, $2 entrance, $20 added to each event. A 
set of new traps has been installed, and while it is 
freely admitted that they are excellent and efficient in 
mechanism, they had not been sufficiently tried out to 
develop any weak places, consequently an insignificant 
part of them failed to function properly, with the re¬ 
sults that there were many balks and waits, which de¬ 
layed the action of the tournament. A large part of the 
day’s programme was necessarily held over and shot on 
the following day, taking up time to about noon. There 
was some very superior scoring during the day never¬ 
theless, one team record of 100 straight being scored, 
the shooters being Mrs. Topperwein, H. D. Freeman, 
Harvey Dixon, George K. Mackie, and Woolfolk Hen¬ 
derson. 
Father Harty, of St. Mark’s Churchy St. Paul, Minn., 
divided the honors, pertaining to distinguished contest¬ 
ants, with Bandmaster John Philip Sousa. 
Dixon was high man with 97, Mrs. Topperwein, Heer, 
Gilbert and B. Dunnill tying on 96. The totals of the 
day’s programme follow: 
G L Derter. 
T H Anderson. 
T H Hess. 
H Fleming . 
Joe Gray . 
J Aylesworth . 
R R Barber. 
Dan Bray . 
Chris Gottlieb . 
L A Gates. 
E A W Everett. 
T H Keller, Jr. 
J T Skelly . 
F. L Grobe . 
Murray Ballou. 
Ed O’Brien . 
J F Duis . 
S A Huntley. 
A M McCrea. 
A M Hatcher. 
L I Wade. 
W H Heer. 
J W Garrett. 
Dr F M Edwards. 
E H Houghton. 
H D Smart. 
F Le Noir. 
G Kespler . 
F Fisher . 
H M Sitherwood. 
H D Freeman. 
Mrs Topperwein. 
H Dixon . 
Geo K. Mackie. 
W Henderson . 
H F Turner. 
A R Chezik. 
A W Chapin. 
H E Peck. 
J W Ewing. 
Tesse Young . 
R W Clancy. 
G V Dering. 
G W Tolon. 
T M Hughes. 
B T Cole. 
Benson . 
Geo Miller . 
R Loring . 
Geo Eck . 
Carl Gruhn . 
M Avie . 
C F Shafer. 
J C Ramsey. 
J J Blanks . 
W B Darton. 
A Killam . 
Edw Banks . 
T P Sousa. 
,T S Fanning. 
j B Goodbar. 
W D Thompson. 
B H Findley. 
T B Snowden. 
H R Wynne . 
W E Keplinger. 
H L King.:. 
W L Richmond. 
C A Young. 
T H Keller, Sr. 
G A Olson. 
H C Hirschy . 
J H Stair. 
F E Rogers. 
H W Cadwallader. 
L H Fitzsimmons. 
N Apgar . 
Geo L Carter. 
H C Marshall. 
F M Faurote. 
S L Dodds. 
H D Gibbs. 
H T Edwards. 
D A Edwards. 
C O Le Compte. 
J M Hooper. 
T Cummins . 
F W Hoyt . 
D C Banton. 
C K H Byrus. 
W R Crosby. 
L S German. 
74 Fred Frazer . 82 
80 E R Frazer. 76 
89 J Barker . 80 
87 E A Huen. 85 
S3 A Olson . 85 
93 J H Johnson. 76 
91 "A Southard . 80 
87 C Dole . 78 
87 T Marshall . 90 
86 Wm Reup . 85 
78 B II Black. 82 
S3 R Merrill . 86 
86 A Vance . 91 
77 J R Graham. 94 
79 J V Winters. 87 
91 B Dunnill . 96 
87 L C Willard. 86 
91 E Beckwith . 77 
85 W Shattuck . 91 
91 O Beckwith . 83 
88 J F Wulf. 90 
96 AW McKee. 80 
94 M H Johnson. 71 
92 A Von Wold. 87 
86 SC Glenn. 82 
72 C E Shaw. 82 
78 A A Winesberg. 91 
82 E Anderson . 86 
86 F M Lee . 30 
63 D E Thomas. 82 
92 JO Ashenhurst. 76 
96 W D Stannard. 87 
97 W H Mathews . 73 
92 V K Dodge. 85 
90 E S Rogers. 90 
81 J S Day. 92 
77 Jos Rummel . 83 
80 J L Humpfers. 83 
68 HO Burnham. 81 
84 E N Gragg. 86 
95 H Caistens . 80 
90 T Near . 63 
91 F G Bills. 90 
81 J H Brockhaus. 61 
93 G M Mashek . 86 
89 EC Voght. 82 
84 E O White. 84 
81 W Flewelling . 91 
79 J A Flick. 88 
85 G E Burns. 88 
82 F D Telling. 74 
89 C E Bosley. S4 
84 J B Kays. 78 
91 J Liess . 74 
79 S McKinley . 75 
83 HA Collins. 24 
90 E C Collins. 76 
87 S A Lewis. 79 
84 H Denny . 77 
87 EM Stout. 87 
76 J E Jenning. 90 
76 J D Martin. 89 
83 A J Stauber. 91 
79 A P Smith. 91 
84 B Lewis . 93 
78 J Galbraith . 82 
82 FA Allbright. 76 
75 F Shattuck. 86 
89 W R Chamberlain. 86 
64 Geo Volk . 88 
91 L Stockley . 88 
86 M C Bolton. 86 
91 J M Sulzer. 77 
89 J T Park.'.. 83 
87 W Wetleaf . 87 
87 CL Nickol. 73 
89 'V M Wise. 88 
86 J T Goldberg. 78 
65 F Lee . 79 
87 Ed Erickson . 88 
63 L Halverson . 79 
84 V B Asher. 94 
61 W J Austin . 83 
87 W Webster . 89 
86 A J Spinnev. 87 
61 C H Peck. SS 
82 W C Hearne. 79 
74 F E Foltz. 90 
86 H J Wilcox. 43 
fit) L F Kennedy. 62 
94 AC Connor. 89 
93 Sam Rice . S4 
