150 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 28, 1911* 
Fourth Mid-Winter Handicap Target 
Tournament. 
The Pinc-hurst tournament was held on Jan. 18-21, at 
1 Although the program was one that gave every oppor- 
tunity for adequate returns to any amateur shooter who 
could stosot well up to the top of the averages in the 
regular ‘events of the four days, and offered chances for 
those -skillful and lucky enough to fall into the 9-hole 
in either handicap, the attendance was far from what was 
expected or what the liberality of the °ff er ‘ n g s “^ded 
money in the two handicaps also should have brought, 
as thirty was the greatest number who participated on 
any one day, though, all told, there were thirty-two par¬ 
ticipants in the tournament. ... , . ,c. 
The weather was not what was hoped for, or what the 
outlook of Sunday and Monday foretold, as the sleet 
storm that was general about this section, did not s p 
by, and it made the air raw and the rain and fog that 
accompanied it did not add to the comfort or tempers 
of the shooters. That, though, was the luck ln the draw, 
as one cannot pick out good weather a ways when events 
are set a vear ahead. The golfers, who held full sway 
for the week prior to the shoot, had delightful weather 
throughout, but the shooters seem to be prone 
Old Boreas and his worst antics when they come to 
North Carolina’s unique winter resort. 
Of course, where large tournaments are held but once 
a year, it is hard to obtain competent referees, scorers 
and other assistance, and though the ™ ai l a sement d d 
all that was in their power to give good service, there 
were some slips that did not mellow the tempers of.some 
of the shooters, although the writer saw ma! J y R; 
shooters who took every advantage of the unfamilianty 
with the rules which the referees, scorers and pullers 
Sl Th| d shoot was under the management of Mr. J. F. W. 
Moore, who was here, there, and everywhere and did 
everything in his power to give good service and to give 
the shooters what they wanted; and taken as a whole, 
the traps held up very well under the strain to which 
''’fh tTVestcott^of Leesburg, Fla., who won one of 
the Interstate Association’s subsidiary handicaps m re¬ 
cent years, made a runaway race among the amateurs for 
the first day and scored 1S4 out of his quota of 200, his 
next nearest attendants being C. H. Newcomb with 172 
and W F. Clark with 171. Johnny laylor- stepped away 
out in front of the whole crowd with 188, and Harry 
Welles was the only one within hailing distance of him 
with 180 Geo. Lyon and Lester German followed with 
177 each. The following are the first day s scores. 
First Day, Jan. 18. 
F vents’ 123456789 10 
Targets’ 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
targets. . 17 18 19 16 19 17 18 11 15 17 
TE Crayton. .... 18 13 14 17 17 17 17 17 13 18 
Chas Nuehols . 16 11 16 15 12 19 16 14 17 20 
W F Clarke . 16 19 16 19 15 IS 15 19 IS 16 
W T Laslie • 14 14 16 14 18 17 14 15 18 18 
nr T H Dr'e'lier ... 13 13 17 16 17 15 14 13 16 17 
C G Westcott. 19 19 18 20 17 18 20 17 IS IS 
W D Hinds .16 17 18 17 17 17 17 15 19 15 
R T Snotts .17 16 16 15 17 16 IS 17 18 15 
C H Newcomb.17 18 12 16 17 15 IS 19 20 20 
C \V Bffhngs . 17 17 13 12 15 13 16 14 15 18 
H D Tracy . 10 6 12 7 9 8 15 10 16 11 
T H Anderson .13 14 13 11 16 13 12 10 14 10 
I Andrews ... 10 11 13 14 15 11 14 9 11 11 
H W Rice . 16 16 12 14 17 13 16 16 19 17 
F D Kelsey . 14 15 15 15 16 17 13 18 12 17 
F R DarbT.'. 12 13 15 14 16 16 13 14 19 14 
TT TT ftptrhell .15 14 15 16 14 11 14 lz 
f Lenane jr '!...10 10 13 10 14 12 15 11 12 14 
p tj Andersen -- - 14 1/ 15 14 11 14 1 / 15.15 14 
? T Shelly 13 16 13 15 15 16 13 14 16 18 
B B Ward'.:::......- 17 17 13 15 18 20 15 13 16 10 
I I r Ge?mam 1S '.19 19 IS 13 19 19 15 19 17 19 
W Huff 16 12 15 13 17 15 15 16 16 IS 
T R Tavl'or' . 17 18 20 18 20 20 19 19 19 18 
Ten T Lvon .. 18 18 18 16 17 19 17 17 18 19 
W HendersSn . 19 13 15 19 13 20 16 14 17 16 
F H Storr . 15 19 14 10 16 13 12 12 14 16 
tt V wines. .. 17 18 14 18 20 20 20 16 18 19 
f T S Skelly ::: 13 16 13 15 15 16 13 14 16 IS 
Second Day, Jan. 19. 
Dreher .18 19 17 14 19 15 17 16 15 18 
C G Westcott . 19 19 20 19 IS 17 18 20 14 15 
Tavlor . 18 20 18 19 19 20 20 17 18 20 
Hinds . .19 16 18 15 19 18 17 16 18 17 
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Jr .li 14 17 17 17 17 13 16 17 17 
PH 1 Anderson.16 12 14 15 18 15 16 13 17 17 
“ ... 15 IS 15 19 14 18 16 15 15 20 
E W Evans'.:'.'.'..16 17 15 13 11 13 13 12 13 12 
168 
179 
189 
173 
176 
1SS 
185 
172 
181 
123 
162 
128 
172 
189 
168 
173 
161 
88 
145 
163 
153 
165 
135 
. 17 
19 19 19 18 
75 
. 17 . 
IS 20 20 17 
75 
. 17 
18 20 15 16 
69 
. 16 
16 18 IS 17 
69 
. 16 
20 16 16 11 
63 
. 16 
17 21 17 23 
78 
. 16 
20 21 19 22 
82 
Professionals: 
. 20 
20 21 21 20 
82 
. 20 
24 24 IS 20 
S6 
ra> Li 
. 20 
22 24 22 24 
92 
JJuff . 
. 19 
16 20 16 17 
69 
. 19 
°0 22 20 22 
84 
. 19 
19 21 23 23 
86 
. 19 
22 18 20 20 
80 
. 18 
23 21 19 22 
85 
20 . 
Third Day, Jan 
* The morning of the third day was certainly foggy, and 
many a target was lost in the gloom and it was no easy 
matter for th£ referees to see small pieces, as the “ P 
houses were not easy to see, let alone a lightly hit targe . 
Jn spite of these conditions the shooting was of a high 
order and Charley Billings showed his foggy training at 
the traps at Travers Inland, New York and to u ?® 
Fred Gilbert’s pet expression—put the whole crowd m 
the “game sack” with a 96, although Taylor and Hender¬ 
son wer” “Stepping some” with 95 each, and Newcomb 
ond German each scored 93. . , f 
These events out of the way the decks were n f ^hovs 
Preliminary Handicap, and though some of the b y 
Mid-winter Handicap. 
The final day opened bright and fair, and about all 
that could be desired in the weather line, as the scores 
portray and there was some very classy shooting on 
the part of many of the amateurs and professionals. 
Newcomb had passed Westcott for the leading honors 
and proceeded to maintain his advantage and when tile 
events had been shot out, it was seen that he stopped 
the simon-pures with 96, while that old war horse from 
away up in New York State, F. D. Kelsey, and Charley 
Nuehols, were next best with 92 each. Dr. Clarke, of 
Boston, summed up 91. Harry Welles got going and 
only tripped up on three, they being- slipped in the 
third and fourth stanzas, and totaled 97, though Johnny 
Taylor had no idea of letting him get any nearer. for 
the medal, and accounted for 95 of them himself, though 
Geo. Lyon came to his own and split the pair with a 9b. 
20 20 20 20 20 Total. 
the 
showed a preference toward shooting the handicap in the 
afternoon a vote was taken and the majority seemed to 
favor shooting right through, and this was j? although 
dav’s program cleaned up about 1:30 F. M., altnougn 
some of the shooters wished afterward that they had 
waited until the afternoon, as the fog bfted_ and the 
afternoon was as bright and balm^^as 
for and showed what could be 
weather down here in January. 
_me could wish 
offered in the way of 
16 
19 
18 
17 
19 
15 
14 
15 
16 
19 
18 
Broke. 
16S 
161 
156 
171 
158 
151 
1S4 
168 
165 
172 
150 
' 104 
126 
119 
156 
152 
146 
111 
121 
146 
149 
154 
Targets: 
20 20 20 20 20 
... 18 16 18 18 19 
. 18 
20 
18 
18 
19 
. 15 
19 
16 
17 
19 
. 19 
19 
17 
18 
18 
. 16 
19 
19 
17 
14 
. 17 
18 
17 
17 
16 
. IS 
18 
20 
20 
16 
. 17 
16 
18 
15 
18 
. 18- 
19 
17 
19 
17 
. 18 
18 
20 
20 
19 
. 16 
15 
18 
16 
18 
. 18 
18 
17 
18 
19 
. 18 
18 
18 
18 
19 
. 18 
19 
18 
18 
20 
.. 20 
19 
20 
19 
18 
. 19 
19 
20 
17 
20 
. 8 
7 
13 
15 
9 
. 13 
18 
15 
11 
13 
. 10 
14 
10 
12 
13 
. 18 
17 
19 
ib 
19 
. 19 
19 
18 
17 
19 
. 17 
19 
18 
16 
15 
. 15 
17 
18 
19 
15 
. 16 
16 
17 
17 
14 
. 16 
14 
17 
15 
16 
1 JjCIWllC) J 1 ' 
. 19 
19 
18 
15 
18 
. 18 
15 
18 
17 
11 
. 19 
20 
15 
18 
17 
. 18 
12 
14 
12 
14 
Total. 
89 
93 
86 
91 
85 
85 
92 
84 
90 
95 
83 
18 
15 
19 
14 
15 
IS 
17 
16 
19 
19 
18 
17 
14 
17 
18 
18 
20 
16 
11 
19 
19 
19 
18 
17 
16 
14 
18 
16 
20 
19 
16 
19 
17 
14 
15 
19 
18 
9 
17 
15 
20 
17 
19 
14 
16 
84 
90 
92 
91 
90 
80 
83 
77 
82 
96 
85 
49 
89 
77 ' 
92 
82 
84 
78 
75 
90 
91 
93 
96 
95 
52 
70 
59 
88 
92 
85 
84 
80 
78 
89 
79 
89 
70 
16 
20 
20 
20 
17 
20 
17 
18 
20 
20 
19 
18 
20 
17 
18 
20 
17 
18 
20 
18 
18 
15 
19 
19 
19 
17 
20 
89 
86 
95 
96 
94 
91 
97 
177 
153 
1SS 
177 
162 
141 
180 
149 
The fourth Preliminary Handicap was a pretty race, 
and up to the beginning of the last round three men had 
a chance to-be in the van, with a couple of others not 
so very far away. Culver, the winner of last year, Wm. 
so very i_:_ q rst v j slt t0 Pmehurst, 
was also making his 
This was the day of the greatest attendance, thirty par¬ 
ticipating in the day’s events, all but one of whom „ sb °l 
through the full program of 200 targets, and it showed 
a'new starin the^firmament aTfar‘Is high man for the 
da™ concerned, as Dr. D,K^uWer, ^Jersey City, 
NJ j. who won ' the Midwinter Handicap last year. 
triDoecl to the fore with 188 scored, and Charley New- 
comb was not far behind him with 185, thus jumping 
into a contending position behind Westcott; and-Wm. T. 
Laslie who had not showed any form the day previous 
also amassed that total. Taylor, Welles and Lyon Imd a 
hattle roval for the high honors, and the two former 
scored 1S9 each, and Lyon was just a jump away with 
188, and German began to come, under the whip, with 
1S The weather was a little improvement over the day 
before and the traps were let down a little and worked 
smoother, as the crews became more familiar with their 
work. 
The following are the scores of the second day: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets 
Culver, . 
T. Laslie, who was making his first visit to 
and “Chummy” Westcott, who was also i 
debu't here, though he is well known in shooting circles 
all in the same squad, were having a .merry dance, and 
T aslie was the boy with the sand in his shoes, as he 
ripped out 24 in the last round, while Culver dropped to 
22 and Westcott went all to pieces and ended up with a 
19 thus losing 6 targets in that round whereas he had 
only dropped five in the first 75, his third round being 
productive of the only straight in the event. Although 
these men were in the second squad, it seemed thus 
early that the winner was Laslie, and so it proved, as his 
total was 92, from the 19yd. mark, totaled from an evenly 
chot race and Dr. Culver was second, from the same 
mark, with 99, and Westcott and R. L. Spotts, w ^re 
third high with 89 each. The winner received $124 and a 
very handsome trophy; the second man received $93, and 
the third men received $46.50 each. The added money 
of $150 made the pot very pretentious and exceeded many 
events which have drawn a greater attendance. George 
Lyon led the post-graduates with a score of 92 from the 
20yd. line; his next nearest competitors were Welles and 
Taylor with 86 each. 
The following are the scores and handicaps: 
^-•Targets- 
Yds. " 
Nuehols ... 
Targets: 
Dr D L Culver . 17 
J E Crayton. 1° 
Chas Nuehols . 
W F Clarke. 20 
W T Laslie. 
Dr J H Dreher. 17 
C G Westcott.•••■• 17 
W D Hinds. . 15 
R L Spotts.... 17 
Chas Newcomb . ““ 
C W Billings. 1« 
H D Tracy. 10 
J H Anderson. 1° 
I Andrews . 1“ 
F D Kelsey. |7 
C H Anderson. L 
T Lenane, Jr. J* 
B B Ward. 1“ 
F S Darby. H 
Professionals: 
T T Skelly. 1® 
Walter Huff . 
John Taylor .. 
Geo Lyon .... 
W Henderson 
E H Storr.... 
H S Welles.. 
The fourth Midwinter Handicap was shot in the after¬ 
noon of Saturday, Jan. 21, and though the sky was 
bright, there was a pretty stiff wmd blowing . directly 
from the back, and it tended to knock down the targets 
and make some of the quarterers so fast that the best 
shots on the grounds missed them, and there were some 
verv classy shooters in attendance. . .... 
Culver who was moved hack to 20yds., and Laslie, who 
was penalized 2yds. and placed at 21 for his win in the 
Preliminary, early showed that they were hardly to be 
reckoned with, and Westcott got a very bad start by 
dropping 5 targets in his first round but Newcomb 
and PP Nuchols, in the same squad, and both from the 
19yd. iine, showed that they were in the fight. Thus 
early it seemed to simmer down to three or four 
and^ when Newcomb had only lost 5 out of 50 and 
Westcott had lost 8, the winner looked to be there, but 
T II Anderson, of Philadelphia, surprised the bunch 
by only dropping 8 out of lais first 50. and then only 
losing 1 in hi? third round, putting him in the lead with 
only 9 down to 10 for Newcomb and 11 for Westcott. 
There was some tension when the second squad, m 
which Westcott and Newcomb contested, went to the 
^core in front of the club house for their last round, and 
hnth men shot nervy races, and Westcott tripped up on 
^ t e h w m hRh Sh w 0 a t s n d r us y ted,ald Newcomb allowed two to 
elude him, and they finished up sticks with 88. Sa °rBy 
after this it was noised about that John Anderson could 
win and every one turned to him when he went to the 
score and though he had a good chance and could have 
tied ’in with a 22 and won with 23, he was not quite 
equal to the occasion and finished with 21 and a total 
nf S7 This left a tie between C. H. Newcmnb and C. G. 
Westcott to be shot off, and though Newcomb had 
Wfestcott on the defensive et three different times in th 
race he aUowed him to catch him and they were even 
up until only, six or t^t^^Zal r'esu^’wls 22 
of the cup andf 
6 7 8 9 10 
, ar „ els - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
CulvCT .19 19 19 17 IS 18 19 20 19 20 
German ...18 19 19 18 IS 18 19 18 20 19 
" .17 17 19 18 14 18 17 18 17 15 
. 19 19 19 18 15 15 15 19 19 20 
c la rk? .:::::::. 201715 is 17 is 15 is is 15 
. .16 17 19 16 17 16 18 16 15 15 
H? s iie. .... 14 19 20 19 19 17 19 19 19 20 
Broke. 
188 
186 
170 
178 
168 
165 
185 
19 
19 
19 
19 
18 
Culver 
Laslie ... 
Westcott 
Newcomb 
Cravton . 
Clarke . 
Hinds . 
Billings 
Spotts 
Rice .. 
Ward . 
Kelsey 
25 25 25 25 
23 20 21 20 
23 21 24 22 
23 23 22 24 
22 23 25 19 
22 19 18 18 
16 17 18 21 
23 23 19 17 
17 19 22 21 
22 19 18 19 
21 21 24 23 
22 21 19 21 
18 16 21 16 
23 21 18 22 
Total. 
84 
90 
92 
89 
77 
72 
82 
79 
78 
89 
83 
71 
84 
Westcott went all to pieces 
tr. °0 leaving Newcomb the winner — ----- . , 
and G 04 W. : Kor-St 
$2 keo Lvon ^epeaud his fox-to-the-hounds stunt in the 
Midwinter as he had in the Preliminary, showing that 
he U “some” handicap shooter, with a score of 89 while 
Welles aTd Storr followed with 88 each C H. Anderson 
and B B Ward, both ° f Aberdee , n ’ S -, D ” ea t C ? Itw 
Straights as did Shorty Storr, . these being the only 
straights.’ Thus ended the handicap and tournament. 
Following are the scores: 
Yds. 
20 
Culver . il 
Laslie .... . q 
W estcott ... i „ 
Newcomb . 
Nuehols . 
Targets-^ 
25 25 25 25 
20 19 16 22 
18 22 13 20 
20 22 22 24 
23 22 20 23 
22 18 21 20 
88 
81 
Total. 
77 
73 
