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FOREST AND STREAM 
[April 29, 1911. 
SEMI-SMOKELESS 
In the final shoot-off of the Inter-Club Matches, under the auspices of the National Rifle Association, the Rocky Mountain Rifle Club 
Team of Butte, Montana, won from the New Haven Team, with the wonderful score of 
992 out of a possible 1000 
In this series of matches the Butte Team did not suffer a single defeat; this is the SECOND SUCCESSIVE YEAR they have won the 
.22 Caliber Team Championship of the U. S. In the two years they have won 23 out of 24 matches, using exclusively 
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be equalled. Glance at this list of their winnings: 
22 Cal. Indoor Championship TWELVE SUCCESSIVE YEARS Score of 2481 out of 2500-for years a World’s Record 
Inter-Club 5 Man Team Match TWO SUCCESSIVE YEARS Inter-Scholastic Match for 1910 
WORLD’S RECORD In 20 yard Pistol Shooting, 100 out of a possible 100 
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Maine State Shoot. 
The program makes the following announcement: 
“The State of Maine shoot will be held at Haines 
Landing, under the auspices of the Mooselookmeguntic 
Gun Club, last year’s winners of the championship, on 
June S, 9 and 10, and is registered by the Interstate As¬ 
sociation. The club is sparing no time or money to 
make this shoot the best held in the East this summer. 
The shoot will be held under the Squier money-back 
system. The club has arranged for the attractive log 
camps at the hotels at special rates, to those com¬ 
ing before the shoot or those there just for the shoot. 
The railroad companies also making special rate for the. 
round trip. We cannot urge on you too strongly that 
this offers you an ideal outing. One well worth your 
while taking in. The traps are on the shore of the lake 
facing north, giving an absolutely perfect light and back¬ 
ground. For those coming through by train, you go to 
Portland, Me., and then to Oquossoc, Me., where car¬ 
riages meet you and drive you to Haines Landing. For 
those desiring to come by automobiles, it makes a beauti¬ 
ful trip. Take the Blue Book route through to Range- 
ley and then to Haines Landing, where there are accom¬ 
modations for your car. We would ask that you notify 
the management at an early date of your intention to 
attend, so that accommodations can be reserved espe¬ 
cially for you. The traps will be open for practice from 
June 5, on which sweepstakes may be shot.” 
R. L. Spotts is president and W. D. Hinds, secretary, 
of the Mooselookmeguntic Gun Club. 
There will be over $1000 in added money, prizes and 
guarantees. 
LIST OF EVENTS, CONDITIONS, ETC. 
There will be five regular events of 20 targets each in 
the morning of each day; $25, added money being $5 
to each event, and will be divided Rose system, 8, 5, 3, 
2, 1. Optional sweepstake of $2.50 on • each 100 birds of 
the program, morning and afternoon of each day, divided 
high gun system. 
Guides’ and Game Wardens’ Match, 9 A. M. June S: 
100 birds, 16yds. rise; entrance $2.50, including targets. 
If entrance is entered in regular program an additional 
charge of 60 cents will be made to be eligible for prizes. 
Open to guides and game wardens only. First prize, 
No. 1 Bangor knapsack and $10; second, $10. 
Rangeley Lake Preliminary, 1:30 P. M., June 8: 100 
birds, 16yds. rise, entrance $3, including targets; open 
to amateurs only. First prize, gold and silver medal, 
value $20, and cash $20; second, cash $20. 
Five-man team—State of Maine Championship, 9 A. M., 
June 9: No entrance fee if shooting regular program, 
$2 for targets if not. Each member of the winning 
team to receive a handsome silver and gold medal, 
valued at $20. 
Rangeley Lakes Championship, 1:30 P. M., June 9: 
100 birds, 16yds. rise; entrance $4, including targets; 
open to amateurs only. First prize, leg on $150 cham- 
ptonship cup, gold medal, valued at $35, and cash $20; 
second prize, cash $20; third, cash $10. 
Five-man Team—Intercity Team Match, 9:00 A. M., 
June 10: No entrance fee if shooting regular program; 
$2 for targets if not. Open to amateur teams of five 
men from any club, city or community. Each member 
of winning' team to receive a loving cup, emblematic of 
region event is shot in, value $12. 
State of Maine Championship, 1:30 P. M., June 10: 
100 birds, 16yds. rise; entrance $5, including targets. 
Open to amateur shooters of the State. First prize, 
diamond and gold medal, value $75, and cash $50; second, 
cash $25. Contestants shooting this event and not eli¬ 
gible for medal, shoot for cash prizes only. 
Elm House cup, 4:30 P. M., June 10: 25 birds, dis¬ 
tance handicap, entrance 50 cents, including targets. 
Prize, leg on the Elm House cup. Open to State of 
Maine shooters only. 
The amateur making the highest average for the en¬ 
tire program of 600 birds, to receive a handsome gold 
medal, valued at $25. The professional making the high¬ 
est average for the entire program of 600 birds will re¬ 
ceive a gold and silver medal, valued at $20. There will 
be a prize of $50 given to the amateur making the long¬ 
est continuous run. Prize donated by the Maine cen¬ 
tral and Sandy River Railroads. There will be ad¬ 
ditional prizes added to most of the events, list of winch 
will be published before shoot starts. 
High Gun Purse—Guaranteed to be $200 or more. All 
contestants who shoot the entire program shall be eligi¬ 
ble for the purse. Ten per cent, of all sweeps will be 
set zsiae; to this will be added the money left over 
from tie money-back system. The club guarantees tc 
add enough money to make the purse $200 for thirty 
shooters or less, $250 for 40, $300 for 50, $350 for 60, $4CK) 
for 70. 
Sixth Pacific Coast Handicap Tournament. 
The Interstate Association’s Sixth Pacific Coast Han¬ 
dicap tournament will be held on May 25, 26 and 27, at 
Madera, Cal., under the auspices of the Madera Rod and 
Gun Club. There will be $1000 or more added money, 
made up as follows: Added to the Pacific Coast Handi¬ 
cap, $200; trophy for the winner of the Pacific Coast 
Handicap, $100; added to the Squier money-back special 
fund, $200; one cent for each target trapped added to 
the Squier money-back special fund, $500 or more— 
making a total of $1000 or more. If 50,000 targets are not 
trapped in the regular program events, the difference 
will be made good by the Interstate Association and 
the Madera Rod and Gun Club. 
Secretary-Manager Elmer E. Shaner, of the Interstate 
Association, will personally manage the tournament, which 
fact will be a guarantee of a successful outcome of the 
shoot. 
Madera, the county seat of Madera county, California, 
is well located on the main line of the Southern Pacific 
Railroad, while the Santa Fe Railroad crosses the county 
about three miles distant. The city is well built and the 
streets are well lined with trees. A handsome court 
house stands in large grounds and a fine park filled with 
trees and flowers is developing. Business houses, banks, 
hotels, newspapers, factories, schools and churches are 
here, with the usual fraternal organizations. It is a 
pleasant residence city, and is steadily growing in com¬ 
mercial importance. 
Madera county is nearly central in its position in the 
San Joaquin Valley, and lies fairly across it. The San 
Joaquin River forms the southern and western bounda¬ 
ries. On the east the foothills are distant from the 
river about forty miles, and as the county is twenty- 
eight miles wide, an area of forty by twenty-eight miles 
lies in the floor of the valley. Nearly an equal area 
stretches up through rolling foothills into the high Sierras, 
the region being one of towns and farms, of forest and 
lumber mills, of minerals and mines. 
The Madera Rod and Gun Club was organized Dec. 6, 
1907, with twenty-two active members. To-day it has 
thirty-six wideawake, enthusiastic members. Its game 
and fish preserve is located about eighteen miles south¬ 
west of Madera, and comprises nearly 20,000 acres. 
Located on the preserve is a comfortable club house and 
a set of traps for target shooting. Just outside the north¬ 
erly city iimits of Madera is located the trapshooting 
grounds. 
The organization is a most harmonious one-^a source 
of much pleasure—and a royal welcome awaits every 
sportsman who comes to participate in what promises- to 
be one of the best tournaments ever given on the West 
Coast. 
Division of moneys: Regular program and double 
target events, Rose system, ratio 5, 3, 2, 1.; optional 
sweepstakes, percentage system, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per 
cent., class shooting. Ten entries and under, three 
moneys, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. To be eligible for the 
Squier money-back system a contestant must compete in 
all regular program events. The optional sweepstakes, 
the special events at double targets, and the Pacific 
Coast Handicap are separate from the regular program, 
and it is optional with the contestant whether or not 
he makes entry for them. The Squier money-back 
system does not apply to the optional sweepstakes, the 
double target events and the Pacific Coast Handicap. 
Wednesday, May 24, will be practice day, with four 
15-target events, entrance $1.50 per event, and two 20- 
target events, with entrance of $2 each. Squier money- 
back system does not apply on these practice day events. 
May 25—Thursday—first day of the regular program, has 
scheduled ten 15-target events, entrance $1.50 each, with 
$1 extra for money-back system. Optional sweepstakes 
in each event at $1 entrance. Also a special event at 25 
doubles, $2.50 entrance. 
On the second day this program is repeated. 
The third and last day, May 27, has four 15-target 
events, $1.50 entrance, and two 20-target events, $2 en¬ 
trance, with the usual extra entry of $1 for Squier money- 
back system. Also the optional sweeps extra, $1 en¬ 
trance. 
To conclude with the Pacific Coast Handicap, 100 
single targets, $10 entrance, targets included; handicaps 
16 to 23yds., high guns; not class shooting, $200 added to 
the purse. The number of moneys will be deter¬ 
mined by the number of entries. The amateur con¬ 
testant who makes the highest score, will receive a 
trophy, presented by the Interstate Association. The win¬ 
ner of first money is guaranteed $250 or more. If first 
money falls below $250, the difference will be made good 
by the Interstate Association. Regular entries must be 
made at the cashier’s office, on the shooting grounds, 
before 5 P. M., Friday, May 26. Penalty entries may be 
made after Friday, May 26, up to the time the first gun is 
fired in event No. 6, by paying $15 entrance, targets in¬ 
cluded. Entries are not transferable, and entrance money 
cannot be withdrawn after handicaps have been allotted. 
Further information will be cheerfully furnished by 
P. C. Thede, Secretary Madera Rod and Gun Club, 
Madera, Cal., or by Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer, the Interstate Association, 219 Coltart avenue, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 
