July 2, 1910J 
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Traps hooting * 
If yon want your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the following: 
Fixture*. 
July 4.—Columbus (O.) G. C. 
July 4.—Roanoke (Va.) G. C. A. H. H. Boyd, Pres. 
July 12.—Bergen Beach (N. Y.) G. C. L. H. Schorte- 
meier, Sec’y. 
July 12-15.—Columbus (O.) G. C. Lon Fisher, Sec’y. 
July 14-15.—Winnipeg, Can. — Fort Garry G. C. 
July 26-28.—Nelson B. C.—The Pacific Indians. F. C. 
Riehl, Herald-Custodian. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
July 4.—Kansas City, Mo.—Social Target Club. W. L. 
Moore, Sec’y. 
July 4.—Ellsworth (Me.) G. C. W. E. Whiting, Sec’y. 
July 4.—Portal (N. D.) G. C. H. F. Turner, Mgr. 
July 4.—Marblehead (Mass.) G. C. Edw. D. Chapman, 
Sec’y. 
July 4.—Tarentum (Pa.) G. C. and G. P. A. James A. 
Curry, Sec’y. 
July 4.—Ouray (Colo.) G. C. Albert Arps, Sec’y. 
July 4-5.—Moscow (Tenn.) G. C. A. B. Pardue, Sec’y. 
July 4-5.—St. Joseph, Mo.—Missouri Afro-American Trap- 
shooters’ League T. H. Cohron, Sec’y. 
July 4-5. — Brunswick Ga.) G. C. M. B. McKinnon, Sec’y. 
July 4. — Richmond (Va.) G. C. V. Hechler, Sec’y. 
July 4-5. — Huron (S. D.) G. C. E. W. Barrett, Sec’y. 
July 4-6. — Galveston, Tex.—Texas Sportsmen’s Associa¬ 
tion tournament, under the auspices of the Galveston 
Gun-Club. E. D. Chadick, Mgr. 
July 5-6. — Calgary (Can.) G. C. H. C. Andrew, Sec’y. 
July 5-6.—Kenmare (N.D.) G. C. G. E. Child, Sec’y. 
July 6-8.—Rogers Spring (Tenn.) G.C. E. B. Coe, Sec’y. 
July 7-8. — Catasauqua, Pa.—Bryden G. C. A. B. Girard, 
Sec’y. 
July 8. — Clarksburg, W. Va.—Monongahela Valley S. L. 
Ed. H. Taylor, Sec’y. 
July 8-9.—Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.—Alberta G. C. 
F. R. Agnew, Sec’y. 
July 8-9.—Devils Lake, N. D.—Queen City G. C. J. P. 
Tucker, Sec’y. 
July 9.—White House, N. J.—Crescent G. C. R. C. 
Stryker, Sec’y. 
July 9. — Brainerd, Minn.—Riverside G. C. J. R. Smith, 
Pres. 
July 10-11.—Fargo, N. D.—North Dakota State Sports¬ 
men’s Association tournament, under the auspices of 
the Fargo G. C. Albert E. Rose, Sec’y. 
July 12.—Wilkes Barre (Pa.) G. C. E. L. Klipple, Sec’y. 
July 12-13. — Aitkin (Minn.) G. C. H. W. Haugen, Sec’y. 
July 12-13. — Woolstock (la.) G. C. E. P. Carpenter, Sec’y. 
July 12-14. — Winnipeg, Man., Canada. — Fort Garry G. C. 
E. E. Cowderick, Sec’y. 
July 13-14. — Rutland (Vt.) G. C. R. W. Wheeler, Sec’y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The Indian tournament is fixed to be held at Spirit 
Lake, la., Aug. 16-18. Aug. 15 will be practice day. 
The program will consist of nine 20-target events each 
day. There will be $500 added in addition to one cent 
per target. Three traps will be used. 
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The Smith Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., offers a pro¬ 
gram of nine 25-target events. $1 entrance, $4 added, for 
competition at its all-day handicap shoot, July 4. The 
handicaps are 14 to 22yds. Competition will begin at 
10 o’clock. James Snape is the Secretary. 
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The Fred McCauley Business Men’s Gun Club, of 
Newark, N. J., held a successful shoot on June 21. 
Messrs. Frank Mihlon and Wm. Stengel engaged in a 
match at 25 targets, the former winning with a score of 
18. Mr. P. Coffin was high with 93 out of 100. 
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The Grand American Handicap occupies the entire 
Trap Department this week. We cheerfully accord the 
•space to it, as it is the paramount event of the shooting 
world, while regretting that numerous , other excellent 
reports are consequently postponed for publication in our 
next issue. 
At Butler, Pa., June 28, Secretary-Manager Elmer E. 
Shaner contemplated shooting a match at 100 targets 
with Mr. Chas. North, after which Mr. Shaner will 
proceed to Rainmakers’ Camp for a much needed rest. 
As to the match, Mr. North seemed to think it as good 
as won by himself, the contest being a mere matter of 
form to complete the official record, while Mr. Shaner 
is satisfied that he hasn’t lost any match. The latter, 
not so many years ago, was among the 90 per centers. 
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The Grand American Handicap was held on the 
grounds of the Chicago, Ill., Gun Club, June 21-24. It 
was one of the most successful ever held by the Inter¬ 
state Association. The Grand American Handicap was 
won by Mr. Riley Thompson, of Cainsville, Mo., with 
a score of 100 straight. Mr. Harvey McMurchy was 
second with 99 ex 100. The Preliminary Handicap was 
won by Mr. W. J. Raup, of Portage, Wis., with 99 ex 
100, and 20 straight in the shoot-off with Mr. Charles E. 
Shaw, of Chicago. The Amateur Championship was won 
by Mr. Guy V. Dering, of Columbus, Wis., with 189 ex 
200, of which forty were doubles. The Professional Cham¬ 
pionship was won by Mr. Charles G. Spencer, of St. 
Louis, who scored 190 out of 200, and 39 out of 40 in the 
shoot-off with Messrs. Clark and Garrett. The latter 
scored 100 straight on the first day. Of the 100, 20 were 
in the form of 10 pair. 
Bernard Waters. 
Grand American Handicap. 
The Interstate Association’s eleventh Grand American 
Handicap was held on the grounds of the Chicago Gun 
Club, Chicago, Ill., June 21 to 24 inclusive. Good 
weather favored the tournament throughout. It is true 
that the temperature was hot, and that there was a high 
humidity at times, but on the whole it was such weather 
conditions as usually accompany good scoring at the 
traps. . . . 
At this tournament the competition was of a remark¬ 
ably high degree of excellence. The ties were numerous 
and near the top of possibilities. . , , 
The winner of the Grand American Handicap broke 
all previous records, in that event, by making a perfect 
score of 100 in a most dispassionate manner, while the 
Preliminary Handicap winner scored but one less, 99. 
Never were competitors served with greater perfection 
in all matters. There were skillful management and 
perfect action in all the mechanical details of target 
throwing, throughout the tournament. 
The assistants were all carefully selected experts. Of 
these, the Chicago Gun Club had quite a thoroughly 
trained corps of its own, and in addition outside talent 
was liberally drawn upon, as the list herein shows. 
First of all, a few words of just praise are due the 
Manager, Elmer E. Shaner. Great as have been his 
former successes in handling great tournaments, this one 
seemed to surpass all others in the perfection of easy 
running and the entire absence of worry. 
Everything seemed to fit in proper sequence with 
automatic precision. From this, it is not to be in¬ 
ferred that the tournament got into such a swing that 
it ran itself. Far from it. A modern railroad track is 
easy for cars to run on, but it represents a lot of 
engineering and digging and hewing and careful watch¬ 
ing, etc. Summing it up, the tournament was a model 
of perfect, quiet management. There was an absence 
of flurry, or readjustments, of oversights; much well 
deserved praise was bestowed on Mr Shaner for his 
able and satisfactory management. His son, E. Reed 
Shaner, was assistant manager. He has become so pro¬ 
ficient, from natural ability and good schooling in the 
best methods of tournament work, that he is an invalu¬ 
able assistant. 
The cashier was that sterling wheelhorse, Fred C. 
Whitney, of Des Moines, la., who has presided over the 
cash of many prior Interstate tournaments, always with 
accuracy and despatch. It may also be mentioned that 
he keeps the accounts and hands out the money in a 
calm, collected manner, be the weather warm or cool, 
much as if percentages, totals and receiptings were not 
such a mighty affair after all. 
Two efficient experts, Bernard Elsesser, of York, Pa., 
and David H. Eaton, of Cincinnati, O., were compilers 
of scores, the latter being an assistant to Mr. Elsesser. 
Three able clerks, C. S. Hitchcock, of Chicago; W. H. 
Hoffman, of Pullman, and T. S. Chalfant, of Atglen, 
Pa., completed the office force. 
To this highly trained combination of specialists, the 
perfection of the office activities was due. 
There were two superintendents of traps, Chas. North, 
of Cleveland, O., and H. E. Winans, of East Alton, Ill. 
The referees, scorers and squad hustlers at each set of 
traps were also highly trained men, as follows: 
Trap No. 1.—Referee, Claude Stephens, Muncie; scorer, 
Edward F. Bender, Muncie; squad hustler, A. Thomas, 
Valparaiso-, Ind. 
Trap No. 2.—Referee, J. E. Lane, Worth, Ill.; scorer, 
II. G. Clayton, Chicago; squad hustler, W. Isherwood, 
Trap No. 3.—Referee, Frank E. Pilz; scorer, C. Bell¬ 
man; squad hustler,' Harold Hart, all of Chicago. 
Trap No. 4.—Referee, Geo. Porter, Blue Island; scorer, 
Raymond Zacher, Chicago; squad hustler, Wm. Harper, 
Chicagb. 
Trap No. 5.—Referee, J. W. Farrell, Muncie, Ind.; 
scorer, Wilber Merkle, Chicago; squad hustler, Ora 
Adams, Chicago. 
Relief Force.—Referee, Chas. Rambo; scorer, Clarence 
McNulty; squad hustler, IT. Vandam, all of Chicago-. 
The members of the Handicap Committee were J. S. 
Young (Chairman), Chicago; E. S. Rogers, Cleveland; 
T. H. Clay, Jr., Austerlitz, Ky.; James W. Bell, St. 
Louis, and Elmer E. Shaner, Pittsburg. Mr. Clay was 
absent and no one was appointed in his place. The 
handicaps were allotted with excellent judgment. Theo¬ 
retically, perfect handicapping would bring out all the 
contestants with the same score at the finish. Prac¬ 
tically, the contestants are not constants, therefore in 
the actual contest many things intervene of a personal 
character, such as lack of stamina, failing nerve, etc., 
supplemented by “hard luck,” a term which covers a 
multitude of shortcomings with a few hapenings which 
human foresight could not have guarded against. The 
large number of ties and the excellence of the scores 
bear witness to the soundness of the handicaps. How¬ 
ever, it is a time-honored custom to show, after all is 
over, that the winner was handicapped too leniently. A 
comparison of the average scores of the winner will show 
that the handicappers were correct, inasmuch as the 
winner of one event was not the winner in some other 
events. To be consistent, it should be maintained that 
all losers were over-handicapped. But then, as before 
