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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Dec. i7, 1910. 
for the high average in the 16yd. events, contesting 
otherwise, only for the price of targets, and being han¬ 
dicapped on the same basis as the amateurs. The Pine- 
hurst Gun Club will positively add $300 (and if there are 
fifty entries, $400, and for every ten entries abqve fifty, 
an additional $50), to be divided pro rata among the 
amateurs who shoot in all regular events (the two han¬ 
dicaps not included) scheduled for the four days of the 
tournament, and'fail to win the amount of their entrance 
money in these events. In no case, however, will more 
than the total amount of this entrance money (less price 
of targets) be paid a contestant. 
Bernard Waters. 
Interstate Associaticn’s Annual Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Inter¬ 
state Association was held at the Association’s office 
with the Corporation Trust Company, 15 Exchange 
Place, Jersey City, N. J., on Thursday, Dec. 8, at 
2 o’clock in the afternoon. 
The roll call showed the following members repre¬ 
sented in person: The Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 
bv A. F. Hebard and T. A. Marshall; E. I. du Pont de 
Nemours Powder Co., by J. T. Shelly, Edward Banks 
and T. E. Boremus; the Hunter Arms Co., by John 
Hunter; Winchester Repeating Arms Co., by F. G. 
Drew; the Peters Cartridge Co., by W. E. Keplinger and 
T. ,H. Keller: the Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Co., 
by Paul North; the Defever Arms Co., by A. H. Dur- 
ston; American Powder Mills, hv Murray Ballou; the 
Western Cartridge Co., by A. J. Norcom; Capt. A. W. 
Money, of E. I. du Pont de Neumours Powder Co.; 
T. S. Dando and E. C. Stark, of Sporting Life; H. S. 
Rosenthal and L. Werk, of Sportsmen’s Review, hon¬ 
orary members of the Association, were also present, as 
was Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager of the Asso¬ 
ciation. 
The secretary presented and read a copy of the notice 
of the meeting, together with proof of the due mailing 
thereof to each stockholder of the Association at least 
two weeks before the meeting, as required by the by¬ 
laws. 
The transfer book and stock book of the Association 
were produced and remained during the meeting open 
to inspection. 
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the minutes 
of the last annual meeting, those of the special meeting 
held Dec. 30, 1909, and those of the several mail votes 
taken during the year were approved. 
Capt. A. W. Money and Edward C. Stark (neither of 
them being a candidate for the office of director) were 
appointed inspectors of election and duly sworn. 
The meeting then proceeded to the election of directors 
by ballot in accordance with the by-laws. 
The report of the treasurer for the past year was pre¬ 
sented and read and ordered to be received and filed 
with the secretary. 
The report of the secretary-manager for the past year 
was also presented and read, and ordered filed, as fol¬ 
lows : 
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 3.—To the President, Officers 
and Members of the Interstate Association: Gentlemen— 
I herewith submit the following report of the trans¬ 
actions of the Secretary-Manager’s office for the year 
1910: 
It has been my pleasant duty for nearly twenty years 
to hand over an annual statement of the Association’s 
work. In that period I have come to you on every 
occasion with magnificent reports, success teeming in 
every line. I think I can recall saving a few years ago 
that the tide of success would haruiy roll onward for¬ 
ever. Like the giant waves of the sea, there must be 
an ebb tide. In other words, the sport would reach a 
stopping point. Perhaps this period has arrived, for 
during the season just closed there was noted a ten¬ 
dency to emulate, not excel. Many tournaments were 
conspicuous by brilliant shooting, but there was no 
record-breaking attendance feature to dwell upon. The 
high marks of previous years are grand ones. Most 
optimistic would be he who would expect an advance¬ 
ment to go on forever. Trapshooting is no exception 
in this respect. Other sports feel this trend of fancy. 
Baseball, horse racing, the sport of kings, so-called, and 
even golf show declines in popular devotion. I am 
speaking reluctantly, and express the hope that members 
will not class me with “Old Man Grouch.” My senti¬ 
ment is_ substantiated by facts and figures. Nothing 
would give me more pleasure than the presentation of a 
report bubbling over with good things, with joyful en¬ 
thusiasm cropping out of every line, and with a roseate 
hue permeating every sentence. However, candor com¬ 
pels a report of facts sans embellishment. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
I would like to bring to your mind the fact that the 
registered tournament idea, after three years’ trial, has 
proven to be the bulwark of trapshooting. You are well 
aware of the objections urged against the plan when it 
was originally suggested. Many could not see the boon 
it was bound to create. Skeptics, they called them¬ 
selves. I am glad to announce that the phenomenal 
success of the registered tournament idea has borne out 
the most extravagant claims made for it by its origin¬ 
ators and earliest advocates. The men who supported 
the plan at its inception can well be proud, and par¬ 
donably so, over the outcome of the idea. Rarely do 
you find any innovation that does not meet with some 
opposition. The registered tournament plan may have 
some objectors even to this day, but they are over¬ 
whelmed in the wake of its success. This is easy to 
understand when one takes even a passing glance at the 
workings of the plan. The records achieved by the 
Association asi a result of the establishment of the 
registered tournament plan are almost priceless. They 
have put the pastime on the same high plane as base¬ 
ball, harness racing, golf, tennis, and other sports of 
quality. The registered tournament trade mark placed 
upon a trapshooting event gives the meet a standing. 
Trapshooters know the sanction means .fair rules and 
satisfactory methods in every part of the competition. 
They also know that their scores are accurately tran¬ 
scribed and a record kept, with the assurance that at 
the year’s end they may enjoy the revival of memories 
of enjoyable days during the summer. Nothing slip- 
shot as in the old days, when “Colonel Hap Hazard” 
had command of the major portion of tournaments. A 
thorough trial of the registered tournament plan for a 
trio of years has developed one slight drawback. This' 
is a trifling one. and can easily be remedied. There 
should be curtailment in number of shooting’ tourna¬ 
ments honored by registration. A limit could easily be 
attached that would enhance the value of those so 
supported by the Interstate Association trade mark. 
This suggestion is made in good spirit. I am con¬ 
vinced that a limited number of registered tournaments 
would create a decided incentive the land over. 
THE SOUTHERN HANDICAP. 
Our initial tournament, the Southern Handicap, was 
held in the sunny clime of Georgia. It was a glorious 
get-away to the season. Every contestant at the Southern 
Handicap tournament has stored away in his heart tender 
memories of three happy days, viz.. May 3. 4 and. 5. 
Papers in Columbus declared the three days’ shooting 
to be the greatest trapshooting assembly ever held in 
the South. No one endeavored to gainsay this assertion, 
for it was certainly a grand event. It is no reflection 
on Nashville, Richmond or Birmingham, the home of 
former Southern Handicaps. They all aimed high and 
registered top marks for Columbus men. The latter, 
however, on being assigned the fixture, dove into the 
work with energy that was most commendable. They 
wanted to put the mark so high that it would stand for 
seasons to come. The Columbus Gun Club officials 
literally had their coats off for weeks prior to the open¬ 
ing day. A splendid shooting field, ideal weather and 
modern appointments all blended toward making the 
three days eventful. As a physician says, there were 
no “untoward happenings.” Not a slip up in the tourna¬ 
ment machinery, mechanical or clerical, it is no wonder 
that 135 men, representing almost every State south of 
the Mason and Dixon line, put in three days of un¬ 
bounded sport. The last day was enlivened by hours 
of happy cheer, with a trophy presentation to cap the 
climax of three days of genuine sport. One thing is 
certain, absolutely so, Columbus is on the shooting map. 
THE WESTERN HANDICAP. 
Though thirteen States, a hoodoo number, perhaps, 
were represented at the Western Handicap tournament, 
held at Des Moines, la., May 24 to 26, this fixture was 
one of the best shooting events of the year in the Mis¬ 
sissippi Valley. The tournament was held in Birdland 
Park, an ideal place for a tournament. Hundreds of 
non-participants, including many fair admirers, accepted 
the kind invitation of the Des Moines management to 
watch the healthy recreation illustrated by stars of the 
firing points. This outpouring of people was most 
gratifying to the Des Moines management, their entire 
aim being to advance the sport in that section. One 
point worth mentioning in connection with the conduct 
of the competition is the fact that the Western Handi¬ 
cap proper was started and finished in exactly two and 
one-half hours. Not a hitch, not a twitch, not a kick, 
to mar the banner battle of the tournament. The sec¬ 
ond day brought out 12S contestants, which was the high 
mark of entries for the tournament. 
THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. 
Our blue ribbon event, the Grand American Handicap 
tournament, was held at Chicago, June 21 to 24 inclusive. 
This splendid fixture was won by a marvelous score, 
the winner breaking 100 targets consecutively and earn¬ 
ing his coveted honor in a manner that made com¬ 
petitors congratulate him with rare fervor. Surely no 
one could expect more flattering reports from the world’s 
greatest trapshooting event. Perfection by contestants, 
together with unsurpassed workings of the many details 
of the competition, rightly belong to this Marathon of 
the shooting realm. Guided by expert hands from first 
to last, the inner workings of the tournament moved 
with the precision of a modern railway system—a man 
for every place and every man in his place. Like all 
fixtures of the year, with one or two exceptions, there 
was a slight falling off in the number of entries. This 
is not an indication that the G. A. H. is retrograding. 
It is the world’s largest shotgun event and ever will be. 
Its foundation is firmly fixed, standing as it does in a 
class by itself. Further comment is unnecessary. 
THE EASTERN HANDICAP. 
Marking the fifth anniversary of the Eastern Handicap 
tournament, this competition was assigned to Philadel¬ 
phia. Five years ago, on the creation of the event, 
the city of Philadelphia was chosen for the inaugural. 
The selection was : an admirable one, the event being 
established in a manner that gave it fame at the outset. 
This year’s tournament was held at Edge Hill, under the 
auspices of the Highland Shooting Association, and it 
was conducted without any chance for complaint. 
Everything was conducive to high scores, and the 
shooters took advantage of the conditions. One meri¬ 
torious performance was that credited to a Yale student, 
who captured the Preliminary Handicap in a way that 
betokens a fine future for him at the fascinating sport. 
Summing up, with several hundred trapshooters residing 
in and near Philadelphia, the attendance of local men 
was disappointing.' 
THE PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP. 
Seattle, the hustling city of the Inland Empire, enjoyed 
the honor of having the Pacific Coast Handicap tourna¬ 
ment, Aug. 2 to 4. This was our second venture in 
this thriving home of energetic 1 sportsmen, and it is 
only right to say that the tournament was one of the 
best of the year. Of course one could not expect such 
an outpouring as in 19(9, for there was added attraction 
to the tournament that year in the shape of the Alaskan- 
Yukon Fair. However, even with the trap event as the 
only loadstone, there was a splendid attendance from a 
distance. They traveled a long ways from home to 
indulge in their favorite sport, but knew well that they 
would be repaid. So it proved to be, every man from 
afar leaving Seattle with memory pictures filling every 
niche. A Western writer reviewed, the tournament in 
this sentence: “It lacked nothing of the elements of a 
successful meet.” Well and truly spoken. One was 
strongly impressed with the untiring’ efforts of- Seattle 
sportsmen to blazon the word success on every part of 
the competition. Our members have no reason to com¬ 
plain of the manner in which all things worked to¬ 
gether for their good. 
POST SERIES TOURNAMENT. 
For a number of years it had been suggested that the 
Interstate Association establish a Post Season tourna¬ 
ment, with a fair field and no favor, an “off the same 
mark” event. The suggestion met with popular re¬ 
ception and culminated in a clever combat between 
the “kings of the sport” at Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 18 
to 21. After the final gun had. been fired, it was grati¬ 
fying to hear general satisfaction among shooters over 
the installation of such a contest. As the old-time news¬ 
paper always said in its first issue, “It filled a long-felt 
want.” So apparently did the Post Series tournament. 
It was likened by sporting writers to the universally 
popular world’s honor games between the survival of 
the fittest in the major leagues of baseball. One 
journal said, “The general expressions of satisfaction 
made by the shooters should be sufficient to convince 
the Association that there is -a demand, for such an 
event as a windup of the season.” As was to be ex¬ 
pected, the gathering ' of clans produced some remark¬ 
able scores. Every man being in fine form from his 
season's campaigning, was able to stand to the gun and 
cut out a pace that made some good shots smilingly 
comment, “This is no place for me.” Many side-liners, 
ineligible this autumn, were heard to say that, by hook 
or crook, they would be sure and qualify in 1911, so 
that they could enter the lists and try for a place in 
the Post Series tournament. 
THE OUTLOOK. 
The outlook for 1911 is most encouraging. It is the 
belief of those in touch with the situation that the 
coming year will be a banner one for wholesome sports. 
Trapshooting, firmly entrenched as a manly recreation 
in the hearts of the American sportsmen, will un¬ 
doubtedly get its share of the enthusiasm. I am 
satisfied that glowing times will'emphasize the next tuhl 
of the calendar. Trapshooting became popular under 
the guidance .of the Interstate Association. Its en¬ 
couragement took the pastime from a slipshot state and 
elevated it to the position of a gentleman’s diversion. 
Sound rules, solid support and well directed energy 
brought the recreation from chaos, and will keep it at 
the crest of modern clean sport. The appetite of an 
appreciative public still grows upon what it feeds, and 
there is yet no appreciable boundary to our efforts to 
serve it. 
IN CONCLUSION. 
T deem it but just to repeat what I have so frequently 
said regarding the obligation our Association rests 
under to the several sportsmen's journals,. honorary 
members of the Association, for their continued and 
unswerving support. They are entitled to unstinted 
praise for their efficiency and courtesy. I wish to renew 
my expression of obligation for the many unsolicited 
marks of appreciation they have bestowed upon me 
personally. 
I cannot close without a renewal of my thanks to our 
members for the urbanity with which they have treated 
me in all our obligations, public and private, and in 
this connection I wish to include the members of the 
various committees, whose aid, advice and gentlemanly 
treatment I appreciate at full value. 
Very respectfully submitted, 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr. 
The polls having remained open the period pre¬ 
scribed by statute, were ordered closed and the in¬ 
spectors presented their report in writing, showing the 
following persons, stockholders of the Association, had 
received the greatest number of votes: J. R. Wettstein 
and P. D. Beresford, of the United Lead Co.; A. F. 
Hebard and T. A. Marshall, of the Union Metallic Car¬ 
tridge Co.: J. T. Skelly, Edward Banks and T. _ E. 
Doremus, of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Co.; 
F. B. Clark, of the Remington Arms Co.; John Hunter, 
of the Hunter Arms Co.; F. G. Drew, W. R. Clark and 
H. S. Leonard, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.; 
W. F. Parker, of Parker Bros; \V. E. Keplinger and 
T. H. Keller, of the Peters Cartridge Co.; Paul North 
and J. H. Webster, of the Chamberlin Cartridge and 
Target Co.; A. H. Durston, of the Lefever Arms Co.; 
Murray Ballou and E. B. Drake, of the American 
Powder Mills; A. H. Fox, of A. H. Fox Gun Co.; F. 
W. Olin and A.' J. Norcom. of the Western Cartridge 
Co.; R. A. Lau, of the J. H. Lau Co.; G. S. Lewis, ot 
J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co., and John R. Turner. 
The chairman thereupon declared that the above- 
named persons were duly elected directors of the Asso¬ 
ciation. 
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, the secretary 
was directed to file with the records of the Association 
for the purpose of reference, the following papers: 
1. List of stockholders entitled to vote at this meeting. 
2. Proxies presented at the meeting. 
3. Notice of meeting and proof of mailing thereof. 
4. Inspectors’ oath and report. 
5. Treasurer's report. 
6 . Secretary-Manager’s report. 
Upon motion, duly made and seconded, a meeting of 
the new board of directors for the election of officers, 
