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FOREST AND Sore Ave 
[JUNE 30, 1906. 

Trapshooting. 
Grand American Handicap. 
THE seventh Grand American Handicap of the Inter- 
state Association, held at Indianapolis, Ind., under the 
auspices of the Indianapolis Gun Club, June 19-22, was a 
pronounced success in every particular. It ran with mar- 
velous smoothness from start to finish. There was no 
flurry, no readjustment, no breakdown. Each depart- 
ment, and each sub-division of a department, co-ordinated 
with its fellow with all the smoothness displayed in the 
movements of a fine chronometer. 3ut there is, after 
all, nothing inherently easy in the management of a 
large tournament. It is a most complicated affair, with 
manifold interdependencies, so important to each other 
that if one breaks down the whole thereby is rendered 
inoperative. The secret of success in the management 
consists in amply providing beforehand for every partic- 
ular, be it small or great, and then engaging competent, 
expert talent for every position. It is an expensive 
method, but it is the only successful method.. 
Secretary-Manager Elmer FE. Shaner conducted the 
tournament with the skill and smoothness for which he 
is famous. To say now that Mr. Shaner manages a 
tournament is accepted as the equivalent of saying thar 
it is managed in perfection. To recount the words of 
praise and admiration bestowed on Mr. Shaner for con- 
ducting skillfully such a large and complex competition 
so smoothly and pleasantly, would fill a volume. And 
those who bestowed such generous praise are the most 
severe of critics, not slow to censure if anything goes 
wrong from negligence or incompetency. 
In respect to the appreciation of Mr. Shaner’s good 
work, a beautiful Masonic emblem was presented to him 
on the third day, the particulars of which are more fully 
set forth elsewhere in the account of that day. 
Several members of the Indianapolis Gun Club were 
in constant attendance, helping to welcome the visitors 
and to assist them in their preparations for the contest. 
In particular, the secretary of the Indianapolis Gun Club, 
Mr. Wm. Armstrong, was in evidence everywhere, ex- 
tending a welcome, giving information, springing a joke, 
and looking after the general interests. He preserved his 
gracious affability and unselfish activity to the end, a 
feat of no small magnitude in itself. 
Several of the Interstate Association officers were on 
hand also, and graciously and efficiently attended to all 
affairs which had to do with the Interstate Association 
interests, besides welcoming and entertaining visitors. 
The attendance of spectators was large and _ select. 
Many ladies were present, charmingly gowned, lending 
beauty, grace and vivacity to the gathering. The as- 
semblage thus of hundreds of beautiful ladies and nicely 
groomed gentlemen contributed a social feature im- 
measurably to the greater prestige and pleasantness of 
the tournament. 
The grounds were all that could be desired—beautiful 
to look upon and equipped with care to the most minute 
detail. The five sets of traps were in complete working 
order, and so perfect was their mechanical condition that 
at the end they were working with the same promptness 
and efficiency displayed in the beginning. 
The club grounds. a field, level and a vivid green in 
color, is an ideal place for the G. A. H., and so far as 
a matter of grounds is concerned, it fills the require- 
ments in every particular. 
The question of locality, as it relates to the next Grand 
American Handicap, that of 1907, was given much con- 
sideration by many present. Indianapolis informally 
made a strong bid for it again. Besides the excellence ot 
that city as a place in which to hold the Grand Amert- 
can Handicap, it was further urged that the Interstate 
Association should provide the G. A. H. with a per- 
manent abiding place; that Indianapolis was the place 
of all places for it, inasmuch as in it there were ample 
hotel accommodations, transportation from every point 
of the United States and Canada; grounds whose scope 
and equipment are perfection, a club which is re- 
sponsible, permanent, influential, enthusiastic and large 
in numbers, there being several hundred in its member- 
ship. Truly this presents a forceful plea, for the sub- 
sidiary handicaps cover all the field which formerly 
was the itinerary mission of the G. A. H. itself. With 
the inauguration of the subsidiary handicaps, the neea 
of the itinerary feature of the G. A. H. was thereby 
eliminated. There is much cogency to all these reasons, 
and there is no doubt but what the Interstate Associa- 
tion will give the matter of a permanent location all the 
careful consideration which it so justly merits, 
The list of Mr. Shaner’s assistants at the G. A. H. 
was quite large. Mr. Fred C. Whitney, of Des Moines, 
Ia., acted as cashier, and executed the difficult task with 
the promptness, accuracy and tranquillity which are a 
feature of his work, and which are so well known in 
connection with prior doings at G. A. H. and other 
tournaments. 
Mr. J. K. Starr, of Philadelphia, was compiler ot 
scores, an oftice which he has filled with signal ability 
at previous G. A. H. and other tournaments. Mr. E. 
Reed Shaner, of Pittsburg, was assistant compiler or 
scores. Although this was Mr. Shaner’s first appear- 
ance at the G. A. H., he had a most complete prelim- 
inary training, and fitted into the office with ease and 
efficiency. Neat legible copies of the scores were pro- 
vided to the reporters each day. Mr. Bernard Elsesser, 
of York, Pa., was chief clerk. He, too, is an expert in 
tournament office work, and was up-to-date in every de- 
tail. In short, every one was selected because of 
ability to fill the office and more, too, if necessary. The 
others were: Ray C. Fox, Indianapolis, Ind., clerk; 
Anton. Stick, Indianapolis, clerk; John McGinniss, In- 
dianapolis, transcribing clerk; Chas. A. North; Cleveland, 
bulletin board manager: Frank Barrows, Indianapolis, 
squad sheet boy. 
No. ‘t trap: W. T. Hill, Indianapolis, referee: Claude 
Stephens, Muncie, Ind., scorer: George George, Indian- 
apolis, squad hustler. 
No. 2 trap: Albert E. Ballweg, Indianapolis, referee; 
Glen Forbis, Muncie, scorer; Fred Williams, Indianapo- 
lis, squad hustler. 
No. 3 trap: D. C. Morris, Indianapolis, referee; Arthur 
Gambell, Cincinnati, scorer; W. 3B. Blair, Jr., squad 
hustler. 
No. 4 trap: Matt Harris, Muncie, referee; Frank Shaf- 
fer, Indianapolis, scorer; Geo. H. Steele, squad hustler. 
No. 5 trap: Geo. H. Kerr, Bridgeport, Ind., referee, 
Homer W. Brayton, La Grange, Ind., scorer; Earl Chase, 
Indianapolis, squad hustler. 
Wallace Grabiel, Lima, O., general utility man. 
Undoubtedly the discipline established at previous 
Grand American Handicaps added much to the ease in 
handling so many contestants. When a man knows that 
he is responsible for his own negligence, and that, if he 
is not present within a reasonable time after he is called 
to compete, he will be out of the competition, his alert- 
ness and promptness are a certainty. 
The squads were handled after the manner devised by 
Mr. Shaner, which is so perfect in its working, and so 
equitable in theory and practice that it leaves no room 
for further improvement. His method is to divide the 
total number of contestants into squads, which in turn 
are divided into five groups called sections. Each section 
starts in simultaneously, one section at No. 1, one at 
No, 2 set of traps, and so on to ahd including No. 5 set. 
When each squad of a section has shot, then the sections 
move in a body to the next set of traps, and so on, till 

MR, J. A. HASKELL, 
President the Interstate Association. 
each section has shot at each set of traps. This estab- 
lishes an equity in respect to light, weather and waiting 
that is fair to all alike. 
The number of targets thrown each day is an index to 
the activity. On practice day, Monday, 18,000 targets 
were thrown. On Tuesday, 42,000. On Wednesday, 
28,000. On Thursday, 26,800. On Friday 18,300. A total 
of 133,000 targets. The programme, as a rule, was finished 
early in the afternoon. 
Tents were plentifully provided for shelter, and were 
amply provided with chairs for rest and comfort. A 
reporters’ tent, for the use of visiting news gatherers, 
was a novelty. It was an evidence of the kindly thought 
and act of the Indianapolis Gun Club. The scores: 
June 19, First Day. 
The programme of the first day consisted of ten 20- 
target events, $2 entrance, $20 added. The competition 
was open to amateurs only. There was a delay-in start- 
ing owing to a rainy morning, about a half hour being 
lost; but the day’s programme was run off in good time. 
The scores in this day’s competition have only a sweep- 
stake significance, and the competition was in the nature 
of a warming-up affair for the more serious work of the 
following days. The scores: 
Events: 1 2) 3092 20S Gees? Oe 10 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
RAW aterseesnigsevssstee Ge ifaeear 18 15 18 17 16 17 16 18 19 17 
Wi De Stannard yoceo. bese 17 17 17 20 19 20 18 19 20 20 
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©'sTossetti< Basan dee cetenmet 19 18 19.14 15 16 15 20 13 17 
Jn Barton teen aoe een 17 16 17 15 17 19 13 17 18 20 
EDs Alkitese |i eee 15 19 18 20 19 19 18 19 18 17 
A Je Wanterssc eciesieciec eee aire 16 18 19 20 16 18 17 19 17 15 
Ee LeaNow, 16 19 15 17 15 16 16 19 20 17 
14 17 19 18 19 18 19 18 18 17 

F C Riehl 17 19 15 17 17 14 18 20 13 18 
Nis iael 8 E epaaaiio: peonactinns. canoes 16 19 18 20 18 19 20 20 19 17 
GSB Driehs sien so eee eses Lele LAS AMID AT 18st 
SIRS Pll ists Sapa Stee eereers « 1S 35 LT ALT a 17 2074 
DUD Grossi -ciae. See hae oc 15 19 17 16 18 18 15 17 16 18 
GERZ Clark: Mess. sstecceeaeme nae 16 18 18 18 17 15 15 20 18 16 
RAR Bennetts. cen eee 15 17 18 18 18 16 18 17 17 16 
Geol Hey Pantera. caecum ss 16 18 18 19 18 20 20 19 19 18 
EL Wipe Glefier: vets rane meen 18 15 16 19 16 18 19 19 18 17 
LW « Ponteicactyane vo. caclemmes's 12 10 15 16 16 14 17 16 17 16 



W''& Bowersecc at eee 16 18 18 16 19 12 18 20 19 19 
SoH Moorea aan cocoa 12 19 18 14 15 12 17 15 15 15 
}) fo eickeys.c¢.c oe eee 17 19 20 17 19 19 19 18 19 
TAS) Vouni ct act ee eee 9 18 18 18 16 19 18 19 19 19 
(eo Wek! aseac eee 3.19 15 19 15 16 17 18 18 15 
HH Stevens...) .. 0. cccwersons 16 18 19 19 19 18 18 19 19 
R O Heikes......... .... 19 17 20°19 18 19 19 20 19 19 
Hb W: ‘Kahleri.@ec.caectene ee 3 19 20 18 20 18 20 20 19 17 
J D Morrison 9 20 18 20 20 19 20 20 20 17 
Kd OBrien seam sce 20 16 19 19 20 18 19 20 20 19 
CM Powersw8 is tie hone rate ae 19 19 18 20 19 
TT): Riley ccm cerns 16 18 13 16 16 16 18 12 13 15 
Jo SeDyomassasc ne cee 16 18 19 20 19 18 20 12 20 18 
WB UM cE uglic ease nre mec 19 17 15 18 20 18 20 19 19 15 
RaucVorish hone ee 19 19 17 17 19 16 20 19 20 20 
7 Al MeKelveychounh cereus 17 16 15 16 17 15 18 19 18 17 
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GIs Lom eee eee 18 18 20 18 19 17 18 18 20 18 
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HL King oe eee 14 17 18 19 16 19 13 17 18 18 
Ja EL Barrvacke ere eee eee 16 19 16 14 16 19 17 19 18 19 
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Ro Klein a5 ee ene eee 18 17 17 17 12 19 20 18 19 16 
N L Richmond 141815191618 8161617 
W E Keplinger 17 15 14 12 16 14 1413 13 14 
Geox iaiare te eee oe LT 18 1% 15 oo 19 ps 1s 
Tom: -OptotWes inwae genase eae 18 15 19 20 12 17 18 15 16 16 
Geo? McGill Wstts aes oes 16 17 14 16 18 13 14 16 18 12 
CeT Callishns ee eeee eee eee 18 13 20 19 15 20 14 18 18 19 
J S:Frenchtt. se. be. eee 1113 911101211 9 912 
TH Kellers2 ioe ere eee 16 12 16 14.19 14 14 17 16 16 
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JMS Hawkins cecer cecmeceaee 17 17 20:19 16 18 18 20 20 18 
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Bert Gephart 17 13 20 20 16 18 18 19 19 17 
G K Mackie 18 18 20 18 17 20 18 18 17 19 
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