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tion. If the majority of the committee is unfavorable, 
registration will not be allowed. 
Clubs which are registered with the Interstate Asso- 
ciation will receive favorable discrimination in advertising 
matters as against unregistered clubs. 
SEASON’S AVERAGE, 
The season’s averages for both amateurs and Pro- 
fessionals shall be computed on not less than 2,000 
single targets for amateurs, and not less than 5,000 single 
targets for professionals, shot during each calendar year 
respectively (1908 excepted, in which year January will 
not be considered) from the standard distance fixed by 
the Interstate Association (the distance at this time being 
l6yds.), and only in Interstate Association or registered 
tournaments, and the records of said tournaments shall 
be compiled in detail by or under the supervision of the 
Interstate Association’s secretary-manager, whose duty 
it shall be to— 
1. Report every contestant’s name, address and score 
in all Interstate Association and registered tournaments, 
these reports to mention amateurs and ‘professionals 
under a separate heading. 
2. To keep a permanent record of amateurs’ and 
professionals’ averages made at Interstate Association and 
registered tournaments; this record to be considered the 
official average guide for the year. 
IMPORTANT. 
It shall not be obligatory for a contestant to shoot 
in all events called for by the programme of a tourna- 
ment to have score count as an average record, and every 
event a contestant takes part in at the Interstate Asso- 
ciation or registered tournament shall count as a record 
for season’s averages. If a contestant of his own accord 
withdraws from an event, after starting in it, and does 
not shoot at the total number of targets called for by 
the event, the targets not shot at shall be scored as “‘lost 
targets.” 
DEFINING AN AMATEUR. 
a 
When a shooter’s standing is officially questioned by 
written protest to the Interstate Association, or in case 
official exception is taken to any one having signed the 
Interstate Association’s amateur certificate, challenging 
the correctness of said certificate, it shall be the duty 
of the Secretary-Manager to take up with manufacturers 
whose goods are being used the verification of the rep- 
resentations contained therein, and each member of the 
Association must thereupon reply fully and freely re- 
garding all transactions involved. This to be effective 
Jan. 1, 1908, and not to be retroactive. 
The Interstate Association ruled that after Jan. 1, 1908, 
a professional will need to be one year out of profes- 
sionalism, instead of three months, as per ruling here- 
tofore, before the Association recognizes him as an 
amateur. 
Under the head of “New Business,” the Association 
ruled that in future Grand American Handicap tourna- 
ments all ladies in the employ of members of the In- 
terstate Association are eligibile to competition, 
The Association, in the stress of pressing business, did 
not forget the good services of the sportsmen’ s journals, 
honorary members of the Interstate Association, in re- 
spect to the generous space accorded in the way of pre- 
liminary notices and tournament reports, and passed a 
resolution of thanks accordingly. Also the Association 
passed a resolution thanking the officers and members 
of the clubs under whose auspices the Interstate Asso- 
ciation tournaments were held. The publicity bureau of 
the Association also received a vote of thanks for its 
efficient work during the year. A vote of thanks was 
tendered President Haskell for the use of his office and 
for the bountiful luncheon provided. 
The following resolution was adopted: 
‘That in each tournament given by the Interstate As- 
sociation there shall be one event in which the contest- 
ant shall have the use of two shots at one targetr, 19yds, 
rise, and another event at doubles, l6yds. rise, and that 
the scores made in these events shall constitute a part 
of the official score record. 
The places of the handicaps for 1908 are as follows: 
Grand American Handicap, Columbus, O.; Southern 
Handicap, Birmingham, Ala.; Western Handicap, Des 
Moines, Ia.; and the Rocky Mountain Handicap, at 
Denver, Colo. It was decided to hold no Pacific Coast 
Handicap this year, and the matter of the Eastern Handi- 
cap was held in abeyance for further consideration. 
It was ruled that the tournament committee as a body, 
in connection with the secretary-manager, shall adjudicate 
upon all complaints made at tournaments given by the 
Association, notice to this effect to be printed in the 
programmes of the tournaments. 
The following board of seven directors was elected to 
serve during the ensuing year: T. H. Keller, A. C, 
Barrell, W. F. Parker, S. G. Lewis, J. T. Skelly, A. H. 
Durston, and J. Howard Marlin. 
The board of directors elected officers as_ follows: 
President, W. F, Parker; Vice-President, T. H. Keller; 
Treasurer, A. C. Barrell; Secretary-Manager, Elmer E. 
Shaner. 
The directors appointed the following committees: 
Tournament Committee, Paul North, Chairman; S$. G. 
Lewis, A. C. Barrell, T. H. Keller, J. T. Skelly, A. H. 
Durston and H. McMurchy. Handicap Committee, C. 
H. Newcomb, Chairman; Geo. L. Lyon, Geo. L, Carter, 
H.R. Bonser and Geo. K. Mackie. Trophy Committee, 
A, W. Higgins, Chairman, and Edward S. Lentilhon. 
After discussing several matters of no particular in- 
terest to the general public, the meeting adjourned 
sine die, at 6:10 P. M., with all business fully covered. 
Ermer E. SHANER, Sec’y-Mgr. 
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North Side Gun Club. 
Paterson, N. J., Dec. 7.—The first of a series of team 
shoots was an interesting feature of the weekly shoot 
held by the Northside Gun Club to-day. The teams 
are respectively the married and single men of the club, 
each man to shoot at 25 targets. 
Great preparations are under way by the members for 
the Christmas Day shoot. A large attendance is ex- 
pected, The comfort of visitors will be carefully looked 

NT ie et Lie et Le et he an 

AGAIN THE 
WINCHESTER SQUAD 
Put Salt On The Tails Of 
WR, CROSBY. Two More World’s Records 
496-500 SHOOTING 980-1000 

WINCHESTER 
Factory Loaded Shells 
The Winchester Red-W Squad of World’s Champion Shots, 
who have been breaking old and making new records with an 
abandon that has meoristed the shooting world, put salt on the 
tails of two new world’s records at Leesburg, Florida, November 
21st. In an open tournament, shooting over Leggett traps, they 
broke 496 targets out of 500, and 980 targets out of 1,000. The 
scores were: W.R.Crosby and John R. Taylor, both 100 straight 
and 198-200. Fred Gilbert, 98-100; 196-200. J. M. Hawkins, 
99-100; 195-200. L. R. Barkley, 99-100; 193-200. ‘This history- 
making shooting was of course done with Winchester Factory 
Loaded Shells, whose scientific construction and 
uniform loading make such scores possible. ‘Tay- 
lor, Hawkins and Barkley used Winchester Repeat- 
ing Shotguns, which emphasizes the generally 
accepted belief that Winchester Shells and Win- 
chester Shotguns are 
THE ONES TO 
SHOOT TO WIN “100 Straight. 


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