VOL. XIV, NO. 5
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1910
FIVE CENTS
THE MIDWINTER HANDICAP
Large and Representative Field Assured
For Fourth Annual Shoot
Planned on and Approved lines
Program Appeals to High. Class
Amateurs Everywhere
SIGNIFICANT indica
tion that the fourth an
nual Midwinter Handi
cap Trap shooting tour
nament, scheduled for
the full week beginning
January 16, is planned
on the right lines is the
big list of prominent
entries thus early received and messages
of commendation and congratulation on
amateurs. The regular sweepstakes
will include ten regular twenty-target
events on the first and second days, and
five regular twenty-target events on the
mornings of the third and fourth days.
Moneys in all these events will be divid
ed according to the Rose system, 8-5-3-2-1.
There will be an additional option
al sweepstake with a $2.00 entrance in
evrey twenty and twenty-five target
event in the program. The purses of
these optional sweeps will be divided on
the percentage system, class shooting,
40-30-20-10, if over twenty entries ; oth
erwise 50-30-20. There will be a second
optional sweep of $2.50 entrance on
each the first and second one hundred of
the first and second days program ; and
in the first one hundred of the third and
fourth days program ; division of mon
eys by high guns.
The Preliminary will be one hundred
targets, unknown angles; with the
handicaps ranging from sixteen to
gram of eight hundred targets. The
professionals will shoot for a trophy to
be awarded for the high average in the
sixteen-yard events, contesting other
wise, only for the price of targets, and
being handicapped on the same basis as
the amateurs.
The Pinehurst Gun Club will positive
ly add $300.00 (and if there are fifty
entries $400.00, and for every ten entries
above fifty an additional $50) to be di
vided pro rata among the amateurs who
shoot in all regular events (the two
handicaps 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.
An extra entrance fee of $1.00 per day
will be charged each amateur who
shoots in one or more events any day.
This $1.00 per day plus the "added
TRIPLE TIE IN HANDICAP
Opening Tin Whistle Tonrnament Brings
Field to Close Finish
T. JT. Check, W. E. Truesdell and II.
W. Ormsbee Win Play-off Tie
In the Order Given
A TRIPLE TIE at seventy-seven
each, be
tween Thomas J. Check
of New York, playing
with an allowance of
seventeen strokes, W.
E. Truesdell of New
York, whose handicap
was thirteen and II. W.
Ormsbee of Fitchburg, who deducted
fifteen, added to the interest of the open-
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PROMINENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE 1910 MIDWINTER HANDICAP
the detailed program sent out last week.
"Coming !" is the response from many
sections in a list which would check
off well with the "Grand American" and
which assures a classy field which will
rank the event with the leading national
meetings. Three years of reputation
building have been responsible, interest
heightened by a program arranged
on new and the most approved lines ;
over $1,000 in added money and trophies
assured.
The shoot will be conducted on the
"Squier money back" plan which is in
such universal favor among high class
twenty-three yards; high guns. The
added money will be $150.00 the number
of moneys into which the purse will be
divided to be determined by the number j
of entries. The entrance fee of $10.00
includes targets. The Handicap is ar
ranged on the same plan as the Prelimi
nary, the entrance fee, $20.00. The
trophies include splendid sterling cups
to the winners of both the Handicap
and the Preliminary, a high average
gold medal to the leader in the regular
sixteen yard events, (600 targets), silver
medals for second and third, and a gold
medal for the leader in the entire pro-1
money," will be divided pro rata among
the amateurs. For example, if leventy
five contestants shoot each day in one
or more regular events, the "added
money" would at least be $500.00 and
with the $1.00 per day which is charged
each contestant, there would be a grand
total of $800.00 for four days, which
would be divided pro rata among the
amateurs who would shoot in all the
regular events scheduled for the four
days, and fail to win the amount of their
entrance money in these events. It
must be remembered, however, that no
(Concluded on page three)
ing Tin Whistle tournament, a medal
play handicap, Mr. Check winning the
play-off, with Mr. Truesdell second and
Mr. Ormsbee third.
Andrew I. Creamer of Charlevoix (11) ,
made seventy-nine; II. M. Adams of
New York (10), and C. B. Hudson of
New Suffolk (10), eighty-one each; C.L.
Becker of Boston (0), and W. C Free
man of New York (6), eighty-two each ;
J. B. Bowen of Philadelphia (17), and
H. W. Priest of New Castle (16), eighty
three each; J. E. Kellogg of Fitchburg
(15), P. L. Lightbourn of Bermuda (15),
Concluded onpage two)