FAGE EIGHT
1920 Shooting Season Begins I
By Peter P. Carney
TEE..P1NEHUBST OUTLOOK
The opening gini of every shooting
season for the past 21 years has been
fired at Pinehurst, that delightful resort
in North Carolina.
There will be no exception to the rule
in the year so close to hand. The
thirteenth midwinter handicap trap
shooting tournament of the Pinehurst
Country Club Avill take place on Jan
uary 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24—and we
have no fear in saying right out loud
that this Pinehurst tournament will
overshadow all others that have been
shot there.
Starting out Avith 39 entries the Pine
hurst feature has grown with the inter
est in clay target shooting and last
January the entries totaled 181. While
the program is based on 125 shooters we
are inclined to believe that the entrants
will be nearer 250. Pinehurst is not
only a splendid place, but it is a won-
1920 program will be about the same as
in other years with the East vs. the
V/est as tlie headline shoot. The divid
ing line between the sections will be the
Western Boundry of Michigan, Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennesseo, and Mississippi.
The five highest scores of the shooters
of the two sections will be taken on the
450 targets at 16 yards, and the num
bers of the winning team will be aAvard-
el with trophies.
The Pinehurst introductory will be
shot on the 20th; the Pinehurst Over
ture on the 21st; the Pinehurst Prelim
inary Handicap on the 22nd and the
IMnehurst Midwinter Handicap on the
23rd. This is the blue ribbon event of
the shoot, and the- winner pulls down
trophies estimated at $700. The handi
cap conunittee will be chosen from the
shooters in attendance.
m
AT THE ANNUAL MIDWINTER HANDICAP
derful spot for trapshooting and the
Pinehurst Country Club makes life
worth living for all those who attend.
Not only that but the valuation of
the trophy list is more than $10,000
which gives one an idea of the kind of a
shoot it is. We don’t know of any other
sport competition in the United States
in recent years where the prizes have
totaled any amount near this sum.
$1,000 will be divided among the high
average shooters in the four classes on
the program, which is the greatest
amount of average money ever offered
in any shoot.
The- Pinehurst tournament is not run
wifh the idea of making money, but to
show every one Avho comes a fine tourna
ment and a week’s vacation in an en
joyable place, and the continued in
crease in the number of entries proves
that the club knows its business. The
All told 925 targets will be thrown—
if a shooter goes all the way through,
625 being from 16 yards. There will be
separate average prizes on the 450 reg
istered targets, 500, 600, 700, 800 and
tlie complete program
Winners of Pinehurst
Handicaps of other Years
Year
Shooter
En
tries
Score Yds.
1908
C.
W. Billings
39
90
18
1909
H.
T. Edwardes
48
92
18
1910
D.
L. Culver
38
94
18
1911
C.
H. Newcomb
30
88
.20
1912
H.
W. Kahler
73
98
21
1913
E. Jennings
80
95
20
1914
C.
H. Newcomb
98
95
23
1915
8.
A. Huntley
75
95
23
1916
w.
G. Ramsey
128
95 ■
17
1917
Ira Galbraith
176
97
21
1918
A.
G.’ Healey
126
95
19
1919
w.
A. Wettleaf
181
96
2i
AN OPEN LETTER
DEAR PINEHURST PEOPLE:
The War is over, and the Peace Treaty
may, or may not, be ratified by the time this
letter reaches you. The social unrest prevail
ing throughout the world may at this moment
be about your doors* If you have come in
contact with this world upheaval your
thoughts may have turned to Pinehust—the
one place where you will find Peace on Earth
(except at The Country Club where they
figure scores) and Good Will Toward Men
(if you only overlook Donald Ross, who put
in the new bunkers).
W^e have done what we could this year
to make your peace perfection (without a
League) and you will find us equipped to su])-
ply your wants better than ever before—and
tl’iat‘*s saying a good deal consideing the con
dition of the country’s markets in the many dif
ferent lines we carry.
We have added Kitchen Furnishings to
our stock. This should be of considerable in
terest to housekeepers. W’^e have been suc
cessful in maintaining our usual high standard
of quality in our other lines, such as Shoes
Men’s Furnishings, Dry Goods, (xroceries,
Drugs, Ladies’ Wear, Sweaters, Leather
Coats (for men and women), Golf Knicker
Suits, Notions and Novelties, Sport Cioods,
Field and Trap Ammunition (in different
gauges and loads). Our Drug Department is
open and will give you the highest standard
of service. Prescriptions are compounded by
Registered Pharmacists second to none. Our
stock of Drug Sundries, Toilet Articles, Per
fumes, Candies, etc., will give you a large
and varied selection.
In fact, we are prepared to give you in
every detail what we have always given—
QUALITY^
SERVICE
and
SATISFACTION—
and this season you will find as usual some
thing every one finds in Pinehurst
A HealthM, Hippy Peace
Appreciating your business in past sea
sons, we solicit it again on the merit of
our motto—Quality, Service, Satisfaction.
Yours very truly,
THE PINEHURST DEPARTMENT STORE