The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-16
WILL CAVE IS BUSY
The Shooting Tournament in May
Will Be a Big Event.
ARRANGING THE DETAILS
A New system of Scoring Is Under
Confederation. and II Is said
to Ee Better Than the
Old Time Method.

Missouia Feb 15.-secretary VIII Cave
of the Rod and Gun club is busy these
days with preparations for the state tour
nauent that will be held here in May
Mr.. cave is making every effort 10 insure
the success Of the meeting ana is recelN-
ing hearty assistance from gun men all
over the state. The members or the local
club are determined TO make the tourna-
ment q red letter event in the history of
field sport in Montana, and are sparing
no pains to have all the details carefully
arranged so that every event Will pass
off without friction. Just now Mr.. Cave
has under consideration a new system of
scoring, which he thinks is the best
thing that has ever been suggested.
1t is known as the Rose system, and
was devised by A. r. Rose of Salida,
Col, a man who is well known to all
trap shooters. Mr.. Cave is very enthusi-
astic over the system, and expects TO give
ii a trial in several of the events at the
coming tournament, that Montana men
may have an opportunity to judge of its
/ merits. 1t is such radical change from
the old percentage system of dividing
purses that 1t might not be wise TO intro
duce il throughout the programme. but ii
will be given thorough trial and if
found satisfactory will probably be
adopted.
Under the percentage system of divid-
| tory result If there are any ties in the
/ list Of winners. 1t is frequently the case
/ that the men making the highest score
| do not receive as much money as the
man who is third or fourth. An illustra-
4 ton of this is an event at the Anaconda
/ tournament last June. In shoot No. g. 20
! singles. the purse was S52 Clark was
/ alone for first money and received $l560.
Stephens and Dennison tied for second
/ and received 80 each. McGowar, Pleas
| ants, futile and Conley tied for third and
/ got go each, while duane was alone for
/ fourth place and received $780, more than
, the men who made the second and third
! scores.
Mr.. Cave, in speaking of this matter to
| a Standard reporter said: This business
! has always been the ono Objectionable
! feature Of class trap shooting. This new
! system does away with this and also with
I the evil practice OF dropping for place.
| 1t pays each shooter exactly in proper
ton TO his skin and according to his mer-
/ it, No shooter can receive more than his
| pro rata share of the purse on account OF
| being all alone for place. No handicap is
| necessary. All enter and shoot with ex-
| actly the same conditions"
As an example of the operation OF the
| new system, FIR. Cave showed a score
| sheet of an event at the Colorado state
tournament last year, where the Rose
| system was used. The event was al IL
singles. unknown traps and unknown an
giles There were is entries and the money
TO he divided was S34. 20. The ratio of oi-
vision under this system, when there are
four prizes. is >, and TO l. In this
event there were two men tied for first
money, four for second, three for third
two for fourth. The number of ties for
each place is multiplied by the ratio OF
division for that place, giving respective
~ 10. -, G and ?. These numbers are
added, giving sum of 30. This number,
80. represents the number of units into
which the purse must be divided. Divid-
ing the amount of the purse, 3i.20, by 80
gives S114, the amount which each mar
in fourth place will receive. Then by null
tiplying this by the ratio of division the
moneys for those in the other places Is
obtained. Those in first place received
500 each. in second 1912 each, in third
s.. IS each
This system promises to remove from
trap shooting as many of the objectiona
Bile features as the Australian system Of
starting has done for horse racing. 1t /!
being considered by prominent shooter!
everywhere and bids fair to be adopted
by gun clubs generally.