Evening journal., 1914-04-14
WOMEN OF FOX CLUB
TO SHOOT NEMOURS
Dinner ambulance for the
Visitors From Philadelphia
on Saturday
Mr.. RUTTER PRESENTS
LOVING CUP TROPHY

Two SQUADS or women shooters Ol
the Fox Gun Club Of Philadelphia,
with escorts. will visit Wilmington
on Saturday afternon TO engage in a
shoot with the women Of the Nemours
Gun Club. The shoot will be a fifty
bird event and a number Of handsome
prizes will be awarded. Following
the shoot the shooters will take troll
ley cars 70 the home Of George Frank
Lord, advertising manager OF the du-
Pont Company, at Holly Oak, where a
dinner party will take place which
will be followed by dance. The fol-
lowing is the list of prizes to be
awarded:
For high actual score. 90 birds
Souvenir spoon Of Delaware.
For high total score, 90 birds-Old
I Swedes souvenir spoon.
For best straight run Of the day
Sterling silver salt spoons.
For best total score made by lady
who has never shot in a match before
Set of silver lingerie pins.
There will be two special prizes
offered to the ladies on the visiting
3 team.
For high actual score-Sterling
silver watch fob.
For second high actual score-Gold
quail pin.
Presents Loving Cup.
A handsome silver loving Gun tn
be known as the "Rutter Trophy" has
been donated 10 the Nemours Gun
Club by ID. r. Rutter. assistant adj
yertising manager Of the DUPONT
Company.
The cup is to be shot for in COM
petition by members of the club once
each week until July 1, 1914. when il
will be awarded 10 the woman hav-
ing the highest average with handi-
caps made during the entire con-
test.
/ The conditions covering the con-
test follows:
Competition is to be at 25 targets. and
begins Wednesday, April Is. Trophy
Will be shot for every Wednesday there
after until and including Wednesday,
July !. The first % targets shot at
constitutes the trophy event. Only
members OF the Nemours Trapshootine
Club will be eligible to win. Shooters
ito be eligible must compete at least ON
eight different shooting days. Added
target system OF handicapping. as below,
TO govern: e..
A shooter breaking II. or above, re-
ceiVes no added targets.
a shooter breaking lG, or above re-
ceives one added target
A shooter breaking e. or above re-
ceiyes two added targets.
A shooter breaking H. OF above re.
lceiyes three added targets
A shooter breaking Is, or above. re-
ceives four added targets
A shooter breaking T. or above re.
ceives five added targets.
4 shooter breaking II, o. above. re-.
eeives six added targets.
a shooter breaking 10. or above. re-
ceives seven added targets.
a shooter breaking nine, or above. re.
, ceiyes eight added targets.
A shooter breaking eight, or above re-
ceiyes nine added targets.
A shooter breaking seven, or above, re-
ceives 10 added targets.
A shooter breaking six, or above. re-
ceives II added targets.
A shooter breaking five, or above, re-
3 ceives II added targets.
4 shooter breaking four, or above, re-
ceives l3 added targets.
a shooter breaking three OF above, re-
ceives Il added targets.
3 4 shooter breaking two, or above, re-
ceives Is added targets.
shooter breaking one, or above. ie-
ceiyes lG added targets.
a shooter starts with an added tar
7 get handicap based on her pruious
i .Hl- H.. IL. IL. .e
Gaping. Illustration: A shooter who
averages 10 dead targets out OF a pos
J sible 25 would therefore begin the com.
petition with a handicap of seven
added targets A shooter, thereafter
handicaps herself in the contests by her
scores Illustration: The shooter men
toned above begins with a handicap OF
seven by reason OF averaging 10 out of
possible 25. AZ the first event she
breaks eight, her score for this event
/. would be eight plus the seven added
targets" or 10. However. on the sec
ond event she gets nine added targets"
Z by reason OF breaking eight on her pre-
: vious event. II, on the second event,
she should break Is targets her score
Tor this event would be %, not %, as IL
, is impossible 70 score better than 100
per cent. In the third event she would
get no "added targets" by reason OF
having broken above IL targets in pre-
ceding event.
The final winner is the shooter ave-
raging, with the handicaps, the highest
: percentage on the targets scored.
Shoot-offs. ii necessary, will be con-
c Quoted on ths basis of the above scale
: Of handicapping. and it is understood
g that the management reserves the right
J. 10 make an adjustment during the con-
C test or during the shoot-oif, il thought
advisable 70 do so.