Show BIG TRAP SHOOT t McKenzie Announces That Grand Western Handicap Will Be BeHeld BeHeld BeHeld Held Again Denver Dec Dee U The grand western handicap the annual trap shooting con contest contest conI I test for westerners and shooters of the I middle steles states will be held in Denver next August I Cash prizes amounting to OOOO O OO will be distributed to the winners in the differ different different i ent ant events Of Ot this sum has been pledged by A E McKenzie president of the Denver Trap club and will be raised here The shoot will be held at Berkeley lake Jake There will be a six days das session J In competition with Denver for tor the shoot were Kansas City Lincoln Omaha Salt Lake City CIt Sioux City Des Moines 4 Indianapolis Oklahoma City Topeka St StLouis StLouIs StLouis Louis Chicago and several other cities j The grand rund western has been held hold in Denver for the past two years and the unusual success of or these Colorado tournaments tournaments ments is what gave the 1903 meet to this city dt In 1905 the first grand western in inthis Inthis ini i this part of the country was held in Denver Indianapolis was hard after atter the big bi shoot hoot that year and St Louis and the Indiana metropolis combined to fight l 11 Denver But the thA combined efforts proved k of no avail and ana through the ceaseless l work of A E McKenzie on be behalf behal behalf half hal the tourney came here It was pre predicted predIcted predicted In the middle states that there be O shooters enter Several bots bets to this effect were made McKenzie got busy and when the big match opened It was found that there were 34 shooters ten more than shot at the grand Ameri Amen American American can This was a decided boost for Den Denver Denver Denver ver and last year ear there was but little difficulty experienced in securing the sporting event |