The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-06 00:00:00

PIGEON SHOOTING.

1
THE GUN CLUB, SHEPHERD'S-BUSH.
The patrons of this aristocratic club met on Saturday
under the favourable auspices of fine weather, and conse-
quently a very large attendance witnessed the sports,
w. hich were regarded with an unusual degree of interest
consequence of several new momb2rs competing upon
the following conditions :—To shoot at three birds each,
in a handicap sweepstakes of 1 soy each, from 5 traps,
placed 5 yards apart, with double guns, the use of both
barrels, lioz. of shot. Long before the hour appointed
for the amusements to commence there were a great many
subscribers ou the ground. After twiny dozen birds had
been shot at for practice, the secretary, Mr. G. A.Battcock,
having obtained no less than 1G competitors for the first
handicap, the sports commenced, and to the astonishment
of the fielders fifteen gentlemen out of the sixteen
brought down in beautiful style each of their birds in
the first round, and after some really fine shooting Mr.
Gregory and Mr. A. B. Blackburne killed all their
I birds and divided. There were twenty competitors in
the second handicap, and Captain N.
Burnand, Mr.
Davis, Mr. H. Bentley, and Mr. J. Ariban killed all theit
birds in splendid style and tied. They shot the tie off
Davis killedthraelle
yards
bird for bird, when Captain Burreind and Mr. 11. Bentley
being the only two who rattled down their birds, they
divided. Seventeen contended in the third trial, and Mr.
Mr. C. Musgrove, and Sir
P. Norris, Captain Ricardo,
Charles Legard brought down all their birds, and tied.
They shot the do off, and at the end of the second round
Mr. C. Musgrove, who killed all his birds in an
extraordi-
narily fine style, with a splendid central fire breech-
loader, by Grant, of St. jatoo3'l6-3treet, won. The fourth
gaArdecaonradingfr.to the
wiii‘n::
contest produeed the same number of gentlemen, when
etgiulffrtwheely laid °n
Mr. Davis and Mr. C. Musgrove killed all their birds and
divided. The fifth contest produced thirteen marksmen,
and Major Longley, Captain Ricardo, and Captain N.
Burnaud tied ; in shooing the tie off, 2Lijor Louglev
missed, and the others bringing down their birds divided,-
The sixth awl final contest only produced eight subsii,..
nbelriills'baenra(ll::lSini:ln.ii(v-ini.gd'iljOire. divining £lO conditionssttiosis‘vhebea.peknot:oyaardrsj,
and those who won or divided £2O went back
in the next handicap, and inii:t:liitn
5 Ft
ou sPtUat e each
that
swheont,t
firnomha7lf
taoy4atord.s
toTh2e
J. Offer supplied the birds, and it is needleeassv
general satisfae-
they were strong and swift, and gave the gun.
flora.

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