Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-06-28
the PIONEER PICNIC.
A Coed Time sy ES~rybsdy-rarxes
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The excursion to. and picnic at the
Bowers Mansion last Saturday. can be
set down rs the boss Of the season. as
regards numbers; and it was probably
second to none in the enjoyment Of all
who attended. 1t had many interesting
features that cannot be attached to every
picnic, among which. the
National Guard Target shsetias
Deserves more than a passing word.
Some OF the members Of the Guard did
very good shooting. but as they were
unable to finish up. they refuse to give
the score for publication. Four mem.
bers OF the picked team Of tho twelve,
could not DO on the ground Saturday.
and four more had TO DO selected out OF
the company to all their places, ~ that
the shooting vas probably not so good
as il whould have been in the first in
stance.
I. Four OF the twelve did not shoot ut
500 yards. 10 that Of course the score at
tina, distance cannot be given. The ret.
icencc Of the members OF the Guard pre-
vented Us getting the o Of each man
at 200 yards. but VI learn from good
authority that the aggregate was a3G
points. When they complete the shoot
ing at 800 yards, they will probably be
willing to publish their score in full.
risneer Target Shooting.
Tho shooting OF the National Guard
was nowhere. however, compared with
that OF the "Old Boys" II was moot
cd around that tho worst shot should DO
presented a leather medal; but the hill
in the background not boing large
enough to stop some OF the wild shots
male, the idea was abandoned.
Each man had two off.hand shots Mt q
distance Of 2OO yards, and George DAILY.
u member Of tho Pioneers, who also boz
longs to the National Guard. won the
handsome medal presented to the Pio-
neers by the latter. To give the full
score would be impossible. For n long
time il was thought that Judge Knox
nouiu WIN u meua' ON seors OF sA'
hat subsequently ne was ,ou ny N
other OLD 10Y; linen uihesPio' Lee
McGown aud George DAILY each came
forward and scored seven. and tied each
other. In shooting of this tie Gillespie
got nervous and missed the target.
paiy anu eaeh maae sN. in,s
las' us was ,nen no. VI. $1,000
Of i, Tins winnin, the medal by n
point.
Tn. x,mh.r pr....,
A, the srea, pienic is yanously ssti.
m,ieB. The eleven cars appor,ionod to
O., u, - =. -. II,
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hsavy additions 10 this number. and
We think the number present at tho
picnic was not less than h'e thousand
The Pleasures
OF the occasion were many and varied.
The day was splendid. tho grounds IN
finn or,lsr. everybody had plenty Of
'uh'h anu ,oun, 'y P |.
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