The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-09
THE sHOO CERs.
Now They Went TO Montgomery and How
They Were ReCeLyed-The Matches

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They Were ReCelved-The Matches.
One of the memb of the New OrIean
Gun Club, who visited Montgomery on tn
| fourth Instant and who participated in tn
shooting there, furnishes the following ac
count of the trip and the reception there:
| He says the members of the club who wen
over arrived there early on the morning o
the third instant, and were met at the depo
by q delegation of the Montgomery Club. ant
| escorted In carriages and omnibuses to TIN
Exchange Hotel, where comfortable ant
| spacious apartments were provided for tn,
visiting shootists. After having retired Il
our rooms we had cooling bath, and making
a change in our clothing, we were ready at
o'clock to do justice to a splendid breakfast
which was heartily enjoyed by all the party
After breakfast the members of the Mont
gomery club paired off with the members Of
the New Orleans Gun Club for ride around
the beautiful city. We branched out in dir.
ferent directions, and one party with whom /
was with visited the
FIRST CONFEDERATE CAPITOL,
OF the South.
At about IL o'clock we all congregated, by
invitation, at the office OF that energetic gem
tleman, the secretary of the Montgomery
freely until about O'clock when we went TO
dinner and then adjourned to the Fair
Grounds, where the following matches were
shot for:
First twenty-five entries, at 50 50
each; 81 80 to go towards paying for the
pigeons, and consequently left S22, divided
into three prizes of 80, 30 and 20 per cent The
first was won by Mr. Wilkinson. of the Mont
gomery club; the second by w. A. Landry
Of the New Orleans Gun Club, and the third
by McCousina, of the same club.
There was then a glass ball match, ten
shots, twenty.one yards. The first prize fell
to Mr.. Pollard and the second to w. A. Ian
dry, there being only two prizes, Mr.. Pollard
breaking ten and Mr.. Landry nine
At 10 o'clock we started for Jackson's lake,
when, after ride of half On hour, we arrived
at one Of the most beautiful spots Of land i'm
the South. Jackson's lake is body of water
about three-quarters Of mile in length, and
the scenery is beautiful, made by the high
banks and picturesque trees and shrubberv.
There we found also two splendid clear
springs, with water as cold as ice. The shore
on one side is clay and on the other
RED SAND AND PEBBLES.
After enjoying ourselves on the banks of the
lake we went to see the preparation for our
barbecue dinner. Laid out on wires stretched
across trench, dug two and half feet deep,
mutton, veal pork and beef were cooking,
and we were called on to start the pigeon
Q p0t-pOuTj. A match was made between
Louisiana and Alabama, twelve men on each
side, five birds, Montgomery rules to govern
There being three gentlemen representing the
Mobile City Gun Club, three men were select
ed from the Montgomery Gun Club and three
from the New Orleans Gun Club. Messrs
Pollard, Metcalf and Wilkinson represented
the Montgomery Gun Club and Messrs Lee
Breton, Manning and Cousine represented the
New Orleans Gun Club. The gentlemen from
Mobile were Holt, Gunter and Mr..
the match resulting in favor Of the Montgom-
cry club
At 3 p. m. we went In to dine on the barbe-
cued meats, with vegetables, wine and other
articles necessary for the sumptuous
repast, which was laid out on two tables, with
the names OF the guests on their plates, each
plate being ornamelUed with pretty bou-
quet.
After dinner, as is usual, tOasts were Of
fered, Messrs Vaudry, Bond, Davidson,
Reiss, Manning and several others toastng
and responding, and very neat speech was
made by Hon. Ely Shorter. In this way the
time was spent until the
TRAIN FOR MONTGOMERY
arrived, and we were once more on our home
ward march.
We arrived In Montgomery at about 6 |
CLOCK, getting supper and then taking
farewell ride around that little Southern par
adise, we were conveyed to the depot where. |
Slemen, we took the homeward bound |
fifth
While there, said our informant, 1t seemed |
rs though the Montgomery gentlemen could |
lot do enough for u.s. and we certainly shall |
make 1t hot" for them when they come over
lere.
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