Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-26
SHOOTING CLAY PIGEONS.
BRUNSWICK WINS FIRST HON
ORS IN THE TOURNAMENT.

The Fir,t Day of the Inter state Con-
tests-HOw the Field Is Arranged
Something About Traps and Clay
Birds-What They Are and How They
WOrk-The Glynn County Club Wins
the state Championship and the Ii
gOwsky MedaI-The Programme To-
Day.
The interstate clay pigeon tournament
began yesterday. The Base Ball Park
resembled. in the way of tents and arma-
ment, a military camp. But it was a
camp of peaceful contest. The crowd was
not large. A number Of ladies occupied
the grand stand, but most Of the specta-
tors who were interested in the contests
stood in the field. The cOntesting teams
were ouartered in tents. There were five
teams in the field when the shooting in
the championship match began. The
Chatham Gun Club, under whose aus
pieces the tournament was arranged, was
composed of J. c. Manning, G. s. Nc
Alpin, J. W. Pead, W. y. Nichols. j. A.
Herschbach.
The GIynn County Club, of Brunswick,
comprised Messrs. W. NJ. Bergman, X.
W. ThiOt, 5. Blaine, j. 7. Dent, j. S.
Wright.
The Macon club comprised Messrs.
Charles Taylor, A. l.. Butts, j. ). Cook,
VI. b. Baker, Asher Ayres.
The Vaudeville club comprised Messrs.
Hayward, Woodward, Hardee, Williams,
and Martin.
The Forest City Club comprised Messrs.
e. f. Randall, John Rocker, NJ. Marin,
Peter OFT, John Reiderman.
The field reserved for the cOntesting
I g. -
| spectators from interfering with the pro-
| gress of the tournament. The rules
| governing are the LigOwsky tournament
/ rules. already published in the MORNING
| NEWS.
| In Difference to the humanitarian senJi-
ment, the matches are all shot at LigOw-
| sky ''clay pigeons" an ingenious me-
/ chanicdl cOntrivance that furnishes an
| exact imitation of birds flight.
PIGEONS MADE OF CLAY.
| The pigeons are made Of red clay, in the
shape of saucer. They measure four
/ inches in diameter, and are trifie over
| an inch in depth. They are very thin and
| light. Each Of them has fiat handle at its
| side about an inch long. The traps from
| which they are thrown give every variety
/ and eccentricitV of direction to the pigeons
| projected from them. They are made OF
| iron, and consist of an arm revOlyed by a
/ spring around a snort upright cUluLHH.
At the end Of the arm is an apparatus
that holds the handle Of the pigeon. The
! trap is set by forcing back the arm and
| securing it by a drOp-catch. When the
| line attached to the catch is pulled the
| arm is released, and the spring that
works it hurls the pigeon into the air. A
Joint in the middle of the supporting
| column enables the trap to be so set
| that il will throw the pigeon to any
desired altitude within the possibilities
| of the spring. AS they are projected side
wise, with the cOncave side down, their
| form enables them to float through the air
| for a distance and with rapidity that
| glass balls do not attain. They can be
| made to describe a long and low or a
| short and high flight, and as their course
| is affected by a breeze or sudden gust OF
| Wind. as we'll as by the manner in which
the trap is set. a shooter can never antIc-
ipate what direction any given pigeon
| will take.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE TRAPS.
The traps, five IN number, are set in
| curve behind low bulkhead which pro
| tects the trap feeders in a ditch from be-
ing hit by the shot. In front of the traps
and at a distance of 10 yards is a plainly
! marked line. Behind the line is another
| at Is yards and third at 81 yards. The
arrangement is indicated in the diagram
below.