Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-27
wAwAsBr GUN CLUE.
Some Remarkably Fine Scores Made
mt Birniing ham Park.

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mt Birnitng ham Park.
The Wawaset Gun Club had gala
day at Birmingham Park Thursday and
from 9 O'clock Thursday morning until
dusk that night the neighboring woods
reyerberated with the continual "bang"
OF the guns of the sportsmen. No less
than 2,400 olay pigeons bit the dust,
fguratively speakipg, and by the time
that they had flashed, the heads Of the
tired gunners were in such whirl that
some OF them hardly knew whether they
stood on their heads or their feet. One
man said that he had shot off I6O shells
and this is a fair sample of what the most
active shooters accomplished during the
day. It was great sport and the mem
BERG of the Wawaset Gun Club have the
instincts OF true sportsmen. They de-
vote their time and their money to the
sport only for the love Of 1t, o slight in
oentiye being added in the form OF small
sweepstakes' purses to spur the gunners
TO do their best. The club ia composed
entirely Of mechanics and business men
who work daily for their living, yet they
find time TO indulge occasionally in their
favorite pastime. The club sticks to-
getheT as one man, hence Its SUCCESS and
progress. Its membership ia increasing
rapidly, until now it numbers about 65
members.
The bulk OF tho members participated
in the sport Thursday, and accompany
ing them were William aud John VOLS
tencroft and A. g. Lum Of the North End
Gun Club and several members Of the
Ktamensi Gun Club, as invited guests.
Tha ahnnffnsv ha.an n iskkla a.
the scores were not up to the usual stand
ard, but before the close Of the day all
were warmed up to their work, and some
remarkably fno shooting was done by
the Wclstenorofts, the two Mlllers, the
Buokmasters, A. 3. Lum and dozen
others. Eight sweepstakes matches were
shot during the day, and Of these the last
one, which was finished in the dusk, wes
the closest and most interesting contest
OF the day, the leaders tying the score
continually until each had broken 10
birds straight when dusk put an end to
the fray. Two sets Of trapH were used.
A fiye-bird trap was usually used for the
matches and three-bird trap for shoot.
ing OF the ties. In the first match with
20 entries. George Huber, George Miller,
W. McKendrick and j. jackson divided
first money. Hsrtlove, Robert Miller
and Gill took second money and Charles
Buckmaster won third money in the
shoot.oT by breaking three birds straight.
W. McKsndrink was the only one out
of 20 shooters who killed five straight in
the second match and he pooksted frat
money. Nine men tied for second money
with four birds each and Robert Miller
and ]. Ewing each broke three straight
in the shoot-of and divided the money.
Lewis Fox won third money from nine
men who had tied by breaking three
straight.
Ten Of the 90 entries broke ave straight
in the third match in the first round and
Messrs. Hsrtlove, Huber, Fox, Gill,
finally divided first money; Charles
Buokmaster and Frank Ewing divid seo-
ond and g. Lancaster got third money.
Each Of "a contestants shot at six birds
In the fourth match. Robert Miller and
j. Ewing divided first money; W. McKen.
drick and Frank Ewing divided second
money, and G. Huber and A. Mack got
third money between them.
Hartlove won first money in the fifth
match; A. Fl. Stout and w. McKendrick
divided second, and A. 5. Lum got third
money.
In the sixth match, Harry Buckmaster,
Robert Miller, John Wolstencroft and Il.
Baldwin, won first money between them;
W. Wolstenoroft, Elliott, Frank and J.
Ewing divided second, and McKendrick,
Lum and Hartlove divided third.
Lum, George Miller and McKendrick
tied for irst place in the seventh match;
Mack, Robert Miller and Charles Buck
master divided second money and Huber,
Hartlove and Baldwin divided third.
j. Wolstencroft, George Miller and
Lum each hit IL straight in the eighth
and last match and divided first money.
w. Wolstencroft, Huber, Elliott and Mo-
Kendrick got second.
This completed the shooting for the
day. For the other 800 exourslonista who
did not care to shoot, dancing, flying
horses, swings and other sports had BEEN
provided. Albert's orchestra furnished
the music. The tired exoursionists re-
turned home at $50 o'clock laat night,
pleased with their days outing.
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