Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-07-20
BUTTE E 3 THE CUP.
THE LOCAL. WINGS SHOTS PROVE TOO
STRONG FOR NOTICES FROM
ELSEWHERE.

In Addition to Winning the Territorial
Championship Trophy, Home Marks
men Also Pocket Several Other Good
Prizes-Some Excellent Individual rs
Well as Club Scores Made Wednesday
The third annual tournament Of the
Butte Rod and Gun club began Wednesday
and the opening certainly must be consid-
cred most suspicious for the Butte club,
for it now holds the championship trophy OF
the territory, having o it three consecu-
tive times as stipulated by the conditions
governing contests forit. OF course the boys
feel good over their success and well they
may, for it was a contest in which some OF
the very best shots in the territory COM
peted and further, it was not q scratch
either, which gave them the prize; 80 out
Of a possible 125 is not a score to be
laughed at, for it is hardly ever beaten
and seldom equaled. Another reason why
the boys are inclined to feel a little
coltish is because they fairly ''paralyzed'a
club which somehow got a notion that 1t
was invincible, and considered that it held
q mortgage On the cup. In fact, SO strong
lY WAS ~ lu1OuVO Will ~ OOslS oAU SoS
cup would pass into it's possession that it
promised to fill it with wine and drink to
the better success next time I the n
quished Butte shooters. As events have
proven, the club was q few lengths OF period
too previous, for it not only lost the cup,
but several of it's members also lost a num-
Der of khandfuls of ducats which they
wagered on the result, and would have lost
more had the Butte marksmen been in
clined tc gamble.
But what's the use to dilate further on a
subject painful to the Observation-Disclosures
has the cup, and the other fellows have
make q team Of five, especially when those
two men run foul OF two other ones in a n
other team who can shoot even better and
do not make any particular amount oil
noise about it either.
A large crowd was in attendance during
the day, and among the spectators were
quite q number OF ladies who took interest
in the various events, and their little hearts
fairly jumped up and down when some par
ticular shooter was at the scratch in whom
they felt q little more thar ordinary con-
Germ. The rain put q temporary stop to
the shooting, and the teams took advant.
age OF it to hubble in their tents and eat
lunch and smoke.
The first event was q s~weepstake shoot
at ten champion birds, and following are
the entries and score:
J. "A. Elliott, 6; j. M. Steward, 6; E. G.
F~reyschlag, 4; A. j. Fisk, S; R. E. Rodgers,
3; j. 8. Parke, s; Sam Lowe, 6; Doc Eliel,
8; Frank Carter. 10; c. 81. Smith, Z; John
Healy, 4; G. W. Baldwin, z; Fl. A. Sheads,
10; Tom Carder, 4; G. A. 8. Ballinger, 4; E.
8. P~axson, s.; J.. F. Cowan, 4; M. Manuel,
z; James Cenley, 6; T. J. Cronin, 3; W.
Eastman, 3; D. jaeger, 8; Frank Conley,
4; M. Fl. Bryan, 5, and W. 81. Young 8.
Carter and Sheads divided first money;
Fisk, Jaeger and Young second; Smith.
Baldwin and Manuel third. Elliott, Stew
ard, Lowe and Conley shot off for fourth
and Conley won.
The second event was a dandy, and
Butte came out first again. 1t was the
team shoot, five men in a team, twenty.
five champion birds, for the championship
cup. Five clubs were entered Dillon,
Helena, Deer Lodge, Butte No. 1 and Butte
No. q. Following are the scores:
Dillon-Parke, IS; Brainard, 8, Eliel, 8;
Eastman, 6; Freyschlag, 10; Total, 40.
Helena-Manuel, Is; Fisk, 10; Cronin,
10; Bryan, II; Carder, IL. Total, rs,
Deer Lodge-Ballinger, 16; Rodgers, IL;
+. Conley, IS; J. Conley, IT; Baldwin, 10
Butte No. 1-sheads, 1s; Smith, 20;
Carter. 10; lager, 20; Stewart, 20. Total
80.
Butte No. 2-Young, II; Elliott, IL:
Lowe, Is; Paxson, 14;..Cowan, 20. Total
80,
Butte No 1 won the cup, while No. 2
beat all the other clubs, and would have
gotten the cup had No. 1 failed. The oil
painting by Paxson for the highest indi
!, vidual score will also remain in Butte, ant
| will adorn Brother Smiths room.
The third event was for the guaranteed
purse of SIS at 10 blue rocks, with fol
lowing entries and scores: Smith, 8; Eliel
| s; Paxson, z; Parke. g.; Rodgers, 6; Ball
niger, 5; Steward, 8; Healy, 6; Manuel, z
J. Conley, z; Baldwin, 10; Bryan, 8; Fisk
z; Young, 6; Elliott, 8; Lowe, z; jaeger, s
Freyschlag, 6; Eastman, 8; Cowan, 6, F
Conley, z; Morse. 8; Cronin, Z; Carter, 8
Montgomery, 8; Sheads, 6. Baldwin tool
first money; Smith second. Steward
Bryan, Elliott, Eastman Morse and Garter
| shot off for third, and Elliott won. Pax
son, Manuel, j.. Conley, F. Conley, Fish
/ and Cronin shot of for fourth, which wal
won by Fisk. Parke, Healy, Young, Frey
schlag, Cowan, Sheads and Rogers shot
| off a tie for fifth, and Cowan was tht
winner.
A special sweepstakes, nineteen entries
| at ten birds closed the days shooting
! Smith won first money; Steward and Fish
| divided second, and Cowan took third.