The morning call., 1891-09-13
TRAP SHOOT
BY TEAMS.
The Cotton Club Won the Hand.
some Trophy.
Successful Close of the State sportsmens Tour.
nament - Chick Has the Dia-
mond Medal.

The State Sportsmeu's Association
brought its annual trap-shooting tourna-
ment to very successful close yesterday
The feature of the final days shoot was
contest for the Selby trophy, between five
teams representing the following gun clubs /:
Cotton, Recreation, Stockton, Country and
the Gun Club. The conditions under which
the trophy was contested we're:
Open 10 teams OF five bona-fide members OF any
regular organized gun club on the Pacific Coast
contestants to have been members of such clubs
on Augusta, 1891. Entrance fee 500 for each
team, BIRDS extra; each man 10 shoot at twenty
single live birds
American Shooting Association rules for sim
gle live bird shooting to govern.
One or more teams may be entered from any
club. No competitor 10 shoot In more than Que
team. All contests for the trophy to be held
under the auspices of the California State Sports
mems Association at Its annual tournaments.
The trophy shall become the property of the
team which shall win II three times, not neces-
sarily conseeutively II three or more teams
enter, the trophy and so per cent OF entrance
money to first; 30 per cent of entrance money TO
second; 20 per cent OF entrance mOn.y 10 third.
Winners TO give bond for safe keeping of the
trophy.
1t was expected that Sacramento would
send a team to compete for this prize, but
owing, 1t is said, to negligence displayed by
the San Francisco clubs in not having
representative team at the recent tourna-
ment at the capital city, the sportsmen of
the latter place stood off.
The Cotton, better known as THE River
side" Sportsmen Club, has won the trophy
twice, and if it is as successful next year as
it has been in the past two the handsome
prize will become its personal property,
The officers of the club are: President, B.
+. Burt; Vice-President, John McCloud;
Secretary and Treasurer, J. II. Goodhue;
Directors-Martinez Chick, S. H. Smith and
A. w. Brewner, who is captain of the club.
SACRAMENTO WON IT IN 1885,
The Sacramento Gun Club, which is COM
posed of some remarkably good shots, won
the trophy in 1883, and the teams which
contested for the laurels of victory yester-
day regretted the absence of the Sacra--
mento sportsmen, who would have adde 8
very materially to the interest of the match.
The Fay diamond medal has been won
twice by the COltons. II was first won by
Charles Merrill of Stockton, and in the
second year of the shoot Crittenden Robin
son of this city dragged" the prize The
third year ''it was grassed' by Mr.. Brewer,
who shot under the name of wiley" The
fourth year Mr.. Haas Of Stockton won it,
and this year it fell into the hands of Mar
tinez Chick of Riverside. 30.
The contest for the Allen gun, which be-
gun on the second day of the tournament,
ended in tie between Chick of Riverside
and Merrill of Stockton and in the shoOt-off
Chick won by three birds.
Considering the superior quality of the
birds shot at yesterday the shooting as
whole was tolerably good. The Country
Club, which is supported by 100 members,
might have done better had Kittle and one
or two other good shots been on the grounds
to fight its battle The Gun Club was also
minus few of its best trap shots.
STOCKTON WELL REPRESENTED.
The Stockton team was well represented.
Indeed it would be hard to find five better
trap shots in the Slough City than those who
contested for the handsome prize. Merrill,
who is unquestiOnably as quick and grace
full a trap shot as any man could wish to see,
failed to dc the good work that was ex-
pected of him. He was unfortunate with
few "blues " that would compare favorably
in speed of flight with the famous "bue
rocks" used in championship matches in
England.
Haas did remarkably good shooting, grass
ing all of his birds in good style, and the
shooting done by the Recreation Gun Club
was on whole very creditable.
The Cotton Club, which is COMPOSED of
the best trap shots in the State. won a very
good race. and it is almost safe to predict
that the club will wind up next year a win
ner of the trophy.
The following is the result of the team
shoot: