The morning call., 1891-08-25
RED AND BLUE.
The Country Clubs Annual Pigeon
Shoot at Monterey.
Contest for the Trophy Between Teams
Won by the Reds-A Fly-nasting Tour
nament for Nsxt Season.

The Country Club returned yesterday
from Monterey, where it held its second an
nUsl tournament and high jinks.
The shooting was begun on Saturday last.
and continued throughout the day, with the
exception of an intermiSsion of one hour,
" hch was devoted to luncheon.
The birds, with the exception of few
squads, were good lot and started rapidly
from the traps, generally striking direct
line across the field from the shooter.
Prior to intermission the sun shOne down
in all its brilliancy on the shooters, pro-
ducing haze between the gun and traps,
which very materially assisted to defeat the
aim of sight on the birds, especially those
of dark color.
During the afternoon a refreshing breeze
'sSUafted in from the ocean, cooling tue at
mosphere here aud making buoyant the
hearts of the spOrtsmen who had been shoot
ing bad i'll the forenoon.
As previously stated in The CALL, teams
of twelve men a side were chosen from
among the club members, designated as
"Reds" and "Blues," which, according to
agreement, entered into contest of twen-
ty-iour birds per man.
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.
After shooting some hours the sportsmen
discovered that they had made a mistake
by not having arranged three divisions in
- stead of two Of the contestants, as the delay
between shots was so drawn out that it
became monotOnouS to a good many who
were not accustomed to long delays at the
traps
The very excellent puns perpetrated by
kittle, Dowhey, Harvey, Tubhs and a few
others oil the members who are the recog-
nized wits of the club helped materially to
enlven matters zen the bench " while
awaiting the order of the referee to face the
traps
Mr.. Adams, "the lone fisherman" was
one Uf the few who seemed perfectly salts
( fed to liuger under the shade of the green
wood tree until such time as be was ordere
out to take up arms in defense of the "red
men," The old gentleman shot exceedingly
well, considering the limited practice lie
has had this season on tailers, drivers and
Quarterers.
L. L. Bosqui shot like an old veteran.
He killed his birds clean, although several
times he found it necessary to press the
left trigger so as to keep the feathers from
taking the meat out of bounds.
NOT IN BIS USUAL FORM
Kittle, who is probably one of the bes
field shots in the State, did not shoot
with a headache, which very materially
lessened his chances of giving Bosqui a
close run for first honOrs in the club shoot.
Toward evening he did remarkably well,
cutting down the fight of several swift
going birds IN grand style.
Murdock, whose name is familiar to all
. local SpOrtsmen. who shoot on marsh and
fed, was somewhat unfortunate in getting
difficult birds to hit Prior to luncheon he
retired from the field with 4 clean score TO
his credit but during the second series he
wounded his sixth bird badly with the
first barrel, and failed on the second
To land it within the color line. This some
ts2tt unnerved him. and he broke again on
the eighth bird, which packed number of
pellets out of bounds. He failed N the last
two attempts to score dead BIRDS
Donohoe astonished his friends by the
very good shooting lie had done. Several
OF his birds were, TO use sportsman's
phrase, crOSs-shOi,, and the manner in
which lie stopped them with the first barrel
generally brought forth encOmiumS from the
spectators.
Wooster did tolerably good shooting, con-
sidering that his practice has been limited
this season.
WITH HIS SECOND BARREL.
WOrden used very good judgment and
made some remarkably long shots with his
second barrel.
Tallant killed his first twelve clear, but
like some other OF the club members, who
had enjoyed heavy luncheon, he broke on
ninth birds.
Woodward kept up his record for good
average shooting, making some very pretty
kills.
Wilson for some reason or other fell be-
hind his general average. He is noted as
being a first-class quail shot and ut pigeon
shoot he seldom retires with a score of less
than ten 10 mis- credit
Sprasuo made good shooting in the early
part Of the day, but toward evening he fell
away owing, as kittle remarked, ITO too"
heated barrels
The Tubbs brothers who are probably
greater adopts with the rod than the gun
did not shoot up TO their old form. They
attribute their bad fortune to nervousness
and prostration caused by strenuous en-
deay0rS to eXtinguish Il slight cGntiagration
which was occasioned by the thoughtess.
ness OF some young smoker who had tossed
lighted cigarette on the dry grass in close
proximity to the lunch tables.
GENERALLY SATISFACTORY.
- As whole the shooting was toerably
goCd, and gave general satisfau ton to the
members and guests VINO had the pleasure
OF viewing the contests.
The President f. T. Webster, whose un-
tiring efforts TO make the affair grand sue
cess, which unquestiOnably it was, pro-
poses to add still further attractions on the
next annual outing of the club for the pleas
ure of the occasion.
The club, as previously stated in THE
CALL, was organized solely for the amuse-
lnrHt llldL IS 10 De Hau from shooting and
fishing. The latter pastime has been to
some exteng neglected, notwithstanding the
fact that large representation of the club
are thorough Waltonians. Next August
those gentlemen of the Country Club who
are adopts at fy-casting will have an op-
p5rtunity of testing their skill on beauti-
ful lake which is within easy reach of the
hutel
1t will be the first annual fly-casting tour
nament that has ever taken place on this
Coast and, under the management of the
officers who so ably presided over the pres
ent outing, it can be said, without any fear
OF contradiction, that it will prove not alone
a success but grand addition to the clubs
present system of enjoying a summer recre-
alton.
THE SCORES.
The following is a summary of the clubs
shoot on Saturday. the 22d inst
REDS.