The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-08-13
THE TOURNAMENT.
They Were Amatuers, but Their Quick
and Steady Aim Brought Dowh
Many a Bird.
PARIS GETS THE NEXT MEETING.
Leading Incidents, Scores and GEN
ersi Results OF a Most Success
full Shoot Officers Elected
for the Ensuing Year
Wednesday Night.

ORt e'ShSy SANoos WV
six blue rock matches on Wednesday,
with from forty-eighU to sixty entries in
each match.
j. E. Haggarty, of st. Louis, was barred
as he was classed as an "A" shooter, al
he had sent his certificate from
the American Shooting Association which
an average seventy-eight out of a
hundred, when it takes ninety to makean
"a" class man.. He was tried by court
at the meeting Wednesday night,
and, what constituted an A shooter ex-
planned, and he was admitted to shoot at
targets only. Mr.. Haggarty Is a very
clever and agreeable gentleman, and too
useful a member to bar from any..associa-
ton.
Mr.. A. L. Bennett, of the firm of Kin
nan q Bennett, manufacturers of hand
loaded shells with nitro-powders, sos
Main street. Kansas City, was on hand
with a set of Best's non-electric trap pulls,
which worked to perfection. MIR. Rinnan
il a very clever hot and also a fine gen.
tleman.
Shoot No. /, on the live bird program at
ten live birds, IS entrance; seventy eight
entries, was not finished Wednesday on
account of the rain, but was finished on
Thursday morning and the ties shot off.
Francotte, Love, See, Mize, Hale, Seward,
Chanslor, Buchanan and Campbell divided
first on ten straight. Bennett and Happy
divided second. Florida, Sturges, Smis-
kiski divided third. Dohlea, Hill and
Martin fourth.
A meeting of the association was held
at the court house on Wednesday night,
and some very good amendments, which
were suggested by George Rawlings, OF
the firm of Rawlings Bros, s17 Pine
street, st. Louis, dealers in sporting
goods. From the way Mr.. Rawlings ex-
planned things he believes in having the
rules plain so that all can understand
them.
Paris, Mo-, represented by its gun club
and st. Louis by the Compton Hill club
of that city, were placed in nomination as
the next places for holding the tourna-
ment, a ballot was taken which resulted
In a victory for Paris by a vote of sixty
two to thirteen.
The yearly membership fee for clubs
was reduced from $5 to $3.50, and the in
|diSfd1al msmbership from $3.50 to 81.
TIE following are the names of the
lciu6s and Individual members who re-
sponded to the call for the payment Of
dues at the meeting!
LUBs.
Grand Pass, Hardin,
Richmond. Odessa,
Warsaw, Carrollton,
Kahokia, Slater,
Montgomery City, Capitol City,
Lexington.
INDIVIDUALS.
j. w. Barre, Matt. Love,
G. 8. Hale, Robert Meyer,
A. L. Bennett, G. II. Rawlings,
James E. Haggarty.
j. P.Blanton, of Paris, was elected pres
ident by reclamation, and ]. w. Barre, o.
Louisiana, vice-president, and J.T. Davis
OF Paris, secretary and treasurer. R. E
Sac. w. I. wright and E.. Chanslor Were
appoipted by the president as the board
of managers for the ensuing year.
SHOOT NO. 4.
Any number OF teams of two, ten blu'
rocks, entrance "a per team, eighteen
teams entered and it was won by Hag
gerty and Smiskiski, of st. Louis. with
score of nineteen out of twenty. The frs
prize in this shoot was a badge donates
by Central Missouri Association, to b'
shot for annually, 80 per cent Of the en-
trance money this year to go to the pres
emit holder OF the medal and the balanc'
divided 80 and 20 per cent.
LIVE BIRD SHOOT NO. 1.
Ten live birds, entrance IS, nine mel
tied on ten straight, which they divided
fifteen on nine, which they shot down t.
Ave, and then divided; eleven were in TIN
eight hole and they SHOT down to four ant
divided. Fourth was divided by FIVE men
SHOOT NO. 2.
Five live birds, entrance S3.25. In thi
shoot there are thirty eight entries, ant
twenty-three tied on five straight. TIL
was shot down to Chanslor, Bennett
Lucas, Francotte and. wilmot and they di
vided. There were seven men tied 70
escond mon and in the shoot off Nc
Qucen won. Third was divided by Nor
Kan .Lonenecker See and Hayson. Fourth
Hinsp,ore, Hayden and Hughes.
The team shoot for the blue rock meds
ut ten blue rocks per man, TWO men t
constitute Q team, entrance "a per tear
had eighteen teams entered, and tn
badge was won by Haggarty and siemins
XII, of the Independent gun club, of s.
louis, with a score of nineteen out {
twenty. Sturges and wilmot second o
eighteen. See, Hale, Bennett and Fran
cote divided third.
NO. 1
On Thursdays blue rock program, tie
blue rocks, Hale, Skihigh, See and Davi
first; Mckee, weaver and wright second
Love, Carter and Pendergrast third.
SHOOT NO. 2.
Five pairs Rlae rocks, Bennett, first
Haggarty, Blackwell and See, second
Hayson, Francotte, wright and JoueI
third. Barre, Hill, and McNally, fourth
Concluded next week.