Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-25
.SONE GOOD SHOOTING
AT THE TOURNAMENT OF THE GUN CLUB
ESlERDAY
On The Island Gruunds-G. W. Lemon Carries on
the Championship of the Stats-Ihs
Score in Each Event

The first tournament of the west
Virginia Sportsmen's Association began
at 7:3O o'clock yesterday morning'on
the ground on the upper end OF the ISL
and. There were not as many entries
as were expected, the bad weather OF
the previous evening preventing many
out-of-town people from participating.
There was a good attendance In the
morning, of members Of the CLUB ana
spectators. The weather was unfavor-
able, and served to keep the scores
down. IL was too cold, and the wlna
which prevailed was uncertain, ana nau
the effect OF making many OF the shotS
speed wide OF the mark. Under the CIR
| cuinstaDces. the scores made were very
good. Among the visitors on the grounu
were c. H. Townsend, trap editor OF the
Forest and Stream, and \. e. Courtney
representative OF the Lefever Arms
Company, of Syracuse, N. Y. The lat
ter gentleman took part in NUMBER Oh
the contests.
The first event was ten birds, en-
trance fee SIPS. The score made were
az follows: Wright 9, Myers 6, Cowan
6, Lennon 9, Penn 7. Burt Q, Courtney
7. Messrs. Wright, Lennon and Burt
captured first prize, Messrs. Penn and
Courtney second, Myers and Cowan
third.
Second event, Is blue rocks, entrance
81 s5. Following were the scores:
Wright 9, Burt 7, Lennon IL, Penn II,
Courtney 10, Myers IA, Cowan IL. Or.
Myers first, Penn and Courtney second
and Lennon and Cowan third.
Third event-Fifteen singles, en-
trance S1.s5. DR.. Myers broke S, Court
new 9, Penn 10. Cowan II, Burt 5, Lem
mon 10 and Wright 15.. Wright won
first money, Penn and Lennon second,
and Cowan third.
The fourth event closed the mornings
programme. 1t was fifteen singles, en-
trance fee SlS5. Score: Wright 3,
Lennon -, Penn -, Myers II, Court
ney 49, Cowan s, Burt IL, Smith 5. Mr..
Courtney carried off first honor with
Lennon, Penn and Myers tied for sec
ond place, and Burt third.
After good Thanksgiving din
ner had been discussed the afternoon
sport opened with a good attendance,
and the fifth event, Is singles, entrance,
Sl.S5. Following was the score: Court
ney, 7; Lennon, -; Penn, 13; Wright,
IA; Cowan, 9; Burt, IA, Bell, 6. Wright
and Burt we're a tie for first, Lennon,
second, Penn, third.
Sixth event, Is singles; entrance,
SI.s5. Wright, 8; Burt, 6; Myers, -;
Lennon. IA; Cowan, IA; Bell, 3; Court
ney, 10; Penn, 10. Lennon and Cowan
each secured II out of possible Is,
with Penn second and Myers. third.
Seventh event, same as others, re-
suited as follows: Lennon Q, Cowan
9, Penn IL, Burt 10, Courtney II,
Wright IA, Myers IL, Bell 6. First
prize, Wright, second, Penn, Courtney
and Myers, third Burt.
Eighth event, 10 singles, unknown
angle, SIPS entrance. This contest re-
suited as follows: Wright s, Lennon
8, Myers :, Burt 9, Penn 8, Courtney 6,
Cowan Z, Bell 5. Mr.. Burt carried off
the honors, with Wright, Lennon and
Penn tie for second place, and Myers
and Cowan for third.
An extra event, of ten birds, entrance
S125, was then contested. Following
was the result: Wright, s; Penn, s;
Myers, z; Lemmons, S; Burt, s; Cowan, 5.
The greatest interest of the day was
centered in the contest for the cham
pionship of West Virginia. 1t consisted
OF fifty bluerocks, entrance $500, OPP
tional sweepstakes, divided into so, 30
and 20 per cent. Mr.. G.. w. Lennon,
Of this city, captured the first prize, but
was closely pushed by Messrs. Wright
and Burt. Mr.. Lennon secured the
medal and first money, Messrs. Burt
and Wright the second prize, and Mr..
Penn third. Following is the full
score:
Wright..~llIII I'LL I'LL lI0dI