Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-07-12
THE FIRST Dsv,
The Shotgun akd Rife Contests
at the Race Course.

ak tHS kNaCS NouISNs
The rifle and shot gun teams, home
and visiting, broiled in the July sun this
morning at the West Ashevile race track
and opened Gala Week with big pro-
gram of interesting events, They had
trouble in getting there because of street
car delays, but when they did they
ruined several barrels Of blue rock pigeons
with little delay.
The-grand stand was sparsely occu-
pied but the sportsmcn wcrccnthusiastic
for all that. The shot gun events went
off rapidly with six men firing in rapid
succession from five electric traps. {.
Hphi, John Child and George Hendcr,
son were scorers, willie Charles A.
Dixon of Charlotte, exercised the ref
erce's powers. Money i'll the cashiers
department was handled by W. R. Hes.
ton and Jas. X. Cowan.
To start things off an informal sweep
stakes shoot at ten single birds was
tried. !. +. Jordan and Y. S
Lusk of Ashcville, w. II. Jus.
tice, of Charlotte, and l.. Aston, O
Atlanta, came out with clean scores O
tcn each and divided the first money
$3.50. There were "a entries from tht
different clubs. The second money was
scattered among S. VanGilder OF Knox
vile, ]. d. Glenn of Greensboro
| ]. F. Anthony, A. X, Stokes
F. II. Andrews and John Carson
of Charlotte; Walter Reese and b, &
Morris, of IIcndcrsonvillc, aud !, D. Car
rier. of Ashcvlle, each of whom received
60 cents for hits. Third honors came
easy for !. l.. Fonda, E. X. Dodge anl
George A. Howell, of Charlotte, and L
b. Atkinson. of Ashevillc, who had score
of s each. Frank Dowd, of Charlotte
and w. A. Kepler, of Asheville divided
fourth money. scoring each.
The regular teams on thcGround Wcr
Ashcvillc Nos. 1 and .; Charlotte Nos.
and 2; the Greensboro team and Oh
lIendersonville team.
The events on the program numbered
eight. 1t was II o'clock when the iirini
began. The participants started in wit
the prospect of an all day business
An individual shoot at is singles wa
first, the purse being made up from tn
entrance fee of $1.50 and $40 added b
the Asheville Gun club,
Greensboro won all the prize, +. JoI
dan, ]. l.. Fonda and Il. l. Gilmer divit
ing it. They broke fourteen out of the
fifteen birds. Gen. Glenn. w. A. Hoot
OF Hendcrsonvillc; Y. S. Lusk, of Ash
vile and l.. ]. Aston, of Atlanta, brol
thirteen each and came i'll for secon
prize, while the third money went t
A. w. du Bray, of Meriden. Conn, Fran
Dowd aud John w. Todd, of Charlott
W. p. Blanton and W. A. Keplet, of Ash
vile, and Walter Reese, of Hendersonvill
; who made scores of twelve. The 9th
scores were:
S. VanGider. Knoxville, IL; !. d. Ca
= rier, Ashevillc, IL John Carson, +.
: Andrews and J. +. Anthony, of Cha
lottc, II; {. +. Joyce, Greensboro, 10;
Wilson, Asheville, 10; b. NJ. Wilso
!. Asheyille, Q; G. W. Cannon, 6; L. b. A
kinson, II; j. Y. Jordan, II; J. +. Floy
Spartanburg, 0; n. A. Reynolds, II;
!. 6. Morris, of IIendcrsonvillc, II; X.
TSlSHCI, VI llSiluSl sohNilSi Lo'
The second event in the gun contc
was an individual shoot at fifteen 81
I, giles. the purse being made up from
: entrance fee OF 81 with $15 added by t
Ashevile Gun club. A. X. Stokes,
Charlotte, and V. S. Lusk, of Ashevil
won first money by breaking iourte
birds. Those having thirteen divid
second money. This class included:
, W. du Bray OF Mcriden, S. VauGildcr,
Knoxville, ]. d. Glenn and J.
Jordan of Greensboro. and
Y. Jordan and N. A. Rcyno
of Asheville, with twelve birds each
their credit. The third money went
Frank Dowd and ]. T. Anthony Of Ch
lotte; L. l.. Gilmer and c. 7. Joyce