The morning call., 1892-08-28
4 Day Of Mirth and Jollity Down by
the Sounding Sea.
UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE"
DOR4bue Leads the Country Club, but All Of the
Gentlemen Sports Did Excellent
Shooting.
Special to THE MORNING CALI


ness OF the outing with protracted session
last evening that caused n OF a few OF them
TO look a little the worse for wear when
they put in an appearance on the hotel
por,ico at o'clock this morning 1t was
gray cold foggy morning. too, and the few
ladies who were astir at that hour had as
sumed warmer attire than that of the pre-
vious evening.
But at 9 o'clock when the mists began to
rise and the shooting party drove off to the
grounds. mile away. there was sudden
change in the aspect of affairs on the hotel
porch. Bevies OF damsels in purest white,
the color specially favored by the Country
Club, came out in little groups that pres
emily grew into an assembly Of wealth and
beauty hard to rival. The gentlemen pres
emily Joined them, aud from 10 o'clock TO
noon it might be fairly said that every one
worth knowing in California society had
greeted his peer. The ladies were "a little
tired" after the dance and late chat of the
previous night so that the club shoot on
the grounds attracted very few spectators
outside of the members Immediately inter-
ested.
The grounds are Just a pleasant miles
drive from the hotel. and the legend, Under
the Greenwood Tree" greeted the eye as
the inclOsure was ne ared. 1t was pretty
near 10 o'clock before the shooting began,
and then the Reds and the Blues were
pitred against each other as follows:
Reds-F. r. Webster (captain), F. L.
Wooster. j. ID. Harvey, Robert Oxnard. E.
f. Preston. w. ). McMurtry, K. A. Eddy,
L. +. Danforth. X. E. Wilson, IL. w. Wood
ward, Ed Donohue, Andrew Jackson,
George Croker, Il. b. Woodward.
Blues-A. c. Tubbs (captain). c. E. Wor-
X Hamilton "
Tubbs. j. ID. Grant, r. K Grayson, Thomas
Ewing, W. ). Dean, w. ). kittIe, j. ID.
Redding. Harry Babcock. f. w. Sharon, +.
w. Tallant.
Donahue Takes First Prize.
The progress of the shoot began to become
interesting IN the half-hour after midday,
but there was more than one reason for
this.
One reason suffices in most cases, as Il did
in the case OF the Governor Of Calais, who
submitted 80 arguments for not surrender
Ing the keys of the fortress to the English
invaders. He said he had lost the keys and
was excused on the remainder Of the logic.
The one prevailing reason IN to-day's in-
stance was the lunch under the greenwood
tree. 1t was announced for l O'Clock, but
those who arrived at that hour found very
little 10 comfort themselves with save some
sOlled plates and chicken bones. There was
plenty OF bottled beer. but the new arrivals
were hungry and mighty, ech0ing cry
went uD Tor food. Men who had hitherto
looked askance at dinners which D. rlmOnico
might have numbered among his triumphs
felt their appetites strongly aroused. They
seized platteTs and knives and went on
fOTaging eX edition 10 the camp kitchen.
where chickens were being Tudely brOiled,
glad If they could return with half-cooked
wing or limb, TO be digested in company
with slice OF bread and a bit Of water
melon.
The lunch was the picnic OF the day in
more senses than one. Everybody enjoyed
II and nearly everybody had TO forage for
1t. Appetite Is a capTci0us thing and moth
ing tempts man or a woman like the pros
pect OF being sent empty away Those who
had planned this feast under the green
wood tree" knew what they were doing.
Once the lunch was over the laughing
crowd went back TO the stand TO watch the
finale Of the principal event of the day
Ihls event was about as much Of mystery
to the majority OF the fair spectators as
PhaFoahs dream or the handwriting on the
wall before Daniel interpreted il.
During the day IS men shot al q birds
each. The first dozen shots we're TO deter
mine the seasons shoot. There are seven
shoots ln the season aud the best five scores
In these shoots are selected TO make up the
total. TsllaBt aud DOnahue both had IL
when they started out this morning. AS
Donahue killed 10 birds and Tallant nine,
the first prize falls TO DOnahue, although
five or six men beat his score for the day.
When the first II shots for the seasons
prizes had been fred ii was promptly an-
nounced that D0nahue had won the first
prize and Tallant the second, and that Web
ster, Sprague and Wilson had tied. The
tie was at once shot off at FIVE birds each,
with the result that Webster came out
ahead, killing all his birds, Wilson next
missing one bird, and Sprague two The
prize winners are Donahur, Tallant, Web
ster. Wilson and Sprague. in the order
named.
Some Bssutifui Shooting.
The prizes ARE: First, silver chafing-
dish; second. a silver decauter; third. a
Winchester rifle; fourth. a silver flask:
hfth, silver wine-cooleT.
OF the days record the best was jmade by
Ramon Wilson, who killed all his birds out
two with the first barrel. Oxnard made
straight score. killing II birds, and Eddie
and Austin Tubbs also killed all their
birds. Wilson made a beautiful second
barrel shot, left quarter very low.
Among the incidents OF the day was the
clever manner In which the well-known
Red Dog" stalked and secured Worden's
fifth bird, very doubtful hit, indeed, but
which the deg enabled the marksman 10
count.
One of Tallanfs birds flew four times
around the inelosure and finally dropped
outside. 1t was counted against him.
Walter Deane and Harry Hall surprised
everybody by their good shooting. Dona-
hue's work was particularly fine.
The birds were very poor In many cases
they walked around the trap after being
released, picking up particles OF food, being
evidently hungry after a two days fast.
Not one in twenty rose more than six feet
from the ground, and some were killed after
fluttering painfully two feet above the trap.
Many of the birds which had escaped injury
perehed from sheer Wearinest on the seats
and trees. from beneath W which their kindred
were being decimated.
The total "a shots were counted for the
day, the winners to receive special medals.
In this part OF the contest tie men shot in
squads OF i've. The following were de-
clared winners:
A. Tubbs first, r. e. Eddy second, Ramon
Il. Wilson third, Robert Oxnard fourth, f.
Wooster fifth.
Tubbs killed % out of "a binds. RE. Eddy
% out of "a, and Wilson, Oxnard and Wors-
ter tied with q each. On shooting Off the
tie Wooster missed his first bird and
dropped out Oxnard and Wilson shot at
two more birds aud Oxnard missed, leaving
the third medal 10 Wilson.
The Blues Must Pay.
1t was nearly o'clock before the event
was decided. The reds" scored 252 and
the "blues" 22S The blues" will pay for
the birds and are looking blue over the re-
suit.
In the first IL shots for the seasons prizes
the following scored IL birds each: Ok
nard, Eddy, Wilson and Tubbs.
The eleyeps were Webster Kittle, George
Crocker. h. r. Prts'on and F. l.. Wooster.
The tens were D0nohoe. Sprague aud Bah
cock.
These distinctions, like the names of the
priZe-winners are released from the list of
reds and the blues alike. the only object of
the division into sides being to determine
which side should pay for the birds, the
smaller total score 10 fill the bill.
When the first II shots were fred the
credits standing to the possible prize win
ners were as follows: Dohohoe Al Tallant
ii, Sprague 80. Webster 49, Wilson 81,
Bosqui 81, II. b. Woodward 20. Kittle 50.