The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-03
Big SHOOT ON SATURDAY.
An Event That Will Take Place
at the Oakland Track.
A Series Of Races for Valuable Consideration
Between sportsmen Of the Alameda Gun
Club and Country Club.

PROBABLY the most interesting and most
exciting trap-shooting contest that has ever
taken place on this coast will occur at the
Oakland Trotting Park on next Saturday
between teams from the Alameda Gun Club
and the Country Club of this city.
AS previously stated in THE CALI. the
Country Club. which has among its men,
bers some of the best all-round shots of the
State, issued an invitation to the Athenian
Gun Club of Oakland and the Alameda Gun
Club to meet 10 of its members in
series of trap-shoots at the Oakland track,
the consideration to DE handsome traphy.
The Athenian Club seemed at first per-
feetly satisfied to take part in contest
with the gentlemen whose shooting proeliy-
tiles are unquestionably of high order
that is, so far as the trap-shooting is con-
cerned.
ATHENIANs DISABLED.
The Country Clubs army Of pigeon stop
pers, were in high feather In anticipation OF
q great days sport, when unexpectedly
great damper arrived in the person of q
courier from the east side of the peninsula,
who Informed Colonel Webster that owing
to the fact of a number of the Athenian
Clubs crack shots having been laid up from
the terrific struggles they had engaged in at
the Championship tennis tournament, 1t
would be utterly impossible Tor the club to
muster enough good men to compete favor
ably against the cracks OF the Country Club.
This settled matters, as the news, which
was anything but pleasing to the spoEtsmen
of the Country Club, cast gloom over
what gave every promise Of being one OF the
greatest pigeon grassing contests west OF
the big mountains.
"Well," sOliloQuiZed Colonel Webster, as
he looked painfully at the departing form
of the Athenian messenger, "this is the first
time in my life that l have become really
heartbroken over a most outrageous dlsap-
pointment, which to me meant the sport Of
a season"
Yes. indeed, 1t Is too bad-too bad. 1
had been looking pleasantly forward to
trapshoot which would have made the
Country Club famous all over the world. as
it would have been no trick for the boys,
who have been practicing faithfully for
the event, to kill on an average IL out of
the dozen birds shot at. 1t is too bad that
this dangerous and cruel game of tennis
should interfere with the proposed great
pigeon-shootiug race"
NOT YET HEARD FROM.
The Alameda Gun Club was yet to be
heard from, and recently the captain of the
Alamedas sent word that he had chosen a
team which he hoped would give good
account of itself in series of contests with
the crack shooters of the Country Club.
This was glorious bit of news. as Colonel
Webster expressed it, and arrangements
this city.
Committees consisting Of Messrs Sprague.
Webster and Donohoe of the Country Club
and MessTs. BOlander, Norton and Osborn
OF the Alameda County Sportsmen's Club
met at the Occidental Hotel and made salts
factory arrangements for a series Of three
matches, best two out of three to win.
The result of the conference was that on
SATURDAY.. the 9th inst, the first of the con-
tests will be held at the Oakland track; the
ehnnt hppfin al y
Ten men from each club will face the
traps, and eachman will pull trigger at Is
birds.
THE RULES TO GOVERN.
American Association rules lwill govern:
Loads unlimited; any gauge gun can be
used; usual boundary; each club to have
scorer, with c. w. Kyle as official referee;
the consideration to be $50 trophy, to be
contributed by the losing club; i'll the event
OF tie. one bird will be given to each man;
substitute will take the place OF regular
in case the latter fails to toe the scratch
when ordered to the trap.
The following Is the personnel of the con-
testing teams, viz:
Alameda Gun Clubs. E. Knowles, C.
NJ. Osborn. II. f. Mayhew, W. w. Haskell,
John c. Maynard. A. F. Adams, w. E.
Lichtenburg, L. X. Barney. l.. p. BOlander
and E. 3, Norton. Substitutes, Ii. Schroe-
| der and c. NJ. Morrison. Captain of team,
c. NJ. Morrison.
country CluD Ieam-I. w. Iallent, l.. u.
Bosqui, Harry Babcock, F. l.. Wooster, r.
II. Sprague. F. r. Webster. r. E. Wilson.
Edward DonehOe, Mr.. Woodward and G.
w. Murdoch Cartain of team, A. c.
Tubbs. Substitutes, A. c. Tubbs, Thomas
Ewing and Andrew Jackson
This promises TO be the shoot of the sea-
son, and as the sportsmcn who will repre-
sent both clubs are excellent shots on field
and marsh, the large gathering that will
undoubtedly be present will be treated to
as fine an exhibition Of trap shooting as
may be seen at any of the great club shoots
e asst of the Rocky Mountains.
James 7. Laird wants the Democrats of