The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-04
BLIZE OF MANY GUNS.
Great Tournament on Thames Gun Club Grounds this Week-Two Hundred Of the Country's Leading Marksmen.

SfOunus thts W ot the
 Country's Leading Marksmen.
 New London. Sept 3,-Great prepara-
 ticns had been made on the Thames
 Gun cub grounds for the Keystone
 tournament which began to-day. and
 which promises to be the largest shoot
 held thls year in the eaHt An inc
 prominent shooters will he present Manager Penrose having received let tcrs from over 200 in regari to the affair.
 The new grounds are ideal ones for tournament. They are spacious and situated on an elevation commanding n beautiful view of the sound, view which will be appreciated by the shoot CTS from distance. The lot is devoid of trees or anything to interrupt the flight of the targets. and the ground is high and dry. A better place could not be selected for the purpose.
 There are two sets of traps this year to accomodate the large number of shooters. There are five traps in each set so that ten men can be peppering the targets at the same time. The traps are arranged SO the shooters will know the trap, but not know the angle at which the target will fly.
 The traps this year are pulled by an electrical device, that the Keystone company is putting on the market in- stead of the old method of levers. Blackboards for the scores are ar ranged at the end of each set of traps in plain view from all parts of the field.
 Back of the set of traps is big tent sixty-eight feet long for the use of spectators and shooters. Back of the second set of traps are four big wall tents, where spectators may sit and watch that set of traps.
 On the rise of the hill the big mess tent is placed where lunch is served at noon to the hungry marksmen. Here and there about the field the advertis- ing tents of the different dealers in sportsmen's goods are placed, adding to the spot and giving it the appearance of a fair or big camp.
 The tournament will be for four days and all the representative shots of the will take part In it. Box af- ter box of ammunition has arrived and good many hundred pounds of powder and lead will be used. There is no admission fee to the grounds and everyone will be welcomed who wishes to witness the shooting.
 The state team race is exciting good deal of interest and the follow ing notified Manager H. A. Penrose that they will take part: Captain Heicks, with team from Ohio; Cap tain Lindsley, New Jersey state team; Captain Levins, New York state team; Captain Edgerton, Eastern Connecticut state team; New Haven Gun club team; Captain Benbridge, Hartford team; Captain Dickey, Massachusetts team; Captain Connor, Tennessee team; Colonel Anthony, Carolina team
 The diamond ring for the individual was purchased through Perry x Stone and J. c. Connor of who won the ring last year, sent word that he was going to make the marksmen hustle for 1t again this year. All the other trophies have ar rived except the one held by Colonel Anthony, which he will bring from North Carolina with him.
 The men in charge of the tournament are manager, H. A. Penrose; cashiers, J. W. Clinton, Benjamin Lee; mani folds, Ernest Getchell, James Curtiss Robert Duchette; blackboards, Al Rich ards, Leonard Crocker, Martin Bailey; trap pullers, Andrews and Collins.
 To-day was spent in practice The opens tomorrow.