San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-23
GREAT MEMPHIS SHOOT.
RETURN OF THE SAN ANTONIO
DELEGATION.
Well Received in the City of SPUR
rels-Climatic Differences
Midwinter Shoot in
San Antonio.


marked Mr. o. C.Guessaz (Texas
Field to reporter for the LIGHT
yesterday, "but when l got to
Mcmphis and took my position OPP
posite number two OF the first set
of traps and glanced down the line
aud saw eighteen shooters ready
for the targets, realized that we
Texans don't know the first thing
about trap shooting.
The Memphis papers treated the
San Antonio delegation, consisting
of Mr.. j. NJ. George and myself,
very kindly, calling US small bore
crauks Of the first water, men Of
great and voluminous guage but
handlers of small bore guns, To
tell. the truth, all Memphis-all the
shooters there were astonished at
the superannuated gall displayed
by two individuals who travelled
900 miles to try conclusions at
flying targets with the greatest
shooting talent on earth, with
20 bore guns.
"Joe remarked the first evening
after our arrival that no matter II
we only killed 80 per cent Of our
birds, we would be credited with a
great deal OF courage at even try.
ing to shoot the little guns.
"Aud he was right. l don't be-
ieve that there were ten men out
bf the hundreds Of shooters who
had ever seen a 20 bore gun before
and when Rolla Heikes, the king Of
target shots, threw Joe's little gun
TO his shoulder, he smiled dubious
y and remarked that a man who
Gould break 60 per cent with such
In arm was good one.
~ then told him about our last
tournament, held in San Antonio
asst month and referred to Critters
great average of 95 per cent. 1
Immediately saw it was a bitter
Jill to swallow, and when /
,ranched off and told them about
APRON fishing on our Texas coast,
within half days ride Of San An
ONTO +; about the great quail coun-
ry-the deer, turkeys and the
reat duck shooting in the winter
nd dove shooting in the late sum-
her and fall, when 1 told them
bout our delightful climate, there
Fere half hundred necks
tretched forth so as to better hear
that l had to say and when 1
reached the subject of the grand
hidwinter tournament with $500
purses, every man in that radius
romised to be there. Rolla Heikes
ill visit SAM Antonioj this win
pr anyhow, and he will bring his
amily, Ed. Rike, his partner.
3 fusil, will also be on hand. Ar
hur Du Bray said he must hang
pc of those tarpon, and Dickie
[errill grew very red in the face
lille he was telling Mr.. Murchy
bout the great duck shooting we
I'D at Gum Hollow last winter.
"Just before l left for Memphis
had a conversation with Mr.. j. L.
ayden, the energetic president Of
le Business Mems club, which
As done so much good, concerning
le ACCESSIBILITY of announcing the
eat midwinter tournament, and
soon as he found that the Bust
bss Mems club would further the
Eoject, Mr.. Slayden was author
ed to make the announcement at
emphis. The announcement was
ade and on January 10, IL and II
10 Alamo City will be visited by
% grandest aggregation of shoot
ever brought together.
"We have spent hundreds of dol
RS in printing and advertising
aterial trying to tell the sports
en- of the north about our excel
bit fishing and hunting with
ew Of inducing them to visit us
the winter, but by far, the best
heme is 10 bring them on the
ound. When you can place
herman on the Texas coast with
rod in his hand and have a tar
n trying at the other end of the
e, that man, when he gets to his
rthern home will be a living and
ergetic agent, and the testimony
one hundred such men is worth
pre- than $4,000 expended in the
lal advertising way.
When you place a man in the
DIST of first-class quail shooting
pm duck,psss where he can have
th sport las he never, dreamed
before, you can't drive him
ay. As far as 1 am concerned,
Fould rather see 100 sportsmen
it San Antonio annually than
ordinary men.
he shooters spend more money
to one than any other kind and
now / am bidding for the
ronage of wealthy sportsmen.
aside from the general good that
naturally accrue from a gen.
advertisement, this proposed
lwinter tournament will bring
San Antonio $50 Of the greatest
most noted trap shooters on
th, along with an army Of pow
men, reDresantatiyes of differ