San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-01

merchandise and the cash. Boil
are called prizes. Both are emu
merated in the list and the promis,
to give prizes consequently holds
good both as to the cash and mer
chandise and under its terms on,
should not be withheld and tn,
other given out. The promise i,
fully comprehensive.
Could any promise be more com
plete? Gould any organization
pledge itself to give as prizes
everything they solicited in a NOR,
explicit manner? Guessaz secured
nine.tenths of all the prizes, bott
merchandise and cash, and not &
dollar was solicited with any
other idea than that it was to bt
given to the shooters as such. II
has been stated sometime during
this controversy that the state as.
ISOLATION was given one OF the
finest Entertainments in its his
tory. That is emphatically denied
Nothing whatever was done fol
the comforts of the visitors. Not
q single sign Of civility was visible
the Erratic Historian himself
being conspicuously absent from
the shoot, though being in the city
That 1t could have been a nice
shoot, as every one will admit, is
asserted. With about $1,000 In
merchandise prizes and over $500
in cash secured from the generous
citizens Of San Antonio, the Texas
state shoot Of 81 would have gone
down in history as one Of the most
pleasant events in the history OF
the state association had it not
been for the ignorance of people
who should have known better.
The lack OF knowledge in trap
shooting matters is the very most
charitable motive that we can find
for such action, and We will let it
go at that.
About 3 weeks before the shoot
OF '9l, one of the members came
to the writer, stating that Mr.. Leg
Ter, of the Alamo brewery, had
paid his subscription previously
promised by Mr.. Legler to Cues.
saz) and that he desired him
(Guessaz) to print something in
"Texas Field" announcing the $50
donation as it had been promised
to the Alamo brewery gentlemen
that a special shoot would be got
up, called the alamo Brewery
Shoot" Just then Mr.. Mickle-
john, who was at loggerheads with
the San Antonio Gun club, and
who had generously subscribed $40,
came upon the scene and said !:
"See here, Guessaz, I've subscrib-
ed $40 for your state shoot, but |
want it distinctly understood that
this money is to go to the shooters,
and not to the club"
"What do you take us for" jocu.
larry uttered Guessaz. "Do you
suppose we are going around oh.
tanning money under false pre-
tenses?"
"All right" says "Mick," 81 know
you'll do right II you are left
alone"
Just then the gentleman spoken
Of proposed that the party go
down to France & Thiele's and
see what Mr.. Thiele had to say,
mentioning on the way, "Don't for
get to give the Alamo Brewery a
send off, for we hav'nt got their
shoot on the program"
Accordingly, the member and
Guessaz repaired to the gun store,
where Mr.. Thiele, the captain OF
the Gun club, was seen.
"Hello, Thiele," says Guessaz.
"By the way, what is the intention
as far as the Lone Star 500 is con-
cerned? is it to be a guaranteed
purse or added money"
Thiele scratched his head a mo-
ment, then said, "Of course, GER
tainly, added - besides that we
have other moneys to add which
We will stick on to the other
notes.-the Alamo brewery prize,
or instance"
AFFIDAVITS.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 6, 1894.
This is TO certify that in April,
1891, in presence OF Simon Veith,
A. Clark and ]. o. Sullivan, Mr..
Thiele, captain OF the San
Gun club, positively stated
hat the 800 donated by the Lone
star brewery would be ADDED to
he entries in that shoot.
o. G. GUEssAZ.
~ Subscribed and sworn
! CHA, to this the 9Th day OF
July, 1894.
~ f. g. JONES,
j. p, Exon. n. p,
Bexar Co., Tex.