The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-27
NHE GOOD SCORES.
,;,. Bird Championship Still
Remains Undecided.
MuzzLE-LOArSH'5 WORK
spssv Doty Brings Out q Relic but
n Does Execution-The Shoot 20
BE Finished Today.

...r< day O. TIE s1soiiTg sDurna-
~ ~ tha washington State Sports
=. sxsociation VAS productive OF some
p...ioral work b. DIR. r. A. Purdy. Dell
- NJ Whatcom. Ware. Of Spokane.
- and Churchill. Of Seattle.
Sasss the darkness closed in and the
.',,snx had 10 be abandoned. the state
's.rspionship contest at twenty live birds
nj finished. but Or. Purdy had
- thirteen straight, and was steady
= sloekyork, centering his birds every
and apparently booked for the first
=. ahscE will come near 500. besides a
Il - ran presented by Albert Hansen. II
= rsm-ias 10 bs seen whether he can
s-we 10 the traps this morning at .
sesaek in the same condition and shoot
- rs string. II he makes even one miss
! viii have Ware. Churchill. Eberiy and
f.soe- on even terms, ard the chances Of
4 winning become materially reduced.
- third men in the shoot at the close
.r.,.day were Stevens, Doty and Young.
a. Of whom had II out OF u. 1t will be
az BIZ examining the score that there
T.rv twenty entries In the championship
gses. bus those who had scored three or
s.ye misses at the close OF the sixth
raid dropped out. either for good or un-
: The percentages Of the leaders dropped
4, enough TO give them a chance 70 shoot
q ID che OF the nrst three positions.
some startling Incidents.
Il u unfortunate that the score fails TO
seq the splendid shots made In many
ksances where misses had to be record
4. Bird after bird came out of the traps
Ike bullets. and, although hit hard, would
SIX along not only out OF bounds, but
sgss the fence. where a dozen old mus
ass would Immediately commence A fusil-
q with the usual result that the bird
ssB.d slight uninjured and then bs killed.
gsas Purdy. Eosrly. Ellis, Denham. Nc
Room, Young, D0ty, Charles, Smith,
ggppe Stevens and Mckee made some
.slend5 shots, II must be candldly admit
ea that the most sensational shots were
msse by Cooper. and those. too, with
grace and rapidity that called for repeat
n applause. AS a matter Of fact. Cooper
"a not attract as much attention as Dad"
Dosy, Of whatcou. who made his appear
snee with heavy 10 gauge gun well coat
ii with rust. and brass shells loaded with
Eve drachms OF black powder. Out OF the
muzzle OF the gun protruded a cleaning
rcd with a rag that had seen much ser
vice. Mr.. Doty whitfield a few pieces OF
rust OF the gun barrels, and explained
TIA. he had oiled IL with salt water oil. A
crowd gathered around and took more in
tsfest Ia IT'S outfit than anything else GO
iag on. When he commenced knocking
TIE birds right and left, II was reported
that he was shooting ten drachms Of DOW
Ter. and II the bird quivered some one IN
the crowd always asked him 10 shoot the
cannon again. Doty enjoyed the fun "a
much as any one else. and kept scoring
dead birds as II nothing had happened.
The Bird Came 10 His Hand.
IN the first event OF the day. a miss and
out an incident occurred that old shoot
ers said they had never seen before. Capt
Miner shot twice ut an in-comer. but the
bird. although hit hard. kept coming The
captain stood stock still and made one
hand catch Of the little fellow. thus scOr-
fng dead bird. In this event Considine,
Shsard. Ware, McBroom. Robinson. Eber-
". C. Minor. Stevens. T.. F. Miner and
Calhoun made five straights. and couclud-
ed to divide the money.
In the second event. twelve singles. n
rev star came To the front in the person
81 Easthom. of Carbonate. who made II.
Ms only miss being on blue. straight
away Considine shot like a house afre
% TO tho ninth bird. Then he missed
twice. but regaiued his eve and shot out
Mcclure. OF Victoria. made some long and
extremely difficult shots. as did Consl-
One The score viii show that he was
specially effective with the first barrel.
Thomas had more hard luck than any
enc else I'm this event. but Charles lost "A
bird under very trying circumstances. Tie
k0ught to earth an in-comer. and the
moment IL struck one of tho boys who
sere retrieving started after N before
Referee Robinson had given the word or
Mr. Charles had called tn retrieve. The
bird gained strength and few. but Charles
care not use his second barrel on account
oi the boy a second bird was given him.
hat Il proved 10 be "A straightaway that
would not come down.
In the scores a bird that Is killed with
the first barrel Is marked /. and when the
second barrel Is used ~ Is marked 2 Birds
that fall dead out Of bounds. yet count as
lost birds are marked .. In the state
Championship contest the shooters who
meae so many misses that they could not
set q place dropped out for good. or until
ihe leaders missed enough birds 10 give
them an opportunity 70 come 10 the front.
Following are the scores;
stste Championship ar Live Birds, 90
Singles.
Entrance go. 500 added. Diminished