The evening times., 1895-08-22
Capital City Gun Club Goes
Against Some Cracks.
THEY GET SECOND PLACE
Up of the Trap Shooters Tcurna.
Wagner Hits His Whole
String-A Good Showing.

VINO went 10 faitiinofe yesterday 10 LIKE
part in The final contest of the District o
Columbia and Maryland Trap Shooters
League, returned to the city last night The
event proved a good one from the stand
point OF the n,arksmen, and socially, the
Washing ton men say, it was most enjoyable.
The baltimore Shooting Associations
grounds, where the contest occurred, is
pronounced by r. W. Barker and other men
experienced in the shooting line, to bc the
most perfectly appointed and delightful
place of it's kind in the country.
There was considera bic rivalry. and
vast amount of interest felt in the meeting
OF yesterday and u large number Of persons,
among them many ladies', were present
The day was a perfect one for shooting,
there being no wind 10 disturb the flight OF
the targets and each OF the twenty-four ex-
perts who faced the traps had no complaint
as to conditions.
The tournament has been an interesting
one from the start. The first of the series
of meetings, of which the one OF yesterday
was The last was held OH the Baltimore
Shooting Associations grounds on July
=, and resulted in Il tie between the asso-
ciation and Standard Club teams, each
getting 127 birds. the Washington team
124 and the Green Spring Valley team 30.
SOME FORMER SHOOTS.
The second shoot took place on the Capt.
tal City Gun Clubs grounds in this city
on July 20. On this occasion the Washing
ton team ouishot all of usir opponents
easily, scoring 1856; the Standard Gun
Club, 1871; the Baltimore Shooting Asso-
citation, 126, and the Green Spring Valley
Club, 1O1.
The third shoot was at the grounds of
the STANDARD Gun Club at Point Breeze
August z Here the Baltimore Shooting
Associations team made the best score OF
the series, getting 142 out Of $50; the
Standard Gun Club, 1856; the Capital City
Gun Club. 1874, and the Green Spring Val
ley Club, 118.
When the teams lined up for duty yestcr-
day the total score stood as follows:
Baltimore Shooting Association, 1876.
Standard Gun Club, 1894.
Capital City Gun Club, 393.
Green Spring Valley Gun Club, Sd4.
There was one bird in dispute, which,
if allowed, would have put the Washington
team on equal terms with the Standards,
but the judges decided yesterday that our
men were not entitled to it, AS it turned
out it wouldn't have helped them if they
had got it. =
AS usual, the number of birds allowed
ca ch team was so, and the score was as
follows:
Standard Gun Club, lao.
Capital City Gun Club, 1877.
Baltimore Shooting Association, 130.
The total number of birds hit in the four
meetings of the series was as follows:
Standard Gun Club, 534; Capital City
Gun Club, $50; Baltimore Shooting Asso-
citation, 525; Green Spring Valley Gun,
Club, 442.
NOT A FULL TEAM.
In the contest of yesterday only four of
the regular team of the Capital City Gun
Club took part owing to the inability Of
Mr.. McKelden and Mr.. Mcleod to be pres
ent, and R. W. Barker and William Roth
well were put in as substitutes.
The individual score for yesterday was as
follows: Wagner, 25; Gulick, 20; Pruitt,
23; MattingIy, 20; Rothwell, %; Bar
ker, 81.
The Standard Gun Club took 60 per
cent of the purse, and the Capitol City
Gun Club got 40 per cent. After the shoot
for the championship the Green Spring
Valley Club offered three prizes for in
dividual shooting. The first won n bicycle,
the second case of whisky, and the third
a gun case. Each man had fifty birds and
the event was goodhuniored one. The
scores were:
Heiskell, A; wortche, SO; Cockey, 43;
Thomas, SO, Claridge, do; White, AZ;
Hartner, 43; Wagner, Al; Gulick. 40;
Pruitt, A; Bond, 42; Hawkins, 40; Ward,
45; Hood, At; Gent, Al; Evans, 45;
Williams, SO, and Mattingly, 46.
Wagner and Hood tied for first place
with AZ each; Mattngly got second with
46. and Claridge, Hawkins, Ward and Evans
tied for third prize. The tics were not shot
off, but the bicycle was turned over to
Wagner by Hood Before and after these
events there was pool Shooting, and about
1000 targets were broken.
The Washington team were the guests Of
the Green Spring Valley Club at dinner at
the Halstead Roadhouse.