The San Francisco call., 1895-10-07

of the initial tournament of the California
Inanimate Target Association yesterday
at the Oakland racetrack. No less than
lis men, from seventeen clubs in different
parts of the State, appeared before the
traps. Nearly 10000 shots were fired dur
ing the day.
The honors of the day were carried off by
J. w. Shell of the San Joaquin Valley
Club and the team OF the Stockton Gun
Club. Shell carried off the first prize in
the first, second and third events, and so
the Stockton club won the association
trophy.
There were represented at the tourna-
ment the following. seventeen clubs:
Olympic, Lincoln, Electric and Nimrod gun
clubs OF San Francisco, Empire of Oakland,
Oakland Gun Club, Alameda County Sports
mans Association, Stockton Gun Club, Stock
ton Athletic Association Gun Club, Sacramento
Gun Club, Watsonville Gun Club, San Joaquin
Valley Gun Club OF Nisalia. Placerville Gun
Club, MiilNaley Country Club, Garden City
Gun Club OF San Jose, Sutter Creek Gun Club
and Eureka Gun Club.
Considering that the association was
formed but few months ago, the man
ayers are congratulatiDg themselves over
the great success of their first tournament,
in which thev say there were as many en-
tries as have been made at any OF the big
Eastern meets.
The shooting was, generally speaking,
fair. Several very good scores were made
and the large scores of the teams showed
that there were among the great number
OF participants large proportion of clever
shots.
Yesterday was the first time on this
coast when two sets OF traps were neces-
sar V, and as it was impossible to finish the
days programme by nightfall it is prob
able that another set, making a dozen
traps in all, will be necessary at the next
tournament in May of next year at Stock
ton.
The first event was a warm-up of ten
single shots, an open pool, in which j. w.
Shell, with a clean score, took the first
prize, j. Karney second and F. F. Merrill
third.
The second event was of fifteen singles
for seven prizes. In this She'll again took
hrst prize with fourteen hits. +. f. Mer-
rill took second prize; c. G. Nauman,
third; Trombone, fourth; and Holmes,
sixth. For fifth prize D. Winders and w.
Love!ace tied. A. w. Allen and G. F..
Jackson tied for seventh prize. These ties
will be shot off this morning.
The third event was the most important
of the day for individual shots as the first
prize was for a diamond medal. There
were in all ten prizes. in this event. Owing
to the system of class shooting only the
first prize winner was determined This
went to the redoubtable Shell, with a
clean score of 20. Up to this time Shell
had missed but one shot out of forty-five
The fourth event was the association
trophy emblematic of the club champion
ship for teams of six men from each club.
For first place the Olympics of this City
and Stocktons tied, with 95 each. In the
shoot-of the latter won by one point. c..
c. Nauman of the Olympics was i'll and
had to be carried away from the traps at
the end of the shoot. He, however,
showed his wonderful pluck in staying
with his gun to the last shot and making
the second best score of his team. The
Olympics ware also weakened by the abb
sence OF ice two Golchers. For third
place the Oakland and San Joaquin Valley
teams shot off their tie, the latter winning.
The fifth event, double barrel race of
fifteen singles, was not concluded when