San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-08
THE TOURNAMENT.
BEGINNING OF THE SECOND DAYS
SPORT.
hi gh-- Average Made-Yesterday's
Score and General Notes oil
the Shoot and Shooters.

the great midwinter tournament
at the Jockey club was satisfac-
torily sucS ssful alike to the shoot
ers and the>managers, and showed
that with fine weather and little
backing and enterprise San An
tonic can provide as great tour.
ney in this line as any city In the
United States.
The average Of the shooters
was very high and among
these Mr.. Fred. Gilbert, OF Spirit
Lake, Ia, led with an average OF
94.3. Mr.. o. X. Dickey, Of Boston,
was next with 81. Ralph Trimble,
of Covington, Ky, put up mark
of $50. This is good shooting and
no mistake.
OF the eight events on yester-
days program the average OF en-
tries was IS. All moneys were di.
vided and this arrangement proved
very satisfactory to all the cracks.
Mr.. Paul A. LitZke, Of Little
Rock, Ark, is attending the shoot
in the interest OF Forest and
Stream.
A good many of the visitors were
piloted over the city by the enter
tainment committee after the days
program was ended and last night
the city was seen by electric light.
A good many OF the strangers had
heir first taste of Mexican chile
con carne and other hot stuff and
saw their first scenes of Mexico.
AMONG THE CRACKS.
The Hazard Smokeless Powder
tournament for amateurs and ex-
perts will be held at Cincinnati, o.,
on May 10, 20, 81 and %. Two
thousand dollars in cash and
prizes will be donated by the Haz.
ard Powder company.
Among the shooters that arrived
this morning were U. M. G. Thomas,
of New York, and j. A. McIlhenny,
OF Avery's Island, La.
In the choice of powder for trap
or field shooting, the nitro powder
has almost entirely superseded the
black of former years, and only the
farmer boy, or an old-time gunner,
who is not posted on "them new
tangled powders" continues to use
the "soft COAL"
1t is with regret that the LIGHT
omits the entries and program Of
events for the following day, as
they are not made up until the
shoot is over, which is after the
paper has gone to press.
Gilbert, the Iowa champion,
who is attending the midwinter
shoot, holds the Du Pont cup for
the worlds championship. After
the San Antonio shoot he will go
to Chicago, where he is to shoot
against John Avery, of Burlington,
for the cup.
"Tim" Elliot was shown a news
paper clipping last night, which
says that John l.. Brewer, who
claims the worlds championship
as wing shot, offers 500 in cash for
every $500 match that he can Sc
cure with Elliott or G. ID. Fulford.
Brewer also offers to bet 81, 800 that
he can beat Elliott, Fulford or any
man in the world at 100 first-class
birds on equal terms. To this Ell
lott replied that Brewer is out
with his annual bluff, which is due
about this time OF the year.
During the season of '95 Ralph
l.. Trimble took part in twenty
three shoots. The total shots were
7,4l9, total score, or 80 LIZ per cent
The 7,4l6 shots were under the fol-
lowing conditions: Live pegeons
20; live sparrows, 55; targets, un
known traps and angles, 60; tar
gets, doubles, 90; targets, 81 yds
rise, 1876; targets, reverse traps
l720; targets, known angles, 5,595
Mr.. Trimble is the trap-shootins
representative of r. S. Waddell, o
Cincinnati, who is the genera
agent for Messrs. E. l. Du Pont d.
Nemours & Co., and the Hazar'
Powder company.
: Fred. Van Dyke is man q
I about 145 pounds, over six fee
high, of spare built and straight a
| an arrow, with that graceful car
riage that few tall, slim men as
I sumo. When at the score he place
+ both feet together, leans his bod,
q slightly forward and places hi
head we'll down on the stock, us
ing a Winchester repeating she
gun, with a rapidity and surenes
d that few men can equal, and non
It excel. Van Dyke Is shooting n
preventative of the Wincheste
Arms company, and does his wor
o,I III ,,eoa nuNont cmokalas