Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-29
THE GUN CLUB SHOOT.
Goose Eggs Were Numerous
at the First Shootof the
Gun Club.

organized, held the first OF its series
OF regular weekly shoots at the club
grounds in the southeastern part OF
the city Friday afternoon.
AS was expected, the scores on
.sdead BIRDS was small, and many
were the holes made in the atm nt'
phere. However, taking into
consideration that large percent
age 81 those participating in
Fridays shoot, had never be-
fore tried trap shooting. and those
who had. were cut of practice, they
did fairly well, an average OF nearly
fifteen out OF a possible thirty being
made. f- a.. j. 2tE.
The best score was made by G. N.
Lafond, who, though out OF practice
and otherwise not III condition,
broke nine out OF a possible ten.
Next to LafOnd was A. W. MacRae,
with eight out Of ten to his credit,
and DR.. Trace third, with a score Of
seven out or ten.
President G. N. Lafond, will, no
doubt, sustain his former reputation
Of being the best shot of this section
of the country. Compared with that
OF the ordinary shooter, Mr.. I4afond's
manner of shooting is much more
sportsmanlike and interesting to
witness. Instead of holding his gun
to his shoulder before the trap Is
sprung, it is held at his side, and the
bird scarcely leaves the trap before
it is shattered to pieces. In the
opinion of a prominent member OF
the st. Cloud Gun club, Mr.. Lafond
cannot be beaten ny any man In the
state, If Lafond's manner OF shooting
is followed. Lafond was defeated
two years ago by VIM. Thielman, Of
St. Cloud, in a match, but as he was
allowed to hold his gun to his shout
der until the trap was sprung, and
used shells with which he could shoot
nearly double the distance OF his
opponent, Thielman had a decided
advantage.
The Little Falls Gun club now has
a membership Of about forty, all
enthusiastic sportsmen, and before
the season closes the scores will
show up far better than that Of Fri
day. The club will hold regular
shoots ON Friday afternoon of each
week, and it is expected that nearly
all members will participate. Fri
days events were each ten singles
at !known angles, and three squads
of six members were engaged in the
shooting. II; >@ :5s
The club have excellent grounds.
and have erected a good, substantial
club house. They have fine traps of
the latest improved pattern, Blue
rock Expert" with North's latest
improved electric pull. The boys
who loaded the traps yesterday
were inexperienced and broke a
number of birds in loading, but the
traps otherwise worked perfectly.
The officers of the club are as fol-
lows:
President-C. N. LaFond.
ce-President-H.L Landau.
Sec. and Treas.-J. Wetzel.
Field Captain-W. B. Jones.
Other members of the club are DR..
F. H. Nero, H. H. Tanner, DR.. y. q.
Trace, VIC. Smith, B. Burton, y.
Grassland, l.. D. Brown, P j. Gross,
A. w. MacRae, E, Tanner, e. M.
Hoover. Drew Musser, F. A. Lind
bergh, L. O. Vessel, F. Ambuhl, G.
w. Emder, II. G. Gordon, W. M.
Fuller, S. A. Siverts, J. p. Frampton,
Jno. A. Berkey, G.. A. Sprandel, Joe.
Kaster, T. w. Mann, Casper Schmitt,
J. D. Hatton, Chas. Latham, j. A.
Meyers, DR.. N. Dumont, q. 1. McNair,
E. W.lCollins, Russell Baker, Ed.
Racine, M. M. Williams and H.
Stillwell.