The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-25
CLOSE OF THE shoot
Interest Did Not Lag Till the List
Gun Was Fired.
LIVE BIRD CHAMPIONSHIP
Wright of Butte Defeats ConIey of
Anaconda in Close Face
Names OF the Luokiest Marks
men of the I ournament

Missoula. May 24.-The last day of
the State Sportsman's tournament was
no less interesting than the preceding
one, and there was no falling off in the
attendance of shooters. The weather
was not as pleasant as it had been
during the other days, as there was
high wind nearly all day, and there
were several fiurries of rain. There
was no interruption in the shooting,
however. and the banging of the guns
has been incessant all day. There was
some good shooting, but there was not
the interest manifested that there had
been in the bluerock shooting.
The live birds championship was the
principal event of the day and was
won by Wright of Butte, after a close
contest with Conley of Anaconda.
The first event of the day was a live
bird shoot at seven birds, which
brought out fair number of entries.
The birds used in this event were not
very good, and this made the shoot
slow one. These birds had been shipped
from Utah and were in poor condition.
Missoula birds were used in the cham
pionship event and these were almost
without an exception strong flyers.
Event No. l, Z live birds, entrance So,
three moneys, % Understanding z;
Wright, 5; Van Wyck, 4; Spargo, 8;
Fisk z; MCGOWAN, 6; Williams, s; w.
Hills. Z; Brownlee, 4; Conley, z; Rock
efeller, Z; Twohy, 4 Menard, 8; Ware,
z; Nichols, 6; futile, 6; Bartlett, Z;
Kennett. 4; j. Neu, 6; w. Neu. 6;
Thompson, 6; j. Hills, 4. Cummings
Fisk, w. Hills, Conley, Rockefeller,
Bartlett, Twohy and Ware divided
$31.9 as first money. MCGOWAN, Will
Jams, Nichols, futile. j. Neu, w. Neu
and Thompson divided $19l4 as second
money. Menard and Wright divided
$1276 as third money. 4a4A
For the live bird championship. there
were 26 entries. Under the rules of the
association, the contestants dropped
out after missing three birds. The
squads shot at five birds down. In the
first round Thompson and Kenneth
dropped out, each missing the first,
third and fifth birds. futile, c. II.
Smith, w. Neu, Cummings, Searles,
Hymer and Jones withdrew in the sec
ond round. In the third round. Van
Wyck dropped out on the 18th bird;
Williams on the 18th; w. Hills on the
18th: ]. Neu on the 18th; Brownlee on
the 18th; Nichols on the 18th; Bartlett
made his third miss on the 18th bird;
j. Hills dropped out on the 11th; Rog-
/ ers on the 18th. So
Event No. 2, live BIRDS championship
of Montana, Is birds, entrance $40, 60
per cent. of entrance money to go to
the present holder of the medal, Percy
Kenneth of Helena-Van Wyck, 5; Con-
ley, Is; Williams, 8; w. Hills, s; Tuttle,
5: Rockefeller, 10; Twohy, IA; c. ii.
/ Smith, 4; Menard, H. Bartlett, II; Fisk,
10; Kenneth, 2; j. Neu, 8; w. Neu. 3;
Nichols, 10; Brownlee, 8; Knight, 10;
! Wright, Is: Thompson, 9; Cummings, 3;
Hymer. 6; MCGOWAN. Z; Searles, ~
Jones, 4: Rogers 8; J. Hills, s. Imfne-
/ diately afterward, Conley and Wright
shot off the tie for the championship,
mis- no
bird and Wright had "a clean score TILL
his eighth bird. Then the score was
tied and there was the same interest
| that prevailed in the blue rock cham
pionship yesterday. Conley's lost bird
was a swift, straight-away, but he
failed to hit it, and Wright killed
his bird. winning the championship OF
the state.
The score in the shoot-off was:
I Conley. 0 2 2 0-S
Wright. 2 2 0 %
| The figures denote whether one barrel
was used or two.
The prizes were as follows: First cham
| pionship, Wright of Butte second, 800.
/ Twohy of Anaconda third, $39: Rockefel-
Ter. Anaconda: Fisk, Helena, and Knight
of Butte. Kenneth, the holder of the medal
for the past year, received $165.
The individual prize for the longest run
of breaks in the blue rock shooting, 100
hand-loaded shells. went to Twohy of An
aconda. who had a run of 40 to his
| credit ..........
The corresponding prize in the live bird
event was won by Conley of Anaconda.
| with run of p.
There was a special live bird match late
/ this afternoon between Conley and
Knight. They shot 20 birds each with an
even score. and the supply of birds giving
out the money was drawn down.
Two extra blue rock events were shot
this morning before the live bird shoot
/ began. The scores were: Event No /, 10
singles unknown angles. 81 entrance.
three moneys. Is entries. c. S. Smith, 3;
Menard. I; MCGOWAN, 10; J. Neu, 10; w.
Neu I: Frazier, 6; ]. Hills. !: w. Hills.
S: Spargo, S; Conley. 6; Cave, Z; Cum
mings. s: Denison. 9: Williams. S; Bray
ton. s; Hewes and Searles, second, 80
cents each. w. Hills. Cummings. Will
liams and Brayton third. 60 cents.
Event No. q 10 singles. entrance 81;
three moneys. % entries: Conley. 8; Ware,
.; Fisk, 5; Menard. Z; Bartlett, 5: w. Neu.
3; Brayton. s; +. IL. Smith. 9; Brownlee,
5; Frazier. Z; Denison. :; knight, 3:
Hewes 3; Twohy. 81 Tuttle. 8; Hunt. 5;
Williams. /: Rogers. 5: Thompson. 4:
Woody, 9: Barbour. S. Wright, 6: Ware.
Neu. c. II. Smith. Knight, Hewes. Two
by. Williams. and Woody first, IS cents
each: Bartlett, Brayton and Barbour Sec
uHds @isHN tdtns -hthaths DNh-
ison third, 81 each.
There were blue rock sweepstakes
events until darkness closed the tourna-
ment this evening.
Many OF the visitors left this evening
for home and the others will depart to-
morrow.
VASCULAR Ghristianity.
From the London Spectator
4 notion haptan 70 ha