The record-union., 1897-11-29
STELL|NGS WON THE MATCH.
HE SCORED 81 OUT OF HIS
100 BIRDS.
'Ruhstaller, Jr., Had 70 to His
Credit-An Interesting Con-
test at the Traps.

The much-talked-of pigeon shooting
match between Frank Ruhstaller, Jr.,
of this city and Henry Stellings OF Da-
visville took, place yesterday at John
Morrison's shooting grounds on the
north side of the American River
bridge, and resulted in victory for
the Davisville man by a score of 81 to
10 out of possible 100.
The early part of the forenoon was
foggy and cold, but by the time the
preliminaries had been arranged the
sun came out, and while the match was
in progress the weather was pleasant
and all the conditions favorable for the
contestants.
Each man shot at 100 birds, the
stakes being $1O0 side. Henry A.
Bassford Of Vacaville, veteran at the
traps. had been agreed on for referee,
and the principals had SO much conf
dence in his judgment and fairness that
the usual judges were omitted, Mr..
Bassford's decisions to be final Frank
NJ Woodson of this city managed the
traps. j. F. Hill of this city was chosen
by Ruhstaller to score for him, and
Stellings was served in the same ca
pacity by W. H. Seaver C'Trombone')
Of San Francisco.
Ruhstaller played in rather hard luck
during the first half of the match, as
he had the hardest birds. None es-
capped entirely. and nearly every one
that was sent from the trap fell dead
outside the circle of flags. Ruhstaller
made mistake in changing his ammu-
milton near the middle of the match
He then began using No. shot, and
lost several birds that he would other
wise probably have killed. He was es-
pecially good with his second BARREL,
often grassing birds at long distances.
Stelings is very quick with his first
barrel, and seldom uses his second, ex-
cept to give the coup de grace" to
birds that he feared might possibly rise
again before they could be retrieved.
AS a retriever. Stuart Upson of the
Pelican Club is entitled to blue RIB
bon. He did excellent work in that
line, which often requires the exercise
of good Judgment. Crittenden Robin
son, the coast champion, has Won many
hard matches by his skill in retriev-
ing. Often a single bird will determine
a match and when men are shooting
for big stakes the retrieving of birds
cuts a very important figure.
There were about hundred sports
men present to witness the shooting.
The match passed off without dispute
or jar, and this is as it should be when
gentlemen engage in a contest of any
kind. Following are the scores:
Stellings 1111211021111212202221-2
@11*212l21u11111*202l112-N
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
01N1122111ll122O02l12110- -21-S7
Ruhstaller Jr. 2021 1122*11Gl22211022221l1-1
2*0*1211211222l1C0l10*0
l1222l11*122222*1102112-I
11*210l1 101021112 2120211 -20-l9
*Dead out of bounds. Both barrels used.
Following this match was one be-
tween Sheriff F. T. Johnson and Deputy
Sheriff Schwilk. The latter has often
faced the traps, but it was the first
time his chief had ever called pull.
The pigeons refused to perch on top of
the traps, so the High Sheriff might
sight along the barrels, and the result
was the following score:
Schwilk ..........................0 l 0-3
Johnson U VI
Schwilk declared that the bird scored
/ H. l.; 6no6 y-h