San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-05
TRAP AND TRIGGER.

Scores Made by the San Antonio and
Powder Hill Gun Clubs.
The beautiful grounds of the San
Antonio Gun club wore a spring at
tire yesterday.
Nature had formed a perfect carpet
of wild verbenas and daisies, and the
gentle breezes waited their sweet OdOr
TO the shooters and nerved them up
for their best efforts at good scores
Nineteen scatter-gun-enthusia
took part in disturbing the atmos-
phere. each with his favortie load.
The following are the scores:
The first event at 10 singles had six
teen entries and resulted in the fol
lowing scores: Foster, 10; McCor-
mack. 10; Whitworth, 10; Chabot, u;
France, Il; Eppstein, 10; Simpson, 10;
Ballinger, 4; Lambert, Z; Epp, 8;
Grossmann, 3; Yeith, 8; Shields, 10;
Thiele, 5; VOlbrecht, 8.
The next event was the regular
prize shoot at 30 single targets. The
score stood as follows: Foster, %;
Whitworth, 81; Mccormack, "a; Half,
13; France, 26; Eppstein, 20; Simpson,
10; Ballinger, 13; Chabot, 26; Gross
mann, IS; Veith, 20; Prescott, 10; Epp,
20; Thiele, 10; Shields, II; Volbrecht,
20; ROthwell, 10; Goldman, 1.
France and ChabOt tied in the first
class and Chabot won in the shoot-off.
Whitworth made high score. In the
second class Veith and Epp tied, but
did not shoot it off. In the third class
Eppstein won.
Shoot No. 3 was at 10 singles with
scores as follows: Foster, 10; Whit
worth, II; Mccormack, IL; Half, 8;
France, 10: Eppstein, IL; Simpson, 8;
Ballinger 3; ChabOt. IL; GrOssmann,
3: Shields, 10; Veith, Z; Stone, 10
Rothwell, II; Stone, o.. No. 4 was al
so at 10 singles, with the following re-
suits: Foster, 13; WhitwOrth, IL;
Mccormack, Is; Half, 6; France, 49,;
Eppstein, II; Simpson, IA; Ballinger
3; ChabOt, -; GrOsSmann, Z; Prescott,
0; Rothwell 10; Shields, 8; Veith, IL;
Volbrecht, II.
The next shoot at Is singles resulted
as below. This was at unknown traps
and unknown angles: Foster, 49,;
ROthwell, 4; Mccormack, 8; Whit
WOrln, II, rance, III.
POWDERHOUSE HILL CLUB.
The following is the score made by
the Powder Hill Gun club at their
shoot at West End yesterday:
Shoot No. l, 20 single birds: Crit
ger. 16: OhnesOrge, II; JOrdin, 10;
Reichling. l; Brown, IS; West, Is.
Shoot No. .. 90 singles: Jordin, 16;
Ohnesorge. 20; Reichling 16; Critzer,
20: Brown, 10; West, II.
Shoot No 8, 90 singles: Critzer, 10;
Brown, IS; Jordin. Il: Reichling, II;
OhnesOrge, IS; West, 16.
NOTES.
4 sure cure for gun-Shy bird dogs
is to take them out to the Lakeview
shoots and tie them near the score.
Chabot has taken out a new lease
this season and promises to give the
best of them hard race.
The veteran trap shooter, ROthwell,
made his temperance at the trap
yesterday.
Foster and WhitwOrth, of Fort Sam
Houston, are strong team and in
them San Antonio expects much at
the coming tournament.
HaDerdaSnef BalllnSef, is SAID 10
be little ''tOO kuick with his gun"
First see that you are right, then go
ahead" should be a good maxim in
his case.
BY next Sunday all the sets of traps
will be in working order for practice.
Secretary Simpson, of the San An
tonic Gun club has mailed upwards
of thousand programs of the coming
tournament and is kept busy every
night answering the many inquiries
from shooters who desire to attend
from all over the country.