The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-29
THE INTERSTATE TOURNEY.
A Large Gathering Of Crack Shots at
Blandon Park on Yesterday.
The WINNERS IN Thu NINE EVENTS.
Some OF the welI-known shotsFrom Nari-
Gus states Who Attended the Open
Ing ofthe Contest-The Compeii-
ton To Close To-Day.

Under the auspices OF the West-End
Gun Club. the second Interstate Asso-
cation tournament commenced at Ban
don Park early yesterday morning. anu
was continued all day. The attendance
was very large and lvely interest was
manifested In the different eNo"'''
The grounds had been very nu0"
improved since the last shoo'i"s
match. Besides the shed. which had mere
tofore given shelter 10 the sho''e's' q"
large canvass had been spread uhue'
which MIR. Charles l.. Stokes. the CASHIER
had made his headquarters.
there was a very line exhibit placed u"
that canvass OF the various linus u '"'
munltiOn. cartridges. etc. iuIh's"'u
the Winchester Repeating Arms Oolip''.''
and the Union Metallic Caruluse 'o''
pany, OF Bridgeport. Conn.
THE IMPROVEMENTS.
The magantrap. the machine ior th'o"
Ing clay pigeons. with nve uiiioi en-
stands, which are started oy eieS. i'e'' >
proved to be great improvement "
order TO make the competing shOo.eiS
comfortable. board walk has oeeh 'alu
parallel with the mlgantrap ana e'e'y
body expressed himself a. highly pieaseu
with the arrangements made.
The first OF this seasons tournaments
took place at Baltimore on April 18th
and 18TH and the next one will be Al
Savannah, Ga. The present tournament
is under the management of Mr.. Elmer
A. Shaner. Of Pittsburg. Pa VINO mas
charge OF the shoots given by the Inter
state Association. Mr.. James {. llgnor
was elected referee, and Mr.. Chn Lynn
ham scorer.
WHO Is PRESENT.
There were thirty-three entries In al
representing a number Of states OF the
Union. The competitors were called out
to shoot in squads OF five men each
Each man had 10 shoot three times At
each target. when he had 10 move mp TO
the next, each man being allowed fifteen
shots.
Among the shoe ers were many who
have national rep atoms as clever wing
shots. and many ( them have PARTED
pated In large tournaments in almost
every State In the Union. Among the most
prominent are Fred. Van Dyke. Of the
Winchester Arms Company: William
Thomas. Of the Union Metallic Cartridge
Company, and Thomas II. Keller. Of the
Peters Cartridge and Powder Company. Of
Cincinnati. Mr.. Keller is one OF the jol-
Hest individuals on the grounds. and none
are more popular. IL Is said he has the
most extensive acquaintance Of any OF the
trade representatives of the country, and
that he was a welcome visitor here was
evidenced by the hearty welcome he re-
ceived upon the grounds yesterday morn
ing. Among the noted amateurs are
Colonel J. Anthony. OF Charlotte. y. c.:
Uncle Billy" Wagner. of Washington.
DR.. Wyman, of stanton: NJ. Norman
and w. Scott. of Lynchburg: w. Tell
Mitchell, of Lynchs Station; William n.
White and Il. Gallager of Norfolk: II.
j. Collins, representing the Dupont Pow
der Company; A. T. Mattingly. the secre-
tary Of the Capital city Gun Club. of
Colorado; J. X. Malone. Hood Waters
and DR.. Lupus, Of Baltimore: Watkins
l.. Norman. president OF the Lynchburg
Gun Club. and c. ". Scott. treasurer
of the same organization, and many
others.
The visiting shooters, especially from
the North, expressed themselves as well
pleased with the hospitabe treatment
they are receiving I'm this city.
The following is the score made I'm the
nine events Of yesterday, the tenth one
not being completed: