The Portland daily press., 1898-09-26
PORTLAND WINS.
The Portland Gun Club Retains the Low ell
Badge After an Exciting Contest.

| Some years ago the John P. Lowell
Arms company OF Boston presented O
gold badge to the gun clubs of Maine to
be shot for and held by the winning
club subject to challenge Several years
ago the Portland Gun club won the
medal and have since held it.
On the tenth of September the Portland
| club received challenge from the Au-
burn club to shoot for this medal, and
Saturday was fixed as the day of the con-
test. Under the rules governing the
medal all regularly organized gun clubs
of Maine are to be notified of the place
and time of every shoot under chal-
lenge. The match was set to be shot at
1.3O Saturday and in spite of the rain
and ths very disagreeable day II men
| from the Auburn club, the challengers
FIVE men from the Waterville club, and
one man from Bath arrived at the Port
lands grounds ready for the shoot.
Three events were shot before the regu-
lar match, for practice. They were each
at ten uagets at known angles They
were shot at three traps, one man up,
with the following results: Wyman,
4 8, 10; Stobie, 9, 10, q; Preble. Z, 7, o.;
Reid. 8, 10, 9; Green, 9, 9, TO-; Coleman
Is, ,9,7; Rich, 8, 8 10; Jones Z, S, s.;
Connor, 2, 7, Z; Randall, 9, 9, 8; Hume
well, 9; Ashley, 9; Morse, z; Collins, A;
Libby, 6; Biokford,7; Fletcher, Z; Frances.
s; Gray, 6; Neal. 9; Thornton, 8; Darton
Is.
The contest for the medal was then be-
gun. Under the rules this match had to
be shot at 20 targets, known angles, three
traps, and one man up, dve man to a
team. This was the old style OF shooting
and used when the badge was first shot
for and proved very much slower than
the Keystone method now used, but made
the match more exciting MS the % tar
gets had to be shot at in lots Of seven,
six, six and six. This made 1t possible
to follow each team and see how they
we're doing in relation to the others.
Auburn put in two teams, Waterville
one and Portland two. As it turned out
1t was one of the closest races eyer shot
In this state. At the end of ths first
round OF seven, Wsterville had missed
four targets out Of 35; Portland's first
team had missed tsgets; Postland's SEQ
ond team Iii Auburn's first team, 10; and
Au5urn's second, Is. From this time
on 1t was most exciting race between
Wateryille and Portland. Waterville now
lead one target. Out Of the first lot of
six, Waterville missed eighta and Portland
i've, z making Portland two targets ahead
at the end Of the first IS. At the end Of
the second set Of six. Portland had
missed five more, and Watervilie four,
leaving Portland only one ahead at the
end Of the 10th round; the next Portland
man broke five out of his six ard the
Waterville man did the same, Portland
broke five out Of his six and the Water
vile man broke six and the score was
tie. Both Portland and WaterVille men
broke six and the score was still tie
and only two men to shoot in each team.
The next Portland man had case of
rattles and missed three out of his six.
The Waterville man did not rattle and
broke six, Waterville was now three
ahead and only one more man on each
team to shoot. The last Portland man
broke all his six and the Watervills man
had to break four to win. The strain
was too much. He shot at piece and
missed IT. He then broke the next three
last and winP He was too anxious and
missed and the soors and match was a
tie. Under the rules a ite must be shet
off at ten targets. So preparations we're
made for the shoot of and by agreement
it was shot off under the Keystone sys-
tenn to hasten matters for those who
wished to catch the train. The first
squad was composed of three Waterville
and three Portland men. and at the end
of the ton the Watervilles had missed
FIVE and Portland six: leaving the Water
yilles one ahead with two more men on
here made brace and only missed one
out Of the 40 for the two of them and
the Waterville missed four, and Portland
had won BY two targets.
The individual sc res of the teams
were as follows: Portland, first team.
Adams, 81; Randall, %; Rich, %; Neal,
1s; Arthur, 81; total 1O5. Waterville,
Wyman, 20; Reid, "a; Preble, %; Green,
21; Stobie, 18;' total, 1O5 Portland,
second team, Darton, a.; Coleman, 10;
Chisholm, l6: Gray, IS; Taylor, 81;
total. "a. Auburn. first team, Hume
we'll. 20; Morse, II; Ashley: 1s; Bickford,
10; Connor, 20; total, s5. Auburn, SEQ
ond team. Collins, 1a; Fletcher, II; Lib
by, ls; Frances. 10; White, IL; total, 7s.
Shoot Off of the tie: Adams, 9; Ran
dali, 9; Rich, 6; Neal, 10; Arthur, 9;
total, 43. Wyman. 8; Reid, 8; Preble.
s; Green, 8; Stobie, 8; total, Al.
The day was a very bad one for shoot.
ing on account of the rain and high
wind, but the shooters went home well
satisfied with ths shoot considering the
disagreeable conditions under which
they laborad.