The record-union., 1898-01-02
KINDERGARTNERS NOT IN IT.
CAPTAIN RUHSTALLER SHOWS
THEM SOMETIMES"
How the Veteran Won the Pigeon
Match and Why the Others
Were Beaten.


And it all same about by his '.wiping
the eyes" of the half-dozen Pelican Gun
Club members who neglected other New
Years festivities and frolics to engage in
the iive-bird shooting match yesterday
on the clubs grounds at John Morri-
sons S place north of the American River
Bridge.
After the veteran had grassed II out
of his 20 birds he didn't do a thing
to the kindergarten element but make
sport of them.
Dose ghintergarden fellers t'ink dey
can beat de olt man. he chuckled, but
l shows em ting or two aboud shoot'n,
eh, Upson, mine poy? Say, Nicolous, ofe
you'ff got any young fellers vat can
shooit little pit you't peter pring 'em
ouid, ain'd id. by chimminy!"
| The llindergartners had it in for the
! Captain yesterday, but somehow the
thing didn't work. They were going 10
beat him SO badly as to make him
ashamed of himself, yet the veteran
turned the laugh on them in great
shape.
| Upson shot in excellent form up to his
sixteenth bird, having lost but one, but
!
that he lost three more, making his score
| - out of 20. When he called Ready"
on the sixteenth the trap flew open,
and out flew a-mudhen. Upson brought
it down all right, but the bird was chal-
lenged, and he was given another. But
/ it was too late. His nerves had re-
ceived such a shock that the bird was
| lost. He got his next one, but the eigh-
! teenth refused to fall until he had
crossed the dead line, and then he
dropped. The last two were clean misses.
j. 3. Giffen had the worst luck Of any
one except B. NJ. Lelong, who shot as
the guest of the club. The latter's ex-
/ perience at the trap had all been under
what he called 1.-The Alameda rules, .
and every time he lost bird he de-
clared he would have killed it if he had
| been shooting under the Alameda rules.
The gentleman, who knows more about
/ fruit growing and fruit pests than any
man in the State, made a beautiful score
of goose-egg and when the smoke of
| battle had cleared away he had only
eight kills out of the twenty to his
credit
But Giffen's ill-luck was in no way at
|
the Sacramento rules, or the flag-line,
that bore SO hard on hinl-or possibly his
ammunition. Only two of his twenty
birds got away to the neighboring
woods, but six of them managed to get
beyond the circle of flags before they
gave up the ghost. He should have had
| eighteen to his credit.
|. Ed Nicolaus is one of the best shots in
the club. and it was proven by his being
awarded the trophy yesterday for the
best average for the seasons scores, 50
per cent. The trophy is an elegant dia-
mond- studded locket. But Nicolaus
wasn't in good form yesterday-as good
form is generally understood-and
bagged only fourteen of his quota of
birds. The lack of Alameda rules didn't
bother him any, but his good clothes did.
In fact, Eddie was gotten up regardless
| of expense. He was booked for groomS-
man at a New Years wedding, and his
raiment was simply stunning. Berry
Wall or Tod Sloan would have died with
envy had they seen him. The next time
Eddie goes out to shoot pigeons with
the purpose of doing up Captain Ruh-
staller, he will wear that old mascot
sweater.
The hag-line played hob with Colonel
Jim Morrison and Frank Ruhstaller,
Jr. Several of their birds managed. to
flop beyond the boundary, and the best
that scorer Joe Hill could do for this
pair was Is and II respectively.
Following are the scores in detail, the
! figure "2' denoting use of the second
barrie, and ''*' dead out of bounds: