The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-23
BIGGEST OF THE YEAR
Shooting Contest at Peacock's
Grounds Yesterday.
WERE THIRTEEN EVENTS
Big Crowd of Crack Shots
Enjoy the Shoot.

| One of the biggest shooting events or
the season was held at the Peacock shoot
ing grounds yesterday afternoon. a good
crowd of shooters and large number of
spectators were in attendance. The day
was fine one for shooting, almost too
fine, as the members have become accus-
toned to shooting in windy weather. and
the birds went doubly strong from the
trap yesterday A majority of the scores
are below the average.
The prize events resulted in so many
ties, which had TO be shot off, that it was
almost dark before the last event was I'm
ished. Considerable dispute arose over the
result of the fifth event, Jackson winning
second prize with his patent range find
err attached TO his gun, to which objec-
ton was made.
Owing to the darkness, the regular gold
medal shoot was not pulled off yester-
day. but will be held next Thursday az
ternoon.
In addition to the following scores, a
number of sweepstakes events were shot
off
The twelfth event was a match at %
birds for s. d side, between Frank Wer-
necke and Clarence Johnson. In this
match Johnson fell down badly. breaking
only 10. while Wernecke broke 49, Nei-
Their man shot in good form yesterday, as
the score shows.
The scores by events were as follows:
First events, ten singles
Wernecke ......... 10 Parham ...........,
Alberts ............ G Human ............
McWilliams. ...... 7 Miller. .............. 5
Snyder. ............ 4lDean.... ............ 3
Corn. ............ 4 Jackson. .......... 9
Smith. ............ a Barlow. ............ 5
Williams. .......- 81
Second event, ten singles
Wernecke .......... 8 Parham ..-.u..... s
Alberts ........... S Hinman ............
McWilliams. ,..... Miller. .............. 5
Snyder. ............ A Dean ..............
Jackson ........... s. Barlow. ....-.-.... 3
Williams. ....... 10 Freeman. .-.......
Martin. ............ 6IWalden. ............
Johnson. ..........
Third event, ten singles
Wernecke. ........10 Parnam ...,........
Alberts ............ Human ............. 8
Miller. ..........s. Snyder ..............
Dean. .....-...-.... . Jackson ............
Barlow. ........... Williams. 10000.
Walden ............ 3 Martin .............. Z
Johnson. .......... Sargent. ............10
HUFF. .......s......
Fourth event, ten singles
w efnecke ....-..... olHdrndIn. ss.....-..,. D
AlbertS ........-..-. Il Hinman ............
Snyder. Corn. .........,....
Jackson. .......... 5WilliamS. ..........
Freeman .......:-. Walden .............
Johnson. .......... 8 Sargent. ............
Huff. .............. 6 BiSsantz ............
Brown. ....... GA. L. Bennett ..... Z
Fifth event, ten singles
Wernecke ......... 6 Parham ............10
Alberts ............. 6'Hinman. ............
Snyder. ........... SJackson. ............
Dean. ...-.......... 6.WaIden .............
Johnson ....,....... Sargent. ........... s
Brown. ..... "A. L. Bennett 5000.
Sixth event, ten singles
Mailman .......... 6DeLong .......-.....
BissantZ ........... Corn. .....-.........
c. Bennett 10000. 9Johnson -........... 2
Crewson ........... Crib ................ Z
Seventh event, ten singles
Noe ................ 1Corn ...s..........-. 6
Freeman ........... 6 Wernecke.. =. 80.
Parham.. .......... SlBessantz ........... 8
Mrs. Bennett ...... 7Smith. ...........--- 4
c.. Bennett ........ 5lJohnson ............
Jones. ..............
Eighth event, ten singles
Corn. .........-..... Miller. .............. 9
Freeman. .......... 5 Wernecke .......... s
Williams. ......... 7Parham.. .......... y
WalJman ........... jackson ............. s
Walden. .....-.... 5iSmith.. ............. 6
Peacock ........... s
Ninth event, ten singles,
Wernecke ..........10 Freeman ............ 6
Barlow ............. 5 Parham .............
Human ............ 3 McWilliams ........
Sargent ............ &c. Bennett ..........
Johnson. ........... 4 Brown .............. 3
Tenth event. five pairs
Sargent ............ 9 Wernecke ..........
Corn ................ 5 Applegate. ......-..
Alberts ....--.... 4Brown .............. 6
Parham ............ Freeman ........... 4
Eleventh event, five pairs
Sargent ............ S'Corn.. ............... 5
Parham ............ 3 wernecke ..........
Bissantz ........... 2,Freenlan. ...........
Walden ............. . .Applegate .......... 6
Jones ............... SiPeacocK ............ >
Smith .............. 4. Barlow ...-......... .
Twelfth event, . singles; s. a side
Wernecke.. .......19 Johnson. ............10
Thirteenth event, ten live birds
Sargent ............ 7lWernecke.. ........ s
Parham. ........... 7Bissantz.. .-........ I
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