The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-10
SHOT PIGEONS AND TARGETS.
ri rNDID WORK OF sPoRTsMEN
ar rHE FOREST CITY GUN CLUB.

ri fsNDln WORK Nv ~foHitMt@N
1.-THE FOREST CITY Gun CLUB.
Ar.Icy "a. Eos MD some Hemarkable
rapId-Fire work NJ Targets,
breaking sIA a@ RaPidly as They
,ouId he Released From the Trap.
ne Also Made a clean score Of ~
targets - Dr. a. 4. MilsoR LED In
me live Bird shooting. killing ~.
ur Fou Declares DIR. Wilson 90 ne
the FINEST Amateur shot In the
ountr,.
.cw who were ~ the grounds OF the
So City Gun club yesterday afternoon
some remarkable shooting al the
ts Both blue rocks ard live birds
shot. and the sportsmen made rec
oi ahlch they may we'll fee proud
Sd. Ausley n Fox OF Baltimore repre-
.rg the winchester Repeating Arms
O. riuy, and therefore on the progos-
iist Of shots. was the star attrac-
Ills shooting was wonderful par
..- I1rly when he showed his dexterity IN
t. rapld manipulation Of his magazine
.- and his ability to break the targets
la.lt o. fast as they could be thrown
trou the trap
A= preliminary 90 the live bird shoot
To-. Mr FOX. Or r. c. Wilson. Or " r.
Braner Capt. Joe Thompson and Mr n
Il Issmcke had trlaI az the blue rocks
IL Fox led. breaking an Of IN twenty
Ms. tarsets Dr. Wilson ranked sesoud
win tWenty-tnree TO his Credit.
AFTER the target practice the gentlemen
gave way 20 Mr Fox who announced
that he would try Httie rapid nre work
IL slowed away Hve shells IN the maya
zine ~ mis- Winchester. placfd another In
the o,rrel and Atnouncet his readiness
A, b,- word, Mr.. Lemcke began so pull
the usp letting six targets rs IN rapid
succession. There could not have been
more than seconds intermission between
the discharge Of the targets from the
trap They flew as fast as Mr. Lemcke
could work his arm IN releasing them but
Mr. Fox Was equal 10 the occa on ami
broke target after target All ia acre
shattered BY his shots and IL was amid
;s= APPLAUSE - the aalaokerk that ne ac-
coBp isned his feat
Three or four hundred p gsons are kept
ia q house At the Gun club grounds only
feveuty-nve however. We're used for the
shooting. as Mr.. FoN, Dr Wilson and
CAPT Thompson were the only ones who
EAtNhEfA 70 HNA0A AAt i've NtiNH ~ traps
from which the pigeons are released are
thirty yards from the spot where ths
sportsman stands. and he does not know
unit the Trap Is sprung from which Of the
nve the bird he IL 40 shoot n 60 be re-
leased. lie h. then ALLOW 81 tWo shots. oEe
Rith each barrel or two from O repeating
sun but the bird must be hard enough
hit 20 fan within certain limit IN order
for it TO count as dead one.
- work vi "a
live birds Was not as interesting 90 that
with the targets The sportsmen are such
experts that the birds were not abe 70
get in flight. scarcely. before they we're
brought To earth Some were killed when
only three or four feet from the trap
from which they were released. VITA
less expert shots the spor.. TO oniookfrs.
is greater for come OF the birds then
have chance 10 get away.
Or. Wilson led IN the live bird sho1tlng.
He killed the twenty-five al which be
shot. hut MIR Fox missed one Of MS.
bringing no more than a bunch Of feathers
from the rapidly moving bird Capt.
Thompson made a score OF twenty.
Another trial a. the craps WAS had
after the live bird shoot. Or Wilson lead
ina Air. FoX ln the second round Or
Wilson scored iWeutf-four dead Go M
i'o1's twerts-thrce Their total score-
therefore Were forts-eigAf ior AIR FoN
md forty-seveu for Dr. Wilson. Mr
r1N then tried some more 81 his rapid
Inc work. again breaking six targets in
lex Succession he cannot accomplish
ae feat every time, for on Two or three
more trials be missed two Of the targets.
TO y representative q the Morning
Jews who was on the grounds 60 witness
me shooting Mr. Fox said that he has
never met an amateur Who could equal
rr Wilson IN trap shooting In fact
.lsiness a. professionals are not ia his
ASS Mr. FOX said Or Wilson easily
eads ala the amateurs in the country
Win "a shotgun