The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-03
BULLS" AND FOURS
WE'RE ORDER OF DAY AT AVON
DALE RANGE YESTERDAY.
RlFLEMEN
SAVANNAH'S
HELD THEIR TWENTY-EIGHTH
ANNUAL RIFLE CONTEST.

Capt. w. G. Austin the Winner in
Medal CIass-Made Highest Score
of Day-COI. Travis Won in First
Class, with j. S. schIey and Capt.
w. w. Gordon, Jr., Close Seconds.
Lieut.. c. w. Saussy Won First in
Second CIass-Dr. w. w. Owens
Took OF the HOnOrs in Third
CIass-MOses Made Best Score in
Fourth Glass.
The weather behaved itself yesterday,
and, after two Intellectual attempts, the
members of the Savannah Rifle Asso-
citation were enabled to pull off their
twenty-eighth annual shoot. The con-
test was a close and exciting one, and
the scores made were very good.
The winners were: Medal class, Capt.
w. G. Austin; First. class % Lieut.. Col.
r. ]. Travis, (2) Mr.. John Sullivan
Schley; Second Glass, Lieut.. C.. w.
Saussy; Third Glass, DR.. w. w. Ow-
ems; Fourth Glass, Mr.. c. w. Moses.
The members of the association were
divided for purposes of competition
into five classes, prizes being offered
for the first place in each class. A sec
ond prize was also offered in the First
Glass because of the large number of
entries. After the men had been CLASH
fed, Capt. w. w. Gordon, Jr., and
Sergt. Duncan Kent chose sides ire
spective of class, and these sides, in
turn. held lively contest.
The scores were very close, and sew
eral of the men won out either by in
verse order or by a single point. The
closeness of the contest is best told by
the scores of the two picked teams.
Sergt Kents side scored a total of
zoos points, while Capt. Gordon's team
scored 1901 points, the latter having to
pay for the targets for the evening.
Ten shots were fired al the 200 and 300
yard ranges. The firing was not, how
ever, continuous at either of the ranges,
the contestants firing five shots twice
at each range. The contest was begun
promptly at 4 O'Clock, and those who
arrived after that time were put IN the
Jack Catch class.
The prizes offered were very attrac-
tive. To the winner in the medal class
a pair of silver drinking cups were
given, while the winner in the hrst
class was given the association medal
and a silver and cut glass ash recelv-
err Former holders of the medal were
ineligible for the first class, but con-
stituted the medal class. Mr.. Schley,
as winner of second place in the hrst
class-and a close second he was-re-
ceived a highly ornamented bottle cork.
A pretty pair of cuff buttons and a
silver handled knife constituted the
prizes in the second and third class, re-
spectively, while the winner in the
fourth class became the recipient OF
an ornamented match box.
Capt. Austin's score, in the medal
class, was the best of the day, ne
plucking out total of 81 points out OIL
a possible 100. He was AN easy winner,
even though the scores of the other
contestants in his class were very GOOD.
In the first class the contest was clos
est. Schley winning from w. w. Cor
don, Jr., on inverse order, and both
men following the leaders only a point.
Following are the scores in the differ
ent classes:
Medal Class-W. G. Austin, 81; F. c.
Battey, SO; J. c. Postel, 81; j. T.
White, 70; E. A. Cults, Is.
First Class-R. j. Travis, IS; w. S.
Schley, "a; w. w. Gordon, Jr., 81; T.
G. Hunter, 50: j. +. Wheaton, 80; R.
c. Fetzer, 81; Duncan Kent, 81; j. K.
Hazelhurst, 81; G.. A. Gordon, 80; A.
G. Cassels, rs; Haines, IS.
Second Class-C. w. Saussy, 81; A.
S. Nichols, 80; Fred w. Clarke, 70; j.
A. Crowther. "A; ]. w. Jackson, 70; A.
r. Lawton. 66.
Third Class-W. w. Owens, p; s. N.
Theus, SO; H. S. Colding, SO.
Fourth Class-Cornelius Moses, 70;
w. A. Thompson, Sc; Harry Weed, Ga
There were quite a number of visi-
tors at the range, who enjoyed the
close contest. The afternoon was ideal
for shooting, with the exception of the
wind which was variable enough to be
worrisome.
The winners of the association medal
in the past have been: 1877, ]. w. Nc
Alpin 1878. S. MICA. White; 1879. ]. w.
McAlpin 1880, D. M. McAlpin; 1881,
w. G.. Morrell; 1882, B. c. Wright; 1888,
M. Maclean; 1885, J. w. McAlpin; 1886,
]. D. Martin: 1887, w. G. Cam; 1888,
w. G. Cam; 1889, G. T. Cam; 1890,
Julian Schley; 1891, ]. D. Martin 1892,
]. c. Postell; 1893, C. S. Richmond:
1894, F. C. Wilson; 1895. G. T. Cam
1896, ]. G.. Nelson; 1897, F. c. Battey;
1885, A. Minis: 1899, ]. c. Harris; 1900,
e. A. Cults; 1901, w. G.. Austin; 1902,
j. P. White; 1903, r. ]. Travis.