The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-05
SECOND DAYS SHOOT
OF INVITATION GUN JOURNAL ENT
AT FOREST CITY GROUNDS.
EXCELLENT SCORES MADE.
BIRDS WERE FAST AND THE
SCORES GOOD.

Col. j. T. Anthony, of Charlotte,
Captured the Sunny south Cup,
and MIR. Dan j. Bradley, of New
York, the Cup Trophy in the Sec
Ond Event-Dr. II. c. Wilson, of
savannah, Was High Gun for the
Day, Though All the shooters
Piled Up Large Averages-SeveraI
Special Matches Were Also shot
A Team Match Between MIR. Brad
ley and DIR. Wilson, on One side,
and Messers. Smith and WeIsch,
on the other, VIII be Shot To-day
at 80 Birds for u Purse of 500
Side.
The second and final days. shoot of
the complimentary gun tournament
given by DR.. F. C. Wilson under the
auspices of the Forest City Gun Club
TO number of the prominent crack live
bird shots of the country, was contin-
ued at the traps yesterday.
The matches were much better than
the day previous1y-that is. the birds
were more lively, and while the scores
were quite large, they were not as
large as the day before when a mist
overhung the ground, and made the
birds more slow in rising and getting
off. The same shooters participated In
the events as on the first day. none of
the other invited shots appearing 20
take part in the sport as had been ex-
pected.
DR.. Wilson was credited with the
best gun, being closely followed by Mr..
Bradley, Mr.. Holley, and, in fact, all
the marksmen. who evened up very
closely.
DR.. Wilson had but one miss to his
credit during the day, though in sew
eral of the events he withdrew from
the matches, complimentary to his
guests, and therefore. did not shoot as
much as the others.
The handsome cup designated as the
Sunny South cup, which was contested
for in the fourth event of the days pro-
gramme, was won by Col. j. T. Antho-
ny of Charlotte, n. c., who after hav-
Ing tied Messrs. Bradley, Wilson and
Holley on a clean kill of twenty birds,
outshot his competitors in the shoot
off, and won the cup on the sixth bird,
the other gentlemen, except DR.. Will
son, who retired. failing on their last
birds.
The cup is in the shape of a solid
silver fruit dish of large size, gold
lined 1d baa
side with limitation Strawberries and
flowers. On. the inside is inscribed
Sunny South cup, Savannah, Ga,
Feb. 4. 'O3.' Col. Anthony in neat
address, thanked the donor for the
trophy and complimented the gentle
men contesting against him for their
consideration in letting him beat them
o. out, and said he would cherish the cup
with happy memories of the event in
which he was fortunate enough to de-
feat some Of the best shots in Amer
ica.
The other cup, offered in the second
event of the day was captured by Mr..
Bradley, who, after tying Mr.. Smith,
Mr.. Welsch, Mr.. Day, Dr. Wilson and
Mr.. Holley, shot it off and again tied
Mr.. Welsch, the others having dropped
out by misses or for cause. The tie
was then shot off in Sunny South cup
event and Mr. Bradley won out by
clean score of twenty birds, while the
latter missed his nineteenth bird and
lost the cup and match
The regular schedule was completed,
but to-day a team match will be shot
by Mr.. Bradley and DR.. Wilson on one
side and Mr.. Welsch and Mr. Smith
on the other. The purse will be 500
per side, and at fifty birds, thirty-one
yards distance, except Smith who will
shoot at thirty yards.
After the shoot in the afternoon Mr..
Welsch and Mr.. Smith shot off two
matches of twenty-five birds for $25
q side. The first match Mr.. Welsch
captured by scoring twenty-five clean
kills to Mr.. Smiths twenty-four. In
the second match Mr.. Welsch lost four
o birds in the first fifteen shot. and for
feited to Mr.. Smith, though his birds
were all killed out of bounds. The
gentlemen participating have thor
oughly enjoyed the sport and are we'll
satisfied with the score they record
ed.
The first event yesterday was the
fifth on the schedule of the first day,
but had to be carried over owing to
the weather not permitting it to be
shot, and was made handicap match
instead of at even distance, ten birds,
$40 entrance fee. The contestants,