The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-14
SHOOTING CLUB SCORE
SOMETHING OF A FAMOUS OR
 GANIZATION.
Prize of Annual Event at Jackson's Lake Borne Off by MT. Stegal1. President Worswick
 Ran Last,

Possibly nothing in the social or polit- ical annals of the city of Montgomery or State of Alabama is so closely woven within that history as the Montgomery Shooting Club.
 This famous old organization was born just thirty-one years ago, and during that time some of the most famous men in the South have been connected with 1t. There E'e now only two of the original charter members In Montgomery. H. c. Davidson and John G. Crommelin. most of the others being dead.
 The first President in 1872 was A. T. Cunningham, H. B. Metcalf was Vice President, T. s. Doran was Secretary and Treasurer. and J. P. Stow, Henry Hem his and Carachias Holt were directors.
 In 1880 the late Colonel Warren s. Reese was President with H. c. David son Secretary and Treasurer. and duriTlg that year tn efamous old Jackson's Lake grounds were purchased. During that year also the New Orleans Gun Club was entertained at a banquet given at the Exchange Hotel costing $l GOO. On the re- turn home the New Orleans people, in order to show their appreciation, present ed superb diamond badge to the Mont gomery Shooting Club.
 The tbadge shoot' Is the feature of the annual barbecues at the Lake, the princely affairs that have made the Montgomery Shooting lCub so famous all over the South as hosts, and the win niJig of the badge +our successive times entities the lucky shooter to the owner ship of the trophy.
 H. D. Long mas won 1t two years in succession and last Thursday by the merest heart-throb he missed winning it for the third successive year.
 The badge shoot-ten live birds-result- ed in tie between Messrs Long, W. D. Stegall and w. c. Ray Jr., Mir. Long missing his second bird and killing the other nine, MT. Stegall missed his first and MT. Ray missed his third bird. In shooting off the tie MT. Long missed his third and fifth birds. MT. Ray missed his third and sixth, while MT. Stegall killed all but his third, winning the trophy for 1903.
 At the annual barbecue last Thursday resolution was adopted organizing a Ladies' Auxiliary consisting of the wives, sisters or some lady of a members fam lily. In the event that the member has no lady member of his family he is priv ildged to name some lady. subject, of course. to the approval of the club.
 The Montgomery Shooting Club is very exclusive organization. the member ship being limited to fifty. The present officers are: J.'E. Worswick President; w. T. Robertson, Vice-P -President W. E. Ledyard, Secretary and Treasurer: Direc- tors. H. D. Long, McD. Cain and c. R. Westcott. Another feature of the annual barbecues is the Heather medar' which was won last Thursday without a strug gle" by the popular President of the Club. Mir. Worswick.
 The members of the club are: c. G. Abercrombie, Dr. B. J. Baldwin. McD. Cain. J. G. Crommelin, J. G. Crommelin Jr., c. c. Cobbs T. H. Carr. H. c. Da- vidson. F. B. Fisk c. T. Fitzpatrick, J. P. Ferrall. Judge J. B. Gaston. c. L. Gay, w. A. Gayle, F. c. Hammond, B. L. Holt, R. M. Henderson, N. B. Holt, w. w. Haygood, R. H. Jones. R. L. Jewell. H. F. Knabe, w. E. Ledyard. Phares Coleman, J. A. Thompson. H. D. Long. M. P. LeG"and, c. L. Mathews, J. P. o'Connor, B. M. O'Connel, w. K. Pelzer, J. s. Pinkard, w. F. Peebles, C.. l. Ruth, H. Ruth, w. T. Robertson, w. S. Reese. w. T. Riley, w. c. Ray. Jr., w. D. stegall, s. L. Tyson, Dr. c. A. Thlgpen, c. B. Teasley, J. c, Virden, Jerome Vlncentelli. S. T. Westcott, C.. R. Westcott, E. H. E. Warren, J. E. Worswick, J. S. Wilcox.
 The score of the badge and leather medal shoot of Thursday was as follows: