Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-07
RENNIE AND NEWTON TIED.
The First Shoot by The Corvallis Gun
Club Was Full of Interest and Excite
ment

The First Shoot by Tie Corvallis Gnf
Club Was Full of Interest and Excite.
ment
The clay pigeon contest given
by our local Gun Club on the
Fourth was we'll attended by Wis.
iting sportsmen from out of town
and being the first of its kind
held in our city attracted many
spectators to the scene of the
shooting. Among these were a
number of the fair sex who
seemed to enjoy as much as the
gentlemen the many difficult
breaks scored by the marksmen.
The Strong wind that prevail
ed during the day made high
scores impossible and kept the
boys on their metal to prevent a
score of goose eggs being scored
against them. The swift whirl-
| ing targets would take all sorts
of erratic flights and at times
acted more like animated cork
screws than sensible clay pigeons.
The contest for the high aver
age prizes was extremely close
and exciting and was not decided
till the last event of the day had
been shot through.
Rennie and Newton finally
tied for 1st prize with 81 breaks
out of Io1 targets shot at; Kiger
was second with 63 out of o5,
only 2-1ooths of I per cent less
than the leaders and Emery 3rd,
with &c out of 1oI, only two
twenty fifths of one per cent be-
hind Kiger. Burnett and Elgin
were also close up, the former
getting 81 out of 1o1, and the
latter 63. Counting the two ex-
ira events shot through after the
regular program was finished,
each man shot at II7 targets.
Of this number Emery was high
with IS, Newten end with rs
and Rennie and Burnett tie for
3rd with 73 each. These last
events did not count on the high
average prizes, but are mention
ed to show how close was the
contest between these shooters.
The winners of the difere..t
events were as follows:
No I, 6 targets-Elgiu, Rem
ME McReynolds, S; Ed Smith,
Hubert, Avery, 4; Kerr, Bur
nett, Frink, 3.
No 2, 10 targets-Kiger, 8;
McReynolds, Emery. Rennie, 7;
Avery, Newton, Kerr, Burnett,
Sheridan, s.
No :, 10 targets-Kerr, Elgin,
9; Emery, Bicknell, Kiger, Sher-
idan, Avery, 8;Newton, Frink, 7.
No. 4. 10 targets-Kiger, g;
Emery, s; Elgin. Newton, Bur:
nett, 7.
No S, TO targets-Ed Smith,
s; Emery, Kerr, Newton, Bur
nett, 7; Elgin, Rennie, Gala
han, 6.
No 6, IS targets-Avery, II:
Emery, Rennie, Newton, 10;
Kiger, Elgin, 9. McReynolds
with 8, won the SO shells donat-
ed by Huston & Bogue for this
match.
/ No. 7, 10 targets Bicknell,
Burnett, 8; Kiger, Newton, Cal
lahan, Frink, 7; Ed Smith. Nc
Reynolds, 6.
No s, 10 targets-Callahan,
Rennle, 7; Kiger, Elgin, Nc.
Reynolds, Newton, Burnett, 6:
Emery, S.
No. 9, 20 targets Emery, IS;
Burnett, IS; McReynolds, II.
The scores in the extra events
were:
No I, 8 pair doubles-Kiger,
Ed Smith, Nc Reynolds, q; Bur.
nett, Elgin, 2.
No 2, 10 targets-Emery, g
Newton, Burnett, McReynolds,
7; B;cknell, 6.
| Special Prizes-Rennie anc
Newton tied for the highest aver
age and divided the IS cash
prize donated by the club.
Kiger, and, won the IS platin
um photos donated by Emery,
photographer. Emery, 3rd, wor
the $3.50 nickle reel, donated BY
R. M. Wade & Co.
Ed Smith with lowest average
1914 per cent won the so smoke
less shells donated by ], R. Smith
& Co.