The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-15

With the firing Of five shots by
Mayor Herman Myers, in which he
honestly made 26 out of a possible so,
at twenty-five yards, the police pistol
range was formally opened yesterday
afternoon.
There were more than 100 city Off
Gals and visitors on the range during
the afternoon and some phenomenal
scores were made by the marker. But
some of the marking was on the
square" and when it wasn't the
crowd did not remain in ignorance
long.
Judges and jurors, officers of the law
and attorneys, military officers and
civilians, experts and novices, rubbed
elbows on the range during the after
noon. The opening of the range was
a success from every standpoint. The
superintendent of police, assisted by
his plain clothes men, had everything
moving like clockwork. Even the
markers were fixed-sometimes.
Firing for Two Hours.
TUT llOIG lIldIl Two uOuIS the ITlnB
kept up and hundreds of bullets were
sent into the targets and rafters. The
continuous performance that is being
played at Port Arthur would have
looked like a punched meal ticket be-
side the roar of musketry at police
headquarters. 1t would have been like
the popping of toy pistol during
hail of lydite. The noise was almost
deafening and was heard blocks away.
Revolvers of every caliber were in use,
as well as some that were really can
mons.
The best shooting was, of course,
done at the 25-yard range. Col. G..
Arthur Gordon followed Mayor Myers
and made A. Later Capt. w. G.. Aus
tin tied Col. Gordon. Chairman of
Council James M. Dixon made 80 and
was followed by Capt. Fred w. Garden,
with a score of 3S. Judge Henry Nc
Alpin made 40 and County Commission
err A. B. Moore 4. Mr.. Leopold Adler
beat Mr.. Moore's score by 8.
City Sheriff ]. ]. Horrigan failed to
land a shot. A. A. Lawrence, Esq,
made 25 and Commissioner Paulsen 5.
Ex-Alderman w. i. Watson refused
to shoot, even after Sheriff Horrigan
had failed to score. Chief Deputy
Sheriff Sweeny could do no better
than 10, while Alderman Davant made
2S. Director of Public Works Gadsden
made "a, and Capt. Austin tried again
and made As.
Match ut Long Range.
Not a great deal of shooting was
done at fifty yards, although nearly all
of the visitors tried their hand at the
long range. Most of the scores made
xxrO111d MT look well
paper.
A match at this range between Judge
Cam, Capt. Austin and Lieut.. w. I.
Dixon resulted in a victory for Capt.
Austin with As out of a possible so.
Lieut.. Dixon scored AZ, and Judge
Cam 40 At twenty-five yards, Judge
F. S. Lathrope and Mayor Myers shot
a match, but both fell down" The
chairman of the County Commissioners
made 16 and the Mayor Is.
A newspaper man who had tipped"
the marker az the short range to be
easy" fell down good, and hard by
the premature explosion of his pistol
on the third shot. The member of the
Fourth Estate was credited with two
bulls on his first two shots. The crowd
was somewhat dismayed and didn't
believe it was straight marking.
Markers Were Caught.
w nll6 the news gather was dSSul
ing them that it was all on the level
and that he was an expert, although
a trifie out of practice, the pistol ex-
ploded and the bullet tore up the dirt
in the bank. But the marker didn't
know where the bullet struck and he
was there with the goods" Up went
a ten and the crowd howled.
Later Fire Chief Mcguire made sim
liar arrangements with the marker
and after two shots was caught by a
particularly bad shot. After this there
was considerable Judging" on the part
of the markers, the scores invariably
depending upon who was behind the
man behind the gun.
During the shooting refreshments
were served, and everything possible
was done to make the visit of the
guests an enjoyable one. Detectives
Murphy and Wall were particularly
attentive to the superintendent
friends, and not one was allowed to
go away wanting. There was a pro-
fusion of flowers, and each guest was
presented with rose.