Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-12
|. {. KNOTT WINS
ARkADElPHIA MAN CARRIES OFF
MARLIN REPEATER ST
STATE SHOOT
J. &. Chatfied Made Best Record for
Targets Broken and Cap
tured Most Money.
PINE BLUFF SHOOTERS PRESENT

Fifteen thousand targets were bro
ken Thursday by the sixty shooters
who participated in the first days
shoot of the Arkansas State Trap
! Shooters Association at Little Rock
From seven minutes past nine in the
morning until darkness made them
| leave the grounds at night the diff
ferent squads were firing away at
| the targets Eight events were all
that were shct during the day. the
stated program not being more than
half completed. Promptly at nlnn
y clock this morning the program
dav afternoon and the shoot contin-
Hed, with the exception of the special
events that have been scheduled.
l.. f. Knott Of Arkadelphia was
high gun Thursday. capturing the
Marlin takedown repeater. offered by
the Marlin Arms company. This was
''N lar the feature of the days shoot
| though several others wen money
prizes
J. e. Chatfield OF Texarkana had the
best record OF targets broken. and
prize money. Ia The first event Mr..
ChatHcld smashed II ont Of Is birds.
broke all Of the 30 in the second
event and ran a straight Is in the
atflrd event. IN the fourth event ho
missed one out OF the 30, lost another
from the Is in the fifth event. oniv
broke - Of the fifteen in the sixth
event. shiverea lG OF the next 90 and
made straight OF the last fifteen.
IN the handicap shot for the Martin
Gun, Mr.. Knott shot at twenty
ward rise against party Of forty.
the majority OF whom were shooting
al a distance of from fourteen to six
teen yards. From the first twenty
five targets Mr.. Knott was tied with
Albert Moore Of Arkadelphia for the
gun, both having smashed twenty
three o"t of the possible Twenty-Five
Mr.. Moore was shooting from the A.
yard line. In the shooting off of the
tie, Mr.. Knott broke "a out of the
25, while Mr. Moore could no, get
over his 90
The Championship Medal.
The feature OF todays shoot will be
the contest for the champiGrsn1p
medal, which is now worn by :, =.
Wright of Camden. Mr.. Wright won
me medal at the state Shoot al Jones
boro last year and will defend it to-
day This event will take place this
afternoon, after the uncompleted pro
gram OF yesterday has been tniyhe;!
Every member of the g.1n club and
OF the association is eligible to this
contest, and il is expected that more
than fifty men will try to takc r9ne
tEe medal
Among those who participated IN
the shoot were j. w. Lloyd, w. II.
Simpson, g. A. Howell, f. c. Arnold
J. T. Lloyd, I. J. Wick. r. l.. Am
brose, f. F. Cook, all Of Pine Bluff.
By two-thirds majority the State
Sportsmen's association, in session at
the Gleason hotel last night at Lit
tie Rock, voted down motion to
resclnd the action of the previous ses-
sion and allow shooters from other
states to participate in the annual
state shoots of the amateurs in Ar
kansas. Next years shoot, which is
to be held in Pine Bluff, will be iden-
tlcal with the one now being held
IN that there will be no one to
compete for the prizes but the anna
teurs who live in Arkansas. The dis.
cuss'on growing out of a motion bv
E. C. Arnold of Pine Bluff to repea,
the resolution passed one year ago
not to allow shooters from other
states to take part in the events for
money at the state shoots was lengthy
and at times exciting.
W. r. Duley, the retiring president
d the association, led the fight
against the repeal of the resolution
and won by good majority. While
there were few members from saw
eral different clubs who believed in