The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-05-31
GUN CLUB
HAS SHOOT

Good sport was enjoyed by the mem
bers of the Hawaiian Gun Club at their
club house in Manoa Valley all day
yesterday. The day was ideal for shoot
ing and the traps sprung the clay
pigeons at good angles, with little wind
to change their fight, giving some ex-
lcellent scores. and some poor ones, the
derfoot visitors.
1t was the fourth semi-annual shoot,
the program including seven events for
cups and other prizes A large num-
Der of club members and friends at
tended the shoot and enjoyed day of
thorough sport. Not only did the club
furnish sport, but it spread fine
chowder luncheon at noon. which in
cluded a number of eatables and drink
ables. K b. Porter, II. e Cares and
]. w. Hardy, comprising the house
committee, entertained the guests in
praiseworthy manner.
The first event was 2O-bird scratch
match. at known angles. for the d. P.
r. Isenberg cup and the championship
of the club held formerly by J. w.
Harvey. The match was won by J. w.
Harvey. who made eighteen hits out of
twenty. The scores stood: J. W. Har-
vey, IS; K. 3. Porter, 16; H. E. Cares
Is; l. Spalding, 13: ]. E. Fullerton Is.
The second event was a 1G-bird
scratch match. with unknown angles, a
more difficult method of corraIling the
clays. The prizes were a challenge
cup. held by X. 3. Porter. gun case
and chair. H. z. Cares took the first
prize H. E Walker second. and L.
King the third. The scores We're: H.
E. Cares. 10; H. E. Walker, 9: /. King.
IS: J. E. Fullerton. 6: I. Spalding. s:
~. W. Harvey. 6; X. B. Porter. 4; W.
LAM. 3.
The third event was A 20-bird handi-
: cap. known angles for d first prize
Woods & Sheldon cup. held by X. Por-
ter. and two other cups as second and
| third prizes. This was won by II. Z.
Cares. with J. ". Harvey second. and
! J. z. Fullerton third. The scores were:
H. f. Cares. u: J. W. Harvey. Is. and
| J. T. Fullerton. Il. in the shoot off.
after the first round. The other en-
tries were I SpaIding. W. LAM. X. b
! Porter. 1. King. II. F. Walker. \. r
Rowatt. Q. Charlock. Cap PenhalIow.
Treadway. Drummond. Myers. William
son.
The fourth event was ten-bird
scratch. unknown angles. walking. gun
10 he below elbow at spring OF trap.
The prizes We're three cups. and We're
taken by J. W. Harvey. J. z. Fuller
tries were X. B. Porter. w. E. Walker
| L. King. / Spalding, w. LAM. DR..
Rowatt. 7. b Booth.
| After luncheon the next event was
the Visitors Match. ten birds. known
angles, for cups presented by Messrs.
Harvey and Porter. and were Won by
Wilder. making hits: Trevas. : out Of
! 10 The other entries were Cap. Pen
haIlow. /: W. Charlock, ?: Drummond.
! =; Treadway. :: Colburn. s: Myers. 4:
Jacobsen. S; Cutting. 5; Taylor. 0;
Enos. ;. In the shoOt-off for second
prize. Trevas made ten straight hits.
The sixth event was n 20-bird handi-
: cap. known angles for the weekly chal-
lenge cup. I. Spaiding won the cup for
good having captured ii May % and
May 90, three times in succession. The
other entries were H. Couzins. H. +.
! Walker. W. LAM. J. w. Harvey. L. c.
King. a. r. Rowat. H. f. Cares X. +.
Porter. c. Charlock, j. E. Fullerton.
r. B. Booth
The last event was a 10-bird cOnsola-
ton, known angles. open to those who
had not won a prize during the day.
The prizes We're one pair Elksin hunting
shoes; 100 cartridges and a hunting
coat. j. Harvey as an extra won
the high average cup. with an average
for the days shoot of 90 per cent. The
consolation prizes went to a. r. Rowat.
10: W. LAM 9: and r. B. Booth 9
The other entries were C. Charlock and
K. B. Porter.
The gun clubs quarters in Manoa
Valley are exceIlently located. The
Portable structure open at the front to-
ward the low-lying roof over the trap
trench An additional cover is erected
just in front of the main structure be
meath which the gunners stand while
shooting at the clays. A fine stretch
OF land lies between the shooting
booths and the trap trenches and the
field beyond is also fair to look upon.
The gun club is a development Of the
pat two years and is meeting with
success. having among its members
many OF the most prominent men in
Honolulu.