The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29
'TRA|P -SHO0Tl|N|G|:
At DEEP RUN IN. .CLUB.
Gun Committee 1ss,tcs Notice OF
Prizes for tic Coming
o Season.
SEASON PRIZE A SILVER CUP
Luncheon Will BE Served OIL the
Club Lawn Oil the Last Satur-
urday Of Each Month.

rho Deep Run Hunt CluD, tilrousi us
pun committee, Alcssrs. W. =. Wood, D..
w. Young and Dr. y. H. I1lllh'',an, mas
issued lie following notica for trap shoot-
Ing for the season OF 1906:
shoots: Preliminary shoot, saturday,
April 2sth. Regular shoots every satur-.
day from Niny to September, inclusivcly'
commencing 1T 4:30 O'clock
There viii be II oshooting on regular
race day"
Prizes. Monthly handicap; p:.zc OK
$40 in gold (by subscription, 20 be shot
Tor the last Saturday IN c.tch month.
Season handicap prize u so silver cup,
donated by tho club for the best genera!
average. -
yeason,s high average. 1rst l.rlzG, so;
second prize, $50. donated by tie ciuD ior
the shooters whose percehtasc III tnc
regular shoots are tho hlgllcst Iof l"e
season. n. t.'
only ,ncrlbcrs OF the Hunt Club can,
compete for prizes.
Prize Competitions Handicap.
Monthly SO gold prize: llan 1i< VIZ
be allowed. the score maze In previous
shoots being taken as II basis no mem
Der shah be entitled To a handicap unless
he has shot once previously during the
month.
4 winner OF this prize will not be cnti-
tied to further handicap, but will shoot
from scratch for balence OF the season.
IN this event only.
silver cup: Competitors must shoot
7 eight or more times during the season
to- be eligible Shooters who miss more
than nrc consecutive shoots VIII be drop
ped from this competition.
Handicnps will be corrected weekly ac-
cordIng to the following scale:
70 (su nraiSs Il nor "a.
ceiYes IS per cent receiver 2: 81 per
cent receives g. Sc per cent receives 4:
50 per cent. receives ); rs per cent re-
celYcs 6; &c per cent. receives !: "a per
"A cent receives 8; u per cent. receives .;
20 per cent. receives 10; 63 per cent. re-
ceives IL; GS per cent. receives II: 81 per
x cent. receives 10; 62 per cent. receives u;
81 per cent. receives IL; IS per cent. re-
celves 1e; &c per cent. receives II; "a per
cent. receives IS: % per cent. receives 10;
20 per cent. receives 20.
The greatest handicap allowed will be
% targets. The highest possible score Will
DO. 20.
Illustration: We will say that Mr.. "A"
commences as q 30 per cent. shooter. lie
Will receive nothing In the way OF added
targets He breaks i2 targets out Of
his 20. This viii score him ~. AT the
next contest he Is clnssed as an 81 per
cent. shooter, This Will entitlc him TO
breaks 49, which. with his added tar
gets, will score him As. His breaking 70
places him back In the % per cent. class
Mr.. "E' commences as a co per. cent
shooter. He receives 10 added targets
JIG breaks Go out OF his 50. This. with
RI his added targets Will score him 80
straight At the next contest he is class
ed as 20 per cent shooter. which will
then cntitc him TO 10 added targets. At
this contest he breaks 30, which places
him back In the 60 per cent. class again,
emitting him TO Is added targets, and
10 on.
The first handicap OF each shooter will
be based on the score made In the pre-
\ urinary shoot OF April 2Sth. Should he
fail to smoot on that day he will have
TO start from scratch.
Seasons high average: First prize. SIS;
&c cond prize, $40. No handIcaps to be
allowed.
Shooters to be eligible for high average
must shoot nine or more times during
the season.
Preliminary shoot does not count.
Special day: The last Saturday in each
month being prize day, the clu. will fur
,ish lunch on the shooting lawn.