The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-06

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 Gun Clubs Celebrations. None there were who celebrated the Glorious Fourth more than did the
 members of the Mobile Gun, Club. At their shooting grounds on sBIakeley Island the game was fast and furious from 2;30 o'clock until the shades of evening came on. Aside from the reg ular medal shoot there were seven separate and distinct prizes and four specials for highest averages. in all of which prizes were hung up.
 In many instances there were ties
 but owing to the lateness of the hour when the events were finished the ties could not be shot of and the spoiis were divided. | There was a large attendance of ! members of the club and the evenings 1 events proved moro than ordinarily
 interesting. The new Leggett trar
 worked excelfently and the wind was
 in the right direction. The shooting was good. despite the handicaps and ali were pleased with the results, even the consolation marksmen.
 First on the list was the special shoots at fifteen targets. the results
 being as follows:
 l First event--wagoner and Johnston hrst;s Fowler and Goodbrad, second Vincent, Suttle and sirmon. third. The high score was fifteen. 2 1 Second event--oFwler, Matiock, ST. Touart. Wilson. March. Gordon, Meyer and Chamberlain, first Sirmon. Vim cent and Creary. second Goodbrad and Suttle. third. The high score was fiji teen, Fowler making a clean slate Third event--March. Meyer and | Wahafar Araf. yxyf1aau Ufuoanf Eirt,, m and Suttle second; Fowler, Chamber lain, Mangold and Gordon, third. Mey- | CT made the high score with nine down l and six handicap.
 | Fourth event--March, first; Good.
 brad. Sirmon and suttle, second; Vim cent Johnston, Fowler and Wilson third. March pulled down eight and had handicap of seven.
 1 Fifth event-Gordon. Chamberlain | and Torart. first: Vincent, creary, Sir
 mon. second: Fowler, Wilson. March third. Gordon made the high score with down and i handicap.
 | Sixth event--March. Suttle. Chamber
 lain and Wagoner. first; Vincent. Cor,
 don, Johnston. Touart. second; Good brad, Wilson. Creary, third. The high score was made by Chamberlain with
 13 down and 2 handicap. ts | Seventh event--Meyer, first: Vince 1 | and McCreary, second: Gc9dbrad a..l
 Gordon. third The high score was (
 down and handicap. | For the Hunter Arms Company med l al, in the second of the series. Suttle came out the victor.
 | Thursday evening the third shoot for the Hunter Arms Company medal will take place and the first of the series | for the DuponC loving cup as we'll The Fourth at the Country Club. | The Fourth" was celebrated at the
 Country Club in its usual delightful style with open house all day The first and most important event
 was the match for the Benn Cup, for scratch players. in which . field of twelve were entered Mir. Rober,
 Hunter won with s7 and Mir. Horn and Mir Raymond came next on tl list with 91 each. This gives Mir. Hunter two matches to his credit on this tro- phy. and 1t will become his personal property If he should win it nee more. Tn the afternoon there was contest for a prize donated by the club for the longest drive, which was won by
 Mfr. w. c. Horn. whose best drive was about ten yards longer than the next best drive, which was a close thing be- tween T. s. Hunter and W. H. Monk. Jr. The Approaching and putting contest was won by Mr. Robert Hunter,
 who holed his ball from sixty, forty, and twenty yards respectively, in 8, 8. and 2 strokes.
 Tho ladies putting contest on the ''clockgreen" was won by Mrs. Luce,
 with twenty-six strokes { In the evening a delightful lunch was | served to the members. and therc was the usual fireworks on the lawn in | front of the club house, and, take it ''big and large" the Country Club fully
 sustained its reputation as the pest
 place In Mobile to spend delightful
 Fourth.
 Captain Ladnler~ Dead. Captain John Ladnier. one of the old est and best konwn men in Mobile, died | today at noon at his home in Navy | Cove. Captain I.adnier was 73 years | old and had reared a large family oi l children. Ills sons all of whom have
 reached manhood estate are naviga- tors and respected citizens of this port l The aged man was suddenly stricken | with Illness and a physician was sum-
 moned to his bedside. A tug boat was secured and the doctor went as speed 1 fly as possible to the Cove. but when | A