The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-23
HAWAIIAN GUN CLUB
SHOOT YESTERDAY

The seventh semi-annual shoot of the
Hawaiian Gun Club occurred yester-
day before the clubhouse at Kaka-
ako. There were a large number of
contestants, and all through the day
the reports of their guns advertised
the presence of the shoot to all liv-
ing in the near vicinity. All the
matches began promptly at the hours
designated in the program, and those
who attended were amply repayed by
the quality of the sport witnessed.
d. l.. Austin won the gold medal
given to the member securing the
highest average during the day.
The first event, the 20-bird scratch
was brought on at nine a. m. This
event was one of the most important
of the shoot, and carried with it the
directors cup, and the championship
of the club. The conditions were that
it should be won at two consecutive
shoots. 1t had already been won once
by D. +. Austin, and he secured the
cup yesterday when again he got first
place with twenty straight.
The second event, the 10-bird scratch,
unknown angles, for the E. 0. Hall e.
Son cup, had also to be won twice. 1t
has been won once each by K. B. Por-
ter, H. E. Cares, w. e. Wall and J.
w. Harvey. In the first trial, D. l..
Austin, K. B. Porter and j. w. Har-
vey made tie with eight each. They
shot off with the scores respectively
of 9, s and 6.
The third event was the visitors
match, 10-bird scratch, known angles.
The first prize, a cup, was Won by P.
j. Bell with score of ten; the sec
ond, by Mrs. James Scott with s; and
the third by A. Lucas, with S.
The fourth event, 20-bird handicap,
known angles, for the Walsrode cup,
has been won once each by X. B. Por-
ter, Fl. E. Cares, L. G. King and J. w.
Harvey. Yesterday the results were
as follows: LIST, j. L. Fleming, 81 out
of 26; End, K. B. Porter, 20 scratch;
Bird, D. L. Austin, 10 out of 20; and
4th, w. E. Wall, Is out of %.
very nice lunch was served at the
clubhouse at noon after which, re-
freshed and invigorated, they returned
with undiminished ardor to the shoot
ing.
The fifth event was a combination
match, "a birds, 6 known angles, 6 un-
known angles, 6 unknown angles and
traps, 8 doubles, and each bird broken
to score as one. The first prize, a cup,
was won by D. l.. Austin, 81; End, J.
w. Harvey, 10; and the 3rd, K. B.
Porter, is.
Then the visitors were given another
chance in the 10-bird scratch, known
angles. Mrs. James Scott won the first
prize, cup, s; A. Lucas, the second
); and j. e. Beck, the third, 8.
The seventh event was the merchan-
1ise match, a 20-bird handicap for
class shooting. The first prize was a
2 CAL Winchester repeating rife. The |
results were as follows: 1st, J. l. |
Fleming, p out of &c; End, A. Water
house, 10 out of 30; 3rd, .. L. Austin, |
Is out of 20; 4th. K. B. Porter, II out |
If 20; and 9Th, j. w. Harvey, is out |
IF 20.
The eighth and last event was a |
event, open only to those
who had not won a prize during the
lay. In the first try, the results were /
Is follows: I. Spalding, IL out of IL; |
J. A. Jordan, IL out of 10: and DIR.
yall, out of Is. The tie of the first I
wo was shot off, giving L. Spalding
irst place with II out of IL; and G. A.
Jordan End, with out of 13. The first
,rize for this event was 100 Pacific
hells.
The events We're concluded about
49, and the members of the club
vent away more than ever delighted
With their new location and their new
raps.