The sun., 1909-02-07
TRAP SHOOTING.
Contests OF n. Y. A. e., Essex County
&. e. and Larchmont.

| e. &. and Larchmont.
The New York Athletic Club shooter
disposed Of nine events at the Traver
Island traps Yesterday. and the honor o
high gun fell to X. NJ. owen. who won Nv
OFT OF the lot. The high wind prevented
Keen scoring. bIt Owen seemed to be both
cred less by ne gale than his opponents
lie did we'll m every event and was the onil
! man Of the day TO make a clean break o
| rs from scratch, This good mar ksmanshiI
m nne OF ns sso
| trophy contest, owen made 25 with hendl
cap Of 2 Then the handica pper placed mn
al The post Of honor. but II only seemed q
give Owen better nerve. for he SHATTERED
every blue rock trapped. Among the win'
made by Owen we're legs on the February
cup and Sauer trophy, Al.
Robert .Stoll cup and with the perfect tally
OF 25, including a handicap Of 2 targets
| y u, Batteson accounted for the leg IN tbt
stevens trophy mskins total OF % dr2t,
Of aud \. Y Lenane won a trophy With ar
allowance Of targets. Scores
Pr0S,IGe Shoot ,argets-R. M owen = =
r. Robbins, 70; Gus T. drela. III pr. pe Wolf 4;
owen. 5, Il; Gus y. fireii :, 81: e. L. Edcy 5, 40
TrIsnsll isT Lsnans, Jr IFS P,lI,.ss snsSs
/, " Dr. Wilson. S. Is; Dr. lie Wolf scratch, 10;
saver JrpPHy y targets, Gsnd%ISihpR nT %iip.oo n
NV Lensne al :. 1a,isfs Gus Grs II q: + Iea.ne'
Jra D. q; j. q. patterson, scratch, %; o. G. Grin
5s IL O. II Thomson Mo" % seTe'Sn + s. RoSSn; q
SsoS!orrss y,; targets; EsndIS,;s,pmR sndhI,;,p n owen
Stevens T "i!son aSr.s W. bs''Rss hsndcspJ
Patterson. scratch. -; y, =, Lensne, l. n r. N.
owen. t. 2; q: y. Thomson, 3 2; R,. Wilson
E. Rdey, ssHr r. RobSns 81 us g. r S.ei" o G. Grpne
SOU cSp Tso%.g s IsSsS: hsndcaGGss sS.s. E Greg e.
a. s. oven, !, q Sr De Won: T. ss 3: {. G1s:
pT Dr ISon' % TO- tl'S Z bnss. III iS no00'n'
nj Trophy. shoot Q. ~, Thompson, I, sc; Y.
Gass snHc a Gensn. & s'''jion 5r 's!'fSs s. @o
N r5Sna2, Owen, ssoa soT RoSSlHs ] S iShSse,0-R NJ
owen :! IS ;%? Gus 4 GTek' !. a. {, " billings
scrsch az e. ?. 4 ThG%sS0 a 6r &c g. Wc RI.!.Ga
r I,enane, A.. I, 30 T. II. Robbins. 5, IS; o. c.
,n.as 2SnS sseo Ss:4:ou sf: n@dssSss .e4.,eS GU,
!. Grcin :, g; n. N. Owen, scratch, q; q G.
SIsnS Sns 10 e E.6sns w. noss IS 6f 81 bc wo FGG
Tn" EsseN County Country Club ran on
three events and they too were affected
by the hi igh wind. G.. II. Daly did the best
Gs 2 ne bsy fbSy ron cp Se Fs6
Scores,
February Cup. . targets, handicsp1T, E.
gate ., q; {. ii. nsly. scratch. sO Dr. Charles
fleck, :, 10; Dr. Cranberry, 4. 10.
TaIIor Cup e % %iers.ts hand,capc y DAY,
$ 10 br Charles FlecE, D. 10
TTSpny SnoO. 3 targets. handle handlScapT r
! owlcr. B. 10: d. Colgate, D. 10 Dr. Charles Fleog
., 10: Dr. Cranbery,L Lls.
The Larchmont Yacht Club shot a dual
match with the Yale Gun Club yesterday,
and lArChmont won.
Trap shooters OF the Crescent Athletic
SIluo ,Mere called on to face a hurricane az
Bay Ridge. yesterday, 4 wind whlstled IN
it blew down part of the fence which sur
rounds the shooting field Under the cir
Gums tances the handicap men had de-
sdeH targets oer Of Ssss
ners tied for the prize. The narksinen
were D. 4 Leahy. who shot with handicap
OF 3: DR., Hopkins and George Brewer. VINO
wer" allowed four targets, each. and + {.
Rsynor who shot with n handicap Of Ave.
Each gunner returned card oil twenty
one. No shootoG was held, as according
cup is won by the Nimrod who has the three
best scores during the month.
/ he first leg OH the February scratch shoot
also was decided. The event ended 10 a tie
The former won the sh0Otoh with full
Card of fifteen targets, only three teams
reported for the team race, which was at
twenty-five targets. he winners were
u. r. Leahy aud G.. e.. Stephenson. Jr.
C. A. Lockwood won a twenty-five target
event with n card of "a. ID. I Leahy and
l.. e Hopkins decided cup. and so also did
q e.. Stephenson. Jr.. and j. II. Ernst.
The Yale shooters have accepted he Chal-
lsuge OF the Crescent Athletic club for
home aud home shoot. The first leg will
be decided at Bay Ridge on March 10.
Three twenty-five target shoots and
SpeCial two man team shoot we're decided
n the Staten Island traps OF the Fox Hills
liof club yesterday. =. Bottome did the
best work. winning TWO Of the trophy shoots.
[. W Lemheck was the winner Of the other
prize He made the best run Of the after
noon. breaking from scratch 20 out OF pos
Si bic ?j targets
High winds marred the shooting at the
New Rochelle traps of the Wykagyl Country
Club only six marksmen reported, but
hey decided the usual weekly fixtures
The first leg Oh the February cup vas won
by r. L. Wilson, while 4. Eckart was the
/ gh gun in the race for the February aver |
ge prize. ". b Odgen scored leg on the |
porting prize, ]. A, Henderson. who has !
)een absent from the traps for year, took
me oil the trophy shoots and with his part
Ter, 7. \. Wilson. was the winner OF pick