The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-12-07
THE GUN CLUB SHOOT.
An Ausplcious Opening OF the New CIuI
House.

An Auspicious Opening OF the New Club
House.
| The Belfast Gun club was favorsd b,, tho
clerk OF the weather for the opening of their
new ciup house, and their first public shoot It
was the only outdoor event on Thanksgiving
cay and not only did the handlers of shot guns
and rifles turn ont in force but there was
large attendance of interested spectators all
oay' and as they were constantly coming and
gong good many hundreds must have been
present. 1t should be said that the clubhouse
was built mainly at night, and the hinges were
put on the door at 2.3O o'clock Thursday morn
ing The master builder, James Dexter, work.
ed every night when it was possible to work.
until midnight, later, and "the bows" think
he did wonders. The house is an unpreten-
tlous structure, 20 by fourteen feet, all in one
room, which is Ii GIFTED by two large windows in
front and smaller ones at the ends. There ;s
fireplace of field rock in which cheerful
blaze was kept p during the day. A veranda
1eet wide extends across the front of the
oulidlng, which commands beautiful views of
the bay and barbor. From tall flag pole was
displayed red burgee with Belfast Gun Club
IN white letters, and flag and pole we're the
glft OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bradbury, the
latter owning the grounds an placing them
at the disposal of the club The location is an
ideal one for such an organization. RAYMOND
Sherman is pre'ident of the club, Charles
Bradbury, vice president and Clarence E.
Read, secretary and treasurer. The club wish
to thank the pub ic for their liberal patronage
and for the good feeling manifested on the
occasion of their first shoot
THE OFFICIAL SCORES
Event No. Prize. chicken; men, 10 tar
gets, score Z, tied by Edmund Wilson ard
Arthur Stantial. Stantial won out. Event 2.
prize. chicken, men. 1u targets. score 7, won
by DR.. H. E. Knowton. Event g. prize. chick
en-: men, 10 targets, score 7, won by Mr..
Little. Event a. prize, chicken, men, 10 tar
gets, score 6, tied by Fred Sylvester and Ed
mund Wilson. Sylvester won. Event 5, prize,
chicken, men. 10 targets, score 6, tied by
Raymond Sherman and H. Walton. Walton
won Event 6. first prize, goose, second, a;
chicken, Is men, 10 targets score z, first prize,
Edgar F. Harding; score 6, second prize, 4 tied
won by Edmund Wilson; score S, Is tied) won
~ Aluminium. 1IFeuL prize, turkey,
second chicken, 10 men, 10 targets. first won
by Clarence E. Read in a straight. the onlv
one made during the day, second prize tied by
Mel Sanborn, and Charles r. Coombs, won by
Sanborn. Event s, prize, goose and chicken:
III men, TO targets, first score 9, won bv Mr..
Wlddieheld; second s, won by Ralph Fl.
howes. Event 9, prize, chicken, S men. 10
targets. score 5, tied by Edmund Wilson and
Richard Noyes; Noyes won. Event TO- prize
coots, (the only real coot-shoot of the seasonl
III men, 10 targets, won by Mel Sanborn, score
g. Event IL, prize, chicken, men, score 7.
tied by johnson and Austin Jewett Johnson
won. Event IL, prizes, goose and chicken, 10
men, 10 targets, first score z, DIR. H. E. Knowl-
ton; second, 6, tied by Fred Sylvester and V. L.
Hall. Sylvester won. Event 13, prize. chick
en-, 5 men, 10 targets, score 5, tied bv Hall and
Hamilton. Won by Hamilton Event IA.
prize, chicken, score g. tied by Jewett and
Sylvester. Won by Jewett. Event Is. the
final turkey shoot was one of the most excit-
ing as it was race with the gathering dark
ness. Ten entered but only ) I ad a
chance to shoot. There were 10 targets and
the score was tied at by William Weshe and
DR.. Knowlton. The latter won.