Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-07-17
POWDER CITY SHOOT
ON JULY 25, rs, Il
Nationwide Event to be Staged by
Wilmington Trapshooting Club
for Big Prizes.

The Powder City trapshooting tourna-
ment To DE held in Wilmington, July %,
rs and 81, is attracting attention all
through the east and already Colonel
John NJ Morchead, head Of the North
Carolina trapshooterH. has sent IN his
entry. II ia expected that Frank Troch
Of Vancouver Washington. and possibly
w II. lieer, of Guthrie, Oklahoma, will
also compete These two shot n match
race in Seattle on June - for a purse of
81. 600 in Liberty Bonds This race was
won 10y lIccr by q margin of three targets
and Troch is anxious to meet him again,
rs he feels that he will be the victor IN
another race.
The trophies offered are The best ever
provided for trapshootlng tournament
in Delaware. On the first day there will
be nine trophies three to each of the
three classes. 4, y and {, These trophies
are rs foil MS:
Class \ Ilrst prize, candy jar; second,
thcrmos jug, third, ivory handle carving
set
Glass Is First prize, candy jar; second,
| thcrmos Jug: third ivory handle carving
sci
Glass c First prize. candy jar; second,
! thcrmus Jug; third IVORY handle carving
set
On Friday the second day, there will
be seven high gun trophies. ms follows
| First meat platter. second. after dinner
coffee set third Dutch silver cake tray,
fourth. sterling silver candy jar: fifth,
silver gravy boat and tray, sixth, stag
handle carving set seventh. cheese and
cracker dish
In addition to these there will be two
prizes in Class Il and two In Class G..
as follows Vase and Jelly jar for Class
Band silver pitcher and jelly jar for
Class G.
ON the second dav. July 26 the Pre-
micr event uf the tournament will hc
staged. VIZ. the Liberty Bond special
open championship Of tho world event at
l-5 targets The winner rs guaranteed
$3.50 in Liberty Bonds. second place
guaranteed 500 IN Liberty bonds and
third place $50 ~ Liberty Bonds The
winner of the event also gets a massive
sterling silver salad bowl
On Saturday. July ~ there will hc
three prgcs fur the morning events, CON
slstiug 81 PAIR II candlcstcks for class
4 and a double vegetable dish for class X.
and 4 glass lined casserole for class I
IN the afternoon. The Powder City hnndi-
can will be staged with handlcaps from
ii 10 "a yards high gun ~ receive a
SILVER flower basket valued at So The
trophies for the siv yard narks viii be
rs follows 2 yards. silver cake comport
20 yards sugar and cream ~ Yards.
vegetable dish Is yard~ silver basket.
II yards. baking dtsh ~ yards, double
vcgct able dish
There viii hc i25 l6-yard targets shot
81 during the three days and the average
winners IN the different classes viii he
awarded trophies The trophies for alI
classes viii H. equal The hugh gun IN
each class will receive q sterling silver
vase properly marked. while The second
high gun IN each class v,ll receive sil-
yer vase of the same dc.Igu winch will
also lee properly inscribed
The club management has made every
possible prccautlou to have the tourna-
mont an unqualified success and they
expect visitors from every section of the
country and want 10 show them bow
things are done IN the powder city