Show local gun champion raising pedigree pups 1 I 1 7 0 0 0 ry A 41 e 7 4 4 01 vena J 4 k at A va 44 1 I A 1 t k 01 1 t A I 1 I 1 LJ 0 h 4 f g 4 f A 11 61 I 1 recent winner of the pacific coast grand national tray shooting championship mr ralph niles no 1st west is also the reiser raiser of champion lab rador retrievers his registered retriever lady presented him with a fine litter of pedigree puppies two months ago the father of these pups was the son of a former national grandchamp grand cham pion now at stud in salt lake city mr niles two hobbies hobbles raising retrievers and trapshooting are closely connected with each other inasmuch as these dogs are lecog nihed among the best for pheasant and duck hunting lady herself is an expert retriever of either bird states mr niles and by this fall I 1 hope to have the two pups I 1 am saving trained well enough to hunt he says there are nine pup pies in the litter which is a rarity in the canine species for seldom do dogs have more than five or six at a time all the puppies but two have been sold there are five males and four females one puppy died a few days after birth the winner of last years year s utah state trapshooting championship and this year years s class A champion at the salt lake centennial shoot mr niles is a member of the TOD rifle club and the salt sall lake gun club he is planning to enter the western trapshooting contests at las vegas on january at the he recently won held in yakima washington mr niels compiled the envious total of 98 out of a possible pigeons to lead all shooters in his division |