| Show the shooting tournament A big success four ogden men led in the averages Salt Lake marksmen win fuji tea col dickey present the ogden gun dab pulled off the ug tournament yesterday in spite of tha opening ot the floodgates flood gates of heaven the rain poured down in torrents daring the forenoon and the brounda wera literally swimming in water the plat form on which the stood and the trap enclosures were isolated islands in the muddy late but all the disadvantages of the elements counted for nit A big crowd wallowed and waded in the uninviting swamp and showed an utter disregard of mud and slush while the shoot went on it was the general opinion that the shoot was the most successful ever held in the state marksmen from salt lake helper and wyoming were en in alie various events A distinguished visitor in the person of col dickey general manager of the occidental division of the western union and a marksman of national reputation waa present and took a lively interest in the shoot there were eight events known traps unknown angles in the first fifteen birds becker bigelow and ensign divided first money killing fourteen each sharp anderson and dickey divided second money event no 2 fifteen birds dickey killed fifteen straight winning first prize becker took second with a score of fourteen event no 3 fifteen birds bigelow killed fifteen straight winning first money parrott killed fourteen and won second money event no 4 twenty five birds becker bigelow and M S browning tied on twenty three birds bigelow winning in shooting off the tie brewer ebarp and parrott divided second money with twenty two birds each event no 5 fifteen birda A straight score of fifteen gave bigelow first becker taking second money with fourteen event no 6 fifteen birda brewer killed fifteen straight and won first prize bigelow divided sec ond prize event no 7 twenty birds john M browning and andersen each scored eighteen and divided first prize matt browning becker and brewer enteen each and divided second money event no 8 team shoot the team twenty five birds to each man becker and bigelow won first prize with forty seven birds becker twenty four bigelow twenty three john and matt browning as one team and brewer and anderson as the other tied for second money with a score of 42 birds and divided the money the four highest averages for the day were bigelow per cent becker 90 per cent J M browning 83 per cent matt browning 77 9 10 per cent bigelow had the highest average which entitled him to the silver cup unfortunately for the predictions of the salt lake papers the marksmen from the capital failed to win first prize in any event and as winners 0 second money they showed up few and far between but third place was where they and aa souvenirs of their third rate skill they will carry back to the capital enough fuji tea to beep their nerves steady till the next shoot duri ing the afternoon john M browning gave an exhibition of the quick firing qualities of the new browning gun the peacemaker peace maker which has been adopted by the U S navy in tho evening mr archie bigelow entertained the members of the bluh and the visiting marksmen manks men at the aeed in honor of colonel dickey A banquet was served in the elegant dining room and the contestants of the days sports hobnobbed hobnob bed in the most approved fashion after the repast the party adjourned to to the parlors and entertained in true sportsman style story telling and cigars the event was a moat happy one and tho boys adjourned at a late hoar feeling that the ogden shooters are as royal entertainers entertain era aa they are good marksmen and thus ended the most successful and enjoyable shooting tournament in the history of the state |
