Show HOW ENT N SHOOT BLUE UE R c ANNUAL tournament n nor I of or the SaM Salt Sl Lake Gun GUl clubs club which took look place flar last font week waa wal oon on n ceded by all 81 1 participated p to 7 been be the most moat mot successful one ono that lead lias J ever taken place in lit the thi stae staLe r averages have been bawl unde In the regiA lar weekly ekly meetings of the the cu 13 7 the same aae members but but this in large part par was w duo due to t weather veather condition Tho elements elemen were against the shooters both days and several of them suf suffered suffered from snow blindness on the first frt day One trouble trouble with Ith lo location J 3 cation enton of the traps Js the te background formed fored by the the range of mountains Just JustS S r north of the city cIt When they arfe ara r coh cov cohered co ered red with snow SOW and the sun shines brightly tho the glare blinds tl l A shooter ns as his eye travels rapidly over ove V the sights of the un tnt tt t locate the mal dark target on in I the bt QC ci glisten ing whiteness n It 1 W WS B Mip up pol l t lat tw IL gC would but bo 1 b fai fal faller V better ler on oil 01 the thc day da but fut WOre Jf e again agin the the shooters ere vere disappointed di d do o I S V V This time the wind was wa the cause ause of the trouble A heavy hea gale gle was blow blowIng blowIng Ing InS during the entire afternoon and when It decreased in velocity as the th on the of misses scored f O d lit itt the were wore so numer numerous Qua ous that that shoo soo or 11 n they would It was too late to bring brin the th averages ne e up to the standard standard of 01 the day da before The Thc local loe men held their own with wih the the visitors ri and the te averages notwithstanding standing the poor por weather conditions et fully funy up to the he scores made at atthe atthe V the average eastern tournament As regards l rs the purses pura s nt none ne of the te made very ver much a larger per Gent int mt of ot them received back the amount paid ludd In entry fees fee and expenses expense The TheRose Rose Itoe system of dividing money which was adopted adapted for this purpose splits the purse pur so that a contestant ont tnt doing any shooting whatever will wil have haye a chance on U a percentage of the prize This Iss Is Ss ls s It should be bo and the sport among mong the tiit tt amateurs rs who are the life Ufo of a tournament t The large amount that haL has ha been bee manifested I III in Ili II this line of f sport throughout the t state during the te past six months will willbe wi willbe be bo greatly gety augmented by the toura m nt t and the te devotees of the te trap are ac lea ed itt The shoot has already increased in aed the membership of oi tho the IUD which is more prosperous now than at any other time in its Is history Many comments were made by those who witnessed h the shooting the past weel wet wee on the styli Of the different marksmen and the manner in which they took the the bird It I Is conceded by ly those thos who follow folh this line lne of sport that the sooner a I marksman can shoot sho t after the target t leaves ees the trap the better be ter his chance of securing the bird This I i is b the theory theor followed foU wed and each man uan attempts to get a line lne on the blue rock rockas as t soon aqua as possible but it does dOe not necessarily sarny follow that the ilie quickest I shots shot art ar the best Among the local shooters Callison Calson who won the first frt honors in the tournament is not the quickest shot but stands far ahead df of tn t average in this line The in his work is the manner in which he breaks thy tho target He hits his them hard that 1 II Is the tho targets target gener goner generally ally aly receive the center of the load and nothing but a small smal cloud of smoke smoker reveals r v ts the space where the target should have hare passed through Callison always 8 shoots slot as a if i he means business He will wl run out a a string sting of fifty with without wih without out ever changing changins the expression of nis his face fn e and as was said by one of the gun club members the other night hen rhen he gets one of or those breaking streaks ks started no one in America Americ has hasa a n license Heense to beat him out He had one of these streaks streak after the close of the thelast thelast thelast last days tournament and und only quit shooting after the last at man had left having haTIng a n score of straight to his record and might just as a well wel run out another without a miss Par Parker Pr ker her Is perhaps the tle quickest shot in the local club and seems to drop on the target as soon as it the trap lis ls call can for the bird ler le given in the theme uis me man per in which he shoots and d a not n t familiar amiar with wih his style would think he was wa anxious to have haNe the matter matet over oer with Barney Barnay BareY of Provo Prove is I Just the of Parker The Tile former fomer allots aloW the target to get a n 1 good start before he pulls puls the trigger more frequently brings forth a chip out of the side of the target than thana thana a a cloud of dust resulting from a clean break ret Of course coute the is counted count d dead Bead In the former as a well wel as the latter later ease cose cae but the thc chances chanc s are against the theman theman man min who waits w t too long J F Sharp Shar another of the cracks crak generally shoots at the medium distance He is one of the th youngest young st experts in the state and has not had the experience of the theol older ol r men His work at the tournament toura merit ment m t last week was not nearly up to what what he can m nn do judging from his win winter winter wint ter t r record rEcord What seemed to be his hie fault was w lack of 01 confidence In f o t 1 Ve a pe cul tt l of h tIn e f firm al almost almost almost most straight with the up in inthe inthe Inthe the air and and when taking the position to Ui t shoot he ht gives a quick downward movement with wih the left lef arm am extended bringing the gun In place He H covers the the target with the same quick sweep of the gun n and amI pulls puls immediately 1 b seems ems ms to brace him himself self KeU as 8 u IT expecting a shock while Matt Iatt Browning of Ogden adjusts his oye ye e eIKa glasses IKa before bore culling for the l ird Uncle John Sharp is l the first manof the squad suad to take his place in line Une and andis is ready redY for tin thi bird at ot all aU times while his son John John N jr alWays tries the sights before calling 8 for the target t et suh Neatly Nad every ever shooter lm IlM lens his hi own pe peculiarity which arc well known to the devotees of the trap V |