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Show high no mm TRAP SlllTIK HARD Smith Breaks the Record for Misses, While Boa Carries Off Day's Honors. Notwithstanding the had weather, a large crowd attended the bluorock shoot Sunday afternoon at the traps, near Fort Douglas. The wind was blowing a hurricane hurri-cane and it was no easy matter to break the targets, as the scores will show. At times tlio wind would get under the blue-rocks blue-rocks and drift them back right over the heads of the ohooters. Bill Vincent cracked one going over the clubhouse and John Boa picked one up that skimmed the ground in a circle around him. Mills, who Is considered the best shooter in the city, could break but 37 out of 50, while "Papa" Smith missed. 41 out of 50. Tho latter breaks the record for misses tho present season. After the shoot Smith said he would stay with the game until he broke 50 straight, if "ho had to take a hammer to do It. Boa mode the high score of the day, breaking 24 out of 25. He fell down on his other scores, not being ablo to get more than 22 In any one block of 25. The following scores show tho number of targets broken out of blocks of 25: Blucrocks .' 25 25 25 25 Total. Boa 21 22 24 22 S9 Vincent 21 21 14 22 78 McGanncy 19 22 il Hofellng 21 19 40 Mills 3 7 20 37 Schefskl 1918 37 Young IS 13 31 Grlmmctt 10 10 Smith 7 2 9 |