Show THE RIFLE CONTEST VERNAL GUN CLUB DEFEATED large crowd out to the Cont contest cst and a good days sport for all Concern edThe dance to be held monday night the vernal gun club boys are trying to explain how it happened th the a fact remains however that they were fairly beaten on a score of to by the citizens team of ten men selected from the county by john pope who issued the challenge to the gun club the contest took place three miles south of vernal thursday at 10 with ten men on each side there had been considerable practicing and the ones making the best scores at practice were selected to shoot in the match the contest was at the standard american target at yards the loosing side to pay for a danle dance therefore the vernal gun club will show the other side aide a good time at social hall monday night february the scores on both sides are not considered good but are just as effective as though they were each man was allowed two scores of three shots each and it was possible to make 72 in the six shots as the bulls eye or senter of the black would score 12 the black or center of the target is an eight inch circle and scores from 12 to 8 outside of the black are larger circles which score from 7 to 1 I the large outside circle several bullets were put in the black but none in the center 12 following is the score in the rifle contest for ane dance TALLEY OF SHOOT BETWEEN THE GUN CLUB AND THE CITIZENS and 2nd I 1 gun county score score lynne ashton 8 7 0 24 ell eli lee 8 4 4 6 6 2 30 chas carter 3 5 2520 17 jno jorgenson 58 5 6 8 3 6 4 2 28 S P dillman 2 3 0 6 27 7 20 f lies 7 8 33 2 4 27 ward pack 12 5 19 herman miller 0 4 6 3 40 4 0 17 walt mccoy 5 6 43 4 3 4 57 5 7 28 gearles pope 2 4 8 4 68 6 8 32 E A daniels 0 5 5 6 62 6 2 24 elmer dillman 8 4 41 3 52 5 2 23 leslie ashton O 0 O 0 O 0 5 11 3 19 ab richens 4 9 74 4 0 28 hugh coltharp 1 5 7 4 85 8 5 30 james cook 22 2 2 6 4 1 2 17 mark batty 0 2 3 2 30 3 0 10 11 C knudeson 64 6 42 4 23 2 34 3 41 4 1 20 dan hillman 4 5 8 29 wm jackson 34 3 4 6 4 43 4 3 24 ea after the contest other members of the gun club shot two scores each to compete for the belt for the best rifle shot in the club the score made by the members who took part inthe in the contest was allowed to stand in competition for the belt however as E A daniels only shot three shots in the contest J N davis having shot three shots in his place before he arrived both gentlemen were div en three more shots each following is the result and engh coltharp got the belt on a score of 30 let 2nd and score score dr hirth 4 40 00 0 0 3 0 0 7 J N davis 5 55 5 50 0 2 37 3 7 22 R N J meagher 14 1 4 0 00 0 5 alf johnson 4 5 0 7 7 6 29 stan ashton 00 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 G E adams 3 2 2 15 E A daniels 85 0 27 L B wilder 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 there was a large turn turnout out to the trap shoot in the afternoon lynne ashton won the medal on a sore of 21 and chas carter jr and hugh coltharp tied on a score of 20 for the loving cup the second prize presented to the club by the peters cartridge company on shooting off the tie hugh got the cup the shooting was at 25 13 blue lue rocks thrown at unknown angles 11 five ive scores of five birds each J N davis 2 4 2 5 4 17 leslie ashton 3 3 3 1 3 13 N J meagher 2 3 1 3 5 14 hugh coltharp 4 3 4 5 4 20 A C emert I 1 1 1 2 0 5 W 11 coltharp 1 2 1 3 1 8 stan ashton 3 1 3 3 4 13 dan H hillman 3 3 3 2 4 15 chas carter 3 4 4 5 4 20 ward E pack 1 2 1 2 1 7 walt mccoy 4 2 3 1 2 12 A N johnson 0 1 2 2 27 27 dr hirth 4 3 3 4 4 18 lynne ashton 3 5 4 5 4 21 R jensen 0 2 3 2 0 7 E A daniels 3 3 3 2 1 12 the annual meeting of the vernal gun club will be held this evening to elect officers and consider the application of several for membership |