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Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Ind.—Saturday afternoon, Feb, 6, was a 
day seemiiigly made to order for target shooting at the 
Indianapolis Gun Club, and a much larger gathering of 
the shooters attended the regular weekly meet than has 
been present on a similar occasion for many weeks past. 
Some surprises were in store for those who attended. 
Brennan, a local member, who has been unable to get out 
to the club shoots for several months, entered the mem¬ 
bers’ trophy contest for the first time, and covered him¬ 
self with glory by breaking 49 out of the 50 targets at 
which he shot, shooting from 16yds. rise. He was not 
considered a dangerous factor in the race by the other 
contestants until the latter part of his last frame of 25, 
when it, dawned upon them that Brennan was smashing 
them right in the nose with a regularity that would 
surely carry him to victory. His remarkable form was 
at total variance with the popular theory that a shooter 
must keep in constant practice if he is to be proficient. 
If Brennan can keep his pace from the handicap dis¬ 
tances of 18 and 20yds. rise in the ensuing events in 
which he takes part, he will ere long be the owner of 
the sterling silver water pitcher, for which the strife is 
being waged. The scores made in Saturday’s event of 
the contest were; Brennan 49, Barr (prSfcssional) 47, 
Bell (18) 45, Voris (18) 45, Rice (guest) 44, Moller 43, 
Britton 41, Hymer 41, Lewis 39, Anderson 39, Dixon (20) 
39, Denny (20) 35, Wilson 34, Smith 30, Neighbors 25, 
Heaton 24. 
Another surprise, and one that afforded no little merri¬ 
ment for the onlookers, was bundled up in the person of 
a game little rural lad who blew in unexpectedly and 
bashfully explained that he had shot a good many rab¬ 
bits in his time, but had never shot at any of them there 
targets, and he would just like to try his luck on them. 
Rice was his name, but after he shot a few times it was 
seen t'nat he had considerable more vitality in him than 
is to be found in the table delicacy of the same orthog¬ 
raphy. Clothed in a pair of rubber hoots, and using a 
crooked-stocked gpn which he borrowed from an uncle 
whom he was visiting in the neighborhood of the club 
grounds, he was a typical picture, at the firing line, by 
way of comparison with his colleagues’ attire, of those 
good old scouts, who made history of pioneer days ring 
with their prowess. He took particular delight in goad¬ 
ing Dixon into competition with him, as he explained it, 
simply because he liked to pick a man his own size. And 
this was the feature that pleased the crowd. Every one 
but the visitor was well informed of Dixon’s ability and 
skill, and knew that if Joe could not take the husky 
farmer down the line it would be useless for any of the 
others to try it The new-comer therefore received an 
encouragement from the crowd that made him bold in 
his bantering. After the many impromptu encounters 
between these two were over, it was seen that the phrase¬ 
ology of the visitor, “pick a man,” was used advisedly 
and with greater significance than was first imputed to 
the apparently indifferent remark. 
A tabulation of the scores that were made in practice 
shooting follow: 
Per 
Targets: 
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
Total. 
Broke. Cent. 
Bell . 
. 20 16 18 19 18 .. .. 
100 
91 
91.00 
.17. 
20 
17 
85.00 
Rice . 
. 15 16 19 17 . 
80 
67 
83.75 
Britton . 
. 16 16 17 18 16 .. .. 
100 
S3 
83.00 
Moller . 
. 16 15 13 19 17 15 .. 
120 
95 
79.17 
Denny . 
. 15 16 . 
40 
31 
77.50 
’•’Barr . 
. 14 15 17 17 14 .. .. 
100 
77 
77.00 
Dixon . 
. 17 13 18 14 14 15 15 
140 
105 
75.71 
Anderson . 
. 14 14 17 15 . 
SO 
60 
75.00 
Wilson . 
.15. 
20 
15 
75.00 
Brennan . 
. 14 14 16 . 
60 
44 
73. 
Hymer . 
. 6 17 18 17 14 .. .. 
100 
72 
72.00 
Smith . 
. 13 1-2. 
40 
25 
62.50 
Heaton . 
. 10 14 . 
40 
24 
60.00 
Lewis . 
. 12 12 . 
40 
24 
60.00 
Neighbors . 
.11 9 15 11 12 .. .. 
100 
58 
58.00 
*Professional. 
Harry 
W. Denny, 
Sec’y. 
Oakbrook Gun Club. 
Reading, Pa., Feb. 8. — The business men’s shoot, held 
under the auspices of the Oakhrook Gun Club, was well 
supported. Scores follow; 
First event, Oakbrook introductory, 7 birds: J. B. 
Kurtz 7, Groff 7, Eisenhower 6, C. H. Adams 6, Dick 6, 
Bertolet 6, Bachman 5, Clark 5, Hartley 5. 
Second event, business men’s handicap, 10 birds: Groff 
10, A. D. B. 8, Slice 8, Charles Adams 8, J. B. Kurtz 7, 
Bachman 7, Clark 7, Dick 7, Eisenhower 6, Smoyer 6. 
There were two miss-and-out events. In the first the 
money was divided between Kurtz and Slice. Each 
killed 4 birds. There were nine entries. In the second 
miss-and-out event, the money was divided between 
Bertolet and Slice. Each killed 6 birds. 
Trap at Leesport. 
Temple, Pa., Feb. 6.—At the shoot held at Leesport. 
Pa., Jacob W. Rahn, captain of the Hercules Gun Club, 
won the 2040-pound bull as first prize. This is the 
second hull Mr. Rahn has won from flying board shoots. 
One was previously won at VVomelsdorf, Pa., about a 
month ago. Mr. Rahn also won a 600-pound hog at 
Blandon, Pa., two weeks ago. Mr. Rahn is skilled at 
targets and live birds as well, and is scheduled to shoot 
at Harrisburg, Pa., next week. 
A. K. Ludwig, Sec’y. 
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