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FOREST AND STREAM 
a pleasant memory when San Diego’s crack squad 
raced into the stretch. J. F. Couts headed the 
squad with a clean 97, Julie Weisser and Lee 
Couts tied Toney’s score, while Andy Ervast 
with 95 and Jim Dodds’ 94 gave them the squad 
championship of the day—22 down in 500. Sec¬ 
ond high squad included “Big Ed” Mitchell, Char¬ 
ley Spencer, C. B. Monoghan, W. F. Cobb, and 
W. H. Roden, whose lost targets totaled 23 
in 500. 
The big blazing star of the tournament so far 
is Charley Spencer, the Mid-West crack. Spencer 
is shooting in grand form, smoking the targets 
close up and pointing easily. He started the day 
with an unfinished run of 1x5 straight from yes¬ 
terday, boosted the score to 153, dropped a target, 
whistled to his mascot, and then tore off another 
string of 108, finishing the day with an unfin¬ 
ished run of 52. In his last 300 targets Spencer 
has missed two, while in 400 (his total shot at in 
San Diego so far) the Eastern crack has dropped 
eight. 
Les Reid, the Pacific Slope’s great professional, 
is not shooting up to form, not by several points, 
but the tournament is only started. Possibly the 
railbirds will be treated to a down-to-the-minute 
Garrison finish by last year’s champion profes¬ 
sional. 
First Day, July 8. 
The big attractive feature to-day was the event 
at 25 pairs. Spectators quickly massed back of 
Trap 2, when the pairs began flying, and they 
were treated to some spectacular gun-pointing. 
Toney Prior, of San Francisco, led off, and 
this gentleman quickly showed that he is a mas¬ 
ter gunman in the twin target game, finishing 
with 47x50. Like in the singles Wednesday, 
Toney’s score looked sweet, but before the last 
pair was trapped, it came to pass that a sweeter 
score was hung up. 
And once again Toney got his from San 
Diego’s premier gunman, J. F. Couts, who bested 
the clever San Franciscan by one target. 
There were no particular high runs in the 
events at singles, but at one time a half dozen 
men were in easy reach of high gun honors, 
which made the race interesting. Les Reid and 
n-arl Morgan finally pinched the glory with three 
down in 150, which figures out 98 per cent., a 
corking fast gait. 
Racing right at their heels were a dozen gun- 
pointers with five and six down in 150. These 
included Ray De Mund, Julie Weisser, Denny 
Holohan, Hugh Poston, and Guy Holohan, 146; 
Archie Julian, O. N. Ford, W. G. Warren, Ed 
Mitchell, Charley Spencer, Dick Reed, 145; Lee 
Couts and “Stan” Bruner, 144. 
High runs for the day that won Hercules and 
Du Pont trophies showed 15 amateurs entitled to 
receive the powder companies’ rewards for 
straight runs. The list follows : 
Dodds, 65 straight; Avery, 61; Peace, 51; 
Stan” Bruner, 50; J. F. Couts, 73 and 75; 
Downs, 65; Ogilvie, 65; Archie Julian, 86; Lee 
Couts, 99; Ray De Mund, 65 and 70; Melius, 69; 
Pfirrmann, 99; Dennis Holohan, 75; Mono¬ 
ghan, 66. 
To-morrow s program starts the big handicaps, 
that so often are won by gunmen of budding 
fame, or practically none at all. After the five 
20-target regular events will come the Prelim¬ 
inary Handicap at 100 targets, $8 entrance and 
$100 added to the purse. Three prizes also are 
given for first, second and third high guns. A 
mahogany clock, silver fruit dish and silver de¬ 
canter are the trophies given in this event. 
The Handicap Committee is made up of J. F. 
Dodds and J. F. Couts of San Diego; Harry 
Ogilvie, Lindsay, Cal.; H. Pfirrmann, Los An¬ 
geles, and W. B. Twitchell, Phoenix. 
Immediately after the Preliminary Handicap is 
finished, the Exposition Gold Cup, an extra 
event, will be placed in competition. This event 
calls for 100 targets, 50 of which will be shot to¬ 
morrow and the remaining 50 Saturday afternoon. 
Second Day, July 9. 
C. A. Julian, of San Diego, won the Prelim¬ 
inary Handicap with the fine score of 98 made 
from the 18-yard mark. Julian’s sensational win 
was only a part of the high-class gun-pointing 
shown by the trapshots. Milt Barber was first 
to hand up a high score, posting 97 breaks, and 
it sure looked good. A little later Julian ar¬ 
rived at Trap 5, and the crowd soon wised that 
this was no novice with fluttering nerves, but a 
seasoned campaigner, and in spite of his double 
handicap he kept on grinding the clays to black 
smoke. At Trap 1 he dropped a target, ran 
straight at the next trap, fudged one at Trap 3, 
and from then on broke straight. Julian’s gun¬ 
play was remarkable. Handicapped by the loss 
of his left arm, and shooting with the best trap 
talent in Sunset Land, his 98 is really a record on 
this coast. 
Milt Barber’s pointing was one of his best ex¬ 
hibitions, smashing the targets close up in excel¬ 
lent time. He dropped one each at the first, 
fourth and fifth traps. A little later squad 10 
arrived at Trap 5 for the acid test, and W. G. 
Warren of Tonopah, Nev., with three gone, got 
by with a straight, tied with Barber. This called 
for a shoot-off after a handicap was finished, 
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