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Trap at Larchmont. 
Larchmont, N. Y., March 26.—Ideal weather favored 
the Larchmont shooters to-day, and a most enjoyable 
day was spent by the attending gunners. E. A. Wilson 
and Stuart Scott tied for high gun on 109 and in the 
shoot-off at 25 targets, Scott won, 23 to 22. 
Mr. Wilson’s showing during the day was the feature 
of the shoot. He won the trophy offered in the 125-target 
handicap, and also headed the squads in the special 10 
and 15 target events, and scored a leg on the Commo¬ 
dore’s cup. In the Sauer gun shoot he lost, after a tie 
with W. J. Elias. The summaries: 
Special shoot, 10 targets, scratch: E. A. Wilson 9, 
W. J. Elias 9, E. L. C. Robbins 7, S. Scott 7, K. R. 
Hooker 7, R. L. Spotts 6, Dr. W. B. Short 6. Tie be¬ 
tween E. A. Wilson and W. J. Elias won by Wilson. 
Special shoot, 15 targets, scratch: E. A. Wilson 15, 
R. L. Spotts 14, S. Scott 13, Dr. W. B. Short 12, W. J. 
Elias 12, K. R. Hooker 12, E. L. C. Robbins 11. 
Gun trophy, 25 targets, handicap: S. Halstead (4) 24, 
Dr. W. B. Short (1) 22, S. Scott (0) 22, E. L. C. Robins 
<2) 22, E. A. Wilson (3) 21, W. T. Elias (.3) 20, G. L. 
Bready (2) 20, K. R. Hooker (3) 19, R. L. Spotts (2) 19. 
Commodore’s cup, 25 targets, handicap: E. A. Wilson 
<3) 25, S. Halstead (4) 24, S. Scott (0) 23, Dr. W. B. 
Short (1) 22, W. T. Elias (3) 22, R. L. Spotts (2) 22, 
E. L. C. Robins (2) 20, T. R. Collins (4) 20, K. R. 
Hooker (3) 19, G. L. Bread'y (2) 16. 
Sauer gun, 25 targets, handicap: W. T. Elias (3) 25, 
E. A. Wilson (2) 25, G. L. Bready (2) 23, S. Halstead (4) 
23, Dr. W. B. Short (1) 22, T. R.‘ Collins (4) 22, S. Scott 
(0) 22, K. R. Hooker (3) 21, R. L. Spotts (2) 19, E. L. 
C. Robins (2) 19. Tie between E. A. Wilson and W. J. 
Elias won on shoot-off by Elias. 
March cup, 25 targets, handicap: R. L. Spotts (1) 25, 
E. A. Wilson (2) 23. W. J. Elias (2) 23, S. Scott (0) 22, 
K. R. Hooker (3) 21, G. L. Bready (2) 22, S. Halstead 
(4) 21, E. L. C. Robins (2) 17, Dr. W. B. Short (1) 16. 
Special shoot for permanent possession of March cup: 
R. R. Spotts (1) 25, W. J. Elias (2) 23, Dr. W. B. 
Short (1) 20. 
Trophy shoot, handicap, 125 targets: E. A. Wilson (9) 
118, W.'T. Elias (5) 110, S. Scott (0) 109, R. L. Spotts 
(5) 105, Dr. W. B. Short (4) 100, IC. R. Hooker (12) 99, 
E. L. C. Robins (8) 96. 
Ten double targets, scratch: R. L. Spotts 14, E. L. C. 
Robins 9, J. Shattuck 9, S. Scott 8, W. J. Elias 7. 
High gun prize, scratch, 125 targets: S. Scott 109, E. A. 
Wilson 109. W. J. Elias 105, R. L. Spotts 97, Dr. W. B. 
Short 96, E. L. C. Robins 88, K. R. Hooker 87. 
Tie for high gun won by Scott on shoot-off, 23 to 22. 
Wilmington Gun Club. 
Wilmington, Del., March 26.—Willis was high man 
yesterday noon at the shoot of the club at Hazel Dell. 
The shoots have proved very interesting, and a large at¬ 
tendance was on hand. A midweek shoot will be held 
next Thursday afternoon. Yesterday’s scores are as fol¬ 
lows: J. W. Davis (shot at 100), broke 50, J. T. Birch 
(100) 63, W. Vandegrift (100) 54, C. H. Simon (100) 80. 
L. D. Willis (125) 114, A. Lobb (75) 68, T. Kaiser (75) 
49, A. Hickman (50) 39, W. W. Stewart (50) 31, L. W. 
Buckmaster (50) 29, W. Hartlove (50) 23, F. M. White- 
head (75) 34, J. Parker (25) IS. C. Moore (25) 19, W. 
Kathrell (25) 15, R. Tadman (25) 15, G. Sands (25) 12, 
H. Hurlock (25) 15, Brice (25) 17. 
Mineral Springs Gun Club. 
Jenkintown, Pa., March 25.—At the regular March 
shoot of the Mineral Spring Gun Club, at Willow Grove 
to-day, with thirteen marksmen at the traps, Houpt won 
the club total shoot with 96 breaks out of a possible 100. 
Rorer, a new member, made a strong impression by 
finishing second. The program comprised four 25-target 
events. Totals: Houpt 96, Roerer 94, Nice 89, Hiltebeil 
88 , Pierson S3, Taylor 92, Haas 67, Nash 56, Mason 64, 
Williams 66, Kentner 46, Duckelee 42, Felton 25. 
Lehigh Valley Shooting Association. 
Catasauqua, Pa., March 25.— Owing to the high wind 
interfering with the gunners at the regular shoot of the 
Lehigh Valley Shooting 1 Association, low scores were 
very much in evidence. Salome was the star of the 
match, breaking straight in the third -and fifth events. 
In the special event Jones and Sobers, after tying three 
times, called the match off. All events were for 25 
targets. 
Rifle Range and Gallery . 
Fixtures. 
June 3-4.—St. Louis, Mo.—Second annual combination 
tournament, Missouri State Rifle Association. C. C. 
Crossman, Sec’y. 
Intercollegiate Rifle Shooting League. 
Washington, D. C., March 25. —The Massachusetts 
Agricultural College and theUniversity of Iowa teams led 
the Intercollegiate Rifle Shooting League, with ten vic¬ 
tories each, at the end of the tenth week. Columbia, 
Cornell and Washington State College each have seven 
victories and three defeats. 
The scores this week were: Iowa defeated Cornell, 
1877 to 1797; Massachusetts Agricultural defeated Mis¬ 
souri, 1876 to 1687 ; Minnesota defeated Arizona, 1730 to 
1659; Dartmouth defeated Purdue 1765 to 1737; North 
Georgia Agricultural defeated Princeton 1707 to 1584; 
Washington State, New Hampshire College and Rhode 
Island State all won their matches by default against 
California, Louisiana State and Columbia respectively. 
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shoot-off, from the limit distance of 31 yds. Mr. Bates 
shot at 54 birds during the tournament and killed them 
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