STRATFORD GUN CLUB.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 38, 19 May 1916, Page 7

STRATFORD GUN CLUB.

THURSDAY'S SHOOTING. ' Tdcal sho'iting wefi'ther again favor, d the Club yesterday,, wlien the i. M ,!, vs . csaa'v' since t ffo' ie'coust'nlotlon. w r,7i' na de." As iisiiafl,'tlio competitions no ro deci led on the Club's "conveniently situated Messrv Xelson and Greens' ; Street East All arrangements were well carried out, and the executive is to be congratulated on the excellent provision made for the accommodation ol thc many visiting and local shooters, as well as members of the Club, who were in attendance, there being a* least 100 people profit aftfetf one stage of ! °: " mo „ey, the £3O M, the first pri.e for which, was £2O, was won ,hy -that popular Stratford sHM? Mr F". Whittle who secur<Ml nineteen out of the total of twenty-one iMls. The nin-ner-up was another good sport, in the nerson ot 'Mr («»■ i»»v J. h 9 etched eighteen, Wlftle the' third money was divided between two weilknown gun-men in Mr »• Harrison (Pembroke 'Road) and Mr M. Fowler (Waitara). The second competition, a sweepstake of 10s, with twenty on the mark, saw five claim nine out of the ten 'birds released. These were Messrs "Wildman", H. -Marsh, E. J. ivirkwood, ii. inmmer ami a. wiowii,

wno umued aiiu shot oir ui mat order. Another sweepstake ot iUs k illuo birds) brougut out seventeen competitors, and again Mr J?'. Wurttle was successtul, tins time making tne "possible,' lor winch perrormauce lie was neartily clieered. mere were no les. Mian eight wno tied lor the rest m cue prize*niouey, securing eight baus each as follows: Messrs xl. marsh, J. H Wheeler, W. Wool vein, H. Harrison, U. Harris, <J. F. Tuck, and '•Yvildman." In a box shoot, off 30 yards, with thirteen competitors (three birds) Mr Alt'. Lineham made the "possible," Mr Whittle winning the shoot-off tor second money from -Messrs J. it. WHeeler and H. Marsh. The refereeing was in the hands ot the Chili's trustworthy official, Mr-J. M. Shotter, who gave every satisfaction. In the handicapping for the day, Mr W. J. Hamblyn had a thankLess'task, but he discharged the duties appertaining to the position without fear or favor, and he earned the best thanks of the competitors as a whole. Mr W. White (Midhirst) made an efficient trapper. Wherein all members both of the executive and the Club itself worked so well, it would he invidious to particularise, but Messrs Nelson and Green, besides granting their groundas usual for the shoot, were unremitting in their attention to the many details the completion of which mean so much towards the success of any gathering •■!' the kind. The President (Mr A. Stewart) was also in attendance and af ted as mine host to the visitors in his usual genial manner. With each succeeding shoot the Club is making great headway, and .1 is stated to be the intention of the executive to put on "something big" in the near future, the preparations for which have already been taken in hand.