Otautau Gun Club.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 25, 17 October 1905, Page 2

Otautau Gun Club.

The members of. the above club held -their opening match on .Wednesday last. The; weather was perfect, and everything passed off m a satisfactory manner. The members of the Invercargill Gun Club were also present by invitation, thus adding further interest to the proceedings. The scoring put up by some of; the 'sho'<sli§ts, consider, ing it was. their „-first, .-first -appearance-at thisjsport r .was very creditable-, -Messrs Lucas, Norton, Hutchison, Kelly, and Dr. Baird being particularly 'noticeable.

For the opening event a handicap sweepstake was arranged, for wb/oh there were 15 entries, the handicapped being Messrs J, Brey, Invercargill, and Hutchison, Otautau. The match was shot off m three rounds, and was, won by Mr McGavook, for whom Mr T. Double shot, the latter succeeding m getting the possible' out of 9 birds off the 20 yds. mark, Mr A. Lucas;* of Otautau, being seoond, with 8 out of 2. Following are tie scores :— * A. McGavock. 20,/ as '211111111—9 1 A. Luci'.s, syd3 111110111— 8 2 J. Gortou, 14yd3 221120011— 7 3 A. McVinish, 14yds 21U1S010 --6 '"4 T. Double, 20>ds .- 011022101—6 6 S: Hutchinson, 12yds " 110110110— 6 6 Dr. Baird, syds 111001110—6 H. Culling, 5 yds 211201100—6 ]. Brey, 14 yds 111012000—5 N- Kelly, 5 yds 101101010-5 10 W. Harris, 14yds 011010110—5 U T. Ward, 5 yds 010011010—4 12 F. Crawiord, 5 yds 000011010—8 12 G. Ross, 5 yds 010001010—8 14 J. Sheargold 000001100—2 16

At the conclusion of the match the president, Mr J. Kelly, called for three cheers for the visitors, who returned to Invercargill by the afternoon train, , Another sweepstake was then shot off between the local members. J. Gorton succeeding m getting the possible out of 6 birds, A. Luoas 6, and J. Mclvor, S. Hutchison, N. A, McLaren and Dr. Baird, each.