Word: pigeon
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fourth competition for the clay pigeon cup will be shot at Watertown this afternoon. Competitors will be able to complete their score and return in time for the Beacon game. Members will take...
Yesterday afternoon the third competition for the clay pigeon cup was shot at Watertown. The afternoon was favorable for high scoring, and the figures reached in the match give evidence of great improvement on the part of the shot-gun men. The cup goes to Mr. Austin this week on a score of 17 birds out of the 20, the highest score yet attained in this match...
...second competition for the clay pigeon cup will be shot this afternoon. Members will take the 2 P. M. car from Harvard square. There will be time enough for those who desire it to shoot their score in the cup match and get back in season to see the Amherst game...
...work to speak of the mortification which follows a poor shot. He who has been out, be it ever so little, will remember these sensations. Proficiency in shooting on the wing is, of course, only to be had through practice; which practice is perhaps best afforded by the clay pigeon and glass ball sprung from a rotary trap...
...establishments of two rival Woolwich "crammers," the peaceful village was actually in a state of siege during two hours on account of a melee between these gentlemen and their adherents : the police being only with the greatest difficulty able to quell the riot. But although battue shooting and pigeon slaying have been developed since then, we have got to be much more humane with regard to our foot-ball, and a had hack now is an exceptional circumstance. The game in fact-whether Rugby or Association-has undergone a complete metamorphosis. "Passing" the ball was a practice utterly unknown...