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...chances stand on the final award of prizes. Everything went satisfactorily with the exception, perhaps, of the glass ball match, in shooting which the men were annoyed by being compelled to shoot directly towards the sun. This trouble will be obviated at the next meeting by changing the ball trap to another pit. The final competition, by the score in which the winners are to be divided, will be shot on Thursday next, the 11th. At the close of the regular matches yesterday, it was found that there was still enough daylight left for another round at the trape...
...Club to obtain at least a day's practice each week. The Shooting Club was certainly fortunate in being able to secure accommodations so near at hand, without being obliged to go to the expense of fitting up grounds of its own. These grounds are fairly well provided with trap-shooting apparatus, and are very pleasantly located, being in a thinly settled part of Watertown, where no troublesome crowed of spectators is liable to collect. Besides, the spot is comparatively easy of access, as it can be reached in a ride of twenty minutes. Taking these advantages into consideration, there...
...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...
Match 2.-10 glass balls from rotary trap, 18 yards. First, Tweddle, 8 balls; second, Slocum, Foster, M. S., tie on 7 balls; third, Ayer, 6 balls...
Match 3.-10 clay pigeons from rotary trap, 16 yards. First, Frye, '86, W. S. Allen, '86, Foster, tie on five birds; second, Palmer, 4 birds; third Slocum, Ayer, Tweedle, tie on 3 birds...