Western field . shington the new gameregulations are severely criticized. Thoughthose kickers make a lot of noise they prob-ably constitute a very small minority of hunt-ers and fishermen. * * « Though Seattle lost the big gun tournament ofthe Pacific Coast, which this year goes to SanFrancisco, the Gun Club of that city proposesto hold a tournament in honor of the crackmarksmen who participate in the Californiashoot on their way home. There will be no Pa-cific Northwest tournament this year, the Inter-state Association having so decided. It isthought that a more notable gathering of trap-men,


Western field . shington the new gameregulations are severely criticized. Thoughthose kickers make a lot of noise they prob-ably constitute a very small minority of hunt-ers and fishermen. * * « Though Seattle lost the big gun tournament ofthe Pacific Coast, which this year goes to SanFrancisco, the Gun Club of that city proposesto hold a tournament in honor of the crackmarksmen who participate in the Californiashoot on their way home. There will be no Pa-cific Northwest tournament this year, the Inter-state Association having so decided. It isthought that a more notable gathering of trap-men, however, will take its place this season;and the other gun clubs of the Northwest shouldget in line and help Seattle make the meet thesuccess it should be. The Washington State shoot will be held atWenatchee in May. and the annual tournamenti)f the Sportsmens Association of the Northwestwill be held at Portland in June, under the aus-pices of the Portland Gun Club. The best shots THE PACIFIC COAST MAGAZINE 301. Photo by Flemiog. SHAWNEGAN LAKE. of Washington. British Columbia, Oregon, Cali-fornia, Idaho, Utah and Montana will compete. * * * On March 19th the first shoot of the SeattleGun Club for the season of 1905 took place onthe Ballard grounds. The contests were forthree gold medals, which are awarded everyseason. The weather was all that could be de-sired, and there was a good turnout. Each manhad twenty-five pigeons to break. The winnersin the different classes follow: A—McLaughlin,23; B—Hardy, 19; C—Loud, 19. * * * The members of the Mount Pleasant (Van-couver) Gun Club have elected their officialsfor the ensuing season: Honorary president, Maynard; honorary vice-president, W. ; president, T. A. Tidy; Donahoe; secretary-treasurer, C. Homewood;captain, C. Green; executive committee, J. John-son, J. D. Ross, Al Bussell, W. R. Owens, andW. Main. * 4> • The King County, Wash., game commissionershave ordered, through Game Warden Rief


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