. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 32 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 29, 1906 men, who did everything in their power to make the visiting sportsmen "at home" in every respect. Lngeles was not represented by quite two squads. This might also be said of Santa Cruz at the August tournament. The Santa Cruz shooters were, without exception, all new beginners, not a man among them up to 70 per cent. Tbey were up against the best men on tbe Coast, at that, how- ever, the Santa Cruzans should have entered for "birds only" and made a showing, a suggestion we made to som
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 32 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 29, 1906 men, who did everything in their power to make the visiting sportsmen "at home" in every respect. Lngeles was not represented by quite two squads. This might also be said of Santa Cruz at the August tournament. The Santa Cruz shooters were, without exception, all new beginners, not a man among them up to 70 per cent. Tbey were up against the best men on tbe Coast, at that, how- ever, the Santa Cruzans should have entered for "birds only" and made a showing, a suggestion we made to some of tbe boys at the time. At Los Angeles we had the famous Eastern squad ânot squad, but. champion shooters and gentlemen sportsmen: Tom Marshall. Rollo Heikes, Billy Cros- by. Walter Huff and Herman Hirschy. In addition there were present sportsmen from Texas, Arizona, California, Oregon, Colorado, Kansas Cityâtoo many cities to enumerate, suffice it to say. that we had about the best the East, West and Coast could pro- duce for work with a modern hammerless shotgun. The Pastime Gun Club followed with a two-day tournament at San Diego the week following the Interstate shoot. Most of the shooters that partici- pated in the Pacific Coast Handicap were present and the San Diegans were the purveyors of a suc- cessful shoot and a great time for all present. The Arizona sportsmen followed the next week with a big tournament at Tucson that was also not only a successful shoot, but drew a large attend- ance. The San Francisco trap season was concluded at Ingleside during the month of September with the final shoots for the season of 1906 of the Golden Gate and Union Gun Clubs and the California Wing Club. The club programs had been somewhat singed, but the boys stood by their guns. The Eastern shooters went North in the latter part of September. They participated in big shoots of the Multnomah Rod and Gun Club at Portland and at Medford, Oregon. The latter affair was the second vis
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