Word: shooting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...WEEKLY SHOOT YESTERDAY.The weekly shoot of the Harvard Shooting Club was held yesterday afternoon at Watertown. The rules governing one of the matches have been changed for the purpose of making the scores more even, and the scores surpassed even the hopes of the directors. Heretofore the handicap in match B has consisted of birds given to those who were not prize winners. Yesterday the men shot at different distances, according to their averages in former matches. The result was that the scores, though even, with the exception of the two highest, were rather low; two and three predominating. Three...
...Shoot-off won by Post...
Mackay received a handicap of three birds winning with a total score of 19, Marquand 1 and Quinlan 3, tying them for second place. Shoot-off won by Quinlan...
...score on shoot for Founder's cup was a tie at 12 out of 15, between W. K. Post and Mackay. Shoot-off won by Post...
...been brought to our notice that very little interest has been shown thus far by the freshmen in the Shooting Club. This club, it seems to us, offers great attractions to men who are fond of handling a gun and among the large number of men in the freshmen class there must be many who aspire to become sharp-shooters. It is the custom to arrange a match with the University of Pennsylvania team in the spring and this shoot has always been one of the interesting events of the year. Besides this match ample opportunity is given for practice...