Dartmouth Gun Club

The opening of the second year of the organization of the Dartmouth Gun Club saw the youngest of the activities of the College occupying - its club-house and traps, behind the Thayer School building. A concrete trap-house has been constructed, one of the best of its kind in any college of the country.

The first shoot of the year was held with the Princeton Gun Club, the morning of the Dartmouth-Princeton game, over the traps of the North River Gun Club, Fort Lee, N. J. Considering the fact that the Princeton organization is one of the strongest in the East, and had defeated the championship Pennsylvania team the week before, the showing of the Dartmouth men was satisfactory. The score:

PRINCETON Biddle (Capt.) 44 Este 41 White 39 Dresser 35 Forber 38 Total 187 DARTMOUTH Miller 35 Harris 34 Martin 33 Crowell(Capt.) 29 Comstock 27 Total 158

The Harvard Gun Club was the winner of the second match of the year which was held on Soldiers Field the morning of the Harvard 'game. A cold wind handicapped the shooters of both teams, and neither did its best work on this account. Bartholf, of Harvard, was the high man with 43 kills out of a possible 50. Harris, of Dartmouth, was next, with a score of 38. The scores:

HARVARD Bartholf 43 Coldman 35 Lockwood 35 Heard 30 Draper 25 Total 168 DARTMOUTH Harris 38 Comstock 31 Miller 29 Crowell 28 Martin 25 Total 151

The first annual fall shoot for the College was held over the gun club traps on Saturday, November 19. Four matches were held, the first of which, a novice match, was a close contest between R. R. Higgins '13, and Stiles '14, the former getting seventeen straight birds. In the undergraduate match, Harris was an easy winner, with a score of 38. The most interesting match of the afternoon was the free for all, in which J. S. Fanning, ex-champion of the world, participated, winning the match with a score of 44. Harris was second, with 39 birds, and the New England and Maine champions were third and fourth respectively. The professionals declined the cups which were awarded in the match, the prizes going to Harris, Miller, and Comstock.