Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1894 — JOHN KING IS BOSS SHOOTER. [ARTICLE]

JOHN KING IS BOSS SHOOTER.

He Wears The Six-County Badge.

The third tournament and first gold medal contest of the Iroquois Gun Club, held at their grounds las> Thursday and Friday, drew a pretty goodly number of good shots and jolly good fellows, although the num ber attending from other clubs was not so large as was hoped for. Those from other clubs present on one or both days, were Thompson, Pard, [Livingood] Slow, Kraus, Long and Long, from Lafayette; Shy, [Cadwallader] West Lebanon; Parks and Haskell, Brook; Lightner and Coppins, Hobart: Ellis and Perry, Remington; Spinney, Goodland; Ackerman, Monon; Dobbins, Brook, and Yancey. The shooting was all at blue-rock clay pigeons, from five traps. Fourteen events were shot the first day, the following being the summary of the scores:

x Shot at. Broke. Kingl9o 145 Shy.l9o 122 Krausl9o 121 L0ng..190 122 Yancey;.. . 160 94 Ellis J.. ...130 48 Ackerman 170 86 Parklss 108 Haskell 20 9 Dobbins| 25 10 In this day’s shooting J. W. King, Rensselaer’s crack shot, is considerably ahead in the total score; and he was first alone in 5 events, and tied Parks in one. Parks was first in one besides his tie; Shy was Ist in two; Kraus in one; Yancey in two; Kraus and Long in one. SECOND DAY. There were 18 events, besides the “badge” shoot” The total score for these 18 events, was: Shot at Broke, Thompson 220 154 Pard 220 157 Park 205 157 5hy...220 163 King 220 172 Perry 25 7 510w..’185 117 Spinney 60 21

Lightner... 60 39 Coppins 65 43 Mr. King was still ahead, on this day’s shooting, on the total score, by a good per cent. THE BADGE CONTEST. The badge contest, Friday afternoon, was the most exciting event of the tournament. There were 50 targets and $3 entrance fee. Th*- entries numbered 7. The following being the names and the number each broke, out of 50 targets: Park 41, King 41, Pard 39, Shy 39, Thompson 38, Lightner 29, Slow 28, Coppins 25. Parks and King having tied for first place, shot again at 15 targets, of which Parks broke 10 and King 14, the latter thus winning the medal as the best shot in the counties of Benton, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Tippecanoe and White.