This event was held on Sunday in almost perfect weather, though the bright sunlight rather bothered the competitors at the start. There were 15 entries, but only 19 actually competed.
Mr. H. H. Read shot in excellent form, breaking 95 out of the 100, thus winning the championship and establishing a record, The former best score with the "Leg-gert" trap was 92, made by the late Mr. A. H, White in 1915. Mr. H. E. Gibson was a good second with 93.
The following are the scores:—Read Doremus Gibson Hendrickson Nazer Taxfora Moller retired sick.
Mr. C. H. Godfrey presented the Cup to Mr. Read and congratulated him on his excellent score. Tt was a very popular win, as Mr. Read is one of the oldest pigeon shots here,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.