The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-14
TRAPS AND TRIGGERS.
"A GREAT DAY FOR. JERSEY"
tigem Match Between Joha Taylor and Fletcher
Is5eiA tho California Boy"-Great Crowd
and DrencAing Rain-G Good Shooting end
Lively Bsras-raylor Lays Out the
AiNxtrsl and Scoops in $1,000.
"a great day sor Jersey ~
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, "a great day sor Jerseyw
'sIndeed, ana you can bet"
These were the words that during the fearful rstn
Storm of yesterday, came from the mouths OF vet
erau sp0reye knight ana friend that stood among
20 others at Grcenvllle, N. j., who mad gathered
% witness the grand pigeon match between John
1aylor, Of New YORK. and Fletcher Tuers, alias the
ssCahf0rnia Boy These two lads had shot before
and Taylor won. which did not satisfy Fetch, and
: ~ started tho
PRESENT MATCH
II 100 birds each, for 1000, which was accepted
Each furnished birds for the other and each trapped
and handled for his opponent The conditions
twenty-one yards rise and eighty yards boundary.
Whoever knows where Greenville Is situated IS
aware that IL Is percbed-or rather the grounds
where this contest took place are-on an emlnence
that overiooks bay, ocean ana land. Scores OF
houses built in exquisite style, encompass the hos.
selrie .Ide Hour'' every hand, and when the
days are bamy and the air genial no pleasanter
place exists within o
DAYS JOURNEY OF GOTHAM.
THIS match or shot and trickery Of hand became
well sounded abroad and now found sparkling
ooncourse TO witness the expected brilliant perform.
ance. The sky, that had hitherto been AZ clear as
bell and the sun shining with all Its mai den reiul-
gence suddenly became overcast and murky clouds,
rhed with water, overshadowed the crowd and the
anticipated sport. The threatening rain did not
withhold Its bow OF obeisance very long, az the
shooters had but begun their trial Of skill ere UNI
brelas were in demand. Yet the aspirants for hon.
DESTRUCTIVE WORK
and sent the feathered their snort into
The eternity Of such BIRDS regardless OF frownng
sky. Mr. John Ryan, dimnutve specimen or
Mbernias Isle. was veteran Johns Judge, while Mr..
Van Nakenberg acted III like manner for Tueris.
Elmer Stout. fat boy OF 225, from New Brunswick,
when the storm and wind beat against his blonde
mustacne he ''tvok water'' and retired. Nothing
happened during the shooting to require his Official
decree. and 1t was Just wen. as Mr. Stout seemed
but anothey ''Innocence abroad"
TWO O'CLOCK PRECISELY
she men got into position. Fetch, lyon Know lisa
minstrel boy, aad plays TO admlllng houses every
penny popgun was rldlcuouslv small. Fietcn was
confident; he ie easy; he had borrowed this pepper
box for the occasion, ana he wanted to sustain the
minstrel reputation for II belongs to an ex-member
of the fraternity. But Fletch was unlucky, or,
rather, lie is poorer shot than Taylor, mesnuch as
he was
He was sick when he quit. and his friends held
that John OF West street was TOO many guns for
him.
cap surmounted his Uranium, while q cloth jacket
and blooming SHIRT bosom made him iormidably
CONSPICUOUS. TAYLOR wore those old black velvet
breeches met ten years ago IL pigeon shooting, and
his cap WAS as white
They went TO
Taylor shooting from q doublc-barreled gun, when
TucTis as noticed, using a single barrel. OelI
and half ounce OF shot were used and i've drachmS
of powder. A hush Of excitement that seemed pain
sui preceded Tayor's taking tie score. 1t vas
'.PULLo
came. when the bird. which was Of dark pluyuage
Sell as dead as a stone. the second loliowed; but
tbe third scared into the clouds, and powder and
shot could moi stop hfm Tue1s also dld well at the
outset. ne killed The first tbree, but missed the
fourth, then his seventh tenth and eleventh. when
The splendid execution OF his opponent made him
weaken. At the tenth bird Taylor was TWO ahead,
when his eleventh was such
A "STREAMER'
that nothing explosive could catch IT, From this
point he put-and well Killed, too-twenty-our into
tue baskets in succession-great shooting in o
0rcnching rain storm. The excitement was com.
mensurate with the work. and some or the Old
sport went around in the rain begging for wagerS
~ one hundred 10 fifty. Fetch worked well and
ghOt well, but when he gave
TIE "GO BY'
% the thirty thirty seventh and thirty eighth
birds his side partners were sick, and II sufil-
Gent 10 dsconceTt Bogardus himself When seventy.
i've had beel scored The betting was so much in Tay-
Ior's favor that the odds were alarming Yet the
latter at the end became careless,
UNNECESSARILY so;
and ieoparaZed his friends money. Everybody
was e-that IL, oil the jersey boys ana some OF
Now Yorks well Known sports. The following Is the
nInety-sixth bird as i was useless for him to throw
away more powder and pigeons - . . y
TAYLOR, 9, J, !, ], Q. ], I, ], ], ],
j. i l. !, !, ], !, L. ], ], L. !, /, o. !, 0. l,
Ill D. IL, II, Eli, ], l,o,I.l, ], !,
O. l. ], l. l, J. l, 1, ], !, J. ], o. j, O. l, ],
IL, ], o, 0, O. o. ], l. l, o. Total &C., scored 60.
IuaHIsIli iic / !, . J. !,
O. J. /, i, ], l. 0, o. !, ], J. /, ], ],
l. %, l. /, l, 0, l. l. l, l, o. !, l, ], l, ],
!. o. I, J. 1, /, 0, o. l. 1--Total 95; scored, 70.
Time or shooiing-Two hours and forty-eight
minuses
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