The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-20
PIGEON sH!cs;orrra.
The i.Aree Days, Tournament at
w. Dexter Park.
Aba Neinman Thirty Yards, Wins the Han
dicap> Sweepstake-Bogardu Defeats
Tinker, Of Rhode Island, for the
Championship The Scores

sport. The ninth match between Bogardus anu
Tinker for the emblem OF championship anu si,ooo
formed the nucleus OF the three days spoi' snu w
this was added q $500 match between Dosafuus
ana Ira Paine and handicap sweep, ZOE winch ~
was expected that most OF the visiting talen' as
wen az the local amateurs, would enter.
Tho weather on wednesday was not at all favor.
able. being raw and bleak. alternating between
light drizzling rain and q chilly, ftful wind. On
Thnrsday the day was cold ana windy. The bros
trapped on the first day were wild pigeons and
more provoking little wretches never were Matched
into this world OF leaden pellets and pot-pies.
They we're apparently weak and numb and refused
to ny, pottering round the trap after 1t had been
sprung till the attendants scared them into the air
with bricks and bad language The birds furnished
pigeons and behaved well.
The first match was . handicap sweepstake OF
ers, the money being divided into three prizes, Of
$3.50, 5000 and $125 respectively. Each competitor
AVE- he BEING
from tWenty-three yards up to thirty yards at
which distance were placed the four crack shoot
allowed both barrels. Betting was somewhat err
1t was evident that at least three OF the four favor
ttes were out of the hunt-Bogardus missing his
dve out Of his first nine and Tinker leading away
with three blanks. The three Kleinmans did the
vess snootu,g o. 1ae Two Gays, ADe kihg tWenty
John by one bird. Tom Stage, tied Brown with
And on Shooting s % Killed three birds
lorty OF the competitors dropped outafter the 1E
teenth round, when their cases were hopeless.
The following Is the summary
DEXTER PARK. CHICAGO, III, May Is. 1s7s.-Handi-
cap sweepstake Of s25 each, p. p. 20 subscribers.
$500 tO-the second and $125 to the third.
Abe Kleinman, 80 yards, l, l, I, !. o. I, 4, l,
X l. J. o. l. H. !. l. l. J. J. !, o-22 out Of
!oDn d J. 6 q 20 YARDS I,
l. ! J. I, |, l, !, ], l. o. !, o, 1-2o out OF Is.
u. Brown, ~ YARDS, ., L !, o 0.
!, !, !, y, !! l-2o OUT OF 70
;; spencer, 20 yards-l' Q, ! o !, Q, J. y 4 J. ],
Miles, johnson, % yards,o' !. l. i, J. J !, ., !,
4. !, J. 4 y U v !, !, J. J. y !, l-1s out OF
Il il. a. Kleinman, % yards-l 1.1la,ee1,
~ :, =, 4, y, V !, o-lo OUT OF ~;
l. F. Price q yards1 d.ls out 81 a. l.
J. ! lo. Q. !, !. + Q l-l7 out Of 22
o l. !, l. @l6 out OF q:
IRA A. raine ~ yaras1g. J. J. J. o. o. l. O. J.
T. W nnkea' ~ yards-o y y J. u J. o. J. l.
L !, y oMT out ~ OF r ~;
hi 9, IL !. oil out OF ~;
I aa o 80 o. 9s . :" = :" p" = ]"
ii;o2ev Of yarSst =. q o1o,, ~,
~ 4 I l. :, y, 4 Z. :, e oIaa ouo ., ~ .
'ohnsons "A yafos-A' !" " " l. = I" ~" 10 out
VI ~.
F"InswVlen 20 yaras~i, ~ l. i y, y, !, l. J,
!" = 49, ~ !. y, ~ 49, axS 1ut " 70;
ioc q, ~ t s = v " y "
:, 49, 49, p Sue y. 90 -. ,,,ooooo
IIiHe, 20 nras-A y \ "V'o'
y a, v, " 49, o ua VI -.
w. .; WILCOX, 20 y aI y - " !"
r jobnson * vards-o oo1o1o,o
o: - y0n"on' - J"A0oo " - - !" - - " v
Sont o. 10. o. r.r,s
49, 20 cmt NJ ~ = :" - " - - - = - 3" -"
"a Il. H Boss 81. % :, y arc
'T;csYRor third nrize-T Stapo-1. I IA n.
Brown, i, GA
se fss nrixeos hae1n Re sSso .ao
Third prze-Thomas Stagg. xIa5
The championship match was the ninth for the
emblem OF the American championship, won by A.
II. Bogardus May 2, 1871, his term q two years
single rises, under the Rhode Island rules, one and
half ounces shot twenty-one yards rise and
eighty yards boundary, and traps. Betting
hands on the ground. The champion was the
iavorte at 500 to $50, and after rnkers bad luck
had be- un to display itself long odds 800 to
$40 went begging These odds were certainly not
Justified at any stage OF the match. Miles Johnson
ira Paine as judges, Wachter and Paine gather
ing. The bids were tame pigeons and dew wen
and strong.
Bogardus missing three birds out OF his first
dozen, the third, seventh ana twelfth, while Tinker
both men shooting splendidy, bird Tor bird being;
the rule, Tinker ending run OF Is, with bird dead
0ut of bounds and Bogardus scoring one OF "a. Two
consecutive misses by Tinker brought the competi-
tors on even terms, Bogardus losing his forty-ifth
pigeon which fell upon the roof of the Club House,
where Wachter could not recover 1t in time. There
was some dispute over the referees decision.
having Killed as TO Tnkers 45Gtime hour The
luck had thus favored the representative OF Rhode
Island but IN the last half OF the match tickle
tune deserted him.
Bogardus, missing his ffty-frst bird badly Tinker
got on even terms again only to 20 back one on
the day losing him d favorable bird. Bogardus,
missing the next. lett them as they Were and then
ond miss, The bird, though hard hit, getting away
on the Club House. The sixty.iirst bird escapSd