, 1874-06-06

Game between the White and Red
Stockings To-Day.
Result Of Ball Games at the East Yes.
terday.
Account OF tho English Derby
Race Of 1874.

THIRD DAY or THE sroRrsMEN's TOURNAMENT.
Tho third day OF tho sports.non'B tournament
undor tho auspices Of the State Association was
the most interesting Of the setos, rs 1t brought
out the picked mon Of thoHhootiug- clubs to COM
poto for bonutiful gold modal offered by the
Association TO tho sucsossful club. Owing to
tho froquont showers throughout the day, tho
attendance was not largo, but tho wealth
or had no offoct upon tho sport,
which was the finest ayor Witnessed Mt
Dcxtor Park. Thoro was foolng Of intonao
rivalry among the various clubs oach Of which
waa represented by four Of its worry bost marks-
mon. Tho now Gun Club Boloctod rs ita toan
mcai, and aicSt, Sie,ssrs. rnrral Price, % and Edwars
tho KenntcotL had out Abner and Ell PRICE,
John lloinmnn md Ed Dow: the prarie put
forward ". r. johnson, D. r. E!ston, ". Fl.
Fitch, and charloy Korn. and tho aonoHoo CLUB
porsonB Of Mossrs. Doxey. Young, Miller,
Ri,d Daadalo. Advance speculation as to tho re-
auit Lit upon the Gun and Konnlcott teams aa
tho strongest, though thore wsss, Of course, no
Tho order Of shooting waa determined BY lot.
md was thereby constantly changed. Each man
shot at ton Bngo rises at twenty-ono ynrds and
flyo pnirs Of eighteen yards. Tue Gun club
Turroll mud Wilcox killing ten straight
wl,ilo Edwards and Prco woro worry steady.
For tho KennicottB, Ed Price did tho
fine work, making clean scoro throuhg
his singles and doubles. Abnor prico md John
KleinInan eacl misBod i single, but, rs both
killed. their five pairs stsaight, they reached
total Of 10 apiece. If Dow had bcon in anything
like hs usual form, the Kennicotts must have
won tho modal. Fifteen out Of twonty is low
average for him. and fourteen would haye won
Flo WAS completely out Of luck and out Of skill
for tho day, aud nobody folt It moro keany than
himself, OF tho Prairies, JOHNSON was
Nlcssrs. Korn, Els.on, and Fitch each
had tho misfortune to have two birds fall dead
out Of bounds. With these elk added, they |
would have tied tho konnicotts for second place.
AS it waB, they wero beaton by tho Gonesco |
toanl, In which Dlasdale did tho boBt shooting. |
1lro pnirs straight. This vas considered remark |
nbto III view Of tho fact that previous to yoator-
day he ueyor Baw birds fly from traps in pairs
though ho ranks high as an accomplish
I'd fold shot. 4 curious feature OF
Tho shooting was a bird which Prico
hit in ono toe, and gathered, though |
this WAS tho only shot mado On tho bird, which
WIS scored as killed. At one time tho Keuni-
cott'B Ind ovorhaued the Gun Club. and led |
thom one bird but then oaue Dow's unfortunate
misses, while the Gun mon killed their last eight
pairs straight. It Was qun!ity OF shooting which
has seldom, il eYor, been exceIlod among ANA
ary feat Of two full days shooting without |
missing bird, forty straight boing his scor2
1t was record Of which any sportsman might /
well be proud. All the remaining points Of in
tereHt IN connection with the days. shooting can
be gathered from tho annexed scoroB, in which |
the astorsk is used to denote Lost birda which
fell dead out Of bonds: