The New York herald., 1874-12-26
PIGEON SHOOTING.
IMPORTANT MATCHES ON LONG rsLAND-oNE OF
TIE FINEST FoUR-HANDED CONTESTS o,

IMPORTANT MATCHES ON LONG IsLAND-oNE OF
THE FINEST FouR-HANDED CONTESTS ON
RECORD.
The pigeon shooting fraternity OF Long Island
passed the day very pleasantly. large NUMBER
OF gentlemen who seek to improve their sKih win
the gun IN TINS manner assembled al DeAters' she
grounds OF the Long Island Shooting CluD, on the
Jamaica roal. where two important coutests 'ooA
place Both were between Brooklyn gentlemen.
oil OF whom are shots OF more tian local reputa-
tion. The first event was a match OF $780, between
Warren L. Blrdseye and James N. Hckox, so oirds
each, ave traps, 80 yards rise, English rules to
govern The principals were promptly ON the
rronnd and shortly alter eleven o'c.ock the match
| was called. DR.. Atkinson was chosen referee.
Birdseye used an Abbey twelve guAge. and HicSox
a Scott, same bore, both breecnloaders. Snow
was on the ground TO the depth OF three or four
inches. The birds as a lot were OF the finest quail
ity Birdseye went first to the trap, and at the
nth bird each had killed three. When ten
olrds had been shot at by each the score
stood and o. The betting
waxed somewhat warm, with Mr. Birdseye as
the tavorite. The latter missed his eleventh and
twelfth BIRDS. then he killed Ia style the thirteenth
ana fourteenth, but lost the fifteenth. Mr.. HicKox
brought do own the eleventh, allowed the twelfth
and thirteenth to escape but scored the fourteenth
ana nfteepth giving hlm one bird the advantage.
The ODDS in the pools were now In favor OF the
latter. When twenty birds had been trapped on
either side Hickox still led his opponent one and
at the twenty filth the were relatively the
same. Birdseye having killed eleven and HicSox
twelve. The twentyslxth bird was killed by Birds
eve, but the next iour were clean misses. while
hlckox allowed his twenty-sixth 10 escape, but
killed 'like q mechanic" mis- twenty seventh,
rwenty-eignth, twenty-ninth and rnrtietn, putting
h,,, In IN fvA va
credited with four killed. while hts opponent
added but two dead birds TO his number. the score
now standing-Hlcsox Is. Birdseye lo. Now the
betting trends oil Mr.. Hckox were cert ain tnat he
could not lose it' and staked their money at
odds OF TO l. Each Killed two eirds IN the
next five. and when each had shot at lorty.fve
HIckox led his opponent but one olrd, birdseye
having Eilied i've straight. The excitement now
began to be OF . particularly warm CHARACTER and
every shot was eagerly watched and com
mented upon. Blrdseye missed his iorty-
sixth: Hckox tumuled his over maxnlfcently;
Birdseye brought down his Iorty-seventn and
enth and Iorty y-eIgnth u escape, the scores were
the same-25 Killed by eacn. Then Birdseye
went to me trap cut aown sn as ye 1ad as as
matcn stood tie.. Hickox's last snpt was an
easy one, and with any degree oil caution should
have killed his ulrd stone dead The principals
concluded not decide at the time, ueerring 1T
until some day next week, when they iave agreed
TO snoor at thirty birds each, the stakes remain
ing intact ALI the pools and outside bets were
declared on.
The second event was four.handed match, slcO
q corner, 25 birds each, Il yaros rise, IL and 4
trabs. Long Island rules TO govern. On the one
stde las Messrs. Warren Z. Birdseye and Z. w.
WingaGe, wno were ptted against Messrs. Moses
Baylis aud Wal er Ireland II would be dinicut to
find better team than this, and SO SOON as the
match was nolsed abroau IN Brooklyn the betting
mm-nced very lively ana continued so untll the
snoosers were called t. the score. As tne sequel
through, the score being one the best on record
for q iour.handed match. II was arranged that
Ireland and Wingate should M nrst M 20 70 % .ae Iraps,
and Birdseye would wind up the event. Tne partner
OF eacn shooter assisted the other. Mr.. Parks
served as referee. Ireland took tne initiative. He
killed his first, second and third BIRDS IN the
cieanest possible manner, out missed his fourth
and nftn. wingate lost his 1rst brought down
the second ana third, missed his fourth. but Sc
cured the fifth, which made tnem three and three.
tenth and Wingate, missing his eighth and ninth,
was one bird benlnd .! tais juncture; seven oirus
were then credited to Ireland NV wno nSs lost
teenth and twentieth. Wingaie was doing
some excellent work meanwhile, as begin
did not show a miss until the twentieth, wnen
the position OF analrs was:-lreland, 10; Wingate,
which gave hiin u out OF 25 wingate missed mis-
twentieth, Iwenty.hrst and twenty-second, but
that he had snos II cut OF 2s iour less tnan hls
opponent, rather serious disaovantage winch
ms 90 @ 10 e
trap, missed his bird, but Killed the second,
Ihird, fourth and nth N very clean style:
Birdseye brought down his first and second, LOST
the tnird, out killed the nexi two, making IT an
even score 10 thus point Baylis was credited with
his sixth, seventh. and eighth, missed the ninth,
but secured the tenth Blrdseye shot his sixth.
seventh and eighth. lost the ninth. but Killed has
os seGrs sna en Ten ras
Bndseye meanwhile lost three birds, 50 that at
the twenty-ar the score was-Baylis II;
Birdseye, 10. Baylis missed the twenty
second. and, Killing all the rest his score stood
Il Of rs. and, strange coincidence. the same as
twenty. second, twenty-tnrd ana twenty-iourtn
BIRDS out lost nis twenty-dtn which gave HIM l9
out OF 25. The combined score Of ireland ana
easily beaten. WinRate anu Birdseyes score Is
SO out OIL So total wnicn has been seldom, |, ever
beaten. Ireland. Wtngaie and Bay lis each useu
Scott ten-gauge breechoader, while Blrdseye
put his lAltn IN Greener double barreled mszzle-
loader.
CLUE, JAMAICA ROAD, NEAR EAST NEW YORK, l.
l., ls74.-PIGEoS SHoOTlNG-hatch OF $500, So
birds each, 81 yards rise i've trans, English rules
to govern. tNose-Tne match proving tie WIN
Warren E. Blrdseye-Io1ol, Ooll1, oo11o,
o1olo, ooool, 10000, liloL llooo'
James n do.a sG flsa 2S missd 4
o1Ioo. $1,000. oll11. 1900, loloo.
lloll, 90 10 Total. so; killed. 70; missed. "a.
SANE sI' pAYNMa.cii Of $500; four.handed, sloc
corner. rs bros each, n yards rlse, so yards
boundary. II ana traps, Ia OF. shot, Long Island
Walter Ireland-l ;lIlo1olllll: llo
1l,ll1ll Total, rs; Killed; "a; missed,
total, SO; Killed, q; missed, s.
1lIo. Oo0ll. Total, rs; killed, II: missed, 8.
Warren BlrdseSe1l =, l,ia1oe
c1and ota killed. neia ss Is mased nasa missed
Reieree-Mr Parks.
gate. ssu. Baylis and Birdseye, asm.-ln. lin.