The New York herald., 1875-02-13
PIGEON SHOOTING.


A select party OF gentlemen, prominent and
high toned representatives. OF those who love to
note skil In the use Of the gun. gathered at Baby
Ion. L. l., yesterday morning, TO witness an i'm
porrant pigeon shooting contest The occasion was
none other than the coming together OF the we'll
known Philadelphia amateur shots Messrs. Richard
Peters and Louis Snyder, names alike familiar in
the CONNIE rcial and social world. Between them
1t had been agreed that Mr.. Peters should stake
$500, to $500 on the part OF Mr.. Snyder each to
shoot at fity birus. English rules to govern,
from five traps, placed i've yards apart. IA OF.
snOt ana 80 yards boundary. Besides the differ
ence in the amount OF money put up 1t was also
agreed that Mr.. Peters should stand at 80 yards
rise and his opponent at ~ yards-a concession OF
great moment to the one fortunate enough to OBJ
tain It in an event OF this character.
The neld selected for the sport, which ed ons
MIR. Sealy Smiths summer hotel, was large and
level as floor; just the situation to obtain the
full benefit OF the wtckedly insinuatlng wind that
came bowling from the northwest in furious
gale. So cold was 1t that three or four coats fur
caps, and even horse blankets impressed into ser
vice. did not prevent the principals and spectators
alike becoming benumbed in snort time. Sell.
dom, II ever, has . pigeon match In this section
been decided under such disagreeabie conditions
as to weather. Mr.. Robbins OF New YORK. acted as
D
Dreecn-losder. and Mr.. Snyder one of Horsels
make, same gauge. and also breech-loader.
MIR. Peters opened the ball by stopping slew
bird with his second BARREL ana repeating the
satisfactory performance with the next three
pigeons his trends early INDUCED IN omplimen-
tary illusions to his form. his fltn bird, now
ever, proved dangerous little customer and.
getting the benefit OF the wind, weut or like q
SHOT Tor a warmer climate. Mr.. Snyder in his
first and second essays brought down the birds in
fine style. but his third, fourth and fifth evaded
botn barrels and quickly cleared the boundary
Mr.. Peters, for his SIXTH, got q strong white
pigeon that ne hit very hard with his second, but
boundary line and ell dead Just outside-very hard
Then ne brought down the seventh and eighth,
When getting couple ofwheelers, he allowed them
and eighth BIRDS, was all astray, the piercing WIND
now taxing effect upon the shooters His ninth was
knocked stone dead with his second barrel, when
he made another blank and each had shot ten
birds, Peters scoring and snyder 3, an indiffer-
ent beginning Tor the latter. Some OF the specta-
tors, whose faces are familiar in the Union and
other clubs OF this City, now improvlsed Indian
war dance around the immense basket containing
the pigeons and set their blood in such circulation
they were enabled to keep quite comfortable for
few minutes. Mr.. Peters mani iully endeavored to
stop his eleventh aud twelfth but laied,
able style the progress OF tine next three.
The eleventh and twelfth OF Mr.. Snyder's birds
DIDN'T get on sSem at all pas ne stopped in the
most effective manner MS thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth when OF fifteen birds for each Mr..
Peters vas three ahead. TIE latter Killed his SIX
teenth lost his seventeenth, scored hts eighteenth
and nineteenth, but was too slow TOR MS twen-
teenth bird quartered to the lett as soon
as the trap was sprung. and was hit with
the second barrel. when ne wheeled IN toward the
been marked against hun by the Official scorer.
Undoubtedly ne intended to do so but when the
that the referee had credited the bird as killed,
and thus It must be here marked under the rule,
m'sssd By Mr. Snyder yet he Srouan Down the
twensetn, the twenty: y:arse, twenty second and
escaped injury His twenty.fourth and twenty.
hith were stopped by enective second barrels,
had killed fourteen. Mr.. SNYDER in mis- twentieth
essay QUICKLY Killed, repeatsd the performance in
down the and bit the
reached the boundary, wners ne dropped IKE
Ter mad missed thirteen blrds and killed twelve,
which placed HIM two behind Tnouyh everybody
spectators oonanasd on the asid. wishing t. see ;
the scratch at MS twensy.slxIh ord. but he missed
tnls, and suppemented the inferior WORK by iour
az :p Mr. us
score q thirty each, vas sis: ana Of course, al
enscuvey the tnEtydrst, then three Utner dan.
gsrous little rns pus IT. missed q. .h'ry:fitn. M:
IKE Ike . ball. Ou. the ~ BIRDS is had the the
'Ps l:1s even. iHq s to sa fna Sa
tnirty.sixth. q BIZ black driver, and obtained
goose eggs' as tAs result Of his next three ct.
tempts, but killed bis fortletn with an e1ective
SHOT from nis second barrel Mr.. Snyder wssn't
feeling much better tnan his opponent at the
the poor WORK Tor he next two, cut down In iair
style the thirty-nth, and allowed the iorrietn to
now sto0d-Peters killed 10, missed 81; Snyder,
killed ls, missed "a. There were but ten
more BIRDS ,,, T. Shoot and iou it looked
warmth In his fners-a very doubtful task. He
missed his Iorty-0st pigeon, but killed the follow.
the rea the and
fourth, but failed to stop the lorty-litn. leaving
him Our benInd. Mr.. Peters, now iull o. hope
and lorty-seventh which practically made MIN the
winner Mr.. Snyer also killed his iorty-slxtn and
fortyseventh, ancthough the loser, shot 1t with
spirit. Mr.. Petcs nit hard both mis- iorty-eighth
ana orty-ninth. bit these dropped dead outside the
boundary, aud missing cean ms fftietn. gave MIN
as Killed IS and missed rs. Mr. Snyder cut his
iorty-eiqhtn. but ne pigeon carried the weight be-
yond the line, tnti he went ''all over" his forty.
ninth, ana. KNOCKING the nitletn into ribbons, his
score stood-kiitd, 90; missed. 2s Properly
handled. and beng in good form. Mr.. Snyder Will
take a lot OF beaon0 at any time from anyoody's
hands. The bird, an excellent lot, were fur.
nisned by Ira A. Nine.
SUMMARY.
BABYLON, L. l., Jan. IL, 1675-PI0EON SHOOTING
Match OF si,l00 birds each, five traps. Ia OF.
shot, 80 yards oundary. ana English rules to
govern.
Richard Peter Of Philadelphia, 80 yards (BJ-
a.lllo. otl.Do oollL lollo. oool+l..
00000t, ll+l~ 0, 0000l+, 0ll"l1*. l1s OF OF 0.
Total, so; killea,25; missed, rs.
Louis SNYDER, Of Philadelphia, 81 yards tB-
1000. 000l* 001"l*l, 10l" IsO, 1lOl OF,
l+0lO0, 1000. 000l0, 1911 II Of o !.
Total, so; kiled22; missed, 25.
Referee-Mr. bDDipG. OF New York.
Time occupId In shooung-rwo hours and
twenty minutes.
sKilled with secad barrel
tied dead out oDound&