The New York herald., 1875-09-26
PIGEON SHOOTING.
The Great Handicap at Baby
lon, L. I.
SEVENTEEN ROUNDS FIRED
Twenty-one Shooters at Twenty
five Birds Each.
THE SCORE UNFINISHED.

For several months past amateur pigeon shooters
have been talking about the great handicap that
take place at Babylon the 25th of September, and
nearly all the crack shots of this section Of the country
declared their intentions OF entering in competition
with their fellows for the prizes. Twenty-eight
were published in the daily papers with the distances
assigned them by the handcappers the majority of
whom accepted the conditions and yesterday afternoon
twentyone gentlemen to the at Ira Pane's
shooting grounds at Babylon, L. l.
The gentlemen engaged were Messra G. Lampson e.
W. Davis, Belmont Purdy, j. G. Heckscher for
H. Draper, j. Snedicor, DR.. Talbot, b. De-
Forest, L. Stevenson c. Livingston, Perry Bel
mont, J. G, Heckscher, Travis Van Buren,,
B. De Forest for William Knapp, L. Snyder Martin Van
Buren, Howand $. Robins Horace s. Bloodgood, J.
P. Grund, Sol Saxon for Charles Banks, N Earle and
G. Floyd Jones. betting book was made up on the
shooters the following being the state of the odds of
bets being taken:-S50o to $50 against c. Livingston
5000 to $25 against John G. Heckscher 5000 to $50
against Perry Belmont $500 to $50 against Deforest
5000 to $50 against E. Stevenson 5000 $50 against
C. Banks, $3.50 to $40 against NJ Van Buren, 5000 to
$50 against t. Van Buren, 5000 to $50 against L
Snyder, $3.50 to $50 against J. p Grund, 5000 to
so against G. Lampson, 5000 to $50 against A.
B. Purdy, 5000 TO $50 against II. s. Blood
good 5000 to $50 against f. W. Davis, $500 TO $25
against J. G. Heckscher, 5000 to $35 against N.
Earle, and $500 to $50 against Dr. Talbot
The shooting commenced at few minutes before
and closed fifteen minutes past 1ve the referee
then postponing the handicap until Monday, at twelve
O'Clock, there chance of finishing the shoot
ing yesterday. The birds were, whole very tame
lot there being about in of the very lively
that Ira Paine processes be fond Of The shooting
however, was very fair as the details will show. The
guns used were, with few exceptions, all breech load
ers this style of weapon being preferred by all the
crack shots of the day Mr.. Parks, President Of the
Long Island Shooting Club, acted referee
The following the details OF the shooting far
| it progressed
Ma Lampson led of, killing driver with both bar
res f. W. Davis followed and dropped the bird quickly
! with first barrel Purdy killed nicely close TO trap
j. G. Heckscher Hor Mr.. Draper) also killed near
| ground quarterer to the left. J. Snedcor nicely
stepped Dcomer DR.. Talbot followed, and knocked
! over rapid quarterer to the right. B. De Forest
knocked quarterer the right with first barrel
| E. Stevenson missed easy quarterer in the same
direction c. Livingston killed his soon as the bird
arose. p. Belmont hit driver that escaped J. G.
Heckscher then went to the his own account
and killed Quickly T. Van Buren killed the instant the
bird b. De Forest shot for Mr. Knapp. and
killed quickly with both barrels L. Snyder missed an
easy bird NJ. Van Buren killed his near the ground
H. S. Robins killed incomer with second barrel H.
S. Bloodgood disposed instantly of very lazy bird j.
p. Grund killed with first barrel towerer S. Saxon
hit but the bird went out Of bounds Mr. Earle killed
quarterer to the right with second barrel. C. f..
Jones brought his bird to the ground and this closed
| the first round
| ROUND.
Mr.. Lampson killed close to trap with both barrels
Mr. Davis knocked his with first barrel but gave
the bird the other while the ground. Mr. Purdy
killed quarterer to left quickly Mr. Heckscher killed
easy incomer. Mr.. Snedicor Knocked down his
bird quickly near the ground DR.. Talbot killed in
stantly incomer. B. De Forest stopped incomer
very quickly. Mr. Stevenson killed his bird the
/ ground Mr.. Livingston hit hard, but the bird
escaped Mr.. Belmont killed towerer nicely Mr.
Heckscher killed his bird close to the ground T. Van
Buren, disposed of quarterer TO the LETT with second
barrel Mr. De Forest broke the birds wing and he was
gathered close to trap Mr. Snyder hit his bird but It
escaped NJ. Van Buren killed ncomer with second
barrel Mr.. Robins missed both barrels Mr. Blood
good killed driver instantly. MI Grund killed with
first barrel quarterer to the left Mr. Saxon killed
twister quickly Mr. Earle killed a driver with first
barrel nicely and T. Jones killed close to trap with
| both barrels.
! THIRD ROUND
Mr. Lambson stopped driver with first barrel E.
| w. Davis killed the bird arose. Mr.. Purdy
knocked his bird it left the trap Mr.
Heckscher disposed of his bird the instant IL moved
from the ground Mr.. Snedicor killed an ncomer very
quickly. Dr. Talbot missed rapid driver. Mr.. De
Forest stopped quarterer to the ef with first barrel
| Mr. Stevenson killed quickly. c. Livingston disposed
of very slow bird the ground. Mr. Belmont
| killed rapid driver, making good shot Mr.. Heck-
scher stopped an ncomer with second barrel T. Van
Buren killed his bird as soon it arose from the
ground. Mr.. De Forest Knocked very slow bird
as it left the ground. Mr. Snyder stopped quarterer
| to the right with first barrel NJ Van Buren, killed
nicely quarterer to the right. Mr. Robins killed also
quarterer to the right with both barrels Mr. Blood
good stopped driver with second barrel at very long
distance. Me- Grund killed incomeY with first bar
rel Mr.. Saxon missed rapid driver Mr. Earle killed
/ an incomcr with frst and Mr.. Jones missed driver
| with both barrels
FOURTH ROUND
| Mr. Lambs0n killed quarterer with both barrels
| Mr. Davis dropped towerer with second barrel. Mr.
| Purdy knocked ever a very slow bird with first Mr.
Mr. Snedicor knocked his bird over near the ground.
DIR. Talbot missed a driver Mr.. De Forest killed
driver quickly. Mr.. Stevenson missed both barrels
Mr. Livingston killed an incomer with first BARREL Mr..
Belmont hit bird hard with second barrel but he
capped Mr.. Heckscher killed an incomer nicely.
| Mr.. 7 Van Buren, missed with both barrels driver.
| Mr. De Forest killed easy ncomer Mr.. Snyder
stopped driver nicely. Mr. M Van BuYen killed an
incorner with both barrels Mr. Robins knocked an
incomer quickly. Mr. Boodgood hit with both
barrels but the bird carried the shot out of bounds be-
fore he fell Mr. Grund killed Instantly close TO the
! ground Mr.. Saxon killed easy quarterer TO the
! left Mr. Earle killed very lazy bird close TO the
ground and Mr G. Jones knocked his bird pret-
tily with second barrel
ROUND.
Mr. Lambson missed a rapid driver Mr.. Davis hit
his bird hard, but IT drove away out Of bounds Mr..
Purdy killed very easy bird at trap Mr. Heckscher
stopped quarterer TO the left with second Mr. Snedi-
knocked quarterer 10 the left quickly with
both Dr. Talbot killed quarterer the right with sec.
ond Mr. Dc Forest killed toweTer nicely with both.
Mr. Stevenson stopped driver with second Mr.. Liv-
ingston killed an ncomer with 1rst Mr. Belmont dis
posed of quarerer to the right with FIRST Mr. Heck
scher killed quarterer TO left with first T. Van Bu-
stopped quickly quarerer TO the right with first
Mr. De Forest killed incomer with second. Mr.
Snyder made good shot and killed a low driver with
second at long range NJ Van Buren knocked his bird
over instantly with first Mr. Robins knocked over
an incomer with first Mr. Bloodgood hit hard but
the bird escaped Mr. Grund hit but the bird got
out of bounds Mr. Saxon killed driver with first
Mr. Earle killed quarterer TO the right with second
and f. Jones knocked bird going the direc.
tion over with first