The New York herald., 1876-03-18
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JosEPH HOLLAND, Secretary.
PIGEON SHOOTING.

Dr. TALBOT VS.. J. Il. oUTwATER IN
MATCH FOR TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
THE DOCTOR THE WINNER
DR.. b. Talbot, OF New York, and sr John H. Out
water, of Ruthorfurd Park, New Jersey, shot "nnd
trap and handle pigeon match at Dcerfoot Park yes
terday afternoon, the conditions being 500 side,
birds each % yards rise, so yards boundary Ia or
shot, ground trap, and Long Island rules TO gov
crn. There large number present, many
whom specuotci considerably upon the result Both
sides furnished very fast and strong flyers and the
pigeons given the benefit OF the fresh breeze they
were with great difficulty stopped. DR.. Talbot proved
the winner but had nothing spare, ho beat his
opponent ono bird only. Philip Duffy, OF Brooklyn,
was both stakeholder and referee Talbot used
Jones (ot Liverpool twelve gauge. and Outwatcr a
Parker, ten gauge, both breechloaders.
THE SHOOTING.
Talbot went first to the score and missed fast right
quartcrer; Outwatcr knocked down a quartcrer in
excellent style. Talbot shot over his second bird a
strong driver and Uuwater killed prettily clipper
that went straight from the trap, demonstrating that
he in good form and could well protect his money
The betting was now $50 TO $40 that the Jersey boy'
would win the match, and a large amount was staked
these figures. The Doctor stopped his third pigcon
left quarlerer, in neat STYLE served the fourth also
flying to the LEFT, in the same manner but failed TO nit
hard enough the filth, clipper that left the
straight arrow although It fell dead out of
bounds. Outwater cut down yards from the
trap his third driver; missed his fourth and killed
cleverly the ith both drivers which, out Of five birds
each placed the Jerseyman two ahead. The sixth,
seventh, eighth and ninth pigeons, respectively a
driver right quarterer towercr and ncomer obtained
by Talbot, killed, while his tenth he hit in the
body, but had strength enough TO escape 0utwater
missed his sixth and seventh, both drivers killed the
eighth. right quarterng, failed TO get on the NINTH
twisting driver, but Knocked very handsomely the
tenth, strong, straight flyer. Each had killed
o OF 10, and the sanguine Jcrseymen still made
Outwaler the iavorte The Doctor out of the ne xt
veone left quarterer and tour drvers-cut four
wen sTagRS rom " the trap and one to tho aeS
scored but two. Talbot this juncture two
ahead and the confident betting men from Jersey
wanted to ''hcdge.n Offering $25 10 $40 the Doctor
Tho latter missed his sixteenth and Seventeenth Killed
the eighteenth and nnetecnth and though he hit hard
the twentieth IL managed to just get outside the boun
dary line, where it ie dead as stone. outwaer was
more lucky he killed the sixteenth, seventeenth
and eighteenth, but failed TO score the nlneeerh and
twentieth though the latter fell dead just beyond the
red flag Talbot now one ahead, anu he kept this
advantage to the END, killing his twenty first missing
the twenty second cutting down the twenty third
losing the twenty fourth ana knocking over the
tSen .nflh, giving hlm total OF 10 killed. just as
the Doctor disposed of his last ), did ouwater kill
ing and missing ,, which gave him total Of H. ono
less than Talbot obtained Strange TO note, each hit
his twenty fourth pigeon very hard and both dropped
there c to hum l3 drivers le and right quarterers
/ ncomer and towerer Ontwatcr in his had 10 dri-
vers, eil and right quarlerers and lncomer
SUMMARY.
DEERroor PARK PARkvILLE L. l., MARCH II, 1876
PIGEox SHoorfNG.-Match of 500; 25 birds each 25
yards rise Ia or shot, so yards boundary ono ground
trap, one barrel and Long Island rules to govern
Dr. b. Talbot-0 20. 111l0 1l011
0Ol1*0, 10 / 40 01.-TotaL 25; killed Is; missed 10
John II. Outwater-1 0 l, o o l, 10 l.
111O*O, 101 +0l-rota Is; killed. ii missed IL
Referee Philip Duffy, of Brooklyn.
Time Of shooting-FIity-two minutes
sFell dead out of hounds.
Several sweepstakes followed the match the first
and only OF interest being Of So entrance .miss
aud 60 outn 81 yards rise, so yards boundary and
Long Island rules to govern. Seven cntered-Talbot
Townsend civilians, - Brown Wood "Berrcn"
and Baylis. Townsend and Wood divided the sl4