The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-02
PIGEON SHOOTING.
MATCH BETWEEN THE NARRAGANsLTr GUN
CLUB AND THE PHILADELPHIA CLUB AT

MATCH BETWEEN THE NARRAeANsLTr GUN
CLUB AND THE PHILADELPHIA CLUB AT
xNDALUsIArTa scoRls-GooD SHOOTING.
PHILADELPHIA, July l, 1878.
An interesting match NJ amateur pigeon shooting
was shot on Saturday between tns Narraganse,t Gun
Club, OF Newport, r. J., ana the Philadelphia Gun
Club, OF ,hs CITY, the OF the latter club,
near Andalusia, Bucks county. The shoot WAS Tor
$500. ana the participant making tho highest
score on either side TO receive silver cup worth
$3.50. The rules OF the Philadelphia Gun Club sov-
crned tho match, providing as ioilows:-Weight OF
aun. s& pounds or uuder A drachms OF powder, Ia
ounces shot, IS yards rise so yards boundary. Tho
birds placed five traps about Ave yards
abreast
Mr. Randolph Ellis was chosen referee.
MIR. L. Bush Grubb, captain OF tho Philadelphia
team, Grod tho FIRST shots, bringing down consecu
birds and hitting the seventh, sriwhch IN
fortunately dropped dead out OF bounds The next
birds were killed., hut the seventeenth fell Out OF
bounds. rhe eighteenth, u crceper, was killed very
ceveriy. The pnctcentn and twentieth were killed,
but tho twenty lrst ana twenty-second, left quar-
and low driver difficult shots, were missed.
Colonel GruDbs shooting was very line, and ne is re-
gardec having few equals. IL only hve instances
did he the second barrc although nearly all his
birds were difficult shots One bird lost by only
yard
Mr. A. Bidale tho next Philadelphia, lost his Hrst
i've birds, one dropping out Of bounds. rnsn he
kIlea SIX IN succession, and missed the next, the
twelfth. The succeeding iour were counted, then
the seventeenth bird, right quartcrcr WAS missed
The next three were killed. and wcro CONS dcsed good
work. The twentieth ana twenty second birds
capped unscathed Mr. Biddie resortcd TO his second
but five times, and some OF his long dstauce shots
were well done.
Mr.. Harvey Brown, who recently killed 40 out OF so
birds, and Is famous Tor ''spap shots, was the next
marksman, living up 10 HIS reputation ny dong his
work with great rapidity. He killed all out out OF
hts rs birds missing the second, seventh. tenth and
thirteenth, driver left ouarterer right quaTtcrer
ana ircomer respectively. Some ot The brds
tell within Il lew inches OF The trap.
Mr. +. q. Ellis missed his fourth and tonth BIRDS,
right Quartercrs, the tenth barely managn. to drag
Itself OF bounds. Tue thirteenth, quarterng
driver, seventeenth, sc ana n!ncteenh right quar-
leress, twenty-irst ana twenty NTH, drivers, were
misses.
Sir. John A. Brown made the poorest record of the
team. He miAsed i've IN succession OF tho nrst ten
BIRDS tue twelfth toll out Of bounds and also the nine
| tecnth
Mr. Ben De Forest led the shooting for tho Nara
gansett CLUB lie maac misses out OF his irst ten
snots, Two droppng out OF bounds The twelfth bird
an incomer, right quarter. was MT haru out man.
aged to fly 10 the cluD house counted miss.
?hc nfteenth drivsr was mss; and the twennoth,
lett quarterer Tell out vi bounds rho last hve
| killed with the OF the socond barrel on four
Mr. Martin Van Buren,, the next marksman from
the visiting club. started brilliantly, bringin. down
his first eleven birds He missed he twelfth ono OF the
difficult shots oi the match low driver. Ho hit
The succsedns three thon missed tue sixteenth The
! eghtccntn and twentieth ieiI out OF bounds. Tho
next Jour were killed. but tho last bird, driver,
escaped
| MI. f. Davis missed three out OF his FIRST ten but
killed all the rest OF tho twenty live but one.
Mr. Travis Van Buren, made tbs lowest score Of bis
tcam. He missed three OF his first ten BIRDS tbs
succeeding ten ho missed Jour- and IN the last Two
ono bird escaped
| SIR Howard Janray, who mado the highcst indl-
| vidual score OF the maicn and the cup,
Of the best amateurs IN the weird. he missed the
iourtn and hlth-the first driver and tho lattor
lett quarterer, whscn Tell dead out OF bounds The
following Is the
GROUNDS oY rnE PnILADEL GUy CLUB, ASDALu-
sIA, Pa, SATURDAY., JUYE 20, lS7S.-Pigcon shooting
aelphia Guu clubs; each member 70 shoot NJ twenty
i've birds; twenty weight yaris rise, eighty yards
boundary; ono ami ODe-quirtur ounce shot, four
| drachIns Of powder; PhlIaucphia Gun Ciuo rules 10
| govern
4 PHILADELPHIA cLuB.
| +. Burd Grub-l l. T01 /, IL !, oil l.
| OOI1L Killed II; missed.
| A. BIddlc--~0l 90, l11l /, 1O111, 10 l,
01O1l Killed, Is; missed, Z.
| Harvey Brown--l OIL 1, I0110. OIL Il, iii,
I'M. Killed, II; missed.
| Frank q. Ens-1 / OIL. II - 101 !, 101 OIL,
1OlIO Kiiled, Is; missed.
| Jonn A. Brown-ll 1OU,0Ol1I,1 *0l1 10. 1110l,
1l11O Killed, II; missed, s.
Totai-Ked, 90; missed No.
Fell dead out bounds.
| tNobird.
| SARRAGAysErT CLUB.
| Benjamin De forrest--l VI y w, IL 0, 10l O.
Illls0, Illl killed. Is; missed. l.
| Martin Van Buren-l | II, 1l111, 10I11,
| OF ~ l*O, IL l l 0-KiIcd, 20; missed, s.
| L. Davis-OIl0I, 1l0ll, 1ll0l, l1l1l,
1II11-Killed, II missed, !
Travis Van Buren-l 100, 11O1I. 1000,
| Howard s. Janrey-l too, IL, II /,
mn u; missed, .
Totai-K,ed 30; missed, 20.
| sfeil dead out OF bounds
| Rcierec-MI Randolph Ellis, Philadelphia Cub.
Time OF contest, 3n. Som.