The sun., 1891-07-03
4 6nnAr r1eros sHooE
The wl.s Experts or the East Fitees
A~,Svet Each Other.


| suited in a close, exciting aud surprising
contest. The competition Ia held annually by
the Hollywood Gun Club entries closing In
January and the shoot being decided In July
The entrance fee is $50, half forfeit. and yes
terday's handicap had ten starters, fve hav-
ing declared out. This was si25 to first. s1t0
to second. and $50 10 third. In addition, the
winner received beautiful silver trophy
worth between ti00 and $500. Altogether 1t is
the most important pigeon event shot In this
| country.
Ten OF Americas expert wing shots an
ewered the referees coll. The scratch men
| were at 80 yards. 20 ards being the long mark.
| The contestants were Edgar Gibbs Murphy.
tall. stalwart, blond. and rather handsome
| t92 yardsl; Capt. Money. tho well-known Eng.
| lish crack. who looked the country 1armcr all
over. with his tanned complexion. Old brown
hat and old white-yelow coat t32 yardsl; II.
Yale Dolan, tho clever young Philadelphian
who went to Europe with MacAlister and
gave tho English and Frcnch cracks
great scare tS2 yards); DR.. G. Lee Knapp,
MncAlistot's recent victim. swarthy and
boarded, ms jolly rs II hc never at a renny
| instead OF thousands OF dollars at his favorite
pastime 1871 yatds); Fred Hoey. eldest son OF
John Hoey. authenticated. nervous. Jolly when
oil n hit. depressed on q miss t31 yards):
! Walker b. Smith. as neat and precise as ever.
with his inseparable black pipe and his never
ending cry OF I'm take s25 to IS against the
gun t31 yards: W. C. Floyd-Jones. tho very
lively young man with tho big faxen mus.
tache. never absent from o good shoot $50
shot. shot, sturdily built. with a Grownls h;red mus.
i Tasedc &C cus and tho hesSi.ss and jolilsst man
Of tho lot !s0 yardsl md ": g. Murphy
so%ns Sn,h.r s6ot H Edss Us dGSe aud
Thers was good, deal Of betting, on the
&s:ss: g: I'D f1sSi SS W. &si1S;
1t was somewhat doubtful in the early morn.
ing hours il the contest could BE- shot but upon
Srhy .. ana od Sol made issbs a.
Under these sneo araelnc conditions Referee
sy eed fSsrs
many mar iadies. present. and the crowd was aug:
psnsr s hs Ss absene. ssse
,hsis sssernSss ios ssns III Ths s Ispd sSsrOana.
belongs to Mr.. Hoey, and he does not tolerate
these petit larceny" "sportsmen.
Yards the Wind d." was aute fresh from the
east though it yeered "a GROUND eaprIciously at
Fbiisdeiphs and were q fairly good i9s.
number being, quite speedy. The wind at
woai Be drivers iute ineomers. The maiority
Of the birds were right quarters. and 1t was
s sra msssd 6 6ens s
The scratch mon were the fayorites but early
feared most. dropped back rapidly: he had
his shots were generally below The bird. Ed
Birds having ali heres right aS arters. s. He lit
them all. but one dropped dead q few feet
d Els Second he baffs an Hq sld hs Chat ss Ns
sitting IN front Of him waiting to be shot: By
fl rsre pk "r hs rs
easiest kind Of birds. They ran harder after
that apd p gs ,sa esrSoqay c.scE Ess roone
iarly hard birds, and Hl,sr few Misses hs be.
race early and thereafter spent his time hunt;
his wagering being no better than his shoot
Ing his Losses n hs very short TINE e., ran up IN
anee OF s9me vicious. drivers. but did fairly |
Ts nt m9s Of
or not indifference after that. He had dro!ped
ast driver th t1s the bird
He eol the BIRD in tho Centre q the sround and
could have graSped It easily. but kept chirr.
within three yards. and then Attempted to take
hold. but the pigeon made one last spring. and |
lost se
aggravating kind OF blundeI, ndeI,
long shots that made things interesting for t6s
cracks. The former made two misses in his !
first ten birds. but after that took everything
being all one to him.
The Murphy boys and Floyd Jones chased
s hs "s bsd he q sd day
complete score is as follows:
kf.'L' kisa d missed used second .:rl..
! s%.Ssi-,kli.tSS ki.:S u %':s:d ) dead out Il
ioqsi k.a j m,.!.j / assa oa, .! S1tn:
VIZ n.'DHyR R.d i: missed ]; s!sd aa. Il
used sesond barrel 10 tines Wv
!. y'H'yI ai,.d mi.:.a t.ss oa. St sssnss.;
g fnt?PIo kst - +:.d: a,ad oa. Il boundary:
Tt%. kss Is n!..:d 8 a.ad %. 81 bsas
s..a sl; d tsaaa.,y D.
s!.a 1s' st ssaaa: s s:.s
s.:,. out @ 's"as
+. g. Murphy. ". G.. Murphy. and jones be.
took place. the Murphy brothers Killing three
In shnoting Off for second money Z. G. Murphy
beat W.. G. Murphy by five birds to four. The
former had made feature OF using his second
barrel less than any man in the contest and it
was tryln. to keep up his record that lost him
second money. for q bird he might have killed |
easily with his second barrel got away when
he retriever. Cartaret Gun. Clubs Phil. started
put for him.
A number OF miss and out" sweepstakes
were shot after the hand cap, and the betting
losses, seemed to have imbibod luck. for to-
Wnid n" close OF the day all money, was rum
ming his way and he retrieved his losses to q
arEe extent.
John noey was an efficient referee. though
10 Ind some tickllsh decisions to make, The |
lnnd capping was done BY three Of the con-
esiants. Messrs. Hoey. Smith and Knapp: and
he cnminltee's allotments were adjudged fair
)y all interested. ]
A col alton and jubilee followed at John /
Iooy's Hotel. and the success OF tho Hollywood
Sutnrity Pigeon Handicap was drunk In all
anguaSes
Canadian Wheclmen's Association,
HAMILTON. July 2-Ihe ninth annual meeting And |