The morning call., 1891-02-22
THE GUN.
End Of the Shooting season-An Exciting

End Of the Shooting SeasOn--An Exciting
Pigeon shoot.
Sp0rtsmen Will remember that there is only one
more week before the shooting season will draw
10 a close The storm has driven the broad-bins .
from tie marshes into the country bur il matters
not much where they go now, as the time for
their capture By leaden messengers Is very lin
tied. The season has been q good one, and al
though some hunters will complain OF having had
poor spot, lie fault cannot be laid TO the ducks,
as they have been We plentiful on the marshes
especially within lie past few months and many
good bags were mad by those who were PIE.
rar~d Tor suck shooting The year was also very
favorable for quail shooting; aud few spOri smen
vii deny the BIRDS vacation for few mouths.
Irap-shOOtlng viii, OF course, be the feature OF
sport thai VIII interest all men whose principal
fasl!me Is field sports. Clubs are being rapidly
organized and orders pouring in on The cOun-
birds. Tie following, by the way, is the result
OF lie great Monte Carlo pigeon tournament;
The piJeon-shoottug honors ut Monte Carlo for
1891 have again been won by the italians as they
were 10 1856 and 1889, with Sig. Guidicinf The
meeting began on January 1911, with the usual
large number or cracks" from England France
Belgiun. Austria, ltIy. with the United States rep
Resented by Mr.. IIcalister Of the Philadelphia
CUBS That Mac was held in respect by the "book-
j > assembled al Monte Carlo shown by max
iu9 him the fayorite for the grand prize 100 10
against with the next nine at 90 to the next ten
at 100 TO 3, and the famous shots, Lord de
Clifor1 and Sig. Guidiclni. at 40 to each. The
grand prize is the third Of the series for the first
of the fixtures the grand Pouie d'Essai at $50
each, with S4OU added, At two birds each at %, rs
as did fifteen others. In shooting miss and out'i
III * meters, the American held his own up to the
twelfth re. II was then 50 dark that a postpone
Inent Lad BeeH offered and refused. 1iacailster
miss ID leaving the English shooters, Horton aud
Barker, to divide first and second prizes. 1878,
Macaliser getting the third prize worth 1892.
The second fixture shot January 2IstI was the
PIX dOuyerture, at $50 each with $500 aud
piece OF silver added. shoot ut 1--WE birds miss
and out II had eghty-Scvcn entries Of which four
teen tied, killing FIVE birds each including Mr. Mae
alister In shooting oil he missed his ninth bird,
anu Inc prize was nnaly won by Count GajOli, with
thirteen straight. NJ. Lepot, who was second for
the same event last year, missed his thirteenth
bird; Including the silver, the prize was worth
The Grand Prize was shot January 2sd and 24th.
with an entry OF 81 shooters at $40 each. which
birds at 56 meters and at y meters. Nc less than
Is killed. ali at the shorter rise, but OniV
fortunate at the p meters, viz. the two Italians,
touAl Auccd OaIoIl ana SIghor Nerri. The latter,
new man. IN his first season. missed his thirteenth
oird. aud the winner Of the Grand Prize Count
CajUli, added, besides the money the handsome
worth SI17O. The third. $3.50, was divided be-
tween Slr. Kennedy and Count Trauttnasdorf The
bird that Mr.. Aac ilister missed was slow. and he
missed 1t, as he has often done similar birds at
B I l Point, kiyertoa and on the Westminster
he literally shot over 1t with both barrels
The large tract OF land in the pines of Rurling-
Ion county, purchased a few years ago by a
number Of wealthy people of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey Tor the purpose Of establishing
game preserve. is now advertised TO be sold for
non-payment of taxes. The tract was fenced in
originally and stocked with all kinds OF native
game, deer included, aud game keepers en-
tOyed TO keep of poachers. but despite their
Efforts the pine hawkers tTespassed and dis
Outraged the owners OF the tract, and they
abandoned II.
John L. Brewer, the well-known wing shot.
and Waller S. Meyer are coming to this civ and
they Will compete against local shooters at
chicago. 81. Louis and Kansas City en- route.