The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-23
EDGAR MURPHY TIE WINNER
IN DEFEATS GEORGE Work At SHOOT
ING PIGEONS FOR $1,000 4 SIDE.

Quite . Large Number OF Club Men mt the
% Westminster Kennel Clubs Ground. to
'- Witness the Contest-ConsiderableM Money
Changed Hands tho Final Result.
One OF tho greatest pigeon shooting contests
between club mon since tho famous Macnlcs-
esr-Knapp matches was decided yesterday on
ths beautiful grounds OF the Westminster
Kennel Club at Babylon. The principals wcro
Edgar @. Murphy. ono Of the most export wing
shots In the country. and George Work Of this
city. who recently defeated Capt Money. the
English crack. on the Cartaret grounds ut
Bergen Point The match yesterday was for
$1,000 side. at 200 birds. thirty Yards rise. to
be shot under modified Nottingham rules.
with lfty-yard boundary. After an exciting
struggle lasting nearly fourhours Mr.. Murphy
won BY eleven birds. killing 1913 to his oppo-
nent's 1877.
Ever since Work defeated Capt. Money in
two straight matches by killing 9o and 81
Birds out OF a possible 100. his friends have
REGARDED him as being invincible. and were
anxious to match him against any one. After
some preliminary talk a contest was finally
arranged with Edgar Murphy. and the major
ity OF club men seemed to think that Mr.. Work
would win easily. Murphy. however. in spite
Of his erratic shooting at times found plenty
81 mon willing to back him. and. as a result.
when the men went to tho traps yesterday
there was probably more money at stake than
on any single match ever shot In America.
8. The winners score Of 1873 birds killed docs
not look very large in comparison with past
records. but In reality 1t represents ono OF the
best exhibitions OF skill with the shotgun that
has been seen In this vicinity fol- long time.
q the conditions were all against tho shoot
era There was half gale blowing across the
traps: then the light was very bad. and
the birds wore as strong . lot OF flyers as
ever left . trap. Over seventy Ave per cent
q the BIRDS were what are known as drivers.
On, many occasions o bird would get o charge
boundaries would be carried BY the force Of
" Wind outside OF tho two.foot wire fence and
nT Would
been certain. Both mon suffered more or loss
IN The way: and MS far 90 81 luck vent It was II
The match Was started at 1920 o clock. with
TsIksSr s5ss -. Smith In the referees chair
black soft bat Hs shocked over hls iirst bird.
S,Ss sv.as s.oss 'y rou
sers tan shoes. and q brown Alpine hat. L. $.
TIE 9s Mnrphy and
s.sd s Great share snd
his flrst seven birds In, fine style. Murphy
,nd sss @fssd sSh h' ao ss90qS
tsSs wrt Fl T Sf ba4rs sy
This seemed to rattle him. as he followed It
up by missing his ninth bird. which was not a
very vesy hard one. and then missed his tenth bird
slipped Up on his BIRD
bard iusk with bis twen,y second bird, ris it
~ 81 rattii xiii with his second sarrei
Also rsc.Vsd an eraon toa his BEAUTIFUL Xiii
IN the twenty.seventh round. Murphy missed |
h. twenty.siehth bird twisting towerer:
bird. Then followed some poor work ty both
sas, itsstfG ss ss a5onf b hmfs anG
thirty fourth birds. which gave, Mr.. Work
to fst lead He not
thirty sixth birds. After this the men settled
:nSh snd aitietS BIRDS: and %ors bis forty:
II the end Of the iftieth round t 80 50 to o 81
Il Murphy's favor. From this point on
NuaEDhy ssemsd to ,impr9vs He killed MS
drew away from lis rival WORK Changed his his
run on his ,seventy-irst bird. but it did not
sisssd his sew snty. fourth seventy" eishth.
sisety-frst eighty:seeopd. eiglity-tnird.
bffds. In the mean tims Murphy ph had Killed
twelve and nineteen straight.
A l2:3o O'clock the men finished their first
hundfed birds. the score standing. Murphy.
%: Work, 73. Barring accidents. Murphy ut
this time looked Ike q sure winner. Work did
Tar the better work on his second hundred. and
bold Murphy's lead down. but could not pass
him.
Among tho we'll known club men present
were: Clarence Dolan. Oakleigh L. Thorne, f.
Webster. E. Berry Wall. W. +. Thompson f. S
@atttmsr George De Forest Grant. Alexander
Horton. j. F. Ticknor. G. C.. Delmonico D. C.
Johnson Walker Smith. Jimmy Rove and II.
!. Roberts. the English crack. The following
Is q summary Of the shooting:
EDGAR G. MURPHY.