The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-02-15
WORKS TRIUMPH.
BE BEATS &c u. FUEFoRD. THE CHAM
ZION WING SHOT, BY ONE BIRD.
Each Man Backs Himself fsr esso, At Ore
Huudred Btrds, Thirty Wards btse e.d
Finy Yards Boundsry-A brilliant I'm
eh-TkA-.sn- 80 ruprnrA IN khO0f.

ss.eEN HhtEuE III
Pity Yards Boundsry-A nriiiisnt FIN
f~sh-Ths,pson ana fsiford TO Shoot.
Orc Of the most closely contested pigeon
shooting matches evsf seen in this vicinity
took place yesterday at tho Larchmont Yacht
Clubs grounds at Lorchmont. The principals
were George Work. the woll-known amateur
wing shot and yachtsmnn. and I. u. Fulford.
Americas professional champion. To the sur
prise OF every one present the professional
was beaten By q score Of 81 to 81 In o lOo-bird
match.
Tn contest was the FIRST OF q series OF three
matches arranged by tho Shooting
OF tho Larchmont Yacht Club. to test the skill
OF come Of It's members against the best pro-
fessional wing shots in the world. Ever since
fulford defeated Capt. John Brewer In n series
OF matches by making the unprecedented
scores OF IN aud 100 birds killed out OF a DOS
sible 100. no one could he found to tackle Fu'-
ford EXCEPT Jim Elliott Of Kansas CITY. whom
he easily defeated. Since then Fultord had TO
content himself with giving exhibitions.
For some tin 1t has been q favorite theme
OF discussion nm ong club men as to whether
some OF tho cruck amateur wing shots wouid
not stand q chance against Fnlford. OWING
however. to the natural objection OF an anna
tour competing In . contest OF the Iihd' noth-
ing came OF the matter until n few weeks ago
when the Larchmont Yacht Club succeeded In
obtaining the consent Of George Work and L.
=. THOMPSON to shoot against Fulford. me
latter was willing to make the match. but SUD
ulatsd tina the conditions should be as fol-
" Thirty yards rise. twolve-gauge guns.
boundary not smaller thnn nifty yynrd.. ana one
and a Quarter ounces OF shot. Inc eohuit'ohs
The. II o'clock train yesterday from the
Grand Central Depot took down o numLer OF
were such weil-kuoWn eXperts "a Edgar Il.
Murphy. Freh Hoey. Capt. 4: W.; Money., II :.
ter sspM,i i4 RI hSl9 q. ": .b niGsFs !; i n. %ss% p %s,:
Morris. u +. N T. lqdeYT. I bano Ward ard Miss hss
Little time was lost In arranging prellmina-
.tuass Hnn Leneersss was chosen S%referee. The
conditions Of he match were ANNOUNCED t. he
Us gsr fH,'o lisc. nv Ens y Gnnsrs sou slTas es iSr s !sij' y
FulforI won tie toss and sent Work to tho
looking. snuff- colorsd business suit. seemed
nery1ns as he ,aissd his gun Tor the hr Ii. tihms;
bird. a lively right auarterer. ful'ord looked
us though he meant, business when no anne
to the s sc%rs; n dressed a i n ID, dark t tro S;%iss ne nieH d4ss
t Hirs ' wss s ?ESr to 's $50 ' ~ Pf;ul fns sf faaos: Later
! e 50 sSS' 81" sI, i was ? STU i ss' sSc or y VEN
h. Wo5k = Rf a. .l Isnu'l' .,,. kin Il with +. his h, seG S,rd
dropnsd ,dead out ei bounds. This d!d rot
beautiful Kills Of. the twelfth and sixteenth
birds. the first a fast right.Gnarterlng driver.
ind ssH f ie fie mean u lnTi iins. had li'f be ssardie eise
some very pretty shooting. Gnt his 1irds
i e. a r st!sls Tsr' hc easy slipp Ati'r up KILLING ns
Ing risit ausrtsrs!: pe then aroused
a 'iiasl ,r aei = II H. t foIIoxe ais ss sis@ nr' y .Rl iir%;
his nineteenth bird. but it dropred dead out Of
sss u ,i hs a Mors clean m1.t %iss I'D s s.xe 1Wsnt1,
right Iuarterer. which made the score at the
5! Eli IL ii fsuIissorrdds'ss iavor. 'NO' s'aD0
Each lost their, twcnty.ninth bird. Fu!tcrd
t tSs4 had e l, snG tsFa l9fHi ~ ,i Tss'S s1o Of p his
dead out Of bounds. This made the score q
t ssn iH1 t hen Grs W tins: 1 ;ar1 EaI{STda t Si2d' the ! lem: sv
fast. straight driver. dr9ppsd dead beyond the
responded By missing his forthwith. and q
F ft,nia1' fG., Fl. Il it a'1 H. hr tiTa h in jus, tbs rs
WINS q tie. each man having Killed iorty.three.
bird. t a fast st-is left SuartsrlHnc driver ;" and followed
it. it W Y. Nth a f'Ghhttin ila XII H si In, III he second aTxt barrel
en rti,T bra. q last rishit driver. but no harm re-
suited. as Fuiiord slipped up on his seventeen
bird. an easy left quRrterer. and . second later
lost his srventy-second bird through it's drop
mind dead out OF bounds. Work missed his
srventy-eighth bird. but he more than maIe
w. for 1t by bringing down his eighty first bird
in brilliant STYLE.
Fuliord seemed to weaken toward the end.
as he missed his. seventy.eiGhth. eightieth.
and ninety-third birds. neither 81 which were
any too hard He made q pretty Kill OF his
ninetieth bird with the second barrel. Tho
missing OF the ninetv-third bird lost Fulford
the match. a. Work. wound up his string in
~faultless style by killing his last thirteen birds
straight.
warmly congratulated by his friends. although
quite u number OF them were out Of pocket
through the unexpected result. The winner
Is ono Of tho best-known club men in New
York. He Ia u member OF the New York. Larch-
mont. and SeawanhakA CorinthiGn Yacht clubs.
the Rockaway and Meadow Brook Hunt. md
the Racquet Club. He has shot quito a num-
Der Of matches. and has q record OF 8 out Of
100 birds. His only defeats OF any account
were at the hands of Edgar q. Murphy. who
recently defeated him In = 20O-bird match.
and Thomas &. bands. who outshot him on
the Riverton Gun Club grounds. The sum
mary OF the shoot yesterday is as follows:
GEORGE WORK.
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