The sun., 1894-05-05
HOEY HEADS THE LIST.
THE HOLLYWOOD MAN BEAgs A FIELD
or CRACK HINv sHOTS.

|
ton eun Ciub's ChnIIenEe Pate and
Money Prisss-Hosy and Moore OF the
Csrtsret Cue CIus Miss Three Rird. In
FInr. bot the we.t-in.ier Ksnnsi CIub's
| Representative win- iu the shoot-oG
PHILADELPHIA. NAV 4.-The big shoot for the
Riverton Gun Club Challenge Plate took place
on the clubs grounds at Riverton. n. j.. to-
day. and after a hard struggle Fred Hoey Of
tho Carteret Gun Club Of New York carried OF
the coveted prize. The shoot was open to the
members Of many prominent gun clubs and
nearly all the best known amateur shots we're
| among the 81 entries The conditions called
for 80 birds each man % to he shot at with
| 30 yards as the boundary. and 20 with the
| boundary at 80 yards. This necessitated divld-
ing the shooters into two squads. and the
shooting was In progress on both Of the club
shooting spaces at the same time
| The weather was decidedly in favor Of the
shooters. and they did wonderful work. Moore
| pushed lfoey hard for first place and was only
| beaten out after an exciting shoot OF ea ch
having killed a birds In the big match. They
divided the STil5 first and second prizes. by
m utual agreement Davis. Wolstencroit, Dr.
| Wynn. and Post sh ot splendidly and were only
| bird behind the leaders at the finish. They
shot OF the tie for third and fourth prizea
amounting to S181. Wolstencroft and Post d.
vidinR Lewis Flanagan and f d. Shovel were
the referees. The betting was quite lively
during the match. Hoey. Work. Davis. and
Manchester being the favorites.
| Although many OF the shooters were on the
| ground early in the morning. the majority ar
rived on the train leaving Camden at 10:4o
o'clock. start was soon made for the shoot
| ing grounds. Little time was lost in prelim-
inarles and soon the guns were cracking in the
most businesslike fashion. At the 50-yard
boundary Dr. Wynn. the veteran Of the
Carteret Gun Club. faced. the traps
FIRST followed by Ogden. Pack. ELL
son. Manchester. Kingsbury. Welch.
Moore. Leonard. Davis. and Williams.
Kingsbury and Davis lost their first birds. but
the latter settled down at once and gave the
prettiest exhibition OF sixth OF the entire race.
He finished his 25 without the sem blance OF
another miss. and after going to the other
| ground continued the good work, grassinG in
oil 30 straight. At the start Welch and Leon
| ard gave promise OF doing great work. but
they missel at lS and rs respectively, and
were never prominent afterward. Moore shot
steadily and Rrsssed % out OF the first 25
| nicely.
| l.. I. Davenport was tho first shooter to face
| the traps on the river grounds where the
| thirty-yard boundary part Of the match was
| contested. He got an easy one to start with.
and seemed well pleased as he made way for
the Hollywood crack. Fred Hoey. The latter
| grassed q blue driver with the second barrel.
and an instant later George Work did the same
| for u speckled pigeon from the centre trap.
t. stop hard txister Edgar Murphy LiiioI.
SsPt5eS ,, dg6 nd Dando
and dsspsteh;; MoAlpin and Frishmuth made
their third bird o. the second round to sail
away Murphy fell down again. with CAPT.
6s tSnh sSs and w1s ras P
from tho traps. Hoey and Work particularly
Several sew That reaUTsd shtnus worH TO Srns
| down, but he went right along and piled up
Work failed to connect with his twelfth bird.
and and ieft Hoey With the only clean score, ex:
his birds With great speed. ,McAipin. Dsven:
they Kept psreing away steadily until until the the
sIgfnteenih ft hira d Was reached re-, when Wostsn-
Il With Sns on ..ss Sr
P".t was getting decidedly the worst birds.
the .eircumstances. Edgar MaIEhy admitted
that be could n9t shoot little BIT. and at
were due, to hard luck the birds dying Just
lioey, kept IN lis, rapid gait. and he was
greeted with round Of spplsuse as he sent
GSSndaTs 9%n s"S Ss5! %ol.
s'sSpcroi, SrH & Post MeAinln and Erishmuth m H.,
weS anG Ss
more or less speed, and each man, Withdrew
when seven misses we're chalked pp. that
~ ' Seemed to suit Moore % exactly. and
he kept GegGpYG e.; away nn,il the crowd
ana such he nearly proved to be- Davis was
at one e tine .tn bird ahead Of all Hosy having
yard ground and gettlng into a tie with VOL
stener1ft., who kept up his good shoot
iRFTse birds cios% tSsetHer and s Saving g is HosY
m bo q sns
also. Wolstencroit missed his forty sixth and
Sft HHsy Il .d o2 say
and first and second money. DR.. Wynn had
killed steadily toward the end. and finished
Davis. The score;
Dr. WYNN csRTERET GUN cLuB-2s YARDS.
- .@l!s!9IIEI22a 2aoi@lai2sislI-sss "
223 i222Iai i2sOII2i2Ioai2-as
Grand total. ....,... .,..................4
". h. odDEN. ELK RIDGE FOX HUNTING cLUB-27
IAl;DS RISE.
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". NJ. PACK. TrvERToN GUN cLUB-2S YARDS RISE
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thirty yards rise. ht;y wards boundary
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Grand rots! .......... ....-.......... ......4s 7
". KINosBuEY. EIk RIDGE rox HUNTING CLUB
- YARDS EIsE.
~ YER Il boundary
uOiII-O 2222OlOTd-lo 7
n A. WEIGH. EIyERToN GUN CLUB-3O YARDS
Mss.
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Grand io'Al .....t... 81
FRED MOORE. CARTERET GUN CLUB-29 YARDS