New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-20
CRACK MARKSMEN TRY THEIR SKILL.


SHOOT OF THE MIDWAY GUN CLUB AT MArA-
WAN. y. IA TIE OF Of BIRDS
South Amboy. y. j.. July 19-Thc shoe. of the
Midway Gun Cub. AZ Matawan. y. j.. brought
together large gathering from Philadelphia. Ba.ti-
more Boston, New-York and other cities. Among
the more prominent professional shooters, besides
Brewer, the worlds champion live-bird shot.
Morley. OF the Newark and New-Utrecht Gun
clubs. who the American champion handicap
shoot at Dexter Park, y. Y. last year; Major Fred
erck Quinby, Frederick Van Dyke OF the Winchester
Arms Company. New-York. and f. NJ. Cooper. OF Eel
Bank, y. j.. champion Of the State OF New-Jersey.
The days sport opened with a sweepstakes OF
four birds each. Van Dyke and Williams killed.
three and Cooper and Van De Veer four birds each.
They divided the purse.
The second contest was sweepstakes at thirty
yard rise. miss and out. This had five entries
Van Dyke Williams. Van De Veer Cooper and
Van Brooke. The purse divided by Cooper and
Van Brocke. who tied.
The third contest was the same as the second with
seven entries-Frank Hyers. Van Brooke. Van De
NeeT, Major Quinby. F. NJ Cooper. Charles Heddon.
of Jersey City. and Van Dyke. The money
divided by Flyers Van Brooke and Quinby, who
each tied for first
The fourth shoot four-biri sweepstakes. s2j
entry, two prizes This had six entries and had
three ties each for first and second money, Van
De Yeer, Hyers and Heddon king !our. while
Quinby. Van Dyke and Cooper Killed three birds
each.
The fifth shoot was a m!ss-and-Ou; swtepstake.
thirty yards rise. with fifyyard dead-.int Unit
This had seven competitors and was won by
Morley. Of Paterson. who killed ten birds sirA!Ght
Cuinby and Cooper tying for second money WIN
nine birds each, while Uncle Char.ey lleddoh
dropped out the eighth
The sixth contest, for 500 side, was between
Jack Brewer. of the Phadelphia Gun Club, ana
James Van Brockle. of the Midway Gun club
Champion Brewer, who has shot both IN thls
country and throughout Europe, had good com
petitor in Van Brockle. The rise was as follows
Brewer 20 yards: Van Brockle e yards. 100 birds
killing his first bird. and followed by Van
Brockle each shooting alternately throughout the
match. In the first twenty-five birds Brewer
missed the third. fourth ninth, twelfth and thir-
teenth shots. Van Brockle missed the sixth
seventh and twentieth birds. The score stood
Brewer killed 20 lost ); Van Brockle. Killed =
lost g. AT the end of fifty birds the score stood
Brewer AZ: Van Brockle. -. From this ont the
match exciting. and al the seventy -hith round
the score stood: Brewer. Co. Van Brockle ~
Brewer had gained in this last twenty-five
missing the second bird. while Van Brockle missed
The second and eighteenth birds on the next
twenty-five birds Brewer made "A clean score OF
twenty five. having killed forty straight
since ne had lost bird which was the nfty-
second Van Brooke In the last twenty-five birds
missed two. This made II tie score or u each
killed.
The last match a sweepstakes with eight
entries and proved tie between Morley and the
American handicap Champion r. NJ cooper OK
Red Bank. y. J. Brewer will shoot "A score match
al Paterson tomorrow. he having made bet OF
500 that he score 81 Killed in n 'D-yard limit