Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-05-16


! CAPTAIN JOHN BREWER. J. A. r. ELLIOTT.
in Long Hill, Conn, 32 years ago, and has
! handled a gun ever since he was strong
| enough 90 get one 20 his shoulder. Three
| years ago he was unknown among trap
shots lie began in "A modest way by de-
| feating c. N. lledden OF Newark, n. j..
| Frank Class, the famous champion Of New
! Jersey, was his second victim, and then he
struck ont for higher game and challenged
! Captain John l.. Brewer, who claimed 20
| bee worlds champion. On Nov. L. 1891 the
men shot the first OF three matches, each at
| 100 live pigeons, 80 yards rise, for goo a
| side. The contest was the most remarka-
| bic oi the kind on record. Fulford killed
| 100 birds straight and Brewer 90, his one
hundredth bird falling dead just over the
50 yards boundary
This phenomenal feat crowned Fulford
| king OF pigeO. HUts and his record OF 100
straight kills D. still the top notch among
| the pigeon shooters Of the world. In the
second match the score was almost as re-
| marEable, Fulford killing 20 10 Brewers
9S The cracks each killed 90 I'm the third
match. Fulford broke his favorite gun,
and in the shoOton Brewer won the match
by Killing % birds straight 20 Fulford's "a
Brewer still believed that he was the bet
ter man and proposed a match at $50 birds
each, 30 yard, rise, 50 yards boundary, Hur-
lingham rules, for $1,000 side and the
Championship Of America, believing that
such long match would be more of
strain than FuIford could stand. This great
contest was decided 40 Woodawn park,
Long Island, Dec T., and Fulford again
won, killing 223 out Of $50 birds and estab-
fishing new worlds record for the mum.
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great record boy killing PIG Of the $50 pigeons
that rose before his deadly gun.
On Jan, l, lsy2 Brewer and Fulford met
for the Lfth Tine at Harrisburg, and Full
ford scored h' fourth victory by killing 80
birds 10 Brewers o. Fulford then an
nounced his retirement from the arena, but
met G. ". Budd at Chicago March and
In two matches for 800 each and was so
badly out Of form that Budd defeated him
In both matches. In the first the score was:
Budd, 93; FulfOrd, 81. The second match
Fulford abandoned I'm disgust after he had
succeeded in killing only - out OF 50 birds.
Owing 10 the opportunities Of j. A. X.
Elliott, the veteran wing shot of Kansas
City, Fulford and Elliott met in five
matches Of 100 birds each in December, 1892,
for S2,4O0 In stakes. Fulford easily won
four Of the five matches, killing SO, 90, 90,
o6 and 90 birds. In two of the matches FL
liott killed 03, and his poorest score was IS.
In February, 1893, George Work, the New
York clubman, caused flutter in shooting
circles by defeating Fulford by a score of 50
10 SO birds a few days later, however,
Fulford demonstrated that the victory was
"fluke" by defeating Work in a second
match 10y score OF 50 TO ST. Work is a
member Of the Larchmont Yacht clubs fa-
nous gun club, and two Of his eliminates,
J.. 5. Thompson and Walker Breeze Smith,
later shared the same fate at Fulford's
hands.
Fulford excepted, Captain Brewer Of New
York is probably the greatest wing shot in
America. He has beaten some OF the best
men in the world, including Elliott, whom
he worsted in three matches In March, 1891.
In the second Brewer killed 90 birds, and
the hundredth fell dead out of bounds. He
has performed this remarkable feat several
times, and I'll luck alone prevents him from
having as good "A record as Fulford. Among
the men who have beaten Brewer are CIV.