New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-09
A CLOSE CONTEST At PIGEON SHOOTING
THE EIvERToH TEAM fEoM PHILADELPHIA
AGAIN DEFEAT THE %Ew-rTRE'iT 'LfR
ut WOODLANDS.

Tho return match at 1--we birds between marks
men Of The Kiy"r',n Gun CUB - Pnlrl 'rhir.
and OF the NcH-Iirecht Gun cluh. 90 Brook %,
tool. mace at Woollv.n l.. D.. yrster lay. an ~hs
witnessed los an unusually large gathering ~ vol
known sportsmen. the clutcs; Was CLOS" ani
interesting The match vas ~or hy IN" '.-ii-
.ns team by the narrow margin o' three b.rIs
IN. ..,or,. stool RisertDn III. Ncw-I tree h'. 49,
The result Wa a great disappointment - the
Rr,3klyn cub Having Jos the nr-t inaich AZ
Rlv,rton oa F"piI4Ir hf 4 small sc'Tr. th'F
hoped % retrieve themselves yesterday. AMI - have
another chance t. win the trophy for which the
matches were contested Tn" prize. bronze
Asur. II an archer ya.I.l AZ 500 Will alo.n the
handsome hou~.. Of th~ KNcrtoa Gun club. on the
banks Of ~" Delaware River.
While the brooklyn team lost y'-sierl lays match.
II must MT be Inferred that they shot poorly. ~
they az well - TIE visitors. did remarkably
w.ll The pigeons were almost all bluerocks. and
sirong and lively flyers. The woods back Of the
grounds offered a welcome refuge for them. and
wacn the traps w,rc sprung they waStel no time
In starting Tor the trees last wings would
taxi them. There only few in-comrrs. the
ma jorty ~ the birds being drivers or quartercrs.
The match was shot under the Nottingham rules,
with the exception ~ In" boundary Of NIFTY yards.
Ia the former match Zach club entered seventeen
men. bat yesterday there were fourteen on each
team. The RICE WAS twent, eight and thirty yariF'
according To- the caIbrr OF ia" gun used ly the
naTksmau, ana the NiuH rap was uH"H on th'S'
grounds for the FIRST tine. tn" brooklyn men
Thought that the now and strange traps ana the alb
scnc. o Of their b"st shots had much T. ito
with their d"f"a'. on tho other hand. III" II'"rton
club also lacking some % IT'S best mci'. AMONG
them N.Ssrs. Manchester and DOlan. The latter
was recently slightly injured In o runaway acct
dent. and Manchester Is away IN the country pre-
payug for his hig 3,.Wp match with GcOrS" orr,
at KNcrtOn, next Ihuisthl. -
The men Yesterday shot In squads. there being
four each in the FIRST squad and five In til" two fol
lowing Al me end Of the first squads SHOOTING the
I,rookly., men two birds ahead. ana Their
stock rose in 4 corresponding degree. ltut at IN"
finish Of IN. SECOND squad the Riverton men were
leading by -four. All then drI"nd"d ON BfooHiyH
seemed as II they would snatch victory from defeat
Il couple Of their men went I" pieces ana the
chances we're lost. A.,
The only clean score Of the day WAS made by j.
If Davis OF the IiivertOn club while the BEST
shooting Of The New Utrecht men was don" Wy j.
= Davenport who lost only one bird. hard left-
qunrternS driver J., :, r,..,,,..,
and tho New trechts hy ". +. Sykes The ref
cree was John : Hocv Of Hollywood. The River
ton team was MAD. w as iniOmS' ciiin,"p,n' '
J. r. Albcreer j. Il. Ridge =: -. Shpwr', ,.tim-
hard f. FInlctter, j. &. ". Frlsinuth. j. H. DaNls.
" Pack i. II. Jones and ID. > Thomas. me iol-
lowing constituted the New Utrecht tcaIn: Dr.
Wvnn \ r. Money. g. Ferguson. G. t. Morris
NJ Meyers, q. r. Grief 9. W touston, y, w
Money q; W C'ropsey. l.. T. Davenport g. iIate.
Among those who came from all parts to witness
I'M. shoot were j.. Flanagan, 6 fIailniShh anu II,
NJ Gunther. Of Phladeiphia H. j. Nth iyV" S, anu
Judge COwenhOvcn. Of Brookyh; ~ i-nuS w , ~,
mines Of New-Jersey: Major Berler. OF Fort liam
ilton; j. C. De Frame and J.; " X flhots' o. MIL
sag CITY: G. Robinson Wilmot TOWNSEND, James
Nan Ieit r. Banklcy. Jacob Pentz j. r.. Lax. g.
SvkrS r IL Morfcv. X. O. Downing: -. {.
Rennet George Pool, T.. >. fooi ana sergeant
Murphy.