The evening world., 1894-04-06
MORLEY IS
CHAMPION,
PaterSOn'S Candidate Wins
the Great American
Handicap.
KILLED ALL OF HIS Birds.
Capt. Money, Of Oakland, N. j..
Did Likewise, but Lost
on the Shoot-Of."
EIGHT TIED FOR THIRD PLACE.
Fulfsrd the Only One Of the Big
Fellows Close Up at the
Finish.

DEXTER PARK. L. l., April 1.-The
grassy slope on which the traps were
sprung at the big shoot yesterday had
the appearance this morning of having
been struck by a miniature blizzard.
The shot had played havoc with the
feathered Quarterers n tow erers, and
the earth was covered with the soft
down..
An amusing feature Of the shoot has
been the antics Of the pirates outside Of
the grounds. Probably a score or moro
of men and boys lie in wait for the pig
cons that are missed. As soon AZ a bird
%iutters over the fence q fusillade Of shot
Is poured into 1t. In some instances the
poor bird 10 blown into q mass OF
feathers.
The weather to-day Is IDEAL for trap
shooting. The sun was obscured by
clouds and q sharp wind blew from the
west. There will only be forty-two men
to face the traps in the thirteenth round.
eleven having dropped Yesterday.
sumL Epson ree 'T spicer Hm cisss' G Coop rs.
Mascroft. Edgerton. jr.. Elliott. Miller.
Brewer n WINS met in a match at
twenty-eight yards.
The contest narrowed down to Elliott.
each and divided the money. Capt.
Brewer missed on his ninth bird, o
swift driver. The bird dropped lead out
The handicap shoot was called prompt
~ at II o'clock. no one went out on the
r,'ssei ire on his second barrel. 'p and,
though given another chance, he was 81
ratified that Ie could not bring DIVA his
Ltrd
Morley got a fast driver that lowered
as 1t left the trap. and he brought II
down in brilliant style amid loud APP
plause.
came very near going out for good. His
Sopndsry Gp line. us spicef; Thompson and
each fnfef having Men missed aat G thr tae BIRDS sedsno ROUND
In the third round Phister. Upson, Nc
Whorter, Noel Money Miller and "Besse-
mern DROPPED from the ranks. At the
to-day, only Morley, Capt. Money,
Moore, Drake and Won Leugerke had
At the end Of the twenty-ffth round
the contest had narrowed down to Capt.
Money apd r. W. Morley. They sent
clean scores To the finish. each shooting
twSnty-aTs birds and tying for first
birds more TO decide the tie.
j. F. klein'E, W, j. Simpson =; L
+, F, Moore, a. il. King and +, Wal.
tiers each made a score OF "a. They are
tied for 81 money. They may agree to d.
viie the money, but even II they do
they Will have to shoot of the tie to
decide who IL the best man.
Those who killed t~wenty.three birds
each were George Work. F. Glass, J..
W. Hoffman, J.. A. r. Elliott. A. WINS
and T.. l.. Post.
j. o Lengerke withdrew in the
t~wenty-third round, with a score OF 22.,
G. Smith made a score OF 22; j. o. II.
Denny withdrew in the twenty-third
round with a score of II. and w.
y. Drake withdrew in the twenty-second
with 10. r. W. Cooper had the same
score when he withdrew in the twenty
first round. w. Wolshencroft and N.
Apgar had Is each when they went out
in the twenty-first round. ]. ID. Arnold
retired in the twenty-second round, with
n score OF 10, and II. w. Stewart, with
10, was out In the eighteenth round. ,
w. A. Thompson, w. Splcer n F. T.
Edgerton went out in the fourteenth
round.
II. Phiston, d. A. Epson, +. H. Nc
Whorter. y. f. Money, e. d: Miller and
'Bessemer" went out in the fifteenth
round.
]. l.. Bremer retired in the seven
teenth. o. II. Dickey in the eighteenth.
j. Macbeth in the twenty-1rst. Il. e.
| Meyer in the twentieth and 7. Peacock
in the sixteenth round. A. whitley and
q. Littleleld were absent to-day.
Morley won in the shoot-on with Capt.
Money.