The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-30
SPLENDID SHOOTING, THIS.
a PBESoMEN1L PIGEON klTcB ar
BABrLON YksTERDtE.


Eau OF s7-Evsry Mas shst Wen. srs
All the IrdivIs-si scores Were over se-
Rats. sno~, $50 = Poor Light Ace 60 the
Merit OF the Ferfor-asee-Ths scores.
The return match at 100 live birds each be-
tween Fred Hosy OF Hollywood and l. 4.
Thompson OF Brookdals on one side and
George Work Of New York and Charles Mac
slester Of Philadelphia on the other decided
at the grounds OF the Westminster Kennel
Club. Babylon. yesterday afternoon. was SEN
tstionai. the former team repeating their
triumph at Bergen Point and winning by .
score OF 100 to 1877. The vanauished m en- shot
. strong race. strong enough. In fact. to win
ninsteen out OF twenty matches. Manchester
killing - and Work p3 out Of 100. but Hoey
was in phenomenal form. ~ birds going down
before the raklnR ere OF his Purdy. Thomp-
sons run OF Dl birds at the Cartaret
grounds, when the boundary was twenty-one
yards and the wind blowing q gale. had caused
many to believe that he would be high man
yesterday. but his companion was simply In
vincible. and he had to be content with tying
George Works score OF %. Hoey not only
broke the amateur record for kills in 100 birds
shot at, but ran 81 straight. Macalsster's high
run was Al. Works -. and Thompson's 30.
There were not many passengers on the
srecial train which drew out Of the Long Island
DEPOT at 9:45 o'clock, but every man there was
q sim n-pure sportsman. who loves the crack
OF a gun and the dazzling flight Of . strong
bird on the wing. Messrs. Work and Macal-
ester passed the night at the Westminsters
cosey club house. and they were enjoying big
IRE In the gun room when the others arrived.
Outside 1t was raining In n slow. methodical
fashion. as though Jupiter pluvius had taken
tho lob ,, the , day. but within s all wa. warm
shimn.v wb", ,hs st,snda,ts ,hrsw ,r.s
ias into ,b ." yavn %D Srsn"c ' Isw 4, ,sa
residents OF tn, surrounding country droys
over to see the srort. and promptly at HIS
the men were called to the score By Referee
john !. Hoey.
The order of shooting was the same as in
the previous match between the quartet. and
I" Hosy passed to the score he Was ,ollIed
good naturcdly By Work. The young cham pion
yesterdays performance surely entities him
TO that Distinction killed the fret bird out
OF me traps IN neat fashion ana George work.
80. .na 80. En-, -. h,r, -. .mS
"n Ts $50 US. ""ns nun "ouei w ~ ,ne
watrous. centred blue driver splepdidly. md
as Maeales,er laid his incomer low. the match
began 10 ost au.peioasly Hoey killed ai his .se,
ond prettily. hut Work was not so fortunate. a
blue devil tina. chartered to the RIGHT seeming
nsa atssr shooter @ ss ,roHfs
bird. rejoicing In his freedom. hovsred about
his .oon " ''' 'A' '''0'' 'A'''HN AWAY ''f
The light was bad. the air being dark and |
coiored Il was no easy matter 10 Mold on
them. Hoey made q superb stop with the sec.
S.r re, IN his h bird .
He was bun and white toworer. and as the
first barrel was nrsd he took nm extra twist
ba rk al An rrily A second time INF 70 no avail
and the scores were even. II was only mo.
Ineomsg ai9Soush hard sit hsd an h it,ci. an
Strength to TOP the ganhouse and die aut of
bG prom ,0., finn, to,r,rs uo.v a., Thew.
son never lost tho lead althou Oh the margin
vas vas small and W nSi, and MaGalestsr had
aTlstas Ma e"sssrs " .sSss ssp Ss MN Kin h.s
bowed over hi: ninth a. nasty Iert SuSrterins
Ie sFsst T mste rer ss ssl
Edward Kelly. and the other sDeotstors echoed
Va. TABLE continent Of the owner Of the Madison
Works twelfth bird was curveting incom.r
hal; clean missed with ne irst barrel. was
,.d saa f G,t inside I'D
nisoms sai me gun rsfSssa to sn:wsr TIE
Wien the pigeon was onlS trenty pssh snn.
TSS me score Is blown to pieces with
lave been ali day with Thomnson "a n was
,srsed beiops tho m stch that misarjna .houH
.ount mo bird." TSis was 10 nparanf rsnai
ition Of The incident al Cartapsf Shan Er"J
hoey's gun refused to WORK But Waltz VA.
,ous wore n brand. nav n. III intosh md n. |
,,epped birh proeIaiming 10 tbs wnrid thas
,e was mascot' Work's sixtesntb iii S vas
mag nihcent. black driver got ont Of The fran
nst rom tha lsash and "a On tor TIA WIZ
county bent mon SAVING M hocon S.Inss
II lea zen pellets ant short his snIendid rusS
,oWeyer and he was In the inws ri tha "a
riever in less time than It taxes To rrits Il,
IN lester,Iost n Left auartering driysT wSan
Ne went 10 the score for the sIxtsentb linz
md this mt Uoay and Thomnson TWO In ~. |
ead Work dronped hia twantieth ana Msc |
Il ster misssd his twenty. frst kttSa .nd
he frst rs for each man. Hoey and TRompsoa
lad 20 dead Co their credit. OF which the latter
laaS ''''' wv ""'' 'Ao'i opponan's hau 10
Work waited n triha too long mariana nm bi.
vantiath bird an ineomar liz hi hin tanr s
ng away some OF the feathers on the nset
mi leaving anouSh xltalitT 70 IMAM. his hsSnns,
II to shoot at on some other occasion Work
vas puzzlad oysr tina loas of tbis Lird a. haa
,as snrn ha held ON him Iust Iight snd ~
stonishsd WHEN he did moi coma Hnwn
This xonn1 man had dSawn bis
ard bros and for the bsnsdt Of thoss