Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-06
AN INTERNATIONAL SHOOT.
PLANS FOR MEETING OF CRACK
SHOTS or AMERICA AND EUROPE.
Fred iiocy, who Is Now ut the i,ie Monte
carlo shoot, Has Charge of the Ne
gotiations for the Match
sporting News.

Fred Iocy, one Of Americas crack shots
Is now al Monte Carlo. ana Is expected to
do some great work. George Work and
Lewis Thompson. who rank with Hocy as
experts are expected to sail from the
United States the latter part OF this month
TO take part IN the tournament at Cannes
which follows this shoot. iiocy. having
been there long enough 40 become partial
ly aCslmatcd and acquainted with the
wind ana weather conditions, It, ls expected
VIII make nue showing. Hoey has rec
ord of ~ out OF a possible 100 pigeons.
Thompson has brought DOWN %. and Work
In shooting with Brewer recently, stopped
~ IN the same number Hoey succeeded
the other day In carrying OFT one OF the
prizes. 4,2N francs prize money, with Har-
rison ana Eiva, the cleyercst pigeon shoot
ers in Europe.
The International contests at Monte carlo
are watched with interest by all the crack
shots in America and 1t ls safe to say that
every one OF them has an ambition to be-
come gkilful enough some udy to warrant
participation Ia the Monte carlo shoot
fhc crack shots OF E.irope are all there
now, ana American shooting skin will be
plt;ed against the best mat the uli Word
can produce. The pigeon shoot AT Monte
carlo Is one of the grvaI sporting incidents
OF the year IN Europe.
It is imders TODD that the visits of Mcssrs
HOcy, thompson ana Work to Europe viii
have an important bearing on the propus ed
international pigeon Shoot between EN-
gland and America. in lSN in thu latter
country, the iirst news OF which was fur
nished 10y j. Seayer Page, who, In spite
OF his business cares. finds time TO engage
IA pigeon shooting, at which he is an adept.
Mr. Hoey VIII be the bearer Of an invita-
tlon ON the l.trt Of the American clubs TO
entertain EurIpenu shots and take charge
of the proposes International match ON the
American Side of the water.
The prospect for an International shoot
Is promising. In the fan of 1895 no doubt,
some OF the hes:t wing shots of England
and perhaps FranSc Will come to Amcri-
ca. The shooting season in Europe occurs
IN the spring ana summer, and the Ameri-
cans nearly all OF 1t. during the fail and
winter.
when the international match begins in
the United states ii is probable that each
shooter VIII shoot at iifCy or 100 birds.
which Is considered the best test of marks
manship. But, Of course. tho number of
birds to be shot at will depend largely on
the number of visitors to take part, as
about 500 birds a day are all that can be
shot at without hurryinc.
Immediately after the close Of the season
at Monte Carlo the crack wing shots jour
ney TO Cannes where there Is q short sup
Elementary season Of trap shooting. The
main events there are the PriN de Monte
Carlo and the Grand Prix De Cannes. The
Americans expect to iig.ire In all these
been TO Monte Carlo say they Will he cor-
tain to capture first prize in some of them.
1t is also very probable that the Ameri-
cans will do some match shooting in En-
gland. rs the trip is to be an extended