The San Francisco call., 1896-03-27
One Hundred and Four Gunners
Participate in the Slaughter
Of the Birds.
BIGGEST CONTEST ON RECORD.
In Many Instances Scores Are Tied
and Some Rich Stakes Are
Divided.

LONG BRANCH. N. j., March 26.-The
grand American handicap shoot was con-
cluded to-day at Elkwood Park. The
moneys were divided, but the siue ribbon
honors of the wing shooters for 1896 be-
long to O. R. DicKey of Boston, who took
first place in the shoot-off as well as the
silver cup. value $500. presented by the
Messrs. Phil Dalv Sr. and Jr. to the win
ners of the great event.
The entries umbered 100. Five men
withdrew. leaving field of 1O4, which ex-
ceeded by two the largest number of con-
testants that ever took part in the grand
prix at Monte Carlo, the premier event of
European pigeon shooting.
When the two rounds were all shot at 2
o'clock this afternoon eight men had
killed twenty flour birds and thirteen had
accounted for twenty-three. The purse of
$1,000 with the extra entrance fees amount
ing to $1710, was divided as follows: The
first eight highest guns to divide the $1,000
purse and Sc per cent of the extra money !;
the remaining thirteen high guns to
divide A per cent or the balance of the ex-
ira money. The ties for places for the
DAILY cup were to be shot off, miss and out.
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as their share and the next thirteen men
took $57 81 apiece. The shooting of the
ties resulted as stated, in the champion
ship won by Dickey. with Sim Glover of
Rochester, who was on the thirty-yard
mark second, and G. w. Coulston of
Brooklyn (2S yards) third.
The weather to-day was almost perfect.
and those who faced the traps for the Sec
ond round had nothing to complain of.
" hen darkness ompelled an adjournment
last evening eleven of the competitors had
clean scores to their credit. They had not
been very long at the traps, however, be-
fore the top-notchers began to climb down,
and the gallant eleven dwindled with
startling rapidity until only three re-
mained with clean scores to their credit at
the close of the nineteenth. The fortunate
ones were Heikes. Carl Won Longerke and
B. W. Claridge. A fast and low left quarter
fell dead out of bounds in the twentieth
and relegated Heikes to the second divis-
ion. and low-fying incomer disposed of
Won Longerke in the same round. Claridge
failed to get on terms with his twenty-frst,
and the straight scores were over.
The two leading divisions then shot off
their ties, miss and out. Dickey grassed
six straight and took first place and the
cup. Glover missed his sixth, as did Carl
ston. but in shooting off the tie for second
place Glover won. Heikes lost his fifth
and took fourth place. Fen Cooper failed
to score his fourth bird and Thomas
missed his second. SO they took fifth and
sixth places respectively. Cubperly won
seventh place from Carl Won Longerke.
In the Branchport sweepstakes forty-one
subscribers at S.. seven birds, thirty yards
rise, R. Phister, S. j. Held, E. D. Fulford,
Phil DAILY Jr., w. G. Clark, J. H. Duston,
W. f. Gray, r. r. Morrill, and G. Sweilein
killed seven straight and divided the
stakes.
The Sportsman's handicap, forty-eight
subscribers at S., seven birds, W. S. King
%, Captain w. Money %, Paul 1. Clark 81,
T. w. Morley %, D. NJ. Porterfeld 90, ]. S.
Duston q, George Corning Jr. 81. A. P.
Pope 27, ]. l.. Kavanaugh q, and D. A.
Upson 90, killed seven straight and di-
yided.