Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-17
PALMER DEFEATS WORK.
A 1OO-Dird Match on Long I"inno-
Rather Remarkable Contest.


wing-shots journeyed down to the pic
turesque grounds Of the Westminster
Kennel Club. at Babylon, l.. l.. yester-
day TO witness a 1o0-brd match between
George Work, OF the home club, ana
j. X Palmer the winner OF the anna
teur championship in 1895, and who m
shed third TO Edgar Murphy and Charles
Manchester I'm this event last week AT
Harchmont.
The same men met last year immedi-
ately after the championship tournament
and on that occasion Work had niue
difficulty in winning. Yesterdays event
was sort of return match, and. after
sharp contest Palmer evened matters up
by winning by score OF 81 TO 70. While
neither mans score was anything IKE
what one would expect from experts
OF their rank, IL is doubtful If even
the redoubtabe Captain Brewer himself
could have killed ninety out OF 100 birds
under the same conditions. Not only
were the birds (Which are always fast
at these grounds) the liveliest lot of flyers
ever let loose from a trap In this coun-
try. but they had a strong, northwest
ery wind right behind them, which made
a canvas-back ducks mcteor-like flight
seem tame in comparison Taking the
shoot as a whole, Palmer's apparently
low score OF 81 Is by far the best per-
Torrance ever shown by this most con-
sistent OF shooters.
Prince George. as Mr. Work IL some
times Familiarity called by his friends.
had a little the worst Of the birds.
so far as luck entered into the compe-
ttion; and, i'm addition to this, for about
the first time in his shooting career, lost
five birds in succession between the
SEVENTEEN and seventy-fourth rounds.
Not only this. but he made the somewhat
remarkable error for an old hand like
himself Of changing his gun no less than
three times during the match.
Mr.. Work also had hard luck i'm having
his birds die outside of the 50-yard
boundary, scoring no less than twelve
OF his twenty-one misses that way.
| Palmer only lost four birds through this
! cause. The match was begun promptly
| at l O'Clock, with Mr.. Palmer at the
score. They killed straight until the
third round, when Palmer lost fast
| driver. Both made remarkable kills OF
fast, right quarters I'm the sixth round.
] In the seventh round Work killed
| hard-fying driver with a well-tmed Sc
cond barrel fifty yards away. Both missed
fast drivers In the ninth round. and then
/ the score was tied through Work miss
ing his tenth bird. also a driver clean.
Work had poor luck in the twelfth and
eighteenth rounds. After knocking all
the feathers out Of the two fast left
quartering drivers they died outside.
His twenty-fourth and twenty-nfth
birds. both drivers, were also hard hit
and died outside Palmer lost his six
teenth and nineteenth birds and
! incidentally made brilliant kill
OF towering driver I'm the nine
teenth round. The score at the
| end OF the twenty-ifth round showed
that Palmer had lead of two birds,
having killed q to Works 10.
In the twenty-seventh round both men
missed. Palmer's fast driver dying outside.
while Work did not touch his bird, a
| twisting driver, with either barrel. Pal
! mer did some great execution now, kill
ing 2S birds straight before his fifty-sixth
bird. fast right quarter, died outside.
! His kills in the thirty-sixth and forty
| third rounds of TWO towering twisting
drivers were simply marvellous. Work
also did good execution, stopping his
thirtieth bird a fast driver, at the outer
boundary; a fast left quartering twister
in the thirty-hfth round. and a sensa-
tional driver in the fftieth round.
In spite OF his skill, Work lost his
twenty-seventh bird, a twisting driver;
his twenty-ninth. a right quartering
driver, his forty-second. a twisting left
driver. The score at the end of the
fftieth round stood: Palmer, IS; Work,
IL.
With a clear lead Of four birds, Palmer
started of with rush in the second half,
his only misses up TO the end Of the
seventy-fifth round being on his seven
tleth, seventy-third, and seventy-hfth
birds. ali drivers. the first and last named
diving outside Work missed his fifty
third bird, a twisting incomer. clean,
also his fifty-slxth and fifty-seventh birds,
which were fast straight drivers. Here
he had not a little hard luck, as his
seventeen, seVenty-hrst, and seventy
cond. and seventy-thrd birds, all twisting
drivers. died outside, although hard MT
lie also missed his seventy-fourth bra a
twisting left quar.ering driver cledn' lhe
score at the end of the seventy III III
round standing: Palmer, 60; Work, 5S.
Toward the end of the match Work
made some phenomenal kills. His eighty
first eighty-third. and eighty-seVenth
birds. hard drivers, were stopped WIN
beautifully timed second barrels, as was
HE eighty-fifth bird, a fast left quarteref
and his ninetieth. a twisting driver.
He also made the best kill Of the cay
I'm the ninety-third round, when ne uiop'
ned a lightning left quartering or|e: Oh
the boundary line. -, ..~.
Works only misses in the laSs Quarter
NJ the match were in the seventy kun
eightv-eighth, ninety-first, and ninety
njnth rounds, all of which died outside
palmer lost twisting driver IN Inc
eiohtieth round, bad right quarters II
the eighty-first and eighty-elghth rouhus
and resular blue rock demon in Tbs
ninety-ninth round. ,.
Two remarkable kills in the eighty
,ourth round of a twisting incomer' an'
IN the ninety-sxth round of straight
awav driver more than made up Tor TINS
| hoa,over Summary:
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