The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-03-26
BEATS MONTE CARLO
100 SHOOTERS ENTERED IN THE
GREAT AMERICAN HANDICAP.
Clean Scores of Ter Birds Each by
Tenth ~Round-Two Women Out.

NEW YORK. March 3.-The Interstate
Association had good reason for feeling
pleased to-day over the signal success which
attended their fourth annual shooting tour
rament. which had for its chief feature the
Grand American handicap This event, al
though only four years established. has out
done, so far as entries are concerned. the
Grand Prix of Monte Carlo, which this year
had f02 entries, while the Grand American
attracted ICE. The interstate tournament be-
gan yesterday with a programme of four
events, but the entries in two Of them were
so large that they were not decided until to-
day, and the other two had to be put over
until later in the week. The Elkwood intro
ductory was concluded this forenoon about
IL o'clock. Thirteen of the sixty-seven con-
testants in this event erased ey cry bird and
the money was divided among them. The
gentlemen who tied are: j. A. R. Elliott,
Capt. A. w. Money. b. w. Claridge, B. A.
Bartlett, I. W.. Morley, Fred Gilbert, ]. G.
Mossner, A. R. Pope. s.. Cunningham, j.
Timmons, Jones F. welley and Wellington.
Later in the afternoon the Nitro
Powder handicap was decided with six men
dividing first money. twenty-three persons
dividing second, thirteen dividing third and
twelve dividing fourth money. The six win
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twenty-three seconds fourteen each. and, by
a coincidence, the thirteen. dividing third
money killing thirteen each, and twelve split
fourth money after killing twelve each.
When the shooters for the Grand Amer
lean handicap had been called 10 the .,old
ground referee jacob Pentz informed them
that each one of them should shoot Two birds
in succession, one each in two sets of traps.
Inc Terms or lie handicap Iroy.ded that a
shooter, after having missed three birds,
should drop out or Ile race, with the priv
Lege or re-entering IN case there was a pos
siDie cnance OF MS or her gaining a prize.
Ihe first man to race the traps was w. S.
Lindsey or Cincinnati, VINO gIdssed his first
bird with the second barrel. In the absence
OF Mr.. L. ,. rice, OF Gaicago, Fred Hoey,
the well-Anown trap shooter. stepped to tne
tnlrty-one-yard marx, but he failed TO score.
Throughout the afternoon the birds proved
TO be very lively, and at the end of the sixth
round no less than twenty of the contestants
had to retire, owing 10 their having missed
three BIRDS each.
Mrs. VI. f. Lindsley C.wanda'D, of Cincin-
natl. was very successful in her efforts, as
she brought GOWN her nrst three Dlrus, but
the last one fell dead out of bounds. She
missed the fourth, hit the fifth and lost the
sixth, which was a very difficult 'Quarterer,"
and the Western woman had TO retire. Miss
Annie Oakley brought down her first bird
with the second barrel, but she missed the
second one, erased the third with one bar
rell and missed the fourth and fifth, thus
making il necessary for her to retire. judy
ing from the numerous entries, the shoot tor
the big prize may possibly last until Friday
afternoon, and at dusk this afternoon there
were thirteen men standing with clean
scores scores at the end Of The sspFh Fonnd IL the
of the city denotes the number of s5ards the
shooter stood from the traps: