New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-26
GREAT SHOOTING CONTEST.
THE AMERICAN HANDICAP BEGUN AT
FI.KWOOD PARK.

u,,,, HELPS THE BIRDS ALoNG-TIIE ELK
WOOD INTRODUCTORY PURSE DIVIDED BY
rHfRTEEN-sIx WINNERS OF THE
NITRO POWDER HANDICAP
Long Branch. March % (SpeciaD-lnc Se.o"1
In the tournament of the Interstate ohoo''"e a.
ISOLATION opened this morning under more ia'0'"'
circumstances The weather was perrect "nea '
r,Luood park Introductory which was unfn'shed
Yesterday was taken up again, put inc SINE
southwest wind which sprang up at noon in'.i,s 40,
with the nlarksmen considerably. ana helpeo TIC
birds to fly swiftly. The attendance was hcreNSu
owing TO the fact that the Grand American na''
CAP the principal contest was TO be pegu"' rive
Withdrawals after noon made the total huinoef VI
contestants 1N
The complete scores Of the El'wood Introductory
showed thirteen ties. The marksmcn who tied Ior
frs, Mace were J. A. K. Elliott. Captain Money
u w Clor,dre b. A. Bartlett. !. W. Noriey' Fien
Gilbert ] G. Messuer, A. H. Pope .. Nui'"e'
J. Tlmmons F. Welley. Wellington ana JoheS' "eN
ington used his second barrel every time IN si"s's
his ten birds The purse amounted to sI~' WINCH
deducting s2l6 for birds, maze S|'f " NC "''
tween the lucky thirteen.
1ho Ntro-powder Handicap was completed short
T., ,r,er Noon Nineteen OF the contestants VINO
were entered to shoot yesterday had the'r Innings
f. " Latham and H. T. Brown erasseu eSe.S
bird and with J. A. r. Elliott D. A. Upsoh' %. !
Smith and A. Wiley. who nau cIcah s0'4''
d.. divided the purse. The totli amount "''O'u
Gmons the six leaders was ,'V' %
1t was after II O'Clock when the Grahd America"
Handicap was begun. The strong wind helped the
birds considerably In starting Mill Lindsay .ed OIL
killing his bird; Frederick Hoey. VINO loHo"eu
missed his bird lect-quarterer. which he described
40 d, real lively one" The birds the best lib
Grated thus far The strong wind made most OF
them fast drivers Few, II any. clean scores VIII be
made By the contestants The heavily handicapped
men including Frank Class. Frederick Gilbert j. w.
Messuer. Morley. Hoey. Davenpor, and Elliott have
each scored a miss, and the chances are prieht ior
a twenty-six-yard man to win the prize Annie
Oakley missed two and killed two in the first four
rounds She Is the centre Of attraction The present
indications are that the great handicap will not be
completed before tomorrow night. II requires one
hour 10 sh Dot a round the mafksmen shooting twice,
round about as their names are called.
At the end OF the sixth round. which was nnisheo
at $50 o'clock twenty OF tts contestants dropped
out They we're Z. 5. McAlpin. W. G. Clark W.
II Green William Wagner. S D. Burke Wanda.
W s King. James Loone. Gus Grief. 5. J. Held
Doctor Weller. Annie Oakley. W. 3 EDDY. LLOYD
Taylor c. b. Lewis y. F.. Money, Captain Schmidt
+ Haight Hyde and p. F. Mexican
Twenty-hree OF the contestants maze cie esn
scores up TO the end OF the sixth round. AZ the
beginning OF the eighth round there were only I'VE
clean scores Elliott. the Kansas city crack, VINO
end Of the tenth round with two misses.
At the end OF the twelfth round, when inc snoot-
Ing stopped there were only thirteen WIN G.e clean
mons Fred Cooper o. r. Dckey. Is W. Ciaridge
Il. O. Beike g. " Heper Carl Won Lehge &c an
ri zle and J. F. Paddleford.
The following are the scores OF those who shot
in the the i GsHkUw~ood Park Introductory to-day: