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LIVE BIRD TOURNEY.
rho Greatest Event of the Kind
Opens az Chicago.

Opens ae Chicago.
Chicago. Aug. 3.-The greatest live
bird tournament yet held in this
try opened this morning at Watson's
park at burnside. M all through the
morning special trains on the Illinois
Central AVE been departing every half
hour with their loads of men and women
Interested in crack shooting. This is
The second grand tournament under the
auspices of the DUPONT Powder compa-
and before 1t is ended on Saturday
evening 10000 pigeons will have been
dispatched. A total of nearly $4,000 IS
be divided among the winning teams,
while the DUPONT de Nemours Smoke
less Powder company has guaranteed
-, 1000 to the winners of the tourney be-
ides the worlds championship trophy.
On the trains this morning these among
other noted crack shots We're recog-
nized:
]. "a. r. Elliott, Missouri; Tack Brew
az. New Jersey; j.. Hagerty, Missouri:
Richard Merrill, Wisconsin,: Charles w.
Budd, Iowa; r. .. Heikes. ID. A. Up
son. r. W~orthington. Edward Rike.
Ohio; Charles Grimm, Fred Gilbert,
Iowa: Frank Parmelee, Nebraska; Ed
". Bingham, c. NJ. Powers, Il. NJ. Mar
shall, w. p. Mussey, r. b. Organ, G. Il.
Telton, j. r. Robbins, T. 2. Hicks. S.
Palmer, r. S. Mott, Illinois; o. r. Dick
~, of Boston. holder of the Grand Amer
lcan Handicap trophy, which he won
this spring; ]. Baldwin, Minnesota;
". G. Sergeant, Missouri: d. A. Porter,
Tim Malloy. Missouri; George Spross.
Charles Young, Frank Alkire, r. s.
Waddell, Ohio; Abe Kleinman. w. w,
Mcfarland, John Ruble, II, NJ. Shaw.
NJ. D., ]. rockingham, NJ. D., Illinois;
Iohn Muir, Minnesota; George Deter,
Wisconsin; w, Wolsteincroft, Pennsyl-
Iania; H. McMuchy, New York; Chas,
Loomia, Nebraska; s., Glover. New
Sork; F. j. Waddell. Andy Meadows,
Tennessee; Bert Clariage. Taylor, Md,
Leroy Howard, Massachusetts, A. q,
Courtney, New York; II, p, Collins.
Maryland; Ed. Taylor, Ohio; Captain
Money, New York; J. q, Messner. El=
ner b. Shaner, Pennsylvania; Allan
Wiley, Connecticut; Q. w. Thomas, DR.,
.. F. Britton. George Beck, Joseph
Small, Charles w. Hoisey, Indiana;
Pennsylvania; Edward Fulford. Cap
.dlll IodItlells 4NS" YIN ih8 e hhiiA't
New Jersey: Jack Winston, Missouri,
edgar Murphy. New York; NJ. Chick,
California;; O. Lippincott, Ohio; Gus
Nlz, A. r. Critzer, Joe George, Albert
sleeves. Texas; ID. a. Porterfield. Ten
aessee; j. e. Riley. Missouri; A. w,
Money, New Jersey; Charles Macal-
ester, Pennsylvania; r. B. Cooke. Iowa:
o. NJ. Raymond, Paul North. Ohio;
Fred Erb. IT,. DR.. 8, H. Moore. George
]. Marott. DIR. Martin, Indiana; w. p.
aallowell. Arizona; Jack Parker,
Michigan: j. NJ. Smith. Wisconsin; t,
n. Gibbs. Columbia, s. C.; John p,
Burkhard, j. c. lighthouse, Minnesota,
The program this afternoon was pure
~ preparatory, there being but two
races, one of five birds and II OF seven.
Two automatic traps We're used. John
Watson of Chicago, was referee; Geo.
NJ. Andrews of New York, official scorer
md American association rules gov
srned. The Watson coops with their
10000 pigeons We're inspected by many
Of the visitors prior to the ommence-
merit Of the shooting, The interest in
the event was indicated by the fact
that IN to l o'clock over 5000 people
had gone to the scene. Texas Is repre-
sented for the first time; Ohio, Indiana,
illinois, Missouri. Nebraska, Iowa and
Minnesota provide champions; Tennes-
zee Is well represented, and so are New
York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Del
aware, Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylva-
MIA and West Virginia. Fred Gilbert
of Spirit Lake. Ia. IL the present cham
pion of the world. The handicap COM
mittee is composed as follows: Chair