The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28
CRAok SHOTS At LARoHMoxr.
Dave.psrt, the Gi.n Cove Erpcrt. win. the %.
Bfrd Event.

One Of tho best pigconshooting tournaments
Of the season took place yesterday on the
grounds OF the Larchmont Yacht Club, and
was participated N BY . score or moro Of tho
best wing shots In tho amateur ranks. Outside
oftEe main event, which was q handicap sweep
at twenty-five birds, s25 entrance. there w,re a
fvc-bird handicap sweep and q ten-bird affair. IN
which all Of the contestants stood at thirty
yards. The birds were IN unusually fast lot,
and while the light nocthwesterly wind rather
favored the shooters, many OF tho birds escaped.
In the FIRST event at fvo birds, handicap rise,
there were thirteen contestants. which mar
rowed down TO a 6eld Of Ave at the end Of tho
6fth round Palmer Was retired In the seventh
round through a fast driver dying outside,
while Moore missed a lightning right quarterer
In the same round. Edey. McAlpin. and Thomas,
who had killed seven birds straight, then agreed
to divide the money.
The second event was an oven distance sweep.
two misses out, In which all Of tho contestants
stood at thirty yards. There were eighteen
starters. The contest after the tenth round mar
rowcd down TO Sanford, Moore. McAlpin, and
Davenport. McAlpin continued to shoot In won.
dcrful form. and won FIRST money by killing
twenty birds straight, while Davenport just beat
Sanford out for second place by q score OF 10
OF II.
Aho mann cNeut OF inc uhy brought out tho
unusually large field OF seventeen shooters. The
birds were fast. and. while misses were frequent
among the forward mark men. the old-timers
shot steadily and well. After the fifteenth round
the event narrowed down between Palmer. San
ford: Davenport: Butler. Edey. Moore, NJ. Alpin.
twenty-fourth round Davenport. who had been
shooting a remarkable race, drew ahead and won
four out OF a possible twenty-five. His last bird,
2 Visiting driver got away, Palmer. Butler,
for s,G0s second MSAi and' haadw money sns .0n In L tSs shost asa
Palmer, Moore, and Ladew each killed ak
straight and DIVIDED second and third money.
side. "if ''fu' r'Sn' quAf'erer' diod out
Davenport shot in fine form throughout. His
any number OF hard birds. Paimcris only misses
were In the second and eighteenth rounds, when
: :, right Gusrtsrer and a driver died outside.
killed forty-two out Of the forty.hve birds he shot
which died outside, and lost his twelfth bird. a
right quarterer: Ladew, who got part OF the
being on his nineteenth, a left incomer, and his
twenty:fourth. a right quarterer, which died out
side. Summary follows:
OUT aa ea,fspc. ' ies s.. ). p h P.,S s.ra. 80 , asra. m 4: y and
nuser, 81 yards, 3: H. 5. Redmond, n yards. iii
Bss.9pG Il s 80 s:rs 3. ! " B, 4 4, E sCgld; q g y; yard; aiSGI.
Bradley; rs yards, !; DR.. J. O. Knowlton, 20 yards. 1;
:: wa. n. stafford, rs yards, t;E, !. Thom.. 70
yards. 7.
Even distance sweepstakes; all at thirty yards; two
misses out; $40 entrance fee. O. 3. McAipin. 20; L. T,
Davenport, 10; Harry Sanford. II; y. q. Moore, is;
Muser. !; II. s. Redmond. 3; n. A. Gould, 4; Col.
Butler, B; W. =. Edey. 8; D. !. Bradley. 8; DR.. J. a.
2; W A. II. stafford, o; 4. y. Thomas. 4; a.
q. Hoyt. o; W. Hoyt. O.
trance Zee; a $50 cup sdded ~ the ela Hbio sas. : .s s sn,
birds; 30 per cent; 70 winner; 80 per cent. % second,
fnS y sanford ssa / Ssa' ~ . y ta1as. ii !; + frs r1 aS.:r q? y,s s.s. ss:
II $. Redmond. 81 yards, a. l. ]. Davenport. 80
yards. "a; II. A. Gould, ~ yards, 3; Col. Butler, 2S
yards. rs; ". S. Edey. 60 yards, 2oi D. l. Bradley. IS ,
yards. 10; y. q. Moore, es yards, 2s; q, :. McAipin,
10 yards, "a; W. A. II. STAFFORD, rs yards, IL; al, s. |
Hoyt, 81 yards. Z; w Hoyt. go yards. 0; Z. r. Ladcw, |
ss yards, 90; n. Money. 20 yards, o; J. Won Lengerke,
30 yards, 90.
shoot-on OF ties for seccui and third PLACES In the
twenty'nve bird event: J. I. Palmer. q; Col. Butler,
4;f. q: Moore. e;.d. S. McAlpin. =; \. X. Ladew, o,
J. Won Lenserke. 3.
Palmer. Moore, and Iadew divided.