The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-02
YOUNG EDEY A SURPRISE.
HE WHY'S RIM WEsTMINs7ER KEN
VEL CLUB'S NEW YEAR SHOOT.
Thirty-tbree representative Amateur
Wing shots Fail to Beat Him for tho
Cup-G. -. NcAipln scores bish and
ur.a.. A..n,d usi.r.- Itve Men nIytde.

TbIrtr-fhrRN KenrenrntRNye Amateur
wine shots Fail 60 beat HIM for tho
Cup-G. -. NcAipin scores bish and
Takes Second Place Five Mea Divide.
Ono OF the most important amateur handicap
sweepstake events ever shot in this country was
decided Yesterday on the grounds of the West
,,Ins,.r Esnn.l CIub at Rabylon. when no less
than thirty-four of the best wing shots In tho
L%archmont. Westminster. W-stchestsr. Coun-
try, Rlv.rton, rliladolDhla, carterot. Tuxedo,
and Morristowh ciuos TOOK part IN = compost
tion for a special New Years Cup, offered BY
offered $500 in cash. and something like s74o
was divided between tho first Ave men.
&C., M e,c,,ing comnotitIon the race mar.
". 49,. ,,,.irh ronrd .m.,cb
rowed down IN tho twei,tn rounu m"..n
,w.n,,..,,n.va,d maxi. and a. 6. McAlpin OF
."on.'-ao''h-' ~ -. IT., -
the Csrteret Gun ''uo OIL bersen fo'n,, who
shot from the thirty-one-yard mark. Under
N, rplc. rd,y was allowed two misses, while
one miss would put McAlpin out OF tho race.
Round after round was shot until Edcy lost his
.ixt,,nth bird. and then IL was miss and out to
tho end. Young Edey kept his nerve In spite of
the fact that he was pitted against ono OF tho
oeS' shots III u VIZ - 49,
cup and match through McAlp'hs mss IN 'no
wsnty.ioarsn round. farm "a,
.mwana.., hI.d. and In 81. on,n,or =, NAM
the hardest oisds' anu IN w. OPINION many
Tho w~.atmins,e Club has AWAY, made n
ino - -. ~. 81.
never In the history OF this well-known Or
,ani,a,ion In. Il h.Id n bigger shoot than yes
terday. Tho special train which LEFT Long
Island City at 10 O'Clock was thronged with
prominent o,np men, n suI Y Hme = , ,ho P y.
dent OF the CLUB; Ireasurer r. "; De LuIei FRED
2: Beach; Mo9dS p Mane' onarIe + Tph bSney,
son, W. Chauneey Floyd-JSnes; {. Craig COLT
Frank G; Lawrence, "; w. IL; KNAPP, II. N;
fSc%nPs,s s. :. Pit Msn'"' oD"'''S H. 0O''''' anu
While tho majority OF the men hastoncd 70
the traps z soodiy number decided mat one OF
their liking, and they never got further than
the dining room. there was tue usual psstini-
ing Committee, Walter w. Watrops ana Benja.
MN hlt.r,age mao cone 90 eo,Ica ", Mp ,hs ", e hnu,s
stating that any one SissStisasa with their
rrumbiers.,
and the back mark men included such cracks as
Edgar q; Murphy. George work &. :: Nc L
men at 90 yards and back were miss and out;
those at =! and ~ YARDS TWO misses out, ana
Clarence Dolan. the, Phiisdelphis crack.
started the ball a-rolling by bringing down a
fast left GuaF ,s,ss. s s.ns sh ss, match snd o Tss s Sos
every round saw = plumber OF men retire. nthe
first round j. y. Ellison. q gD.yard man: made
his first miss or. a last driver, and Joseph y.
Knapp. a 3i-yard man. also let one 20. "; A.
ii. stafford and Nat Simpkins also missed fast
drivers. IL. ,ToIand lost q right quarterer, HIS.
Redmond u left driver. and l.. q. Jones "A right
ouarterer In this round, but their allowances
saved them,
The second round saw the downtnl OF CAR
encs Dolan and Benjamin, Kittridse on drivers.
while misses were scored by q. Is. Magoun. is.
Patton. I. w. Ihorne.. Alexander Morten, &c;
Patterson, aud Robert McCook. In the third
round w. W. Watrous. last years winner; l..
Y. Jones. Tom Patton. and q: NJ. Magotn re-
tired, while H.. X. Knapp made u miss. The
conclusion, OF the fourth round saw the retire
ment OF r.: ~. Bcach, ~: d. Brauley, FREQ -.
Moore. X. Toland. and Robert McCook. In tho
nitn rouhu d u. Sch'vT asc, = pLsu,ey. anu
II. n. Knapp were inrccu OUT, WINE the slxth
round saw the downfall OF :. i. De Forrest, II.