The sun., 1897-11-26
TRAP sHooTING.
Crack wing shots Meet st the we,tn,iustsr
Kennel Club.

Crack wing shots Meet at the westnsinstsr
Kennel Club.
Thirty Of the most expert wing shots in this
section Of the country and goodly number Of
spectators assembled at tho grounds of the
Westminster Kennel Club Babylon. yesterday,
the magnet that attracted being the regular
Thanksgiving Day shoot Of tho club. The con-
tlngent from this city left tho Long Island City
depot shortly after 10 o'clock in the morning on
q special train. arriving at the grounds about
noon. From that time until darkness made it
difficult to distinguish the birds against the dull
background tho shooters stepped TO the firing
point in quick succession. Four events were
decided. At the close Of the day honors were
about oven between McAlpin, Magoun, and
Gilbert. Tho birds were unusually fast. and
quite n number were strong enough to cross the
boundary before they dropped This ,Ss accounts INT,
Handicap sweepstates-Five birdss entrance 90.
J. O. Follansbee, go yards, g; E. Wright 30 yards.
ksd%Sond Ssids De Foras.s drani %
yards. /, g. B. Magoun, gs yards; /; g. s McA1pin.
Whsrton Ferguson. as yards. /; j. cOisman Drayson.
An and ~ % and
miss ara njss Is SSS ID:
Yards, 5, T. Wright pe yards. 4; chaplin 30 yards o.
a Is yards :; 81 g. Maeo1n Yards S yo McAr;n 81
yards, o. Mecook 2e yards, 4; watrous. go ards -
ys9 II
Knapp. e7 yards. O.: Won by 9. B; Masoun;
Eoliansbee., o. wright, 9; chaplin. =! Wiiiiems. 4
Rgdm9nd; o. Grant, iS G B. MSsosn. & s; MeAlpipn y n 81
yea, O.; Gilbert. e; Knapp. 3. Won by George De
THANKSGIVING Day Cup-Handlcap rise. no allow.
ancc at ten birds -FolIansbee. 90 yards, Wright
q oaapn a. yrrds S Sn4d yeFds
Masoun. Ps yards. g; McAlpin. s2 yards isi Mccooh
ysas "a IS Yards
a. yards, 10: Knapp. 81 yards. o.
H. G. Gilbert and g. 8. McAlpin divided tho
"sweep."- In the shoot-off Gilbert won the cup.
The members Of the Washington Heights Gun
Club increased their Eta appetite n for the festive
the clubs grounds, 1921 street and North River,
yesterday forenoon. 1t was agreed to shoot at
13 birds each man. a sweepstakes with two
prizes, class shooting. f. Doeinok and Z, A.
ON clean scores, Ii. A. Oliver and j. A. Beiden
taking second, with 2 killed and missed. The
scores:
j 4 Belden. le; c: Terwilliger II; r. Roner,. IL;
F. sherry. Jr.. lo @. Moore 7; DR.. Frisdenburs.
The Brooklyn Gun Club assembled at the
Liberty avenue traps yesterday afternoon for
their regular holiday shoot. Eight events were
shot. ali but one being at targets, and darknsss me-
principal winners Of the day were Skidmore and
Swan. The summarizes:
wrrh, fgss ana Van sSe
Second Event-Ten NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 8; skidmore
AnS SSf Van Sss Lass Sss
Van Size. s; skdmore. =: Lane and Wright. 8.
Fifth Evenf-Ten targets s-skidmore and swan, 8;
SIKH EvsntMTen targets. doublcs."sfidmore and
Swan. Q; 0.terhor:, !; Wright, 9: -
go. Van Size. .; 4. Van Size and Wright. 8.
Eighth Event-ren targets.-swan. 3; Wright. 4;
LONG BRANCH Nov. o5.--w. R. Patten. the
left. handed crack, won the blackbird sweep at
nine out OF ten, His fourth bird. n left:quarter.
ing driver fell dead out Of bounds. DAILY and
White @ finished he With II seven ni and stillwel M eight.
HAcKENsACK, Nov. 25.-The Bergen County
Gun Club had an all-day shoot and turkey din
ner at its clubhouse to-day. The first important
event was for the regular trophy cup, twenty.
five targets each. winner to become owner Of
the cup. Score:
ell, pa; Banta. 23
The other important shoot, fifty targets. was
Getchell. so; Capt. Money, De Wolf a.; Everett
As; Toplitz. 40; Bell, 40; Aspinwal 38 Porter So
Taylor. S3; Warner. 80; Raymond 81; II. Money. 81
The open-forall shoot at tho Dexter Park
traps brought out few of the experts who have
been competing there during the past month
| The winners, however, left the grounds with
| rolls of money and big turkeys. Five sweeps
! were decided with the following results:
First Eyen,-Fve birds. entrance %; % yards.aDr
Second Eyent-Miss and out. entrance 9o.-J. Van
Allen IL; D. Matlcn. II Dr. Hudson. o; T. Short,
" A. a. w 2
Third Eveut-Five birds. entrance o5.-M. Stern. 8
j. Van Allen. o. D. Mazen Il 7. Short. Z; DR.. Hudson
| Fourth Event-Five birds. entrance sb.-Hudson
Knebel, Matzen and Van Allen. each; T. Short anc
| Martin. ! each; Stern. o.
| extra.-van Allen, Knebel and Martin, 8 each; DR.
| Hudson. Matzen, and Stern. each.
| PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 25.-The keystone Shoot
| ing League held a live bird handicap shoot, or
the club grounds at Holmesburg. Pa. to-day
| and number of well-known shots were presen
| and took part. Among them was Capt. Jacl
| Brewer. who entered the ovent. but could onl,
90, missing his nineteenth bird, an easy left
| quarterer. ]. Halowell OF Bridgeport. Conn, J
Van Camp 20, Of FrankfoEd and /; Dollar oL.
Of Philadeiphia TeTe sI,, the ones ou to carr;
tied for second with 10. while third money Wen
| to four with scores OF l9. The conditions wer'
| twenty birds. handicap rise, American Assooia
two original entries, and twenty of them Wien
| to the score. The money was divided TO higt
| guns and class shooting, and there were four
teen men In the money.
The results OF this weeks games In tho tour
namcnt for tho New Jersey state trophy are Al
| follows: