The sun., 1897-01-30
WEIGH IN THE LEAD.
wELL-KHOWN <MAIEURs SHOOTING
FOR THE CHlMPIONSHIP.

The third annual com petition for the amateur
pigeon shooting cham pionship OF the United
States was begun at tho picturesque grounds OF
the Larchmont Yacht Club, overlooking Long
Island sound yesterday AZ the end Of the fifticth
round. Robert s. Welsh. the crack Philadclphia
wing shot, VIII, won the Patten Cup at Elkwood
last week. vas in the lead with q score of 46.
DR.. William Wynn was second with ~. and
George Work was third with ~. q. s. Meal
pin. the Cartcret crack: l.. 4. Davenport, Fred
@. Moore. and Edgar Gibbs Murphy are close
up. and there is no telling what will happen to-
day, particularly II there Is any wind.
Tho event, which 10 the most i'm portant OF the
winter season. drew q largo crowd OF club men
and wing shots to Larchmont. aud. with the
possible exception OF J. X. Palmer tho winner
in 1895, all Of the best shots 10 clubdom took
part In the contest. Palmer was entered. but
unfortunately a death In his family forced him
to withdraw at the last minute. Among others
who retired were Clarence Mackay, II. Yale
Dolan. J. B. Ellison, and w. $. Edcy.
In spite OF the Withdrawals It was the largest
field that ever faced the traps for the event,
and there was more speculation than usual
among the spectators. as only q twenty.one-
yard instead OF the usual hny.yard boundary
was used. This not only caused any number OF
birds to be scored as misses that under ordinary
circumstances would have counted all right in
\ iifty-yard boundary. but half gale from the
Northwest hurled many OF the right Qunrterers
out of bounds after they had been killed stone
dead inside OF the line.
Tho competition. which was inaugurated In
1906. was won then BY J. X. Palmer, with score
Of 95. George Work WAS second with 90. and l..
r. Davenport third with 80. The other compet-
itors were DIR. Wynn, +. q. Moore, G. Ferguson.
Jr.: Capt. Money. W. S. Edey, and b. Madison.
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Manchester tied At o2, tho former winning
tho cup on tho shoot OF. J. X. Palmer
was third with 90. and l.. I. Davenport fourth
with 80. The other contestants were: II. B.
Wright. George Work. Yale Dolan. +. q. Moore.
Fred Hoey. L. =. Thomas. W. A. II. Stafford.
J. b. Ellison, W. q. Brokaw, and w. 8. Edey.
This year, in view Of the short boundary, any
number Of wagers have been made that 90 will
win the match. but IL there Is any wind to-day
IL is doubtful u even that score 10 equalled.
Taking yesterdays birds as whole stafford,
who stands next to last on the list, drew by far
the hardest flyers. though W work. McAlpin, and
aud luck was concerned. Welch. the leader.
and DIR. WYNN drew most Of the easy ones. At
Of lightning birds. and time aud again the wiro
boundary fence was all that saved q number Of
pigeons from going outside.
The conditions Of the contest are as follows:
100 birds each. 30 yards rise. 2l yards boundary,
$lUO entrance fee; winner 10 receive $3.50 cup
presented by the Larchmont Yacht Club and 40
Ter cent. OF the entrance money; second man 20
yer cent. third man 10 per cent, and fourth
serves r II 10 p Der cent cent. for @ tse Inc ''u0 TO-
When the shooters got to the grounds Edward
Banks was chosen referee and Fred Kopf trap
puller. The arrangements for the tournament
were admirably carried out, and In spite OF the
recent heavy storm all OF the snow had been re-
moved, which helped the shooters not q little
aud reflected the greatest credit on Alfred
Marshall OF the committee and superintendent
1ilden; who had worked all night 20 have the
grounds In perfect condition.
ueorRe WORK was the first at the trsps, and
he kiilea lightning right quarteter In splendid
Marshall. who let an easy incomer escape.
mh,ie phiiadrlphias pride. Macalestsr, bad
m..e an H,so sSsy ineomer. @ Whites while s,arora lost es
lightning right quartersr. In the second round
Stafford lost fast right quarterer and Mar
Moore had On. die outside. and DR.. Wynn lost
let "a fast right driver escape. Marshall a left
driver. Hoey right auar'erer and Never z
Gt Sha a In ihs aa round b SsnsSrd nad
.iIth round saw Manchester lo.e u fast left
Meyer had n right Quarterer die outside.
Misses were frequent now, and the contest for
pin. The former lost Is nineteenth bird. a right
QuArtorer, ana then killed out TO the end OF the
twenty, s;. NTH round MeAlpin held the H lead for
,ieth. a right auartsrsr; his twenty first a left
incomer; his twenty:third. = right incomer. and
outside. dropped back to fourth place. DIR. Wynn,
who had been doing good execution, took second
up to the twenty fifth round were as follows:
eighth. a driver, died outside: eleventh, a right
driver, also uled outside: seventeenth. right
9nartsrsr, and the twenty hrst. n similar bird,
died outside. Sanford missed his fifteenth, and
right quarterers, di. outside. lie also lost nine
teenth ana had hi. twenty-nfth die outside.
Ms9rH .a 10 ias
side Ia the eighteenth ronnd. DR.. wynn's only
other miss in this string was left driver in tho
Murphy lost his seventh and ninth birds, right
Quartersrs. which died outside and also missed .
tnsn.s ronnds t & and d' s,rsisst dGiS.r Af IN
ths fourteenth round. Marshall made frequent
mistakes. His seventh. tenth, sixteenth. twen-
tsenth. a left driver. and twenty-third. a left
Suarterer. were .,,Sis missed clean; MacAles;
then missed III; tenth. twelfth. thir.
teenth. twenty-frst. and wenty-second, nll
. ss n s a:yi .s,s:ns round c.y :
then mis.sd his eleventh. sixteenth. eixhtssnin.
ssms ar.crion. His tSensy.Ihird died S oas.ids.
Stokes lost an incomsr in the seventh round
tssath. @ s and d" tWsst,.hr.. A rounds. sM Meyer. %
nfteonth, sixteenth. eighteenth, ntno-
teenth. twenty second, and twenty fifth
rounds. mOstly right quarterers and drivers. as
were StaYord's lost birds in the seventh, tenth,
eleventh, twelfth. fourteenth. fifteenth, seven
toenth. twenty third, and twenty, fourth rounds.
The score at the end OF the twenty NTH round
was rs follows;
Work eii wynn, go; welch. as; NeAlpin, q,
hoore, 2li Davenport, 2oi Stokes, 20; Murphy, ~;
Sanford l7 Maoaiester 10. Marshall, i5i Hosy. 10
Meyer. 10: stafford, ~.
In tho second quarter, welcn, thanks to hns
shooting, aided BY good luck, took the lead by
killing twenty -four out of twenty-five birds,
Work having the misfortune to lose four out of
his first Ave birds. As consequence DIR. Wynn
took second place and Work third. The mi Alor-
ity of the Contestants improved IN their OK
hlb!tiUn toward the iftieth round. While there
Will probably be number of Withdrawals to-
day, the men receive the privilege OF shooting g
up whenever they stand a chance OF getting any
OF the prize money. The scores yesterday fol-
low;
Robert s. weich, Philadelphia
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Dr. william Wynn, Larchmont Yacht Club
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George Work. Carteret Gun Club
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