Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-03
DEN SHOOTS IN GREAT FORM
Defeats &ontmorency and Winds Up On
Young Gardner
LATTER MATCH A GREAT EXHIBITION
Den Kills Twcnty-Four out oi
Twcnty-FiNc from the Thirty
Thrcc-Nnrd MnrlS-BInkc
Defeats Peters.

There was great sport for the shooting
contingent on the Omaha Gun club ground.
yesterday afternoon-three rafting goot
individual live bird matches, which in inter
est far exceeded the excellent card OF New
Years day. The weather. however. wa.
excessively cold. windy and snowy, ant
while 1t acted as 4 handicap on the shooters
it in nowiSe interfered with the comfort OF
the spectators who crowded the club house
and viewed the contests through the win.
dows as costly as If ensconced in their own
homes. The austere weather also affected
the birds in no limited way, bracng and
nerving them up to an extent that caused
them to fly with uncommon speed and con-
sidering these drawbacks, every score made
was exceptionally good. AS on the day
previous, Mr.. NJ. c. Peters great dog
"Samaha,' entertained the crowd by his
marvellous work at retrieving. He recov-
cred every bird grassed of the 200 or more
shot at, and his feats of catching wounded
pigeons in the air and retrieving two at once
were loudly apparded and much enjoyed.
1t would take $500 William to get
SSmaha away from Mr. Peters.
The first match of the afternoon was a
friendly one between those two gentleman
sportsmen, NJ. c. Peters and Fred Blake,
100 live birds, American Shooting associa-
tion rules, for the price of the cigars and
birds, Both men did themselves proud,
Blake shooting in really high class form,
and Peters being but notch behind him.
Blake used his second barrel forty-nine times
and Peters forty; Blake had one bird fall
dead out of bounds and Peters four. The
score:
Blake ..112l1 Oo111 2O11 2l1OO PHO OiO'1 22122
1l22l lll2l 12l12 Pip 2lOl2 22ll2 1920 20222
Peters POLL l'l0l 222l2 2lOO2 1l22l 0llll 11l22
HIP 1920 1202l 1210l 1921 2l2Ol Hip 1l"20
1lO2l 22l2l OOCO2 111O2 21111-SO
MONTMORENCY THROWS UP.
The second event was the fifty live bird
race between Colonel Jim Den of Arapahoe
and Fred MontmCrency OF this city Ameri'
can Shooting association rules, for $50 a
side and the price of the birds. With his
forty-fourth bird the Omaha man had
missed sixteen, while the representative
from Wild Horse canyon had dropped but
six and seeing that he was hopelessly
beaten at this point, Mcntmorency hoisted
the sponge and the stakes were turned
over to Handsome Jim. The score:
Den..,..1121O 11122 121"1 11Ol1 1221O 1O22O 222l2
12112 211-37.
Montmorency... .Ol22l OOo2O 121OO O21l1 1920
222OO lO22O 2l22l O2OO-2S
Den killed twenty-five birds with his first
barrel and Monty" twelve. and but one
bird fell dead out of bounds, Dens four
tecnth.
The final event of the day was a twenty
five live bird handicap race for $25 a side
between Colonel Den and Kid Gardner: Den
on the thirty-third-yard line and
Gardner on the thirty. In this windup Mr..
Den exhibited just what a really clever
artist with the hammerless he is, killing all
his birds, one falling dead out OF bounds
and using his second barrel but four times
in accomplishing the achievement. The kid
was not in exactly the proper trim. The
score:
11*11 HIP 2l12t 1ll1l-2i
Gardner.........22 22O12 02222 '21"2 12222 12O2O-l9
Frank s. Parmelee refereed all three
matches in his customary impartial way,
and altogether the days sport was the best
seen on these grounds for many moons.
After the fun was all over a match wGs
made for Monday next between Jim Den and
100 live birds for 800, American
Shooting association rules, the contestants
to use one barrel only.