New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
QUICK WORK BY ALL HANDS.

curious sight these intelligent. quickly darling
dogs and they add much to the picture Of wing
shooting on n day when all the cracks out and
In form. Hardly has the retriever made his fire,
bound for the wounded or dead bird than one cf
the boys Of the ground has started from the plat.
form on run. with fresh live bird IN his hand
He pops It in the now vacant trap. shuts down the
cover OF the box sharply. and almost before he Is
back at his post again new wing shot Is out on
the strip OF wood. and another Shot IS fired.
In a club of this sort there IL no delay. All
moves like clockwork. The mechanical arrange
ment of the traps is pcte. and IL a recent
patent. One man. known as 'the referee" controls
II all, except the actual placing OF the birds In the
traps. Levers connecting with rods running nearly
forty fee, underground release the birds. and after
rise eso: 4 @1r' or 4" Msied ''S ''"S '
This rev trap system has great advantages over
only releases the birds watches the shots and
raises the signs. but he has also time TO keep the
official score.
BIRDS BY WHOLESALE.
The coops are built to shelter several thousand
pigeons. they need to be- for eigh, hundred or 50
birds will not he an uncommon quantity to be shot
in a single Saturday this fall. Each lot II ar
rives is put IN a separate coop There are some six
Of these coops in all and each has its own house
and open space all incased IN fine wire netting.
The birds are taken out to tho shooting platform
IN crates. each containing some forty pairs. The
be procured
These shooting pigeons come from all over the
country. Baltimore being great headquarters.
The dealers buy them from farmers and breeders
everywhere. and sell them TO gun clubs by the
hundreds and thousands generally taking con-
tracts for the delivery of so many hundred week.
on these pigeons the Carteret makes neat profit.
Every bird man shoots M costs him 80 cents
The club has to pay from 40 to ~ cents p pair for
them. and besides this profit there is another for
the killed birds fetch average OF eight cents
to a game dealer In New-York.
In this way wing shooting Is an expensive aniise-
mcnt. Fifty shots an afternoon mot at all extraor-
dinary) would leave a member indebted 10 the club
some SIS. The only way get even Il 10
win A number OF sweepstakes. TO enter which he
must put up s. s. or SO And in those. despite ne
distance handicaps the race Is likely 10 so 10 the
''crackaj jack"
1t is said Of one OF the most famous shots abou.
NewYork that he has spent In the -ast half-dozen
years so just in learning the art OF wing shoot
ing, $4,000. There Ia hardly sport that Is SO
difficult to become an expert at and even good
TO make any scores AT the traps of live birds;
What arc chiefly called for endurance and
phenomenal speed and accuracy. 81.
The first and third Wednesdays OF each month
the Point Cup Will be shot for. This competition
will last until May. The winner OF each match ges
point TO his credit. second man half point,
third one-quarter. The points are finally added up.
The Second Saturday cup Is another new match.
The championship will be fought out on February
- and q. when each contestant will shoot one nun
dred birds. Besides being champion. the winner ~
10 get s2c0 cup presented b. Clarence H. Mac
kay.