New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10
A SPORT FOR THE RICH.
WING SHOOTING AS EXEMPLlFlED Al
THE CARTERET GUN CLUB.

| NEW GROUNDS AND HOUSE JUST OPENED AT GAR
| DEN CITY. LONG rs1.AND-MATcHEs TO BIZ
| CONTESTED-AN EXPENSIVE AMUSEMENT.
| With the opening Of the homo OF the Car
teret Gun Club at Garden City, Long Island just in
season for the fall sport. what are perhaps the
finest shooting grounds in the world have been es-
| tablished. In America certainly there liz nothng
that can come up to the Carterets new possession
| the grounds OF the Westminster. Country CLUB and
| Riverton OF Philadelphia all falling distinctly
short OF these live-pigeon ranges-and the pest
organize ton abroadthe Gun Club OF London STU
| ated at Wormwood Scrubs-itself has not such a
capital place to shoot over and on The SITUATION
| alone could hardly be bettered. 1t IL atop of a
| sandy hillock of the broad Hampstead plain. and
the winds from the north have uninterrupted
sweep there being nothing TO break their FORCE Tor
full miles.
In the words OF the trap-sho the grounds are
| hard" The birds have every chance to escape,
and even the fastest sportsmcn find difficulty In
piling up good Thus record on these
grounds will to have some meaning and
honor Nor is this all. Birds tina, dark colored
and without even bit OF white on their wings are
chosen for the traps. the dealers that supply the
club having the strctcs orders to furnish only pig
cons of this sort. with stir winds and selected
pigeons the difficulties put before the man who
goes out to shoot are greater than ever before
ABUNDANT COOP ROOM.
In vet other ways the grounds are notable.
snug little clubhouse. OF ocagon shape. stands d.
rectly opposite the traps. the trap-pu!ler having
his box directly underneath the great observation
window at which visitors and members will watch
the matches. Across the field. far beyond the
traps are the coops OF size that makes them
look like stables The whole IS surrounded by
fence painted a curious blue. This blue Is designed
to protect the eyes OF contestants from glare. i Is
almost atmospheric in tone.
The Carteret being Rcntlemens shooting club,
with a membership OF wealth and position. with
many OF the greatest gun cracks OF America In its
ranks II follows that nothing has been neglected In
tho planning OF these grounds Within the last
few years comparatively little interest has been
taken in the clubs matches because OF the incon-
yeniences OF It's old home. Situated ever since It's
founding. fourteen years ago. at Bergen Point. ~
j. on tho shores of Newark Bay. the old house
was unattractive and the grounds were behind the
times.
Already though the club has been settled but
week the influence Of these new grounds has been
felt The membership has Increased to nearly one
hundred there great enthusiasm. special cups ana
prizes 10 the value OF nearly 5000 have been put
M and instead OF only about twenty thousand
birds shot at as was the case last year. IL IL
prophesicd that tho season OF ls31'9 Will see be-
tween 50o0 and Go.crO Killed.
SOME LEADING MEMBERS.
OF celebrated wing shots the Carteret has
round dozen and more. including nearly all the
notables In this sport around New-York. 1t should
be said Strongcs. among them are President
George Work G. & McAlpn. who Wednesday az
ternoon made record OF eghty-elght straight
kills: j. =. Knapp II. Yale Do.an Louis 7. Dur
yea Leonard Fnlctter. W. G. Floyd-Jones X. A.
Welsh. Frederick Hoey. !. Scaver Page. H. b. GU
bert Judge Glldvrsloere W. Gould Brokaw, w.
A. II. Stafford ard Walter W. Watrous who. with
Mr.. McAlp!n Is largely responsible for the present
Guarters or these McAp!n took the club cham
ponship In 1861. and II. H. Gilbert In 1850.
The National championship was won in 1885 and
1897 nv two OF the Carteret mem. i. Knapp and
r. A. Wa.sh-Edgar Gibbs Murphy. OF the Larch-
mont club taking 1t the year In between.
Tho new clubhouse IL commodious and n COM
Portable resort az one story and or a dun red in
color with curously irregular roof lis main feat
IRE IS the room with the great observation window
20 the south that looks out on the grounds This
is mxurously fitted up. Wide armchars OF wicker
M I'D the windows. and the floors and window ss
are always stacked with boxes OF cartridges and
Uttered with guns. On side at the back Is the