Arizona republican., 1898-06-03
GOSSIP FOR sPoRrsMEN.

The only uniformed member of the
Western contingent at the recent Grano
American Handicap to score twenty-five
straight was "Uncle Tom" Latin OF
Rock Island, Ill M. Laflin's score on
that occasion was made up of sixteen
two-barrel kills and nine one-barrel
kills In the shoot-off for the trophy he
landed in fifth place. losing his seventh
bird Since then Uncle Tom" has been
doing some good work around Chicago.
and last week put the seal on his re-
cord for this season by scoring twenty
four out of twenty-five from the thirty
yards mark for the Kansas City s.ar
Cup, losing one Qhis thirteenth) dead out
of bounds OF the twenty-four actually
scored to him, eighteen were killed with
one barrel only. This record of Mr..
Laf1in's was duplicated by another of
the contestants, w. A. Porter, who also
lost one bird dead out of bonds (his
fifteenth, and he had to use his second
barrel on only six out of the other twenty
four. Rolla Heikes was another twenty
four. with one dead out of bounds, hts
nineteenth bird falling dead over the
fence.
The number of entries for the open
contest for the Kansas Citv Star Cup on
May 10 was sixty-fve. The conditions
were: All at thirty yards. twenty-five
birds per man, $25 entrance, including
price of birds. There were five moneys,
class shooting. This permitted those who
scored twenty-one to get portion of the
purse, and as consequence forty-six
out Of the sixty-five shooters managed
to draw down something. The five men
with twenty-five straight drew down
1910 apiece; the eight men with twenty
four got $500 each. These thirteen men
were the only ones to come out with
men with twenty-four only won s14O5
above their entrance fee, not counting
cost of shells. The men who scored
twenty-three, twenty-five and twenty
one lost respectively $4.7O s1O.s5 and 50 80
The Popularity of dividing purses under
the system of "class shooting is well
shown by the fact that the men who
scored twenty-one lost less than those
who scored one more bird. There were
only seven with twenty-one while there
only fifteen with twenty-five.
The conditions of the race for the Kar-
sas City Star Cup and those governing
the Grand American Handicap are so
widely different that any comparison be-
list of sixty-two is impossible An entry
list of sixty-f1ve in a twenty-five bird,
race, $25 entrance, no handicap, is a
large one and shows what a shooting
center Missouri is. The list is particu-
larly remarkable when the quality of the
shooters present is taken into copsidera-
ton. Every good man-that is every good
professional-was on hand, and no anne
tuer received any handicap. Such a gath
ering under similar conditions it would
be utterly impossible to get together in
the vicinity of New York or Chicago: at
least such is the opinion of men who
are believed to be eperts on such mat
tiers. question frequently heard now
among trap shooters is: "CouId they ac-
commodate the probable number of en-
tries with anv degree of comfort sunpos-
ing the weather should be unfavorable?'
On account of the twenty weeks en-
eagement OF the Chase-Daniels Theat-
ricai company OF New York city. the
Mdrlcopa q Phoenix & Salt River Val
icy railroad company has arranged to
run weekly excursions from Mesa City
and Tempe to Phoenix and return,
leaving Mesa every Saturday evening
at $50 and Tempe at 6:55 D. m, re-
turning, leave Phoenix at 1920 p. m
The fare for the round trip from
Mesa will be so cents, and from
Tempe so cents each