The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-12
SHOT At BLUE ROCKS.
Close of Limited Gum Clubs Midwin-
ter Tournament.


The midwinter tournament of the Limited
Gun Club closed yesterday. The weather
was bad, but it was more to the liking of
the shooters than the day before. The rain
interfered to some extent and caused some
delay, but it did not seem to affect the
scores. The shooting was at bluerocks or
clay pigeons in all the events. The day be-
fore live sparrows and pigeons were used,
and it was a false impression that the
shooters regarded the birds as a poor lot It
was just the reverse. They We're as good
birds We're ever shot at, it is said. They
flew strong and were difficult to bring down.
The first event yesterday was at twenty
targets. entrance fee 81. 1t resulted as fol-
lows: First money, Elliot. Tanning, Graham
and Beck, 10: second, Fulford. Neal. Glover
and Heikes, is; third, Parry and Courtney,
II; fourth Garland and Hollowell, 16.
The handicap race at one hundred targets
occupied the remainder of the morning. The
entrance fee in this was $40, and the money
was divided eight ways. Beck and Elliott
divided first money, with scores of IS each.
Heikes Glover Graham and Thompson
each made SO and divided third, fourth. fifth
and sixth prizes. CRUDE was alone for sew
enth money, with a score OF ", and eighth
money was divided between framing, Neal
and Garland, with scores of u each.
With each string of twenty-five birds in
the handicap there was an optional sweep
stakes in which most of the shooters
joined paying $3.50 entrance to each sweep
stakes. in these side events the money was
divided three ways. The first resulted as
follows Elliott and Glover, %; Heikes,
Tanning and Epperson, "a; Fulford and
Hollowell, %. Beck won the second sweep
stakes event With clean score of %; Fan
ming and Glover were second, with "a each,
ana Epperson and Elliott came third, with
q each The third twenty-five birds made
a sweepstakes event which was won by
Elliott, who made a score of %. Parry, Ell-
person and Thompson were second, with "A
sweepstakes event. being the last twenty
five birds of the one-hundred- bird handicap
event, resulted as follows: Hekes, %. Beck
and Epperson, %; Elliott and Glover, %
There were two twenty-bird sweepstakes.
The first was under expert rules and re-
Graham and CRUDE, II; Young and Winston,
i6; Beck, Is. The second twenty-bird sweep
stakes was at reverse angles and the en-
trance fee money was cut three ways, AS
follows: flaming, 20; Elliott, IS; Glover, IL.
An event of interest in which nearly all
the cracks took a hand was at ten pairs
tdoubles.) Heikes and Elliott tied for first
place with scores Of l6 each; Fuford was
second with a score of 10, and Tanning.
Glover and Hollowell were tied for third
money with scores of II.
The match race ut one hundred bluerocks
between f. E. Neal. of Bloomfield, H., and
lack winston, of Washington, was won by
Neal by one bird. lie made score OF %,
against Winstons IS.
Nearly all The shooters who arc here VIII
leave at Has o'clock this morning for the
bic tournament at Hot Springs, Ark. They
will travel by special parlor car 10 ST.
Louis and there have a special sleeper 70
the Springs