The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-23
RARE PIGEON SHOOTING.


FAKE FINE SCORES.
fourteen rtxperts Yteare In ths MIR Aupuai
Race nc the CnrtsFet Gar Oiub oreunds-
q. Q. Guthrie Aeads-Ws pzisses Onlv rive
Hiras In Eifty-The Contest VIII Rna Te-nay.
Under lowering skies and against q dull back
ground of mist the fourth annual competition
for the amateur pigeon shooting championship
Of the United States was begun yesterday at the
grounds Of tho Carteret Gun Club, near Garden
City. L. I. When the shooters retired at the
close of the days sport. during which each Of
the contestants had drawn hfty birds, @. &
Guthrie led with forty-eight kills. George 8.
McAlpin and 7. d. Hooper were tied for second
place with forty-seven each. and last years
champion, Robert q. WEIGH, broke even with
Louis Duryea With forty.six, the aame score that
he made In the lrst days competition last year.
Fred Hoey and W. s. Edey are also we'll up in
the race 30 far. There was little wind through.
out the day, and the birds. which were an ex-
oeptlonal lot, received no assistance from that
quarter.
Tho amateur championship Is, from the point
Of view Of the devotee of live.bird shooting, the
most important event Of the year, and always
attracts q number Of clubmen and enthusiastic.
Yesterdays contest was no exception. and the
picturesque clubhouse was crowded with
friends of the contestants. The event was in
auguratod in 1895. and was won rather easily
by ]. X. Palmer with q score Of %. George
Work finished second with O score of 90, and
Louis I. Duryea was third with 80. In 1890
Edgar Gibbs Murphy and Charles Macalester
tied with % kills each. Murphy winning In
the shoot.off. Palmer finished third with q
Robert WEIGH, the expert from the Phila.
delphia Gun Club. won the laurels in 1897 after
4 hspi r E ws ssra .Ret a. ast tho Ls 3 as1S ct 9 sss5s;i
Clubs grounds with q twenty.one. yard bound
sry and in a gale Of wind that carried a number
OF dying birds beyond the boundary. welch's
score OF ninety-one was a remarkably good per-
formance. although It was thought by many
some buffers among his birds. George S. Nc.
Alpin vas second with 80. and DIR. Wynn third
The conditions. Of the race call for 100 birds
each at 80 yards rise and 80 yards boundary.
$500 entrance fee. the winner to receive tho
per cent. Of the entrance money; second man TO
receive 20 per cent; third, IS per cent, and
serving 10 per cent. for expenses. Shooting be-
gan shortly before 10 e,elock, with Capt.
puller. Tho grounds werein perfect condition,
h inoSss do the i npBBET ssS %ud 10 zen 9. e S Ts ! ssvs %Ss
right quarterer with his first barrel, using tho
second md f S',s safety, WSelch, HGsy, Bradley: And
to stop an oasy incomer. Jones also lost his first
bird. a right quartering driver, that scared
Hooper killed straight up to the eighteenth
round, MoAlpin's second bird. a left quarterer
trife behind tho leaders. Weleh and Guthrie
bird. when the Pniladelphian failed to stop q
soreamer that rose from trap No. 8 and came
tion. a strong driver, which he missed. made Q
tie between WEIGH. Hooper. and MoAlpin. and
when Welch missed n slow left Quarterer. which
ne oFf FOURTH fGs h piso tSFt Meanwhile s' t frop Ssstl. back 81:
tween Hooper and McAlpin for second place
the lead steadily.
thirty sixth, a left-quartering driver, dying out:
side. Dan Bradley drew some hard birds and
missed seven Of them. His thirty eighth was n
rels, 1t struck the boundary fence. poised on the
top bar, and struggled desperately to get over.
but finally fell back into the Jaws OF the re-
~triever. Referee Money, however. declared it
strange gun, failed on nine. two OF them
being especially puzzling incomers, and
Hutchings withdrew after losing thirteen.
t hGpEsff misses q str Mdsa tai ssyoa dTis game b eiras' t ne
fastest bird OF the day. Louis Duryea failed to
stop Il driving towerer that he draw for his
eighteenth selection, and his nineteenth. an.
also cleanly missed his twenty-fourth and
twenty.seyenth. Jones and Sanford had all
kinds OF bad luck. while Cleland and Stafford
failed 10 shoot up to their regular form.
was drawn as his second bird, McAlpin pulled
himself together and shot a splendid race. He
failed to stop his nineteenth. a ri~ght,quartering
and his only other miss, his twenty ninth bird.
was a straightaway driver that started from
trap MOP. From that on he killed straight,
s to Be- n Of S the BEST. '0 81 tn Ed HaP n six mis- misses son tSo area
out of bounds. The race will be concluded to-day.
Tho scores for tho first half were as follows: