The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-08
HEIKES'S GREAT WORK
THE EVENTS IN THE LIMITED GUN
CLUB TOURNAMENT.
Much Interest I'm the Live Pigeon
Event-Bad Weather Makes the
Birds SIuggish-The Scores.

A few of the crack shots Of this country
have to be good bird "chasers" as well as
marksmen, and in this additional quality
Rolla Heikes, Of Dayton, o., is no excep-
ton. He showed his tact for running down
a bird that he had ''nipped" yesterday
afternoon. and in doing so he made clean
score in the last event of the day-the
twelve-bird pigeon event. Heikes had been
extremely lucky In the early part OF that
event to secure birds which left the trap
slowly and were killed by him before they
could fly more than eight or ten feet away
from the trap. He had considerable fun
joking the rest of the shooters about the
hard flyers he drew. When he went up for
the last round he really drew hard flyer
that left the trap with the speed of an
eagle. AS the pigeon flew away from the
trap Heikes pulled the trigger on his first
barrel and a few feathers flew. He pulled
the second barrel, but did not succeed in
killing the pigeon. The bird, however. flew
to the ground inside Of bounds and Heikes
looked at 1t a moment and then chased
around the Enclosure until he got between
the bird and the boundary line. He then
gradually chased the bird back toward the
minutes were up caught il and as a result
scored dead bird. 1t had been hit, but
might have wandered out of bounds had he
not pursued it. In making his famous chase
he got inside first money and it made a
difference of about 81 to him on the event.
THE PIGEON EVENT.
The pigeon event was the last on the pro-
gramme for the day and was watched with
great interest by the small crowd that
ventured out to the Limited Gun Club
grounds in the rain. There were twenty
one entries in this event and each man shot
at twelve birds. The downpour Of rain
during the early part of the event caused
the birds to be sluggish, and the shooters
had but little trouble In "grassing' them as
soon as they left the trap. A few, however,
were good flyers and got away without be-
ing hit. Just before the last three or four
rounds were shot the rain ceased. and as a
consequence the birds were much nvelier
and made 1t more interesting for the men
who hoped to draw bead" on them. It
was in the last round that Fred Gilbert,
who up to that time had enjoyed easy
work in killing all Of his straight, missed
hard flyer: Parry and Neal both drew
few hard fncomers and flyers, but they
made clean scores. The entrance fee for
this event was $40. divided into three
moneys.s5o $50 and $40 First money was
divided by Heikes, voris, Neal, Parry and
Bingham. who made clean scores. Those
who got inside of second money were
Trip, whose only miss dropped dead out
of bounds. Wood, Werke. McMurchy and
Sconce, Cadwallader. Comstock and Lilly.
THE SPARROW MATCHES.
Before the live pigeon match was shot
off trha
which furnished abundant amusement and
sport for the shooters as well as the spec
tators. The rain did not make these little
birds sluggish. but the heavy, dark sky
and rain hindered the shooters from MAX
ing better scores. There were twenty-four
entries in the first event at fifteen SPAR
rows. First money was divided by Heikes,
Young and Martin, who scored fourteen.
The thirteen men were Budd, Powers, Gill
bert, Neal. Sconce and ]. W. Budd. Werke,
Voris, Wood, Trip and Adamson got in
side of third money with twelve. The other
scores were varied
The second event was also at fifteen
sparrows. Gilbert and Neal divided first
money by scoring fifteen straight. Powers
scored fourteen, and those who killed thir-
teen were Heikes, Clark, Marott and
Craig.
The third event consisted of twenty SPAR
rows. They were lively birds and the best
score made was by towers, who scored
eighteen BIRDS. Neal and j. w. Budd
scored seventeen. The other scores were
| much less. In the. last event, at fifteen
sparrows, McMurchy and Bingham made
the highest scores with fourteen killed.
Those who scored thirteen were Powers,
| Sconce, Young and Cadwallader.
| During the day 1850 sparrows were used
the large majority of which were killed,
and 252 pigeons were shot at in the one
Iigeon event.
The big event of the midwinter tourna-
ment--the Grand Central handcap-will be
| shot off to-day. The entrance fee is $25
| and each man will shoot at twenty-five
| birds. The club guarantees at least twen-
| ty entries, and in case there only that
| many the stakes will be divided into four
moneys. In case there are twenty-five or
more entries the money will go five ways
A special street car will leave the Grand
| Hotel this morning at $3.50 and the shoot
will begin about $3.50. 1t will last the great
| er part of the day and is the only event
| on the programme
THE TOTAL SCORES.
| The total scores for the four sparrow
| matches are as follows:
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