The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-16
AMERICAN TARGET HANDICAP.
Result ofthc Finishing Matches Ycster-
day.

day.
New York, June 15.-The first annua
Grand American handicap target tour
nament at Interstate Park, Long Is
land, under the auspices of the Inter
state association, was finished this af'
ternoon after four days of excellent
work at the traps.
Several Of the out-of-town men left
for their homes after the big event hac
been decided yesterday, but a goodly
number remained for the close of the
tournament.
The weather to-day was excellent and
the several sets of traps worked splen-
didly. The principal event was the
last one on the regular programme, a
consolation handicap The conditions
We're 100 targets each, 81 entrance, $1OC
added, high guns, not class shooting,
handicaps from fourteen to twenty-five
yards
Ralph Worthington of Cleveland won
the event and a silver trophy. The
winner, who is an old-timer at the
traps, was handicapped on the sixteen
yard mark and he broke SO targets out
Of a possible 100. r. O. Heikes of Day.
ton, Ohio, who won the Grand Ameri-
can yesterday, was scratch man to-day,
being placed on the twenty-three- yard
mark, while j. S. flaming and j. A. K.
Elliott, the back-mark men of ye ester
day got an advantage Of being one yard
ahead of him. The result showed that
the yard made quite a difference to all
three, as Heikes broke only 81, while
! Tanning scored "a and Elliott SO.
| There were forty-four entries for the
big event. and under the rules this pro-
| vided for ten moneys for the high guns.
! Five men tied with scores of SO, two
/ with IS and two with S5. All these ties
| had to be shot off, although the men in
each divided the money and only shot
off for the honor of place.
Two matches not on the programme
were shot during the day under pecu
| liar conditions.
Captain Jack Brewer made a bet OF
500 that he could break 10 out of 100
targets from the traps arranged on the
Sergeant system from a. rise of thirty
yards. He found plenty of takers, and
although he lost nineteen out of his first
fifty, the veteran won out by breaking
H. He had the privilege of using both
barrels, and broke twenty of the targets
with his second.
Tom" Morley of Queens and H. G.
Wheeler of Marlboro, Mass, shot
match of 100 birds each at the expert
traps from a rise Of thirty yards, with
the use of both barrels for 800 a side
and Morley won with score of &c to 3D.
The Grand American had hardly been
finished last night when the storm
broke and the first thing to do this
morning was to shoot off the ties.
The conditions of the shoot off called
fr 25 targets par man and the results
follows:
Danvlle, N. Y, 81; c. j. Henderson,
New York, 20; c. A. Young, Springfield,
D., II; II. M. Lands, Philadelphia, 49,
Shoot off ties on 87-W. w. Allison,
Norwalk, Conn, 10; George Piercey, Jer-
sey City, II.
Shoot off ties SCI. S. S. Remsen,
Brooklyn; 81; A. II. Fox Baltimore, 49,;
H. E. Lupus, Baltimore, 10; Mack"
Mantle, Mass. IS; Fl. C. Allen, Sister
Vile, w. Va, F. d. Kelsey. East Au-
rora Is.
Shoot off ties on S5-James R. Malone,
Baltimore, 81; C. A. Courtney, SYRIA
cuse, IS; #. F. Sinnock withdrew.
Shoot off between Fox and Lapus for
place, rs birds-Fox, 10; Lupus, 16.
At the conclusion of the shoot off the
regular programme was begun. Follow
ing are the winners in the sweepstake
events:
First event, - targets, four moneys, di-
vlded by flaming, Kelsey, Malone and
'Mingo' who had straight scores.
Second event, Is targets, flaming Dick
cy, Fulford and Daley with straight scores
divided the moneys.
Fourth event, 90 targets. Heikes, R. c.
Hopkins, and Mott had straight scores.
Fifth event, 10 targets, the straights were
Malone, Kelsey, Money, Allison, Balm ana
Fulford.
Following are the money winners with
their scores and handcaps In the consola-
ton handicap
Name Handicap Score
Ralph Worthington, Cleve-