The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-02
DAN BRADLEY SHOOTS WELL
UINS TWO STAKE Events Ar THE
ItRTFRFT GES TLIR mars.
He Breaks tn. Record for the Grounds.
Scoring Fifty-nine St~raight-Close Com
t-sts for the New Years md January
Caps-Scyen Mis-, and Out Sw.ppstnkcs.

He Breaks tn. Record for the Ground.
Scoring fifty.nine Straight-Close Con
t-sts for the New l-nr's md ,Januar,
Caps-seven Miss and Out Sweepstakes
Dan Bradley won tho two big shooting events
at tho Carterct Gun Club Yesterday and also
broke tho record for the ground, by killlnL
NIFTY nine birds straight, Tho day was cele,
brated by a%con'cst for tho New Years bay eur
and another trophy calledthc January cup. Az.
ter these events had been disposed Of several
sweepstakoS were shot and tho members did
not leave the grounds until II was too dark "a
see the birds.
A typical New Years luncheon was served
In the cosy clubhouse and after Bradley had
won he flied the silver cup with cham payne
and tho members drank "A Happy New Yenr''
many times. 1t was not n good day to make
biz scores and So Bradlcy's shooting was rc-
marknbly fine. The wind was strong from the
west and sometimes Vccrcd q little south. The
birds were fast and aided by the wind they
somrtimrs wrr" like lightning from III" traps.
The ground was covered with snow and tho
suns rays rejecting on II made the light strong
and particularly hard On the shooters.
The FIRST event was thu New Years Day Gun.
This was a handicap event. AMI each shooter
put W SO. which was divided IN the usual
way. Eleven, competed for the trophy. Robert
' l. NV l'NfIl'n 'Idfk. was Iit HIST 10
shoot aud he Killed II left luartcrer, using both
t%arrels. bradley. the next man, also killed
.lght o' ths eleven scored. and Thomas,
browne and stafford missed aud had
to retire Wilson got, out in the second
round. Capt. Money and Williams ia the third
Jones In the fourth and Harold Money In the
NTH. smith remained until the seventh round,
when n last, dryer got away from him, and
,Melch ami Bradley were the only ones lett.
these wv? were in fine form, but the birds
were so vigornn- that each man used his sec
onl barrel. Welch drew q hard bird in the
trnth round, II was a left quartering driver.
The gun harked quickly and. although the
bird was hit hard. II succeeded IN get
bradley killed his eleventh and won the cup.
WEIGH took second money. 30 per cent Of the
entrance fees. and ". ". Smith third money.
and 20 per cent.
Thirteen shooters tried for tho January Gun.
each man contributed $40, Bob Welch started
the hall going again. In the first round Brown
and Capt. Money missed and retired wilson
went ont in the. third round, Smith and Nelch
the SIKH and Jones n the eighth Harold
fori. Emerson and HOPKINS were all
shooting well. and a. was not until
fifteenth round that, Money and
stafford retired; Williams missed his cigh-
and HOPKINS lost hard ones. Emerson's. a
driver, tell lead out Of bounds. This left
Thomas and Bradley in IN" rHcr. Thomas in
~" twenty-frst round got II fast driver, but he
lost II. The bird fell dciui out Of bounds.
Bra Hey killed his next and won the Gun.
The rest Of the lay was devoted 10 miss and
out 'swrcps." They were divided by Wrlch
Dnd Bradley. Wclch and Thomas. Brown ana
Bradley, Harold Money, CAPT Muney AMI Brad
lev and Williams and bradley The latter
follow:
New Year's pay up-Van1tap rise. sn,r,nce Az