The St. Louis Republic., 1901-04-05
FORTY Kill STRAIGHT
IN GRAND HANDICAP.
Event Of Interstate Shooting Tour
nament Begins in Driv-
ing Rain.
FOX MAKES GREAT RECORD.
Kills 122 Out of 1913 Birds in Four
Days and Looks a Sure Winner
of the Blue Ribb0n-Big
Match Ends Monday.

New York. April l.-The shoot for the
Grand American Handicap. which was post
poned from Wednesday. began Thursday
morning and was continued Up to dusk.
With the exception OF brief interval in
the middle OF the day. shooting at live
birds was kept up without any interruption.
ard nearly 5000 birds were trapped.
The weather conditions we're anything but
conducive TO the comfort Of the gunners,
2O1 Of whom tried conclusions for champion
ship honors. During the entire shoot rain
fell continuously. and this made what
would otherwise have been fast flyers very
slow birds indeed: Their wing and tail
feathers were thoroughly soaked with the
rain, and the birds. which were specially
picked for this occasion, were for the most
part easy marks.
The entire amount Of money. which will
be distributed among the 1fty-four high
guns when the event is concluded Friday, is
1856.
When the shooting was discontinued
Thursday evening there were forty men
with straight scores Of twenty kills eacn
and fifty-three with nineteen each. During
the day several were forced out Of the con-
test after having had five misses scored
against them.
A. II. Fox's Remarkable Work.
OF the leaders. the work Of Ansley H.
Fox OF Baltimore was by far the most
creditable. Twelve months ago, on the
more birds than any other contestant on
the grounds. and this year he has made a
most remarkable record
Since the shoot began Fox has taken part
in every event on the programme and has
not missed one bird in any Of them. In
actual competition he has shot sixty-three
birds without missing any.
His total for four days IL 122 out OF 123
birds shot at. and the Ba1timorean fs looked
upon as the winner Of this years blue rib
bon.
w1ose number was 13 IL the order OF shoot.
ing. xilled all his birds in the handicap until
he came to the thirteenth. He killed
straight after , this. winding up with total
Among the other prominent shooters who
missed one bird out Of twenty trapped for
s. ne N. Wa" Vanilien. Harold Money. Captail;
Money, c. F. Mink. Sim Glover, W. w.
Hassinger. F. W. Cooper. L. E. Parker.
John Parker. c; r. Stevens. J. r; Malone;
Tom Markham.
Among. the forty who have top scores 80
far Fred Gilbert OF Spirit Lake; Ia; c. G.
Naurnan of San Francisco. A. II. Fox. z.
8. johnson Of Atlantic City and F. 8. Par
melee of Omaha. Neb., as well as Ed Hick-
man Of Kansas City. are looked upon as the
most nkely puncn IN WHICH tne WlnheI may
be found.
Names of the Twenty Leaders.
The conditions OF the grand American call
for twenty five birds for each man and the
contest will be resumed at o'clock Friday
morning. Following are the names and han
dicaps Of those who are credited with twen-
ty straight kills so far in the big handicap:
N. D. Stevens, Guilford, Conn. 2S yards;
Nauman. San Francisco. % yards; Doctor
J. G. Knowlton: New York, q: A. H. Fox.
Baltimore. 30: Jim Jones. New York. n; r.
L. Pierce. wytheville. Va. q: Doctor E.
Duncan. Louisville KY. Is: Fred Gilbert.
Spirit Lake. Ia, 81; r. 3. Bond. Jessup.
Md. n: J. s. Boss. New York, q: f. En-
st. Paul. Minn.. q; F. c. Won Longerke,