The Topeka state journal., 1901-04-03
Is Principal Event in the Grand
American Shoot.
WESTERN MARKSMEN
Make Good Showing and Get in
For Money.
Various Baseball Teams Begin
Spring Practice.

New York, April 3.-Only one event
of Importance was on Tuesdays pro-
granme at the trapshooting tourna-
ment at Interstate park. This was the
Nitro Powder handicap, at 16 birds, SO
entrance, handicaps from 25 to 80 yards,
the marks allotted by the handicappers
for the Grand American handicap 70
govern. Two hundred entries were re
ceived up to noon, and only one man
failed to toe the mark. When all Of
them had finished the first round Of the
four traps it was found that over 80 had
killed four straight Among the first to
fall down was young Harold Money, the
American amateur champion. The wind
blew directly into the faces of the shoot
ers. and Money, when he stepped to the
mark for his first bird, felt confident of
grassing it. When the trap was sprung
the bird proved to be an incomer, but,
although the champion hit it with both
barrels, the wind carried the bird over
the deadline- Tod Sloan was not in very
good form He shot from the 27-Yard
mark, but missed his fourth and eighth
birds and then withdrew from the con-
test. He had plenty of companions VINO
were forced to retire having missed two
or more birds, and, in fact, all those
who missed a single bird out of their
string of 16 stood no chance of getting
into the money. Out Of the big field OF
199 starters only 81 succeeded in killing
16 birds straight.
The weather conditions were more fa-
vorab1e to the shooters than on the
opening day, as the light was more sub
dued and the wind was not nearly SO
strong, in addition to it's being in diff
ferent direction
For the Grand American handicap.
which will begin today and be continued
on Thursday and possibly Friday, six
additional entries were received today,
making in all 215. 1t is expected that
at least a dozen more will be received
before the second round has been shot.
The officers of the Society for the Pre-
ventiOn of Cruelty to Animals were on
hand again today to see that the birds
which fell outside the boundary were
picked up and killed as soon as possible
This was done at frequent intervals dur
ing the day
In the Nitro-Powder handicap the en-
trance moneys amounted to 81 $50. Thir-
tv-one men killed Is straight and each
man received S64- Following is a list Of
those with straight kills to their credit:
J. A r. Elliott. Kansas City; Charles
E. Mink, Philadelphia; Teal, Columbus,
O.; DIR. E. Duncan, Louisville, Ky; r..
Baltimore; l. W. Budd, Penbeton n. J.;
Bird, New York; A. B. Dove, Whining
ton, Del; f. S. Johnson, Atlantic City,
N J.; Geoge Daby, Philadelphia; J. D.
Sperry, Rock Island ILL.,; R. RahTn,
Pittsburg; H. d. Bates, RidgetOn On
tario George Roll. Blue Island. III: J.
L. Alabaster, Chicago; Herbert, New
York; w. R. Crosby, O'Fallcns H.. Fred
Gilbert, Spirit Lake. Ia; F. Stuebener,
Washington. D. c.; H c. Hirschy, New
York; j. Won Lengerke, Orange. N J.;
T.. Emmers, Roy ersford, Pa; Chris Gott-
lieb. Kansas City; l. Howard, Taston,
Pa; D. V. Foster. Waterville, Me; Col.
Markham. Savannah, Ca ~. w. Von-
derbose, New York; Jack Tanning, Jer-
sey City C. H. Piercy. Jersey City, w.
F. Parker, Meriden, Conn.