The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-03
MANY SHOOTERS FAILED
ONLY THIRTY-OxE KILLED SIXTEEN
BIRDS STRAIGHT YESTERDAY.
Nearly Two Hundred Started in the
Natural POvde EandicaD-Chief
Event to Open

NEW YORK. April 2.-Only one event
Of Importance was on to-day's programme
at the annual trap shooting tournament at
Interstate Park. This was the natural
powder handicap at sixteen birds. $40 en-
trance, handicaps from twenty-five to thir-
ty-three yards, the marks allotted by the
handicappers for the Grand American hand
leap TO govern. Two hundred entries We're
received up to noon and only one man
failed to toe the mark. When all of them
had fired the first round of the four traps.
IL was found that over ninety 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 shooters and Money,
when he stepped TO the mark for the first
bird, felt confident in grassing IL. 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 dead line. Tod Sloan was not
In very good form to-day. He shot from
the twenty-seven-yard mark. but missed
his fourth and eighth birds and then with
drew from the contest. He had plenty OF
companions who were forced to retire, haV-
ing missed two or more birds, and. in fact,
all those who missed a single bird out of
AAft SllAAS u III iAeAieN -
getting into the money. out of the big
field of 1893 starters, only thirty-one sue
ceeded in killing sixteen birds straight.
The weather conditions were more favor
able 10 the shooters than on the opening
day. as the light was more subdued and the
wind was not nearly so strong. in addition
10 Its being in a different direction. The
birds were equally as good as those trapped
yesterday, but Tom Murphy, who has
charge of the selection of the pigeons. said
to-day that those picked out for the Great
American handicap, which will begin to-
morrow and be continued on Thursday and
possibly Friday, will be the swiftest flyers
that ever flew from the traps at Interstate
Park. Six additional entries were received
to-day for the big event, making 25 in ali.
1t is expected that at least a dozen or more
will be received before the second round has
been shot tomorrow and the number of
contestants will probably be larger than
that of last year, when 2l took part in the
Great American.
The officers of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals were on hand
again to-day TO see that the birds which
fell outside the boundary were picked mp
and killed as soon as possible. This was
done at frequent intervals during the day.
In the natural powder handicap to-day
the entrance moneys amounted TO $1.99D.
Thirty-one killed sixteen straight and each
received $64. Following is the list of those
with straight kills to their credit: ]. A. r.
| Elliot, Kansas City; Charles L. Mink, Phil
| adelphia; Teal, Columbus, o.; DR.. f. Dun
can. Louisville. Ky; r. l. Triable. Coving-
ton, KY; A II. Fox, Baltimore; l. w. Budd.
Pemberton, N. j.; Bird, New York; y. ID.
Dover. Wilmington, Del: E. s. Johnson.
Atlantic City. N. j.; George Darby, Phila-
delphia; J. d. Sperry, Rock Island; r.
Rahm, P%ittsburg; II. d. Bates, Ridgeton,
Ont; George Roll. Blue Island, H.; J.
A. Alabaster. Chicago; Herbert. New York;
W. r. Crosby, O'Fallon. ILL.,: Fred Gilbert.
Spirit Lake, Ia; Il. Steubner, Washington;
H. c. Murchy, New York; J. Van Lengerke,
Orange. n. j.; E. Emmers. Royersford. Pa
Chris. Gottlieb. Kansas City: L. Howard,
Easton, Pa; ID. V. Foster, Waterville, Me.
Colonel Markham, Savannah, Ga; l.. w.
Vonderbosc, New York; Jack Tanning. Jer-
sey City; e. II. Piercy, Jersey City; w. +.
Parker, Meriden, Conn.