The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-03
GRAND AMERICAN ON
CRACKS ARE SHOOTING IN THE BIG
EVENT OF KANSAS CITY
MEET
NEW MAN WILL BE WINNER
Every One of the Six Handicap Stars
of the Past Dropped Out
of the Race Yes
terday.

KANSAS CITY, April with 493 en-
| tries and 456 actual starters, the Grand
| American handicap opened at Blue River
| park this morning and at the end of the
| day 1l3 wing shots had a straight score
| of eight entries. There will be eight
rounds each day until the list of with
drawals makes it possible to shoot more.
If there are two or more men with a
straight score after the twenty-ffth
round the high guns will shoot off to de-
eide the race.
At the end of the eighth round every
one of the six Grand American handicap
winners of the past, who are participant
ing this year, had lost one or more birds
| making it almost certain that new man
will be the winner this year. T. w.
Morley, of Queens, l.. l., the winner in
| 1894, lost his first bird. o. r. Diekey, of
Boston, winner in 1896, missed his
eighth. Thomas A. Marshall, of Keiths-
burg, ILL.,, the winner in 1897 and 1899, the
man who has the distinction of winning
the event twice, missed his third and
eighth. H. d. Bates, of Ridgetown, Ont.
the winner in 1900 missed the third E.
C. Griffitns, of Pascoag, R. L., last year
winner, lost his fifth. z. D. Fulford of
Utica, n. Y, the winner in 1898, was in
bad form and lost his first, fourth and
fifth. j. A. r. Elliott, Fred Gilbert and
: w. r. Crosby, the thirty -two-yard men,
! all have straight score.
The three women shooters were the OBJ
jects of much attention from the crowd
and one of them, Mrs. S. S. Johnson,-o
Minneapolis, had a straight score at the
end of the day. Her shooting was of
the sensational order and won much ap-
plause for her "Wenonah,' Of Cali
fornia, missed three and Annie Oakley
missed two during the day.
AT the end of the fourth round 247
shooters had not missed bird. The race
will be continued tomorrow morning.
Those who had a straight score to-
| day were as follows:
w. H. Herman, Kansas City; John Par
ker, Detroit; O. Won Lengerke, Chicago:
T. P. Hicks, Chicago; R. w. Cool, Aledo,
| H.; II. B. Hill, Aurora, Ind; II. II. Ste
vens, Railway, N. j.; Guy " Deering,
Columbus, Wis; Russell Klein Spirit
Lake, Iowa; Paul North, Cleveland c. G.
Spencer, st. Louis; Lumber Jack, Merrill
! Wis; Chris Gottlieb, Kansas City; E. s.
Graham, Windemere. Ill; Fred Arnold
Vile, Ill; p. D: Bingham, Chicago; G. D.
B. Darby, Philadelphia; R. O. Heikes,
| Dayton, Ohio; George Tucker, Brennan,
Texas; Edward Banks. New York; w. A.
ton, Ohio; H. L. Lyons, Louisville, Ky;
| G. f. Cockerill, Platte City, Mo-; c. E.
Young, Springfield, Mo; f. NJ Planck,
| Kansas City; K. D. Trotter, Kingsley,
.
p. Q. Hudson, Hutchinson, Kan. A. j.
| LawtOn, Colorado Springs, Col; T. +.
DIoekson, Springfield, I'll; L. R. Oayerly,
| J. J. Cornett. Kansas City; George J.
Roll, Blue Island, H.; j. L. Scott, Mark
| ham, ILL.,; G. E. Crosby, OFaIlon, H. /;
pave ELLIOTT. Kansas City; J..
| X: Campbell, Kansas City; T. B..
Nichols, Nichols, Iowa; ''Watertown
| Kid" Watertown, 5. D.; w A. He'll
man nan. Pskin' Ill; H. l.; King, Kings
!; w: Budd, Pemberton, N. j.; F. B.
/ Cunningham, St. Joseph, Mo-; Walter
spencer, st: Louis; R. s. Rhodes, Co
I II ONO; w r. Crosby, O'Fallon,
tuck, Harris. Ky. A Toll, Trenton.
Mich; William Clayton, Kansas City; A.
M. Shaw, belmont, S. D.; G. w. LOOMS,
Omaha; Il. E. Cawley, Minneapolis,
=: hughes, Fonda, H.; j. M. Rhodes,
GIty; F. Huston. Perry, o. T.; Henry
d nnlele sun Junction Ton City, Kan ". f. Dun
leaI, Nicholas, Iowa; NJ E. Atchison.
G4ddlngs, Tex; j., Is. Riley, Kansas City;
"; r N0rthcott La Grange, H.; c. Is.
| W. Money, Oakland N j.; H. H. Haw
man, Sioux City, Iowa; S. R. Smith. Riv-
erside, Cal; Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake.
I0"di =; A x. Elliott Kansas City; H.
dian a. f3oH6n 1dIan1 Galesburg, H.; In
Philadelphia; j. w. Davis, Platte civ
MO- J. L. White. Chicago: j. d. Pollard.
chicago; W. Bradrey. Crescent City, III. /;
John J. HalIowell, Philadelphia; G. p,
Wllkinson, st. Paul; j. H. Holmes.
GIorlde' All; T. r. Brown, LIE Noble,
! III; e. Brady, Newbern, Tenn; A. E.
Lard, New York; w. S. Allen, Raymore.
MO; j. Il. d. Morrison, St Paul; w. L.
! Orth, San Antonio, Tex; r. M. Hill, Kan
sas CITY; j. d. Gay. Pine Grove, KY; c.
": Saxton, Hardy, Iowa; A. E. Hick-
man, Kansas City, l.. G. Scranton, Weir
City Kan; Robin Hood" Fostoria.
Ohio, Hood Waters, Baltimore; G. b.
/ Agard, Goldfield H.; R. L. Dove, Cen
terville, Iowa; NJ c. Sanford, CLYDE.
Ohio; i. J. Squier, Cncinnati Farmer
! Burke, Elgin, Neb.; T. H Clay Jr., Aus
terltz' n.y.; H G. Hirschy, Minneapolis;
vaughn, Bakersfield, CAL; G. W. PheI-
lis, Cincinnati; "B. 81" Herman, Neb. !:
Nichols, Iowa; r. L. Burnes, Paris, Tex.
s. NJ: Van Allen, Jamaica, N. Y; Joan
F. q. Grant, Omaha; Ben H Black.
r. Avery, Atlanta Ga; Tim Glover. Ne
York; z: p. Dickson. Kansas City;
George Selbhers, Newton, Iowa; J. S.
| Fannigan, Jersey City, n. j.: j. s. jag
cart, Nebraska City, Neb.: G. T. Hail,
h L On IL Paul Parker, Kansas City;
r T. Woodford, Dixon, ILL.,; F. c. BiehI
EaSt Alton. Ill; Herman McMurchv,
FuIton, ~ r.; c. c. Beveridge, Fremont
Neb; F. Snyder, Charlottesville, Ind.
AlIer' y. W. Clay, ensDieks Eugenia
E. ). PEARSON; w. r. Miner, Des Moines
iowa; r: Dickinson, r. Rahm; L. H
| qWen' M; T. Lindsey, ]. N. Shafter
| gonn Jenkins, Shreveport, La; J. A.
M Na11e M MarTgh na Iowa; F.; Park
J. A. Gilfallan.