The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-03
Eight Rounds of the American Handi-
cap Contest Completed, .
Persons Participating.
wELL-KNoWN EXPERTS ARE OUT
NEW MAN, DIR WOMAN POSSIBLY,
MAY WIN III PRIZE.
Mrs. 5. :. Among the High
CONGRATULATIONS in the Front
Rank-Iu Luck Of Experts.

KANSAS CITY, April with 493 en-
tries and 456 actual competitors the Grand
American handicap opened at Blue River
Park this morning and at the end of the
day 14S winning shots had a straight score
of eight birds. There will be eight rounds
each day until the list of Withdrawals
makes it possible to shoot more. II there
are two or more men with a straight score
after the twenty-ffth round the high guns
will shoot off to decide the race.
Perfect weather again marked the sport
and a great crowd of spectators was at
tracted to the park. The best of the birds
had been saved for the Grand American
and the great number of hard flyers re-
leased to-day ruined the chances of many
of the celebrities.
At the end of the eighth round every one
of the six grand American handicap win
ners of the past who are participating this
year had lost one or more birds, making it
almost certain that a new man will be the
winner this year. T. w. Morley, of Queens,
l.. l., N. Y, the winner in 1894, lost his
first bird. C. r. hickey of Boston, winner
in 1896, missed his eighth. Thomas A. Mar
$1,000 AA't
and 1899, the man who has the distinction
of winning the event twice, missed his
third and eighth. H. D.. Bates, of Ridge
town. Ont, the winner In 1910, missed the
third. e. c. Grifaths. of Pescoag, r. L.,
last years winner, lost his fifth. Z. d. Full
ford, of Utica, n. Y, the winner In 1898,
was in bad form and lost his first. fourth
and fifth. Other prominent shooters who
failed TO make a straight score to-day are
<. w. Budd. of Des Moines, Ia; ALT Gardi-
ner, Of BRENNAN. Tex; II. o. Feudner,
of San Francisco; f. Nj. Faurote. of Fort
Worth. Tex; II. &. Money, of Oakland, N.
j.; A. II. Fox, of Philadelphia, and r. Mer-
rill Of Milwaukee.
j. A. r.. Elliott Fred Gilbert and w. r.
Crosby. the thirty-two-yard men, all have
a straight score. Their shooting was the
feature of the day. None of the thirty-one-
shall-suoceeded in killing eight bros.
The three women shooters were the OBJ
jects of much attention; One of them, Mrs
S. 8. Johnson, of Minneapolis, had a
straight score at the end of the day. Her
shooting was sensational and won much
applause. Wenonah Gillian SMITH, of Cal
ifornia, missed three and Annie Oakley
missed two during the day.
Al the end OF the fourth round 247 shoot
ers had not missed a bird. The race will
be continued tomorrow morning. Those
who had a straight score to-day were:
w. II. Herman, Kansas City; John Par
ker, Detroit; Ovon Longecke, Chicago; T.
i. Hicks. Chicago; Z. W. Cool, Aledo, Ill;
II. r. Hill. Aurora. Ind. H. H. Stevens,
Railway, n. j.; Guy V. Deering, Column
bus, Wis: Russell Klein, Spirit Lake, la.
Paul Fa%I.! North Pahne G!ey TssF N C; q. G Rfs: Gb St;
Gottlieb. Kansas City; E. S. Graham,
Windemere, H.. Fred Arnhold st. Joseph,
Mo; w. A Williams, Bellgville, Ill; +. d.
Bingham. Chicago; G. d. B. Darby, Phila-
delphia; r. o. Heikes, Dayton, o.; George
Fucker, Brennan, Tex; Edward Banks,
New York; w. A. Baker, Griffith, Ga; G.
Buckeye, Dayton, o.; II. l.. Lyons. Louis
vile, Ky; c. +. Cockerill. Platte City, Mo-;
G. A. Young. Springfield, o.; f. NJ. Planck,
Kansas City; e. d. Trotter, Kingsley. Ia;
DR.. j. l.. Williamson, milwaukee,: E.. o.
Hudson, Hutchinson, Kan. A. j. Lawton,
Colorado Springs, Col; T. F. Dockson,
Sprinfield, H.; L. R.. Oaverly, Kansas City;
Kansas City; George J; Roll, Blue Island.
ILL.,; j. l.. Scott, Markham, ILL.,; c. T.. G..
Crosbey, ofallon, Ill; Dave Elliott Kan
b fsS Nicholas. NichoIs. la; SWaterttown
Kid" WATERFOWL. S. D.; w. A.. Heilman.
Pekin. ILL.,; H. L. King, Kings Mills, O.;
Pemberton. N. J.; F.. b. Cunningham, st.
Joseph. Mo; Walter Spencer, st. Louis;
r. S. Rhodes, Columbus, o.; w. r. Crosby,
Ofallon, ILL.,; j. H. Mackie, Cincinnati; u.
Kaintuck," Harris, KY; a. Toll, Trenton,
Mich; William Clayton, Kansas City; A.
NJ. Shaw, belmont, s. D.; G.. w. Loomis,
Omaha; H. E. Cawley, MINNEAPOLIS, Kan;
e. c: Hinshaw, Okobet. Ia; @. E. Hughes.
Fonda, H.; J. M. Rhodes, Frankfort, Kan;
]. p. Parru. Kansas City; F Huston. Perry,
o. T.: Henry Thiele, Junction City, Kan;
liam wettieaf, New Nicholas, Ia;
NJ. E. AtchisOn. Giddings, Tex; j. E Riley,
Kansas City; w. p. Northcott. Lagrange,
Ill; c. B. Adams, Rockwell City. Ia; Capt.
man, Sioux City, Ia; S. r. Smith, River
side. Cal; Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, Ia;
j. A. r. Elliott, Kansas City; H. e. Boil
more, 1. T.; c. E. Mink. Philadelphia; ].
w. Davis. Platte City, Mo; J. /. White,
Chicago: ]. d. Pollard. Chicago; w. Brad
Philadelphia; C. r. Wilkinson. St. Paul: ].
H. Holmes, Chloride, A. T.; T; R. Brown,
lie Noble, III; z: Br&dy, NeWWberTn' Tenn;
Raymore, No; j. L. D.. Morrison,
w. NJ. Hill. Kansas City; ]. d. Gay. Pine
f. Hickman. Kansas City; L. G: Scranton.
Weir City. Kan; Robin Hood" Fostoria,
O.; Hood Waters, Baltimore; G. E. Agard,
GoldheId; Ill; r BIZ L; Dove Cent sGH Ia;
clnnati: Farmer Burke" Elgin, Neb. T.
H. Clay, jr. Austerlitz, Ky; II. c.. Hirschy.
j. f. d. Vaughn, Bakersfield, Cal; c. W.
Phellis, Cincinnati; "B a." Herman, Neb.;
s. G.. Grant, Omaha; Ben H. Black.
Nichols, Ia; r. l. Burns Paris, Tex.:
John e. Avery. Atlanta, Ga; Zim Glover,
New York; c. p. Duckson. Kansas City:
George Selbhers, Newton, Ia; J. S. FAN
ming, Jersey City, N. j.; J.; S. Taggart, Ne
braska City; G. T. Hall, Laomi, H.; Paul
Parker, Kansas city: b. P. woodford,
Dixon. ILL.,; f. c. Riehl, East Alton H.;
Harvey McMurchy. Fulton, n. Y; c. c.
Beverage, Fremont, Neb.; f. Snyder,
Crawfordsville Ind: Mrs. S. S. Johnson,
Minneapolis: A. G.. Allen; G.. w. Clay: Ben
Dicks, Eugenia: +. J. Pearson; w. r. Mil
ner. Des Moines. Ia; +. Dickinson: X.
Rahm; l. III. Owen: NJ. F.. Lindsey: ]. N.
Shafter; John Jenkins, Shreveport, La: j.
A. Lane. Marshalltown Ia: +. Park, Mem
phis, Tenn; j. w. Bickell. Fort Worth,
Tex: J. w. Turner. Martin, Tex; J. A.
Gilhllan.
The value of the handicap purse is S12,O25.