Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-03
STAR MEN IN WINNING LIST
Many Of Best Shots Among the Nitro
Powder Handicap viotors.
FRED GILBERT FAILS TO WEDGE IN
Omaha Has n Representative in the
Front Row In the Person of y. W.
F~oEg-EniOtt of kansas
city Lands.

KANSAS CITY, April 2.-There we're 419
entries In the Nitro Powder handicap, the
event scheduled for the second day Of thu
Grand American handicap live bird tourna-
ment, and eighty-two high guns. each with
a straight score Of twelve birds. div del
the purse Of s4.19O. Never before in the
history Of wing shot contests has 50 larg
a humber OF shooters participated in any
single event.
Nearly all Of those who are entered for the
Grand American handicap faced the traps
today and each one vas subjected TO the
same handicap he will have in the big
shoot which will begin tomorrow. The day
was clear and cool enough TO make the
birds active in their flight. Because 4 the
large number OF contestants today who shot
from the twenty-six, twenty-seven and
twenty-eight-yard lines a larger percentsg
. Il the shooters made high scores than yes
{ teTdsy, when all shot from the thirty-yard
mark.
At the end Of the fourth round today 23s
Of the shooters had not missed a bird. A.
the end Of the eighth round 1875 had a
straight score.
Cut to T~weIve-Bird Anal.
The Nitro Powder handicap was Intended
20 be a sixteen bird affair, but because OF
the large entry list it was cut to twelve
birds and only those who had a straight
score at the end of the eighth round were
allowed to shoot out the match.
Many Of the most prominent wing shots
were among the winners today. w. r.
Crosby Of O'Fallon, H., shooting from the
thirty-two-yard mark, made a stra, ght
score. as he did in the Kansas City sweep
stakes yesterday. W. B. Bates Of Ridge
town, Ont, who shoots with a thirty-one
yard handicap, is another man who has no,
missed a bird during the tournament. Bates
won the Grand American handicap in 1900
and he is looked upon with favor this year
q. A. R. Elliott Of Kansas City and E. D.
Fulford each made a straight score today
Among those who failed to make a
straight score were: Fred Gilbert, Rollo
Hikes and T. A. Marshall.
Gilbert Misses Last Two.
After killing ten straight Gilbert lost his
last two BIRDS. Marshall. who has won tn
Grand American handicap at two Of the an.
nual tournaments, missed his sixth bird.
Annie Oakley, twenty-seven yards, OF
Nutley, n. j.; Lillian Smith. better known
as "Wenonah," twenty-six yards, Of Cali
fornia, and Mrs. S. J. Johnson, twenty-five
yards, Of Minneapolis, were in the race
today, but none OF them made a straight
score. Miss Oakley lost her seventh and
eighth. "Wenonah" lost her fifth and Mrs
johnson missed her fifth bird. All three
are entered for the Grand American handi.
cap.
The winners were as follows today:
I'D. Gay, Pine Grove. Ky. c, @. lie
rora, Ind J. NJ. Mackie, Cincinnati; R. s
Rhoads. Columbus, o; H. II. Stevens, Rah.
WAY, n. J Ed Bingham Chicago: j. r
Elliott Kansas civ q NJ PhRliQ Ginrin,
natl: Russell Kline. Spirit Lake, Ia. |. b
Post. spenceryille. O.; E c; Hinshaw, oko
e Kessler, Des Moines Ia Ed Xaris
Chicago; Charles Caleb, Flint. Mich; II. B
Bates, R'dgeton' Ont J. H Holmes
spoiis; II. 4 q, Feu Il; c san aiT FTaSc:isS MinR Ne
F. Boltenstein. Cambridge, M j. c
Brpylss BirmInghami Ala G. E Mink
L. Caldwell. Springfield, III. II. E. Bolten
stein G~alesbprg III. r. L. Burns Paris
Lawton, Colorado Springs, Colo. F W
E ESsg; oR RosSxs 4 4 CIV Morrison I'd and d.R g. E
w: saxton, Hardy, Ia. {. NJ. Powers. De
catur. II 9 stephens9ni Wateryille, Kan;
Soln, Weir cry, Kan E, 4 Leach. siog:
City. Ia; w. r. Crosby, O'Fallon. Ill; T
HGold Tf III s SIM Gioa;eF ny New v Fork RH civ: z Z
Hickman; Kansas city J. r. Livingsten
Iiouis; Dick Dryer. chicago; JeEE Vaug6r
sMs oSs1i 6sS Gs1i o BGettfe sio Qlli Sam Ia: +
Mass: Battle Axe" Newark, n. j.; "E
"a" Herman, Neb. T. p Nichols, Nicholas
Ia: "watertown kid" WATERFOWL. s. d.
DR.; Eady. West Liberty, la. J W. Garrett
Colorado Springs. Colo. William Shaw
Grange, M; II. NJ. Middleton, springheIC
Ill. Nelson Jarrett. Kansas City; J. N
Rhodes. Frankfort, Ky; Alex Mermod, s
Louis; f. u. Fulford. Utica, n. Y; l
Owens and Ed Dickinson. Arkansas; ]. \
Schafer. ]. o. Burke. ID. u. D." L. a..
Stone. G. Gilhllan. Bob White. NJ. J. Smitl
J. c. Davidson. ]. H.. Burke and II. +
Blaisedell.
There are 4Ts entries for the Grand Amer
tcan handicap and a few more post entire
are expected. The tournament commit
met today to act upon the petitions I
change the rule governing the Distribute
of the prize money and decided not
change the rule.
-@aa sa1a0 " $500.