Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-06
HTRSCHY WINS HANDICAP
his Last Competitor Goes Out on Fifty
Second Bird Of shootof.
HElKEs MAKES SENSATIONAL KILLS
Hits a Hard One, but IL Goes over
Line-wInner Has Not Missed a
Bird since the Tourna-
ment cyan,

KANSAS CITY. April 5.-H. c. Hirschy,
with a handicap Of twenty-nine yards, today
won the Great American Handicap and thus
became the champion wing shot OF America.
The last man to stand up with him in the
shootoff Of the fourteen men who had clean
scores yesterday was G. G. Spencer OF st.
Louis, also a twenty Vineyard man, who
finally failed to kill his ffty-third bird, a
towering outgoer. Spencer will receive sec
ond money, R. o. Heikes OF Dayton, o.,
third; ]. d. Pollard, Chicago, fourth, and
J. L. Owen of Cushing, Okl., fifth.
The race, which was for twenty-five birds,
proved to be one OF the most sensational
in the annals of shooting tournaments. The
shootoff today began with bright and clear
weather, but with a hard wind blowing In
the second round two men dropped, a third
missed out in the third, three lost In tho
fourth, two. more in the seventh, one In the
eleventh and another In the fourteenth.
Fred Gilbert Of Spirit Lake, Ia, was one of
the Arst men TO quit and Heikes, after MAX
ing many sensational shots lost his thirty
first. This left Spencer and Hirschy alone
In the race.
They killed their birds with ease and reg
ularity and soon passed the record mark for
straight kills Of "a, set by Bates In 1900.
Hlrschy's shooting was steadler than
Speneer's on the last rounds. and many
picked him for the winner after the fortieth
bird had been killed. Both men we're
straight UP to the hfty-second bird. The
ifty-third was a towering outgoer. Spencer
shot first and although bo hit 1t the bird
fell dead out OF bounds. Hirschy's fifty
third was an ordinary right qusrterer. He
killed 1t with his first barrel, but used the
second to make sure. Hlrschy had not
only won the Grand American Handicap,
but he had placed to his record a score Of
seventy eight birds for this event and a
grand total Of 100 for the. week. having
grassed every one since the tournament be.
gan on Monday morning.
Admirers Garry Him Away.
When Hirschy killed his last bird his ad-
mirers swarmed around him and bore him
from the field on their shoulders.
Today fourteen men competed In the
last Of the four days race for the wing shot
championship. The winner will not only
become champion shot of the United states,
but will receive the handsome trophy cap
tured last year by Z. c. Grifhth OF Pascoas,
r. l., and $6sS as the portion Of the prize
money. The balance Of the 81, 401 prize
money will be divided among the remaining
sixty-two high guns.
The shoot has proved the greatest ever
held by the association and perhaps brought
together the most imposing array Of cracks
ever convened. At the close Of the hrst
days shooting on Wednesday 143 men had
straight scores of eight birds. Most Of the
weak ones and many of those with national
regulations missed their birds. The latter
included T. w. Morfrey of Queens, l. l.,
the winner Of the 1894 shoot; o. r. Dickey
Of Boston, who captured the trophy in 1895,
and Thomas A. Marshall Of Keithsburg, Ill,
who became the American champion in 1898
and again in 1899. On the third day T.. q.
Grifith. the present holder OF the trophy,
also failed to a clean score and 3. d.
Fulford OF Utica, N. Y, the 1898 winner,
and c. W. Budd Of Des' Moines, Ia, lost a
bird or two. At the close of the second day
only forty-four men came out with straight
scores Of sixteen birds to their record.
When the full twenty-five rounds had
been shot yesterday there remained but
thirty-three with clean scores. Then came
the shootof. When darkness prevented
further work last evening nineteen men
had missed out on a chance for the first
money, leaving fourteen with perfect
scores. These fourteen, who began the
final race this morning, follow:
r. w. Cool, Aledo, ILL.,; Guy v. Derins,
Columbus, Wis; O. S. Spencer, st. Louis;
| IL d. II. DdTDyB EullhuclpulhS IT, ". E1elkeS.
Dayton, o.; George A. Roll, Blue Island,
ILL.,; L. J. squier, Cincinnati; H. C.. Hirschy.
Minneapolis; ]. L. D.. Morrison, st. Paul;
Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, Ia. J. D.. Pollard,
Chicago; F. Snyder. Charlottesville. Ind;
J. L. Owens, Cushing, okl.; @. w. Clay,
Austerlitz, Ky.
When the eleventh round in the shootoff
was begun this morning a hard south wind
was blowing. but the weather was bright
and clear.
I of the Shoot-0n.
In the shoot-otf today for the Grand
American handicap. all fourteen men made
clean scores in the eleventh round.
In the twelfth round, r, w. Cool OF
AIedo, ILL.,, and G. B. D. Darby Of Phila-
delphia lost out.
In the thirteenth Fred Gilbert Of Spirit
Lake, Ia. missed a hard left-quartering
driver. The bird was hit, but was able to
fly away.
In the fourteenth l.. J. Squier Of Cincin-
natl. ]. L. d. Morrison Of st. Paul and q.
w. Clay OF Austerlits. KY. missed. This
left but eight men In the race, all OF whom
shot clean in the fifteenth and sixteenth
rounds.
In the seventeenth Guy v. Dering, Co.
lumbus. Wis, and F. Snyder, Crawfor6s-
vile. Ind. lost out.
Heikes Makes GoOd Shot.
The six remaining men shot straight in
the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth
rounds, Heikes killing his eighteenth with
The second barrel. when the bird was fifty
yards straight down the neldr'r ."'.i
George J: Roll lost his twenty-nrst. ~
There were no misses in the twenty
second and twenty-third rounds. l.. H.
owen lost his twenty-fourth, which died
out OF bounds. Spencer. Heikes, Hirschy
and Pollard were straight at the end Of the
tWenty-hfth. There we're no misses In the
twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh. but Pol
lard lost his twenty-eighth, Heikes making
many long sensational. shots. This left
Spencer, Heikes and Hirschy alone in the
race. All three killed their twenty ninth
and thirtieth. Heikes finally lost out on
his thirty hrst, a hard outgoing driver.
This left but two men in the race, q. g..
Spencer Of st. Louis and H.. c. Hirschy Of