Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-30
CUNNERS IN FOR BIG EVENT
Many Nebraska Marksmen Go to Grand
American Handicap.
ATTENDANCE WILL Be UNPRECEDENTED
owing to Large Number Of Entries
Revision of Prise Schedule Is
for by Many
Participants.

At $40 this morning a crowd Of jovial
Nebraska sunners will leave Omaha in a
special car attached to a Burlington train
and bound for Kansas City. They are going
down to participate in the tenth annual
Grand American Handicap shoot, and they
will compete there as a portion of a list
OF entries which Is twice as large as any
ever closed on a similar affair. To date
413 men are booked to begin in the handi-
cap. and have paid their good money for
that purpose. There still remains all of
today, Monday and Tuesday, and till the
last entry has shot at his FIRST bird on
Wednesday. for more post entries to come.
and the list may be swelled to 500. Last
year it was only 222, and but 200 Of these
contested.
This wonderful attendance insures the
success Of the handicap, and gives to the
west the honor of bringing about a gun
ming carnival twice as great as the utmost
efforts Of New York sportsmen have been
able to produce in nine years endeavor.
The fact hat there are 47S entries in the
handicap means easily an attendance of
$50, for there are many shooters who will
enjoy entering in the many other shorter
handlcaps and sweepstakes and divers
races who will not go in for the big affair.
Protest Over Purse.
But the unprecedented entry list has had
another effect as we'll. 1t has brought out
a big roar from the shooters regarding the
purse, which is so far 81 1900, to be divided
among the three high guns. Then comes a
rule which says that should there be more
than 260 entries, all money in excess Of
$1,000. which is 260 entries at S25 each,
shall be divided into sixty three equal parts
and addad 70 fha dIHarapf ayna,tn4a d,. tho
sixty-three high guns.
When this provision was made an entry
list as large as $50 was never given a
thought. Since II is an actual fact, a ma
jority Of the men who have been on the
scene the last few days think it advisable
to effect a different arrangement for d.
vision, owing to the emergency which the
surplus entries have created.
A petition has been drawn up by z. S.
Rice Of Chicago, asking those in charge
to increase the prize list to $50 men. The
plan proposed is to double the amount paid
the first three guns, making 1t $4,000, and
then divide It among the six high guns,
and grade the remaining prizes. The unani-
nous consent Of all competitors is neces-
sary to this change, for any one shooter
has a right to block 1t on the ground that
he entered under the understanding that
Inc JULIET bgSISm VI ulNlSlOu was 10 mdlu~
tain. 1t is thought that this common
consent can be secured, however.
Manager Lacks Authority.
Manager shaner Of the shoot was asked
to make these changes last Friday, but he
said 1t was a matter in which he had no
authority to take any action, since any
such alteration Of rules would require con-
sideration by the officials Of the Interstate
association and the consent Of the entries.
The matter will therefore be submitted to
the ~ofhcisls when they reach Kansas City
tomorrow.
Nebraska is one of the six states having
the highest number Of entries In the han
dicap. Missouri leads the list with 80,
while Illinois has rs. Iowa "a, Kansas "a,
Ohio % and Nebraska 26. Most OF these
20 are In the crowd which is going down
today. The members Of the Nebraska squad
are highly elated at the prospect Of par
ticipating in the biggest shoot ever held
in America, and they are full Of confidence.
A score of the best known OF them went
over to the grounds across the river yes
terday afternoon and llmbered up on a few
live birds. They came back jubilant at
their form.
These Go Today.
The members of today's troup are: W. D.
Townsend, Charles Lewis, G. F. BROKER,
Fred Goodrich. r. R. Kimball, T.
r.. Kimball. @. W.. Loomis, E.
Hafer, John J. Hardin, H. s.
Mcdonald, J. J. Burke, all Of Omaha; Dan
Bray. Syracuse; G. @. Beveridge, Fremonti
G.. A. Schroeder, Columbus; ]. F. Baird,
Herman; James Teryberry, Louisville;
George L. Carter, North Bend; A. A. Glade,
North Platte; George B. %simpkins. Lincoln;
DR.. Hungate, Weeping Water; Dick Lin
derman, Weeping Water, and F. A. Wealth
erhead, Glenwood, la.