Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
BUDD KILLS HUNDRED BIRDS
Remarkable Score Of Iowan in Defending
the Hazard Trophy.
C. W. PHELLlS OF CINCINNATI LOSES
winner Establishes Two Records, one
for the and the other
for the TrOphy-Luck IL
Against PheIIis.

G. W. Budd OF Des Moines successfully
defended his claim to the Hazard trophy
against c. W. Phellis Of Cincinnati yester-
day at the Omaha Gun club grounds in what
was the best display Of shooting ever seen
on those grounds.
Sandy" Mcdonald had made extensive
preparations for the match. II was set
for a week ago, but II was found difhcult
to secure birds worthy the attention Of
good shots, so the match was postponed
for a week. In that week the country was
secured for good, strong birds and there
never were, considering the season, 200
stronger or more rapid birds trapped in
the country. There were only four young
birds trapped and as fate would have II,
every one fell to the lot of the man from
Cincinnati, who also was unfortunate In
getting the more difficult birds in each pair,
with the exception Of the first two from the
trap.
Budd was the first to step to the mark
and his first bird was a ~straightaway, which
left the trap like a fash Of blue smoke.
members of the gun club cheered Justify
when 1t was dropped with the first barrel.
In contrast to that bird the first trapped
for Phellis was slow and 1t took Ave balls
to flush 1t. Two barrels were required to
satisfy the shooter Of its death. The Sec
ond round was a repetition of the first and
luck seemed to be on the side Of the ohioan.
This appearance did not last long, for the
third bird of the Iowa man was easy. while
that Of Phellis was as fast as any OF the
day.
During the entire shoot Phellis refused
to take into consideration the lively wind,
which was blowing from the south. and
shot behind every bird headed in that d.
%rection, while he did not lead enough for
the birds going north. The eleventh bird
| drawn by him refused to fly, as did two
drawn in the twenty eighth round and one
in the seventy-second. His twelfth bird
died out OF bounds, flying strong against
| the wind till 1t crossed the fence. His
eighteenth, twentieth, thlrty-seventh, thir-
ty-eighth and ffty-fourth birds also passed
the line before dying, while he clearly
missed six, only one Of which, however,
he failed to strike slightly. That exception
was a blue wonder which started from the
trap so rapidly that no one saw 1t until
it was near the line and going toward Mis-
souri, Valley like a whirlwind.
II was Budd's day. 1t did not matter
where the bird started nor how fast, for
every one dropped before crossing the line.
Twice he received presents from fate and
a stiff breeze, as two Of his birds would
nave undoubtedly ldlen Oul VI pOuuuS uau
they not encountered the wind In their
fight. One was fairly across the line to the
south when a sudden gust Of wind turned
1t and 1t fell north OF the traps.
After the shoot was over 1t was found
that Mr.. Budd had established two records,
one for the grounds and one in defense OF
the trophy, he being the first man to kill
100 birds straight in either connection.
The best previous record at the grounds
was that of J. A. r. Elliott, who killed
fifty straight against Dan Bray In one OF
the Kansas City-omaha tournaments, OF
his record OF ninety-seven in the match
with Crosby last month.
The Hazard trophy is a silver cup cost
ing approximately $500. 1t was won orig
inally at Kansas City in February, in a
contest between Budd and Frank Parmelee
OF Omaha, in which both contestants killed
fifty birds each and Budd won with five
more straight in shooting of the tie. In
February he defended it on the Omaha Cur
club grounds against Klien in a 100-bird
match in which he scored nlnety-slx. Thu
score Of the contest yesterday was as fol-
lows: