The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-05-13
Dodds Wins Great Handicap.


s. L. Dodds, brought unexpected
honors upon himself and credit to
Hickman by winning the trophy in
this event, and incidentally carrying
off the worlds championship; shoot
ing against the best shots in Ameri-
ca.
Since his arrival home, Mr., Dodds
has been swamped with letters and
kilograms Of congratulations, and is
wearing one Of the most handsome
trophies imaginable beautiful
medal, containing I'll diamonds,
beautifully engraved in keeping with
its significance and valued at $500.
AT Nashville. he was "vined and
dined' as the hero of a great sport
ing contest, and although there was
not another Hickman man there to
encourage him to victory or to make
merry with him in its attainment,
Mr.. Dodds showed them very plainly
that Hickman was we'll represented.
Its way Dodds has.
The story is probably best told by
the Nashville Banner, from which
we clip the following:
when a certain little sunburned, jovial-
faced gent rolls OF the train tonight at
Hickman, KY. he will probably be met by a
brass hand and the members OF the Hick-
man Gun Club and divers and sundry eiti-
sens Of that hustlins little Kentucky city,
This little man in question will be none 9TH
er than SD l.. Dodds, the millionaire mer-
chant and planter, who captured the great
Southern. Handicap yesterday at Gum
bertrand Park with ribbed barrel auto
U.M.O q. shells and Du Point Powder. But
proud as Sids friends may be, rs graft
fed as he himself may be over bis victory.
there are two hearts that will b. Gladder
still. and they belong to sids little wife and
20 little Sid. Jr.. the latter aged II. Today
Sid Is the possessor OF q gorgeous medal or
trophy awarded to him for his victory. II
IL gold and represents clay pigeon studded
with diamonds. and below IL the image OF
trap shooter. Sid Dodds captured the hon
OF over a large field. There were twenty
six squads entered OF five men each. making
lso shooters. but amateurs only could win.
lie was In squad No. - and when he had
f1red the last shot on trsp No. 8 way down
an the hollow. as It were. the mantle OF
darkness was fast beginning 20 kall. As II
was, the two or three squads that csSpe af-
ter this could hardly see to finish, and some
of the shooters could not see 10 finish. The
race all the way was n heart-breaking one.
EARLIER In the day n was thought that G. V.
Deerine would be the high amateur and win
the Southern Handicap. He was up In the
fourth squad and finished early with total
of 70 out of q possible 100. II was thsp Deer
ing against the nsld. Later In the AFTERNOON
attention began TO center on a young man
an the eighteenth squad. 1t was Orville Ew-
ang. the popular Nashville boy. for he began
10 shoot like q whirlwind with ais Winchest-
er pump from the very start. out OF his
sixty he loxf only four. Then came Sid
Dodds. and duplicated this with 50 out "a
his nrst sixty. IL 1as heart-breaking race
and excitement was Intense. When the
fourth event OF twenty targets was
reached Ewing got ~ of them. Dodds
came MP few moments later witt bis rib
bed-barrel autogun and smashed eat a
straight score of ~. This put him one to the
good over Ewing and Desiring in four events
of the five. Ewing meanwhile had finished
ms nth event OF twenty targets. getting Is
of them.
Then came the final and supreme moEpent
of the entire three-days' shoot. with only
one target the lead on Ewing In ~. ana
twenty more 10 shoot, could Dodds hold the
2ead and break as many as Is out Of the 81
A thrOng filed With suppressed excitement
gathered about squad No. 20. Darkness was
almost at hand but Il seemed not to worry
Sid Dodds. with GOODNESS and nerve he
shattered target after target ana when the
rinal bird had been thrown from the trap In
this event. excited and joyous friends made
rush for the little fellow and almost car
ried him of his feet In their enthusiasm.
'orville Ewing had lost but he had run a
great race. as had Deering and the two lat
ter hase the honor of being the runners.up
IN the hig event, at any rate.
Scarcely less exciting was the shoot-off OF
Ahe tie made the day before by Jolly John
Livingston. Of AlabaEss. and Voolfolk Hen
.derson. of Lexington, KY, Tor the first hon
-srs In the Preliminary Handicap. Each
had made ". and late IN the Afternoon Sec
Eetary-Manager Shaner called out: "Johs
Livinsston. voolfolk Henderson. 20 to trap
No. 1 NJ once" The crowd followed. The
shooting was at twenty tirds. miss-and-out
aand 1t proved highly exciting. Henderson
kns ufst 70 miss, dropping ME lOQrlh TAR
sgef. Livingston missed that one too Each
ran straight then to the eighteenth target
swhen Henderson missed again. Here was
John Hyingstons chance. Henderson ap.
pesred q bit nervous and over-anKious. bat
Dolly John. who could not be ratified with .
hrass band. turned around and grinned at
his friends. slowly raised his Winchester
pump. and then shattered the eighteenth
target. He was victor sad the crowd rush
ed to congratulate him. In a neat little
speech Uncle Irb" Bennett. President OF
Cumberland Park Gun Club. presented 10
the winner the handsome gold medal. and
there Is not q man anywhere prouder than
John Livingston. unless IL be Sid Dodds.
Sid Dodds owns and cultiyates some 1905
acras OF land. is President of the SunnOwer
Lumser Company, OF Clarksdsie. Miss. and
controls the Hickman Wagon Works and
other big enterprises there. He Is rated at
about one misilon dollars. but money Is no
object" TO Sid when II comes to hunting
and shooting. His plantation Is n regular
IL. 81 a..