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FOREST AND STREAM. 



LDec. 17, 1891» 



GIANTS AT THE SCORE. 



"Gentlemen, the result of the match is a victory for E. D. Ful- 

 lord by a score of 283 kills to J, L. Brewer's 216." This was the 

 anaouTicement made by Referpe John Riggott in front of the 

 Fountain Gun Club house, at Woodlawn, L. I., at 3;20 P. M. on 

 Saturday, T)ec. 13. 



Only twenty-two words and sis. small figures, but whnt a volume 

 of meaning is conveyed I Just let your memory go back ahout 

 four weeks and imagine trying to convince yourself that any man 

 living could defeat Jack Brewer in oue, much less tbrpe, matches. 

 On the nifht of Nov. 11, th^ night before the tirst Fulford-Brewer 

 match at Marion, bets of 20 to 4 were otferpd on Bi^ewer with no 

 takers. The following night, after Fulford had killed 100 straight 

 ngain=t Brewer's 99. hundreds of people remarked that "it was a 

 fliike," and that the next day Brewtr would "biiry Pulfnrd." 

 Here came another surpi-ise in the shape of a score of 99 for Ful- 

 ford to 98 for Brewer. Now people began to ask "Who is Ful- 

 ford?" "Where did this chap spring from?" and many other 

 questions of like character. Then again, when on the third day, 

 with all his hard luck in having to change his guns, he tied 

 Bi-ewer on 9t in the match and lost by but one bird In the shoot- 

 off, the talent began to think that at last the hitherto invincible 

 Jack had met hia equal, for whom he had been searching so many 

 years. Brewer himself acknowledged Fulford to be "the toughest 

 customer he had ever met. after searching over three continents." 

 On Nov. 14, after he anri Fulforrl had agreed to m«'pt at Woodlawn 

 Park in a match at 250 live birds earh for S1,000 a side. Brewer 

 said. "Mr. Fiilford, if you boat me then, I'll take off my hat!" 



£. D. FULFORD. 



The weather on Saturday was as perfect as if made to order. 

 The sun shone bright and clear, the air was cold and crisp, the 

 atmosphere dry enough to prevent even a lazy bird (had there 

 been any in the lot) from feeling draggy, and the wind blew 

 diagonallv across the line of traps from the right with a force 

 that caused a straight or a left- quartering driver to make for the 

 fence at a pace that called for quick work on the part of the 

 shooters. And what a crowd was there to witnpss this battle of 

 the giants. A representative party in every sense of the word. 

 Men from north, east, south and west had left their homes and 

 iourneyed to Long Island for thp sole purpose of seeing what they 

 were confident would b^ the finest shooting cKhibilion every seen. 

 Nor were they disappointed. 



It was estimated that there were fuUy 1,800 pc'ople on the 

 grounds, and I am inclined to think that the number was at 

 least 200 higher. It was the largest attendance seen at any 

 pigeon match in this locality for a long number of years. Among 

 the most promiupnt of those present may be mentioned John W. 

 Fulford. John Dustan, 0. E. L. Brolsford, J. W. Warden, Harry 

 Ruck, D. M. McCormick and R. Sherer. of Harrisburg. Pa.; 

 Jacob Pentz. of the Simting Times: Obas. E. Willard, of Chicago, 

 111.; Harvev McMurchy, Daniel Lefever and Chas. M. Mowry, of 

 Svracuse, N. Y.; J. Prank Kleinz, James Wolstencroft", William 

 Wolstencroft, Sr., William Wolstencroft, Jr., Isaac Wolsten- 

 croft, Richard Irwin. Bovl Irwin, Harry Irwin, Judge Clayton, 

 Chas. Smith, Peter Grim, Prof. Neuscb. Dr. Kohler, Harry Day 

 and A. Shefitis. of Philadelphia; Jacob Koch and Malt. Koch, of 

 Buffalo; D. 0. Upson, of Cleveland; W. S. Gove't, of Lvons, N. Y.; 

 Chief Engineer Robert Kierstead, Building Inspector I. W. Town- 

 send, S. S. Hedden, W. Fred Quimby, L. O. Hedden, Gusiav L. 

 Freche, C. M. Hedden, W. R. Hobart, .Justus Von Lengerke, Eb. 

 Francis, J. E. Wheaton. Ed. Carrington. F. H. Harri'^on, E. O. 

 Geoft'rov, of Newark, N. J.; A. Sickley and Enoch D. Miller, of 

 Springfield. N. J ; Wm. Sieler, Dan Terry and Wm. Terry, of 

 Montcliir, N. J.; J. Frank Class, of Pine Bronk. N. J.; P. J. Zvs- 

 lio, of Warrenville, N. J.; John Riggo't, of Rockaway, N. J.; T. 

 H. Keller, of Plainfield. N. J.; J. H. Smith, of Hackettstown, N.J., 

 Wm, Gardner, of South Orange, N. J.; R. Tillou, S. Youmans and 

 R. Quad, of Maplewood, N. J ; R. Beam, of Madison, N. J.; Wm. 

 R. E'ieles, of Christiana, Pa.; W. A. Cruttendon, of Cazenovia, 

 N. Y.; M. F. Lindsley and Capt. Cranmer, of Hoboken, N. J.: AL 

 Heritage, of Jersey City, N. J.; Neaf Apgar, of Plainfield, N. J.; 

 H. A. Penrose and W. C. Cody, of New London, Conn.; Dr. 

 Schwartz, of Lebanon, Pa.; D. Waclow, of Cortland, N. Y.; John 

 Ryan, of Williamsport, Pa.; E. Folsom, Geo. Ortsifer. H. H. Bates, 

 J. B. Smith, J. B. S"avage. C. W. Bissell. and W. Von Beuren, of 

 New Haven, Conn.; O. H. Burbridge and Allen Willev, of Hart- 

 ford. Conn.; C. L, Gove, Geo. Dorn, Henry Kurtz. J. L. Smith, 

 and John Meyer, of Albany. N. Y.; Dr. Chas. Weed, O. L. Hunter 

 and H. L. Gates, of Utica, N. Y.; Miles Johnson, of Newtown, N. 

 J ; Capt. John S. Shepherd, ot Queens, N, Y.; Tbos. J. Dolan, 

 Edgar C. Murphy, G. Floyd-Jones, H. C. Squires, Harry Craft, 

 James Pilkiogton, J. P. Burnham, E Dimook, A.T.Sullivan, 

 James Hanchen, "Snapper" Garrison, Ben West, Abel Crook, (J. 

 Blattmacher, D. Miller, John Pace. Judge Green, Isaac Hyde, L. 

 T. Davenport, Walter Peet, Louis Schortemeier, L. T. Goehring, 

 A. E. Eddy, J. Sehlegp, H. Knebel, "Okey" Kerher, J. Blake. P. 

 Ward, or ibl=' ritv; Under-Sheriflf McLaughlin, of Brooklyn; 

 .Judge Newton, of Coney Island: J. E. Welland, of Chicago, 111.; J. 

 Van Dyke, Fred Beale, and Geo. Cubberly. of Long Branch, N. J. 



The shoot had been very extensively advertised, the leading 

 papers in all parts of the country having made repeated menti m 

 of the fame of the men and vrhat they were expected to accom- 

 plish. Thomas H. Keller, better known as "Tee Kay," did some 

 great hustling in the matter of press notices. 



The Fountain Gun Club had everything in "apple-pie" order for 

 the match and had erected a temporary grand stand which was 

 filled at an early hour. After 9 A, M. ev^ery train on the Sea 

 Beach or the Culver roads deposited its quota of passengers at one 

 of the stations, and by 9:30 the crowd had grown very large. 

 Brewer and Fulford, the two principals, v/ith a number of their 

 immediate friends, reached the grounds at 9:10, Shortly after- 

 ward they were attired in their shooting "sweaters" and went out 

 to shoot a few practice birds. Before they had fired many shots 



tljey reali/^ed that neitUtir t)ie >)ird§ nor tfte we^tlier pooditiQBS 



were favorable for clean scores. Both mt-n looked to be in superb 

 form, and each was confident of his own ability to win. After 

 they had become suflaciently limbered up the real business of the 

 day was taken in hard, and things arranged for a start in the 

 biggest match ever shot in the woi-ld. Without any discussion 

 John Riggott, of Rockaway, N. J., a veteran of many hard-fought 

 contests and a member of the NewarK Gun Club, was selected as 

 referee; at the suggestion of Jacoli Pentz, of SporUna Timet-, Chas. 

 H. Townsend, of Forest and Stream, was selected as otficlal 

 scorer, and Neaf Apgar, of Plainfield, officiated as trap-puller. 

 The birds, which were fui-nished by Wm. R. Feiles, of Christiana, 

 Pa., and Miles Johnson, of Newtown, N. J., were handled by J. 

 Frank Kleinz, of Philadelphia. 



It was precisely 10:48 A. M. when Captain John L. Brewer 

 stepped to the score in his usual nonchalant manner, and after 

 glancing once or twice along the bnrrels of his "Princess" Greener, 

 asked, "Are you ready?" "Readyl" came the response from I rap- 

 puller Apgar. In an instant came "pull" in a sharp and clear 

 tone, and as the trap went over nut went a vicious-looking blue 

 bird from No. 3 trap toward the right boundary. Bang, bang 

 came two reports in quick succession, and down went the bird 

 dead as a stone. "It all the birds are to he of that style," said a 

 bystander, "there'll be no big scores to-day." The trap was re- 

 filled and up stepped E. D. Fulford to the score, cool as a cucum- 

 ber and with a confident smile lurking about the corners of his 

 moxith. Once, twice goes his new hammer Greener to hi^ shoul- 

 der, then "Are you ready?" in a measured tone. "Readyl" came 

 the reply. Once more the gun goes up, then the butt is dropped 

 almost even with the elbow, "pull" in a drawling tone is followed 

 by a quick bang, bang as No. 4 trap goes over. The bird bv this 

 time Is plucked ready for the pot, h\ii you were too quick, Eddy, 

 and Referee Riggott promptly says "another bird." the one shot 

 having been on the ground when it met its fate. The next time 

 he says pull over goes No. 3 trap and out goes a straight driver 

 which is grassed with a qxiick first. Everything went along swim- 

 mingly until the sixth round, when Fulford caught his Jonah in 

 the shape of a terribly fast left -quartering driver, which was 

 slobbered with the first barrel and which refused to stop on the 

 second. His eighth bird, a lightning driver, carried itself oil the 

 .^rounds only to fall a victim to the army of bushwhackers who 

 were on the outside looking for material for potpies. Brewer 

 killed ten straight, but met his fate on his eleventh, a bird which 

 went from No. 4 trap straight for the right fence, and then .iust 

 as the first was pulled twisted to the left and saved itself from 

 the second. This was added to the spoils of the bushwackers, as 

 were his twelfth and thirteenth birds, both straight drivers that 

 flew as though possessed. He also lost his els hteeuth, a strong 

 driver which fell dead over the feace. His twenty-fifth, a righf- 

 i luartering incomer, was hit with both barrels, but not hard enou.gh 

 to persuade it to stop. His fifteenth bird was a "corker" of a driver 

 f rnra No. 3 trap that was killed in magnificent shape with a long 

 second. All this time the telegraph man had been plugging lead 

 into his birds, good, bad or indifferent, in a manner that showed 

 he, was out for business. His seventh bird was a fast left-quar- 

 tering driver that he killed in splendid shape with the second 

 liarrel. His seventeenth bird was a terror. The instant trap No. 

 •-' was sprung out went a zig-zagging driver that changed its 

 course faster than an ordinary eye could follow its movements. It 

 caught the first barrel in good style, but refused to stop, and 

 evi fv one expected to see it added to the list of lost, when 'bang" 

 went the second and down went the bird with its wings still out- 

 stretcned. stone-dead, at least 3.5yds. from the trap. "That was a 

 good shot, Fulford," said Brewer, and everybody agreed with him. 

 His twenty-fourth bird was another good one and called for close 

 work as it circled. At the end of the first round the score stood 

 for Fulford to 20 for Brewer. By this time the shooters and 

 spectators began to realize that they were looking at the flight of 

 a remarkable lot of pige ns, and a mimber of bets were offered 

 I liat neither man would kill 230 out of the 250. The birds flew like 

 demons, and were made still faster by the stiff wind, which stead- 

 ily increased in force and kept the big flag of the Fountains 

 stretched to its full tension. By this time the shooters besan to 

 be handicapped by the current of air, which formed an eddy in 

 front of the house and t\yepc the smoke and dust full in their 

 t aces at each discharge of a gun. This must certainly have in- 

 terfered at times with use of second barrel. 



THE SECOMD ROUNU. 



On the second round Brewer started with a flue second barrel 

 k ill of a circler to the left and Fulford followed with a qu'ck first 

 on a lef t-quarterei'. Brewer's fifth was a scorcher from No. 5 trap 

 I hat carried two loads of shot over the wocds and is probably still 

 flying. Fulford's seventh, a slate-colored hen, was killed about 

 ten vards from No. 3 trap by a fine first. Brewer's ninth was 

 .•mother of the fast drivers which was killed at long range by a 

 magnificent second. His twelfth, a right quartering driver, called 

 for another splendid second; his fifteenth, a left-quartering driver 

 was a fine first barrel kill,and his sixteenth, a lightning driver, car- 

 ried two full loads to the fence and fell dead before it could raise 

 to safety. This was hit with the second at full 70yds. His twen ty- 

 third and twenty-fourth were both left-quartering drivers of the 

 "let me go" kind, but in both instances .Tack's deadly second 

 brought them to grass. Fulford's eleventh, a right-quartering 

 driver; his thirteenth, a right-quarterer; fifteenth, a circler to the 

 right and his seventeenth, were all liehtning birds, but in each 

 instance his beautiful first barrel work brought the birds to grass. 

 He lost his eiffhth bird, a left-quartering driver that was merely 

 feathered with the second: his eighteenth, a very fast driver that 

 climbed out of both charges, and his twenty-fourth, also a left- 

 quartering drivr, very vicious, which carried both loads to the 

 boundary and fell dead less than a foot outside. Scores, Fulford 

 45, Brewer 44. 



THE THIRD ROUNB. 



On the first Brewer made a neat kill of a fast left-quarterer, 

 Fulford following by a fine long second on a right-quartering 

 driver. Brewer's second, a left-quartering driver, very fast, went 

 "over the hills to the poor house," and Fulford, just to keep in the 

 swim, sent, his next bird on the same course, although it was hard 

 hit. Fulford lost his ninth; Brewer lost his sixteenth, and so did 

 the Bridgeport mon. Brewer's nineteenth, a screaming left- 

 quarterer, carried 23^oz. of shot as far as the fence and fell dead, 

 .iust over. Fulford's eighteenth, a left-quartering driver, got 

 awav to liberty, not even the pot-hunters being able to grass it. 

 Brewer lost his twenty-second; Fulford his twenty-third and 

 twenty-fifth. Brewer's twenty-third was a left-quartering driver, 

 that required a maeniflceot exercise of judgment to bring to grass, 

 but he went there on Jack's second. Fulford's star birds were his 



sixth and seventh, both fine second-barrel kills on left-quartering 

 drivers, the last at long range. Score, Brewer 65. Fulford 64, 



THE FOURTH HOUND. 



Brewer's third bird was an ugly twister which fell dead a foot 

 outside; Fulford's fifth, a left-quartering driver, very fast, got 

 over in safety; Brewer's tenth, a straight driver, followed suit; 

 Fulford's eleventh, a left-quartering driver, left for parts un- 

 known; Brewer's twenty-second was a lightning right-quartering 

 driver that nothing could have stopped. Brewer's second bird 

 was killed in beautiful style with the first barrel; his thirteenth 

 ditto, both being very fast kft-quartering drivers; his twenty- 

 third, which started in the same direction as the o<bor two, was a 

 terror, but came to grass at the first fire. Fulford caught a 

 cracker of a right-quartering driver, which ought to have died in 

 the air on the first fire, but required a second to make it. fall; bis 

 thirteenth was a left-quartering driver, which was another ele- 

 gant second-barrel kill, as was his flftoenth. of the same ilk; bis 

 twenty-first, a left-quartering driver, was killed in great forth by 

 a fine first, while his twenty-second, an ugly right-quartering 

 driver, twister and zigzagger, called forth a fine display of skill, 

 but was obliged to come to grass just inside the boundary. Score 

 on the even hundred, 87 kills for each man. At this point the 

 betting, which had been strongly in favor of the big Philadelphian, 

 took a turn and dropped to evens. The spect.ators were at this 

 Etage fully convinced that they were at a genuine shooting miitoh, 

 where the men were on equal footing as regards skill and where 

 each man was shooting to win. The eyes of both men began to 

 look fiwnUen and bloodshot from the constant blowing back of 

 the smoke and dust, hut otherwise there was no perceptible 

 change in their condition, either as regards endurance or nerve. 

 It was here remarked that the majority of the misses credited to 

 the men were on driving birds, which, as a rule, are a "cinch" for 

 either of them. Twelve of the thirt;een birds missed by Fulford 



J. L. BREWER. 



and ten of those missed by Brewer had been either direct, right 

 or left-quartering drivers. The reasons assigned for this willhe 

 given later on. 



THE PIPTH ROUND. 



Brewer opened the second hundred with a good first and Ful- 

 ford followed suit. Brewer's second, a circler to the left, called 

 forth a round of applause, as he put in one of his old time douVfle 

 shots and sent it to grass. His seventh was a terribly fast left- 

 quartering driver that fell dead over the fence; his ninth, which 

 went in the same direction, was sent to grass by a remarkably 

 flue second; his tenth, a driver, left for some more con.geDial 

 quarters; his seventeonth was a very fast and tricky lef t-qnar- 

 teting driver that i-'ot tired ut life when Jack put in his second; 

 his nineteenth KOt away in safety by some lively flapping of wintxs 

 and his twenty-fifth died just over the fence. Fulford's eleventh 

 was a corker of a right-qua'-terlng driver, killed by an elegant first; 

 his thirteenth, a fast driver, called for another fine first; his 

 eighteenth, a driver, fell just oyer the boundary; his twentieth, a 

 tricky, twist'ng driver, was killed with the second at aOyds. Score: 

 Fulford 111, Brewer 108. 



THE SrSTH ROUND. 



Fulford lost his third bird, a right-quarterer, awfully fast; his 

 fifth, a fast driver, and his seventh, a left-quartering driver that 

 could out-fly a bolt of lightning. Brewer's thirteenth was a 

 screamer that went straight to the front, dropping feathers as 

 each barrel was fired, but refused to die. His seventh bird called 



i'ULPORD'S - SCORE. 

 Fac»simil© from original oflScia) score, 



