April 14, 1894.J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



The wind, as stated above, was brisk in the early morning and by 

 the time a start was made in American handicap it was blowing about 

 twenty miles an hour. On these grounds the traps face the northeast 

 so that the wind was in favor of the birds, blowing directly from the 

 shooter toward the traps. 



It was about 10:30 A. JVI., when Referee Jacob Pentz called the first 

 shooter to the score for the big handicap. Chas. A. Dellar of Brook- 

 lyn was the official scorer. Fred Hoey, who recently killed 97 out of 

 100 birds on the Babylon grounds; George Work, he of the military 

 carriage and possessed of skill equal to the best; Capt. A. W. Money, 

 with the big goggles and usual genial smile; Noel G. Money, not as old 

 in years as his father, but nearly as good a shot; Fred G. Moore and 

 Louis "Davenport," these were the occupants of the big tents; and 

 inside the house was a whole company of cracks, and strange ( !) to 

 say everybody intended to be in for first money. 



When the great event of the shooting year, the grand American 

 handicap, began it bad an entry list of fifty-four, comprising the 



POSITIONS CAUGHT BY "FOREST AND STREAM'S" CAMERA. 



c-rcme. de la creme of the shooting world. One man only, Charles 

 Macalester of Riverton, N. J., failed to appear, this leaving fifty-three 

 to shoot and making the moneys $667.50 for first; $400.50 for second 

 and 3267 for third, this to be worn by the guns. 



The sport opened with Dick Phister at the 28-yard mark and he 

 made a fine kill of a right-quartering incomer, using both barrels; 

 Upson, Class, Morfey and Duryee killed down, and the first lost bird 

 was scored to ' Dutehy" Smith, this being a right-quartering driver 

 that knew bow to twist and made use of its knowledge. Kleinz, 

 Spicer, Work, "Mack," Brewer and Simpson killed, and then came 

 J. L. Smith, who lost a terribly fast right-quartering driver. Hoff- 

 man, killed, as did Thompson, Dickey and Elliott, Timmons following 

 with a miss. E. D. Fulford and Macbeth killed; Charley Young lost; 

 N. G. Money followed with a loss of a hard driver; E. D. Miller killed, 

 as did W. S. King. Meyer, A. W. Money, Ireland, Jones and Moore, 

 when came along M F. Lindsley. who made an excusable miss of a 

 fast and tricky right-quartering driver, being followed by Neaf Apgar 

 with the loss of a tricky bird taking the same direction as above. A. 

 H. King then scored a kill and up stepped the intrepid young amateur 

 Fred Hoey, on whom all eyes were centered; Hoey got a fast bird 

 going straight away, but a little halt in his work caused him to lose 

 it. Penrose, Ivins, Willey, Heikes, Waiters, Wolstencroft, and Denny 

 killed; Canon lost a. hummer; Post lost ditto; Drake, Von Lengerke, 

 Cooper, Peacock and Weld killed; Little lost; Arnold, Stewart and 

 Helgans killed; Edgerton lost and Bessemer killed, this ending the 

 first round. 



The birds were a good lot of flyers, some being rattling fast and 

 others fair to good. The wind being in their favor caused a majority 

 of them to trend to the right and front and assisted them greatly in 

 their flight. The light was erratic to an extreme and changed with a 

 sort of monotonous regularity that aggravated the shooters. 



On the second round Simpson, Dickey, Timmons, Miller. Lindsley, 

 Willey and Canon lost. On the third round Lindsley and Canon again 

 lost, this shutting them out, as under the conditions three misses 

 were out provided there were any straight scores. Hoey and Young 

 made their second misses on the third round. On the fifth round Tim- 

 mons shot himself out of the race, being followed on the same round 

 by Hoey, who lost a twisting driver. The sixth round sent Ireland to 

 the rear; the eighth round retired Heikes; on the ninth round Young 

 and Helgans went out, on the tenth Duryea stepped back after 

 making an excusable miss and W. S. King and Penrose stopped on the 

 eleventh. The twelfth round was the last of the day, the manager 

 having reserved the privilege of calling the shoot off for the day when- 

 ever in his judgment the light began to fall. In this instance his 

 judgment was good and was approved by all, especially by those men 

 whose growing years cause them to prefer daylight to twilight. 



As stated in the report on the first day's shooting, the first 9 birds 

 shot at in the handicap by those men who were in the 15-bird sweep 

 started on Wednesday, counted as the finish of the latter sweep. 

 This was class shooting with 4 moneys, the first being worth 3163, 

 divided by Denny, Hyde, Upson, Kelsey and Wolstencroft on clean 

 scores. For second money there were 11 ties; for third there were 16, 

 and for fourth there were 11. The fact of having possibly the result 

 of two matches depending upon one shoot made the contestants 

 extremely careful, and resulted in a fine average for the shoot. After 

 shooting in the handicap had been suspended for the day there came a 

 miss and out with an entrance fee of $5, the birds included. 



Below will be found detailed scores of the 15-bird event and of the 

 $5 miss and out, the score of the big handicap to be shown when com- 

 pleted: 



No. 3, 15 live birds, entrance $15, four moneys: 



Fulford (33) .... 022322322022222—13 Young (31) 222202020222220—11 



Elliott (33) 001212211210222—12 Kelsey (30) 211222221 12 z2— 15 



Penrose ,29) . . . .202111210012122—12 Lake (28) 2100021w 



C Smith (30). ...221210022122211— 12 Hobart (28) . . . .121121112112002— 13 



Denny (26) 111222212222222—15 T Edgerton (28)101101021102112-11 



A H King (29) . . 021220212222111—13 Mascrof t (28) . . .221122220102122-13 



Jones (27) 222222220222222-14 Kleinz (31) 220213220203313—13 



Heikes (32) 112211220202202—13 Timmons (26). .001002002201W 



Remsen (27) . . . .120222220222222 -13 Meyer (28) 222222211222102-14 



Hyde (27) 111223223211232—15 Phister (28) 221122222102120-13 



J M B (27) 122112011121120—13 Lindsley (29) . ...222220000w 



Bessemel (28) . . 123223822030^23—13 Brewer (33) .... »222221 12122002-12 



Vandergrift ( 25>22111101222202— 12 Apgar (30) 2222220222222-22—14 



Van Dyke (30)..0220211022100w Morfey (28) . . .•12221212322223—14 



Dickey (29) 111012102120221-12 Bowker (26). . . .3) 1211101110201— 12 



Dr Weld (29). ...122222122200222— 13 Simpson (29). .. 222222201121222— 14 

 W S King (27). .201 120222110222—12 F Class (32).. . .223222222202222—14 

 McWhorter (27)221213212022222—14 DrLittlefi'ld (25)»11221011111111— 13 

 Cooper (28) 012222222122022—13 J Von Len- 



Upson (39) 121121222212211—15 gerke (29). . . ,21211»222121122— 14 



Edgarton '(28) . .20012200w Hoffman (28) . . .0211121212*1222-14 



Arnold (26) 121101111222211—14 Knowlton (27). . 21.222222202022— 12 



Greene (26) 111111121321001—13 Helgans (30). ...222221220122220— 13 



Pickles (26) 221222220222220—13 Wolst , ncr'ft(29)22222l222222222-15 



Arno (26) OlOOllw Bennett (28) . . . .112022020211212—22 



Peacock (29). ...011122211110111—13 Herringtou (28) 021222222t)0ll0w 

 Stewart (28). . . .222212121220222-14 



Extra, $5 miss and out: 



McWhorter 222220 —5 Edgerton, Jr 0 — 0 



Elliott 0 -0 Tampa 2222220-6 



Lindsley 0 —0 Knowlton 2222330-6 



Class 2122232—7 Ivins 2122221—7 



AW Money 1110 -3 J L Smith 1221121—7 



Meyer 22110 —4 Hoffman..... 2222232—7 



Upson 21110 —4 Hughes 0 — 0 



Bessemer 2222233—7 



Below will be found a table showing the rise, residence, gun and 

 powder used by the principal contestants during the week: 



Name. Distarice. Residence. Gun, Powder. 



R. Phister 28yds. .Brooklyn. N. Y Parker Schultze. 



A. D. Upson 29yds, .Cleveland, O Greener Schultze. 



Frank Class 32yds. .Morristown, N, J Francotte, . , .Schultze, 



T. W. Morfey . . ■ ,38yds, .Paterson, N, J Greener E, C. 



Name. Distance. Residence, [Gun. Poioder 



L. T. Duryea 30yds. .Glen Cove, L, I Francotte. . . .E. C. 



Chas. Smith. . ... .30yds. .Plainfield, N. J Smith ........ E. 0. 



J. Frank Kleinz. .31yds. .Philadelphia, Pa Greener .Schultze. 



W. Spicer 28yds. .Danville, Pa Daly .....Am.Wood 



Geo. Work 31 yds.. New York Purdy E. C. 



E. H. McWhorter 27yds. .Pittsburgh, Pa Parker Walsrode. 



J. L. Brewer 33yds. .Bridgeton, N. J W.-Richards.. Schultze. 



W. J. Simpson.... 39yds.. California Greener E. C. 



J. L. Smith 28yds. .Hackettstown, N. J... Smith .Am.Wood 



J. W. Hoffman... 28yds.. German Valley, N. J.Parker E. C. 



W. H. Thompson 27yds.. New York Purdy E. C. 



O. R. Dickey 29yds. .Boston, Mass Parker Schultze. 



J. A. R. Eiliott. . .33yds. .Kansas City, Mo Greener E. C 



Jas. Timmons.. . .26yds. . Morristown, N. J Scott : . . .Am.Wood 



E. D. Fulford.... 33yds.. Utica, N. Y Greener Schultzo. 



C. A, Young 3lyds. .Springfield, O Young E. C. 



N. E. Money 29yds. .Oakland, N. J Parker E. C. 



E. D. Miller 30yds. .Springfield, N. J Parker Am.Wood 



W. S. King .27yds. .Pittsburgh, Pa W.-Richards .Walsrode 



E. C. Meyer 28yds. .Rochester, N. Y Smith Schultze. 



Capt. Money 30yds. .Oakland, N. J.. Greener E. C. 



W. M. C. Jones.. .27yds. .Pittsburgh, Pa Greener Walsrode. 



Fred. G. Moore. . .29vds. . New York Purdy .E C. 



M. F. Lindsley. . ..29yds. .Hoboken, N, J Smith Am.Wood 



Neaf Apgar 30yds. .Bvona, N. J Greener .Walsrode 



A. H. King 29yds. .Pittsburgh, Pa ..Scott Walsrode 



Fred Hoey 32yds. .Long Branch. N. J Purdy E. C. 



H. A. Penrose 29yds. .New Loudon, Conn... .Greener S. S. 



A. L. Ivins 31yds. .Red Bank, N. J Parker Walsrode 



A. Willey 28yds. .Hartford. Conn Greener Am.Wood 



R O. Heikes 32yds. .Dayton, O Winchester. ..Am.Wood 



F. Walters 29yds. . Arlington, N. J Greener.. Leonard. 



W. Wolstencroft. 29yds. .Frankfnrd, Pa Francotte E. C. 



•TO'H. Denny..., 20yds.. Pittsburgh, Pa Francotte. .. .E. C. 



W S Cannon 26yds. . Newark, N. J Francotte E. C. 



E. L. Post 28yds. .New York Purdy E. C. 



W N Drake 28yds. .South Orange, N. J. . .Smith E. C. 



J von Lengerke. .29yds. .Orange, N, J. Francotte Schultze. 



Thos Peacock. . . 29yds. . Westfield, N. Y W.-Richards.. Schultze. 



Dr. Little 25yds. .Brooklyn, N. Y Greener Schultze. 



J. D. Arnold 26yds. . Washington, D. C Greener E. C. 



H W. Stewart.... 28 ids.. Rochester, N. Y Lefever Schultze. 



Bessemer 2Syds. .Pittsburgh, Pa Lefever E. C. 



F. D. Kelsey 30yds. .Buffalo, N. Y Smith Schultze. 



M. Herrington 27yds.. New York Parker Leonard. 



C. L Edsrertou... 28yds.. Willinmntic, Conn. .. .Am. A. Co....E. C. 



J. T. Mascroft, . . .26yds. . Worcester, Mass Scott E C. 



J. M. Green 27yds. .Washington, D. C Purdy E. C. 



F. Van Dyke 30yds. . Newark, N. J Smith Am.Wood 



H. Vaudergrilt. . .27yds. .Pittsburgh. Pa W.-Richards.. Walsrode 



Jos. Baker 28yds. .Ridgewood, N. J Lefever Walsrode 



Friday, the Third Day. 



At six o'clock on Friday morning when we peeped through the 

 blinds to catch an idea of the weather prospects, the outlook was any- 

 thing but encouraging. The sun was shining it is true, but there was 

 a portentous haze in the air that boded ill for a clear day. Along 

 toward eight o'clock th« prospects were somewhat brighter; at 10 

 o'clock it had clouded over and for a few moments the rain fell, then 

 out again came the sun. The air was cold and raw, making heavy 

 clothing a necessity and keeping in a shiver those who ventured out 

 with light overcoats. Long before eight o'clock the crowd began to 

 gather, the news of the good shooting to be seen having been scattered 

 broadcast by the score of newspaper men who were present the day 

 before. The shooters too were early on hand sizing up the weather 

 prospects. 



On Thursday night when the handicap was stopped, there were ten 

 men with clean scores of 12 kills each; twenty-one who had missed 

 one each, and eleven who had missed two each, the other eleven hav- 

 ing been shot out with three misses each. Each of the professionals 

 had one or two misses to their credit, and were practically out of the 

 race so far as first aud second money were concerned. Denny seemed 

 to be the choice of quite a number in the selection or a probable win- 

 ner, while a good many pinned their faith and placed their money on 

 Morfey. Capt. Money also had a considerable backing, as did Von 

 Lengerke, Wolstencroft and Drake. The odds, however, were ex 

 tremely light in all cases. 



The number of spectators kept increasing steadily until at 10:30. 

 When shooting was started there were fully 400 on the grounds and 

 during the afternoon this number was nearly doubled. Nearly all the 

 sport lovers of New York and New Jersey were there, as were a num- 

 ber from Pennsylvania. 



At the above hour Referee Pentz called time and Frank Class went 

 to the score, promptly making a quick second-barrel kill of a fast 

 bird. Morfey, D. Smith, Kleinz, Spicer, Work, Mack, Brewer, Simp- 

 son, J. L. Smith, Hoffman, Thompson. Dickey, Elliott and Fulford fol- 

 lowed with kills, and then the first loss on the round was scored by 

 Macbe'h, a right quartering driver being too much for bim. Then 

 Noel Money killed; Miller lost; Meyer killed; Capt. Money killed; 

 Jones, Moore, Apgar. A. S. King, Ivens, Walters. Wolstencroft, Denny, 

 Post, Drake, Von Lengerke and Cooper followed suit and then Tom 

 Peacock scored a miss on an extremely ugly twister that tried to fly 



third money for the 24, who were Kleinz, Fulford, Simpson, J. L. 

 Smith, Jones, Moore and Walters. 



The birds were far and away better than on the first day, and were 

 still better by the stiff breeze blowing directly from the score toward 

 No. 4 trap. Some few failed to get off quickly when the trap was 

 sprung, but as a rule the pause was but momentary and once they 

 caught their wings they were as good as any. Good as they were, 

 however, they should as a whole have been much better considering 

 the price paid for them by the shooters, who were obliged to pay 35 

 cents per bird. The standard price per bird at all pigeon matches, 

 club shoots and tournaments is 25 cents each, and no higher price is 

 ever charged without advance notice having been given. In this case, 

 however, neither by word nor sign were the shooters given to under- 

 stand that an advanced price would be charged. Nearly every shooter 

 protested at the charge, but the protest availed them naught. Elmer 

 Shaner said the management paid Louis Miller 32t£ cants each for the 

 birds, Mr. Miller getting the dead birds. This was a very neat arrange- 

 ment for Mr. Miller, who gets from $1.50 to $1.80 a dozen for the dead 

 birds, gets his profit out of 82J-& cents and beside reaps all the bene- 

 fit of a fat bar trade for four days. Even granting that the associa- 

 tion did pay $2% cents each for thtf birds, it was not justified in 

 charging the shooters 35 cents each, as its. object is not to make 

 money for itself, but rather to spend money to advertise the wares of 

 its subsc ibers. 



In the "luck of the birds," so-called," there was not a great deal of 

 difference, the chances being nearly even. The really fine shots made 

 on extra good birds by one or another of the 53 shooters were so 

 many that to record them would fill a page. Each and every 

 man did the best he knew how to kill every time be went to the score, 

 although it must be conceded that some were playing in harder luck 

 than others. For instance, Dr. Weld of Boston, Arnold of Washington, 

 and Stewart of Rochester, killed every bird they shot at, and yet each 

 of them were shot out because for each of them 3 birds crossed the 

 boundary to die. Ivins of Red Bank, Von Lengerke of New York, 

 Wolstencroft. of Philadelphia, Drake of South Orange, McWhorter 

 (•'Mack") of Pittsburg, Noel Money of Oakland, and Miller of Spring- 

 field, each lost 2 dead out of bounds. Mack's last bird was an awfully 

 wicked chap which caught both loads, but lived long enough to go 

 over the wire. Brewer got a screamer in his final round, hitting it 

 hard both times, but it was tough enough to go over. Elliott's last 

 bird fell less than a yard beyond the wire. Upson's last was a hum- 

 ming driver, fell stone dead just past the wire. Noel Money and 

 Miller got right-quartering drivers, both of which fell just a few yards 

 too far out to score. Apgar stopped shooting when he had a twister 

 to the left fall a couple of yards out. Drake's final fell to grass about 

 20yds. out; Edgerton's last was a swift and and low driver, dead 3yds. 

 past the wire. 



Below will be found detailed scores of the big shoot, the conditions 

 being 25 live birds per man, $25 entry, 25 to 33yds. inclusive, 3 moneys, 

 high guns to win, $1,000 guaranteed by the association. Referees, 

 Jacob Pentz and John J. Hoey; scorer, C. A. Dellar: 



Trap score type— Copyright >S9A, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



R Phister (28) 2 2 2 1 02 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 0 



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 A D Upson (29) ...2 2221231133010* 



F Class (32) 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2—23 



T W Morfey (28). ..2 1222222222 1222222222222 2-25 

 LT Duryea (30).. ..2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 



Chas Smith (30) ,.,.0 22122211221210221222122 0—22 



J F Kleinz (31) 2 2 2 2«2212221222321113213 3—24 



W Spicer (28) 



Geo Work (31) 2 22222222 



E H Mack (27) 2130322233232.. 



JLBrewer (33). ...1 121220022222 2 2 2 • 



$ S T S> \S> ? «— M> t ? N/* NT/" ? /> 7> S - 

 W J Simpson (29). .3 01121222221222212222212 2—24 



J L Smith (28) 0 12111122221212121112212 1—24 



T /" -»/ -> \ /* /" *V <-/" /" \/ t ^ t 

 J W Hoffman (28)..1 2 1 22 l223322202222«22222 2—23 



W L Thompson (27)1 1»02211222110 



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 O Dickey (29) 1 02 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 



J AR Elliott (33).. .2 112 1 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0—23 



112 2 2222 2 22202 2—23 



POSITIONS CAUGHT BY " FOREST AND STREAMS" CAMERA . 



in a dozen directions to each yard. Weld, Arnold, Stewart, Edgerton 

 and Bessemer killed and the round was ended. Allen Willey and Dr. 

 Little who had scored two misses each on the previous day failed to 

 appear when their names were called and they were scratched. Dur- 

 ing this round the shooting was good, the birds being several yards 

 better than on the previous afternoon and having a strong, fluky wind 

 to assist them. 



On the fourteenth round Upson lost a right-quarterer; Spicer lost a 

 twister to the right and front, this making him a non-competitor, 

 being his third miss; Mack lost a rather slow incompr; Hoffman losta 

 right-quartering driver; Thompson scored his third miss on a left- 

 quartering incomer that towered out of the charge, this throwing him 

 out of the race; Meyer lost a fast one that went to the front and then 

 dodged to the left evading both barrels; Wolstencroft and Denny got 

 each a fast right-quartering driver and scored a miss each; Stewart 

 scored his second miss while Edgerton scored his third miss and 

 dropped out. On the fifteenth round those to go out were Phister, 

 Upson, Mack (lost one of the fastest birds of the day), Noel Money, 

 Miller and Bessemer. On the twentieth round there were twenty-six 

 in the race, Brewer and Weld having gone out on the seventeenth 

 round; Dickey and Stewart on the eighteenth and Meyer on the twen- 

 tieth. At this point those who had clean scores were Morfey and 

 Capt Money, all the others having scored one or more misses, 

 although when the shooting began there were twelve with clean runs. 

 Those with one miss each were Kleinz, Work, Simpson, J. L Smith, 

 Elliott, Fulford, Jones, Moore. A. H. King and Walters. At this stage 

 the chances were that nothing short of 24 would get a place, and so it 

 resulted, Morfey and Capt, Money killing out straight, this leaving 



J Timmons (26).. 

 ED Fulford (33), 

 M Macbeth (28).. 

 OA Young (31)... 

 N E Money (29)... 

 E D Miller (30) .... 

 WL King (27).... 

 EC Meyer (28)... 

 Capt Money (30).. 

 WB Ireland (28). 

 W M C Jones (27}. 

 F Q Moore (29) 



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