Jan. 4, 18? 6.] 
19 
Matches at the Westminster Kennel Club. 
The past week h c ;s witnessed the shooting of two important 
matches at live birds on the grounds of the Westminster KenDel Club, 
Babylon, L. I. These grounds have a great reputation for fast birds, 
and are therefore a favorite resort for the prominent amateurs of 
New York and vicinity whenever they have a little question to settle 
as to superiority at the trap. The club's superintendent, George S. 
Mott, always has a supply on hand, or can obtain good birds on short 
. notice; the Westminster birds are flyers from first to last. King's traps 
with an automatic pulling apparatus are used, and with the quality of 
the birds furnished there is very seldom any need of using the pieces 
of old gaspipe that are kept handy In case a bird requires flushing. 
The first of the series of three matches was the one between 
L. T. DURYEA AND W. G. BROKAW. 
This match was shot on Monday, Dec. 23. The conditions were: 
30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary, 100 live birds per man, for a nominal con- 
sideration and the price of the birds. 
Duryea shot a great race, outclassing, as might be expected, his 
plucky opponent and defeating him by 10 birds, Duryea 's score of 91 
could easily have been improved had he been pushed at all, as he was 
shooting'.in really marvelously good form, some of hiskills being of the 
phenomenal order. The birds were fast and were helped by a breeze 
which blew directly from the shooter to the traps; this fact makes' the 
score of 91 much better than it seems on paper. 
The end of the first 25 found Duryea 2 birds in the lead, the score 
standing 22-30. At the half-way mark Brokaw was only 3 behind, not- 
withstanding the good work of his opponent, who scored 24 out of his 
25, making his total for the 50 amount'to 40 against Brokaw's 43. Then 
came a bad break on Brokaw's part: Duryea missed his 51st and 52d 
birds, reducing the lead to 1, as Brokaw had killed both of his birds; 
but out of the following 8 birds he shot at the latter lot no less than 6 
escape him, thus virtually settling whatever doubt there might have 
been as to the result of the rnatch ; at the end of the third string he 
was 9 behind, the score sheet showing: Duryea 68 out of 75, Brokaw 
S9 out of 75. In the last string Duryea killed 23 to Brokaw's 22, mak- 
ing his lead 10 all told. The following shows the high runs made by 
each shooter: Duryea, 31, 26, 12 and 11; Brokaw, 15 and 13. Score: 
L T Duryea (30) 1211122211110220101111121—22 
2112222222122211121011312—24 
0012212222132021122121221 -22 
2111211121122121112101101—23-91 
W G Brokaw (30) 0120120211123021211101122—20 
2211122121201222121201212-23 
2100022000120202211102222—16 
3122221110111222102121110 -22—81 
The second match was shot on the following day, Dec. 24, and was 
at 200 live birds per man, same conditions as in the match between 
Duryea and Brokaw, with the exception possibly that there was more 
than a nominal consideration at stake. This match was between 
H. B. WRIGHT AND W. G. BROKAW. 
In this match also Mr. Brokaw came out behind, the full score 
Showing Wright 177, Brokaw 161. The day was a lovely one from a 
tourist's point of view, the air being almost as balmy as that of 
spring; it was just such a day as was likely to be hard on the birds, 
the wind dying away to nothing while the last 200 birds were being 
trapped. The light breeze that blew during the first half of the match 
was from the right quarter for these grounds— N.N.B.— the Kennel 
Club's grounds facing slightly to the east of south; the latter fact 
makes them rather hsrd grounds to shoot on during the morning 
hours of a winter's day. 
A start was made at 10:13 a. m., Fred G. Moore looking after 
Wright; Louis T. Duryea performing the same kind offices for Brokaw; 
Jacob Pentz acted as referee, Edward Banks being official scorer; the 
superintendent, George S. Mott, was trap-puller. The 400th bird was 
disposed of at 2:30 p. m., the match having occupied 4 hours and 17 
minutes; the whole of the birds were retrieved by Fred Hoey's liver 
and white setter dog Don, whose keenness was only partially ap- 
peased by the work he had done during that 4 hours and 17 minutes; 
he's a great dog. The time for each 100 birds was as follows: 1st 100— 
65 minutes; 2d 100—64 minutes; 3d 100—62 minutes; 4th 100-66 minutes. 
In figuring on the scores it should be remembered that these grounds 
have no fence of any kind on the dead line, the line being marked 
by chalk alone; the circular 50yds. boundary is a small wire fence 
about 18in. high. Thus a bird must be surely killed to be scored, 
particularly at this season of the year when they are strong flyers and 
heavily feathered; under such conditions, then, Wright's totals of 87 
out of his first 100, and of 90 out of his second 100 must be considered 
as very good work, despite the fact that there was no wind to 6peak 
of to help the birds. 
The result of the match was about the only one that could be 
expected from our point of view. Wright is one of the coming ama- 
teur shots of this|section, and it must be said he is coming very fast; 
T he closeness of the figures, each bird being marked with a star when 
the result of the shot was scored, is really remarkable. 
In the.matter of traps it must not be forgotten that Wright is right- 
handed, while Brokaw shoots from his left shoulder; the end traps 
would, therefore, naturally bear different relations when they fell to 
the different shooters. It will be noticed in the following figures that 
Nos. 4 and 1 were far above their respective averages— 80: 
No, 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Total. 
L. T. DURYEA* 
the accuracy and the rapidity with which he plants his second barrel 
into an outgoing bird is very nearly equal to George Work's style; on 
incoming birds he is very sure— a great thing for anybody in such 
weather as that which prevailed on Dec. 24— weather that is calculat- 
ed to breed incoming tendencies in even the best of birds. As a mat- 
ter of fact Wright drew 54 birds out of his 200 that showed incoming 
tendencies; of that number he lost but two; Brokaw drew 65 incoming 
birds and lost 11 of them, a very large proportion of what should be 
easy birds to anybody who has had much practice. As a tribute to 
Wright's fine work at the traps since the opening of the season, he 
has been moved back to the 30yds. mark at the Carteret, and now 
shoots off the same score with such good shots as J. Seaver Page, C. 
M. Chapin, etc. 
Brokaw, on the other hand, had up to the morning of this match 
been doing far too much trap-shooting in a short space of time, and 
could not fail to be a little stale. Besides shooting the 100-bird race 
with L. T. Duryea on the previous day, as reported above, he had shot 
about 1,100 other birds in less than as many days; add to this also the 
fact that he has been swapping loads and guns, and does not yet quite 
know what he wants in the gun line, and it is hard to see how Wright 
could fail to come out ahead in the race, without taking into consid- 
eration the question as to which of the two is the best man at the 
traps. 
The luck of the birds was really about even. Sometimes, of course, 
they ran hard for one, but then they evened things up after a while 
We kept tab on the best birds— that is, birds which were actually above 
par. We did this in order that we might see just how the shooters 
stood as to luck at the end of the long race. The totals show 
that Wright drew 59 extra good birds against 57 drawn by Brokaw. 
54 
31 
31 
51 
33 
200 
29 
31 
57 
46 
200 
91 
60 
63 
108 
79 
400 
Six times during the race did Brokaw miss in the same round that 
his opponent did, thus losing six separate chances to reduce the lead. 
At the end of the first 25-the score stood 22-20 in Wright's favor, but 
at the end of the 37th round the score stood even up, Gilbert having 
lost 4 birds to Brokaw's 2 since the commencement of the second 
string; from that point until the 45th round the shooters ran neck and 
neck; then Brokaw lost his 45th and 46th birds, giving Wright a lead 
that was never again taken from him, although it was reduced to a 
single bird when he lost his 51st pigeon. From that round it was really 
H. B. WRIGHT, 
a procession, the halfway mark, 100" birds per man, showing 87 to 83 
in Wright's favor. As the latter U always a strong finisher, it looked 
and proved to be a sure thing for Wright, who had backed himself the 
previous evening to kill more birds out of his last 100 than out of his 
first 100. 
It was in this last 100 that Wright did his best work, scoring 90 to 
Brokaw's 78, the latter falling away sadly in his first 25 on the second 
half, 9 birds out of the 25 getting away from him. All through the 
match he shot unsteadily, at times doing brilliant and quick work 
with both barrels; at othera he was very slow, particularly on rising 
and driving birds from No. 5 trap; occasionally he held his second 
barrel so long as to be extremely wearing on the nerves of those who 
had his interests at heart; only once did he place a sacond barrel to 
advantage after holding it for a long time, while he lost several chances 
of placing it effectively if used 10yds. quicker. Wright shot consist- 
ently well the whole match, only dropping down occasionally, as any 
one is likely to do when one has a match well enough in hand to grow 
temporarily careless. 
The full score, showing the flight of the birds, tells the rest of the 
story without the need of any more words: 
1 Trap score type— Copyright jsas, by Forest anil Stream Publishing Co. 
2432441513232134444241145 
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H Wright (30).2 2112122* 012212210112 2 22 2—22 
4 2 11 11528133513515145541 4 
t N I <- 1 \ $ s % <-<- ?• ^ * T T T /* T ^ <- t-V 
202222220220212222212222 2—22 
12 2 4453125245543214533444 
X.* t.->/ T £ % 1 1 T -»-M»;» \ t % t ^ T t T 
02021222112221222 2 202122 2-22 
1241254453544122 2 321 15123 
15J2220010211.22212 2S112J! 2—21 
31111513443111213511515 5 4 
20»312l2122yl220223»l332 0—21 
4423424443113133152144441 
221122222112221 3 20211221 2—24 
5115434134514414321521135 
? «- 1 1 T \ ^ i /" <S\-* T *v-> t- t r» ^ T Xj*> 
01121221221al22112202120 2—22 
3524353435 2 1211 1144255443 
1122«12l30131122 2 2 2 all32 1-23-177 
3 4214255424 3245344 3 5 42254 
W Brokaw (30)1 02110 0 2213»110222222 2 22 1-20 
2133454131255543544531111 
220311 2 1222221212220»2<fl 1—23 
41434451244514 4 425 2 131135 
\ / <K 1 1 -fvt I *» I T is. T t "O- T<- $ T 
22.12012111120101022211. 2-19 
1443411543 3 34513554134251 
12122222100il2231011al5il £—22. 
24115 55342155523425445513 
2020210111011121U«210202 i-16 
552223454511434242 5545441 
W Si ? \ \^T\ 7 1 sf->rM \i~ \ ?. ^ X /i ^ _» Os, 
2221 2 2 21221212222023201 1 0—22 
55544151341341542231451 24 
Vt~£ ft*?? T SrKrT*-"* t T *r wv+si > 
01121221322223.001022021 1—19 
14433155442 3 45313 3 3341425 
W I T ? N 4- 1 \-» t V}. t T 4. S\ <~» 
S212»2»122112.21121113»1 1—21—161 
Wrigbt shot a Purdey gun and 48grs. of Schultze in a V. L. & D. 
Lightning shell. Brokaw also shot a Purdey gun. His shells were 
BleyBros.,of London, loaded with Schultze powder. The shells of 
both shooters were loaded by Von Lengerke & Detmold. 
Trap Around Buffalo. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 18.— Twelve shooters put down their names 
and paid $25 apiece for the privilege of taking part in a 25 live-bird 
race at Audubon Park this morning. Among the shooters from a dis- 
tance were: Harvey McMurchy, of the L. C; Smith gun, who took 
first money alone by killing his 25 straight, using the second barrel but 
eight times; F, Osgood, otherwise D. A. Upson, of Cleveland, O., and 
R. May, better known to trap-shooters as Ralph Worthington, both 
sterling good shots with the scatter -gun; F. D- Kelsey, East Aurora, 
N. Y.; Sim Glover and E. O. Meyer, of the Rochester (N. Y.) Rod and 
Gun Club. The purse was divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent,, class 
shooting. The following were the scores: 
Conditions, 25 live birds, $25 entrance: 
Harvey McMurchy. 1111122112111112212211112—25 
R May 2222223232221 221 122111200—23 
E C Meyer 2022»121 •2222213222121122-22 
G Osgood 22222.321 1222322222200212-22 
Sim Glover 223201»202212221211011222-21 
H Kirkover _ 2222022222222320022220233—31 
E Andrews 0132012200222211220222123—20 
O Besser 211 0220122120101210 1 12231—20 
E O Burkhardt . .1200123212012120121022222— 20 
F D Keleey 2322.2222222.210232003222— 20 
C S Burkhardt 1123222202100112102202100—18 
G Fleischman 0001012222202201222021101—17 
Among the matches of the future are: O. Besser versus an un- 
known, $100 a side, 100 birds per man; a forfeit has been placed in the 
hands of B. F. Smith, of this city. Jake Koch and Fred Emond have 
also been matched to shoot a series of three matches, each race to be 
at 100 live birds per man, $100 a side. The first race is set for New 
Year's Day. B. F. S. 
Championship of Kansas. 
Wbir City, Kan. —Despite the disagreeable weather and regardless 
of the fact that it rained steadily all day, the much-talked-of match 
between W. W. Mclfhany, of this place, and E. W. Hoffman, of 
Galena, Kan., for the trophy emblematic of the Kansas State cham- 
pionship at live birds was shot here to-day. The match should have 
been shot on Nov. 21, but owing to the fact that Hoffman was taken 
seriously ill with pneumonia at that time it had to be indefinitely post- 
poned. As soon, however, as he had sufficiently recovered he re- 
newed his challenge, which resulted in the match of to-day, and in his 
wresting the coveted trophy from Mcllhany by tin fine score of 46 to 
44, each losing two birds dead out of bounds. The match was one of 
the most interesting ever shot in the State, for it waj not until the 
48th round, when Mcllhany let an easy incomer beat him, that one 
could pick the winner with any degree of certainty. 
Both men started off in rather poor form, appearing to be a trifle 
nervous. Mcllhany led off by missing a left-quartering driver from 
No. 5 trap, Hoffman following suit by missing an easy incomer from 
No. 3. Mcllhany's next was the same kind of a bird from No. 5, he 
scored this with his first barrel ; Hoffman's second was precisely the 
same kind of a bird as bis previous one and from the same trap, but it 
got over the deadline before falling. This gave Mcllhany a lead which 
he maintained up to his 9th pigeon ; this bird, a direct right-quarterer 
from No. 5 that went down wind, carried both charges of shot out of 
bounds by a few feet, being materially assisted by the wind. Had this 
bird come from either of the other traps and taken the same course, it 
would have dropped in bounds. This made things equal, but the next 
round Mcllhany was beaten by a twisting driver from No. 1 trap. 
Here was Hoffman's chance to get away from his opponent, which he 
did, but only for that round, as bis next- bird, another easy incomer, 
and again from No. 3 trap, got away unhurt. 
For the next three rounds matters were even, each scoring his 
birds. The 15th round changed the aspect of the race, as Hoffman's 
bird, a hard driver from No. 1, dropped dead out of bounds. This put 
an end to the missing for some time, as each contestant settled down 
to business and shot in excellent form. Mcllhany maintained his lead 
of 1 up to the 41st round, when after having made the fine run of 30 
straight, a driver from No. 2 went over the boundary and had to be 
scored lost. He followed this up by letting his next, a right-quarter- 
ing incomer, escape. He managed to kill his next 5 and then lost his 
48th, another incomer. Hoffman in the meantime wasn't doing a 
thing but killing them all; he ran his last 35 straight and won by 2 
birds. He out-lucked his opponent as well as out-shot him ; especially 
was this apparent toward the close of the match. Of his last 11 birds 
8 were from No. 3 trap and 6 of them were incomers; he also drew 16 
birds from No. 3 trap, while his adversary got but 9 from the same 
trap; incomers, however, seemed to be Hoffman's Jonah, as 3 of the 4 
he lost were incomers from this trap. 
The birds were a fair lot, but there were too many incomers among 
them to rate them as first class. The shooters faced east, and the 
wind blew strongly from the northeast ; the rain also was against the 
birds, making them slow to start. Both men shot Parker guns, E. C. 
powder, Smokeless shells, and No 7 chilled shot. 
W. G. BROKAW. 
A number of sportsmen came over from Galena and Columbus to 
witness the match, among whom were the following: H. T. Leeman, 
Fritz Weber, J. L. Horn, C. W. Sumner, S. Y. Timberlake and B. C. 
Best. 
The conditions were: Match between W. W. Mcllhany, of Weir 
City, Kan., and E, W. Hoffman, of Galena, Kan., for the individual 
live-bird championship of Kansas, 50 live birds per man, American 
Shooting Association rules; challenger to put up $50 against trophy, 
winner to take money and trophy, loser to pay for the birds. C. H. 
Calhoun, of Weir City, referee. Below is a detailed score of the 
match: 
Trap score type— Copyright isss, by Forest and Stream I^iblishing Co. 
3311424344313213515153344 
E W Hoffman. .0 t 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 2 . 2 2 1 i 1 IS 1 2 2—21 
4215145545211134253333 3 33 
2212222221221 122221 11111 1—25-46 
5554213451341242232251251 
WW Mcllhany. 0 1 22 2 1 1 2 • 01 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1- 
■22 
13 35214343424252533414441 
1 2 T 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 • 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1-22-4 4 
Paul R. Litzkb. 
