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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 4, 18«6, 
Grand American Handicap. 
ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN. 
The Interstate Association, through the ageney of its Grand Amer- 
ican Handicap for the year of 1898, has succeeded in breaking all pre- 
vious records for number of entries in a live-bird sweepstake in the 
United States. A grand total of 109 entries with 104 acceptances is 
tar ahead of anything of the kind ever .held in this country, and with 
the possible exception of the Grand Prix du Casino at Monte Carlo, 
won by Mr ho illard in 1872, is the bes on record for the world. In 
the Grand Prix this year there were 103 shooters, two less than took 
part in America's great event. In comparing the two events we should 
not overlook the fact, that the Interstate's annual affair is only in its 
infancy, this i-eing its fourth annual tournament. 
The most astounding feature about this large entry list is that the 
Association does • not add any money, whereas the management at 
Monte Carlo adds a most valuable consideration. Of course the As- 
sociation and the Monte Carlo management are on an entirely differ- 
ent footing; the Interstate only holds this me live-bird shoot during 
the year, and instead of deriving a monetary benefit directly from the 
shoot, has to be content with the advertising it brings the members of 
the Association, who pay for that advertising by putting their hands 
in their pockets and satisfying the bids of expense for carrying out 
its yearly programme. That bill this year will be no small one, the 
weather having had a most disastrous effect upon the birds, the sud- 
den cold snaps and heavy snowstorms carrying off a large number. 
In order, also, to make sure that the birds would be of the best, the 
Association paid a good price for them; that the birds were of a high 
class is shown by the scores, many of the totals being the result of 
really first-class work with the gun. The expenses attending the run- 
ning of such a shoot are very high, and it is no breach of confidence 
to state that the Association is considerably out of pocket owing to 
its venture this year. 
THIS DREW THE SHOOTERS. 
The Grand American Handicap of 1895 closed with 57 regular entries 
and 4 post entries; of this total of 61 entries 58 accepted, the value of 
the purse amounting to $1,530. That amount was aivided nominally 
among the 3 high guns in the proportion of 50,30 and 20 per cent.; 
actually a combination was made among the straight men at the end 
of the 10th round, Messner, the ultimate winner, being, we believe, the 
onJy one of the 11 that refused to combine. 
This year a new system of dividing the purse in this event was sug- 
gested, the secretary- treasurer of ihe Association, Mr. J. A. H. Dres- 
sel, being the first to suggest a change. Mr. Dressers idea was that 
the Grand American Handicap would be more popular if there was a 
chance for a larger number oi shooters to get a portion of the purse; 
he suggested that the Association guarantee $1,000 to the 3 high guns, 
and no matter what the number of entries might be, not to divide a 
larger sum among that number. The surplus, if any, was to be di- 
vided in some manner between a certain number of '-next highest 
guns." Justus von Lengerke took hold of the idea and elucidated 
the scheme given later; the fact that the number of entries was 
nearly double that of last year speaks volumes for the scheme. 
Had the same system of division of moneys that prevailed last year 
been in force this year at Elkwood Park, it is safe to say that there 
would have been a strong effort to make a combination at the end of 
tne 10th round when shooting practically closed for the first day. At 
that time there were 13 straight scores of 10, Dickey, the winner, 
being one of the 13; Sim Glover and G. W. Coulston, who finished sec- 
ond at,d third respectively, would not have been in the combination, 
the former having lost bis 6th bird, while Coulston's 5th fell dead out 
of bounds. There can be no question as to the popularity of the new 
system of dividing the purse, interest in the shoot being kept up long 
after a man had lost a couple of birds; at one time, so rapidly did the 
misses come, it began to look as if the 33 men might get a piece of the 
purse. 
The purse itself was made up as follows: 
103 entries at $10 $1030 
98 acceptances at $15 , ' 1470 
6 post entries at $35 , '. 21 0 
$3710 
LIST OF ENTRIES, 
Below we give a complete list of the entries, showing the order in 
which they went to the trap, where they hailed from, and their re- 
spective handicap distances The work of the handicap committee- 
Jacob Pentz, Major Taylor, Will K. Park and the editor of Forest and 
Stream's trap d> pirtment— was by no means easy, the task of appjr- 
tioning handicap* for 109 competitors being a thankless one at tnat. 
With eight men dnishing in the 31 hale, and 13 more with bu^ one 
bird less, the committee has good reason to pat itself on the back. 
The entry list was as follows: 
Order of 
Shooting. Name. Address. 
1 M F Lindsley Cincinnati, O 
2 ES Rice Chicat-o, 111 
3 Fred Hoey Long Branch, N J. 
4 E S Thomas Denver, Col 
5 Eddie Hdl Trenton, N J 
.GS McAlpin New York. N Y , 
Handi- 
cap. 
....27 
....26 
....31 
....28 
,...30 
.30 
John A Flick Ravenna, O , ' ' 26 
8 T W Latham Cleveland, O '28 
9 George Corning, Jr Auburn, NY..... 27 
10 FEmond Buffalo, N Y '30 
11 S Glover Rochester. NY......... 30 
12 W G Clark Hoboken, N J .'30 
13 John R Blarney Holyoke, Mass 27 
14 ...Old Hoss Pittsburg, Pa '.27 
15 R V Disbrow Manasquan, N J *28 
16 WL Shepard Chicago, 111 "26 
17 W H Green Newark. N J '.28 
18 , . .Irby Bennett Memphis, Tenn 26 
19 MMMayhew Utica, N Y '28 
20 D a Upson Cleveland, O ! \ " ' 29 
21 AH King Pittsburg, Pa .29 
22 George Cubberly Yardville, N J 28 
23 GL Nichols New York, NY... . 28 
34 laulIClark New York, N Y '.'.'.27 
25 L HSchortemeier.... New York, N Y "*29 
26 RE Wrev N«w York, NY "'26 
27 U M C Thomas Bridgeport, Conn.. 26 
28 ,.,,Wni Wagner..,. Washington, DC !' 28 
29 J G Knowlton.... ...New York, N Y ' "28 
80 J A RE liott Kansas City, Mo!!.."! "."32 
31 S Cunningham.,.. Washington, D C. . . 27 
32 SD Burke ... Northumberland, Pa." "'27 
33...., Wanda CMrs M F Lindsley) Cincinnati, O. ... . 25 
34.... PFMcKeon New York, N Y.. "'.""27 
35 BFSmith , Buffalo, N Y '.','.."'27 
36 A 8 Hunter Utica, N Y '.'.'. '.. 27 
37 Jas Timmons Morristown, N J.... 28 
38 W S King., Pittsburg. Pa ""28 
39 E W Price Pleasure Bay, N J... ,"'38 
40 Geo WCoulston Brooklyn.N Y... "28 
41 JamesLoonie New York, N Y. !.'!. !" '27 
42 J G Messner Pittsburg. Pa "29 
43 EC Burkhardt Buffalo, N Y. ... . . 37 
44 EB Harris Macon, Ga '" 26 
45 ED Fulf ord Utica, NY 31 
46 Fen Cooper Mahanoy Citv, Pa,.'.' 28 
Dr G V Hudson New York, N Y "27 
O R Dickey. Boston, Mass 29 
R R Merrill Milwaukee, Wis. , . "29 
50 GEGreiff New York, NY,..'."." "29 
?1 Eddie Morgan , Paterson, NJ "27 
f~ MA Beers , Bridgeport, Conn "'27 
™ E8 Singleton Williamsport, Pa . "28 
54 HT Brown Pittsburg, Pa '26 
55 S J Held New York, NY "26 
™ Dr Weller Rochester, NY . - 27 
S ;B W Claridge.... Baltimore, Md '29 
68 -- EAGeoffroy Newark, NJ "29 
47 
43 
49 
59 Annie Oakley Newark! NJ.., 
f? R O Heikes Dayton, O 
9 e £ T ¥ T osafir Syracuse, N Y. . ... 
Si W Hepler Har risbu r g, Pa, . . 
™J w T Vincent Jacksonville, Fia. 
»4 Phil Daly, Jr Long Branch, N J 
05, 
27 
30 
26 
29 
87 
28 
F G Moore New York, NY " "38 
Carl von Lengerke Jersey Ciry, N J " "28 
HL Gates Utica, NY ' '33 
Capt A W Money... Oakland, N J.... '"§9 
E *£Coe Baltimore, Md " "" '<-'« 
£ w £u Bray Dayton , Ky ' '28 
2,| Borterfield Vicksburg, Miss "..ay 
w T H Lair Brookiyn, NY 28 
± J ^7 • Dorraneeto wn, Pa -.'8 
H S&^r' 86 ; Passaic, N J 27 
75 T W Morfey Paterson, NJ, 
™ J , u ^r'f,7 on Lea e erk e Orange, N J ! ! ! ! !29 
11 W W Watson Louisville. Ky aa 
7fe W C ! Price Pleasure Bay, N J .38 
^9 ^?, d Gilbert Spirit Lake, la ....!. 31 
• • .7 J> Edey New York, NY 28 
66. 
67. 
68. 
69. 
70. 
71. 
72. 
73. 
80 
81 R Phister , Brooklyn, N Y i * 
Uoyd Taylor. ,,,,..,..„.., »ew York, VI Y',Y.',',',\',Y,',99 
Order of Handi- 
Shootmg. Name. Address. cap. 
83 Andrew S White ...Syracuse, N Y 26 
84 C B Lewis Philadelphia, Pa 27 
85 Noel E Money Oakland, N J 28 
86 Hank White Little Silver, N J 28 
87 Smith Hill Paterson, N J 28 
P8 August Schmitt New York. NY 36 
89 James Hood Brooklyn. NY 28 
90 WW Bennett Boston, Mass 29 
91 .Neaf Apgar Plainfield, N J 30 
92 Frank Class Morristown, N J 33 
93 HMcPherson Pittsburg. Pa 27 
94 J S Dustin Newark, N J 27 
95 Aaron Woodruff Elizabeth, N J 29 
96 DrVan Zile Brooklyn, NY .'28 
9' Allen Willey New York, NY 30 
98 Geo W A Winn Arlington, Mass 27 
99 Chas Zwirlein Yardville, N J 28 
100 JFPaddleford Sherburn, N Y 27 
101 B Le Roy Campello. Mass .28 
102 W J Simpson New York, NY 29 
103 N H Astfalk Elizabeth, N J .,27 
104 LT Davenport Brooklyn, NY 30 
105 EM Cooper. Red Bank, N J 28 
J 06 John H b-haffer Pittsburg, Pa 27 
107 Frank Hyde ...Rldeewnod, N J 28 
103..., G M Height Red Bank, N J 38 
109 B A Bartlett. Lakewood. NY 28 
Of the above 109 entries, 104 accepted the awards of the handicap 
committee. Five forfeited their entrance money "for cause." No. 2, 
E. S. Rice (26) and No. 16, W L. Shepard (26J, were unahle to spare 
the time to take part in the great event. No. 21, A. H King (29), one 
of the best shots In Pittsburg, Pa , was detained at home by sickness 
that confined him to the house, being threatened with typhoid fever 
No. 25, L. H. Schortemeier (29). was dissatisfied with a mark that 
anme good judges considered.decidedly light. No. 90, W. W. Bennett 
(29), also a rattling good shot, who scored 18 out of 31 from the 30vds. 
marlr at Paterson, N. J., in the Grand American Handicap of 1895, 
registered a mild kick with us against this year's mark, but also 
showed us a letter calling him back to Boston, Mass. 
CONDITIONS OF THE EVENT. 
Before giving the story of th> shoot and the scores in detail, showing 
number of trap, flight of each bird and the result of each shot, it will 
be as well to recapitulate the conditions of the race as follows: 
Grand American Handicao. 25 live bird3, $35 entrance, birds extra, 
handicaps 25 to 33yds. rise. $1,000 guaranteed by the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, and all surplus added. $500 and silver cup to first high gun, 
$300 to second high gun, and $300 to third high gun. In its programme 
the Interstate Association stated that it would divide all the surplus 
over and above the $1,000 guaranteed to the three high guns as fol- 
lows: "Should there be more than 70 and not, exceeding 100 entries, all 
money in the purse in excess of the $1,000 will be divided 12, 13, 12. 10, 
10 10. 8 8, 8, 5 and 5 per cent, to the 5th, 6th, 7tb, 8th, 9tb. 10th, 11th, 
12th, 13th ond 14th highest guns " This was the scheme finally sug- 
gested by Mr. Von Lengerke, referred to above. 
From these conditions it will be in 'erred that the Interstate Associ- 
ation hardly expected the number of entrieB to reach the great total 
of 100 It did provide, however, for that contingency in a measure. 
The last sentence in the following paragraph taken from the pro- 
gramme for the Grand American Handicap shows that. The quota- 
tion runs thus: "The Interstate Association for its fourth annual 
Grand American Handicap Tournament has deemed it advisable to 
make such division of the money in the main event whereby a greater 
number of shooters will participate in the division of the purse. 
Therefore the following method of dividing the total amount will be 
adhered to: The Interstate Association guarantees $1,000 in the Grand 
American Handicap, which will be divided among the three, highest 
scores as follows: $500 for first high gun, $300 for second high gun, 
$300 for third high gun. No more— no less, no matter what the num- 
ber of entries may be." 
WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE UNFAVORABLE. 
While the handicap committee was at work in Room 318 of the 
Astor House on Monday, March 33, a light snow began to fall, and 
with it fell the spirits of the Association's manager, Elmer E. Shaner. 
The snow was coming from the northeast and out of a leadan-colored 
sky; it looked as if we were in for a good fall of snow. Before the 
labors of the committee were over there were 2in. of nice soft snow on 
the ground, with more to follow When the sun rose on the morning 
of the 24th, between 5 and Sin. of "the beautiful" made pedestrianism 
a sorrow. The sidewalks of New York were in no condition for 
MaoMe R<irl?e to cut didoes on. What must have been the state of 
affairs at Elkwood Park? 
We did cot reach the park until about 1 P. M , and at that hour there 
was lots of snow, while the sandy roads of Monmout h county were in 
a state of liquefaction that can scarcely be expressed. The glare of 
the sun on the snow was found too trying for the eyes of the shooters, 
hence Jim Elliott got in his fine work and gave the boys a wrinkle in 
the use of burnt ;cork, blackening his cheeks below the eyes and the 
sides of his ncs>», relieving the glare to a very great extent, but making 
the whole gang look like a set of toughs from "de Fift' Ward" after 
an el' ction argument. It was next to impossible to recognize one's 
best friend under the circumstances, many hearty thumps in the back 
being tbe direct result of our seeming negligence. Not a man on Wood 
street, Pittsburg, would have known Old Hoss in his sun-rav disguise 
while other equally respectable citizens of this great republic would 
have been denied admittance to their own homes by those nearest and 
dearest to them, so complete was the change wrought in the features 
of even the best favored. 
The Nitro Powder Handicap was in full blast at the upper sets of 
traps, Nos. 1 and 2, known technically as the "old grounds," the event 
having 66 entries. The conditions of ihe event were: 15 live birds per 
roan, $15 entrance, birds included, class shooting, 4 moneys. The han- 
dicaps were the same as those apportioned for the Grand American 
Handieep. So large was the number of entrieB that the shooters shot 
in squads, shooting 8 birds on one set of trap3 and 7 on the other set. 
All ties were divided 
The Elkwood Park Introductory was shot on the third set of trap3, 
which were located to the southeast of the grand stand. This event 
had 73 entries. Its conditions were: 10 live birds, $10 entrance, birds 
included, class shooting, 4 moneys, 30yds everybody. 
With such a large number of entries in each of these two events, it 
was of course impossible to finish either of them under the existing 
•circumstances. The distance between the grand stand and the "old 
grounds" is about 350yds., and this 350yds. was covered with a mixture 
of water, sand and mpltine snow that necessitated a hack ride unless 
one was provided with good gum boots. 
PLANS HAD TO BE CHANGED. 
At this point it would be a good idea to give the general public and 
the shooters themselves some notion of just how much the unex- 
pected fall of snow on Monday afternoon and evening interfered with 
the plans of the Interstate Association for shooting off the Grand 
American Handicap The intention was to have two sets of traps in 
front of the grand stand— one where the No 3 set was located and one 
to the left of that set, placed just at the inner edee of the race track 
This would have enabled the Association to run off the big shoot 
without inconveniencing the shooters in the slightest, as they would 
then only have had to walk a few yards from the warm room under 
the grand stand to the score. Those who were present will under- 
stand now what a difference that snowfall, added to the heavier one 
of the week before, made to themselves and the management. As it 
was, the Grand American Handicap was decided on the two sets of 
traps located on the "old grounds," where the turf was in good con- 
dition, the change causing much anxiety to the management and 
much disc jinfort to the shooters themselves, the accommodation at 
that point being wholly inadequate for the big crowds that gathered 
in rear of the traps. 
FIRST DAY OF THE HANDICAP. 
Wednesday, March 25, opened fine and with a tinge of frost in the 
air. There was enough wind too to make the birds fly well. By cull- 
ing all the white and parti-colored birds for the first day's shooting 
the management was able to give the boys strong all-blue birds that 
were very fast, starting well and being hard to stop within bounds 
So far as we know not a single kick was registered against the quality 
of the birds provided for the Grand American Handicap. We cannot 
recall a siDgle instance where a better lot of birds have been trapped 
i 1 a large handicap event, that is, outside of the big proprietary 
clu is. where the price of birds is often higher thaa it was at this 
shoot. 
At the No. 1 set of traps Jacob Pentz acted as referee, W. Dutcher 
as official scorer, W. N. Drake taking the number of traps pulled and 
direction of the birds for Forest and Stream. Tom Keller aided very 
considerably in getting the shooters to the score at this set of traps 
his work being of great assistance to the management At the No 2 
set of traps Herbert Wallack officiated as referee, J. Vone Emmons 
of Long Branch, keeping the official score, taking bird tickets, and 
performing the duties undertaken by W. N. Drake at the No. 1 set of 
traps. 
The conditions being one bird at each set of t'aps and then retire 
until everybody had shot at two birds necessitated the shooting of the 
odd numbered birds, viz., 1, 3, 5, 7, etc , at the No. 1 traps; the even- 
numbered birds, viz., 2, 4, 6, 8, etc , were shot at the No. 2 traps, This 
involved the transferring of the two scores to one score sheet as 
frequently as possible, so that the scorers might be able to keep track 
of thoso who had dropped out, This portion ot tip T?ork w*s placed 
In the charge of the editor of Forest and Stream's trap department, 
who is hardly aching for that job again. Owine to the large number 
of entries it was impossible in the early stages of the game to keep 
the official scorers accurately posted, hence as will be noticed some 
shooters shot a bird or two after they had really dropped out of the 
race; this was due to their being called to the score by the scorers, 
who were unaware that these particular shooters had at that time 
three misses to their credit. 
I THE FIRST ROUND, 
The first round gave the shooters a taste of what Sort of birds the 
Association had provided for them. Out nf the 103 shooters just 33 
lost their birds, among the number heingj Q- Messner (last year's 
winner), Fred Gilbert (winner of the Du Pont championship at Balti- 
more last fall), Fred Lucre (a 31yds. man shooting under a nomine de 
fusil), W. G. Clark, Capt. Money, James Hood. etc. Of the above 
number Hood, Gilbert and Messner all weut out' with 33, thus getting 
a part of the purse after all. Justus von Lengerke was unlucky 
enough to lose a bird through the hammers of his gun not being 
cocked. 
In the second round there were 30 ciphers registered, making a 
total of 43 birds lost out of the 208 shot at in the first two rounds. 
• Lemy's loss of his bird, which fell dead out ot bounds, was a piece of 
hard luck; still the conditions of the contest were such that no man 
could lose heart on securing a single cipher. Fred Emond, of Buffalo; 
E. B Ooe, of Baltimore; Old Hoss and Annie Oakley were among the 
number to score losses in this round. 
The average of misses was kept up well in the 3d round, 22 goose 
eggs being scored by Dutcher at, the No 1 set of traps. August 
Schmitt shot in remarkably hard luck, losing his first. 3 birds and fall- 
ing out for good in this round, thus saining the doubtful honor cov- 
eted by 1 >ld Hoss of heing the first man to retire. L uis Du>-yea, Tom 
Morfey, O'd Hobs and Wanda scored their first losses, their birds fall- 
ing dead out of bounds. Eddie Hill, of Trenton, N J., also lost his 
bi'fl m this round, but ultimately got in for the money by going out 
PLENTY OF LOST BIRDS. 
Round 4 was a deadly one, Vine E nmons finding it hard to keep 
track of both losses and bird tickets Out of the 103 shooters left in 29 
scored losses in this round, W. G. Clark, Tavlor, Lewis and Dr. Weller 
each securing their t» ird ciphers Upson. F. G. Moore, Frank Class, 
Dick Merrill, W S King. Allen Willey, McAlpin and Wanda (thoir sec- 
ondzero*), Gus Greiff, Noel Money, etc, were among the unfortu- 
nates in the 4th round. 
The 5th round should have had only 99 shooters; as a matter of fact 
Dr. Weller was called up to shoot his 5th and 6th birds, owing to the 
scorers not being aware that he had dropped out. This made the 
number of shooters in the 5th round 100 even; of thnt number 2i 
scored losses, the average of 80 per cent, of kills being well maintained 
in the above 5 rounds. Among the number to lose their birds were: 
Coulston and Hood, both dead out. of bounds; Dr. Hudson and Hank 
White also lost, their birds, while Diik Phister had the bad luck to see 
his bird drop dead over the wire This round saw the retirement of 
Annie Oakley, Gus Greiff. S. J. Held and Frank Hyde. 
Round No. 6 had ninety-six shooters to try conclusions with the 
birds from No. 2 set of traps; of that number twenty-six scored lost 
birds, making the total of lost birds in the last two rounds at this set 
of traps (No. 2) 55 out of 199 shot at. Those who finally retired in this 
round were: Dr. Weller. McAlpin, W, H. Green, James Loonie, Billy 
Wagner, Wanda, S. D. Burka and P. F. McKeon; George Height and 
W. S. Edey were also out under the rules, but each was called up to 
shoot a bird on the No. 1 set of traps for reasons ahove explained. 
Sim Glover lost a bird in this round, while Tom Eley. W. C. Price and 
Charlie Zwirlein, all of whom got in for money, each lost a bird dead 
out of bounds. Jim Elliott spoiled his straight score in this round. 
The 7th round had eighty-seven shooters, thirteen of whom scored 
losses. Height and Edey retired at, the end of this round; Noel Money, 
Smith Hill. Dave Porterfleld and Phil Daly, Jr., also dropping out for 
good, Singleton and Capt. Money scoring their third losses, but shoot- 
ing another bird at the No. 3 set of traps. Fulford and Dr. Knowlton 
spoiled their chances of straight scores in this round. 
In round No 8, J. R. Blam»y, E. A. Geoffrey, W. T. Vincent and 
All»n Willey retired for good, having scored the requisite number of 
ciphers. There were 17 lost birds in this round, several straight scores 
being ruined- Birtlett. Watson, Flick and May hew each scoring their 
first losses. Fred Gilbert lost his bird in this round dead out of 
bounds, this making his second cipher and placing him on the anxious 
seat for the remainder of the shoot; how the bird got over the wire 
was a mystery. It was knocked down with the first barrel, but the 
second barrel seemed to wake it up, the contents only serving to act 
as a bracer, the bird rising and clearing the deadline before the dog 
got it. 
The 9th round commenced with seventy-six shooters left in the race 
out of the 104 that had started in the morning. E. F. Thomas and 
Neaf Apgar both broke their straights by scoring lost birds, Thomas 
drawing a good bird from No. 5 trap that got over the wire before 
being retrieved The total number of lost bird* in this round was 11 ; 
Irby Bennett, John Shaffer, G L. Nichols, W. J. Rin pson and R V. 
Disbrow making their third ciphers in this round; Disbrow scored 3 
more birds before being called out for the reasons stated above. 
In the 10th round, with seventy-two shooters, only eight ciphers 
were recorded. E C. Burbhai dt spoiling his straight seore with the 
loss of a nasty bird from No. 5 trap. This round saw the final retire- 
ment of Jim Elliott, Paul I Clark, U. M. C. Thomas and E B. Harris. 
STRAIGHT SCORES WERE SCARCE. 
With the close of the 10:h round a large number of the shooters left 
the grounds to catch their trains back to 1 he city. As, however, there 
was ample light to shoot a few more birds, and as the birds themselves 
were flying as well if not better than ever, shooting was continued 
for another half hour. At the end of the 10th round there were only 
13 out of the 104 starters with straight scores to their credit. These 
were: Dickey. Heikes, Fen Cooper, Carl von Lengerke, B. W Claridge, 
J F. Paddelford, A. W. duBray,J. S. Dustin, Aaron Woodruff, G. 
Wellington, James Timmons, Dr. Van Zile and George Cubberly, 
Amor.gtho8e who shot their llrh and 13cb birds the first day were 
Dr. Van Zile and George Cubberly; the former scored his first loss in 
the 11th round, follow ing it up with a dead out of bounds in the 12th 
round; Cubberly had his 13th bird also drop dead out of bounds. This 
left only 11 straight scores in the morning. 
A LOVELY SPRING DAY, 
The second day of the Grand American Handicap (the third day of 
the meeting) was a truly lovely one It was just like spring, the song 
sparrows trying their best to cheer the spirus of the mortals who had 
just come through about the toughest February and March on record. 
The birds at the start seemed a little slow, but misses came remark- 
ably fast anyway. As the day wore on the birds flew splendidly, re- 
flecting great credit on the Worden Bros., of Harrisburg, Pa who 
provided all the bird3 for this shoot. As on the first d*y of the handi- 
cap, the pigeons were all blue, and as there was scarcely a vestige of 
Monday's snow to be seen, they were by no means an easy lot to get 
on to quickly. 
The flrst 1 hing to do was to shoot up those who were behind on the 
11th and 12th round-i. When these had been completed it was found 
that there were 57 shooters left in the race. Of that number there 
were only 9 straights, Dustin and Woodruff spoiling their clean scores 
by losing their 11th birds. There were 15 lost birds in the 11th round, 
7 in the 12th. Those who retired at the end of the 11th round were- 
Cunningham, Gray, A. S. Hunt-r, E. W. Price, George Coming, Jr.", 
George MoBher and Nate Astfalk; H. McPherson and B. F. Smith of 
Buffalo, were the only ones to retire at the end of the 12th round. 
THE UNLUCKY THIRTEENTH. 
The 13th round was an unlucSy one for three of the straight men. 
Dickey, Paddelford and Timmons were the three that spoiled the looks 
of their scores. This left five men still with clean scores to their 
credit. W. C Price, who was shooting well, also had the misfortune 
to score his second loss, dead out of bounds like his 0th bird. In all 10 
cyphers were recorded in this round, Lucre, Latham, Knowlton and 
Phister retiring from the contest, the two last named losing their birds 
dead out of bounds. 
In the 14th round Flick, Burkhardt and Mayhew retired, Mayhew's 
bird falling dead out of bounds Class also scored his second loss, 
while Coe. Fulford, Watson and Timmons each scored a dead out of 
bounds, the losses placing them on the ragged edges with two misses 
each. 
The 15th round was fatal to two of the straight-score men— Welling- 
ton and Du Bray— both of whom had their birds drop d«ad out of 
bounds. Beers lost his bird, scoring his second loss, while Gates, Mor- 
gan and Brown retired from the contest, leaving 47 survivors to fight 
it out for the $2,710 in the purse. 
The 16th round saw four more men retire— Timmons, Lair, Merrill 
and Justus von Lengerke-the latter losing bis bird dead out of 
bounds. Hank White, Paddelford and Dustin eaoh scored their second 
losses in this round, 7 out of the 47 that shot in the round scoring lost 
birds. 0 
The 17th ended Fen Cooper's hopes of a straight score, as a fast bird 
from No. 2 trap seemed to jump clear of his shot, causing a cipher to 
go down on the score sheet. Messner, Du Bra\ and A. S. White scored 
their second losses, Beers retiring for good on three misses White 
had made a good run of 13 straight between his first and second lost 
birds. 
The 18th and 19th rounds were negotiated in safety by Heikes, Carl 
von Lengerke and B. W. Claridge, the only three straight-score men 
left in the race. Milt Lindsley dropped out in the 18th round Apgar 
Wellington, Morfey and Winn scoring their second losses in thatround' 
The 19th was responsible for the final retirement of Tom Morfey A S 
White, Old Hobs and Fred G. Moore, the two hytt-n&med losing' tbeiv 
