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PHIL DALY'S PIGEON SHOOT.

Twenty-three Shooters Face the Traps on the Long Branch Grounds.

The Phil Daly pigeon-shooting handicap at Long Branch began yesterday on the grounds adjoining the club-house. The birds as a whole were good, for although somewhat slow to take wing, they were very fast and strong when they did get up. The shooting was nearly entirely confined to professionals. The prizes are three purses of $1,000, $300, and $200, to the winner, second, and third. The entrance was $75 each, to shoot at 50 birds, at a rise fixed by the handicappers, Messrs. Fred Quimby, Henry White, Frank Heyer, and Japhia Van Dyke. There were in all 23 entries, so that Mr. Daly will not lost anything on the purse, with a balance of $250 for expenses.

The shooting began at noon, and, as a whole, proved very good for when "time" was called at 5.25 P. M., twenty rounds having been shot, six of the twenty-three shooters,. Cubberly. W. Zeigler, Wertsner, Graham, Van Dyke and Stice had clean scores of 20 killed. Among the shooters is Miss Annie Oakley, who attracted considerable attention, her score standing 16 killed and 4 mised. She opened in a very bad form, missing three out of her first four, and then again losing her seventh bird. But with an offer to back herself at 5 to 3 she killed her eight bird. She continued on killing 13 straigh in as good form as any of the men, and better, if proper allowance is made for her gun, which as a very light weapon, as compared with some of the funs in use, which judged by the report, espcially of the second barrles, were miniatured cnanons. Of the men Graham and Stice's shooting was about the best. the number of birds killed by each is as gollows: G. Cubberly, 20; Miss Oakley, 16; Mr. Lever, 18; W. D. Campbell, 16; E. D. Miller, 17; J. R. Stice, 20; J. A. Williar, 15; P. Daly, jr., 18; C. W. Budd, 18.

The shooting will be continued this morning at 10.30 o'clock Referee, "Al" Heritage; scorer, Andrew Coleman. Time of shoot, 5 hours and 25 minutes.