Show f. f THOUSAND DAILY DURING KANSAS CITY SHOOT Missouri Man Declares It tl May Be the Last Live i of Bird Tournament Held in ill T This is Country 1 4 t t MAY E T THE LAT LAST T r f r PIGEON TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENTS 4 I. I r. r t York State where the f b have lave been een held f J Ili p pst past st recognized t the e neof neof ne- ne of putting ah end to the f sport and has passed laws Jaws that forced the Interstate f l association a to find find new past pas- pas t tures Missouri being a sort of and a d pa past t of the f country the champlon cham- cham f fRion q l Rion plon Journeyed to the to-the the Kansas 4 4 fl order border for lor their slaughter this f year c d Several other States have folla fol- fol f 4 fj la flowed T owed suit since the New York j Ii e t bill passed arid t the he e promoters f the tournament realize f t to well hat fiat It is only ony a af f ft o i r. r I 11 t question of a short time until 4 i 1 they have to move on J. J. J A. A 41 4 h 1 J i TO THE TELEr TELE- TELE r I GR GRAM l 4 ti t t 1 t 0 The tenth annual animal slaughter r of i inno innocent hd- hd cent cent ent pigeons the pigeons the Grand American i r handicap meeting which meeting which attracted 46 46 i. i crack wing ing shots to Kansas City may maybe mayhe nay iE l he be e the last mas massacre acre of Cf that that kind eld ji y r An our James N h of P c St. St LouIs who was In the city today This ThIs cruel l affair as been heralded herald d by lIy bythe i the he promoters as as' as the greatest live bird birdi i l event vent of modern times r I The Pigeon Slaughter Bob Elliotts Elliott's Blue Cooped up out at River park when the s shoot oot began were were about pigeons prey fo for the army I I f of f trap-shooters trap here from every ter of teh United States and Canada I villainous pot hunter er whom whon the I laY rage age worlds world's champion would sh shoot ot k quick if he dared t to as the h l helpless 1 less pigeon Is nothing in compart- compart J so son t the soulless pigeon 1 I They y pen the the poor birds up in a ah ai i h trap without ving s them a show for f escape When the shooter is ready he Sh ho ts Pull and a small boy springs the trap If the bird had even half if a chance on the get-away get it might save I. I its life fe but before it sc scarcely raises raises its wings to fly the sharp report of the gun In the hands of the man at the traps sounds its death knell and the helpless ss bird lies fluttering on the sod od j until it is retrieved The trained dogs dogs' j finish the death mission Missouri May Take Action J. J 4 This year the great event was al ali almost al- al i 11 most doubled in size Last year there ther were were entries but when the post qualifications were completed completed- this thIs' year the number reached over four hundred t Cons Consequently the slaughter o of helpless A birds was much larger than ever t Nearly every other other State In the 1 Union has passed laws prohibiting this 1 q j ruel uel pastime an and it is probable thai that It will be only a question of time until 0 Missouri i gets into line i Not ot Enough for the Shooters In the pigeon killing contest in Kanas Kansas Kan Xan- sas as City last week birds were s sla slaughtered dally daily The only thing that interfered with the was the scarcity of birds In Inthe the opening event the schedule called for twelve birds to the the- theman man but this number had to ber be be- r reduced to eight not because there j were ere not enough willing shooters there to slaughter the pigeons but because the management n feared it would not be beable beable able to furnish enough birds for the I main event The shooting grounds were fitted up with four sets of traps and the management management man man- announced that the slaughter would be an hour The shooters stood o at the traps for nine hours each day |