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breecliloading shotguns. This also was won by John, 

 and served him well until his retirement a few years ago. 



Many very peculiar matches were pulled off in the old 

 days up at Sunny Side at Tom Stagg's. One in particu- 

 lar I recall wherein John lost what looked to him to be 

 an easy match. Dr. Edwards bet John $50 that he could 

 not kill twelve Guinea hens out of fifteen, Khode Island 

 rules. All birds were subject to challenge, and must be 

 retrieved when challenged. The boundary was eighty 

 yards. About one hundred yards from the score was an 

 open fence, three boards high. The first one that left 

 the trap John knocked down with a broken wing; the 

 bird was challenged and v/as through the fence before 

 Jolm got half way to him. The result was that John lost 

 the match after shooting at eight birds. The Guineas 

 were not only good flyers, but could sprint the hundred 

 yards within ten seconds. After the match was over, 

 John found out that those Guineas* home was on the 

 other side of that fence; they had been in training for 

 several days, and had been shot at many times with 

 dust shot. 



John was a member of the Audubon Club, and always 

 shot on the team in club contests. He is now living in 

 Chicago and in good health at the age of 77. 



Abraham S., the next son, was a hard man to defeat 

 in a live-bird match. He shot many matches with Bo- 

 gardus, and invariably held his own. Their first contest 



