THE KLEINMANS IO3 



I have said of Abe being the best duck shot, can be said 

 of Heniy. 



Last but not least, comes George, built on the lines of 

 his brother John, in his prime weighing about 250 

 pounds. As a pigeon shot, when the contest was ended, 

 his opponent knew that he had been in one. George shot 

 many single-handed matches, and never to my knowledge 

 lost but one. His greatest matches were the three that 

 he shot with Jim Elliott, George winning all throe, which 

 was nothing to Elliott's discredit, as no matter \vho had 

 been his opponent at that time, the result would have 

 been the same. 



George's favorite gun was a Maverick, as it was not 

 branded. He picked it up in a wholesale hardware store. 

 I think it was listed at $29.70, and after receiving the 

 usual discounts of 15, 10 and 5 per cent., he took it home. 

 How it would shoot if correctly pointed ! 

 Jack Winston Does Some Stunts 



I never knew of but one single-handed match lost by 

 George, and that was to the wily Jack Winston, of In- 

 diana, who incidentally dropped off the train at Burn- 

 side just at the close of a three days' tournament, and 

 offered to shoot any man on the grounds one hundred 

 birds for one hundred dollars. It looked like easy 

 money for George, and the match was on. Winston was 

 the possessor of some peculiarities that verged on the 



