" UNACCOUNTABLES " AND OTHER SHOTS 41 



tion of circumstances, from what was originally a 

 "miss." Slosson, the champion billiard player, 

 is not in it with Labrie ! 



The late Col. Allan Gilmour, of Ottawa, was 

 very much devoted to rifle shooting, and was a 

 good shot himself. When coming down to their 

 salmon fishing on the Godbout, he and his partner 

 in the preserve, Mr. David Law, of Montreal, 

 would each bring down a rifle, and when the fish 

 were not taking, they would get up a friendly 

 rifle match. On one of those occasions, some of 

 tnc men had placed on the rock, a white china jug 

 that had been partly broken. Although there was 

 a regular target put up, most of the shooting was 

 done at unknown ranges, at cans, bottles, stones, 

 tree tops, etc. The range of the jug was about 

 275 yards, and as all the shooting was off hand, 

 it was a very small mark. Mr. Gilmour, the 

 guests and I had each taken five shots, and the 

 jug was still standing, when Mr. David Law, 

 who very seldom took part in the shooting, said, 

 "Let me have one shot." Without any attention 

 to the elevation of the sights, he raised the rifle 

 and fired, and to the astonishment of all present, 

 the jug was smashed to atoms. I believe this was 

 the last shot he ever fired, but it was a fine one, 

 though I class it too among the "unaccountable" 

 hits. 



As it would not be fair to mention the hits only, 

 I wish to put on record also two unaccountable 



"misses." 



