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observed that though the birds fell and were reckoned 

 dead, each one began running about the ground cooing. 

 " What the deuce are you up to ? " said Mr. Budd to 

 his lordship, who replied, " Hold your tongue, you are an 

 enemy." The wind shifted just then, and Lord Kennedy 

 failed to stop four or five in succession.. Then Mr. Budd 

 " twigged " that the wily young nobleman was using 

 dust-shot. 



It is interesting to compare these exploits with the 

 best performances of the present day. In pigeon-shoot- 

 ing Americans hold the record, and I will give some of 

 their best shoots. On July 2nd, 1880, the well-known 

 Captain Bogardus killed 99 birds out of 100 at 30 yards 

 rise, shooting against an Englishman named Rimmell, to 

 whom he conceded two yards. In reality Bogardus 

 killed all his birds, for the forty-seventh fell dead just 

 outside the bounds. In November, 1891, at New York, 

 Mr. E. D. Fulford and Captain Brewer shot a two days' 

 match, at 100 pigeons each day, 30 yards rise. On the 

 first day Fulford killed all his birds, and Brewer killed 

 99. On the second day Fulford killed 99 to Brewer's 98. 

 In a subsequent three days' match with Mr. Elliott, at 

 the New Jersey Gun Club, Captain Brewer won with the 

 following remarkable score. On the first day they tied 

 at 93. On shooting off Brewer killed 23 out of 25 to his 

 opponent's 21. On the second day Brewer scored 99 

 to Elliott's 92, killing 69 straight off the reel, and the 

 seventieth fell dead just out of bounds. On the third 

 day Brewer killed 93 to Elliott's 89. The winner, there- 

 fore, in the three days killed 308 out of 325. Since then 

 Captain Brewer has killed 105 birds in succession without 



