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1 killed seventy-five in consecutive shots. In the 

 last one hundred and five birds I scored one 

 hundred; and in the seventh hour killed ninety- 

 five. I shot with a muzzle-loader. It was twenty- 

 one yards rise and fifty bounds. Before this 

 match came off I had, in practice, killed five 

 hundred birds in five hours and seven minutes ; 

 but then I used two guns, and had a man 

 to clean them, though I loaded them myself. 

 I missed thirty -four out of the whole number 

 shot at. 



I was next matched to kill a hundred consecu- 

 tive birds at Chicago in July, 1869; $1,000 to 

 $100 that I could not do it, and three matches to 

 be shot if I failed in the first and second. In 

 the first I had killed thirty when the lock of 

 my gun broke, and being obliged to borrow one 

 which was a poor "article, I lost. On the 21st of 

 the month I tried it again, and won. At De- 

 troit in the same season I undertook to kill 

 forty birds in forty minutes, to load my own 

 gun, and gather my own birds. I killed fifty- 

 three in twenty minutes forty seconds, and won. 

 In the fall of 1869 I shot a match for $1,000 

 a side against King at Chicago. It was fifty 

 single birds and fifty pairs of double birds, mak- 



