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(Jan. §§, 1856 
Illinois. 
T Marshall. . .11111111111111101111111111111111111111111111101111-48 
Powers 11111110111111011111111111110110111110111111111111-45 
Adams 11111110111011111111111111111101111111111010111011-44 
Pfeiffer 10111111111111111111111110111111111111111001111111—46-183 
New York. 
ED Fulford.. 11111111111111111011111111111111111011111111111111— 48 
B A Bartlett. 111111111101101111111110111 111 11 111100111111111101— 44 
C A Damon. .11111111111110011101101111111111111101111111101111— 44 
C Burkhardt.11111111111011111111010101111111011101110011111110-41-177 
Tcxfls No 1 * 
W Miller llUllllllllllOlllllllllllllilllOlllllllllllllllll— 48 
F Miller 01011111111010011011111111101101101111111111100111—39 
24 Gauge 0001111111111 11 11011111111111 101 100111111111111110-42 
Piety 11111111111111011111111101111111111111110111111111-47-176 
T6XfliS No 2 
McGinty. ....11110111011011111111111110101011110111110111111111-42 
Haney 11111111111111111111101011110111111111101110111111—45 
Jackson 10111101010101111111111111110011011111100101111111-39 
Guessaz 10111101111110111111111111111101111111111101111111—45—171 
New Jersey. 
T H Keller... .11111111111010111 1110111 1101 111 11 11 101 100111110111 — 42 
EDMiUer.... 00111111001011011111111101111111111111111111101111— 42 
Oapt Money. .11101011111111111101111111111010011110011111111111—42 
F Van Dyke.. 11111111100111111111111111110110111111110110111111— 44— 170 
Minnesota. 
Pon Jay 11111111111001111101010111111110111111100101111110-40 
Highhouse . .10000111111111111111111111011111111111110111111111— 44 
Geneva 01111100111110111111100111110110101001111111111110—38 
Thielman . . . .11111110111111111111111111110101001011011101111111—47—169 
Missouri 
Thurman . . . .11111111100101011011011111111000000101011111101110— 34 
Lisle 11111101101111011101011111101111111001010111111101-39 
Elliott 11111111101111011011001011111111110110111111111111-42 
Sergeant 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111-50-163 
Fifth Day— Jan. 11. 
There was a slight falling off in the attendance to-day, only forty- 
eight shooters taking part: 
Events: 
Heikes , 
Hops 
Van Dyke. 
Rogers. . 
Jackson. 
Parmalee . 
Young , 
onot at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
20 19 19 1/ 18 17 20 18 
160 
148 
92.5 
15 18 17 17 17 16 16 15 
160 
131 
81.8 
17 18 18 17 19 20 18 20 
160 
147 
91.8 
20 18 18 18 18 19 20 17 
160 
148 
92.5 
17 20 19 16 19 19 20 19 
160 
149 
93.1 
17 20 30 20 18 17 18 18 
160 
148 
92.5 
18 18 20 19 17 19 19 19 
160 
149 
93.1 
18 17 17 17 19 15 18 18 
160 
139 
86.8 
18 19 18 20 20 20 19 18 
160 
152 
95 
15 15 18 19 15 16 18 15 
160 
131 
81.8 
19 16 19 20 19 18 17 20 
160 
148 
92.5 
15 18 18 20 18 17 16 19 
160 
141 
88.1 
15 14 14 18 17 14 16 14 
160 
123 
76.2 
18 19 16 18 20 20 16 17 
160 
144 
90 
19 13 15 17 16 13 13 16 
160 
122 
76.2 
16 19 19 18 19 16 17 19 
160 
143 
89.5 
17 15 17 18 17 17 16 14 
160 
131 
81.8 
17 16 16 15 15 17 15 12 
160 
123 
76.8 
19 18 20 18 20 17 17 17 
160 
146 
91.2 
19 19 20 20 20 20 18 20 
160 
156 
97.5 
18 17 16 12 15 17 16 17 
160 
148 
92.5 
19 19 19 20 20 17 19 20 
160 
153 
85.6 
18 18 20 20 20 19 19 16 
160 
150 
93.7 
15 15 19 15 17 12 14 14 
160 
121 
75.6 
18 19 18 17 19 19 18 20 
160 
148 
92.5 
20 18 19 18 18 18 18 17 
160 
146 
91.2 
18 17 18 20 17 18 19 19 
160 
146 
91.2 
15 19 16 11 14 11 15 15 
160 
116 
72.5 
19 19 16 16 20 20 18 18 
160 
146 
91.2 
17 18 18 17 20 18 17 17 
160 
142 
88.7 
16 17 18 14 19 19 16 18 
160 
135 
84.3 
19 14 19 14 14 17 13 14 
160 
124 
77.5 
15 19 17 18 15 20 14 20 
160 
138 
86.2 
17 15 17 18 19 17 16 18 
160 
137 
85.5 
17 10 16 16 14 14 18 18 
160 
123 
76.8 
15 17 15 13 14 12 11 15 
160 
112 
70 
17 17 20 18 17 19 15 15 
160 
138 
86.2 
18 19 17 19 17 17 18 16 
160 
141 
88.1 
16 16 19 14 17 16 18 19 
160 
135 
84.3 
19 19 18 17 19 20 19 17 
160 
148 
82.5 
19 20 19 18 20 17 19 17 
160 
149 
93.1 
19 16 18 19 15 18 18 18 
160 
141 
88.1 
16 15 16 18 18 16 14 15 1 
160 
128 
80 
13 15 14 15 14 15 15 15 
160 
116 
72.5 
18 15 17 19 20 17 18 16 
160 
140 
87.5 
17 13 8 . . . . 
60 
38 
63.3 
14 11 14 20 
80 
59 
73.7 
15 18 15 
60 
48 
80 
Heard . 
Piety.. 
Sergeant. 
Ellis 
Steves. 
Guessaz 
McVicker 
Foster 
Burkhardt 
NOTES AND INCIDENTS. 
In the preliminary sweepstake events shot on Monday, Jan. 6, 
Cnauncey Powers, of Decatur, Ills., made a clean score in every sweep 
he took part in, breaking 80 targets straight. Jim Elliott broke 78 out 
of 80, notwithstanding the fact that he was handicapped by having to 
lo-ik after a lot of green trappers. 
Id took Tom Keller four days and four nights ^to find his gait, but 
when he found it, it was a dandy— 92,5 ! 
Des Moines, la., is a long way from San Antonio, but the distance 
did not stop Charlie Budd from putting in an appearance at the mid- 
winter shoot; moreover Charlie avers that he will be on hand in '97. 
Third general average is an enviable record in such fast company. 
That's John Conner's record for this tournament: tbe Knoxville Gun 
Club has no reason to be ashamed of the performance of its repre- 
sentative. 
Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la,, is now representing Du Pont 
Smokeless. Fred has come rapidly to the front, and shot consistently 
well throughout the whole tournament. On the first day he won 
first average, landing in sixth place in the general average list. This 
was one of the first big, modern and thoroughly up-to-date tourna- 
ments he has ever attended. 
The Burgess gun, in the hands of Capt. B. A. Bartlett, showed wha 
it was capable of on the last day of the shoot, when Bartlett gave an 
exhibition of trick shooting that caught the crowd, as usual. 
Dick Merrill was not in good form the first four days of the shoot. 
On the last day he pulled himself together and tied Keller's average 
of 92.5, scoring two straights in the regular events. Then, to demon- 
strate to the boys that this was no fluke, he went on and broke 10 
pairs straight in the extra; in this event he naturally won first money 
a'o^, but was chased right home by Chan Powers, who broke 19 out 
of 80. 
Jonn Sumpter, Jr., doesn't think much of San Antonio's bicycles'. 
One evening after the day's shoot was over, Sumpter, Rogers and 
Plumber Reed took a spin out to one of the missions on bicycles. On 
the return trip, when about four miles from Santore, Sumpter 
punctured his tire; being under the impression that the matter was 
not a serious one, he told the others to go on slowly, and that he 
would overtake them. About; an hour after Reed and Rogers had 
gotten back to the hotel in walked Sumpter, very short of breath, 
having been compelled to foot it for those four miles; and push his 
wheel before him. 
Frank Parmalee, the split-tongued wonder from Omaha, shot a 
great gait after the first day of the shoot; on that day he lost in all 
just 26 targets; he atoned for this by missing only 33 during the 
remaining four days of the tournament. 
You can't keep the American eagle down either in Venezuelan ques- 
tion or in breaking targets. "Bald Eagle," as usual, came out on top 
of the heap when the smoke from the last shell had drifted away, his 
general average being 93.3 for 770 targets shot at during the five days 
of the midwinter tournament. 
The great freak show, Keller proprietor and sole manager, will be on 
the road again this year. It will open at New York on the occasion of 
the E. C. tournament. Several new attractions have been added. IX. 
M. C has been signed to appear as the human billiard ball. 
Ferd. Van Dyke is always unfortunate at Southern tournaments. It 
seems as if he couldn't make a high record away from the North. Van 
can shoot, we know that; but he has never been able to show us his 
true gait down here. 
J. H. Mackie, who represented King's Smokeless down here, is anew 
acquisition to theshooping ranks. He makes no pretensions to being 
a crackerjack as yet, but hopes to land somewhere near the top before 
he quits the sport for good. 
Several of the army officers stationed at Fort Sam Houston took part 
in the shoot. Among them were Lieuts. Foster, Hayes and Whit- 
worth, the latter shooting through the entire programme. 
A canvas of the guns, sheila andjowders used by seventy -two of 
the shooters on the grounds during the tournament show up as fol- 
lows: L. C. Smith 19, Greener 12, Parker 11, Winchester 9, Burgess, 
Colt and Lefever 3 each, Daly, Baker and Keasler 2 each, Claborough, 
Hollenbeck, Remington, Cashmore, Schroyer and Scott 1 each. Of tne 
seventy-two shooters 43 shot only E. 0, 12 shot Du Pont's Smokeless, 
6 Schultze, 4 King's Smokelees, 2 W-A; one shot both Hazard and Du 
Pont, another King's Smokeless and E. O, another used both E C. and 
Du Pont, while one used American wood and another Austin. The 
powder used by TJ. M. C. Thomas is not given. 
The shells used by the seventy-two shooters foot up as follows: 
Smokeless 38, Leader 13, Rapid 7, nitro 3, Blue Rival and Peters 8 each, 
Trap and Eley 1 each. Four other shooters used respectively Peters 
and Rapid, Smokeless and Rapid, Trap and Leader and Smokeless and 
Leader. 
G. W. Sergeant, of Joplin, Mo., was the luckiest man that attended 
the shoot: Only twice during the .entire tournament did it happen 
that there w as only one straight score made in any event, but on both 
occasions he was the fortunate man who played solitaire with first 
money. In the State team race he was the only one to make 50 
straight, but, despite his efforts, his team was not in it. 
Capt. Money was smiling all the time; he couldn't help it when he 
saw that E. C. wasn't doing a thing in the way of records. 
J. W. Hildreth, Jr., of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 
was present during the tournament, and did a good deal toward help- 
ing to keep things moving. 
Following is a record of the number of targets thrown during the 
week: Monday (practice), 3,140; Tuesday, 9.580; Wednesday, 9.840; 
Thursday, 9,660; Friday, 8,100; Saturday, 7,960; grand lotal (Including 
2,640 thrown on the Sunday prior to the shoot), 51,120. 
Before the conclusion of the tournament, on Saturday, Jan. 11, a 
resolution was signed by fifty-one shooters and others in attendance 
at this shoot, thanking Messrs. George, Steves and Guessaz for the 
treatment received at their hands and for the good time had by all, 
and also expressing a hope that a yearly opportunity may be given 
for similar gatherings at San Antonio under the same, management. 
Paul R, Litzkk. 
Stafford Loses to Brokaw. 
On Wednesday, Jan 15, a very interesting match was shot on the 
grounds of the Westminster Kennel Club, West Chester, N. Y., the 
principals being W. A. H. Stafford and W. Gould Brokaw. Brokaw 
has shot several matches, some of them long ones, as he has a fancy 
for a 200 bird race. In two matches shot recently he met defeat: One 
was with Louis Duryea, the other with H. B. Wright, the latter event 
being at 200 birds per man. Both matches were shot on the West- 
minster Kennel Club's grounds. 
Brokaw has any amount of grit, but he has been in the habit of run- 
ning up against some of the strongest talent in the amateur circles of 
New York. In addition to this he has been changing guns and loads 
until it is hard to tell where he stands; on this occasion he shot his 
old gun, practically a featherweight, in which he cannot shoot any 
heavier charge of powder than 42grs. of hard-grain Schultze. From 
both of the above causes he has been behind when the races were 
over in the majority of instances. His light powder load is a big 
handicap on any man who won't take a sitter under any conditions, 
however inviting and soft it may look, although his load is eminently 
better suited for incoming birds than for outgoers. He has an idea 
tnat he cannot kill incomers, an ilea that we think is mistaken, as the 
score below shows that out of 27 incoming birds in this match he only 
lost 3 one of them dead out of bounds. During the match be called 
19 no birds, the vast majority of those called proving to be easy in- 
comers of that type commonly known as "puddings." On several 
occasions after calling a no bird he drew a screamer that went over 
the boundary without being very much harmed by either of his loads. 
A very good rule, and one very generally adopted, is to take what the 
gods give you unless the bird ha» every appearau :e of being fast and 
is headed the wrong way. Had Brokaw lived up to this rule his lead 
over Stafford would have been much larger. In regard to bis gun, 
there is a new Purdey on its way that will stand heavier powder 
charges, and which will be made to try and recover some of the lost 
laurels. 
Stafford is a shooter who is most uncertain in most respects, save 
that of drawing good birds. Whenever Stafford faces the traps it 
looks as if It was "odds on" that he would get a fast bird. Latterly 
it has certainly seemed as if the run of birds was against him It is 
true that on occasions he loses his time and that the birds then have 
a chance to become hard when a quick first barrel would have 
stopped them with ease; but as a rule of late he has had the worst of 
the birds, and therefore lost birds and cyphers have been more 
numerous than usual, and owing to those losses and consequent poor 
scores he seems to have lost a good deal of confidence in himself. On 
no occasion was this lack of confidence more manifest than in this 
match with Brokaw. The luck of the birds was about even; both 
drew a great many hard ones, and both made some excellent kills, but 
the losses scored to Stafford in his 20th, 21st and 22d rounds, and in 
the 32d, 33d, 34th and 35th rounds, took all tbe starch out of him and 
virtually settled the race, when a stiff upper lip and a quicker first 
ban el might have landed him in the front, as his adversary lost 13 
birds in his last 65. It should be remembered, too, that Stafford's 
continued failure to pick up bis losses caused Brokaw to shoot with 
■ far more confidence than in all probability he otherwise would have 
done. 
The birds were a good lot, the best we have seen trapped on the 
Country Club's grounds. In the majority of instances they left the 
Mott traps very fast indeed, and were aided considerably by a strong 
wind behind them that carried them off to the southeast — right-quar- 
tering drivers— in a way that made it very hard to stop them, and that 
gave the pot-hunters on the shore of the Sound lots of sport for very 
little money. The retrieving was done by the club's dogs, and in one 
of them, a blue beiton, the club owns one of the moat careful and 
surest retrievers we have seen for a long time. Shooters who remem- 
ber Cyclone at John Watson's would see a counterpart of that famous 
dog in the Country Club's treasure; his work on difficult, lightly-hit 
birds equals that of Cyclone at his best. Owens, who looks after the 
shooting grounds at the club, acted as referee and trap-puller, and his 
work in his dual capacity was all that anybody could ask. This is not 
taffy, but is credit properly earned, as several close decisions, in our 
opinion correctly given, showed that his eyes and judgment were all 
right. It is a very common failing to jump on a referee when be errs, 
but only those who have tried it know what a tax the duties of that 
position entail upon the eyes and brain of a man, particularly in a 100- 
bird race when the shooters are coming promptly to the score. The 
question of payment of referees in all such matches is a point that is 
worth thought, and is one that we think should be taken seriously 
Into consideration by the shooting public. 
The details of the match are given in the score, which shows the 
flight of each bird. From the totals of each 25 it will be seen that 
Brokaw led in each series except the 3d, and in that one the shooters 
tied on 19 each. Stafford started very strongly, scoring 17 out of his 
first 19, the 2 lost birds both falling dead out of bounds; at that stage 
be led Brokaw by 1 bird; then came the loss of 3 straight, as related 
above, followed, after a run of 9 straight, by 4 consecutive losses 
Brokaw leading by 3 at the end of the 35th round. Out of the next 15 
birds Brokaw scored 13 to Stafford's 11, thus having a lead of 5 at the 
half-way flag. Losses in the 53d and 54th roundB put Brokaw 7 in the 
lead. From this point the men shot a tie race, Brokaw winning ulti- 
mately by 7, with the comparatively low score of 81 to 74. 
The traps fell as follows: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Total 
Brokaw 23 18 24 17 18 100 ' 
Stafford 22 31 18 18 11 100 
45 49 
The score in detail is as below: 
42 
35 
29 
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After the above match had been decided, a sporting match was 
made between A. Camacho, wao had bean naadling Brokaw, and E. 
A. Schroeder, a friend of Stafford's who had never shot a gun off but 
once or twice previously. Schroeder had been an interested spectator 
of the match between Stafford and Brokaw and concluded that he 
would try what he could do with Camacho. As the score shows, he 
didn't do a thing to him, killing 8 out of 10 to Camacho's 6 out of 9. 
In the luck of tbe birds Schroeder had certainly the best of it, but still 
he killed his birds well, and that's what a man wants to do when he's 
in a match. Both men stood at the 26yds. mark, Score: 
Schroeder 1821001222-8 Camacho 203J10320w-{S 
A few 5-bird sweeps followed, and a miss-and-out was also shot, 
Brokaw, Stafford and Schroeder taking part, th<j latter being allowed 
one miss a« a kill. Schroeder won the first with 4 out of 5; Brokaw > 
won the second, and Stafford won the miss-and-out. 
Edward Banks. 
The Knoxville Gun Club in 1895. 
Knoxville, Tenn , Jan. 15 —The Knoxville Gun Club wa<? organized 
in the spring of 1881 and has experienced tbe many ups and downs in- 
cident to all such organizations. Commencing with a few enthusias- 
tic lovers of rod and gun it has gradually developed 'until to day it is 
fully recognized by the manufacturers and sportsmen as one of the 
leading gun clubs organized for the pleasures of the trap. It has 
given the best series of tournaments ever held by any similar club. 
Conducted upon a business basis, where merit wins and chicanery is i 
prohibited, has been the fundamental principle of its successful 
meetings that have always assembled the most gentlemanly gather- 
ings of sportsmen. Experience prior to '92 demonstrated the fact 
that to induce a congregation of trap-shooters of the country at large 
it was necessary to offer added money in place of the guarantee 
money and the effete system of medal prizes. 
Realizing this fact a step was made that, as shown to-day, has made 
a complete change in trap-shooting. The club decided, not without 
much foreboding by a few, to add $500 to the purses, and was the only 
club to do so for the season of 1892, The success of the venture and 
the club was assured from that dat», as all who attended went away 
highly pleased, with the scheme, the business conduct of the shoot, 
the fairness displayed to all and the genial reception accorded them 
by the club members. The unqualified success of this meeting in- 
duced the club to offer under a modifier! handicap $1,000 added money 
for the season 1893. Those fortunate ones who attended this meeting 
returned horns singing the praises of this very eventful meeting. 
They became enthused and began to cast around for good timber to 
organize a club at home or wake up the dead clubs to give added 
money tournaments, open to the world. 
In 1894 the club again came to the front and added $1,000 cash to 
purses, no handicap, open to the world. All who were present at this 
great meeting can bear witness to its success, so much so that the 
shooters of the country could hardly wait for the season of 1895 to 
race around when the club had announced a purse of $3,000 added 
cash To make a long story short, on May 21, 1895, there were as- 
sembled in the Marble City, as guests of the city and the special 
guests of the club, the most representative gathering of manufac- 
turers and tbe best shooting caliber that the whole country could pro- 
duce. Why? Simply because the club had the entire confidence of 
both manufacturers and shooters, or else the manufacturers would 
never have donated $500, the shooters $1,000 and the club $1,500, mak- 
ing the zrand total 83,000 of cold cash added to the purses. At that 
meeting there was distributed through the cashier's office the enor- 
mous sum of $13,000 in round figures, some shooters winning in one 
purse $150 for fim money. The Knoxville Gun Club was one of the 
leading clubs, and all due to the combined influence of the manufac- 
turers, the shooters and the club, all combining to form a unity of 
purpose for successful issues. 
Tbe club feels proud of its development and desires to express its 
sincere thanks to both manufacturers and their many friends for their 
liberal support, and assures them personally that whatever degree 
of succeas the club has attained, it is due directly to their help, aid 
and assistance. The season of 1895 shows by its large added money 
meetings the very greatly increased development of trap shooting. 
Can we not say that the leading spirit in this advancement has been 
the Knoxville Gun Club, which has added $5,500 cash to purses during 
four seasons. From little acorns the mighty oaks grow, so from a 
small beginning the club has grown into its present prosperous con- 
dition. 
The club has not only given the shooters of the country pleasure, 
but has also devised the "certificate" plan of contest for its members. 
This plan has been fully explained in these columns, but for further 
information, Mr. Paul North, Cleveland, Ohio, will be pleased to send 
printed instructions with the compliments of the Blue Rock Company 
During the last two years this certificate challenge shoot has been 
mo=t successfully carried on and has awakened an interest in some 
dormant members. It is beyond question the best club contest and will 
not only increase interest, hut actually brings enthusiasm in chal- 
lenges that attendance at each meeting will not satisfy. The club 
donated $75 and all challenge fees at 25 cents added to purse; thio was 
divided 40. 30, 20 and 10 to tne four members holding the highest num- 
ber of certificates at tbe end of the year. 
The following table shows the winners for "95. The number chal- 1 
lenges passed was 129— thus showing the intense interest in challeng- 
ing for a win— and the best man to hold certificate against all comers: 
Noi Name, cates Won 
1. .J Conner 15 
.RVan Gilder... 19 
,8 Van Gilder... 23 
.Lindsay 18 
.CRoss 14 
.J White 8 
.FMead 5 
.Dow 1 
.Morris 9 
.Eldridge 2 
.J Ross 5 
No. Regu- 
lar Certifi- Challenges Challenges Net Cer- 
3. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 
11. 
Won. 
26 
23 
23 
26 
8 
8 
1 
*6 
1 
1 
Lost. 
14 
16 
24 
23 
8 
9 
6 
1 
15 
3 
6 
Powder. 
.E. C 
tiflcateB. 
27 
26 
22 
21 
14 
7 
Shell. 
Prizes 
Won. 
$42.90 
32.17 
21.45 . 
10.73 
Wads. 
.BlueRival.. \ I card, 
I 3 b. edge. 
Name. Gun. 
J Conner Daly Ejector... 
R Van Gilder. Smith Ejector ..E. C Leader... -Ii? ard / 
1 2 b. edge. 
S Van Gilder.. Smith Ejector.. .Du Pont Leader... i I !; ard ' 
1 2 b. edge. 
Lindsay Burgess, Parker.E. O .BlueRival 
C Ross Smith Du Pont, E. C. . .Leader 
J White Parker, Smith 
1 trap, 
1 p. edge, 
1 b. edge, 
i 1 trap, 
,-h^felt, 
( 1 b. edge. 
FMead Parker. 
Du Pont Leader \l card .» 
( 2 p. edge. 
( 1 trap, 
,.E. C Leader 1 1 %, 
(lb. edge. 
1 1 card, 
( 2 b. edge. 
Dow Parker Wood, Du Pont. Blue Rival., 
Morris Smith, Scott, . . ,E. C, Du Pont, .Leader 
Eldridge ...... Smith. 
J Ross.. Smith. 
1 1 trs 
(1 p. 
1 1 tri 
]l% 
( 1 P- 
( WOOd, 1 I 1 tTf 
i E. C, V Leader { 1 %, 
{ Du Pont ) |lp. 
..E.C. 
..Leader. 
1 trap, 
edge. 
1 trap, 
edge. 
1 trap, 
p. edge. 
Let other reports of clubs follow with a resume of their work— gu 
used, powder, shells and how wadded— as we all desire to read what 
they are doing to advance the great and glorious cause of building up 
the pleasures of the trap. R. Van Gilder, Sec'y. 
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