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[July to, 1909- 
Every Championship Event 
AT THE 
Grand American Handicap 
Was Won by Shooters Who Used 
POWDERS 
first, second, third 
The Amateur Championship — The Trophy, 
and fourth moneys. 
Professional Championship— The I rophy, first, second and third 
moneys. 
Preliminary Handicap— The Trophy and first money. 
Three Ties on 96 for First Place in the Grand American Handicap. 
High Amateur Average— Made by Barton Lewis of Auburn, Illinois. 
High Professional Average for the Entire Tournament- 
Made by Fred Gilbert. 
High Amateur Average for the Entire Tournament - 
Made by F. E. Foltz, McClure, Ohio. 
Two Ties for High Score in All Double Target Events— 
Fred Gilbert and J. R. Taylor. Score, 72 ex 80. 
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King 
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Special 
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He was thin to haggardness, and very pale- 
faced; he smoked tdo many cigarettes, and he 
looked—not robust; also, among other things, 
I gathered that he had put in a greater number 
of evening hours in London billiard rooms than, 
is usually considered necessary to the well-being, 
of a man of twenty-five. Further, taking him 
all in all, I should hazard that he was probably 
the most cheerfully incompetent clerk in all the 
citv His name was Firmrn Reid he told me, 
and he is one of the few people I have met to 
whom, if I had ten thousand a year, I should 
have pleasure in leaving a quarter thereof 
when I died, of course. Obviously. 
I met him in the pigsty of the Barleysheaf- 
a genuinely picturesque and really old-fashionec. 
inn in the New Forest, says Bertram Atkey lr 
Frv’s Magazine. He did not notice me at hrst 
he was too busy detaching a cream-colorec 
ferret from the ball of this thumb. His wris 
was covered with blood, and I believe that he 
was suffering considerable pain. But he gavi 
no sign of it. He dragged the ferret off am 
then caught sight of me. , , 
“Oh good!” said he. I say, there s a fin., 
rat-hole just outside—in the corner o th;. 
threshold. D’you like rattm ? Heres a stick. 
I took the stick and went outside to stain 
over the rat-hole. ,, , „ ■ , 
“Look out—she’s in! yelled Mr. Reid, an 
presently the rats came. We got twelve alto 
crether By that time it was too dark to ct 
any more, and so we put the ferret away am 
went in to supper. I rather fancy we had for 
gotten that fifteen minutes before we had bee 
total strangers. After supper we sat by the nr 
and smoked. Firmin was quiet for a t® 
staring at the live coals. Presently he brok 
“No bad judge, Rufus, eh? Bit rough, th? 
arrow, though. Wonder if Tyrrel meant 
kill him. Of course, he bunked. But so shou 
I. Wouldn’t -you? A king you know—want 
a bit of explaining, shooting a king, eh. 
I understood that he was speaking of Wilhai 
surnamed Rufus, who was “shot by an arro- 
glancing from a tree” in the New Fores 
Firmin did not wait for my views. 
“What a time he must have had, though, d< 
fore he was shot! His father simply snaffle 
the whole of the Forest, you know—must nai 
been hundreds of thousands of acres in tho: 
days. Absolutely crammed with deer stag 
eh? Red deer, y’know Crummy! He used t 
cut the ears off anybody who was copffl 
poaching the deer—cut off their ears and blit 
’em. So did his father. Hot, wasn t it? ihei 
must have been wolves about here, in tho 
davs, too. Wolves! Not little prairie wolve 
but big ’uns. What a place for a bit of shoo 
ing, eh?” He shoved the coals with his io< 
and ordered a tankard of ale. . 
“By George, though, I can understand a Kir 
letting things slide a bit at court with this 
come to!” Firmin threw out his hands, spea 
ing as though the Forest was as of old— 
