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[July 24, 1909. 
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HICKMAN, Ky., July 12 and 13. 
C. O. LeCompte, 
W. R. Crosby, 
Frank N. Foltz, 
Woolfolk Henderson, 
W. H. Heer, 
C. A. Young, 
Homer Clark, 
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351 
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350 
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346 
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LONG RUNS. 
Frank E. Foltz, an amateur, 
Woolfolk Henderson, an amateur, 
C O. LeCompte, professional, 
186 
- 158 
142 and 141 
Messrs. Foltz and Henderson both ran the entire program 
of six regular events on the first day without a miss. 
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The Indians of To-day. 
By George Bird Grinnell. Demi-quarto, 185 pages, 
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It describes the old-time Indian and the Indian of to¬ 
day ; and contrasts the primitive conditions and ways 
of living with these of the present. It contains over 
fifty full-page portraits of living Indians from photo 
graphs. 
Contents: The North American Indians. Indian 
Character. Beliefs and Stories. The Young Dogs’ 
Dance. The Buffalo Wife. A Blackfoot Sun and Moon 
Myth. Former Distribution of the Indians. The Reser¬ 
vation. Life on the Reservation. The Agent’s Rule. 
Education. Some Difficulties. The Red Man and the 
White. 
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The Philadelphia Rifle Association. 
Philadelphia, Pa., July 10.—The weekly competilio 
of this association were shot to-day on the Arlingt 
range, Landsdowne avenue and Cedar Lane, ne 
Llanerch, Pa. Owing to the warm weather conditio 
indoors, the members have been flocking to the outdo 
range, and are doing excellent work at the targets. 
Rifle, record match, 200yds.—Williamson, 185. 
O. H. match, 10 shots.—Schneering, 225, 217, 219, 2 
222 205; Spering, 211, 207, 210, 208. 
I’fonor target, 3 shots.—Schneering, 69; Spering, f 
^Pistol match, 50yds.—H. L. Reeves, 93, 90, 86, 81, 
81 .87 82 79; G. L. Smith, 92, 90, 84, 86, 92, 89; Geo. 
Smith, 88 86, 74; H. A. Dill, 90, 76, 89, 74, 85, 79, 82, 
78; R. L. Dubbs, 90, S3, 85, 85, 87. 
Revolver practice match—J. T. Oliver, 69; J. 
Rifle practice match.-—Bob Lewis, 147, 122, 164, 167, 1 
Our 1909 annual prize list of silver cups, gold, sill 
and bronze medals, bars and buttons is the largest a 
finest ever offered by any association in the United Sta 
for rifle, pistol and revolver competitions. 
Indoor range, 1406 Washington avenue—Tuesday e 
ning rifle, and Thursday evening pistol and revolver; a 
also the outdoor range, Landsdowne avenue and Cei 
lane (near Llanerch, Pa.), are open Saturday afterno 
and legal holidays all day the year round. 
L. E. Hall, Treas 
SHOOTING FOR LAND. 
At this time of fabulous prices how stran 
it is to recall the fact that lots in New Yo 
were once so cheap as to be the prize for sha 
shooting! The great metropolis of New Yo 
city! What hard work it must have been to g 
rid of land when such a scheme was employ 
as detailed in the following advertisement: 
“To be shot for. A .lot of land belonging ) 
Robert Bennett. It is to be shot for on. East' 
Monday, with a single ball at ioo yards distant 
at the Marlboro’s Head in the Bowery. Eve' 
person that inclines to shoot for the abo 
mentioned lot is to pay five shillings before : 
fires his piece and whosoever makes the b< 
shot shall receive a good and warrantable l! 
of sale from Robert Bennett.” 
The above is copied from the New Yc; 
Gazette of Feb. ii, 1735. The Gazette, whii 
was published by William Bradford, was t: 
first paper in New York city, and was then: 
its eighth year. New York then contain.! 
about eight thousand inhabitants, all living ; 
near the Battery as possible to be safe from t: 
Indians. The population was chiefly Dub, 
with so few English that the Gazette could ii 
have been published had not Bradford’s j: 
office been a support. He had the Governmd 
printing, which enabled him to publish • 
paper, whose circulation was probably not ov: 
three hundred. Times then were so fearfu 1 
bad that it is not surprising that land was 0:1 
worth shooting for. New York, however, 1 - 
seen many seasons of dire distress, and yet la! 
has so appreciated that the only way to she! 
for it now is to cover it with golden bullets- 
G. B. G. in the Springfield Republican. 
A HUNTING MISHAP. 
While out hunting mountain lions,. Jc: 
Lyon, the well-known stockman who resides' 
the Yellowstone mountains, met with an acr 
dent that nearly cost him liis life. While t- 
ing to get a shot at the lion before it got ’ 
its den, he stepped on a stone which roll 
throwing him down a bluff about twenty-fi 
feet in height, and he suffered a dislocation : 
his hip, besides shattering the joint ther«|i 
somewhat. 
Mr. Lyon was alone when the accid -1 
happened, about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, i- 
it took him thirty hours to crawl to his hoi 
i l / 2 miles distant. At his home he had enoi 
food cooked for one day and a bucket of waf 
and he remained alone in his cabin for ei(l 
days before he was found by Ernest Gray, w 1 
after preparing some food for Mr. .Lyon, w 1 
to the Vantia mine, nearby, for assistance, 
the injured may was brought to the mine L 
night and later on was brought to Benson 1 
medical attention. J 
Mr. Lyon is nearly sixty-four years of af 
and only an Arizona pioneer, like he is, co- 
have withstood the hardships of the accident t 
was forced to suffer, but he bears up the rev 
tation of the old-timers without complaini- 
Benson Press. 
