Dec. 7, 1907.] 

FOREST aND STREAM. 


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MR. J. W. AKARD 
“King of Rifle Shots” 

NEW WORLD'S RECORD 


15,000 Targets Without a Miss 
J. W. Akard, of Fairplay, Missouri, has earned his title to “The King of 
Rifle Shots.” 
miss 15,000 regulation clay targets. 
Between October 11th and 16th he tossed and broke without a 
This is supported by affidavits. 
successive days until he became tired, cleaning his rifle only at night. 
He worked 
He used 
U. M. C. .22 Short CARTRIDGES 
which supported his skillful aim by their unexcelled accuracy and uniformity. 
‘This almost unbelievable piece of work could only have been done with perfect 
cartridges, 
which is also a world’s record. 
Last August Mr. Akard tossed and hit without a miss 1,659 marbles, 
Mr. Akard’s performances displaced previous 
world’s records of 8,862 flying wooden blocks without a miss and 961 ex 1,000 
marbles. 
work for him. 
Mr. Akard tossed his own targets instead of having an assistant do the 
Affidavits of two eye witnesses guarantee the above record 
to be genuine and correct. 
THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 
Write to M. HARTLEY & COMPANY, Sole Representative, 
313-315 Broadway, New York City. 

Trapshooting. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Dec. 5.—Lancaster (Pa.) G. C. 
Dec. 6-7.—Newark, N. J.—South Side G. C. tournament. 
H. D. Good, Chairman. 
Dec. 11.—Columhus (O.) G. C.F. Shattuck, Sec’y. 
Dec, 17.—Travers Island, N. Y.—New York Athletic 
Gand championship of America; 200 targets, 100 each 
ay. 
1908. 
Jan. 1.—Toronto (Ont.) Trapshooting League. G. M. 
Dunk, Sec’y. 
Jan. 1.—Schenectady (N. Y.) G. C. tournament. V. 
Wallburg, Sec’y. 
Jan. 1.—Brooklyn, N. Y.—Bergen Beach G. C. L. H. 
Schortemeier, Sec’y-Mer. 
Jan. 1417.—Hamilton (Ont.) G. C. 
tournament. J. J. Lawler, Sec’v. 
Jan. 23-25.—Pinehurst (N. C.) annual midwinter handi- 
cap. Herbert L. Jillson, Sec’y. 
Jan, 23-25,—Pinehurst, N. C.—Annual 
ment. 
Jan. 28-Feb. 1.—Brenham 
eighteenth annual 
midwinter tourna- 
Tex.—Sunny South Handicap. 
Feb. 22.—Troy, N. Y.—Mountain View G. C. J. 
Farrell, Sec’y. 
March 16-17.—Pinehurst, N. C.—Annual club champion- 
ship. 
March 16-17.—Pinehurst (N. C.) G. C. annual club cham- 
pionship. Herbdert L. Jillson, Sec’y. 
April 1—Montclair, N. J.—Championship of Metropolitan 
clubs, under auspices of Montclair G. C. Edward 
Winslow, Sec’y. 
The second annual championship of Metropolitan clubs 
will be held under the the 
Club on Wednesday, April 1, 1908. 
auspices of Montclair Gun 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Three shooters, Messrs. Grace, Muller and Murphy, tied 
on straight scores in an event at 10 birds at Point Breeze, 
Philadelphia, Nov. 30. 
of whom ten scored 8 or better. 
ad 
The five-man team contest between of Yale 
and Harvard was wen by Yale, on the local gun club 
There were eighteen contestants, 
freshmen 
grounds, New Haven, to-day. The scores were 196 
and 167, Yale thus winning by 29, 
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The five-man team of the Harvard Gun Club was 
beaten by the five-man team of the Boston Athletic As- 
Nov. 30. 213 
and 191 out of a possible 250. This was a return match, 
the first contest being won also by the Boston Athletic 
Association 
sociation, at Riverside, The scores were 
team. 
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In connection with a report of the Independent Gun 
Club shoot, held at Holmesburg Junction, Pa., on Nov. 
30, the gentle and efficient the 
Mrs. W. K. Park, “The 
Independent Gun Club had a surprise in store for the 
$25 
being 
Secretary-Treasurer of 
club, writes us as follows: 
Secretary at yesterday’s shoot, presenting me with 
There 
no other meeting between now and Christmas, the pre- 
FH. ‘Landis’ (David). 
I was very loth to take it, though recognizing perfectly 
the kindly feeling. But 
earn her salt, merely carries on the work begun by the 
late Will K. Park, who was Secretary for years. We are 
having dandy shoots, and it bids fair to be one of, if not 
to suit myself as to a Christmas present. 
sentation was made yesterday by Mr 
really this secretary does not 
want to boys to know 
though I 
The spoon shoots are 
the club of Philadelphia soon. I 
how I appreciate the remembrance, was slow 
to see it when they surprised me. 
a success.” 
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A personal letter from Mr. Edward Banks, under date 
of Dec. 2, informs us that he had arrived home some 
what fatigued by his campaign of forty days with the 
Winchester-Dupont touring squad, which made a long 
flight through the South, and recorded many phenomenal 
the 
cities. He reports also that the trip was quite beneficial 
to his health, 
performances at traps in many different Southern 
which was none of the best at the outset 
ad 
Mr. Edward Banks’ letter of last week, descriptive of 
the doings of the touring squad, reached us too late for 
publication in Forrest AND STREAM of Noy. 30, owing to 
the fact that Forest AND STREAM went to press on Mon 
Thanks- 
That letter and the last one, describing the 
the 
columns of this week. 
day instead of on Tuesday, owing to the holiday, 
giving 
conclusion of 
Day. 
interesting tour, appear in our trap 
RZ 
The programme of the South Side Gun Club’s two-day 
shoot, Dec. 6 and 7, will have the New Jersey State 
championship as the main event Several merchandise 
events will add to the keenness of the competition. 
Average money will reward good shooting. Plenty of 
shells will be provided. Mr. E. W. Reynolds, expert 
accountant, will act as cashier. The secretary is F, A, 
Nott, 146 Market street, Newark, N. J. H. D. Good, 845 
Newark, N. J., is chairman of the tourna- 
ment committee. 
Broad street, 
BERNARD WATERS, 

