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Difficult as was the background for most of the shooters, 
it was easy for Billy Crosby, who made a record that 
will take some beating on the same grounds and over 
the same traps. He started in by running his first 102 
straight, which added to an unfinished run of 61 at 
Dublin, made a run of 163 straight. After losing his 
1084 target, he just went on smashing those thrown for 
him to shoot at until he finished without any additional 
miss being charged to him, his total being 199 out of the 
200, and his unfinished run one of 97. John Taylor also 
had a good score, his total being 195, while Hawkins 
was right after after him with 193, and a run of 104 
straight. Harry Taylor tied Hawkins, but no .one else 
got 1%) or better. Walter Huff broke 188, Gilbert had 
187, Money 185, while Col. Anthony with 184 buried me 
deep down in his game sack, as I finished with one 
target less than 90 per cent. 
During the dinner hour Harold Money, Linn Worth- 
ington and Ed. Holleyman went in pursuit of a bunch 
of quail known to frequent the neighborhood of the 
shooting grounds. They found the covey, but got only 
one that we could swear to, for it was all that we saw, 
although Harold told of “two more_knocked down.” 
That evening the boys left for Macon, Ga., leaving 
Harold and myself, as Saturday was an off day, to try 
our luck on the Eastman quail, Mr. J. B. Stewart hav- 
ing invited us to visit him at his place about seven miles 
out of town and become. acquainted with his private 
stock of Georgia quail. How we drove out there, met 
Mr. Stewart, his wife and family, and also last, but not 
least his father, and also how we went out into the pea 
fields, pine woods, etc., and followed Joe and Ed. Hol- 
leyman’s pointer puppy while they found quail for us, 
and likewise what Mr. J. B. Stewart did to me in the 
eye-wiping line—all these things can unfortunately find 
no place in this letter. It is sufficient to say that we 
enjoyed every minute of the trip, although Harold still 
regrets the discourteous manner in which a _ certain 
rabvit paid no attention whatsoever to his urgent sum- 
mons to stop, 
On Sunday morning, the 10th, Harold and I went on 
1o Macon and met the boys at the Plaza, the weather 
being still of the very best and giving no sign of the 
unpleasant day which Monday proved to be. 
So unfavorable were the weather conditions on the 
11th, that the attendance at the Log Cabin Club’s grounds 
was quite small. Then, too, the excitement which the 
election for mayor of the city the following day natu- 
rally produced also had much to do with the poor at- 
tendance. So raw and damp was the day that Capt. 
Uawkins decided that it was wisest for Gilbert not to do 
any shooting, so he stopped in town, and during the 
afternoon showed me, chiefly by word of mouth, how to 
play the game of 15-ball pool. 
Out at the traps Hawkins was high with 197, John 
Taylor 195, Barkley 193, Crosby, H. Taylor and Money 
192 each, and Anthony 181. Of the amateurs, Mr. Riley 
was high with 179 and Mr. E. Jones second with 178. 
Tuesday, Nov. 12, saw us on our way to Moultrie, Ga., 
where a shoot was scheduled for the next day, The 
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first step toward getting to Moultrie was to take a train 
for Albany, where we fell in with Frank Lawrence, who 
seemingly had not fallen off in size or good nature 
during his Southern campaign. On our way to Albany 
we stopped off for about twenty mtnutes at some station 
whose name I have purposely forgotten, to consume a 
dinner which was hardly worth five minutes’ attention. 
It is easy therefore to figure out out appetites on our 
arrival about half an hour after schedule time at Moul- 
trie. The weather was chilly and the hotel itself in 
process of being renovated. We were therefore natu- 
rally not as comfortable as future visitors to Moultrie 
will be when the hotel gets fixed up. 
The gun club at Moultrie is a good and active one, 
and the number of amateurs shooting in one or more 
events was most satisfactory. In addition to the nine 
professionals, twenty-four amateurs recorded their names 
on the score book, among the number being Mayor 
Scott, whose civic duties do not prevent him from once 
in a while taking a day afield or a few hours at the traps. 
It was a close race for first honors here, Harold Money 
nosing out the others by one target with a score of 195 
out of 200, a good one under the conditions. Hawkins, 
Crosby, Gilbert and Harry Taylor each had 194, John R. 
Taylor 191, Lee Barkley 186, and Col. Anthony 182. My 
score was 92 out of 109, that being all I shot at. 
By virtue of his score of 195, Harold Money won the 
silver smoking set put up by the club for competition 
among the professionals, To say that he was pleased with 
his victory is perhaps putting it mildly, for while it is 
surely honor enough to be high man in a bunch like this 
Winchester-Dupont aggregation, that silver smoking set 
certainly did appeal to him. 
Thursday, the 14th, we spent in getting from Moultrie 
to Jacksonville. The first section of our journey was 
from Moultrie to Boston, Ga. There we changed trains 
and went on to Valdosta, Ga., where we again changed 
trains, and this,time also depots, arriving in Jackson- 
ville a little behind schedule, but still early enough to 
get a supper that tasted mighty good after some of the 
meals we had been enjoying on the trip to date. 
Friday, the 15th, was the day scheduled for the shoot 
under the auspices of the Jacksonville Gun Club, The 
club’s grounds are located at Phoenix Park, and it would 
indeed be hard to find a more beautiful or more romantic 
situation. A beautiful sheet of water in the foreground, 
and in the rear of the club house a grove of live oaks 
hung with masses of Spanish moss. The targets were 
not easy to find at once, and it seems as if there is 
always something deceptive in shooting over water or 
with a sheet of water just in front of the traps. 
The boys, however, are shooting too well to fall down 
real hard anywhere or under any conditions, and most 
of them are making what must be considered as phe- 
nomenal scores. Crosby had a run of over 100 straight 
and scored 198 out of 200, receiving as -a recognition of 
his good work a pair of gold cuff buttons, presented by 
the club to the professional making high score, The 
presentation was made by Col. Anthony, in one of his 
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Tom Marshall, (who generally responds in behalf of 
“T. Bill’), making an acknowledgment that was to the 
point in every respect. 
Of the others, Hawkins broke 195, Barkley 192, J. R. 
Taylor 190, Money 187, H. Taylor 186, Gilbert 185, and 
Col. Anthony 177... It was unfortunate for me that busi- 
ness prevented my taking part in the shoot, for other 
wise it looks to me as if 1 missed a chance of putting 
the North Carolinian in my game sack. 
(f'welve amateurs took part in the shoot, J. V. Fair- 
head and John Gray tying for high average on 173, with 
S. Gray in second place with 171. Mr. Sands was third 
witn 168. 
Col. Anthony, Crosby and myself have to thank Mr. 
H. O’Neal, our landlord at the Aragon, for a delightful 
automobile ride back to the city from Phoenix Park, 
the roads around Jacksonville (at any rate those we ran 
over) being all that an auto owner could ask for 
Saturday, the 16th, saw the boys at Lake City, Fla., 
some sixty miles west of Jacksonville. They left at 
7:3) A. M. and got back about twelve hours later, in 
time, however, to take the night train for Tampa. 
At Lake City, the scores, while still up to the high 
standard shown on this trip, were somewhat lower than 
usual, J. R. Taylor was high with 195, Money second 
with 194. Then came Hawkins 193, Barkley and H. G. 
Taylor 191, Crosby 190, Gilbert 189, and Anthony 184. 
(N, B.—Gilbert has on more than one occasion lately 
said that he was glad “the Colonel is along, so that [ 
can beat somebody.’’) 
When I joined the boys that night on the sleeper, it 
was interesting hearing the different stories of the day’s 
shooting. But the story-telling soon stopped after the 
train got under way, for everybody was ready for bed 
and looking forward to a good night’s rest. 
By 7 o’clock next morning (Sunday, Nov. 7), we were 
in Tampa, where overcoats were not needed and where 
winter underwear was decidedly out of place. In my last 
letter I mentioned something about Tampa, Tampa _ Bay 
Hotel, the warmth of the weather and the beauty of the 
hotel grounds, so won’t repeat. In the afternoon Crosby, 
John Taylor, Holleyman and myself took a launch ride 
on the Hillsboro River, going up to Sulphur Springs 
Park, where we bought some peanuts and Coca Cola, 
about all there was to buy. The trip both up and down 
the river was delightful, the return trip_being made in 
that half light which prevails down in Florida between 
the setting of the sun and the establishment of his 
supremacy by a moon that is full and two hours above 
the eastern horizon. This may sound_complicated_and 
vague, but it’s not my fault exactly—Hawky and Harry 
Taylor having interrupted me twice; they are in pursuit 
of Gilbert, with evil intent, I fear, and think apparently 
that he may have taken refuge in my room. If you 
really want to know what a Florida twilight and a Florida 
moonlight really look like, the best thing to do is to go 
down there and enjoy them both. 
I find I have neglected to mention that Linn Worth- 
ington, of Rising Sun, Md., the W. R. A. missionary 
who has been with us since the start, left for the North 

