

Dec. 14, 1907.] 
FOREST aND STREAM. 


MR. J. W. AKARD 
“King of Rifle Shots” 
Trapshooting. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send a notice like the following: 

Fixtures. 
Dec. 17.—Travers Island, N. Y.—New York Athletic 
Club championship. 
Dec. 18.—Bergen Beach (L. I.) G. C, all-day shoot; 
open sweepstakes. L. H. Schortemeier, Sec’y. 
1908. 
Jan. 1.—Toronto (Ont.) Trapshooting League. 
Dunk, Sec’y. 
Jan. 1.—Schenectady (N. Y.) G. C. tournament. Vv. 
Wallburg, Sec’y. 
Jan. 1.—Brooklyn, N. Y.—Bergen Beach Gy Cover. 
Schortemeier, Sec’y-Mgr. 
Jan. 14.—Bergen Beach G. C. 
Jan. 1417.—Hamilton (Ont.) G. C. eighteenth annual 
tournament. J. J. Lawlor, Sec’y. 
Jan. 23-25.—Pinehurst_(N. C.) annual midwinter handi- 
cap. Herbert L. Jillson, Sec’y. 
Jan. 23-25.—Pinehurst, N. .—Annual midwinter tourna- 
ment. 
! tos 98-Feb. 1.—Brenham. Tex.—Sunny South Handicap. 
eb. 12.—Bergen Beach G. C. 
Y.—Mountain View G. C. J. J. 
G. M. 
Feb. 22.—Troy, N. 
Farrell, Sec’y. 
March 10.—Bergen Beach G. C. 
March 16-17.—Pinehurst, N. C.—Annual club champion- 
ship. 
March 16-17.—Pinehurst_ (N. C.) G._C. annual club cham- 
pionship. Herbert L. Jillson, Sec’y. 
April 1.—Montclair, N. J.—Championship of Metropolitan 
clubs, under auspices of Montclair G. C. Edward 
Winslow, Sec’y. 
April 14.—Bergen Beach (L. Te GaneG, 
May 12—Bergen Beach (L. I.) GC. LI. H. Schorte- 
meier, Sec’y, 201 Pearl street, New York. 
June 3-5.—Jersey City.—New Jersey State shoot. 


NEW WORLD'S RECORD 
15,000 Targets Without a Miss 
J. W. Akard’s claim to the title, “The King of Rifle Shots,” is well earned. 
His performance of breaking 15,000 regulation clay targets without a miss is the 
greatest exhibition of skill on record. 
threw his targets with his right hand, holding his gun with his left. 
He used one shot only for each target. 
He 
By the time 
he could take aim, the targets were going straight away at a distance of 15 to 25 
He used 
feet and about 15 feet high. 
U. M. C. .22 Short CARTRIDGES 
whose perfect quality supported his perfect aim. 
A great per cent. of the targets 
were broken edgeways, so that the diameter of the disc does not truly represent the 
size of the moving target in the air. Mr. Akard’s earlier run of 1,659 small marbles 
without a miss is nearly twice as long as any previous record on similar objects. In 
this case, also, he did his own tossing. Remember that Mr. Akard’s run of 15,000 
targets was unfinished. 
U. M. GC. Cartridges Excel in Cleanliness and Accuracy. 
THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 
Write to M. HARTLEY COMPANY, Sole Representative, 
313-315 Broadway, New York City. 

DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The team contest between the Duffryn Mawr and the 
West Chester, Pa., gun clubs took place on Dec. 7 
on the grounds of the former. West Chester won by a 
score of 439 to 422. 
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Mr. A. A. Felix was high man in both contests, each 
at 10 live birds, $5 entrance, held at the Point Breeze 
track, Philadelphia, on Dec. 7. He scored straight in the 
first event and lost one dead out in the second event. 
He stood at the 30yd. mark. 
The five-man team contest between Harvard and Prince- 
ton was closely contested on Soldiers’ Field, Dec. 7. 
The scores were: Harvard 191, Princeton 187. Hauth- 
away, of Harvard, and Wight, of Princeton, tied on 44 
out of 50, for high individual scores. 
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A two-man team shoot between Messrs, Redman and 
Bell on the one side and Messrs. Fisher and Paulson on 
the other, was held on the grounds of the Clearview 
Gun Club, Philadelphia, on Dec. 7. The conditions were 
10 live birds, 28yds. rise. Redman and Bell won by a 
score of 16 to 15. 
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The return match between of the 
Clearview and Haddonfield gun clubs was shot on Dec. 7, 
at Darby, Pa. The Philadelphians scored 500 to 456 by 
the Jerseymen. Each man shot at 50 targets, a total of 
600 targets for each team Each club now has scored a 
The final contest will be in abeyance till next 
tweJlve-man teams 
victory. 
spring. 
The Crescent Athletic Club began its season’s com- 
petition at the Parkway Driving Park, Brooklyn, on 
Saturday of last week. There was a good attendance. 
Owing to the multiplication of houses in the immediate 
vicinity of the old grounds at the club’s country house, 
at Bay Ridge, a move was necessary. Cups of several 
kinds and high average rewards are inducements for a 
specially active season, and are rewards for excellence in 
competition. 
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The Bergen Beach Gun Club announces an 
shoot, Wednesday, Dec. 18, commencing at 10 o’clock. 
The first event will be at 25 targets, $2.50 entrance, 
divided 8, 6, 4, 2, Rose system. The second and third 
will be at 50 targets each, $6 entrance respec- 
tively, divided 30, 20, 20, 15, 10 and 5 per cent. The 
fourth event is similar to event 1. The fifth event will 
be at 25, $3 entrance, divided 8, 5, 3, 1, 
If there are thirty-five shooters who shoot through the 
programme, $25 will be divided for high average on the 
basis of 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent., high 
BERNARD WATERS. 
all-day 
events 
Rose system. 
guns. 
Harvard—Princeton. 
Boston, Dec. 7.—The annual_ team contest between 
five-man teams of Harvard and Princeton, took place on 
Harvard by a 

Soldiers’ Field to-day. Victory was with 
score of 191 to 187. Each man shot at 50 targets. Fine 
weather favored the event, and a large number of 
spectators were present. Scores: 
Harvard. Princeton. 
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