. Rod and gun . of shooting dished up. » « * The Tournament Oommittee looked after thethousand and one details in careful manner, andthey deserve much credit for their attentionto the outside shooters. A nasty situation developed in connection withthe Customs and American guns, but thanks tothe prompt attention of President Horning, theair was quicKly cleared of threatening might have proved rafher serious, althoughit was to a large degree over-zealousness on thepart of the Customs officer. Mr. H. W. Brainerd, President of the Dominion Cartridge Company, was a most popular visitor du
. Rod and gun . of shooting dished up. » « * The Tournament Oommittee looked after thethousand and one details in careful manner, andthey deserve much credit for their attentionto the outside shooters. A nasty situation developed in connection withthe Customs and American guns, but thanks tothe prompt attention of President Horning, theair was quicKly cleared of threatening might have proved rafher serious, althoughit was to a large degree over-zealousness on thepart of the Customs officer. Mr. H. W. Brainerd, President of the Dominion Cartridge Company, was a most popular visitor during the first three days. The boys in corralled him the first night and he had to sleep late into the mornings. He was game though. * • * W. J. Taylor, Publisher of RoA & Gun Maga-zine, dropped in for the last day and was wel-comed by the many who knew him. Somebodywas looking for him for four days to pay anoverdue subscription: Rod & Gun must be inluck to possess such conscientious subscribers. Kid Sangster, the Baby of the Crowd, and Some Classas a Shot on either Targets oi Birds. bird, no matter if it did fly out and was shotat—even though the contestant wrongly kindly figure this out satisfactorily. The special car each morning at 9 a. convenient to all and was filled to stand-ing room only. It was a wise move and appre-ciated by all. ? » * Genial George Dominion Dunk, representa-tive of the Dominion Cartridge Co., and whoseopen countenance appears above, is mailing hisprivate cards to all who were at the shoot. Theyare very costly pieces of cardboard—at leastif you dont happen to have the right ones,they are. An argument arose prior to the start of theG. C. H. in connection with a cited case of alive bird being pulled, not flying and calledno bird oy the referee, when it took flight, thecontestant shooting at -t and missing, and thereferee giving lost bird. The horse-sense viewone takes is that once no birded, it was no Kid Sangsters
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