. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 20 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 14, 1908. Fine Harness The Best Horse Boots. Ine Harness Am Hqrse boots I n 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. He used one shot only for each target. He threw his targets with his right hand, holding his gun with his left. He used U. M. C. .22 SHORT CARTRIDGES whose perfect quality supported his pe
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 20 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, March 14, 1908. Fine Harness The Best Horse Boots. Ine Harness Am Hqrse boots I n 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. He used one shot only for each target. He threw his targets with his right hand, holding his gun with his left. He used 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 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. Mr. Akard is now giving demon- strations on the Coast. U. M. C. CARTRIDGES EXCEL IN CLEANLINESS AND ACCURACY THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY Write to M. HARTLEY COMPANY, Sole Representative 313-315 Broadway, NEW YORK CITY Victorious at Rochester ^W I N C H E S T E R-^ Cartridges and Rifles Take Leading Honors Winchester Cartridges and Rifles again demonstrated their exceptional shooting qualities at the Fourth Annual Tournament of the Indoor .22 Caliber Rifle League, held in Rochester, N. Y., January 27-February 1, making new World's records and winning in the majority of the events, as follows: CONTINUOUS MATCH—R. Gute, First (tie), four perfect scores of 75. BULLSEYE TARGET—R. Gute, perfect target of O, a World's Record. SKIDDOO MATCH—R. Gute, First (tie), four perfect scores of 75. CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH—R. Gute, tied for second place, score 2460. RAPID FIRE MATCH—Harry Harrison, First, 81 shots in one minute, score 570. This is a World's Record. Mr. Harrison also made
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