. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 22, 1908. Fine Harness The Best Horse Boots. / 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 cen
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, February 22, 1908. Fine Harness The Best Horse Boots. / 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 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. 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 A RECORD THAT IS A RECORD Adolph Topperwein makes Straight runs of 14,540, 13,599, 13,292 and 13,219 on 2%-inch wooden blocks at 20 foot rise, and misses only 4 out of 50,000 and 9 out of 72,500, shooting WINCHESTER SMOKELESS POWDER CARTRIDGES AND .22 CALIBER RIFLES Just to show that all things ARE POSSIBLE with Winchester .22 Caliber Cartridges and Rifles, and also to prove "Who's Who" in making rifle records IN PUBLIC, Mr. Topper- wein recently shot for ten consecutive days at San Antonio, Texas, and made the above world's records for wing shooting with a rifle. He used only two rifles and loaded them himself. These record-breaking, history-making scores were made, without the aid of a notary public, before large crowds of people in a public park—not in a far-away back lot
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