The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-14

are manufactured expressly for thu
more enteTprising sp0rtswOman. aud
oucc the hucola green has been donned
the half.sasage JOYS Of the chase. ii
many an erstwhilc genle crcatu I
osom. cause the charms 81 tennis. or
even the mad delights or cro1uet. I,
pale Dressed from head to foot IN
flannel, with felt hat and high, easy
boots, weapon on shoulder, tn,
woman Who shoots is max
ing ready TO tramp the
Adiroudacks from North creek to Pau
/ Smith s. and with ner cartridges I,
shove headache. nervousness. and about
/ an the lis that feminine flesh Is heir Il
/ INTO Thy beautiful steel tubes. and with
/ the instant Is PIE sure Of her finger blow
them all away. The favorite shotgun
OF The markswOman is double barrelled
and made after the pattern used by
/ Miss Annie Oakley. The stock is OF
different shape from the ordinary gun.
TO accommodate the shorter neck and
arms. and the weapon IS much lighter.
/ The barrels are twentv-seven inches
long. or theicabOuts. and are often
beautifully figured. The weight is any
where from four pounds TO five and
three quarters about five and a half
pounds beng recommended. The bore
ordinarily Is twenty. 1t shoots three
iouTihs OF an ounce If fine shot ahead
OF two drachms of Schultz powder.
which gives very little recoil.
10 has killing circle Of thirty
inches in diameter at thirty
ia Is "a q D..
made To order TO suit the strength and
figure. A woman Is measured about as
accurately for q fine shotgun as for a
gown. The lower Broadway dealer.
who has built mOIc guns, in all prOba-
Dliity. for the use of women than any
other man iu America. has blank form
10 De filled In with the height. length.
from arm-pits 10 tips Of fingers, width
from point of one shoulder 10 point Of
the other, chest measure, full breasted
or otherwise. In addition TO these par
ticulars. il The gun is ordered by the
spOr,swOman I'm person. healways gives
her one TO handle. getting points az to
bends and weights from observation Of
her carriage
Mrs. Pierre LOriIiard. who has an er-
cellCnt reputation for GOODNESS in the
field and skill, owns some fine wea-
pous Mrs Cleveland has pretty 12-
bore, which was gift 10 her on the
eve of one OF the Adirondack vacations.
but which che has not often used. 1t
weighs five and one quarter pounds.
and the barrels are of full weight and
strength. and Of the hands0mest finish
possible. 10 requires less skill TO hit a
partridge with 1t than when a smaller
bore is used. and hence tho light p
bore is quite favOrite among women.
at least no their first season 5 shooting.
Bertha ON Hlllern. who won quite
reputation for herself as q pedestrian.
ls au excellent shot, and uses a single
barreilcl gun, which is of 2S.calibre.
and weigh. % triiia under four pounds.
MISS % Beckett. tie artist. who for many
summers shared Miss Won Hillern's
mourtaiu studio IN Virginia il also IN
accurate markswOmau. and shoots with
q douhie-barreled gun of SO calibre. Ii
ls toli OF the pair that one day. while
ihey were shooting 80 target 10 the
Blue Ridge mountains q party Of
m0urtainecrs louuged 40 and watched
lue practice. challenging the ladies To- a
Test If skill. The mon were armed
with old fashioned is -ntuCky rifles,
while the two artists had modern
brcech-ioaders. TIE mOunlaiL. ers we've
luvucd 90 -ct up "a target 90 suit them
selves. aul chose % distance OF 100
yards. They shot we'll. bat the women
were Iu good training. and the I'm
uf0mpfl match eud.d ~ q draw. 4
woman vino is credited with almost
20. much skill with gun as
In snap shots with the detective
clmfra It fhe wife of * $ 'uaior Platt.
who ls 0u to bag game in Alaska. The
iil.. 'he weapon Of precision, is used
POS fescr women. though numbers ~
tho 0.d make of the R,mnqtolsare suli
lu circulation the Maiquise de Mores
Brought down some game during her
faucln- experience in Dako'a. lie'
90. htl 20 nor, stock. Was Of ~ call
bra. uilh -liich barrel. and weighed
uot oven five alt ihroo-iOurth pounds.
In, bllccb mechanism was simple. and
% told OF her ihat first she photo
eiapn.l IOm horseback a scene of
nId life. and hen she brought the ami
il.I NHI'H was i'7 ih'n' "a "'Ni''t
down. More ladies' shoot AZ a
mmk than at game, but the
eAoir- % England every summer, and
he -i.ht. of ther cousins across the
water regularly taking stands at the
butts during grouse drive, and bring
iug The game ID bag with the skill OF
veterans. Dis having its Influence on
American women. Good double shot
gun. alc beyond the purse of any but
lha uch. bat good single guns and good
single shot riie are cheap enough To-
enable anybody who is not satisfied
with her eyes as deadly weapons 10 kill
in moie effective way.