The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-19
WHY THE JACKIE WON.
HE KNEW HOW TO HANDLE
 FIREARMS, IT SEEMS.

Blade Record fin the Shooting GaI- Isry Without Much TrOubIe-saIIor
 was On to the Game of Changing Ri- fes.
 Of all the falxir tricks to fleece the un- suspicious lamb, none works smoother than that Of the target gallery man, who offers prizes for high scores made with his rifles. His method of pecula- tion is as simple as it is effective. While the marksman is scoring his sev- en straight bullseyes out of the first ri- fie handed him the proprietor is loading another rife with the three cartridges intended to finish the feat. This is nothing unusual. It is the regular mode of procedure, supposedly done to save time and to enable the shooter to continue with but moments interrup- tion rather than to ask him to wait un- til his now empty rifle has been reload ed. But in the loading of this second gun there is the secret of succession the fakir. His methods to defeat the ambitious one are several.
 A couple of flat headed bullets showed into the magazine are usually enough to do the trick, But often extra pre- cautions are taken besides. For. in- stance. a single blank cartridge is apt to interrupt the winning streak. Like wise if the sight of the rifle is either loose or "fxed"-that is, ''doctored.
 Among the easiest lambs that fall to the willy rifieman are the man-o'wars- men. It was a very deceptive man-o'- wars-man who hesitated last week in front of a gallery not far from the fla nous Coney Island Bowery. Unlike most of the men in the natty uniform of blue, this man somehow failed to pre- sent the usual spick-and-span appear ance. Besides, his hatband, with the name of his ship, was conspicuously ab- ] sent. It was easy to see he must be 3 ]. man newly enlisted and not yet initia- ted into the fold. He stood for some time at a respectful distance and ob. served the shooting of others, until the crack of the rifle became too much fol him and he moved closer toward the circle of spectators interested just ther in the performance of clever young woman shot. "Jack' rubbed his chir as the show proceeded and his eyes wandered toward the big sign which announced the five dollar prize to the man making ten bullseyes. The young woman finished, the proprietor sought sight of the sailor, and, still bawling himself red in the face at the crowd al large, he extended a rifle toward the bluejacket.
 See those little clay pipes way up or the top? We'll, them's them. You just picks off ten O them in succession an the five dollars is yours an the shoot. in don't cost you nawthin'. Just as easy as rollin' off a log. had one . the boys from your place down here last week an he cleaned me out O twenty dollars an couldn't afford to let him shoot no more cause I was broke Here you are now--three shots for five tss.,,
 T d6sIst like the looks O your rifles the bores is to small an the sights is too coarse, but I'll have a go at then anyway" the sailor said, leaned on the platform with his elbows and took lonl and deliberate aim. Then the rifle cracked and a clay pipe sputtered int white dust, hit squafely i'll the middIt of the bowl.
 Shoots pretty true. ali right, don she? said the lnarksman. Then h, pumped the handle of the magazine which threw another cartridge into place, and this time disdained the us, of an arm rest. But he aimed as lon,