Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-21
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M. l.. { Ht~Ak.= .=tG VI I itI4ift. 't-. N H6 vtlh Fred CGlber5 sPiE5. G.a6o. Iowa. shares the distinction of being 1he sreafesf li1iu4 expert Wi9H a shot4uu. is born shooter His fathea was I good shor before him aHa sFon him Crosby inherited his toniHe>s for the 'scattercr gun G1osbx began sAo1- in2 when quite yonna ftrst using I - calibre rifle He showed so much proficiency with this ss!4e of arms that his father encouraged him to takonp shotgun shooting. which he did.
 The first match Crosby eyer shat was at live pigeons for medal of fered by the Shiloh Valley Gun club. He killed 10 pigeons straight from the 26 yard mark tying his father They shot off the tie and young Crosby beat his father, killing 9 birds straight This match was a great test of CrOs- bN's nerve and pluck. for not only was he anxious to win but he was shoot ing gun which. as he says was a brute to kick. and using ; 1=2 drams Of black powder II was a full month after this match before Cfos- by could shoot again on account of the unmercitul pounding he received by shooting such load.
 Since that memorial match. GrosBy has shot in nearly every state and territory ill the union. and won large number of medals, trophies etc The first big shoot he \ on was held in Cincinnati by Al Brandle Crosby carried off high averages for the one days shooting at live birds This was remarkable work as he field was large including the best entries in the country
 Crosby's next important victory was winnine the |. C. Target Cup in open competition at St. Louis. Mo That was some time ago, but he still holds II. having defended il against the best .shots of the day
 He also holds the Hazard Powder Trophy. won at Kansas City, in open competition by killing 66 live birds straight from the 333 yard mark He also holds the DuPont Live Bird cham pionship cup, which he won at Spring field Ill., by killing 1lo pigeons straight from the 3l yard mark. the other trophy he holds is the Schneider
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 Crosby was 3 member oI the Ail- American team that went to Europe and WIS high gun for the entire trip.
 5 l. won high average by handsome margin and did some phenomenal sheoting, anu impressed the English fen that they had no shooters c0m- 3etent to compete with the Flower Eof the American Shooting World. )Hring this trip he won q cup offer- ed at the London Gun Club, for the target championship which was open to the world. He also won the Anglo American Handicap at pigeons from :ne Il yard mark. Perhaps his great @st performance on this trip was de feating Mir Faulds. q great Scotch shot who challenged any American sA9ater to shoot race. 100 targe i Ij2 be thrown from trap such as We ,ise i'll this country and 30 from a tow CT 39 feet high; the match to be for d purse of 50000. Crosby was selected by his team to accept Mr Fauld s ..'',seii ifaGge, and made 2 verS creditable score
 In 1901 he made straight run of 3t5 targets at Interstate Park. l.. L. which was the worlds record until 1905, when he ran 419 straight al Canton, Ohio. Another wonderful per fornance by Crosby was winning the
 Worlds Fair Handicap al St, Louis in l90t In this great event he killed ta out of 90 live pigeons from the q
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 I All of the shooting described above vas done with Winchester Factol y
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