The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07
GOOD mrs NJ room SHOTS.
some Remarkable FIuk~s Made by
Chronic MISsrru

'G,oi shots oC' assembly make eI-
'raurdinary misses says a writer in
Rriiy NoGd-irC. uut these rare laps~~
from hahifual accuracy never excite that
degr.n Il interest whI,lf attaches 10 the
hos "..-s-,' tad shot Ola thos" occasions
whom h.- luck like the century plant.
looms forth miTaculOu-lv after long
p"rIua, Of durruanCy and for once in a
Wav l. makes hit IN" like 80 which no
Pt-..v SHARP -hout"r cpuld ever hoIi- To
'ar..'lr"
Th. worst shot ever Nu-w vas a man
90 .i Jimmie. with whom used TO hunt
o.. 'U. 'r-ar Ottawa country IN the early
riu.'."- .hmul" was literally niraci.
- luan,1.rlcv. vet v!'nai a most charming
woodland companion. and ! readily for
CAV" hifn ne danger Df sudden death foV
D." y'"l-1i. III society o'he-wi-e gave
~"
on ono OCCASION Jimmie shot AZ
duck 90 dI.'au," 81 quite ?O wards
across rDI.n water. and actually cut OF
~ head q lI' Of shooting that could never
hay. been done ~ reliable marksnan
or ~ JIiuml" again u was the only tinr
| ever anew HIM 20 hIt anything 10y intent
and naturally b.. was highly elat.d. 80
.la'nd In fact a. 20 - quI'" Indifferent 10
truth Wt"n | ask"l what uar' - the
bird Ia bad aimed a.. b" looked - m.
lray.uiy aud said Why. H.. head 81
,oura" whl, did YOU think
1T NAV ~, th. law II COMPENSATION
buf ali the had shots | have known have
G,...f such agreelbl. CompanIunS ~
them all Johnny British. a. the ranchnen
rlllsd him was the most delightful
Nothing ike hiS Workmanship had ever
l-'"n rs'en IN Montana. where traditions
81 nl~ marvellous mlsses and even NOR"
miraculous hits still lInger IN ranch house
and hunter = cabin.
4 rS'ncrrb Der ono dlv on tho Bitter
Root when he saved three miserable
nIurpyi- from starvation by performing
~" Incredible feat 81 shooting a deer IN
tho ear AZ ~ yards. using "A 3s- ~ VIM
chester carbln". model -
Tho finest h'Ikcs II this extraordinary
inarksfulu were ecITsed a year or two
later however. 10y Young man from
Baltimore. with whom | was hunting IN
"'l" II IA" widest and most inaccessible
valleys IN Idaho. l. was | remember a
glorious autumn and game 81 all kinds
VA unusually abundant. hears and
mountain hons especially beng moro
NUMEROUS than l had ever known them
10 h. before
We reached our camping ground late
M nd 20 dead tired thought I could sleep
through anything, but when was
awakened by a fash Of binding hight and q
t"rrtfiC explosion tal hp Ilk" JACK IN ~
box evr.s'tIng to find a terrible tempest
raging and the universe riven by light
ming Instead found everyth hing deathly
-till and th. landscape bathed IN moon
light
The tent however. was filed with the
warm reek'of burned powder. always more
pun gent ~ night. and IN Tho smoky gloom
/ law Frank sitting up IN his blanket
holding his rife IN ms hands
What was ~ I asked kicking my legs
IRE" 4 hear
Lion b" answered. striving TO appear
lnconic I happened 10 wake up and saw
the brIt" smoking across the Nat out
there toward the horses. 40 ] Just took
"A shot AZ ~ from III" hlanSe'. Sorry !
walked you
-.Oh. don't mind rms" I said What
about tho hon
Why. -siId he. getting up slowly. I
r., .un I killed u
Md ~ h.. hal dead ne n nail with
% G,.li"t ~ - BRAN ~ "A distance OF 2D
v.t.d- bv actual measurement