The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-01-24
NEWSPAPER REPORTER
SCOOPS" THE WORLD
Famous Quarter Group" Made by
J. Pepe, of London "Telegraph."

Famous Quarter Group Made BY
J. Pepe, of London telegraph"
Fame has seldom picked her cham
pion marksmen from hammocks or
from the halls of ease and opulence.
She found J. R. Graham, now worlds
champion trapshooter, between the
pillow handles on his Illinois farm; Row
Burns, who has been l9l2s sensation
at the traps, she located in the corn
fields of Indiana; A. P. Lane was
bending over book-keepers desk
when he heard the call to become the
champion pistol shot of the world; J.
w. Hessian, one of the worlds fore
most rifle shots, answered the sum-
mons from behind the counter of
hardware store, and now comes J.
Pope from the strenuous, exacting
duties OF newspaper reporter to
make the worlds best group, "sin its
class, and seemingly continuous
string of most remarkable achieve
mentS.
Mr.. Pepe's latest achievement, and
probably the most widely heralded of
all his triumphs, was the making of a
ten shot group at 100 yards, shooting
BIS A n Cal. rifle and Remington
UMC cartridges, every shot of which
may be touched by an American quar-
ter laid over the group-nearly all of
the shots being entirely covered by the
coin. The shots average less than one
quarter Of an inch from the exact CEN
ter of the target and authorities agree
that they constitute the most central
ly placed group of which there is any
record.
Mr. Pope made this group, October
10, 1912, in competition at the South
fields (England) Rifle Club Less than
four years before, in club formed by
the staff of the paper on which he was
then and still is employed, the Daily
Telegraph" he shouldered rifle for
the first time. However, this newcomer
to international prominence was not
long in passing the embrayo stage In
his first years membership he won
the championship of the Daily Tele-
graph" Club and has never since al
lowed the title to get away from him.
The championship of the Southhelds
Club went to Mr.. Pope in 1911, i'm
mediately after he began the exclusive
use of the ammunition with which he
has made his record group, and the
same honor was won by him in 1912.
The Southfelds Clubs membership in
cludes some of the best rife shots in
the world
Shooting ten shots each at Is. 50
and 100 yards, Mr.. Pope scored 2o9
out Of 800 at South6elds. in June 1911.
This score is claimed as an unbeaten
worlds record. His average for %
| matches in the Printers League
shoots in l9ll-l2 was 9o.40 per cent
or total score of 2l87 out of 200.
The year just closed has been big
with success for the reporter-marks-
man. Within twelve months he has
won the championship of the Indus
trial Rifle Association, scored ooo Out
of 1000 (ten shots each at ten TARGET.
at yards) in the "Leoage" rifle com
netition and helped his country's min
iature rifle team to win against tn,
world at the Olympic Games. where
he was awarded two medals.
Mr.. Pepe's collection of cups, medal
and other valuable prizes won with hi
rifle include rs medals-l6 gold ant
life membership in the Nationa
, Rifle Association. Sporting writer
claim that he has made more highes
possible scores at 100 yeards than an,
other known rifle shot.