Evening journal., 1914-07-10

,alf a mile in length impressed a
newspaper woman is reflected in an
article by Deva Tabor in the Bridge
port. Conn. Sunday Post and the
author gives some interesting per-
sonana of the marksman who re-
Gently added another to his many
wonderful shooting achievements by
hitting the bull's-eye thirty-two con
gecutive times at 1000 yards. She
writes. as follows.
" first saw Mr. Hessian, maker OF
many worlds shooting records, in his
office at the Remington Com
pany's plant on Barnum Avenue, from
which point we we're TO go later TO
the magazine park for a shooting
demonstration.
rThe first impression he gives is
youthfulness. And yet youthfulneas
IS hardly the word. II is more a
boyishness. a buoyancy that has per-
sisted even as he has gone on In life
meeting many people and gaining
new experiences. For he has been
ln South America, in England. In
many countries shooting and NUM-
bers among his warm personal
friends some Of the best known peo-
PIE of several different countries.
"Mr Hessian probably has as large
A collection of guns as any individual
n the country. Some of them he has
won, some are gifts, some he has
bought
Mr. Hessian took up the long bar
relied telescope rife which he favors.
Come to the window he said,
and ! will show you how we use a
telescope sight
Focusing upon a pile Of boxes
a quarter of a mile away he drew
my attention to the intersection Of
, Two lines across the pictured scene.
a THE spot where those lines cross
be- the spot you will hit he said Just
Imagine there was rat running
among the boxes and see how easy it
{ would be to spot him.
1T looked easy enough, but / had
I my doubts and the next remark bore
them out.
Many people think a bullet goes
) n a straight line. declared Mr. Hes
! sian. 1t doesn't; it travels in a con-
J gex one. the amount of the convexity
( depending upon the velocity The
wind has a great deal to do with
, shooting and before starting It Is
necessary to estimate the rate at
which the wind Is blowing and aim
accordingly
"rhe l.000-yard range at Bridge
3 1ori is one of the few of It's length in
he whole country
"The target IS a board 10 feet long
by 6 wide and the bull's-eye a black
circle in the center, 36 inches in dia-
meter From the firing line. how
Yer. the target is but a faint outline
end the bull's-eye a small black disc
" the distance.
Mr. Hessian takes a position out
4 side the small square house In which
there is telephone connection with
the other side and in which telescopes
arc levelled at the opposite side. lies
prone upon the ground and aims at
his bull's-eye half mile away on the
farther hill.
Making himself comfortable upon
fhe ground, estimating the amount
Of wind blowing, and aiming care
fully through his telescope sight, Mr.
Hessian fires. There is a crash OF
sound as the 30-calihes bullet Is ex-
rloded from the rife, which rever-
berates across the valley for several
seconds, dying with a short staccato
thud. Whether this is caused by the
bullet hitting the target or the echo
hitting the opposite hillside Is a
question.
All this time your eye is glued tC
the telescope and suddenly you see Z
small white object crawling over tn,
black disk and stopping Just insid,
one edge
One o'clock, calculates Lieu
tenant Hall, who is eyeing the pro
ceedings through another telescope
end as the shooting continues yol
discover that ~ o'clock. two o'clocl
and so forth designate the spot hi
in the bulls eye
The small white object is not tn
bullet by any means. II is a marke
manipulated by two small boys, VIII,
protected In a pit dug at the foot
the target, watch the bull's-eye, 50
the bullet strike and point out n
spot for the information Of Il
shooters on the other side.
"One o'clock Is dangerously ne,
the outside line of the bull's-eye, an
Mr.. Hessian takes even more caref
aim as he fires the second shot Ian
ing several degrees nearer Il
center And so the shooting goes O
Now and then a bullet hits the vel
center of the bull and again It spec
to a point not far from the outsi,
circle of the disc, but II keeps We