The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-08-18

I'M NUWU4lAtU AAAN AdJA
Ripley had distinguished visitor
this week IA the person Of VI S.
Moore, one Of the prominent citizens
" Hawthorne. Fla. ard recognized
4 AS one of the best shots in the
Peninsular State Mr.. Moore Isl
+ visiting his son. Mr.. Gordon Moore,
and other relatives Mrs Knox
4 Walker, Judge G. n Mckinney.
Mr. Moore conducts the Moore
Hotel at Hawthorne, Fla, head
Z quarters for sportsmen, where he
entertains large number Of
/ wealthy sportsmen from the north
and east each season. He keeps a
number Of fine bird dogs and hunt
isng horses, we'll trained and hunt
hg is done in bnggies, the men driv-
\ ing through the open pine woods
and around the fields Quail in that
section are found in great numbers
and they feed on pine mass 1.-THE seed
Of the pine) and "quaip bean, which
grow in The uplands Last season
\ Mr.. Moore and his guests killed
more UNtL osouv quail.
There is perhaps no sportsman
/ with a better record than Mr.. Moore,
is he has to his credit the bagging
4 Of 1872 quail in one day. Mr.. Moore
ljs a native Of Fayette county. was
! born and reared to manhood at
! Macon. He resided while at
Mason, Upton county, and left there
in 1881, residing in Florida since
that time
/ III speaking about this record
1 Monday Mr.. Moore said: "The
Upton county fair was IN progress
at Covington and Ben Pullen, Jim
\ Barret and myself had some fine
race horses there. Those were the
days when horse racing was at It's
I height Of fame and was one of the
national sports. Barrett and three
other gentlemen agreed to make a
I hunt to get quail for the ladies of
the Presbyterian church to give a
quail supper for the benefit Of the
zurich. The hunters brought in
about dark 1853 quail-a pretty good
days hunt and put them on the
table in the lobby Of the old Coving-
ton Hotel The hunters were warmly
congratulated on their success, many
Of the ladies expressing wonder at
the large number Of birds.
Mr.. Moore remarked casually, that
he could kill 100 birds himself in a
day. In moment of irritation, Mr..
Barrett said he would bet $25 that
he could not. The bet was made and
the money placed in the hands of Mr..
Pullen, whom Mr.. Barrett selected as
,ae Of the judges. Mr.. Moore, as
compliment to Barrett. selected him
the other judge. The hunt was
made on the Old Sherrod plantation,
which embraced several hundred
acres Of cleared land The rule Of
the contest was that Mr.. Moore be
emitted To shoot from sunrise till
sunset. 1t was November rs, and
the game was plentiful The cool
risk air gave the huntsman bouy-
ant spirit and he left with full hope
that he would reach the goal. By
3 o'clock in the afternoon Mr.. Moore
had bagged his 100 quail, but de-
cided to Ego over the top" and CON
tinued his hunt until sunset and got
% more, making a total Of 122 to
his days credit. and Of course won
the wager. When he returned with
his birds the local sportsmen. were
possessed with awe, yet were wild
in their applause over the wonderful
record. This event was staged about
80 years ago, while Mr.. Moore was
visiting his old home.
Five years ago, in a prairie in
Florida, Mr. Moore bagged rs
snipe in 148 shots, besides 4 number
fell in the water grass which he
could not locate.
by the way said Mr.. Moore,
while in West Tennessee il want to
visit Memphis and see its marve-
lous growth, and also visit my Old
boyhood friend, Col. T. X. Riddick.
You know he and have spent
many pleasant days hunting together
years ago. Lauderdale County En-
terprise.