Feb. 16, 1901
Sporting Life
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S. A. Tucker, the well-known traveler for Parker Bros., was calling on the trade in this city a few days ago. He reported au unusually good demand for guns for this time of the year and predicted that the season of 1901 would be the best the American gun makers ever experienced.
A. W. du Bray, of Parker Bros., has been traveling through the South taking his usual good orders for Parker guns. At Portsmouth, Va., he took part in a live-bird shoot and won first money in three events, killing thirty straight before he missed.
Fred Gilbert, with his Parker gun, Du Pont powder and Winchester Leader shells, made the best average on sparrows at Cincinnati, February 6, killing 93 out of 100. In the target programme on February 7 he broke 147 out of 160, an average of .918 per cent.