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Trade Representatives at the Seventh Annual Tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen’s Association June 22-25, 1897.
Captain A. W. Money (shooting a Greener, Parker and Smith), American “E.C.” and “Schultze” Powder Co.;
Fred Gilbert (shooting a Smith), DuPont Powder Co.;
Sim Glover, Parker gun and “Schultze” powder;
E. D. Fulford, Remington gun and U.M.C. factory loads;
Gus Grieff (shooting a Francotte), Von Lengerke & Detmold, New York;
Ferd. Van Dyke, Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven;
Rolla O. Heikes, Winchester Repeating Arms Co. and “E.C.” Powder;
Ralph Trimble, DuPont Powder Co., Cincinnati;
Will Crosby, Baker Gun Co., Batavia, N. Y.;
J. “147” L. Winston, (shooting a Smith) Austin Cartridge Co., Cleveland O.;
Harvey McMurchy, L.C. Smith Gun, Fulton, N. Y.;
Geo. Mosher, Syracuse Gun Co., Syracuse, N. Y.;
Dan Lefever, Lefever Arms Co., Syracuse, N. Y.;
Milt F. Lindsley and wife “Wanda” (both shooting Smiths), King Powder Co. and Peters Cartridge Co.;
J. Fanning (shooting a Smith), U.S. Smokeless Powder Co., San Francisco;
A.W. DuBray, Parker Gun Co., Meriden, Conn.;
L.D. Thomas, Laflin & Rand Powder Co., Pittsburg;
E.H. Kniskein, Schoverling, Daly & Gales;
“U.M.C.” Thomas, Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn.;
C.A. North, Cleveland Target Co., Cleveland, O.;
A.G. Courtney, Remington Arms Co., New York.
Fred Quimby, New York representative of Smith guns, “E.C.” powder, and Hunter wheels (bicycles).

Fulford won the 1898 Grand American Handicap at Live Birds as a shooting representative of the Remington Arms Co., and used a Remington hammerless gun weighing 7 3/4 lbs., 3 1/2 Dram “Schultze” powder in U.M.C. Trap shells, three inches in length; 1 1/4 oz. No. 7 shot.

One of the very few images of Fulford; 1897 at Watson's Park, Chicago



He sadly (and needlessly today) died of pneumonia in 1904

His Memorial Dedication in "Sporting Review" June 24, 1905. McMurchy is farthest left behind the Parson


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