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Drew Hause · 08-13-2009, 10:35 PM

1907 GAH in Chicago
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL4916024.pdf
GAH - Jeff J. Blanks shooting a Remington Autoloader 96/100.
Amateur Championship (200 targets at 18 yds.) - Hugh Clark, Urbana Ill. 188 with a Smith, DuPont powder in Winchester shells.
Professional Championship - W. R. Crosby 192; Parker, DuPont, Winchester Leader shells. Fred Gilbert 2nd 190; Parker.
High Average for the Tournament - John R. Taylor; Leader shells and Winchester 1897- 470/ 500

Drew Hause · 08-21-2009, 06:16 PM

Sept. 28 1907
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL5003022.pdf
The Parker gun noticeably shared in the Western Handicap honors as Tom E. Graham won the big event from 19 yards with 99 out of 100 targets. Messrs. Parker Bros. also point with pride to the fact that Mr. H. R. Bonser won the second amateur average for three August days at Denver with 387 out of 400targets, which nicely supplements his win of the Eastern Handicap at Boston in July.
The Southern Handicap likewise went to the man behind a Parker gun and the professional championship at Chicago was won by a Parker in the hands of W.
R. Crosby. Write to Parker Bros., 31 Cherry St., Meriden, Conn., for their latest catalogue.

Drew Hause · 08-21-2009, 09:46 PM

Jan. 18 1908
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL5019014.pdf
Among the many souvenir cards of greeting sent the Gun Editor is to be noted a photo of Fred Gilbert's seven-year-old son, Thomas Marshall Gilbert, showing how he celebrated the New Year. The successful combination is a bunch of pigeons, a twenty gauge Parker Hammerless, some boxes of
Winchester-Du Pont shells and last, but not least, a bright-eyed boy who inherits his father's skill. How about Annie Oakley Gilbert ? Does she take after her illustrious namesake is what we all want to know ?

Gilbert had the high average for 1907 and Crosby was 2nd; both shooting Parkers.
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL5021016.pdf

Drew Hause · 08-22-2009, 04:51 PM

Ninth annual Grand American Handicap of the Interstate Association, Columbus, O. June 22-26, 1908
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL5117024.pdf
The Professional Championship was won by Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la., over R. R. Barber, both men breaking 188. Gilbert then ran off his string of twenty while his opponent dropped 17 in the shoot-off.

Drew Hause · 08-23-2009, 06:51 PM

March 6 1909
The Interstate Individual Amateur Pigeon Cup Race at 25 live birds, held at Kansas City, February 17, 1909, was won by Mr. Frank Fuller, shooting THE PARKER GUN, and scoring 24 out of 25, tying four men, and winning on the shoot-off with 5 straight killed. This splendid piece of work was done with
THE PARKER GUN.
THE PARKER GUN in the hands of Mr. Fred. Gilbert, who shot from the 33-yard mark, won the Great Western Handicap at live birds, held in Kansas City, February 19, 1909, scoring 24 out of 25, and 12 straight in the shoot-off.
This demonstrates what we have always said that THE PARKER GUN is the strongest and closest-shooting gun made.

Drew Hause · 08-24-2009, 04:33 PM

June 26, 1909
The Old Reliable Parker Gun, in the hands of Mr. Lester S. German, made the
longest straight run that has been made this year at registered tournaments, by breaking 339 with out a miss.
This wonderful shooting was done on three consecutive days, and on two different grounds at Bellairs Grove, St. Louis, Mo., June 5 and 6, and at Moberly, Mo., June 7.

Bill Murphy · 08-24-2009, 05:37 PM

Drew, do we know what Les German's dates of birth and death are? My Mother went to live with her aunt in Bethesda, MD when she left home to work. Years later, when I was a youngster, we would visit her aunt in Bethesda, MD. Her next door neighbor was an old gentleman named Les German. This was in the late forties and early fifties. I have never heard of Les German the shooter living anywhere but Aberdeen, MD, but he may have retired somewhere else. Can anyone help?