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[Drew Hause]

At the Post-Series Tournament Indianapolis, Ind., October 17-21, 1910
THE SPECIAL MATCH for the Ten High Professionals During 1910 was won by L. S. German, shooting the Parker gun. Score 234x250; 18 yds. rise.
HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE—All Programme Events, Including 100 Pairs. Second place was won by L. S. German, shooting his Parker gun. Score 960x1000 shot at; 96%.
HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE ON DOUBLES-Second, Fred Gilbert, 178x200; 89%. Third, L. S. German, 177x200; .885%.

[Drew Hause]

At the Great Western Handicap, held at Kansas City, Mo., Friday, February 17, (1911) Mr. Fred Gilbert won the event by the magnificent score of 25 straight, and 5 straight in the shoot-off of the tie, standing at the extreme handicap mark of 33 yds. Mr. Fred Cockerel at 30 yds. and Mr. H. Dunnell at 31 yds., made scores of 25 straight. These three gentlemen were the only ones to tie and were all shooting the "OLD RELIABLE" PARKER GUN.
Mr. Gilbert at this tournament shot at 475 targets, losing but 21, thereby winning first average for the tournament.

[Drew Hause]

On January 11-13, 1911, The "OLD RELIABLE" PARKER GUN, shot by Howard D. Bates, of of Ridgetown, Ont, again won the Grand Canadian Handicap at live birds killing 25 straight and 9 in the shoot-off, from the limit distance of 31 yards.
Mr. Bates shot at 54 birds during the tournament and killed them all. This is some shooting!

[Drew Hause]

Brownsville, Pa., June 29. — The two-day registered tournament of the Brownsville Rod and Gun Club, on June 27 and 28, proved an attractive event, particularly to the crack shooters returning from the Grand American Handicap. As a result nearly a half hundred marksmen faced the, traps for the two days.
Lester German, the famous shooter from Aberdeen, Md., who won the professional single and doubles championship of America, at the Grand American, was the high gun over all for two days with 291 out of 300. H. H. Stevens, of New Rochelle, N. Y., was second professional with 288 broken, and Horace Kirkwood, of Wollaston, Mass.. third expert, with 282. The amateur honors for two days fell to Lon Fisher, of Columbus, who broke 290.

AT THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, Columbus, Ohio, June 23, 1911, Mr. Lester German, of Aberdeen, Md., won the Professional Championship from the 18 yard mark, with the remarkable score of 198 out of 200 targets, defeating the best shooters in the country. Ever since the inauguration of this high class event, it has been won by The Old Reliable Parker, and is conceded to be the severest test of man and gun. It also emphasizes the fact that The Parker Gun is the strongest shooting, and makes the most even pattern of any gun made. The Professional Championship is a scratch event—all shooters standing on the 18 yard mark.
Mr. German the same day again demonstrated the value of The Parker Gun in competition, by defeating a large field of the best shooters in the country in the Championship event at double targets, breaking 89 out of 100,from the 16yard mark.
In the Preliminary Handicap Mr. C. B. Eaton, an amateur of Fayette, Mo., shooting The Parker Gun, made the phenomenal score of 99 out of 100 targets, and tied with Mr. Buckwalter. In the shoot-off Mr. Eaton defeated his opponent with a straight run of 20, thus winning the event.
This remarkable shooting is only one of many reasons why you should shoot The Parker Gun

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[Drew Hause]

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[Drew Hause]

AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL., JUNE 17-22, 1912 GAH
THE OLD RELIABLE Parker Gun Won the Following Important Events; More than Any Other Two Guns Combined
THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA, by E. W. Varner, of Adams, Neb., from the 18-yard mark. Score 192x200.
THE PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT DOUBLES, by Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, from the 16-yard mark. Score 84x100.
THE PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT SINGLES, by W. R. Crosby, of O'Fallon, Ills., from the 18-yard mark. Score 198x200.
Gilbert and Crosby tied for High General Average for the four days' shooting, each breaking 550x600 targets shot at.
IT TAKES A GOOD MAN AND A GOOD GUN TO MAKE SUCH SCORES

[Drew Hause]

1952x2000 or .976%
THIS score was made by the "OLD RELIABLE" PARKER GUN in the hands of Bill Crosby, again demonstrating to the shooters of the world that the PARKER GUN makes the highest scores.
The above mentioned score won for the PARKER GUN and Mr. Crosby the Professional Season's Average for the year 1912, and was completed at the Post Season Tournament, Cincinnati, 0., Oct. 15 to 18, 1912.

[Drew Hause]

July 19, 1913
THE "OLD RELIABLE" AT DAYTON, OHIO, JUNE 17-21, gave a wonderful demonstration of its unsurpassed shooting powers.
In the G. A. H. Arthur Killam, at 20 yds., made a score of 96x100. W. R. Crosby, at 22 yds., made a similar score, and Walter Huff, at 21 yds., scored 97x100. Mr. Huff's score was high in the professional class, and won for him the special money prize and medal offered for the best professional score in this event.
The high general average for the entire week's tournament was made by Walter Huff, with score of 752x800. W. R. Crosby made second high score, 749x800. The above scores included the double target events.
Such splendid shooting from practically the extreme handicap distance amply demonstrates that for power of holding together shot at extreme ranges, and for, accuracy of shooting, the Parker Gun cannot be surpassed.

[Drew Hause]

The PARKER GUN At the Grand American Handicap Tournament
DAYTON, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 8-11, 1914
Won FIRST, SECOND and THIRD Places in the National Amateur Championship at Double Targets; 90 x 100, Woolfolk Henderson: 89 x 100, Sam Huntley; 88 x 100, Wm. Wettleaf.
The National Amateur Championship at Single Targets, was won by the Parker Gun in the hands of Woolfolk Henderson, 99 x 100. Last but not least, Mr. Henderson and his Parker Gun won the peer of all American Trap Shooting events, the Grand American Handicap, 98x100, from the 22 yard mark. Never before has this event been won from such a distance

[CSL]

The distinguished Mr. Henderson of Lexington, KY with his high grade Parker...

Best, CSL
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