Show I EXPERT SHOTS The New Years number WiUes Spirit of the Times contains a vast amount of interesting information in regard to various sports and devotes a whole page to rifle shot gun and pistol practice The facts given in regard to these sports show a very great Interest in such matters and also that there are a very large number num-ber of expert shots The paper referred re-ferred to above publishes an extract from tbe record book of Conlina gallery l gal-lery log from which we take the follow ingTo V To hit the ace spot on ft playing card with pistol shot at twelve paces wa always considered a top round to the ladder lad-der of perfection in pistol markmaaihip The feat was I rare one but now there are at least I dozen men who visit the gallery woo can split tho card dams b log turned edgewiie toward them The most proficient marlsmeq in this feat are Frank H Lord Senor MonUlvo W M Chase Seflor Fernandez H W Wick nam Judge F Sherman Smith and Lcggeit The variety of marks and conditions con-ditions in pistol practice are almost innumerable I in-numerable spitting bullets on knife bitides cutting ring out of watch cutting thread strings and pencil hoes driving tacks hitting flies lighting parlor matches knocking caps from neck of wine bMt cutting common bEO ball bat in two pieces biting swinging X inch 7 inch and 1 inch bullats hittiog K inch 7 inch and M inch bullets suspended sus-pended word shooting glance ihotn ete A tem of twelve moo can be lected from the following twenty which could bo without doubt the best in tho world So as t show what they are capable of doing we give a feat performed by each of the samp Frank H Lord hit six consecutive cnBcutve muket caps from the neck of a bottl Wm I Chase put 100 pistol shots in 116 inch ring H W Wickham cat 9 strings coniec utively Senor Fernandez hit bullseye 20 times with right hand same record with bIt hand D A Davis hit 12 Xinch bulles impended im-pended in 20 inoU 10 paces Pierre Lorillard jun hit 9 swinging balls in 10 shots bullets Judge swinging Sherman Smith hit 7 Kinch Senor Mantalvo exchampion of Paris in at 1Kinch w > rd of command circle 10 paCB 10 shots W D Breeze hit 12 Ninch wafers in IXinch circle at word < of command in 15 shots Colonel J Dunn celebrated California shot cut pencil Hoe 4 consecutive shots W 0 Southwortn hit Kmch wafer 10 times consecutively J B Miller hit 2 circles 8 times 10 shots 5 feet W B Leggett hit 8 swinging 1inch ball 10 shots Edgar Murphy hit 7 glass balls 10 shots throwing the balls Walter Murphy hit 7 1inch bulls eyes in 10 shot 12 paces Senor Dennis bit 10 spots of playing cards 12 shots George A Mecara hit 10 consecutive bullseye 12 paces C E Blydenburgh 7 Kinch bullets in 10 shots J Baum hit 7 bullseyes in 10 shot 12 paces Thomas Whitney hitS bullseyes in 10 shots 12 paces As will be seen our fellowtowns Mr George A Meer man ra comes in for a lair share of boner and should a team ot twelve be selected from thu abovenamed gentlemen i is quite possible Salt Lake would have a representative in it |