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B. M. Higginson Jr.

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Higginson in 1912

B. M. Higginson Jr. was the American national clay pigeon shooting champion in 1912. He was a Harvard University graduate and a member of the New York Athletic Club. Coming in second in 1912 was the 1905 champion John H. Hendrickson.[1]

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  1. ^ "Higginson Wins at Amateur Shooting. New York A.C. Gunner Captures National Championship at Travers Island". The New York Times. April 5, 1912. Retrieved 2010-12-31. B.M. Higginson, Jr., a former Harvard gunner, wearing the colors of the New York A.C., won the seventh annual National championship at clay birds over the Travers Island traps of the New York A.C. yesterday. The winner made the wonderful score of 185 out of a possible 200 targets, breaking the previous record, held by former Champion H.W. Kahler, by 12 targets.