The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-07-09
A MARVELLOUS PISTOL-SHOT
The Feats with which Mr. F. I'll.
Lord has AstOnished New York
aud Paris

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craftsmanship which would max
any of the old-style off hand shooter
stand in wonder. The marksmaB i
Mr.. Frank Fl. Lord, the most exper
and finished pistol-shot in the coun
try. He is young man of thirty
two, the youngest son of the lat'
Thomas Lord. He is an athlete
and a gymnast aud about 1867 be
gan to try his skill as shot at the
old Conlin gallery. The feats o
Capt John Tr4vers. new of Cieve
Land, had become a tradition, though
when Sandy Lawrence kept a ten
pin alley on the site of the present.
Astor House, Trayers' ) gallery at.
tached to it saw some wonderful ex.
hibitions Of steadiness and skill with
small arms. One of Captain Tray
ers's feats was to shoot away a sill.
yer cent bit placed between his
toes, and when BIondin crossed the
Niagara he allowed Captain TraveFs
to put ball through his hat. From
q doubling friend Captain Travers
won a diamond ring by putting a
shot through the ring, and his feat
of picking an orange from his sou's
head was tried again and again.
Since Captain Travers's time bill
iards has driven out ten-pins, and
rife-shooting at long distances has
crowded pistol-shooting at twelve
PAGES into disuse. Mr.. Lord, how
ever, confines his sport almost en-
tirely to the smaller weapon, though
he is fine rife shot. Heis a men,
Der of the New York Club. and his
bachelor chambers are adorned with
a curious stock Of pistols. 10 Paris
he has met Paul de Cassagnac and
others of the French duelling clique,
and astonishem them by the certain
ty of his aim, The Forest and
Stream, in an article enriched with
drawings of Mr.. Lords targets, says:
For ten seasons past he has been ehos-
en- by the English-speaking residents of
Paris as their champion, and we'll
chosen representative has he proven.
On one occasion he performed among
other feats of accurate craftsmanship
the following: A cap of an ordinary
musket was placed upon the neck of a
champagne bottle, and Mr.. Lord stand
ing at thirty-six feet, or twelve PAGES,
with an ordinary duelling pistol picked
off the cap without scratching the glass.
The same feat was repeated, but with
the pistol transferred from the right to
the left hand. Two more caps were
picked off with right and left hand, fir
ing respectively, but in these instances
the pistol was held in a reverse position,
with the line of sight below instead of
above the line of fire. The next shot
was a fancy one, Mr.. Lord standing
with back to the object fired at, leaning
far forward, aud then with pistol point
ed back between his legs picking off the
cap as before. The last of the six shots
was made sitting IN chair, again with
back to the target, and leaning back I'M
til the target could be seen by the head |
and eyes bent back. 1t is a favorite |
feat to suspend his watch-a fine inn
ported piece, costing $25O-and put shot |
after shot through the loop at thirty six
feet. A match or wooden tooth pick |
laid across the opening of the golden
loop is cut clearly through, and though
he watch has been under fire scores and
hundreds of times, it still ticks on to-
wards the day which may come when
bullet may scatter the works in show
II of wheels and pinions. a
In shooting at the word of command,
IS in duelling, where the seconds cry
ut, care you ready ?" Ready !"
Fire !-one-two-three, the shooter
eng required to shoot between the
lords Fire" and three" Mr.. Lord,
nth duelling pistol at twelve PAGES,
truck down six 4-inch bullets hung up
y threads. Such an adversary on the
ED of honor would satisfy the chival-
c yearnings of about any mortal. At
ne word zone" Mr.. Lord fired ten con-
,cutive shots into 11-inCh circle, same
istance.
In Paris, where fantastic shooting is
cry much in vogue, he is known as
LIE diable American" He has time
i'd again at Is PAGES put 100 shots con-
cutiYely intoa space of an ordinary
aging card. On a recent date, as
owing his ability for long-range firing
it'll the pistol, he struck two caps out
three shots at distance of go feet.
5 the ordinary musket cap is about
e-eighth of an inch across, the mere
eing of the mark was somewhat of
At, but to see and hit as well was
netting entirely beyond the common.
st it was done at a certain hour pre-
ously agreed upon before large num-
r of marksmen, including many mem
rs of the New York and Zettler rifle
lbs. With Stevens 12-inch barrel
tol, distance 1876 feet, Mr.. Lord pick
of couple of 4-inch bullets, using
hit and left hand in turn. Three con-
,utive a-inch bullets fell at As feet be-
e shots from a largc-sized Smith & L
ssson revolver, Russian model, heavy r
yger pull. IL
common salt taken after strychnia, is Go
ertain antidote for poison, if done at pr
e. Paste this in your hat for future
srence. !
New Jersey rumseller has been sent
he State Prison for two years for sell
helEbroth to confirmed inebriate N