The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-07-11
A MARVELLOUS PISTOL SHOT.
THE FEATs. WITH WHICH MR.. F. Fl LORD
HAS AsroNIsHED NEW YORK AND PARIS.

HAS AsroNIsHED NEW YORK AND PARIS.
Almost any evening may be seen, at thu
gallery Of James s. Conlin, 1922 Broadway
feats of pistol craftsmanship which woule
make any of the old-style of-hand shooter
stand in wonder. The rnarksman is Mr.
Frank H Lord, the most expert and fin
ished pistol shot in the country. He is a
young man of SO, the youngest son of the
late Thomas Lord. He is an athlete and a
gymnast, and about 1867 began to try his
skill as shot at the old Conlin gallery.
In Paris Mr.. Lord met Paul de Cassignac
and Others of the French dueliing clique
and astonished them by the certainty of his
aim. The Forest and Strenms, in an article
enriched with drawings of Mr.. Lords tar
| gets, says: f
Fer ten seasons past he has been chosen
by the English speaking residents Of Paris
as their cham pion, and a we'll chosen repre-
sentative 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 champagne bottle, and Mr.. Lord stand
ing at thirty-six feet, or twelve PAGES. with
an ordinary duelling pistol picked of 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 firing respectively, hut in
these instances the pistol was held in re-
verse position, with the line of sight below
instead Of above the line Of fire. The next
shot was fancy one, Mr.. Lord standing
with back to the object fired at, leaning far
forward, and then with pistol pointed back
between his legs picking off the cap as be-
fore The last OF the six shots was made
sitting in chair. again with back TO target
and leaning back until the target could be
seen by the head and eyes bent back. It's
favorlte feat to suspend bis Sarcb--a fine
imported piece, costing $250-and put shot
after shot through the loop at thlrty-six
feet. A match Or wooden toothpick laid
across the opening Of the golden loop it
cut cleanly through, and though the watch
has been under fire scores and hundreds of
times. it still ticks on towards the day which
may come when bullet fraction of an
inch out of the way may scatter the works
IN shower Of wheels and pinions.
In shooting, at the word of command, as
IN dueling, where the seconds cry out 7sAie
you ready ?" Read, ~ Fire !-one-
rw"-three." the shooter being required to |
shoot between the words '' Fire and |
"tlree," Mr.. Lord, with dutlling pistol |
at twelve PAGES, struck down SIX inch bull
let's hung up by threads. Such an adver-
sary on the field OF homer would satisfy the
yearnings of about any mortal
At the word zone" Mir. Lord fired ten
shots into a II inch circle,
same distance. +a "A
In Paris where fantastic shooting is very
Hmericain.o He has time and again, at
Is PAGES, put 100 shots consecutivsly into !,
space of an ordinary playing-card. On
recent date. as showing his ability fer long
range firing with the pistol, he struck two
caps out Of three shots at distance of 60
feet AS the ordinary musket cap is about
one-eighth of an inch across, the mere see
ing of the mark was somewhat Of feat,
but to see and hit as well was something
entirely beyond the common. Yet it was
dono at certain. hour previously agreed
upon before large number OF marksraen,
including many members Of the New York
and Zrttler Rife clubs. With Stevens 10
inch barrel pistol, distance 1876 feet. Mr..
Lord picked off couple OF :nch bullets.
using right and left hand in turn. Three
consecutive ! inch bullets fell at As feet be- |
fore shots from largt-sized Smith & Wes-
son revolver, heavy trigger pull. |