The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-07-10
A MARVELLOUS PlsTOL.sHoT.
The Fezta y ith which Hr. n. ~. LorS H..
Assenissea New York ana Paris.

A MARVELLOUS PlSTOL-SHOT.
The Fezta . ith which Hr. n. ~. L.orS H.s
Assenishea New York and Paris.
Almost any evening NAV be seen, at
the gallery of John s. Conlin, Ieats OF
pistol Workmanship which would make
any one of the old-style of-hand shoot
en- stand 10 wonder. The marksmsn is
Mr. Frank n. Lord, the most expert
2no 3nishes pistol-shot in the country.
BE is a BoCng man of thirty-two, the
youngest son OF the late Thomas Lord.
He is al athlete snd q gymnast, and
sbr 1t 1867 he be- an to try his skill as q
sho. at the old COnlin gallery. The
fe2,s Of Cspt. John Trsvers, now OF
Cles sFaud, had become tradition,
thov gh when Sandy Lawrence kept a
ten Sia alley on the site of the present
As.5x houae, Travers's gallery attached
70 Il saw some wonderful exbibi-
tioos of steadiness and skill with
small arms One Of Capt Travers's
fesss was to shoot away q silver three
cen! bit placed between his toes,
and when BlondiD crossed the Niagara
he SLOWED Capt. Trsvers to put ball
through his hat. Flom doubling
friend Cspt. Trsvers won diamond
ring by putting q shot through the ring,
aDd his feat of picking an orange from
his sons head wss tried again and sgsin.
Since Capt. Travers's time billiards have
driven cut ten,pirs, and rifie-ehootiDg
AZ long distances has crowded pistol
shooting at twelve PAGES into disuse, Mr..
Lord, however, confines his sport almost
o. rely to the smaller weapon, though
X ia fine rife-shot. He is q member
q he New York club. and his bachelor
e.. q, oers are adorned with a curious
&. ( of pistols. In Paris he has met
] Il de Oassagnsc and Others of the
nch dueling clique, and astonished
tpe1n with the certainty of his aim. The
Forrest and Stream, in an article en-
ricsaed with drawings of Mr.. Lords tar
gets, says:
For ten seasons past he has been chosen
by the English-speakiDg residents OF
Paris as their champion, and well
chosen representative has he proven. On
one ccasioB he performed among other
tests of accurate craftsmanship, the fol-
lowing: A cap of an ordinary musket
was placed upon the NECK ota champagne
bottle, and Mr. Lord, standing thirtys
SIX feet, or twelve PAGES, with an ordinary
dueling 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 cape were picked of by the right
and left hand firing respectively, but in
these instances the pistol was held in a
reverse position, with the Ii of sight
below instead of above the line of fire.
The next shot was fancy one, Mr..
Lord standing with back to the object
fred at, leaning far forward, and then
with pistol pointed back between his
legs, picked off the cap as before. The
lsst of the SIX shots was made sitting in
q chair, again with back to target and
Leaning back until the target could be
seen by the head and eyes bent back.
It is fsvorite feat to suspend his watch
a fine imported piece, costing $3.50
and put shot after shot through the loop
at tbirtyssix feet.4 A match or wooden
tooth pick laid across the opening OF the
goldea Ioep is cut clearly through, and
Il Ough the watch has been under fire
o. pres and hundreds of times, it still
cks on towsrd the day which may
c me when bullet fraction of an inch
IT of the way may scatter the works in
9 shower of wheels and piniOns.
In shooting at the word of command,
a. in dueling, where the seconds cry out,
Are you ready |" /" Ready - I" Fire
one-two-three," the shooter being re.
ouired to shoot between the words fire"
and "three,' Mr.. Lord, with dueIing
pistol at twelve PAGES, struck down 1
inch bullets hung up by threads. Such
an adversary on the field of honor would
satisfy the chivallic yearnings of about
suy mortal. At the word Zone" Mr..
Lord fired ten consecutive shots into s
l1.inch circle, same distance.
In Paris, where fantastic shooting is
very much in vogue, he is known as lie
disble Americain." He has time and
s2ain at fifteen PAGES put 100 shots con-
secutively into 8 space OF an ordinary
pieying-card On recent date. as show
ing his ability for long rsuge firing with
the pistol, ne struck two caps out OF
three shots at 3 distance OF sixty teet.
As the ordinary musket cap il sDout one
eight OF an inch across the mere seeing
OF the mark was somewhat OF feat. but
to see and nit as well was something
entirely beyond the common. Yet it was
done at certain hour previously agreed
upon before large number of marksmen
including many members OF the New
York and Zsttler rife clubs. With q
al
l25 fest. Mr.. Lord picked off a couple of
!. ach bullets, using right and left hand
ia turn. Three consecutive asinch bullets
fell at As feet before shots from largea
81 zed Smith g. Wesson revolver, Russian
model, heavy trigger pull
Many attempts have been made to
bring together Mr. Lold snd Recorder
Hsckett. ani clubmen have backed these
famous pistol-shots on several occasions,
but the Judge is somewhat wary.