The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-03
MOULD MAKE DUELISTS,
wonderful Scores of Some Famous Pistol
Shots
Talk Capt Conin Records NJ Chase George Work
Frank Pierre the Young Mackev Prt

80 YORK. March "A few nights ago
.-..-lss H. Mackey. one Of the younger
If John w Mackey. Of cable and
--..,,t-niIlions fame. and two young
.-..-ss faced a long. narrow alley-way
--;.s revolvers in their hands. At the
nd Of command they sighted and fired
md after round of shots at large
,Isck-centered target
..s,and more firmly on your feet. This
.v- and the instructor squared him
~. az pugilist does when he poses
80 photographer, and Strengthened his
...-4,. legs until they were rigid. That's
-. -vav. Now begin again. You are
5..,g nrst-rate. You will make score
,.fors the end of the month
nh. Young men were taking lessons
- craftsmanship in the gallery of the
-. Manhattan Athletic Club and the
...,-,,ctor was the veteran Capt. James
Conlin.
IN sbooting gallery circles the name of
,,,,li, is a name to conjure with. 1t
d 90 well known in London and Paris
..it is in this city. and it is as potent
D., Rosron and San Francisco as it is in
Gotham. 1t is name that brings up
,,emories that go back to war times. 1t
;- linked with one of the epochs in New
works. history, for Capt. Conlin, be it
lnoU,n was in charge of the shooting
gallery in Barnums museum when that
popular place of amusement occupied the
site of the old Herald building.
cant. Conlin began with the great show
man as a taxerdermist. He was in part,
if not wholly. responsible for the stuffed
mermaid and those other wonderful freaks
which guned our fathers and our great
,n,les from the country. When Mr. Bar
rum started his shooting gallery he trans
forred the clever young naturalist from
the miracle department and put him in
charge of it. He has been a shooting
gallery man ever since. and he has become
as great an expert in firearms and their
Use as he was in skins and bones and
their preparation.
This was in 1854. Three times he has
been burned out. and now he is the in
structor at the rejuvinated Cherry Dia-
uond Club. Each fire destroyed huhd-
reds of dollars worth of scores, pictures
and firearms, but, IN spite OF lueSt AOsSto'
the captain has gathered together a col
lection which is one of the shows of the
town to every man who takes an interest
in Workmanship. But TO go back TO
young Mackey and his friends.
The young men were shooting with
army revolvers. A-calibre, murderous-
booking weapons with long barrels and
barge cylinders, and they took turns at
the target as the volunteer soldiers do
with their army rifles at Creedmore. This
Is the present fad in shooting. The riots
are responsible for It,
Thirty years ago when the young men Of
ASSURE practiced in the Conlin galleries.
Nhey used long. French and English duel
#lg pistols. Pistol shooting was fashion
3hle amusement in those days, and the
knoWedge that a man was an expert
narksman was sometimes of value to
him 1t prevented other men from taking
Pertain liberties with him.
This has all been changed in recent
ears. Duelng has become distinctly I'M
popular and with the death of that prac
ti,e the old pistol has gene out of style.
On the other hand, the national guards
|men within the past year or two have
#|learned the value of revolver marksman-
Snip In the street riots, where turbulent
mobs taking advantage of labor trou-
bes array themselves against law and
q order the revolver Is a much more useful
weapon than the musket and sword. As
. consequence Capt Conlin has been en-
a ployed a large part of his time in giving
private instructions to the officers of the
state regiments.
The young Mackeys. for there are two
Of them who shoot C. H. and William
have their own firearms. They are the
perfection of their kind and are kept In
handsome mahogany cases, as costly
lewelry is stored, and they are worth the
care. They cost 500 a pair and they are
guaranteed to shoot true to the fraction of
a hairs breadth.
IF you keep on the way you are doing
you will have a score before the end of
the month" repeated the captain, and the
young men again faced the target and
put renewed strength into their forearms
for making a score in the Conlin gallery
Is ike winning a degree from a college,
only it is more difficult to secure some
times and more honestly won.
These Conlin scores are the most notable
feaures of the gallery. They date back
to the EOS and bear the names of some of
the most famous marksmen in the world
You have often heard of the wonderful
workmanship of western prairiemen. Kit
Carson and the murderous Slade were
great heroes in these legendary tales
You have read of the Carson man wheel
ing in his saddle and planting" five
shots from his "trusty" revolver into
playing card tackled TO tree. After
this exhibition he usually dismounted
and sought the nearest barroom. where
no one was brave enough to speak with
MIN without first being hidden. These
stories are doubtless true, but they are
not all wonderful. There are in New
ork to-day a number of revolver marks
men who could have outshot Kit Carson
IN his prime, and their names never get
INTO the local newspapers, and so far as
causing fear by means of their proves
some of them would be the very kind
OF men that most DULLES would select to
oullyrag, they are SO quiet and unob-
trusive.
One of the most famous of the marks
men is William NJ Chase, n. A, the
World-famed painter. Between 1880 and
laao Mr.. Chase made some of the very best
scores ever made in this country, or in
Europe. Mr.. Chase is a nervous, slender
man, with a sharp. incisive, epigrammatic
S'yle in talking. When he has his peculiar
AaJ-brimmed, high hat on he looks like
tIenchman somewhat His pointed
ueard, now strealxed with silver adds to
his impression. OF all men he looks
east like the popular idea OF pistol shot.
ne has record of making 60 bulls eyes
oul OF rs in that number of consecutive