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For Updates, Information and GREAT Offers on the fly-Text SASS to 772937! B S NNSeoopvvteeemmmbbbeeerrr 2 2200000111 0 CCoowwCbboowyy bCCohhyrr oCUonnhiiirccollleeniigclle PPaaggee 11 September 2010 F n Page 1 F -u A p ( L S O T e O October 2010 Cowboy Chroniiclle Pe ageS 1 D p T A a A Y ~ g e M ! 4 P 3 E The Cowboy Chronicle ) D E The Monthly Journal of the Single Action Sh ooting Society ® Vol. 25 No. 2 © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc. February 2012 Northwest regioNal , Rattlesnake Gulch Roundup By Ricochet Robbie, SASS #8775L Photos by Goldvein Photography and Debbie Skaar 2011 enton City, WA – The In addition to the night shoot, 2011 Northwest Re - match attendees were invited to gional had 200 regis - have their picture taken with their B tered shooters for the favorite Soiled Dove, with a portion Ninth Annual Rattlesnake Gulch of the proceeds from the sales of pho - Roundup. This year’s match was tos donated to the SASS Scholarship dedicated to the memory of Coyote Fund. After the photo session, the Calhoun and Jake Wade. Our lovely ladies competed for top Soiled theme, the Wild Wild West, let Dove. The 2009 Finest Derriere shooters travel back into the world winner, Hoss Face, SASS #17097, of Artemus Gordon and James West. and sidekick, Ridge Runner Ed, Each stage was based on an episode SASS #17113, interviewed the lovely from the original television series, ladies, and after much deliberation so shooters helped to defeat such vil - by our panel of experts, Georgia lains as Doctor Loveless, Colonel Banks, SASS #86344, was selected Barbarossa, and Professor Orkney winner for the second year in a row. Cadwallader, to name just a few. We Special thanks to R. P. Dodge, SASS threw daggers, shot derringers, and #20279, Texas Jack Morales, and tossed dynamite. Each of these mini Leggs Balou, SASS #10400, who side-events resulted in the success - acted as our judges and to all of our ful participants having their names participants who make this contest put in a drawing for a prize. a success each year. When the win - Side matches on Thursday in - ner of the Soiled Doves contest was determined, it was time for the SASS C owboy Chronicle Fair and honest counting is a policy … finest derriere contest. This year the it’s not the only policy … but it is a policy … Soiled Doves acted as the judges. After close inspection, the winner cluded all the regular events along event! Once again, Big Iron Buster, was determined to be Jimmy Spurs, In This Issue with a 4-stage Plainsman event, 4- SASS #9361, and Ol’ #4, SASS SASS #65014, who came all the way stage Wild Bunch event, and a #41004, were in charge of the from New Hampshire. 38 Outlaw trail MOunted night shoot. All proceeds from the Plainsman Event, a four-stage af - Callahan’s at the Shiloh Inn by Sierrita Slim sale of Side Match Punch Cards fair shot on Thursday afternoon. was the location of the Saturday were donated to the SASS Scholar - Evening entertainment on Night banquet, where we were 56 ruckus in the natiOns , ship Fund. Many thanks to Texas Thursday and Friday revolved treated to more costume contests, tate haMpiOnship Ok s c Jack Morales, SASS #5026, and around Iver Johnson’s night shoot. special banquet door prizes, dinner, by Catoosa Red Idaho Six Gun Sam, SASS #28944, Both Wrong Eye Geri and Syless and dancing. We also presented the for running the Wild Bunch event. McCormick have placed in this side match awards. One of our 15 th alaska state 58 There were 27 competitors for this event two years in a row. (Continued on page 28 ) chaMpiOnship m o c . t e n s s a s . w w by Kootenai Brown w 5 1 0 7 8 M n , d o o w e g d e y a w y o b w o c 5 1 64 lOuisiana state 2 chaMpiOnship by Cree Vicar Dave C h C r o utlaw rail 67 O t o w by Capt. George Baylor n b i o c y 70 GunsMOke , the Mn s tate chaMpiOnship l e by Brat Masterson Page 2 Cowboy Chronicle February 2012 Visit us at sassNet .com February 2012 Cowboy Chronicle Page 3 Visit us at sassNet .com Page 4 Cowboy Chronicle February 2012 Visit us at sassNet .com February 2012 Cowboy Chronicle Page 5 The Cowboy CONTENTS Chronicle 6 FROM THE EDITOR The SASS Convention Recognize Excellence NEWS Editorial Staff 8-16 Calling All Senior Shooters! . The Model ‘93 /‘97 Is Now Wild Bunch Legal! Tex Editor-in-Chief 14 CAT’S CORNER What Women Wore (Victorian Mourning Attire) . Cat Ballou Editor 18, 19 LETTERS Comments From SASS Members . Miss Tabitha 20-31 ARTICLES River Crossing’s Victorian Dance Cruise . Shadows or Ghosts . Asst. Editor 32-36 GUNS & GEAR Dispatches From Camp Baylor . One Pot Chuck . Adobe Illustrator Layout & Design 38 MOUNTED 2011 Outlaw Trail Mounted Shooting . Mac Daddy Graphic Design 42 HISTORY Milton Yarberry . Little Known Famous People Way West Contributing Writers 44 PROFILES Vinegarron, SASS #18481 (Cowboy Artist) . Brat Masterson, Bunk Stagner, Capt. George Baylor, Catoosa Red, 46-48 REVIEWS BOOKS Col. Dan, Corbin Dallas, Death At The Switchback . Wild Side Of The River . Cree Vicar Dave, Deadman, Deputy Cuny, High Card, 50, 51 TRAIL MARKER Always To Be Remembered . Joe Fasthorse, Kofa Slim, Kootenai Brown, Madd Mike, Major Payne, Miss Tabitha, 52-72 ON THE RANGE What’s Goin’ On In Your Town? . Miz Annie Ross, Palaver Pete, Ricochet Robbie, Rowdy Lane, 73-75 GENERAL STORE /CLASSIFIED Sgt. Shuster, Sierrita Slim, White Smoke Steve, 76-79 SASS MERCANTILE (Nice Collectables) . Whooper Crane, Wicked Felina The Cowboy Chronicle is published by 80-82 CLUB REPORTS Lincoln County Wars . Panhandle Cowboys . The Wild Bunch, Board of Directors of The Single Action Shooting Society. For advertising information and rates, ad - 83-89 SASS AFFILIATED CLUBS (MONTHLY, ANNUA L) ministrative, and edi to rial offices contact: Chronicle Administrator 90 POLITICAL 215 Cowboy Way Why Don’t Establishment Republicans Fight? . Edgewood, NM 87015 (505) 843-1320 91 SASS NEW MEMBER APPLICATION FAX (505) 843-1333 email: [email protected] http://www.sassnet.com The Cowboy Chronicle (ISSN 15399877) is pub - lished monthly by the Single Action Shooting Society, 215 Cowboy Way, Edgewood, NM 87015. Periodicals Postage is Paid at Edge - SASS ® Trademarks wood, NM and additional mailing offices sass ®, single action shooting society ®, (USPS #032). POSTMASTER: Send ad - dress changes to The Cowboy Chronicle , 215 ® ® end of trail , eOt , Cowboy Way, Edgewood, NM 87015. 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The Convention is not only a time to shop, learn new things, and renew the single action shooting society, inc. old acquaintances, it is also a time to recognize and honor those who have Any use or reproduction of these marks WARNING: Neither the author nor The made significant contributions to SASS, Cowboy Action Shooting™, and Cowboy Chronicle can accept any responsi - without the express written permission bility for accidents or diffe ring results all the games we play. In addition to the Hall of Fame, SASS also recog - of SASS is strictly prohibited. obtained using reloading data. Variation nizes excellence during Opening Ceremonies with the Wooly Awards (see in handloading tech niques, compo nents, Tex’s editorial on page 6). One such award was Territorial Governor of the and fire arms will make results vary. Have Year—Lester Moore, SASS #97356, from Allentown, PA. Congratulations! a competent gunsmith check your firearms before firing. Visit us at sassNet .com Page 6 Cowboy Chronicle February 2012 The 2011 Wooly Awards the sass coNVeNtioN recogNizes ExcEllEncE By Tex, SASS #4 Photos by Black Jack McGinnis, SASS #2041 i Tex, SASS #4 ~SASS Hall of Fame Inductee~ ver the years the SASS Convention in Las Vegas has been many O things to many people. River Crossing Certainly it has ben a place “out Mad Mountain Mike and Miss Tabitha of the dust, dirt, and grime” gen - erally found at shooting competi - has nearly always been far more tions and offered a place of refined than just that. It has been a place gentility where wonderful Victo - where SASS could recognize excel - rian-era costumes could be dis - lence—in many different areas. played without the probability of Comin’ at Cha The Hall of Fame, of course, has been a mainstay of the Convention. having them soiled on their way The Dooley Gang to the ball. But, the Convention Years ago, SASS recognized a num - Visit us at sassNet .com February 2012 Cowboy Chronicle Page 7 River Crossing Mad Mountain Mike and Miss Tabitha Merlin Marauders ber of individuals had made contri - bers had a place to play, and stayed butions to SASS, Cowboy Action with SASS year after year … and our Shooting™, and the games we play membership numbers dramatically that provided lasting differences in increased! SASS quickly realized these activities.