Cowboy Chronicle August 2015 Page 1 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle Page 2 August 2015 The Cowboy Chronicle CONTENTS 5 SASS CONVENTION ((( SIGN-U P TODA Y!! ! ))) Editorial Staff 6 FROM THE EDITOR Skinny Skinny’s Soapbox . We Will Miss Slipnoose . Editor-in-Chief 8-11 COVER FEATURE Misty Moonshine Texas Senior Games 2015 . 12-15 NEWS Managing Editor Hall of Fame Thirteenth SASS Convention 2015 . Tex and Cat Ballou 16-29 ON THE RANGE Editors Emeritus Thunder In Paradise . Mississippi Fandango . 30-35 CLUB REPORTS Adobe Illustrator A Pair Of Jewels . Pine Mountain Posse Match . Layout & Design 36 THE WILD BUNCH CORNER Wild Bunch New Hampshire . Mac Daddy 38-45 GUNS & GEAR Graphic Design Dispatches From Camp Baylor . Square Deal Jim 46-50 HISTORY Advertising Manager The Sultana Disaster . Little Known Famous People . 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Cowboy Chronicle August 2015 Page 3 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle Page 4 August 2015 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle August 2015 Page 5 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle Page 6 i August 2015 From The Editor SKINNY’S SOAPBOX Cowboy ber, and December—will remain pages in the printed Changes to Chronicle. The Cowboy Chronicle digital-only issues. We envision Obviouslyi, other fea - major SASS events like END of tures that utilize or rely upon web any of you already know TRAIL, Winter Range, the SASS access or videos will also appear from the announcement at Convention, and Divisional in the electronic version. MEND of TRAIL or from the SASS matches, will be covered in the Wire that a decision has been printed magazines, while other The Comic Book Corner made to partially restore State and annual matches prima - To digress for a moment, vin - Cowboy Chronicle to a printed rily will go in the digital issues. tage Western comic book pages, as publication. By partially, I mean For overseas subscribers and for stated, will continue to be a semi- it will be printed on a quarterly those who actually prefer the dig - regular feature in the digital edi - Cowboy Chronicle, The Cowboy Chronicle. basis—the months of January, ital the printed tions of April, July and October. The magazines will also be available This issue features the inaugural publi cation itself will continue to electronically at the SASS web - story of Two Gun Lil from Crack be a monthly, so the other eight site, as always. Oh, and before Western #63 (November 1949). months—February, March, May, anyone gets excited, no, we do With a script by Joe Millard and June, August, September, Novem - not plan to ever run comic book (Continued on next page) WE WILL MISS YOU .,SLIPNOOSE By Misty Moonshine, SASS #83232 fter having worked ture to say hello! She and with SASS for just her husband, Canadian Aover five years, Slipnoose Rebel (SASS #88888)— (SASS #88329) is retiring and their dog Ripley, from SASS as of August 1 too!—are looking forward Slipnoose and resigning her position to putting that RV to good as SASS Clubs Administra - use, traveling and enjoy - tor. She has meant so much ing their retirement to - to have what it takes to be successful to many of us and she will gether. We will miss her, here at SASS. She will continue to be missed terribly here at and wish her well! Have have Slipnoose as a great resource to SASS Headquarters. fun Slipnoose! her during the transition. Please up - She has expressed Roxy West (SASS date your contact information to in - how deeply she will miss #97260) will be assuming clude Roxy as your new point of the SASS family and con - the position of Clubs Ad - contact for SASS Affiliated Club nections she has formed; ministrator beginning Au - business and information: don’t be surprised if she gust 1, 2015. Roxy has Roxy West Roxy West shows up at one of your been with SASS for almost [email protected] club’s matches in the fu - two years and has proven 505-843-1320 VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle August 2015 Page 7 Skinny’s Soapbox . (Continued from previous page) art by Charles Sultan, Lil is an early example of a strong female hero and role model for youngsters. We’ll feature her again next time around. CowFboyr Cmharotn iCclehange The new will be printed in 8.5 " X 11 " slick magazine format and we anticipate it to be a 96-page publication. This should make it easy to handle, easy to read, and easy to store for all in - volved. As such, in order to streamline our produc - tion process, we are switching the electronic version over to 8.5 " X 11 " effective with this issue. Since it is viewed on screen or on a tablet, it will appear the same as it always has, but an added benefit to the size change is it should now be much easier to print out pages on a desktop printer, for those of you who like to do that. We’re all very excited about getting The Cowboy Chronicle back to a printed version of and hope you all will be as well. Hall of Fame Honorees We’re also excited and proud to announce this year’s inductees into the SASS Hall of Fame on page 12 of this issue. The Hall of Fame is reserved for SASS members who have gone above and be - yond the call of duty in furthering SASS and Cow - boy Action Shooting™ and is not granted lightly. Congratulations to Colonel Dan; Coon Creek Old West—Lowleta and Buck Butler, proprietors; Jus - tice B. Dunn; Ramblin’ Rose; and San Juan. They will receive their awards at the SASS Convention this December. Be sure to attend. —Skinny VISIT US AT SASSNET .COM Cowboy Chronicle Page 8 August 2015 TEXAS Senior Games By Tennessee T2all, SA0SS #492145 5 Photos by Texas Flower, SASS #43753 carts, gun carts, four-wheelers, practice for presenting the Texas and pick ups. Foot wear changed State Championship next year at considerably on the second day Old Fort Parker, if you missed Tennessee Tall, SASS #49245 as cowboy boots gave way to this event this time, you have next camo muckers on Miz Donnie May to look forward to. The Old roesbeck, TX. The Old Fort (SASS #88807), polka dot muck - Fort Parker Patriots have been Parker Patriots, led by Bent ers for Texas Flower, and little shooting here since 2004. A lot of GBarrel Betty (Range Master, pink horse mockers, worn by hard work has given them a train SASS #33237) and Kow Katcher Belle Kaye (SASS #35884). Jus - stage, a gallows stage, a saloon, (Territorial Governor, SASS tice Lily Kate (SASS #1000) an emporium, a stable, a freight #53134) hosted the 2015 Texas suggested the name of this article office, a cemetery, blacksmith, Senior Games May 15-17, and should be “Cat Fish Noodling at bank, hotel, back 40, and a fort.