Panhandle Cowboys
Gazette
June 2012
Rain out
Well, as anyone who heard a weather report, or looked out a window, or was outside on Saturday, June 9, we had a real frog-strangler, so, you can pretty much understand why our June 10th
match was cancelled. News reports indicated we had 12 to 20 inches of rain (depending on the
source) in a very short time. Roads, highways and businesses were under water in areas where
flooding did not occur during Hurricane Ivan, and areas previously flooded by Ivan had more
water than needed. It definitely was not our usual scattered afternoon summertime rain showers.
We certainly hope all of our cowboys and cowgirls survived without any damage from the
storm.
July match
Our July Match is July 8, 2012
Set up time is between 7:30am and 8:00am
Match sign-up is from 8:00am to 8:45am
Mandatory Safety Briefing at 9:00am
Shooting begins at 9:30am
Match fee is $15.00
Morning set-up waddies shoot for $10.00.
Please fill in the requested information on the match entry form. This information is needed for
reporting purposes to ERML, Inc.
Panhandle cowboys contacts
President – High Card – [email protected]
Vice President – Ned Whiskey – [email protected]
Secretary – Sammy Jo – [email protected]
Treasurer – Pancho Via – [email protected]
Match Director – Mad Dane – [email protected]
Territorial Governor – Navajo Kid – [email protected]
Trophy Wrangler – Grundy – [email protected]
Gazette Editor – Rocky Lane – [email protected]
GUN SHOWS
Here is a list of gun shows within a reasonable driving distance from Pensacola.
July 7 & 8/Dothan, AL/National Peanut Festival Facility
July 14 & 15/Tallahassee, FL/North Florida Fairgrounds
July 21 & 22/Robertsdale, AL/Baldwin County Fairgrounds
August 11 & 12/Panama City, FL/Bay County Fairgrounds
August 25 & 26/Pensacola, FL/Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds
September 8 & 9/Tallahassee, FL/North Florida Fairgrounds
September 15 & 16/Fort Walton Beach, FL/N.W. Florida Fairgrounds
September 22 & 23/Dothan, AL/National Peanut Festival Facility
The Panhandle Cowboys will be at the Pensacola gun shows promoting Cowboy Action
Shooting™. If you can help with the gun shows contact Mad Dane, our Gun Show Coordinator, at [email protected]; you can dress up in your CAS™ duds, bring guns for
display (gun rigs, too), and be prepared to promote Cowboy Action Shooting™ for a day
or two.
The Pensacola gun show for June 23 and 24, at the Pensacola Interstate Fairgrounds, was handled by Mad Dane, Capt Bobbie D, Wild Country, Grundy, and Sedalia on Saturday. On Sunday, the Panhandle Cowboys tables were handled by Mad Dane, Capt Bobbie D, Wild Country,
and Sedalia. Mad Dane reported they saw an original Colt Pocket Open Top revolver, a Colt
Bisley, a Colt M1877 DA revolver, and an original Remington M1875 revolver. Seeing those
revolvers was worth a couple of days of gun show work.
SASS florida state championship
The new SASS Florida State Championship is called The Siege at St. Augustine, and is now presented by the Ghost Town Gunslingers at the Ancient City Shooting Range in St Augustine,
Florida. Check www.siegeatstaugustine.com for entry forms, lodging, restaurant, and match information. The Siege at St. Augustine will be held from January 9-13, 2013.
Ambush at cavern cove
Ambush at Cavern Cove, the Alabama State Championship match will be held October 4-7,
2012 presented by the North Alabama Regulators. Full match information is available at
www.northalabamaregulators.com.
The regulator’s reckoning
The Wartrace Regulators will conduct The Regulator’s Reckoning, the Tennessee State Championship match October 11-13, 2012. Go to www.wartraceregulators.com for full match information.
May cowboy
Richard Martin was our cowboy for May. He was born in Spokane, Washington, but his family
moved to a Mexican neighborhood in West Hollywood where he learned to imitate his new
friends. He was working as a receptionist at MGM when a friend of his made a bet with Martin’s agent that the agent could not get Richard a job as an actor. Richard Martin’s agent won
the bet when he got Martin an acting job at RKO Studios in 1942. In 1943, Richard Martin
originated the role of Chito Rafferty in the movie
Bombardier. He repeated the Chito Rafferty role in
the Robert Mitchum western film Nevada.
After World War II, Richard Martin (on the right in
the photo on the right) went to Universal where he
had the starring role in the last Universal serial
film, The Mysterious Mr. M. He also starred in the
1947 film The Adventures of Don Coyote.
After the war, Herman Schlom, an RKO producer,
signed Tim Holt to star in a series of western films.
Needing a co-star, Schlom and Holt remembered
Richard Martin’s Chito Rafferty character. Richard
Martin then returned to RKO and co-starred with
Tim Holt as Chito Jose Gonzales Bustamonte Rafferty in all 29 on Tim Holt’s RKO post-war westerns.
The most famous line of Richard Martin/Chito Jose Gonzales Bustamonte Rafferty was,
“The Irish in me is for fight; the Mexican for love”.
As the 1950’s sounded the end of B Westerns and exclusive studio contracts Richard Martin
found himself out of work as an actor, ironically, because of his Chito Jose Gonzales
Bustamonte Rafferty ethnic characterization. He then became an insurance salesman, but took
time out in 1960 for his last film, Four Fast Guns.
Richard Martin passed away September 4, 1994.
Shiloh Sheriff corrected identified our May Cowboy.
June cowgirl
Our cowgirl for this month was born in
Appalachia, Virginia, on December 22,
1927. She appeared in some 37 movies, most of which were not westerns.
Some of her credited movie roles were;
Payment on Demand, The Prince Who
Was a Thief, Wagons West, Cow Country, Son of Belle Starr, The White Orchid, Overland Pacific, The Yellow
Tomahawk, The Counterfeit Plan, with
Arrivederci Roma being her last film in
1958. In 1952, she began appearing in
television programs; including Fireside
Theater, Cheyenne, Gunsmoke, and the western role she is best known for, Lily, in the TV series
Lawman.
If you know the name of this actress, give Rocky Lane a buzz at [email protected].
july side match
With the cancelling of the June match, the June side match “Coyote in the
Chicken House” has been rescheduled for July. You will need at least 8 shotgun shells on your person, probably more. You see, it will be a speed shotgun
match shot “OUTLAW” style. Our shotgun knockdown targets will be used
and, like in the main match, you have to knock them down to count; if you
don’t carry enough ammo and some coyotes (poppers) are left standing, the
usual 5 second-for-a-miss penalty applies. The most hits in the fastest time
wins. YEEEEHAAAAA, WHEN SHOOTER IS READY, SAY SO!
july bpcr match
The BPCR match is scheduled for July 22, 2012 (4th Sunday) at
ERML range #4. Only blackpowder, or blackpowder substitutes
are allowed as propellant, and rifles/carbines, originals or replicas,
must be the exposed hammer single shots in an appropriate
blackpowder cartridge. The .45-70 Gov’t cartridge seems to be the most popular, with .38-55 a
close second. (A Winchester single shot in .30-06 just ain’t allowed.) Match set up is from
7:30am to 8:00am. The safety briefing begins at 8:45am with shooting starting at 9:15am. After
talking it over with several of the other BPCR shooters, it was decided to try the following in
order to possibly increase the participation. There will be an "Open" Class for all other rifles besides the currently listed and approved single shots. This class will allow center fire lever actions, both rifle caliber and pistol caliber; single shot pistol calibers, etc. (pretty much anything
SASS legal). All must still be shot with blackpowder or BP substitutes, and lead bullets. So, a
guy can try his luck on the BPCR target course with his normal cowboy match rifle if he/she so
chooses. Contact BPCR Match Director High Card for additional information at
[email protected].
Independence day
The 4th of
July will
be occurring before
our next
match.
We know
how important
this day is
to America
and its people. We know how the signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their
lives, fortunes and sacred honor when signing this document. We, also, know that by signing
the Declaration of Independence, said signers committed treason against Great Britain. I am
more than reasonably sure that all of us CAS™ shooters would have the courage to do what
they did had we been there. If you have not done so lately, take the time to read our Declaration of Independence. It is an enlightening document.
Happy 4th of July
Greatest play in baseball
No, I have not completely lost it, but it is somewhat related to the 4 th of July. This event occurred on April 25, 1976, at Dodger Stadium, in the 4th inning, almost 200 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Put your mouse pointer on this web address then follow the instructions for a moving display of Patriotism. It will bring joy to your day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrV8QPQAhxo
Bill of rights
Second amendment
A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Old west lexicon
Received an email from Dal Sackett about a book he recently acquired entitled Dictionary of the
Old West. The book is a lexicon of words used in the American West to describe just about everything in the Old West. Dal suggested we begin a new monthly column in the Gazette using these words and definitions. Great idea, so here we go with some of the words and definitions from Dal Sackett’s email. (Dal will have the book at the July match for your perusal.)
Waddy – Originally thought to be a temporary hand taken on at round-up, to wad out the normal outfit. Several authorities state that the term was originally applied to a cow-thief, but later
was used to cover all cowhands.
Greener – Either an inexperienced cowboy or an Easterner strange to the west. Often the butt
of earthy and sometimes cruel western humor.
Long-horned – Experienced. The opposite of a greener. Applied to an old cowhand.
Angoras – Also “woolies”. Chaps make from goat hide, with the hair retained and the hair
worn on the outside.
Adios
Looks like it for this month. Be safe and shoot straight.