A. H. Fox's DH

[Ed Blake]

You're right Dean. What I thought was 421 N. Carey was actually in the 300 block. The 400 block is now the bridge over Rt. 40.

[Bill Murphy]

Ansley's father lived in the 300 block of South Carey Street. Maybe his home still exists.

[CSL]

Does anyone have a photo of Ansley with his Parker, or a photo likeness of Ansley during the 1899-1900's time period?...

Best, CSL
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[Drew Hause]

A.H. was at the 1900 GAH at Live Birds
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL3503012.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL3503013.pdf
Won by 25 year old H. D. Bates, of Ridgetown, Ontario after 8 men tied at 25: J. L. Smith, C. F. Ayling, J. R. Malone – 2nd, Col. A. G. Courtney, Dr. A. A. Webber, Tom A. Marshall, and Phil Daly – 3rd.

"The Parker gun which Phil Daly Jr. shot in the Grand American Carnival and won third prize, was one which he borrowed from A. W. Du Bray, the Parker representative. Daly never saw the gun until the day before the big event, when he killed 15 out of 16. In the big event be was shot out on the 32d bird."

http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL3504011.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL3504012.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL3504016.pdf
Guns—Parker- 73, Smith- 34, Greener- 19, Francotte- 19, Daly- 12, Remington- 10, Lefever- 7, Scott- 7, Winchester- 5, Cashrnore- 5, Purdey- 3, Baker- 2, Colt- 2, Richards- 2, Marlin, Prechtel, Grant, Webley, Stannard, Forehand, Syracuse, Churchill, Claybrough- 1 each.

Parker Shooters: A.W. Money, J.D. Gay, H.E. Buckwalter, A.H. Fox, F.S. Parmelee, Wilbur F. Parker, A.W. DuBray, R.O. Heikes, and Annie Oakley.

[Autumn Daze]

Mark, Thank You very much for putting this out for all to enjoy!

[Researcher]

Ansley's Father, Addison C. Fox and his family with his second Wife (he was 53 and she was 26 when they married in 1890) lived at 313 North Carey Street in Baltimore from 1899 until Addison died January 23, 1911.



Ansley's younger brother, Harry Hunter Fox, also lived there until his death in 1910.

The only picture I've found of Ansley from his Parker gun years is this one --



but, no gun.

[Drew Hause]

Thank you Dave! I posted this image on the Fox site a year or two ago. It was taken at the 1901 Sportsmen's Exposition. From station 5 (near post) to one I'm pretty sure they are R.O. Heikes (Remington Hammerless), possibly Ed Banks (Winchester Repeater), W.R. Crosby (Smith), Jack Fanning (Smith), and possibly B. LeRoy (Remington.) Could post 4 with the Winchester be A.H.??



http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL3625013.pdf

On the Roof Garden the experts had their inning, and all devotees of this sport had an opportunity of witnessing the best shots in America in open competition. Never before has there been such an aggregation in the National Sportsmen's contests.

Fred Gilbert, R. O. Heikes, J. S. Fanning, W. R. Crosby, Frank Parmelee, J. J. Hallowell, Edward Banks, J. R. Hull, B. Le Roy, Phil Daly, A. H. Fox, Ed. Rike, Colonel Courtney, E. C. Griffith, S. Van Allen and others made a warm combination, and a man who won a medal knew that he earned it.

On the first day, March 2 Heikes won the championship medal, with 94 out of 100. Gilbert was next, with 91, although this was in his second trial, in which he broke but 19 out of his first 25. W. R. Crosby broke 90 in his first trial, and Gilbert 84. A. H. Fox was third, with 89 on his third chance. Parmelee had 86, Fanning 83, Le Roy 78.

[Researcher]

I can't see it. Looks too short for Ansley to me.

[CSL]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

The only picture I've found of Ansley from his Parker gun years is this one -- but, no gun.

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Came across this image in an original early live-bird shoot group photo at the Ephrata Pa Gun Club... Although the hats are different, this fella's mug bares a resemblance to the AH Fox image Dave provided earlier... Ephrata is about 70 miles west of Philadelphia, I wonder if Ansley ever traveled in that area to shoot competitively?...

Best, CSL
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[Researcher]

The top hat picture of Ansley is from, I believe 1898. I found a "trade note" about Ansley and Mrs. Fox starting out from Philadelphia by automobile to drive to the Pennsylvania State Shoot at somewhere like Chambersburg and they had to eventually put the car on a train to get there. This was in the 1904 to 1906 time frame. I'm at our place in Kodiak, AK, right now. Will find the article and specifics when I'm back in Washington State. Ansley was at the last Grand American Handicap at live birds at Kansas City in 1902, but didn't shoot as well as he had at Interstate Park in 1900 and 1901.