Czar Nicolas A-1 Special

[Drew Hause]

Capt. A.W. Money had 2 Pigeon guns stolen.
He was 2nd in the 1894 GAH and used his Greener in the 1897, 1898 & 1899 GAHs; a Parker in 1900 & 1901. He purchased a CH Parker SN 87238 in 1897 which he returned for his discount purchase price of $75 in Dec. 1898. He also used a L.C. Smith in 1897 and purchased a Smith A2 in 1901.
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL3723022.pdf
Reward offered for Parker stolen July 20, 1901; SN 90,635, 8#, 30” barrels.

http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL3824014.pdf
Captain Money, of the "E. C." and "Schultze" Powder Company, New York, is mourning the loss of his Parker pigeon gun, which was stolen February 15 (1902) at Paterson, N. J. The gun was taken from the case and shells substituted, giving it the required weight, so he did not discover his loss until some hours later. This is the second Parker gun Captain Money has lost in this manner.

[John Davis]

I now own Money's 87238 and she's a great gun with some neat history. Sits right next to the Kimble guns. John

[Autumn Daze]

John, Was that the gun I shot at the Southern a couple of years ago? That is a great gun!

[John Davis]

That's the one.

[CSL]

Originally Posted by John Davis

I now own Money's 87238 and she's a great gun with some neat history. Sits right next to the Kimble guns. John

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Capt. Money owned several interesting guns throughout his shooting career. Below are a couple images from a rare old photo of a club shoot showing a relaxed A.W. Money posing with several of his contemporaries. Those familiar with some of the early 1900's shooting legends will probably recognize the faces of Marshall, Elliot, Gilbert, and Heikes, also in the photo...

Best, CSL
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[Drew Hause]

That image may have been taken at one of the "E.C." Cup events
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL5617011.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL5617012.pdf

The first "E. C." Inanimate Target Championship Cup was held May 5-8, 1896, at the Guttenburg racetrack, above Weehawken, N. J. The match consisted of 100 targets, unknown angles, from known traps; 100 targets, unknown traps and known angles (commonly called expert rules - At expert rules, one man up in the centre of five traps, pulled unknown, according to an indicator); and 50 pair of doubles.
Fred Gilbert won with a score of 266. Fulford and Elliott were next with 261, while Heikes came in third with 258
http://www.la84foundation.org/Sports.../SL2708020.pdf

[CSL]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Chris, that story is somewhat reminiscent of the story of Maj. General Paul Cooper's stolen A1-S - the twist is that his story is non-fiction.

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Dean,
The gun theft subject appears to be a popular topic in periodical writing these days... It was just last week I heard about another strange criminal related hunter/gun article currently being written that centers around a pair of unscrupulous characters from the Kansas and Missouri area... Sounds like the story will be another fictional tale with lots of interesting details, and may be a real (who-dun-it) page turner...

CSL
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[David Noble]

I can see everyone that owns an old CH scrambling to check the serial number.
What would you do if it was the one?

[Bill Murphy]

If everyone who owns a neat old Parker would order a letter, there would be much less mystery and drama when we learn these facts about our guns.

[Pa SxS]

And a lot more work for me

David, I thought the same thing and checked the letter database. No record of a letter being done on 90635.