George was still shooting at the Carteret Club in February. February 21 and 22, 1901, were the dates of the Carteret Annual Championship. The event was a 100-bird race. Strong winds from directly behind the shooters and occasional flurries on the first day made for rather low scores. Harold Money won it by one bird with a score of 88 to take the trophy cup and $680. George McAlpin retired after the 75th bird with a score of 62, as did Captain Money with only 57. McAlpin had won this event in 1899 with a 96.
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How times change. In 1914 Captain Money, at 61, was an "aged" sportsman.
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Capt. A.W. Money was born in 1839, and was 61 when McAlpin slugged him on December 28, 1900. The good Captain was still living in retirement in England, when Lt. Harold Money (De Shootinest Gent'man) wrote a letter to Ed Banks in Deleware on January 12, 1916, shortly before Harold's battalion in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment left for the front.
A.W.'s older son Noel had already left for his "front" in North Africa and Palestine. Noel, having previously served in India and the Boer War, progressed up the ranks quickly. He was a Major when he got to Libya, was a Colonel by the time he was in Egypt, and was a Brigadier commanding the 159th Infantry Brigade, 53rd Welsh Division, when they advanced into Palestine with General Allenby.