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By ROBERT F. MEEKER
I'nilrd Press International
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI)-In
the late 18th and early 19th cen
tury Pennsylvania gunsmiths,
mostly of German extraction,
hand-crafted a long, muzzle
loading rifle of amazing ac
curacy. The weapon was used exten
sively in Pennsylvania's forest
fastnesses and throughout the
Appalachian region, but achiev
ed prominence as the ultimate
weapon of its time in the wilder
ness of eastern Kentucky the
historic "dark and bloody
ground."
In the hands of intrepid pio
neers, the long rifle was often
the difference between survival
BODY FOUND The baffling disappearance of ex-Coastguards-
man Juan Aquino, who left his Berkeley, Calif., home more than
three months ago and never returned, has been solved with
discovery of his body near Echo Summit on Highway 50, near
Luke Tahoc, Calif. Caught in a fieak snowstorm, his bus slipped
on icy pavement, narrowly missing the edge of the cliff. The
passengers got out and one of them toppled over the precipice
hut was rescued by fellow passengers. Apparently the same fate
befell Aquino and it went unnoticed. IUPI)
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perfect, but now practically extinct English butlers,
tells about one who presided over a mansion in Ireland.
One day a gang of Sinn
Kcincrs descended upon
the place, and battered
down the front door with
axes. Inside the butler
awaited them to tell them
austerely, "His Lordship
is not at home." They
wrecked the house from
cellar to attic, and finally
set fire to it. On leaving,
they found the butler
still standing stiituesquc
ly in the hall. Flames
were everywhere, and
ceilings were crashing
down, but the butler
stopped the mob to ask, "Who shall 1 say called, gentle
men?" The voluntfor fire department in a certain Wcstrhestrr com
munity suffers from a chrome luck of funds. This year there's
a genuine crisis "Now, wh"n the ftre Hltmn Roes off," mourns
the Chief, "we havo to rush down to Hertz or Avis nnu lent .
truck!"
A famous trainer at the Cain Hoy shihies was nsked his
master plan for winning- races. "It s easy enough," nodded the.
trainer. "All a jockey has to do Is net lus horse, out in front at
Die stuiting gate and keep Improving Ins position from there,
on."
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or death at the hands of savage
Indians.
Daniel Boone, himself native
to Reading, Pa., highlighted a
score of names deeply etched in
America's history books who de
pended on the long rifle for pro
tection. Adventures such as Boone,
Kenton, Clark, Harrod and oth
ers stirred the imaginations of
youthful readers in elementary
school history courses.
An Equalizer
These early settlers, often am
bushed and nearly always out
numbered, depended on the long
rtflc as the equalizer against
the fiercest Indian tribes the
white man had yet encountered
in the new world.
Stop Me
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Menace
Called to Determine Long Rifle's Origin
The long rifle was, and is, ac
curate on a squirrel at 70 paces
and often spellnd the difference
between game on the table or
dreary meatless diets.
It was the long rifle, fired by
Gen. Andrew Jackson's ragtag
army, which sent withering fire
into the ranks of England's fin
est during the war of 1812 and
brought the collapse of His
Majesty's crack regiment in the
battle of New Orleans.
Its fame and place in history
thus assured, the long rifle be
came known as the Kentucky
long rifle, after the state in
which it reached its peak in de
velopment and use. Then it
slipped into obsolescence and
oblivion as the breech-loader re
placed it.
Pennsylvania Origin
Some Pennsylvania histori
ans, nettled at the appellation
"Kentucky long rifle" for a
gun originally crafted in the
Keystone stale, stirred the
dust of history by insisting the
weapon should properly he,
"T h e Pennsylvania long
rifle."
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Kentucky historias
quick to take umbrage uL llr.
I I'emsylvanians' claim aaal tta
I feat' was o. Claims acal (
I Icr-claims kuace4 across tie
two states an4 in the siring
of this year the feud became
i white-hot in intensity.
I Col. George Chinn, director of
the Kentucky Historical Society,
j took dead aim at Pennsylvania
historians with a stinging n
! poste: "They made Mononga
j hela rye whiskey up there that
was only fit for lamp oil and it
I took Kcnluckians to show them
how to make bourbon. They
j made a rifle too, but it took
, Kentuckians to show them how
; to use it. They are the claiming-
est people . . .
History buffs may argue the
critical point where war broke
out between Pennsylvania and
Kentucky this spring; but this
much is known things became
very lively after Colonel Chinn's
remarks last April.
Shoot-out Called
Gov. William Scranton of
Pennsylvania delivered a chal
lenge to Gov. Bert Combs of
Kentucky for a "shoot-out" to
determine who is worthy of
claiming the title to the long
ritle.
Scranton's method of deliver
ing the challenge was unique in
this day of superhighway and jet
airliner. He sent seven riders
astride rugged Appaloosa horses
all the way from heading. Pa.,
Boone's birthplace, to Kentucky.
The trip touk more than a
month to cover the distance
Hull miles as the crow flies;
more than !)( miles as the horse
goes.
On the last week of May the
Pennsylvania couriers broke
through the Cumberland gap
and were captured soon there
after outside of Middlesboro,
Ky., in rugged southeastern
Kentucky. After a brief interro
gation, armed Kentuckians (long
rifles, naturally) allowed them
to proceed to Kentucky's capital
city of Frankfort to deliver their
challenge for a shoot-out.
The Pennsylvanians were kept j
under close surveillance by
Kentucky ridgerunners until
they arrived at Frankfort early
in June. There, Governor Combs
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ers and formally accepted the
challenge for a shoot-out to de
termine the claims to the long
rifle.
Encounter Planned .
Originally, Governor Combs
was to travel with a team of
10 Kentucky marksmen and
have a face-to-face encounter
with Governor Scranton near
Reading. In a homc-and-home
arrangement, Governor Scran
ton was to come to Kentucky
and have a return engagement
at Barbourville, Ky., in the
southeastern Kentucky moun
tain country.
Affairs of state precluded this
arrangement and the two shoot
outs will be held with the gov
ernor of each state presiding
when the match is on home
ground.
Ten Kentucky marksmen were
selected in qualifying trials near
Boston, Ky., last July and they
traveled to Reading, Pa., for a
shoot-out in September with the
Pennsylvanians. The second di
vision of the match is set for
Oct. 12 at Barbourville, Ky.
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"tag-end" Stock lasts!
Somewhat under a cloud is
what will happen should each
state win one match without a
clearcut margin of victory. This
may be resolved by supporters
of Americana who are promot
ing an annual shoot-out between
the two states.
Controversy Spreads
It may take more than two
shuoi-outs to settle the contro
versy which has spread to
areas beyond the long rifle.
One of the Pennsylvania
horsemen referred to Kentuc
ky's state bird, the cardinal, as
"A Pennsylvania sparrow with
high blood pressure."
A fuming Kentuckian retort
ed, "Merion bluegrass is Ken
tucky bluegrass with snob ap
peal." It is hoped the shoot-out, or
shoot-outs, will settle the riddle:
"When is a Kentucky long rifle,
not a Kentucky long rifle?"
Keystone staters see the solu
tion as an easy one: "When it's
a Pennsylvania long rifle . . .
like it's always been."
It appears to be all over but
the shootin' and that may go
on forever.
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