Cowboy Action Shooting: The Old West as Competitive Sport
Looking down the desolate canyon, Capt. Eli muttered to Chico Cheech: “You know, if we build it, they will come.” The captain was not talking about a baseball field and the Chicago White Sox. He was talking about adding stages to hold the first state-wide New Mexico Cowboy Shooting match on a private ranch north of Mimbres. The captain was actually a major who demoted himself after it was discovered that a Capt. Eli McDaniels already existed and both names…