>> TWO BARREL RACING CHAMPIONS
GREW UP ON HORSEBACK IN
HENDERSON IN LOGAN COUNTY.
TONIGHT'S OUR TOWN EARNED ITS
NAME WITH ITS INFAMOUS PAST.
KENTUCKY'S BANKS AND STAGE
COACHES WERE EASY PICKINGS FOR
OUTLAW JESSE JAMES, AND I'M
GOING TO SEE HOW THE WEST WAS
WON WHEN I COWBOY UP FOR DAVE
DOES IT.
CIRCLE THE WAGONS.
A WILD WEST KENTUCKY LIFE IS
NEXT.
ÕÕ
HOLE.
I'M DAVE SHU
I'M DAVE SHUFFETT ALONG
I'M DAVE SHUFFETT ALONG WITH
I'M DAVE SHUFFETT ALONG WITH MY
OLD BUCKAROO TOBYY.
WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE.
JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
KENTUCKY WAS THE AMERICAN
FRONTIER.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SAGE BRUSH O
TUMBLEWEEDS OF THE WILD WEST BU
WE WERE JUST AS ROUGH AND
RUGGED.
TONIGHT WE'RE TIPPING OUR COWBO
HATS TO KENTUCKY'S WESTERN
SPIRIT.
KENDALL AND KENZIE GENTRY ARE
WELL-KNOWN ON THE WROAD RODEO
CIRCUIT FOR THEIR WINNING WAY
WITH LOASES AND THEY'VE GOT THE
CHAMPIONSHIP BELT BUCKLES AND
TROPHIES TO PROVE.
IT FOR THESE SISTERS IT'S BARRE
RACING THAT BRINGS OUT THEIR
BEST.
>> WE HAD HORSE CRAZY DAUGHTERS
FROM THREE TO FOUR YEARS OLD.
IT STARTED WHEN WE TOOK THEM ON
A TRAIL RIDE AT KENTUCKY LAKE,
AND THAT WAS THAT.
>> I GUESS IT WAS EVERY LITTLE
GIRL'S DREAM.
YOU WANT A WHITE HORSE, AND I
DIDN'T GET A WHITE HORSE, BUT I
GOT -- I ENDED UP GETTING A
HORSE FOR MING SEVENTH BIRTHDAY
>> MY SISTER GOT HER FIRST
LESSON, AND THEN AFTER THAT I
WANTED MY LESSONS, SO I KIND GO
INTO IT FROM MY SISTER.
>> THE GIRLS WE THOUGHT WOULD
GROW OUT OF IT ONCE THEY WERE I
JUNIOR HIGH.
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
IT ONLY BECAME MORE PASSIONATE.
MORE HORSES, MORE SHOWS.
THEY JUST LOVED IT.
IT WAS THEIR LIFE.
>> IT'S EXHILARATING.
THE REASON I DO BARREL RACES,
IT'S A THRILL.
IT GETS MY A DENIAL INPUMPING.
>> 13 SECOND, 14 SECONDS RUNS
START TO FINISH.
IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING.
YOU'RE REALLY FLYING.
>> ON MY PATTERN WHEN YOU GET
INTO THE ALLEYWAY WHICH IS A
CHUTE, LINE MY HORSE UP AND I
CAN SEE THE BARREL AND HE CAN
SEE THE BARREL I FULL OUT RUN
DOARDZ IT, AND THEN I'LL PULL
HIS HEAD A LITTLE BIT TO GET HI
TO ARCH OVER TO THAT BARREL, AN
ONCE I GET TO IT I'LL CHECK HIM
AND SAY "WHOA" AND I'LL NECK
REIN HIM TWO TURNS TO THE SECON
BARREL AND THAT WILL BE A
180-DEGREE TURN AND PUSH OFF
FROM THAT BARREL AND RUN TOWARD
THE SECOND BARREL, AND THEN I'L
DO THE SAME THING AS I DID ON M
FIRST BARREL BUT ON A DIFFERENT
LEAD, AND THEN AFTER I LEAD THE
SECOND BARREL I RUN STRIET THIR
BARREL AND ALL THE WAY BACK
BETWEEN MY FIRST AND SECOND
BARREL AND ACROSS THE TIMER.
THIS IS MY HORSE DAZZLE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HER FOR
ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW.
I GOT HER OFF THE RACETRACK.
SHE IS A FULL THOROUGHBRED.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME
THAT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO
MAKE ANYTHING OUT OF HER.
THEY DOUBTED THAT I COULD MAKE
HER INTO A BARREL HORSE.
THIS IS MY FIRST PROJECT HORSE
THAT I HAVE HAD, AND I'VE
ACTUALLY COME A LONG WAY WITH
HER SO I'M VERY PROUD OF MYSELF
AND MY FAMILY'S BACK ME UP ON I
SO I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
SO I'M APPROACHING MY FIRST
BARREL.
NOTICE I'M TIPPING HER HEAD IN
LITTLE BIT SO SHE, WHAT I CALL,
PICKS UP HER SHOULDER.
I CAN PICK THAT SHOULDER AND
MOVE HER OUT.
AND THEN WHAT I DO IS I'LL STOP
HERE AND I'LL SAY HO WHICH IS H
COMMAND TO SLOW DOWN, AND ALL
THE WAY I'M PUTTING MY INSIDE
LEG ON HER, HSEIH TURNS HER
HEAD, AND THEN SHE TURNS AND
RELEASES AND TO THE NEXT BARREL
>> THEY HAVE COMPETED WITH EACH
OTHER SINCE THEY OF BEEN TOLD
LERS.
THEY COMMITTEE IN EVERYTHING.
>> WHEN I COMPETE IT'S A
SPOTLIGHT ON ME, ME AND DID
HORSE, NO ONE ELSE.
AND WHEN I DO HEAR PEOPLE
CHEERING ME ON IT'S VERY
EXCITING AND IT DRIVES ME TO TR
HARDER FOR THEM.
>> COMPETITION IS GOOD FOR SOME
PEOPLE.
I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY GOOD FOR
MY KIDS.
>> GOING TO A SHOW IS WHAT I
ENJOY.
I LIKE COMPETING WITH OTHERS.
IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
>> THIS IS HOLLYWOOD.
I'VE HAD HIM SINCE HE WAS THREE
MONTHS OLD.
I'VE TRAINED HIM ALL MYSELF.
HE'S JUST BEEN MY LITTLE PROJEC
HORSE.
WANTED IT SOMETHING THAT I COUL
SAY THIS IS ALL MY HARD WORK,
IT'S GOI GOING TO PAID OFF, AND
I LIKE TO SAY THIS IS HOW FAR
I'VE GONTS PF HE LOVES TO PLEAS
ME ESPECIALLY.
JUST AS LONG AS HE GETS TO BE
WITH ME HE'S PRETTY HAPPY.
HE LIKES WHAT HE DOES AND HE
ENJOYS IT.
HE'S WILLING TO LEARN.
>> MY NORSE NAKOTA HAS A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSONALIT
THAN DAZZLE DOES.
THEY ARE SWEET.
DAZZLE WILL BE THAT SWEET
INNOCENT CHURCH GIRL YOU SEE ON
SUNDAY BUT NAKOTA HAS A SPUNK T
HER.
SHE WOULD BE KIND OF A ROCK AND
ROLL GIRL.
>> MY HORSES WHEN I DO RUN THEM
WHEER A TEAM.
WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> THIS IS DYNAMITE.
HIS REGISTERED NAME IS
TROUBLEMAKER.
HE'S 17 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR, AN
I'VE HAD HIM FOR ABOUT SIX
YEARS.
HE'S BEEN AWESOME.
HE'S GETTING UP IN HIS OLD AGE,
BUT HE KNOWS HIS JOB VERY WELL.
AND HE DOESN'T PLAY AROUND.
HE'S BUSINESS, ALL BUSINESS.
>> I WANTED TO DO BARREL RACING
BECAUSE I LIKE THE SPEED AND TH
FACT THAT IT WAS AGAINST A TIME
AND NOT SO MUCH A JUDGE.
>> I'M VERY BLESSED TO HAVE MY
HORSES.
>> I USUALLY RIDE FIVE DAYS OUT
OF THE WEEK AND USUALLY ON THE
WEEKENDS I'M AT A HORSE SHOW.
>> I HAD AN AWESOME RUN.
I USUALLY GIVE HIM A GOOD LIKE
PAT ON THE NECK, AND HE KNOWS
HE'S DONE A GOOD JOB.
REALLY, IT'S AN AMAZING FEELING
>> KENDALL IS RIENGTD RODEO TEA
WITH MY ALMA MATER, MURRAY STAT
UNIVERSITY SO GO RACERS.
ON OUR WEBSITE AT
KET.ORG/KENTUCKYLIFE, YOU'LL
FIND MORE STORIES ABOUT
KENTUCKY'S HORSES AND RIDERS.
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT
ON THE FUN OF OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
PACK IN THE 1790s, OUTLAWS
ROAMED LOGAN COUNTY AND ROGUE
HARBOR WAS A BE HAVEN FOR THESE
DESPERADOS.
TONIGHT IT'S OUR TOWN.
>> I'M ALWAYS PROUD TO LIVE IN
LOGAN COUNTY.
LOGAN COUNTY IS THE EIGHTH
LARGEST COUNTY GEOGRAPHICALLY I
THE STATE, AND WAS ONCE MUCH
BIGGER.
IT REACHED ALL THE WAY FROM THE
GREEN RIVER TO THE WESTERN
BORDER OF KENTUCKY.
THERE WERE JUST THREE COUNTIES,
AND IT WAS THE LARGEST, AND I
THINK THERE WERE 28 COUNTIES
THAT WERE CARVED FROM LOGAN
COUNTY.
WE KNOW THAT IT HAS A REPUTATIO
OF BEING CALLED ROGUE'S HARBOR.
THAT'S IN OUR PAST.
WE WANT TO MAKE THAT COMPLETELY
CLEAR.
MANY COUNTIES IN THE UNITED
STATES WERE ROGUES' HOOSHES
BECAUSE THE FRONTIER MOVED WHEN
THE PEOPLE MOVED FROM THE EAST
HORDE THE WEST.
THE WHOLE AREA WAS CALLED ROGUE
AEROHARBOR AND RUSSELLVILLE
BEING THE COUNTY SEAT, OF
COURSE, IT WAS REFERRED TO AS
ROGUES' HARBOR AS WELL.
IT'S FIRST WRITTEN IN HISTORY I
PETER CARTWRIGHT'S AUTO BY ARE
GRAPHY.
HE WAS THE FIRST CIRCUIT RIDING
PREACHER.
THERE WAS A GROUP PERSONS CALLE
REGULATORS THAT ORGANIZED
THEMSELVES TO COMBAT THE ROGUES
RUSSELLVILLE TODAY IS A PLACE
THAT I DON'T EVER WANT TO LEAVE
MANY HISTORICAL BUILDINGS ARE
HERE IN ADDITION TO HOMES.
COURTHOUSE IS PROVIDE AND WE
HAVE THE BANK BUILDING THAT
JESSE JAMES ROBBED.
IT TAKES A PIONEER TO GET
PROGRESS STARTED, AND I GUESS W
OWE TO IT THE ROGUES WHO CAME
THIS WAY, AND MORE THAN ANYONE
ELSE PERHAPS THOSE CIRCUIT
RIDING PREACHERS WHO WENT OUT O
HORSEBACK WIT
HORSEBACK WITH
HORSEBACK WITH NOTHI
HORSEBACK WITH NOTHING BUT
HORSEBACK WITH NOTHING BUT THEI
SADDLE BAGS AND CONVERTED THE
PEOPLE TO A BETTER WAY OF LIFE.
>> THE INFAMY OF ROGUES' HARBOR
EARLY VILLAINS WAS SHORT-LIVED
BUT THE DARING BANK AND TRAIN
ROBBERIES OF OUTLAW JESSE JAMES
STILL FASCINATE US.
AND WHILE WE PICTURE HIM AS AN
OUTLAW OF THE OLD WEST, KENTUCK
CAN ACTUALLY LAY A STRONG CLAIM
TO JESSE JAMES AND TO SOME OF
HIS MOST LEGENDARY EXPLOITS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES O
TELLING THE STORY OF JESSE
JAMES' TIME IN KENTUCKY IS
SIFTING THE FACTS FROM THE
LEGENDS.
AND AS RESEARCHER HAROLD EDWARD
TELLS US, THE JAMES FAMILY ROOT
RAN DEEP IN THE BLUEGRASS.
>> JESSE'S PARENT WERE BORN
HERE.
THEIR FATHER WAS A BAPTIST
PASTOR, PREACHER FROM ADAIR
ADAIRVILLE, KENTUCKY.
HIS MOTHER WAS COLE FROM AROUND
MIDWAY, KENTUCKY.
THEY MET AT A REVIVAL HE WAS
REACHING IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
AROUND 1842.
THEY GOT MARRIED AND MOVED TO
CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI.
>> BOTH JESSE AND HIS OLDER
BROTHER FRANK WERE SWEPT UP IN
THE TIDE OF THE CIVIL WAR AND
THE BRUTAL GUERILLA WARFARE IN
THE WEST, INCLUDING RIGHT HERE
IN KENTUCKY.
>> THEY HAD GOTTEN A GOOD
BACKGROUND OF BANDITRY DURING
THE CIVIL WAR, AND AS THEY LIVE
THEIR OUTLAW YEARS, THOSE SKILL
THEY LEARNED DURING THAT TIME
BECAME VERY USEFUL TO THEM.
FRANK AND JESSE CAME HERE AFTER
THE WAR PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY
HAD FRIENDS AND FAMILY HERE.
>> ONE OF THE FIRST
OPPORTUNITIES THE JAMES GANG GO
TO EMPLOY THOSE SKILLS TOOK
PLACE IN 1868 IN THE SMALL
COMMUNITY OF RUSSELLVILLE,
KENTUCKY.
>> SIX MEN RODE UP TO THE
RUSSELLVILLE BANK, THE NEW BANK
THEY HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE.
THEY HAD SCOUTED THE TERRITORY
PRETTY WELL.
THEY HAD BEEN IN THE BANK
BEFORE.
THEY WALK IN AND ASKED FOR
CHANGE NOR A $50 BILL.
AND THE CASHIER GETS NERVOUS.
ONE OF THE
ONE OF THE PEN
ONE OF THE PEN PULL A GUN AND
THEY TAKE OFF FOR THE DOOR.
THEY SHOOT AT HIM.
THE BULLET GRAZE TEST SCALP.
THE BULLET LANDS IN DOOR.
THEY GRAB THE MONEY, $9,000.
ABOUT $3,000 TO $5,000 IN GOLD
AND SILVER, AND THEY RIDE OUT.
AND IT
AND IT TERRORIST
AND IT TERRORISTS THE CITIZENS
THERE OF RUSSELLVILLE.
NO ONE WAS EXPECTING ANYTHING
LOOK THAT TO HAPPEN, SUCH A BOL
AND BRAZEN ACT IN BROAD
DAYLIGHT, SOMETHING THEY NEVER
EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
>> THE DEARING HEIST WAS JUST
THE BEGINNING.
FOUR YEARS LATER THE ROBBERY OF
THE BANK OF COLUMBIA, KENTUCKY
TURNED DEADLY.
>> TWO OF THE MEN ARE AT THE
BANK.
A CASHIER REMEMBER A.C. MARTIN
WAS SITTING AT HIS DESK AND WHE
THEY BURST IN, FOR SOME UNKNOWN
REASON, ONE OF THE ROBBERS SHOO
HIM.
THEY DRUG HIM TO THE VAULT.
HE PROBABLY UP WASN'T IN A
CONDITION TO OPEN THE VAULT, BU
HE HAD GIVEN HIS WORD THAT AFTE
THE RUSSELLVILLE ROBBERY THAT H
WOULD NOT OPEN THE SAFE FOR
ANYONE, AND HE DIDN'T.
THEY RODE OUT BURKESVILLE STREE
AFTER THEY LEFT THE BANK.
THEY CAME UPON A FARMER BY THE
NAME OF WILLIAM CONOVER, AND HE
WAS STANDING NEAR A GATE, AND
MR. CONOVER DID NOT HAVE ANY
IDEA WHAT WAS HAPPENING OR KNEW
WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THEY ROD
UP AND THEY SAID "OPEN THE
GATE."
HE SAID, "BOYS, YOU WANT THE
GATE OPEN, GET DOWN AND OPEN IT
YOURSELF."
THEY PULLED OUT THEIR GUNS,
STUCK IT IN HIS FACE AND SAID
"WE SAID OPEN THE GATE."
AND HE SAID, SURE, BOYS, I'LL
OPEN THE GATE, AND HE OPENED TH
GATE AND THEY RODE ON AND BLESS
HIS HEART HE STUCK WITH THE NAM
THE REST OF HIS LIFE, OPEN THE
DATE GONEOVER.
>> THROUGH THE YEARS JESSE JAME
CONTINUE TO CRISSCROSS KENTUCKY
WINE OF TIME.
ONE FATEFUL DAY IN BARDSTOWN
THEIR FATE CONVERGED.
>> THE DETECTIVE FROM
LOUISVILLE, GEORGE HUNTER WHO
WAS THE SHERIFF OF THE
BARDSTOWN, AND A COUPLE OTHER
MEN HAD FOUND OUT THAT THE JAME
BOYS WERE IN TOWN STAYING 1
DONNIE PENS.
THE TWO JAIMSZ AND DON'T WERE I
THE CENTRAL HOTEL EATING LUNCH
ONE DAY.
YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF BEN
JOHNSON CAME UP THE STREET AND
HE SAW THEM COMING AND HE
THOUGHT HE WOULD WARN THEM THAT
THEY WERE OUT THERE.
HE WENT IN THE BACK AND HE TOLD
THEM, HE SAID "THE SHERIFF'S OU
HERE, AND HE SAID, I'M A DPRAID
THERE'S GOING TO BE TROUBLE."
AND JEST AND FRANK TOLD -- JERK
AND FRANK TOLD CONDONE WE NEVER
WENT A BACK DOOR AND WE'RE NOT
GOING OUT IT TODAY.
WE'RE GOING OUT THE FRONT DOOR.
SO AS THE DETECTIVES CAME INTO
THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL, JESSE
WAS THE FIRST ONE TO WALK TO TH
DOOR.
HE PUT HIS HANDS ON HIS
REVOLVERS UNDER HIS COAT, STOOD
THERE AND LOOKED AT HIM.
SLOWLY WALKED TO THE DOOR.
GOT TO THE FRONT DOOR.
STOPPED, TURNED AROUND.
HIS BROTHER FRANK CAME OUT, DID
THE EXACT SAME THING.
THE DETECTIVES JUST STOOD THERE
AND LOOKED AT THEM.
THEY ASKED THEM LATER, SAID, YO
HAD YOUR CHANCE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU MAKE YOUR PLAY A
THEM?
THEY SAID, WELL, THEY WERE
EXPERT GUNMAN AND WE THOUGHT WE
WERE OUTNUMBERED AND WE THOUGHT
WE BETTER LET THEM WALK.
GOOD CHOICE.
>> DESPITE THE CLOSE CALLS,
JESSE CONTINUED TO TARGET THE
REGION, AND IN 1880 THE GENERAL
DRIE OUTLAW SET SIGHTS ON THE
STAGE CEECHT M'MTH ON CAVE.
>> THE STAGECOACH RAN FROM CAVE
CITY, KENTUCKY TO MAMMOTH WITH
TOURISTS AND THERE WERE
SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE S
SOMETIMES TWO OR THREE STAGES
RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME.
IT WAS A VERY POPULAR ATTRACTIO
EVEN BACK THEN.
AS THEY WERE RIDING IN THIS
STAGECOACH NAMED FLORIDA, THERE
WERE EIGHT PASSENGERS.
RUTHERFORD ROUND TWHRIEBS
DAUGHTER LIZZIE WAS ON THE
STAGE, AND THEY WERE FROM
LEBANON, KENTUCKY, AND THEY
NOTICED AS THEY TROIND CURVE IN
THE ROAD THEY SAW TWO MEN RIDIN
ALONGSIDE THE STAGE GETTING
READY TO PULL A STAGE OVER.
THEY STOPPED THE STAGE, ORDERED
THE PEOPLE OUT EXCEPT LIZY.
JUDGE ROUND TREE WAS ROBBED OF
HIS WATCH AND ALL HIS MONEY, AN
SOMETHING UNUSUAL HAPPENED.
THESE TWO BANDITS ASKED FOR
THEIR NAMES.
SO HE WROTE ALL THEIR NAMES
DOWN, SAID IF THEY HAD A PRETTY
GOOD HAUL THAT DAY THEY MIGHT
SEND SOME OF THE STUFF BACK,
BUT, OF COURSE, THAT DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
THEY LET GHEMENT BACK ON THE
STAGE AND RIDE AWAY.
THEY TOOK LIZZIE'S RINGS AND
JUDGE ROUNDTREES WATCH.
WHEN JESSE WAS SHOT IN
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI BY BOB FOR
LATER HE HAD THAT WATCH ON HIS
PERSON, AND HIS WIFE HAD
LIZZIE'S RINGS, AND THEY WERE
SENT BACK TO THE FAMILY.
>> THROUGH THE YEARS, THE
EXPLOITS OF JESSE JAMES BECAME
THE STUFF OF DIME STORE NOVELS
AND THE OUTLAW ASSUMED THE
RAVIOLI A MODERN-DAY ROBIN HOOD
FOR HAROLD EDWARDS, THE
COMPARISON DOESN'T RING TRUE.
>> I KNOW OF NO INSTANCES WHERE
HE ROBBED FROM THE RICH AND GAV
TO THE POOR IN ANY WAY.
I THINK JESSE WAS ABOUT FRANK
AND JESSE.
>> EVENTUALLY GIVING UP THE
OUTLAW LIFE, FRANK JAMES TRIED
HIS HAND AT A VARIETY OF JOBS,
INCLUDING HERE AT THE NEW SALEM
BAPTIST CHURCH IN BEETSVILLE.
FOR A SHORT WHILE, FRANK WAS
AMAZINGLY A SUNDAY
SCHOOLTEACHER.
>> WHEN HE CAME THERE TO TEACH,
THEY WOULD TURN THE CHAIRS
AROUND THE ROOM SO HE WOULDN'T
HAVE HIS BACK TO THE DOOR
BECAUSE HE WAS SO NERVOUS ABOUT
BEING ANYWHERE THAT HE COULDN'T
SEE THE DOOR THAT HE COULDN'T
TEACH UNLESS THEY CHANGED TROOM
AROUND FOR HIM.
>> INCREDIBLY, OVER 130 YEARS
AFTER HIS DEATH, THE LEGEND OF
JESSE JAMES IS AS POPULAR NOW A
EVER.
>> THERE WAS ONE ARTICLE THAT I
READ, SAID IT WAS MORE
HISTORICAL MARKERS PUT UP TO
JESSE JAMES OTHER THAN ABRAHAM
LINCOLN THAN ANY OTHER AMERICAN
SO WE HAVE THIS -- WE HAVE THIS
HAD INTEREST IN HIM BECAUSE OF
HIS BIGGER THAN LIFE STATUS.
I'M NOT SURE THAT I COULD FULLY
UNDERSTAND OR EXPLAIN WHY
THERE'S THE INTEREST IN THE
JAMESES I DON'T THINK THEY
COULD, EITHER.
I THINK THEY WOULD BE AMAZED IF
THEY WERE ALIVE TODAY.
>> WHETHER YOU WANTED TO BE AN
OUTLAW LIKE JESSE OR A SHERIFF,
ALMOST ALL OF US HAD A CHILDHOO
FANT SUFFICIENT BEING A GUNSLIN
WILD WEST HERO.
THE SPORT OF COWBOY ACTION
SHOOTING BRINGS THAT FANTASY TO
LIFE.
MEMBERS OF SASS, THE SINGLE
ACTION SHOOTING SOCIETY, COMPET
IN TARGET SHOOTING WITH FIREARM
LIKE THE ONES USED IN THE OLD
WEST.
FOR THE MONTHLY SHOOTOUT AT OLD
TOWN ALL I NEEDED WAS A COWBOY
OUTFIT AND A COWBOY ALIAS AND I
COULD LOVE IT MY FANTASY IN A
SPAGHETTI WESTERN DAVE DOES IT.
IT'S A TOWN LIKE ANY OTHER TOWN
FULL OF HOPES AND DREAMS, DOGS
AND CHICKENS.
I'VE BEEN IN BIG TOWNS, SMALL o
TOWNS, AND NOW I'M IN THIS TOWN
THEY MAY HAVE SEEN THE GOOD, TH
BAD AND THE UGLY, BUT THEY'VE
NEVER SEEN ANYONE LIKE ME,
DRIFTING DAVE.
>> YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRESS LIKE
THAT, YOU'D BETTER BE A REALLY
GOOD SHOT.
>> THE DAY BEFORE THE SHOOTOUT
MET UP WITH DOUBLE EAGLE DAVE.
HE GAVE ME THE LOW DOWN ON ALL
THE SAFETY RULES AND LET ME TAK
SOME PRACTICE SHOTS.
>> DEAD CENTER.
AHA.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>>NOW LEVER ITOPEN AND GET THAT
OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU'RE A BULL'S-EYE SHOOTER.
LOOK AT THEM.
>> JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU
WERE WRAPPING YOUR THUMB AROUND
THAT.
THAT'S THE WAY OUR DADS TAUGHT
TO US HUNT.
GET A GOOD GRIP.
IN OURS IT'S MUCH QUICKER TO PU
THAT THUMB AT THE SIDE.
SHOOT FROM THE HIP.
NICE.
SO THAT'S NOT A LEGAL, BUT WE
HAVE MADE IT LEGAL, WE CALL IT
OUTLAW, SHOOTING FROM THE HIP.
ALL RIGHT.
>> DRIFTIN' DAVE IS COMING UP.
THAT'S ME.
DRIFTIN' DAVE.
>> IT IS A 24-SHOT CONTINUOUS
SWEEP.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
ONE,
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
THAT PIT OF WAS PEAMENT PICK UP
YOUR RIFLE.
SINCE YOU ENDED ON THIS ONE,
START ON THE MIDDLE ONE WITH
YOUR RIFLE.
ONE RIFLE.
TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX,
SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, DENY.
YOU ENDED ON THE MIDDLE ONE WIT
THE SHOTGUN.
YOU START ON THE THIRD ONE, ONE
TWO.
COME BACK OVER HERE.
ONE, TWO.
THIS IS THE HOLSTER.
RIDING SHOTGUN OR SHOT FROM THE
DOORWAY.
CAN TO BE WESTERN CLASS IS THE
CLASS THAT I SHOOT, AND THE
WESTERN CLASS, THERE'S A CERTAI
RIFLE WE HAVE TO SHOOT AND YOU
HAVE TO DRESS, AT LEAST BE
WESTERN LIKE THE OLD COWBOYS IN
THE 60s AND IF '50, YOU HAVE
TO BE DRESSED SIMILAR TO THAT.
IT'S MORE OR LESS A COSTUME
CONTEST.
WE HAVE TO WEAR SPURS AND CHAPS
AND ALL THAT STUFF.
>> LOOK A "B" MOVIE.
>> YEAH, LIKE A "B" MOVIE.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CREATE THAT,
THE CLASS WE SHOOT IN.
ONE MORE ROUND.
>> OKAY.
I JUST SAW A YOUNG LADY JUST
SHOOT THE HECK OUT OF -- WOW.
SHE IS GOOD.
AND I AM NOT.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S ALL OF THEM.
KENTUCKY CANNON.
EAGLE CREEK MYSTIQUE.
WAGON WHEEL BILL.
>> I THINK THE ATMOSPHERE IS
WHAT BRINGS THEM BACK.
>> I THINK SO, TOO.
>> A LITTLE BIT TOO MANY LAW
OFFICES AROUND HERE, THOUGH.
>> YEAH, BEWARE OF DOCTORS AND
LAWYERS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> KENTUCKY GUNSLINGER GRACE.
DUSTY GUNS.
DOUBLE EAGLE DAVE.
>> NOBODY STARTS OUT ANYWHERE,
IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND
EFFORT JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
>> I'M GOING TO GIVE MYSELF TEN
YEARS.
MAYBE I CAN BECOME A WORLD
CHAMPION.
>> NO PROBLEM.
>> GOT ONE IN THERE?
>> YEAH.
>> CLOSE IT UP.
THERE YOU GO.
NUMBER THREE.
RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT THERE.
GOT TO PUT ANOTHER ONE IN THERE
>> MIGHT MAKE UNDER TEN HERE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
GOT TO LOAD THEM EVERY TIME NOW
JUST PULL THAT TRIGGER AND IT
WILL OPEN FOR YOU.
THERE YOU GO.
>> WHICH ONE AM I ON NOW?
>> RIGHT THERE.
GOT ONE MORE TO GO.
PULL THAT TRIGGER AND OPEN IT U
AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT.
OPEN THAT ONE BACK UP.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
>> IF I HAD A HORSE, I'D RIDE
OFF INTO THE SUNSET, BUT SINCE
DON'T, IT'S A LONG WALK HOME.
THE MEMBERS OF THE SINGLE ACTIO
SHOOTING SOCIETY ARE DEDICATED
TO PRESERVING THE SPIRIT OF THE
AMERICAN OLD WEST.
AND THEIR INTERNATIONAL SHOOTIN
COMPETITIONS ATTRACT FOLKS FROM
ALL AGES.
EACH AUGUST IN HOOTEN OLD TOWN,
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COMPETE IN
THE FAST KENTUCKY STATE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
ALL OF THEM DRESSED IN THE 1800
WESTERN STYLE.
WELL, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO HEAD
TO THE BUNK HOUSE.
THANKS FOR RIDING THE TRAIL WIT
US TONIGHT.
WEI WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME
RIGHT HERE ON KENTUCKY LIFE.