July 31st & August 1st: The First Annual "Chaplin Creek Wild West Show"
Enjoy an entertaining summer day at the First Annual Chaplin Creek Wild West Show where you can see the Northern Illinois Outlaws perform Cowboy Mounted Shooting demonstrations and skits featuring the members of the organization.
Cowboy Mounted Shooting® is one of the nation’s fastest growing equestrian sports. Mounted contestants compete in this fast action timed event using two .45 caliber single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition. Courses of fire are set in a variety of patterns. The first half (5 targets) of a course of fire will vary with each go and requires the horse and rider to stop, turn, change leads and accelerate rapidly. The second half (5 targets), called the "run down", is a straight course with targets set at 36 foot intervals.
Typically, a competitor crosses the timing beam at a full gallop and engages the first pattern of five targets. After a shooter fires the fifth shot, he or she returns the empty revolver to a holster and proceeds to and turns around a barrel and then races to the far end of the arena while drawing a second revolver. At the far end the horse and rider turn another barrel and then engage the five remaining targets of the run down at full speed. Scoring is based on elapsed time plus a five second penalty for each target missed or barrel knocked over. An average course of fire normally takes a contestant between 15 and 25 seconds to complete.
The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, Inc. (CMSA) is a corporation created to develop rules and guidelines for the equestrian sport of Cowboy Mounted Shooting®. The CMSA also produces major championship competitions, a national newsletter and provides a central communication point for its nationwide membership.
The Chaplin Creek Wild West Show occurs Saturday July 31st and Sunday August 1st each afternoon at Chaplin Creek Village in Franklin Grove, IL. Please check back often as we finalize and publish the daily activities.
This well-anticipated event will be held in conjunction with the Annual "Summer Harvest Festival" at Chaplin Creek Village which features a wide variety of other activities for you and your family to enjoy.
For information concerning the Northern Illinois Outlaws including becoming a member, or to learn of other Cowboy Mounting Shooting events, please visit: www. northernillinoisoutlaws.com .
For information concerning The Chaplin Creek Wild West Show, Chaplin Creek Village and the Franklin Grove Area Historical Society, including becoming a member and our other special events, please write to us at ccinfo@chaplincreek.com.
