Of the top women shooters of all time, Hortense Wood
Hardesty was one of the best.She registered her first PITA targets in Utah
in 1940 and won her first Lady PITA Championship
title in 1949 and the Utah State Singles
Championship the same year.
Hortense won the Utah State Singles title in
1951-52-53-54-55-58-59-60-63-65-66-69-70-71-72, The
Doubles Championship in 1960-66-67-72 and Handicap
in 1955-59-60.In 1956 she set the Ladies Singles record of
975 x 1000 in a marathon, a record that stands to
this day.
She was the Ladies Singles Champion at the Grand
Pacific in 1962-62-65-66-67-71-74-75.Hortense is remembered by many as the best
lady shooter of her time.
