The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-10
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NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN
NEW ORLEANS, OCTOBER 10. 1874
RIFLE PRACTICE EXTRAORDINARY.

The advent Of the Irish team in this country,
and the superb shooting at Creedmoor, in
which the American team managed to come
out victorious by the skin of their teeth-so to
speak-has created an intense interest in tar
get practice throughout the United States, and
our crack shots in New Orleans have been
brushing up their shooting amazingly with
the view, no doubt, of some day bantering the
vict DIS in the Creedmoor contest to . trial of
skill
We have among our amateur shots many
gentlemen who could, no doubt, hold their
own right gallantly With the champion shots
Of either of the famous teams; and as chance
would have it, quite q number of these met
on wednesday, evening at Charley Hoyts cosy
and delightful hotel at the Lake End. It was
not long before motion was made and car
ried, unanimously. to have little practice at
the comfortable distance of 100 yards. To
make the matter interesting steer of
noble proportions and royal pedigree, which
had been reared by an extensive stock dealer
on the luscious blue grass which grows in
such profusion by the lakeshore-was pur-
chased by the crowd and put up as prize
Hoyt, with suspicious alacrity, produced q
rifle, and Charley Brownie whose house the
party had meantime adjourned 90
inch target
The parties contrasting for the prize
were among the best shots Of the N.
O. Rifle Company. Such cracks as Ship
ley, Redwitz, Arms, Foster. Ober, Hoyt,
Schenkenburger, Charley Brown, candy
and Stackhouse. Each man was to
have three shots and as many drinks Of
Browns whisky as he pleased between each.
The trial began, and the expression upon the
faces of the marksmen when. alter several
trials, the target remained undisturbed, was
comical to say the least.
Brown examined the rife carefully, and de-
clared the barrel was q perfect and beautiful
curve, and ought to be able to shoot
round corner without difficulty. Hoyt
declared it was one of the very guns used
In the Creedmoor contest. and that the
tronble lay purely in Browns whisky,
which would make any gun on earth shoot
crooked Arms, after several experimental
shots, discovered that by aiming at tree
some fifteen yards to the left he could make
pretty respectable shooting, and some Of the
others being similarly observant, the marks
manship visibly improved. Arms made the
best shooting, out of possible GO scoring A,
while Redwitz won a leather medal for the
remarkable manner in which he managed to
miss the target every time, making out Of a
possible 60 the almost impossible number
of O.
The strangest part OF the story is that At
least 16 quarters of that beef were fairly won.
,,ut have not as yet been distributed the
nimal having taken alarm. started of mp the
aell road at 2:4O gait, with the blue ribbon
.lreaming from his horns, and has not since
,e6A heard from.
N. B-Mr. Brown won two of the hind
uuarters, but on tie shot Mr.. ; oster won
Mr.. Browns headquarters from him.
Mr.. shipley is engaged blessing that gun,
eulogizing the whisky, and hunting for his
balls On the neighboring fence.