Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-03
UNION AND AMERICAN.
DOLLYMOUNT.
The Victory of the American Team I'm
IreIand-And Now fer Another at
Wimbledon.
New York Sun, june 80.

Wimbledon.
New York Sun, June 80.
Both at the CTeedmOor shooting last yea,
and now al DOllymOunt the ranges wer,
the same-SOO, 800, and 1000 yards; The
targets SIX feet by twelve in size, with
center six feet by six, and 8 bulls eve three
feet by three. A shot in The bulls eve
counts four; in the center three; in the
outer, that is, anywhere else on the target.
two. The teams are each Of six men;
each man has fifteen shots at each range,
forty-fiye in all. The highest possible
team score is 1850
At CreedmOor, the total Of the Ameri
cans was 934, that Of the Irish, 93l-thus
made up: At 500 yaIds, Americans, S25;
Irish, 81; 900 yards, Americans, SO; Irish,
3l5; 1000 yards, Americans, POS: Irish,
BOB.
This affords us gound Of comparison
with the shots at Dollymount yesterday,
when the total was: Americans, 95T; Irish,
9z9-tbus made up: At so yards, the
Americans made 337, the Irish 33S; 900
yards, Americans 327, Irish 292;
1000 yards, Americans SOB, Irish 300
Therefore the americans beat their former
scores heavily in esch case-l2, Il, and )
points respectively. The Irish gained
heavily al 500 wards, q points-lOst p
points at 900 yads, and at 1000 yards lost
I. The Americans beat the Irish by IS
points, and their CreedmOOr score by 33
points: the Irish fell behind their Creed
moor performance , points.
The American shooting was indeed
spleadid, and the Irish compared favOrably
with the best shooting at Wimbledon, the
great English rifle range: Though beaten
thew maintained a high reputation, and
justified their former title 10 the Elcho
shield. the chief Wimbledon prize. They
had exhausted hospitality TO the American
team previous to The match, and they gave
uuslinted honor 70 their successful OppO-
uents when they retired viclors from the
field.
DollymOunt, tie range, IS On sandy
island in Dublin Bay, about three miles
from the city, called the North Bull. Il is
part Of The bar at the mouth of the Litiay,
a stream famous in Irish history. The
celebrated battle Of ClOutHf, fought 10y
Brian B0EU, the renowned chief against
The invading Danes. before William the
CouQUeTOr's time. occurred on It's banks.
II vas q fl place for tie friendly contest
between the rilelnen Of the New America
and Old Ireland.
The qualities required il these long
range rifle sho.s are endurance, stGadiuess
Of nerve ard careful calculation Of the
VARYING windaee The contest lasts for
several hours; the men are kept up at high
nervous tension 10y the excitement Of CON-
petition and The sympathetic pariisauship
of the vast crowd q witnesses Only the
strongest selECougol, eyenness Of pulse
and Rightly Of muscle can hope 10 win
even 2 decent success. The positions as
sumed bv the different men are many and
frequently amusiug-alI. however, depend
ing on the one principle OF tie eiiUT. OF lEe
man TO find as many points OtsuPpoIt for his
body on the uuyIelding ground IS he can
secure. and at the same time TO bring the
rear or peep sight Of bis rifle As close TO
his eve as possible. The target at these
great distances looks Of about The size Cf
say one Inch 10y half an inch al three
Yards length from The eye. The distance
of the 1.GJ0 yards target may be appreciated
by the fact that ]. is about tie same as
SleWaTt's store from the Fifth Avenue Ho-
tel. To put shot after shot IN the bulls
eye-a jast appreciable black sp0J-aJ 500,
900 and 600 yards, and to keep up tie
FIRE through f9Tty-tFa consecutive shOlS, Is
10 test the endurance and steaGiUess OF lhe
marksman TO a marvellous degree.
The fact that The American Team never
fired a. long ranges until last summer,
though their opponents have been Ia pFac-
tice for ten years, gives added merit to
their victory. They have put themselves
1t the head Of all long range rifle shots.
Next month they will have an opportunity
20 carry Of the championship from Vim
bledOn likewise.