, 1875-07-20

tho second 1auge, only NrccnlilE and Rigby
maintained cluao competition with ti,e Amor
leans, scoring ~ Fointa zach.
14ATEN.--Iho contest fur tho Abort prizca was
finished tl,s afternoon. Slr Henry fIalfur,l won
the filst rraze scoring 03 nut Of a possible 105,
and Col. Gi!ticrslceyc took tho sccoud prize with
q bcuru ol ".
LORDS ~. cnMMoyH.
In tho match between tic 1lousc Of Lords and
House Ut Commons the range was 500 yards
Tho Commons won. making 3l3 points. agaInBt
22D made by tho Lords, out Of possible total of
J75.
Tho following a.e tho individual scores, tho
highest possible beiny 10:
tommonS-1sandIe plunkott, Ct; Daniel Pep
loo. O.; Arthur Vivian, Gl Atarquls of Lorno
I'll; Robert Lindsay. 73. Total. 3i;'.
Iorts-Earl Fcrrcrh, c2; Duko Of marlborough,
45; Lord WalucarAye. u; Earl uf Dup,nyun
w: Lord Wharncnfc, 10. Total, 12o.
A1rLE ASSOCIATION cu..
In tho mattel, for slIu liit{u Asnucotton Gun, in
Which each haA abots ut QUO yards range,
Coleman {Auoticau} scorod ID cut Of possible
80. lcadins q largo number OF competitors
u'ldelsleeSo (Amorican} mado IL. Tho excel
lence uf tho Amercal,s workmanship calses
aston!shlneM..
will Sor coMrErE.
Tho American TltIo.1eu Bay that they do not
concur In tic petition to tho Council by tho Cap
tains OF tile English, Irish. and Scotch tonmB for
permission tor 1aoln to Hhook at tho Hatna tim0
with tho Eicho Shield competition, aud that tAoy
will not compete In that match.
LoSpoS, July 19.-Tl,o question OF tho nd
mission Of tha Americans to competition for tito
Elelo shield Inns hecn finally decided in tho
negative. Col. GildorhIoeSo explains TINT tho
team loft Now York with Instructions to shoot
toan match only wlth tim Irish. Moreover. tho
team IN JUST now crippled by tho illnesa Of one
Of i.a lneinbora, who Ia MI excellent H!Iot. Col.
NV iftfH }H fT1hk
match with n soan representing tho United
Kingdom to DO shot III tho Uuiteu Statos no1t
yenr.
lnE AMERICAN RrrIIMEH IN 1Rr,ASp-cLosE OF
THE nlsnE1s it:rE1.
.tefg Ior; Hfnt'I
DunL1H, July I.-Th9 Important oTont Of
Wednesday "aH tho winning, among tho Al
Camera prizes, Of tho 5pencor cup bv Capt.
cup gtycn annually In honor Of Eur. Bpancos,
late Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland. and Cu'eu,an
distinguished himself By nsalsing tho highest
score oser made for l.-47 OH. Of possible TO
IN the shooting OIL Wednesday. Tho auonal
conuettton for tho noted eAAboreorn cup occurred
on Thursday and friday, and In this tbs Anori-
cana participated worry extensively. Thia cup s
Abercorn, a',l OIL this occasion threo additional
prl2es were DtIered to tho tl,rao Americans
nIahlug tho highest scores In tho competition
Tor tla cup. Those prizes wero carried on by
Fulton, Who Won tho ilrat a q guinea silver
cup; Gillerseoyo SECOND, = Lord bury telea-
cope and Do1sno third u field glass. john
Rigby tho ointment guu.mnker, who IL usldoubt-
edly tho host ri!1e.ahot In I'll Ireland, won tho
AbcTcorn cup, but, as ho Ind tad it once boforo,
It went to 1'r. johnson, a mcu,bur Of the Irish
team beatcn Oh Tuesday. l:igby On y wiudy day
! mado 2U0 points out Ut possbu 221. which il
very remarkable; pollock iii clear day making
205 and GlllerHleavo III. out OF tho aasne pob-
biblo number. 1t waH curious to noka TINT
ffljnrsianvh. E1I1t1i1 MI fttu}iuAtl rnro
generally Ctose toKettleF, although tho three
hhot aapayato!y. all in different targets and
without material alvco or counsel. At tho end
OF tso days: during which thero wore dfty COM
| petitols. Fnlton's Beuro was D71, u!ldCr-
sleevoa $50, and Dodiuos 3A. Dahin. Who
Ian been thhtlant since it wAs decided thai he
1nado the hgheHt ecote in tho grand intetnation-
nl match, d,l not Hhoot for tho Abercorn cup.
tho Americans. substituting 1'ruco for Dakin.
beat By ten points tho Ba14e Irish ssx opposed to
thclu III tho international match oil Tuesday, aud
this was OH tue uow Wimbledon target.
The great htrt1gElo on Saturday fur thu pcssea-
sion OF tho All Ireland Challenge Shiold narrow.
" escaped Termination In victory for tho Atpnri
oans. It waa competed Tor by four MEN froIu the
Dublin Shouting Club, four trotn tho Ulster
club, Of Detabt, and four from tho American
| tpnni. The Belfast rItemon were lutt out of
sight by tho AinerlcaHs, aud llad it u0t loen for
ono or two unfortunate shots Just At tho inish Ut
tho !, ,1t0-ynrts ratgo, the shield might. Indeed,
have beon exhibited on l3toadway. This clal-
| lenyo Hhtold WIS contested for by t;lldorsoeye
Fulton, Bodine, and Dakin, On the Amolican
sldo: by InHby, Johnson. Pollock, aud Hamilton,
q tho Dublin Shooting Club; aud by Fulton.
Warrington. WilEotl, ann Leo. Of Ballast. The
Americana really ohtered lii tho match from,
teEctt in H.. Tho tchnl was III bud form, mud its
shooting at !. Du0 yards waB much below Its aver
| HEe. When tho contest at that distance was
closed, Ant it was found that tho DUBLIN Club
tbtf tv.jiYn aud tha tinlEpaf Ia
points ahcad Ut tho AmettcaIia our rl1on won't "
work III oarneBt. At |, 100 yards thcir shooting
| was magnificent. and thoy ga.ncl twonty.iiyo
rolhts gu tic Dublin team. but lid not lutu
| this match Hhot badly at 10oU, mate QUO OF tho
t!neat scoIes over achioyed At ,l0U yards. Full
ton came tlrst In tho aggregate bcoro with lis,
ti!i.'ers!eeso next, With III Bodiua made l4o
Another Interesting Incident of tho Saturday
| shooting waH tho match for the poBueusiun OF
the gold medal offered by Mr.. Gsorgo WilkoB
to be snDt for annually ut thu ctusa Of tho cou-
| by the competltors making the highest score in
| osch team Of four pcreous 1T 1.lU0 yhrdh, tho
| modal to bo ha!d uuo war by tho winner. It
! was won by. Ja,nes Wilson, af belfast. Tisnrn
yaEla bctHeon largo number Ut competitors,
having tlEca shots eaeh, Tor tho L109 CUP
| offered by The sporting and dramatic men of
1'ondon. G,ders'esYa Aud Coleman wets last.
~ they made the hiyh9At ssores % They unfoItu-
shot on tic ties aud both lade bulls eye1 again.
Coleman uaxt made bulls eyo, and Glider
s!tess ceutso. giving Tho cup to tho formor.
But sulo Of the 1,ilie Association pseveuts
co,man from accounting both the spencer cup
and that which ho has laBt won, 40 that ho vii!
perhaps choose tho bpoucor cup aud losYo tho
lUo guieua puzs to 0illerseevs. Nearly a! tho
AnorIcans have wun money prizos. homa VI
which arc qu&u largo.
A corrcs} s}ondent pictures The furor tho team
havo cscatod ln1s: ~ peEfa.nsr las named y
perfume k{ter tLou; tS'l0r wants 10 copy ttolr
shooting jackets; a butcher in the mnstot Of
Dublin In offering the American Team sausage;' :
aud saruggiat Tn Sacktllla straat IL out with tho
American Team pill.' Yesterday morping !
| took stroll with CoI. Dodlue. It came on to
rain III taluA dozen tiInss a day hore without
tho slightest proyocatiou), and tho Colonel want
ed u buy Nj umbrella. We aatesed shop
wheIe he found aud bought what lie wantoa,
Halt an hour afterwatd oue OF the party came
| to the hotel and said that thu ulublslla- vendor
had h.p,g out plaoafl, 'pa.tonizs4 by ths