Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-10
FOREIGN.
The American Team Decline a
Challenge.
The Retreat of the Carlists.
foundations in France.
A Skirmish In Cuba.
IRELAND.

BELFAST, July 9.-Members Of the Rife
Team, accompanied by the Mayor of Bel
fast, passed to-day in visiting the principal
manufactures of the city, and were enthu'
siasticaliy cheered by the spectators. Al
| lunch, the Mayor proposed the health Of the
| Team, remarking that the friendly contests
with us, those at Dublin and Belfast,
tended to increase the friendship between
the two nations, and ought to be encOur-
aged. Col. Gildersleeve replying to the
toast, reiterated the expressions Of gratitude
for the cordiality the Team had everywhere
met in Ireland, nowhere more marked than
in Belfast, whose industrial activity struck
the American visitors most fayOrably.
Col. Gildersleeve to day received letters
from the Secretary Of the National Rifle
Association, inviting the Americans to
shoot on the 18th inst. at Wimbledon
against team Of eight picked from the
United Kingdom, the range to be LOCO
yards and each man to have thirty shots.
Col. Gildersleeve has replied, declining the
proposition, and says the Americans have
determined to adhere TO the original plan
of only one team match this side OF the
Atlantic. He thanks the Secretary for the
invitation. A letter of like character has
been sent TO Mr.. Parsons, Adjutant
of the English Eight, in response
to his letter of July ), proposing
a match between the Americans
and a team Of eight selected from four ma
tionalities of the United Kingdom. For
the present all team matches are of, and it
is not likely that any more will be made.
The Americans will be at Wimbledon and
take part in the shooting for the Albert
Cup and other matches open to all corners.
The opinion gains ground here that the
English are afraid to meet the Americans
except on terms Unfayorsble to the latter.
LONDON, July 9.-Mr. Hamilton, Of the
Irish Team, writes to the Standard en-
dorsing Parsons letter of yesterday in re-
ply to the newspaper criticisms. He says:
| have shot against the Americans, both in
the United States and Ireland. l can say
with confidence that there never has been
any team in this country able TO beat
them. / don't mean We have not as good
individual shots, but their organization
is simply perfect. Discipline will always
beat superior IT, dividual strength in such
contests. In America the Irish made a
higher score than the best they ever made
for the Elcho Shield, and yet, although it
is true, by accident, were beaten. The fol-
lowing week when competing for ildiyid-
ual prizes, they made - points more than
the Americans over the same course. The
Irish score at DOllymOunt on June % (
was again better than any they ever made
for the EIchO Shield, while the Americans |
averaged 1915, which is higher than the
best Individual score ever made at Wimble-
don. Yet ia AbercOn, the Irish match for
the selection Of the Irish s, six Irishmen
headed the list. The Americans followed |
at long intervals. The letter points to the |
above statistics as a proof that the Ameri- |
cans are almost safe from defeat, shoot |
ing against a picked team, while if allowed |
to compete with three eights the match |
would be the best and most interesting |
the world ever saw.