The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-25
THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCH
EIGHTH PRACTICE OF THE AMERICAN TEAM
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EIGHTH PRACTICE OF THE AMERICAN TEAM
THK HIGHEST AVERAGE YET REACHED.
IN accordance win previous arrangements the
American ride team met yesterday at Creedmoor
Tor practice. -Four OF the team and reserve were
absent-Messrs. Bodine. Fulton, coleman ana BAL
Iard-the ave present being Gildersieeye' DaAln,
Yale Canned and Bruce TIE men dld not get
IN front OF the butts unt TWO O'Clock Z. IA. AZ
tins hour, and during the practice, me "ealher
was q little cloudy leaving oeauthuiD
toned actlnic hight which gave the tar
res q shade that was altogether iavor-
,b,e 10 me shooting. me wind too,
WAC gentle and pretty steady. u came from the
south southwest, ana went directly up the ranges
almost parallel TO the line Of hre The wind
gauges were therefore placed nearly at zero. and
The elevation AZ each range was found 10 be sew
eral minutes less than what would be necessary
with q cross or opposing WIND Of these iavorlng
circumstances the men were not slow TO prom,
and as will be seen from their scores, made the
best shooting that mas thus lar been done this sea
SON. At the 500 yards range Colonel Gnderseeye
completed Inc best score yet achieved this dis
fance. He commenced WITH centre anu then
FOURTEEN SUCCESSIVE BULLS EYES,
making SO points out 81 a possible 90.
Lat year Colonel Bodne made the same num-
Der points but ms score was Inferior 70 thar 81
yesterday, from the tact OF his making centre
on the twelfth snot The shooting yesterday came
mp 10 the very excellent average OF l02 30 points
per man, the average at the International match
being So 40.
From scores published in the Dublin Freeman's
Journal OF the 10Th inst, and which were repro
duced 10 yesterdays HERALD, II appears that tue
average number or points per man lelght men
bhoOting was 1853 6-S. TINS is an exceedingly large
record when we consider that In the lnterna-
uoDal contest only 155 40 points were recorded,
she latter average being hardly ever exeeiied a.
wimbledon. The only reason that can oe as
signed Tor this unusually hgn average Of we
Irisnmen seems 10 CONSIST IN the iact tnat tney
THE new TARGET,
while the Americans are very wisely using the
olu, the kind at winch toe approaching match IS
20 De snot. IL must be borne IN mind tnat the
Irish practice here SPOKEN 81 lnciudes Dubnn onIT
and not Belfast or London. without attaching
much Importance TO wnat may be done IN LONDON,
AZ viii be wen 70 remember That the ulster Rlne
Club boasts some or the best rinemen in Ireland
among its members, one OF whom - the widely
known Mr.. John Mckenna.
II was AZ hrst enormously supposed that the
new model target would snow smaller scores by
the same marksmen than the old. THIS, however,
Is not so. The loss OF the angles struck on rom
the old bulls eye N converting 1t into circle Is
equal TO, perhaps, two-hiths OF the surface. But,
as the lost portion goes toward making up what IS
called the centre in the new method OF marking,
hit on it now counts just as much formerly,
30 that on this portion OF the target nothing
~ losr 10 the snooter on the new target the
centre Is circle OF Jour and nall 1eet diameter
the hitting or which now counts four points, or 9s
many as the old square three feet oulls eye; In
addition 10 Lhs, point IS added 10 the new clrcu-
lar pulls eye, making hit on 1T equal 70 nye.
Thus we have on the new target a circle Of loot
ara nan NlucI 1Ae bSuaiO 49,. ~
when Just many points can be made and In
ADDITION TO this a point more Is given now IMAM
was formerly allowed Tor striking the bulls eye.
When ali these circumstances are considered II
viii be readily conceded that tue same shooter can
make muca higher scores on the target recently
adopted than At that which that has Just gone out
O! use. How much that difference Is can only DC
DETERMINED By PRACTICE.
At the new snort range or third class targets
less points be made than on the old, for out
side OF forty inch ring nit goes for nothing.
hi. Conlin's score was made IN amateur practice.
THE SCORES.