The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-07-15

I..~, - .v.~ unit, near Dublin and
resulted in q victory for the Amer.
cans. At first the advantage WA
with Che Irish team who led The
Americans Ia firing st the 500 yards
range by one point but in ths con.
test at 900 yards the American rife.
men completely out shot their rivals,
scoring 327 against 292. The 1000
yards shooting was remarkably 6ne
upon both sidos, the Americans scor.
ing 3O6 and the Irishmen 299, the
highest possible score being 36O.-
The American team thus won tho
match, scoring . total Of 967 to 929
by their opponents Both Teams
improved upon the firing Of last year,
and the victory 10 altogether q most
gratifying one both for American
marksmen and for American arms.
From the published accounts We
learn that the crowd, which mani
tested intense snxiety 40 TO the re.
suit, had grown TO about thirty thou.
sand. Every Irish bulls eye was
chcered, and q disturbance was be-
coming imminent, The police was
powerless. The Americans refused
10 proceed with the firing until or
der should have been restored. A
delay Of thirty Eve minutes resulted,
when partial order was restored.
The Irish, detected and norvous, shot
wildly, aud succession Of shots
proved merely at random. Miner
tlrish) missed his third shot, the
crowd groaning vociferously. When
he missed his niuth shot, tho nproar
on the Irish side OF tho ground was
tremendous. Tho eleventh shot he
missed also, producing Consideration
Hamilton (Amcrican) scored n sue
ccssion Of threo shots, and blamed
tho crowd for his lack Of succoss
Everybody seemed to be in q bad
temper. Tho Americans were cooler
than their competitors, though CON.
planning ~ the uproar and confusion.
Giidorslecvo, Wilson and Hamilton q
score timcricans) was splendid Bo.
dino (Amcrican) was constantly ro-
liable An the day closed tho Irish
team began to yield manifestly,
seeming TO lose their heals and
tremble, and struck at centres and
cutters, which, running side by side,
had tho effect, one to encourage and
the other to dishearton. The ropes
we're broken by the Irish near the
close, Fulton and Bodine (Americans)
not yet having finished. Fulton
missed tho target through the disor-
der. The crowd cheering, rushed
across the ground, causing great
confusion. Bodine quietly took his
position for the last shot, and the
crowd ranged itself along the line Of
fire, leaving wide opening toward
the targets, but only wide enough to
expose two Of the targets to the view
OF the frer. All control WAS lost
over them, but Bodine lay still and
silent. A puff Of smoke, and the
crack Of his rifle was heard, and his
bullet flattoncd in the bulls eye. A
tremendous cheer was given for tho
Americans by the crowd en- mdsse.
The police stood firm around the
teams, with the crowd on tho out
side standing sturdy aud i'll humor~
cd, but not toward the Americans
Major Leech addressed tho Americans
and the surrounding mass, and de-
clared himself beaten, and the Ameri
cans as the first shots in the universe.
After the match tho victors we're
entertained at banquet by the Lord
Mayor Of Dublin, and received the
congratulations Of people Of all
nationalities. The Irish rifemen al.
NIT the superiority Of the Americans
throughout the contest, and acknowl
edge that their victory was fairly
won.-Iu6lic Opinion.