The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-06
*IHE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE CONTEST,
Chagrin Of the Irish ut the Defeat Of
Their Teana..Almost a Row-The
Irish Team Jeered and Scoffed Mt
a.>h tho rl>no~oA


ana the Americans Cheered.
The New York Times special says of
the international shooting match between
the Irish and American teams at Daily
mount, near Dublin, Tuesday:
At the close of the firing at 900 yards
the defeat Of the Irish was acknowledged,
and luncheon was taken ia chagrin, gloom
and outspoken dissatisfaction, and with
symptoms of sorgalization among the
Irish. The crowd, which manifested in
tense anxiety as to the result, had now
grown to about thirty thousand. Every
Irish bulls eye was cheered, and distur-
bance was becoming imminent. The police
were powerless, and DR.. Hamilton ad.
dressed the crowd, standing in close
shooting position. The Americans re-
fused to proceed with the firing until
order should have teen restored. Every
gentleman on the ground now became a
policeman, and there was great hustling,
and a delay of thirty five minutes result
ed, when partial order was restored.
At the 1000 yard range the Irish, de-
jected and nervous, shot wildly, and a
succession CT shots proved to be merely
random. Miner missed bis third shot.
When he missed his ninth shot the up.
roar ON the Irish side of the ground was
tremendous. The eleventh shot he
missed also, producing CONSERVATION.
Hamilton scored succession of threes,
and blamed the crowd for his lack of sue
cess. Everybody seemed to be in bad
temper. The ropes were broken by the
Irish near the close of Bodine's score.
and he missed the target through the dis
order, and the crowd cheering
causing great confusion. Bodine quietly
took his position for the last shot. an d
the crowd ranged themselves along the
line of FIRE, leaving widening opening
toward the target, but only wide enough
to expose two Of the targets to the view
of the fire. All control had been lost
over them, but Bodine laid still and silent.
A puff of smoke, and the crack of his rifle
is heard, and his bullet flattened in the
bulls eye. A tremendous cheer is given
for the Americans by the crowd on the
outside, standing sturdy and i'll humored,
but not toward the Americans.
Major Leech addressed the Americans
and the surrounding masses, and declared
himself beaten and the Americans the
first shots in the universe. He then
called for cheers for Col. sGildersleeve and
his men, which were not very heartily
given, but when called for by a man in
the crowd, were given with tremendous
enthusiasm, the crowd bursting in to
shake hands with the Americans and
their ladies, amid vociferous cheering.
Col. Gilderslecve colted for cheers for the
Irish team, but there came no response
except from the Americans present.
All of the Irish team blame something
on each other, and the whole population
fiss positively fierce with them. The Lord
Mayors of London, Dublin and York were
on the ground and congratulated the vic
tors. The Americans were extremely
popular before the contest, and are much
more SO now,~and their calmness, mod
esty and self.reliance are extolled every.
where. Tae stars and stripes are dis
lplayed from thousand houses tonight,
and the streets are crowded. The popu.
lar joke tonight is that England is right
in not allowing the Irish 10 carry arms,
since they can make such poor use of
them.