The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-09
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THE SUCCESSFUL RIFLE TEAM.

The Captain of the American team i
Lieut.. Col. II. a. Gildersleeve, who
though by profession a lawyer. and by
practice but a young rifieman, is first
class, steady, and cool He is thirty
four years OF age, of about medium
height, but of heavy build. During the
war he fought at Gettysburg, was Pro
vOst Marshal of the Goth Army Corps,
and afterward marched in Sherman's
famous march to the sea.
g. w. Yale, who is superintendent of
the Sharp's Rifle Company. is forty nine
years old, and shoots with a rifle made
under his own eye.
Major Henry Fulton is verging on
thirty years, is of medium height, and
weighs 1I5 pounds. As his record now
stands, he is the best rifle shot in the
world
Col. John BOdine was formerly Colo
mel of the 18th New York Militia, is
forty-nine years old, and six feet high.
He is straight as an arrow and admira-
bly, well propOrtioned. .-..
Roswell c.. Coleman takes the pIace
held in the team last year by l.. L. Hep
burn. He lives in Goshen, this State,
where he is President of rifle club LATE
ly organized. He is an admirable shot.
Gen. 7. s. Dakin is Major General of
the Second Division n. G. S. N. Y, and
weighs 220 pounds. He is an excellent
marksman, and, like Col Bodine, shoots
face downward.
OF all the rifles which compete for
public favor the best of our marksmen
have long favored the Remington. It's
used by the majority of the team now in
Ireland, and showed its admirable ca
pacities in skilled hands last year at
Creedmoor. Its worth has long been
known to professional riflemen, and it
will undoubtedly well approve their
choice on the field of Ballymount to-
day.
The Irish team at length decided upon
consists, as reported by this mornings
cable dispatches, of DIR. ]. b. Hamilton,
Mr.. Pollock, John MeKenna, j. h. Mil
ner, Mr. Wilson, and Edmund johnson.
DIR. Hamilton was amember of the team
which competed last year at Creedmoor;
he is a finelOOking man, six feet high.
He fires lying down, i'll the regular mill
tary position; he is fine at SOO-yards
range, at which the Irish were generally
poor last year. Mr.. Pollock is a young
rifleman, apparently, as nothing Was
heard of him previous to the practice
matches, at which he defeated Lloyd,
Fulton, Young, and the Rigbys. Mr..
McKenna is a Belfast merchant. He
has made the highest score ever made
by any marksman on the Wimbledon
target-2lS out of a possible 225. Mr..
Wilson was in the Irish team last year,
shoots in the face-downward position.
and fires with great delibeIatiOn. Mr..
Milner was also at CreedmoOr last year,
where he scored eleven consecutive
bulrs-eyes. When shooting he lies ON
his back, with the butt of his rifle on the
hollow of his shoulder, and the barrel
resting on his toe. Mr.. Johnson, also
on the team last year, shoots in the same
position as Mr.. Miner.
In the American team Capt. Glider
sleeve shoots lying on his face, as also
does Col. Bodine. Maj. Fulton, when
firing, lies on his back, crossing his legs;
turning slightly to the right, he places
the butt Of his rifle over his right shoul-
der, and grasps it with his left hand,
thus holding it rs in a wise. Gen. Dakin
shoots lying ON his stomach, his rifle
firmly pressed with his left hand. When
Mr. Yale shoots he lies down and turns
slightly to the right, supporting his rifle
on the left knee.