New-York tribune., 1875-06-30

produced ia q remarkable illustration OF
the resources of the modern newspaper
It should be understood that the diagrams pre-
sent with absolute accuracy the exact position
of every shot on each target. The representa-
ton il az precise as if the actual target had
been photographed. This use OF the telegraph
to transmit picture as correctly as letter is
an advance upon anything yet accomplished In
the immense development 1t has brought to
journalism.
The aprrchensions of defeat to the American
Team were not shared by The TRIBUNE. We
gave good reasons yesterday for anticipating
their success. The fact, last Friday, that they
surpassed their previous records, seemed to us
to point to such conclusion. 1t is true that
Fridays work at DOllymOunt was only "prac-
".tice," and in tests of skill. scores obtained
on such occasions are usually higher than
during the anxieties of match. But
against this was to be set off the
fact that target used in this
practice in which circles are substituted
for SQUARES, reducing the area in which
each kind of shot counted by more than fifth.
That their score 1nder such circumstances was
increased instead Of being diminished was GER
tainly remarkable. and foreshadOwcd the Ca
pacity which was so admirably displayed IN
the match itself, There were many features
of yesterdays contest, however, peculiar to
the occasion. The American Team was
beaten by one point at the 800 yards
range with which the shooting began /;
Col. Bodine. the hero of the last mo-
ments of Creedmoor, scoring only so, while
Mr.. Pollock of the Irish Team almost reached
the riheman's ideal in SO out of the possible
60. At this point. if anywhere, our Team
might have felt discOuragement Their forte
was supposed to be at the shorter that of the
Irish at the longer ranges. In the CreedmOOr
match the great advantage OF the Americans
was gained at the nearer targets, and 1t
almost slipped from their fingers in the
subsequent long range scores. But at the 900
yards range the Americans yesterday led their
opponents by 35 shots Col BOdine made a
historic target of 50 out of 60, and the low
est score made by any member of the Ameri-
can Team was higher than the two lowest by any
of the Irish. This decided the fate OF the
day, for the difference was too great to have
been overcome except by some untoward acci-
dent. But even at tie 1000 yards range the
Americans were again successful.
1t is not improbable that the fact of being
in uDaccust0med surroundings has an unfavOr-
able effect on visiting team during the carly
part of o match, and that this effect wears
away in the later hours. The record of shots
both at Creedmoor and DollymOunt might thus be
in part explained but in the latter case the result
as whole must be attributed to another cause.
Examining the record of individual scores, it
appears that four of the irish Team were little
bel n2 four of the Americans, but there were
two I.ish scores respectively II and 30 below
their highest, while the lowest American
see es were only and g behind the ] 81 of
McsSrs Dakin and Giderslecve. The e cess
OF the American Team is doe to the near eqo 'Ity,
the failure of the Irish to the notable differ ce
in the skill of the members. But while we
have beaten the Irish in rihe-shooting, we have
not beaten them in noble hospitality, that has
cemcntcd by an international contest the friend
ship of two countries.