The New York herald., 1875-08-21

Iectation"The Smack in School" Colonel Gderseeve
sonr-Soid Simon Alan Colonel A. b Mitcheii
Selection from THE Yelled Prophet" Mr. L. NJ Ballard
Colonel Giderseeve and Mr. Bird
Music-Piano Mrs General Dakn
10 song--rhe Jolly oyse1nan' Colonel Gildersleeve
After an exceedingly lucky run the Chester was
sighted off Crookhaven, Ireland about half past
O'Clock on the evening of June a. and entered Cork
harbor about next day. The mail tender carried
out the
DUBLIN COMMITTEE RECEPTION
10 the American team among whom were, in addition
10 MAJOR A. B. Leech a number of prominent
citizens from the Irish capital The meet
ing with the Irish reception committee
already know was of the most cordial nature pass
ipg glance at the lovely scenery around the Cove,
night in Cork the "shandon Bells" pilgrimage
10 Blarney Castle and 10 Dublin occupied two
Gays. Imagine the feelings of the team and their
friends upon finding themselves front of that deni
cal blarney stone which many adopted American
citizens are supposed TO have kissed before bidding
sdieu the green hills Of Erin They had heard Of
BlaTpey, that
There is stone there that whoever kisses
M on N he 1sTeT y,s5sr misses s agy. grow oG9snt
Or become member Of Parliament
A clever spouter he'll turn out
An out-and outer to be let alone;
Don't Try TO binder nm, or , 70 peNlider nn'
Rlarney Castle erected, the inscription still
tells by 'Cormack MacCarthy, fortis usi neri fecit
A. d. 1446 :" The blarney stone is fixed in the castle
wall twenty feet from the top and nearly hundred
from the ground The present Lord Dundreary (Mr.
Eothern, whom everybody knows came very near
losing MS life in an attempt TO kiss IL made
Ihat have got enough Of genuine blarney in the
O'Murphys, o'Morrsseys o'Briens and others, whose
powers of persuasveness have elevated them 10 high
political honors in New York. did not risk their necks
KISS THE FAMOUS STONE.
The Lord Mayor Of Dublin and other dgnitaries met
the at the Kings Bridge terminus Of the Great
Southern Railroad and escorted them TO the shebourne
Hotel where they fixed their headquarters during their
Eiay IN dear dirty Dublin" But the ceremonies and
bosptalities which the team met with in "the city OF
the Pale have already been described at such length
IN these columns thar TO repeat the story OF those
festivities and warm-welcomings would be work OF
snpererogsuon
The first match in which the Americans figured was
IN the annual competition for the Dublin Shooting Club
Cup This contest, II appears, was shot at four dis
tsnces, 500, 600 900 and 100 yards ten shots at
each range. Three ranges were shot over, and the
competition at 100 yards had to be put Of for second
day on account OF ateness Of the hour In order
that the reader may refresh his memory 10 what
that occasion the totals Of the six best scores
both sides are given below. -.
TOTAL best six Irish 757
Gotal best six Americans. 743
This preliminary trial Of skill was made by the Amer
the 18th Of June under the most uniavorable
circumstances possible IL raned hard and blew half
gale during the shooting so that the team had most
unpleasant iniatory visit to the Of their subse
quent victory. In consequence of this first essay OF
marksmen before the butts in Donymount pool
public opinion nclining toward the belief that they
would be defeated Bets we're freely made on the
basis Of 100 so and 100 to s4 in favor Of the rsbmen
One John Hardy, ''iate Captain Commandant Twelfth
Cheshire Rife Volunteers" in communication from
England to the Belfast Negs Letter sapienty said, after
informing the public that he IS IN the habit Of burning
upward OF 2 900 rounds per annum," that much can
be done by friendly and generous hospitality; and
while firmly believe that the Irish team Will got
best Of the match let friends go home pleased with
their ption in the old countryn
In their subsequent practice shootings the Ameri
a ur~ NrFh .nTn "a Fgmn
the peoples minds and New Workers were not wanting
who accepted wagers at par upon their countrymen
During the intervals between preliminary and prac-
tice matches the treated a round Of fetes
and fesstngs that rIvslled each other IN beauty
and brillancy To the honor of the team
be II said that notwithstanding their being
accustomed 70 a generous mode of life at home
they resoluely withstood all temptations to extreme
convvialtyi and perseVered N maintaining a most
abstenious habit in both what they and drank from
bhe night OF their entertainment by Mr.. Curry the
Cork Hotel until the last banquet with Mayor Lindsay
Of Belfast What with dinners by the Lord Mayor,
dinners At the clubs dinners at conservative old
Trinity College trips to the Vartrey
works Powegscourt Castle and the lovely
scenery around Bray, the Dargle Glen Of the Downs
Vale OF Avoca with other sublimely beautiful and his
places the visiting rnemen had their time pretty
well occupied Perhaps their night at the Gaioty
Theatre not the least agreeable OF the entertain
provided for them by the hosptable Irish; the
20 as a daughter OF Columbia IN The person ol
Mss Genevieve ward the heroine Of the evening
ArrHyed AZ Hiberna she pronounced
I2EfAND's WELCOME
10 the countrymen Of Washington. Some lines OF the
which she delivered were peculiarly Apostle a.
Our sires, by famine and by wrongs oppre3t
Pound shelter u the glorious West;
And In their childfen's hearts stiu left eushrined
The love o. home that distance could not bind
Come TO our feast-vih love our hearts arc fol--
The fatted calf We d kili--it is a bull
soon, when arraycd In contest may Try
The metal Of that bull-then mind hf e5e
Everybody seemed determined % make the team
pleased with poor, fearful Old Ireland aud while they
remained on her friendly shores many oft repeated
proofs given Of The sympathy which Tie irish
nation bear for greaf and glorious Republic
At nsth the great eventiu day arrived the day Tor
which the Americans bad laborcd IS hard at Creed
moor and longed to see the day whom Irish r6eincn
fondly hoped they would turn last years honorable
feat INTO undisputed victory The day thas would tIy
GIal conclusions between
AMKRIcAS RRRECH LokDrsG HrrLFs
IN the hands OF American marksmen, and muZZe load
tng weapons 50 skilfully manipulated by Irish cham
MON rhcmen. At irst, when Che team began theli
rraetire they showed considerable dsad dvantage bu
fbev we're still determined 10 win. They would NOT be-
,oaxed into trips down the bay, nor TO flower eNhibi
tons or garden picnics They stuck steadily 70 prac
tice And now their per cverance selidenlal, disct
nine and obedicnce 10 orders we're about 10 b
T.~arded Meanwhile the Irish team had never met Y
shoot together as body until The last moment when
alarmed at the public practce gwen py me american
and d. note Of surprise sounded ny me irish pres
aiey took advantage Of the day when OlldersoeFe an
ms men went 10 witness review ~ the FhomM a. 3 arl
and shot eve rounds per man al each distance lhe ie
rui or this short practice WA ~ no means IeHSauih
a. MAJOR Lcech aud his men. , ii
For days before the match Il bad been ranlnF ~
the streets ard roads were covered with mud; bu'
Althongh az Ne yssLnlns. VI jhe Ssk VI bas4 y