The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-30

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an exceedingly high one on both sides, and
the single point upon which the decision
hung would have been reversed but for a
mistake Of one of our guests Then, too, the
Irish commended against manifold disadvan-
tages-in a new and strange country, after
long sea voyage and despite an oyerfowing
hospitality. This year the conditions were re-
versed The Irish were the hosts and al
home while the Americans we're compelled
to endure the fatigues Of travel and
to undergo the not less enervatlng
obligations Of favored guests. There is nc
hospitality in the world like Irish hospitality,
and the highest praise that can be accorded to
it is an acknowledgment Of the fact that the
American team was able to win the match
after accepting it Both sides entered upon
the contest at Dollymount yesterday in the
best condition, and each side was quietly con-
veIlous, and that the Irishmen shot SO wei
makes the victory oil the more glorious for
the Americans. We scarcely expected 50
much good fortune, and while we exult IN 1t
it is only in the spirit Of generous rivalry
and not from any mere valnglory'
In his great drama Mr.. Tennyson makes
the French Ambassador at the English Court
speak OF game Of chess with Henry, King Of
France, and certain Of his Court. In that
day it would have been wonderful if the
French Minister, Noailles, could truthfully
have said to Courtenay, the English courtier,
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His Highness makes his moves across the Chan.
we answer him with ours, and there are mes
SeugFrs
That 90 between Us.
III our day marvels such as these are multi
Piled thousand times, and nothing now
depends
Upon the Skill and swiftness OF tile players
The messengers have the speed Of the light
ming, and not across q narrow channel merely,
but over wide ocean are borne upon tie in
slant all the great moves Of the moment be-
fore upon the chessboard Of the world. When
Noailles spoke to Courtenay Of presumable
games Of chess, which were whole years
aplaying, America was @ newly discovered
country. The Pilgrim Fathers had not yet
crossed the broad Atlantic to lay the
foundations Of new empire in the
West The unloosed lightning had not
become the genuest as well as the swiftest
Of messengers bearing from continent to con-
tinent the tales Of wonder with which each
day is freighted and picturing them to the
eye as well as conveying them to the ear.
Nothing can more FLY illustrate the past than
yesterdays shooting ct Dollymount, and the
conceptions Of the past only serve to illustrate
the realities Of the present. This days
HERALD is the realization Of q poets dream.
In the early morn Of yesterday two rival
parties, one the fguratiye representatives Of
al the Irish kings that ever lived and ruled,
and the other the veritable sovereigns Of q
nation born long after al those kings were
dead, met to contend for mastership in the
archery Of the age. Though the contest was
q friendly one two worlds waited with i'm
patience to hear Of the result The story we
need not recount, for it is told IN these col
umns both in pictures and in words The
new-fOund messenger which passes under the
seas has brought Us the history with every
fitness Of detail, and, with unerring GER
tainty, reveals to Us besides the exact posi-
ton on the targets Of the five hundred and
forty shots which were required to de-
termine the relative merits OF these
archers and the triumphs Of this arch
cry. II we have any regret in our victory it
is that the honors were not more evenly
divided We should have preferred to
Let all our archery IAN on
Ia wings Of snot o. ootn sides OF the van
ct the same time that our rivals gave US one
for every one We took Our victory was too
complete, and.this is our only discomfort.
out Of this great match and this sweeping
victory at Dollymount there comes another
consideration which deserves o passing
thought. In this new archery Is the new
chivalry Of new age. Since the French
Ambassador asked the courtly Courtenay to .
game OF chess across tho Channel in
Queen Marys time, tie New World
has its pawns to play, as well
as the kings and princes Of the Old. The new
nation has become part Of the culture OF the
old States and it is through these interna-
tional competitions that the new chiyalry Of
this modern civilization is diffused. Better
than tie knight errantry Of the past these
iousts are fruitful only Of grand and gener-
Gus impulses and great good will Europe
cannot long continue to regard the American
people IS Doors when it Is known that
Americans shoot 50 well, and, though il
may seem small point in ITSELF the mis-
conceptions which different peoples form
Of each other are more potent for harm in
this age than ell the policy aud craft Of kings
Ii tie Middle Ages tho tournament was the
exponent Of civilization as eel as the out
ward exhibition Of the chivalry Of tho time.
Though the times have changed they have
Lot changed 50 much as We may think A
ney world has been found, and We have
steam aud the telegraph and the newspaper,
but the chivalry Of our civilization has
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