, 1875-07-14

heAdtd tsek. Each man In firing. aftcr tbas ! I
saunu, "as abio by glance Rs the !isgraln :. a
lfisay. 1hrtn xaH no hurry, no rni.p,pr Abo,ft | 4
att"s ro,nts but tho vsolo toA1n pulled to- =
kethor ina |
nxAnr1 AND nEA17nFut xASzrn !,
on the Irish aioe tho men wandered About. :
bhnteriug With friends and acquan.ancca, run +
nnR LOT points On winti aud elevation u ono
.nosaes' md orpeciAllr 70 ,ir. john ltiet,. VITO
"Ad cot shooting, bnt acted W i geuerh! fatbe. .
over I'll. irving 70 x'se advice 10 = hsf-dazen
1ucsuoners a QUO and the same time There
was no system. In place Ut putttng out the lees
their hest men, Hamilton and Wilsou, 1od or,
aud taxing tho Arst n'ots all along the ecore. Il
will DC noticed that tatee mssen are credited 10
tho lz3sh. while tho Americans havo but ony,
The only reason suggested for the defcat Of tho
Iftsh tean ia thor want OF unity and the lack Of
that discspllne ADD mutual asssh.auco 80 eshe.l-
tiaI IN the accomplishment Of any undcr.
taking In which tho bhd effort Of une may sao,i
tfs good endeaYors Of another. At 500 yards
all theso paints Of difference were not su con-
Blncunus. Peoty Of tiino ~as taken, anl. with
!hs whole afternoon before theln tie sl!eu wore
ty shots fired by ths American gentlemen at tnls
rtage, thefo Wan but uno miss aud two outete. !
Amongst tho 1rletueu tbofe wero tHo fn1shes ),
and ~ ouser. All the met found Assistance IN
tha favorable light mud steady T3nd, and the
t"thls Ut 337 aud tIs III tho possible bG0. against
the tutaia OF HI hnd 32S nado last September.
SHOW not on!y Increased skill out bear testimony
% the mora favorable conditions. Tners ~aa no
inseTnksIhn beyond that s,en. In moving back
tue tEaIt'ngA AMI o:heE pRraphernAl,A OF tbe hf
ne.pntnt: from the sin tn tlle 9p yards stage,
Rnd lht tecosd rart u tie contest wad eutulsd !
ntoh Then cAtlo in
! THE ZINE DISCIPLINE
Of tbe A1ocrcsa rit'otuen. Eur tho first fcw
Hhots the colIdltlouA Ut atmospheric tlstt, and
"lnd remained pretty mitch tie eatife Tho
skY wsh GrishteninG however. httl by tho thus
| tho eighth Hhot had beet reached clear, hfIst
Hun VIA shining tho wind ~a4 blowing un-
eak!1y from tho point Of and 8 uciavk. Aud
required much and careful Watching. With ttse
check evstc,n adopted by the que aquad th;u
waa ehsIly done, but with tic other c'nfurnn
soou became tie orttr Of the hour. aud nf The
niuety shots frel nt !e)U FArds tbs Amrr,cnts
| sAow but tHo n,i1sos. ina le By Coleman ~ open-
| ihg Ahutd. aud but two cutters. 0h tue Irish
acorts are three ouker1 and soven mHres, 3IlllneI
"soing 10 pieces IN tlla nloet bos ide1lnr: 'a-h-
lon. Mr. Kgby coached M,lInos during his crl-
barraksnebt tnost petsistentty, but al 70 10 pMr-
| poso. IN vain le ctuptled his gun into the
| ground, and loaded with i'll tho caro- potBih}a
settiug hio 1lgl's with tho utmost accuracy. No
encouraging ti1ll ihdlca:el tho striking Of The
lrou target taco By h:a bullets. He struSgled nn,
changing this way a,r1 TINT, Under tic advice OF
q balt-lozen counBe1ors, bit hln luck Ind gone
lie lad lost coahdcnce IN LIS Kup. ia hinisrIf III
| Ills method. ur a'metLluR, and, with lis coui-
deace n,s ability to exscutc Ind Eone. Along
toward tue middle OF this stage, thu tide Of luck
! 6attiIIE Ill lHIbk ekIuI]kAf &v"hla k4!t
American side. sltlorr and Ackenna each bsd
\ nllrs; pulIock followed WIKI ali Otter; Joln-
sou dropped from bnlt's-cyo into couple Ut
centres, sud Wilson saA nut holding L!s "~n
ovsr we'll. On tle Antrlcha aide, Col. Eot1lne
WAS Eedeemlng his ,ii-Eprtnne Ut hIW yarsis in
score Of 81 tu 4 possible 20. Fulton wss dong
almost az we'll, aud oven Colcman aftor pair
OF ducks es!h at opening. rnu up y ht thls
| r1nEo. At 2:a5 the match w8s two-tllfrda conl-
plesed, and u recean was saken 70. lunch. Tho
otic,a! record SOON disclosed she unpslalabl q
truth shat tho stranger team bad completely
lurucd tho tatlos ou.tht.hotne men. and, III place
| of the latter baiuE Que AlieRd they were
THlnTY-FouH IN THE AEAn.
This whR \ .aaBnircent piece ot work to ho no.
compl4+hod in d siuge stage uf the match, and 4
most stliLoudouA otetacle for the l.i1h d1emeu
to pull over On tho remaining range.
by this time there wore tnly 1o.G ono or II. 000
people On tho ground. representative Irish
crowd,-luixeIl and merry t1QRntB aud bump
tious Aldermen ~ utter confusion. TAe lnncli'
tents we're BOON tlllod. hnd most Wholesale con.
! sumption Of beverages OF Ill kinds enbuoo. The
psoa.lso of the morning aud tho experience oi
daya aud weeks raHt lad been yaln, and ali were
warmly clad iD anticIpation. but the high tam,
peraturo lad caused the EerspItatton to 1iow Al,t
tho thirst 10 lncrease toht tuIJonly. Toe III
yjte1 guests, with tue two r1he tea1u1 lroccclod
! to tho private marquee u! tho Association hut
:: tue Reception Committee, where cllo'ce colla
ton had Goeu spread All vera exhausted ant
hungry, and hto WITH avdlty. tile American Hlioot
en- replying besweeu bites to the compliments
pourel upou them from all siles. tbs Irish
> mcu acknowledged dofest ~ their looks and
J n.tlon but hoped 1t their favorlso fanse--tht
, 1.tAp yxtds-to 1t leaAt reduce tho American ea1
: to more IT Hi eqnallty. But they ate and dfatil
, with good cheer. aud covered tier chsEE'n ~
shet approaching socoud aefoat under tue lnos
pleasant ezterur. J.
> Tho opculne Of tho ], ,n00- yard fisipg Was eomc
. thing of a toll. The peopfu had increased In
mense!y In numbers, aud crushed for"ar1 aSR!itn
. tho r4deiuen Ut work,
> IMPEDING TuEtH MOTIONS;
; | aud In the Abseilte Of any effective barriers
t WA Impossible to do &nythpE reaiiy aasvircah
. towards keeping them buck. The l,otBeHho
4 shape, with tic actols and the rifles III the nuc
curve, drawn ont until tiIe eldRs became aholl
o parallel leaving but = nRrrow iano a!ong whlc
j The bulIots travelled soma OF the poariug heat
d catne very nesr the limo Of tire, aud OIL one
. two occAsIona tho rlilsmeu on tho extreme righ
j Irish targets ware compelled to surpend tlrln
nps. some particularly obtlusi'e Lerl H., VA "a
X creator, and ehch good shut waa hailed Wit
: cries OF '.Hrkvo!" aud cheers. band whlc
II had heen on the gronn''s dATin: tho dAy PEI
:. sisted in playing. to tae aleo'n1ti!ute i u th
r dled down again. blowing l&z'1y from tho tlrs
:. aud tlnrl quarters. swinging round again to ~
1 twelfth quarter before til" closs ot tue mattel
r and tho s4y:, too, hAd again elouded up assau
It lug tho dull. gray aspcct aud, ~ the last 10
10 Bhota re1e fred. tho general look of the cot
a. ditons wAA xosy stuilAr to that exlHthnt At tt
y opening Of tho match. except il. tho moderate
II ! WInd.
j. The day bud boon
>. ATKsT ONE,
10 Tho Wind had travelled fully half round tt
:. dial. and sho light had changed from tln
a gray to 8 br,gh, sunlight and bacd again aim
~ tho start in tlso fo1euuou, It was not partic
J. larry difficult day to manage, especially wleu 9
. q or moro cxperth sat III consultation upon 1t,
!. did the Anencan shooters; but atlll It requlr'
IN caro- and watching at oyery moment. For IL
~ y. general public it Wa voto1 capital day. sin
y. y. It waa the Arn. really fine Jnue day which Ii
a been enjosed since tho nlrent Of the Atnersc'
n baud u Ireland aud al were clad to avail thet
~ seIyes Of It to sec the great eyent of the tin
" " loreabouts and tho llitlo Assoclatiou reapel
~ ~ most gouerous harvest Of shllngs At the \
~ - tnlss,on nate.
as Tbs /, ,0U1- yard range trial MAS soon overt
tnou, especially Oh the Irish Hide, aring raPd
Uu tho American SECTION Fulton wont to piec
th a.ilY xattinR ts4u mikaan. and audinR up MI