New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-05
THE AMERICAN TEAM.
LAST WEEK AT WIMBLEDON.

THE CONTEST by AMERICANS FOR THE CHALLENGE
CUP-AMERIcAN RIFLES COMMENDED A CUP
LOST BY oNE PONT-THE ELCHo MATCi-rhk
AMERICANS AID The IRISH TEAM.
lFRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE IhibUSk'I
LONDON, July 23.-The contest among our
rifemen for the Challenge Cup presented by the
British Rifle Association took place ON Wednes-
day. The day opened with heavy RAM
and it kept on almost without cessation
until afternoon SO hard the rain that nobody eA-
peced there would any shooting and very low went
to Wimbledon But little before O'Clock we hi" i'r
weather.i the rain stopped, but the ciouus "eio
spread about and the mist was so thick tht 'nc TAR
gcts were rather dim The Team did not expect 10 SHOOT
and only six Of the nine at the ground Col bouc
vas laid I'D with bad cold and Gen Dakin did Mt feel
very well generally. Mr. Yale was inclined 10
hug the walls of his hotel, and 80 there were oy 'hIo
OF the shooters OF Doymount to contend LOT the cup o
gcther with the three reserves
At halfpast 8 O'Clock they went 10 the hrng points
and began work but they did not begin well To use an
Irish form OF expression her first hits were generally
misses and it required several shots to bring them upon
the targets Some OF the London papers made ho'e o
this fact, and published the next morning
cornparison between the first ten SHOTS "i tne
Americans unusually bad work Tor tneWp WIN
ten shots OF an English team practcng near them Ihey
showed nv the figures thus obtained that the Americans
were inferior TO the English had they compared the ten
last shots OF the two parties they would have shown dif
ferently hut evidently pressure of matter pre'e,c"
snch u comparison. Had the weather peei IaNoraoIe
there would have been large attendance; as II WAS
there were not than GOO OF 200 persons present
The American mode OF shooting was the snblect Oh
much comment among the spectators Most OF the on
looktrs ere professional marksmcn, as the ram hau
kent nearly all the ordinary ider at home The position
of our narksInen criticised very freely IL was rs
serted that there not mach elegance about IT, ou' no
one could deny that II gave hiih rest 10 the I''" anu
was very effective Tie rifles came in for considerations
and evidently the American breechloader has gained
great deal Of popularity through the journey OF
orr rgemcn. The Times the next day made mote
Of the fact that all our men used preach
leaders, and it made further note that inc
best shooting was done with the Remington rine, anu
the poorest with Sharpss Those familiar Win me Lon"
don Times are well Of il reluctance to concc' eN
.lpc, in ANYTHING from our side of the Atlantic, and
when if does admit our superiority you may be pretty
sure that the admission is the next thing l" compulsory
II has never forgiven for making our bonds Valuable
and keeping them in opposition Ia the Predicton oi
Tie Times that they would soon he worthless ana tha
British investors had better shun them Wien The Tes
comnends our marksmen, and their rifles OF American
manufactures Won may be sure that The commentator
was fully deserved
you know already by telegraph that Major Fulton
made the highest scorcl3J III possible l10-and De
comes the holder Of the cup or the year. The poor shoot
inc nj the beginning Of the match Is partly attributed to
and partly to other circumstances The fact Is SAID
Cant Coleman that evening, We have been around pot
hunting ever since came here. shooting III pools open
to all corners and at all kinds CT ranges some o. us have
taken hand at nearly everything open To u.s. ana nave
used several kinds of rifles the result was that we had
spoiled ourselves for the long range ana we otdcd h'I
a dozen sighting shots 10 set Ia right"
Cur mon have taken variety OF prizes. some OF them
in cup, ana Others in money. Those who have taken
money have invested will invest IT, in cups or other
Inrmrntces uf their triumph. al ali events, VIII pitt
mart of each money prize mcmento Capt Coleman
was conhdo Mt that he would carry very iands'ne
c rs he made 40 ont Of possible 80 AMI up To yesiei
dsy noon nobody else had scored more than Is BAT he
will not carry the cup the Atlantic II goes 10 an m
csh volunteer Lieut.. Birch WHO made the possible %"
the distance coo yards and thr number OF shots 10
Yesterday was an important day at Wimbledon and
drew considerable crowd. il was appointed Tor the
match for the Echo sicd between the three Fights OF
the United Kingdom could not shoot. but they
were all on hand and gave whatever assistance ne"
could to Irish eight. They volunteered their an IN
scoring marking, anything else, and Tie o'r was
most cordially accepted Some 81 the hhEh'h
said last night, with touch Of sn'eIlng
in their words that it was the American
"coacLing" that gave the victory 10 the IRISH. That
may be or it may not be; all events, don't think our
bows did the irish any harm. The Americans Kept "A
sharp eye out tie wind and tie general conditions OF
the atmosphere AM tod he r~ the result o! Their OBJ
ScrYaionS. They kept HE scores ana showed 't ll''
man the effect Of his SHOT beorc il marked 10y the
official scorer AMI just IS anxious for the Green
Isle 10 stand foremost at Wimbledon they
were TO have her stand III the rear N Dolly
mount ave must all be ready TO give the Iish
good cheer il ,hey WIN the word passed around
among The Americans when the day begun ard You may
well hell We they we're ready. There has never been
hear cr cheer given at Wimbledon than was given BY
me Americans Yesterday when 'he irish We're declared
the yictors The number OF Americans was small but
tley made M IN carpcstncss what they lacked in
plurav T~nc tie English and scotch chccrc the Irish,
brt they couldn't do il quite warmly and from The
ierns Of the heart did our party. Blood Is thicker
than wafer AMI all The water thar has fallen upon the
Wiub don camp since arrived has Lot cooled the
glowing IN the veins OF the American rhemcn FOR their
late councillors The yicorS and the Vanqu!shed ~ Dol
ly,nonn. are warm friends. Next to winning the Echo
shield and all other prizes ourselves, Ike to see
them in the hands OF the men that treated
s 80 handsomely during orr stay in ireland. What
can't take 10 New-YoIk wish to 20 10 Dublin. Our
men wanted ever much to win al DOii,lnount and
th,y won. Yesterday they wanted just much t. sec
the Irish take the Tlcho Shield. Their wish srard
and they not less happy Last evening than when
they left The field at Dollymount The 10Th Of June
There was a great deal Of cheering al around when the
result Of the match was known; the enthusiasm had
been wrought up high pitch by the ccseness Of the
scores toward the cnd and certainly such defeat ~ this
is not a severe There - shots per man nj
each of three ranges s00 800. and 900 yards. Thus
each man would have THE Wimbledon target being
usc.D a possible limit of 22j, and for each team OF
eight 900 points were possible The following were the
scores and show that the Irish only three points
ahead Of the scotch while the latter beat the English by
just single point