The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-07-22
DOLLYMOUNT.

! DOLLY MOUNT
The Victory of the American Team il
IreIand-And Now for Another at Win
bIedOn.
Firm the n. Y. Sun, June 30
Both at the Creedmoor shooting las
year and now at DolIvmount the range
we're the same-SOO, 900 and / 900 yards
the targets six feet by twelve in size
with center six feet by six, and a bull'
eye three feet by three. A shot in tn,
| bulls eye counts four; in the cente
| three in the outer, that is, anyWherl
| else on the target, two. The teams ar,
each of six men !; each man has fifteeT
shots at each range, forty-five in all
The highest possible team score il
1,O9O.
At Creedmoor, the total of the Ameri
cans was 934, that of the Irish, 931-
| thus made up At 800 yards, Americans
| 325 I; Irish, 317 ; 900 yards, Americans,
80; Irish, Bis; 1000 yards, Americans,
298; Irish, 303.
This affords rs ground for comparison
with the shots at Dollymount yes erdav,
when the total was Americans, 967
Irish, 929-thus made At 800 yards,
the Americans made 337. the Irish, 338;
900 yards, Americans 327. Irish 292
1000 yards, Americans 303, Irish 299
Therefore the Americans beat their
former scores heavily in each case-12,
II, and 3 points resnectively. The Irish
gained heavily at 800 yards, 81 points
lost % points at 900 yards, and at 1000
wards lost A. The Americans beat the
Irish by 80 points, and their CreedmOor
score by 33 points the Irish fell behind
their CreedmOor performance 2 points.
rUha ahaaAsz,r-
splendid, and the Irish compared favor
ably with the best shooting at Wimble-
don, the great English rifle range
Though beaten they maintained a high
reputation, and justified their former
title to the Elcho shield, the chief
Wimbledon prize. They had exhausted
hospitality to the American team pre-
vious to the match, and they gave un-
stinted honor to their successful OppO-
Dents when they retired victors from
the field.
Dollymount, the range, is on a sandy
island in Dublin bay, about three
miles from the city, called the North
Bull. It is part of the bar at the mouth
of the Liffey, a stream famous in Irish
history. The celebrated battle of Clon-
tart, fought by Brian Boru, the re-
nouned chief, AGAINST the invading
Danes, before William the eonqUeror's
time. occurred on its banks. It was
fit place for the friendly contest be-
tween the riHemen of the New America
and Old Ireland.
The qualities required in these long
range rifle shots are endurance, steadi-
ness of nerve and careful calculation of
the varying windage. The contest
lasts for several hours the men are
kept mp at high nervous tension by the
excitement of competition and the SYM
pathetic partisanship of the vast crowd
OF Witnesses. Only the strongest self
control, evenness of pulse and rigidity
of muscle can hope to win even a decent
SUCCESS. The positions assumed by the
different men are many and frequently
amusing-all, however, depending on
the one principle of the effort of the
man to find as many points of support
for his body on the unyielding ground
as he can secure, and at the same time
to bring the rear or peep sight of his
rifle as close to his eye as possible.
The target at these great distances
looks of about the size of say one inch
by half an inch at three yards length
from the eye. To put shot after shot in
the bulls eye-a Just appreciable black
spot at 500, 900 and /. 900 yards, and to
keep up the fire through forty-fve con-
secuiive shots, is to test the endurance
and steadiness of the mArksman to
marvellous degree.
The fact that the American team never
fired at long ranges until last summer,
though their opponents have been in
practice for ten years, gives added merit
to their victory. They have put them
selves at the head of all long range rife
shots. Next month they will have an
opportunity to carry off the cham
pionship from Wimbledon likewise.