The New York herald., 1875-07-12


tnlgh, and recorded a centre. Then came Pollock,
on the Irish side, nuggng yheearth In the friendly
fashion practised by McKenna, Wilson and Hamil-
ton. Pollock also made a bulls eye and gained q
cheer. Cole man followed with the same success,
both as 60 BULBS eyo and cheer. ana the referees
were compelled to nfs their hands deprecatiugly
and once moro to beg for silence.
COLONEL BoDISE,
whose fame has been very extensively heralded
abroad, ana whosee TO have peen adopted as
q kind OF favorite by the lr1sn Masses was praised
ana commented upon without stint when he
stepped OUT aud reclined face downward on the
turf bed. ''There's Bodeen. the Yankee; look at
! the legs OF him." cried out pedler TO his COM
panion, and the moment the name was men
| toned there was buzz OF curiosity. The veteran
held his rife for long time without taking aim,
| and even after he had aimed he remained notion
less as II sleeping, until people began to inquire
"Wny doesn't he nre ~ Suddenly he tightened
| his grasp on the rifle, and at the same moment
the report was heard. Ere ne bad Strengthened
! up TO his full height the voice OF the marker was
heard announcing bulls eye. This also. was ap-
plauded, but the observers soon became so ac-
| customed to seeing "Old Reable" score q BULBS
eye every time that they received the result In
silence. In the 9oo-yards range, when he made
nine in succession, people crowded toward him so
in their anxiety TO observe him narrowly that the
| police were compelled 10 form line and "per-
'suade" them back.
M'KENNA AND XlLNER
l'were not fortunate at the outset, and conse-
| quently were not well received. Poor Miner did
not redeem the bad promise OF his start at the
other ranges but McKenna was more fortunate.
McKenna's miss was the cause OF veritable con-
isternation. but he did well during the re-
mainder Of the firing at 500 yards, as indeed, aid
'Mnner-the latter making ten bulls-eyes III sue
cession-that he was forgiven. Miners great
4 heresy the delightful recklessness, with which
4 ne altogether missed the target he firing at In
the 900 yards range. Comments not at all natter
ing to him were passed upon his firing by The
'iower orders" in the crowd and some OF them
| would have been far from pleasant for him 10
hear. Now and then some one in hoarse whisper
would say, "Why don't you change your posltona"
but ne persisted in lying on his back and putting
Il the barrel Of his rife between his feet. Johnson
certainly did well enough with his method, and
perhaps, as SO many OF the people and papers say
hero, the fault was In his gun.
RANK AND FASHION COMING TO THE SCENE.
While the shooting at sOo-yards was In progress
the crowd increased vastly, ana the fashionable
people OF Dublin began to make their appearance.
They were compelled TO get down from their car
riages at the above mentioned narrow and dirty
bridge and cross IL ON foot, attended aud
treated by the usual rabble OF begaars, who quar-
relied and swore at each otner and scrambled for
the scattered pence. A donkey cart, bearing
some miserable array OF twopenny refreshments,
now and then obstructed the footpath along
which city ofncials and aristecratic ladies W ere
crowding Tne enclosure, planned oy the Rife
Association was only called so by courtesy, as on
one side there was no protection save rope
stretched from post TO post On this side was
gathered before the 90o-yards scores were COM
| pleted formidable
| COLLECTION OF THE RoUGHER gLEMENT,
and It was pretty difficut to control. All the peo.
pie comprising it seemed to be intensely jealous
| OF the assumption OF any precedence Dy the
'swells." and cnafred them mercilessly whenever
they had opportunity. The roof or the little
| "Dublin Shooting Club" house was loaded with
| stripngs, who amused themselves with pound ng
the fingers and kicking the knuckles OF all who
| endeavored to come up to them There were
| several brushes in which well-dressed people
were dragged in the mud and narrowly escaped
being trampled to death In the melee. Still, 1t
could not be said that the crowd was In any sense
a disordery one; nor could brighter wIttler and
more agreeable one have oeen collected any where
| in the three Kingdoms.
IRISH ENTHUSIASM COOLING OFF.
There was very little cheering when it was an
nounced that the Irish had won by one point at
800 yards. People moved slowly back to the 900
yard turf beds, and ranged themselves anew with
little coercion. A large number OF lldies
| SedJS
corded to the ladies accompanying the American
team aud to their invited friends. Toward the lat
ter half OF the 900 yards shooting. as the specta.
tors saw that the "Yankees" were rapidly leaving
! their contestants In the rear, the movements or
the irish team were watched with and
noted with precision which was almost pain
full. bull's eye brought out poorly suppressed
cheer; a centre compassionate hum from all
parts OF the. crowd. Miners misses were re.
ceived in silence. Each time that the unlucky
young man came up smiling grlmly after his
| failure not sound was uttered. He might have
closed his eyes and imagined himself In utter soll
tude.
| THE INTERMIssI0N-A GENUINE Crush"
| Every one knows the result at the 9o0-yards
range, and how It was attained. But every one
does not know what an extraordinary scene oc-
Cured wnen the referees and markers attempted
| to push the spectators back OF the 1,00c- yards
range, after the intermission OF an hour or more,
during winch the contessing teams had been ami
cably lunching together During this lntermisslon
there had been marvellous increase in the num-
pers of the crowd and the field had changed Its
aspect considerably. The fine band OF the Fifrieth
regiment was dscourslng excellent music; the
arrival OF the Lord mayors OF London YORK ana
Dublin had occasIoned much stir and excitement
although nearly every one had seen these func-
tionares IN their Official robes preceded
by the mace and wand and sword bear
ers, and surrounded by corporation of1icals
in their req farred robes, at the Shelbourne Hotel
on the preceding day. Hundreds OF elegantly
dressed ladies and gentlemen were promen aiding
on the ground between the 900 and l,0OO yards
turf beds, and could not be made TO understand
that they must retire. in vain did policemen bow,
apologize, insist, threaten and barney; they were
for a long time totally disregarded. IL was not
possible to take Mr.. McCarty by the scrur OF the
neck ana deposit him outside the rope while
Lord Mulkenna and tie Hon. Mr.. Fitzgerald In
sisted on promenading with their ladies' in the
space allotted 10 the rinemen. The Aldermen and
the members OF the Reception Committee were
earnest in their endeavors; but the louder they
l shonLed the less the anectatnrs lstennd tn 1hana