Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-14
New York Herald Corespondcnce)
TIE DOLL YKOTNT JICTORl.

given front seats, the best being voluntarily ac-
corded to the ladies accompanying the American
team and to their invitedfriends. Toward the lat
ter half of the 900 yards shooting, the specta-
tors saw that the yankees were rapidly leaNipg
their contestants in the rear, the movements CT
the Irish team were watched with care ana
noted with precision which was almost PAINFUL
A bulls eve brought out poorly suppressed
cheer. a centre a compassionate hum from all
| narts of the crowd. Miners misses were re-
ceiyed in silence. Each time that the unlucky
Young man came up smiling grimiy af.er ms iaii-
ure not a sound uttered. lie might have
closed his eyes ana liha- lieu h"iNe'l III "'''i sun
tude. a., o,o .l
RANGE and how it was attained. But every ono
does not know what an extraordinary scene oc-
| Cured when the referees and markers attempted
| to push the spectators back of. the l.000-yaids
range, after the intcrmission OF an hour or more
during which the contcstlng teams had been ami
csbly iunchug together. During this intc1ml'-
| sion there had been marvellous mere ase IN the
| numbers of the crowd, and the field had changed
its aspect considerably The fire band Of the Flt-
| tetn regiment discussing excellent music
| the arrival of the Lord Mayors of London, ork
| and Dublin had occasioned much stir and excite
ment, although nearly every one had seen these
| functonaries in their official robes preceded by
| the mace and wand and sword bearers, and sur
rounded by corporation officials IN their red ulfeu
| robes,
day. Hundreds Of elegantly dressed ladies and
gentlemen were promcnading on the ground be-
tween the 900 and 900 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 disregaldcd Ii was not possible to take
Mr.. McCarty by the scrutl CT the neck and depos-
it him outside the rope, while Lord Mulkenna and
the Hon. Mr.. Fitzgerald insisted on promenadIng
with their ladies in the space allotted to the nile
Iln @rIth p mo hpt n
ception Committee were earnest in their endeav-
ors; but the louder they shouted the less the spec
tators listened TO them, until, at last, the rAemen
began seriously TO consider the question of post
poning the match. Major Ieech and Major Mitch-
J ell attempted to reason with the crowd, but were
met with good naturod, but none the less stubborn
refusals TO move. One of the policemen in de-
spair after having attempted numerous times 10
carry out the command, of his superior ofhcer,
cried out, "ge out o this, all Of yCz we're tee for
ward altogether"
Sure thin said a voice in the crowd, that,
more than we'll say fol the teams. Bring your
remen forward"
! And this while the crowd were standing on the
turf beds into nded for the of the team at the
1000 yards range One huge chested guardian OF
the peace, seeing clergyman clad in mmacu
late black standing IN fronc of the ropes. endcav-
ored to make him retire. "Sure, we're a Clergyman
? can't We set an example ntrey = he CRED "Oh,
lave the c,argy alone" responded voice, 'iis
thruble enough we've had wild EN- Already And
the black.robed representative of the Church
manned inside the ropes Where the police at
tempted to force they were violently repelled,
and it looked at time if something like
faction light might occur the sides of the range,
where the lower orders held full sway
At last, however, the police, by dint of fresh
ropes and much persuasion, induced the crowd to
move just few PAGES back of the rhemens heels,
when the grand contest at a thousand yards be-
gan. There was such brilliant gathering around
the Irish team as is rarely seea IN Dublin No,
bemen, ladies, officials and their families crowded
around the handsome young fellows who were do
ing battle for Ireland hoping mutely to enconr-
age them; but it was of little avail. Wilson and
McKenna were applauded to the echo as they
made the white disk show itself time after time.
Every few moments the police frayed way for
some new arrival comprising half dozen fashion
able ladies and gentlemen, who were determined
: to be sin at the death.
Around the Americans also grouped very
enthusiastic party, prevented by nothing save its
nationality from breaking into cheers each tune
that the Old Reliable, or the champion shot OF
i America, or Giiderseeve, or Dakin made fine
shot During few minutes, when bulls eyes
were the rule on both the American and the Irish
/. targets, there dead silence. Most people
familiar with the sport knew that the contest had
been virtually decided at the 900 yards range, and
that the Irish riemen were not likely to make up
I what they had there lost. Blu; the great mass OF
lookers-on had an impression that the llsh could
shoot better than the Americans at the 900 yards
range. They were, therefore, considerably sur
prised when some American among the spectators
announced that the game was up and that it would
be impossible for the Irish to win. Fulton, Cole
man and Dakin, on the American side, had made
misses at the 900 yards range and the Irish had
based some hopes on that fact. But they were
speedily undeceved. The previous faults com
5 mitted by the Irish were too serious to be re-
paired, and as the rounds of fifteen shots each
came toward an end it was evident that the Amer
leans had won.
Tie Irish certainly shot splendidly at the long
est range. Wilson scoring fity-hge out OF a pos
; sible sixty and winning ample praise from every
body. The thing which had surprised and even
amazed every one was Colonel Bodne's wonder
full score at 900 yards, in which he had made four
teen bulls eyes out of fifteen shots, and, there
fore, when il was announced a minute or two be-
fore six o'clock that he to fire the last shot of
the match, every one gazed intently. Stepping
out lightly and uncOncernody, Bodinc hattened
himself on the tuif bed, Just as he had done at
Creedmoor many months previous, took long and
steady aim, appeared to be counting the flowers
or the grass stems between the end of his rifle bar
rel and the target, thea suddenly rose, as the
white smoke curled away from his gun, and
looked at the far-away target, till the white disk
came into view; then he went back to his seat and
began packing up his things az if nothing had
happened.
The Americans had beaten by thrty-cight
points Gilderslecye and Dakn making in the
three ranges higher scores than were ever before
made at a match in the I nited Kingdom. Bodine,
Gildersleeve and Dakin were like Indians in the
impassibility of their dcmeanor; Fulton chatted a
moment with the crowd; Coleman and Yale
seemed to take the victory as matter Of course
Major Leech, while the people were crowding
around the victors without however, giving them
any very hearty cheering), led the way to the
Dublin Shooting Club, from which the dense
throng were departing, aud there he made brief
speech, graceful and Chivalrous, is his swont,
after which lie proposed three cheers for Colonel
Gdersleeve and the American team. Meantime
the band Of the Fiftieth regiment was playing
"IIail Columbia people were running wildly
hither and thither asking each other the news,
and Colonel Gildersleeve replied in the midst of
the confusion, announcing that he and his men
had had fair play, and felt that they had been
contending with the best rihemcn in the world.
lie simply thanked Major Lecch for his multi
form courtesy, and proposed three cheers for
leeeh and his men, in which every one joined.
Five minutes thereafter there were hardly forty
people within the enclosure. Everyone was on
the way home and was engaged in farously dis
cussing the incidents which led to the winning by
the American team by majority Of thirty-eight
points.
Correspondence Of the New York Tribune)