The New York herald., 1876-09-22
EIGHT HUNDRED yARDa
There II no chowdoY

yards range have already begun. There II no chowdoY
meat PIE during this interval
THE CHAPTER.
Rathbone opens at 3n &0m. with Q bulls eye.
Tremendous applause follows and a policeman along
the line, realizing that men are madc or unmadc In
moments OF emergency, shouts, "Gentemen, you
must not give expression to your fcelinksi" A
laugh Of derson made him hesitate tor moment, but
he FASTENED to add, 'Cause you'll njuro my friends
who are shooting"
Johnson's gun becomes unmana geable, and he ex
periences great trouble with IT, charge has got
clogged IN the weapon and stubborny refuses to ex
plode Some say that he has thoughtIessly rammed
the bullet home without any POWDER but to this John
sion caps without number and sorey tries his patience,
but, as the nursery tale has IT, 1.-THE gun will not"
discharging the load Then he begins his scoro with
outer His colleagues are already iour or Ave shots
ahead OF him.
Tho Americans, through tho misfortune which has
happened to Mr. Farwes nerves or his weapon pro-
coed to lose twelve or htteen points To this amuse
Mr.. Fulton also contributes But Farwell carries
of the palm, scoring six and shot on the
wrong target DakiD. Alien and Rathbone, however,
never disappoint Rathbone rises from his lowly pos
ture the happy possessor OF another bulls
eye, and Is greeted with the words GOOD
boy old Trustyl" The match nears its END. 1t has
reached point at which the Irish team cannot win,
for they have more points 10 make than bulls eye for
every shot would give them.
There Is very little enthusiasm at tho end. II ID
quiet victory and an honorable defeat
PROM THE MATCH.
The shooting throughout the match shows that while
tho Irish rhemen managed to hold their elevation ad-
mrably seldom getting OF the ts-get. they were not
able. particularly the 900 yards range, when tho
wIod was shifting and puny, TO prevent quite
a number OF their shots from scatter
ing, thus considerably reducing their score.
Whether attributable to the lighter charges OF
powder and lighter bail they use, or beng unaccus
toned TO that particular wind, Is an open question: II
IL dhcult 10 make general statement IN such mat
ter but an examination OF the HERALD's target da-
grams will show that the variant tendency from
the true centre Of tho target up and
down with the Americans and from side
10 side with the Irish. Some splendid
scores made, notably General Dakins. with its
total o 20s with only three nncrs in the whole forty
vc shots and of the perpendicular line OF
the bulls eye Mr. Nillner again made fine score,
only blemsh being miss at the longest range.
Mr.. Farwels mishaps ut tho 1000 yards range
wore very look up to the last
moment but there fortunately for tho Americans
enough and 10 spare carry the team to victory No
who has not felt the demoralIzng effect OF couple
OF misses at u critical moment can appreciate the
difficulty OF onco more bracing up TO. nnish score
Mr. Miliner who gained such renown in the late
matches, had similar run OF Ill luck AZ
Doiiymount last year In each case, We believe the
trouble beginning with tho gun, soon included The
man. The match Is another triumph tor American
brecch-ioading rides as well as for American marks
Tho following meteorological obsorv wore taken
by the HERALD corps the range yesterday and viii
be found extremely useful and suggestive 10 rife
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS DURING THE DAY.