New-York tribune., 1876-08-10
cRrrnNooR RIrLE-sHOoTING.

SYSTEMATIC PRACTICE or TIE AAEli'A" ILNN
SHADY wouK AND SATISFACTORY RESULTS
ARRIVAL or roREiG% TEAMS.
The rilemcn composing the teams and re-
scrycs FOR the Centennial and IrsAmerican matches
couti,ed their practice Yesterday Crccdmoor. whore
tev meet twice week to prepare themselves Tor the
Irat,hc, vl the scotch. Irish Australian, and Canadian
teams IN t'.c place on sept T. 3D. and H. IN" shoot
ins orIl WIS better than the average though not az
good a. on tie day previous. This partly due 20
scattering .uuIs which passing under the -un. made tue
apparent positions oi!thc target different from their real
po-Ji- .d rendered the elevations rcachclous All
Of The rnciurs of the present with the cs
c,rtiou ~ y wa-hburn and Col slaI,r l.. Weber WAS
wholly iuGi FOR practice. ~ he suffering from H.
famruatt tou Of the stomach He. however made good
score, b.iu- the nnh the list During the hrhE
tho wind y,clcd from the northern eui OF the range 10
tho southern end, and luterfrrcd seriously WIN lhe
shooting. II s evident that the men are improving "ith
cyc., day practice and tncy that they are dcir'-
mined 10 make 1000 point, out of possible lsoo p-
fore The cud u the month The recognized team Ot eight
VIII not probably bc chosen definitely until the dag be-
fore the match yet there j, ao doubt that Gen l. =
p.kin col Farwcu, l. Weber, Major Fulton. f. Hyde
Major Vale, Major Jewell, and J. {. Bruce or K Eath-
bone VIII constitute the team \ chan-e viii Pee made
IN hs list IL 4. found that any of the Others make
better general average.
Tho men are confident that they wil carry OF tic ro
r,y Vet admit that The scotch team is very strong one
aud las an excellent record They say that tbey are
beaten il viii be- 90 fine score. and one OF which they
need not be ashamed. The total oi the highest si9ht
scores made yesterday was j-3 points while the scores
OF the team proper Aggregated LIS, points L H1tl-
bone who stood t, highest TUESDAY score urm.
bcr tHrcs yc .rcrlly although 500 yards hc atc II
,lt possible 10 ITS average is excellent ana 10 IS
ros,.ilr that he viii wu place tho Z, 20. T. ire
qucu'v. however. makes the mistake Of hr!aE - tb,
wIure TARGET, which is very fatal one N i'c' ana
one ;.s easily be made II the utmost caution y nos
prcsr ,d when taking position. OF ,he tenn there ale
ONLY three members who belonged u thr American ;u
of last year They nave erected Major sutton ' hrir
capt liu judge Gilderslrrve twice cc', 'd t",
declined, giving reason That MS la...u Iuu.-'
prevented Linn from accepting Ga" honor VI" "t' '"''
ary desired because OF LIs executive GllHfN ana on
account " hs READINGS, speaker which wonid have
been of service in tho ntcrah4ugr of social "Juees
Gen. SaSrr Na- then elected, but hc also 'ih ''i
r- iuc.- reasons. COL Euduc spoken oi but II WIS
Uudrr fnul iat he would not accept. MAJOR tultpu was
then unanimously elected. Tie member" "i Tue team
have established system In communicating valuable
io,rs in elevation uOey9uc" fly rhc wind. g., that
IL ono iu,sr, .uscye the next mau can guard agaus;
s,-tu wa noticeable in the British Team last year. and
that N surc"7 "i ih' ti-h Irain ia q. H'
E.rho SheH lasf year WAS due 10 the "coachi5 oi the
r,rt Of the Australian Team reached Francisco
few day, ago, and they are expected 70 Rirs' u,t 10
The rest of tn team will come by ~" way or
Aug. u. The National Eita Association has ton
d,rsd 10 the scotch ricincn the o the Crccdmror
nom iu' time OF lNrlI H'ItNs ii' 'l' ti'''0
hty" also this privilege, though tn'y asked for 10 for only
v.c.. The shooting or SEPTEMBER IL VIII d. lu udi-
NI mttclr, for Niuab" prizes, Ia hr rhri iuF az t
POO SEQ. aud COO yard ranges ON sept - ana IL "
The m.trh,s at the 800 900 and IOvpJarl n-rN
The tigd dHy being duplicate of the second ddy--inr
H. ri I'M ,tith ,i, f,ct iuchc. Ioug mounted o n
s..n ir,t long The stan viii be sugnOuutcd by an
calr sGrporigg bar, upon which VIII be lh5Dild thc
dat, 81 a., matc and the monogram Uf tire association,
'. +. ~ Ipou the banner will Doe Inscribed " In the
rI.. the Iutrl states %! America 10 tur lncWcn Of
the World" The banner aud G.,U breast decoration Tor
cap'. uruh,r or th, winning team are being made 0y
i ruN q CO. The utmost good feeling exists between
t uli members o tie team ana the new some oi whom
Yr,,t .,d ride on long rang, until a, spring. Tie
iu.U"ihV are The scores mad, yt stc!dly