Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-09-30
THE RIFLE MATCH.


THE RIFLE MATCH.
The ChRapisaship 81 tho Wsrld Wen
the Amertcans..Tke Irishmen TalAin
SECOND Place. the scotch and the Aus
traliass Tied, and the Canadians FIT
sw The List.
The numerical scores made by th
various teams at the Creedmoor shoot
ing show that the results were Of o YER
high order. The averages were goo
for the leading teams, and some extra
ordinary displays were make by indi
viduals, particularly by Messrs. johnson
and Millner. OF the Irish team. Mr.
johnson hit the bull's-eye at eight hun
dred yards fifteen times, making seven
ty-five points, feat accomplished bu
once before. Mr.. Millner did almos
equally we'll in hitting tho bull's-ey
thirteen times at q thousand yards; bu
DIR. Mitchell, Of tho Scotch team, bet
tered this by making the surprising
score of fourteen bull's-eyes at tho sam'
range. The fortunes Of the first da.
were varying. The Americans led b!
fifteen points over the next highest team
At the eight hundred yards range, bu
lost part Of their advantage at nine hun
dred yards, and at thousand yards were
passed by both the Scotch and Irish
When the day ended the Scotch were
four points ahead of the Irish and the
Irish five points ahead of the Ameri
cans. The Australians we're thirty-twe
points behind the Americans and the
Canadians were almost one hundred
points behind the Scotch. The battle oi
the first three teams could hardly be
closer, and added much to the excite
ment of the second day. The Americans
had tho misfortune to make important
errors. Mr.. Fulton missed his target
once, and General Bodine made bulls
eve on the wrong target.
On the second day the shooting COM
menced with eager excitement on all
sides. At the beginning of the firing
the Scots were nine points ahead of the
Americans, with the total score of
1856; the Irish were five points ahead
Of the Americans, with 1852; the Amer.
leans were 1,577; the Australians thirty
two behind them, with 1,545, and the
Canadians at the foot OF the list, eighty
seven behind the Americans, with a
score of 400. Rathbone made the last
shot on the eight hundred yards range
for the Americans, making round miss,
and then it was ascertained that the
Scotch and Americans had each made
525, and stood relatively as when they
begun, the Scots still nine points ahead.
The Irish, however, had fallen off
twenty-three points, making 502, which
threw them into third place, thirteen
points behind the Americans, and twen-
ty-seven behind the Scotch. The Aus.
tralians made 523, thus getting up to
within seventeen points of the Irish.
The Canadians, with 492, were 1879 be-
hind tho leading Scots.
The total scores for tho whole match
now stood: Scotch, 2,111; Americans,
2,109; Irish, 2,084; Australians, 2,067;
and Canadians, 1882.
Then the shooting atthe nine hundred
yards range commenced. The Ameri-
cans shot we'll over this range, putting
up the ball's-eyes rapidly, and closed
the Score with five bull's-eyes, center,
an outer and an unfortunate mise by
Allen, his third in the day.
There was cheering among the specta
tors when the totals showed that the
Americans had gained fifty-th points
on the Scots, and were fourty-four
points ahead of them, with a score of 515
to the Scots 462. The Irish, by getting
1876, tied the Scotch in the days shoot
ing, and stood relatively as they did at
tho beginning of the day, four behind
them. The Australians beat both Scotch
and Irish at nine hundred yards, with a
score of 494, and thus crawled up to
within eight points of the Irish, and
twelve of the Scotch. The Canadians,
with 1865, were 10 behind the Ameri-
cans.
The total scores for the match showed
that the Americans had made 2,617; the
Scotch, 2,576; the Irish, 1860; the Aus
tralians, 1861, and the Canadians,
2, 2,447.
The scores made at the 1000 yards,
by the Irish team. were excel
lent. The Americans added 500 to
their score, making q grand total OF
8, ,126, out Of 5000 possible. leading the
field by twenty-five points. The Irish,
by the fine score of 435, took second
place. with 3,104 for grand total, and
were forty-two points ahead of the
Scotch. The latter had made 489, and
their total was 3,062, exactly the same as
The Aus traliaus', who had made sol at
200 yards. The Canadians, by max
ing 476, got grand total of 1923.
Mr.. Millner led the field, as he leads
the world, with the marvellous score of
,eventy-ive at 1000 yards. Dyas,
Boyd and Gildersleeve followed
With seventy -one each; Slade and Fen
;on made sixty-nine; Farwell, sixty
sight; Draper, Rigby and johnson, six
;y-seven; Rathbone, sixty-six; Weber,
Allen and Ward, sixty-fve; Adam,
Lynch and Thorburn, sixty four; Smith
md Bell, sixty-three; Joynt, Gee, Bo-
line and McVettie, sixty y-two; CLARK,
King, Sleep and Mason, sixty-one
Jolton, Gibson, Whitelaw and Rce,
ixty; Goff and Murison, fifty-nino; Full
on, fifty-eight; Mitchell, fifty-seven;
Disher, fifty five; and Fraser, Wardill,
)akin and Cruit, tifty-four.
The team totals for the second days
are as follows:
AMERICAN IEAM.-hanGOm hatnDOne,
'03; H. A. Gildersleeve, 200; John Bo-
line, 1856; W. B. Farwell, 1876; L. Web
r, 1893; I. l.. Allen, 1888; T. s. Dakin,
S8; Henry Fulton, 1856. Total, 1,549.
IRISH TEAM.-George Fenton, 1879;
J. K. Millner. 1893; Henry Dyas, 1876;
Nm. Rigby, 19l; E. Johnson, 100; ".
:. Joynt, 1888; A. Ward, 1856; W. G. D.
4off, 175. Total, 1922.
ScoTcH TEAM-M. Boyd, 1856; Capt.
1874; w. Clark. 189; E.
fraser, 1888; r. McVittie, 1888; P. Rae,
80; 7. r. Whitelaw, 1872; J. Mitchell,
81. Total, l, ,476.
AUSTRALIAN TEAM.-J. j. Slade, 2O5;
}. Gee, 1876; Capt. J. 81. King, 100; J.
fec. Smith, 1S9; Lieut.. 7. T. Draper,
88; J. s. Lynch, 1877; H. T. Sleep, 1856;
;. J. Wartlill, 1T. Total, 1,517.
CANADIAN TEAM. james Adam, 100;
Y. H. Cotton, 1856; A. Bell, 1873; J. M.
4ibson, 1888; G. Marison, 1872; J. j.
Jason, 180; W. Oruit, 166; G.. Disher,
63. Total, l, 433