The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-10

The black circle In the centre OF the board Ia
the "bull's-eye," and IL three feet In diameter.
The spacc between that aud the surrounding
circular line IA the centre" and IA four feet
and half In diameter. The space between the
"inner," a square OF six ieet The spaces each
side OF the inner arc cutters" and are each six
feet high oy three vide. People who read about
the traditional old Kentucky marksman who
hits pennies and snurs candles with his rife,
onhand, laugh at the notion OF shooting at a
target twelve by six feet aud missing a bull's.
eve thre, feet In diameter, but at loo Yards. or
nearly two-thrds OF anile the bnli'seye looks
not much larger than a speck. and man stand
in9 against the target looks ike pigmv Pow
erfu telescopes are required to show the mark
made IN the fresh paint with which tle target Is
covered. In addition to the "spottsr," who
siis by the marksman, and looking through the
tele cope announces and registers the shots,
there are markers stationed At the targets
In front OF each target Is a ditch SIX feet deep,
covered with stout roof, In which Is pane OF
glass, through wnicn the marker In tho ditch or
butt can see tho target Then there Is a trap
which orens easily oy lever. The bullet
opens tue tr y, and IN so doing eignals tnat the
shot Is on" tits "bulls-eye," he takes
over the snOt. On the back Of the disc 10 a
brush covered with black paint with which tho
m rker paints out the shot s he signals It, The
spotter marks forthe bull's-eye. A centre" is
marked by red disc, and counts T. An Inner"
Is marked by a white disc with a black cross.
and counts g. An "outer" is marked by black
disc, sud counts 2. These three last discs have
brushes filled with white paint. with which, a.
the signal i made, the shot IS obht-rated. The
position of marker. Notwithstanding the pre-
cautions taken, IL dangerous. 1t sometimes
happens that careless marksmen hrc the
wrong target just as the marker has raised the
| tap. and the splash" from the bullet bits him.
| A marker lost his sight thus recently.
Tue wa ching Of the wind Ia no small point.
| II is estimated that gentle wind blowing only
| four miles an nour will throw a bullet three feet
| and n half out of straight line IN thousand
yards. moderate wind Of ten miles an hour
will cause II to deviate seven feet, fresh wind
OF twenty mles an hour Will throw II On eleven
! feet, and strong wlnd Of thirty hye miles an
| hour " il throw " Of sixteen feet. There Ia at
| Crsedmoor clock di with hand connected
with a weather vane. and every variation
| Of tic Wind "a readily seen. and tnus rilemen
come to steak Of "hVe o'clock wind, ten
| o'cluck WIND, aud the like. The wind gauge
on the end OF tho barrel OF the rins Is to move
| the sight horizontally in accordance with the
strength OF the wiuu. The rear sight, which Is
ucrpendicuiar, Is t. Get ne proper elevation. IL
| The sichi Is moved the one hundrsdtn y RI 81 an
| inch on either the wind gauge or q e rear sight
1t IS equal II detection on the t,rget OF eight
incnc- in SO yarUs. inc inches I'm 800 yards, and
| ten inches III LOO ,ards " When the wind is M :
| ~. good markshcn often ch ,ugs them several
| lines after getting In position to make n shot.
| The benent OF an experienced "coach' Is In his
Aullitv To judge OF the proper windage and eie-
v.tlon.
There has no, been better opportunity to OBJ
s'rve the pecullaIities Of marksmen. for there
| nave not seen i've such teams together before.
| marked pecuarity is the eye. Ii has been
said that the best shots are blue-eyeo. Obser-
vations at Creedmonr shp" tnat this Is true IN a
great measure. and show that IL may lie nut
twn as an ! Xl3in that NE best shots nave
| light eyes The lrishmen h We two men, ward
| and Dy :, whose eyes are rather dark, tut
| Wards are hazel. a good color among rllemen,
| ana DNas hd- DARK gray. ne rest OF the team
have blue or gray ewes. Lttut. F.nion. who
y-,terday made total of eli cut OF - has ewes
| OF " irsh blue that can see wOnuerfuly well.
| There Is not "A dark ele ed man In the ecutcn
team Il BOYD be excepted, and his are dark
| gray. DR.. Mitchell, OF the team, gives II a. his
| eXpcrience that the best shots nave hght syes.
| Judge G.ldeIsleeye has lignt h eel eyes. " They
are rs yooI as telescope" said one of the tine-
| men. Fulton's ewes ure MS blue the sky, aud
| tarwell's sre u h,tls lighter. ID kin ias blue
ewes. aud Col. B dine ~uitndid gray ewes. Alien,
.uNHl ali
| Ratntone'- are eray. as are " eber's. fhe Aus
traiians all nay lsnt ewes, blue and gray aud
| n.ut Ia eel. no Canadians are darhe.-ei ed as
atcau, out there are no black eyes tuere.
The far away steady look Of he best marks
| man Is noticeabie. " Nheu they look al an object
they look at IT," not glance a. It," And tney
are ali diiet. reserved, self-contlined gentle
men itlhe shooting seems TO be one Of the
| gentle arts Judging from the quiet gentle
| men who excel in H.
Whichever II these i've teams Of quiet gentle
men "in Tie trophy, twin be soioetnine worthy
Of competing for. The trophy Is well named.
for II is suicty such. lts form AS sul.
| rested by the old Roman standard, ind
| ITS materials are iron. pp-f, silver, and gold.
| he standard l. Of ron. -rvru anu "a half feet
| high. ON TINS is an non banner inlaid with
| gold tracery, over whlcu ire tue words IN silver.
" Ia tho name oi the United states OF Aneuca
20 the liaemen Of tue worli," loe god
tracer, il uush with the iron, aud the silver let
| t-Itps Is raised. lhla banner Is suspended from
a bundle OF copper Iods, emnlen,atic Of unity.
! Above the rous Is bar OF non, burdered with
| copper, ON whicn Is the word " Palma" in
| rai-ed silver letters. Overying this inscription
Is a large siiNer wreath, and the whole IL sut-
| mounted ~ a buInished COPPER eagle. ON the
| sauner Is ham Of silver wfeaths, each sur
| rounding copper medallion, on whlth the
| name uf the winning team VIII oe Inscribed
| from year to year. The shaft II tue ban
| ner l. Of iron, with copper hilet-, and the
| banner Is entirely surrounded with raised
| scroll border. Ia gold, which Is inl III with gold
fringe. The back Of the banner u covered wl,n
| munograms OF the letters " L. =" The trophy
must tie seen to he appreciated. for It Is OF ele-
gar. % woTkmansh'o sHrp,cies n,oi IN Toyknan
| he the information | LTOuny.