The New York herald., 1876-09-22
ONE THOUSAND rARDs.

white disk In front OF Americans and Irish showed
that both teams opened tho sport with tho highest pos
sibie number OF points, and elected mild repetition
of the familiar .'bu s-eycr chant Of last week On
tho American sde--that nearest the enco-thcre were
date Of tho Irish team appeared ready for
n more boiserous demonstration With labored effort
one OF the heaviest and Oldest OF the policemen
forced himself to upright position from the post he
had appropriated on hearing this applause, and, IN
solemn II somewhat woaried tones, requested the
spectators to exhibit their pleasure some mildof
FORM At this moment the gigantic sergeants I'M
mcnso form hove In sight In ms right hand he held
a long ebony baton from the handle OF which do
pended ropes of corded blue silk, with rich tassels
1t needless to say that the order OF the subordinate
immediately observed in the presence OF the chicI
But, spite OF this menacing presence, an enthuA.
astic lrshman on the extreme left with north coun
try brogue. kept saying, soto roce.
go IT, young johnson. IRON Belfast; shure when
lett the town yc weren't born"
But In general way, tho order OF the crowd ysster.
day was really excellent There were no unseomIy exit.
bons Of delight by the admirers OF the representatives
OF either country Only sight Of the wnite disk they
would say "BulI'seye" with such haste and eagernssa
that beokened superior knowledge on the part OF each
and every man who spoke the word. II
any Of those vino talked themselves into
hoarseness announcing ''buil's-eyes" were asked
why he spoke aloud doubtless he could
only answer that II relieved him, under tho circum-
stances, to hear the sound OF his own voco As the
match progressed the figures almost immediately
transferred TO bulletins where tho crowd could have
full view
Havc you ever been under ire? Nof Well 60 into
tho pit that along undor tho targets at
y
match is in progress. There you securely under
fire, and once in you may not leave untii
the last bullet has been nattened against the
target over your head. Standing 500 1000
yards from the targets the spectator who has not
already studied tho matter cannot well understand
the process OF marking tn, shots. He secs signal,
indicating that the trap Is open, and then disk rises
showing tho value OF the shot and its position the
target Yesterday the writer went into this enclosure
before the shooting commenced at 900 yards and
remained until It was finished al that range The pas
sage Is about SIX feet Deep about two and
four feet over head. There, under each target In
marker stands. Az his right hand 10 lever to
ft the trap, whose opening raises the danger signal
mentioned. Ranged In front of him the disks,
about two feet diameter, with brushes tho
reverse side to paint tho splash made BY tho bullet
tanning whitewash and one lampblack. Whom
ball strikes It's mark is Immediately discern
ibo on the target, the proper disk 10 dipped
in tho paint required, the trap opened and the shot
marked at the time that the splash msdc by shs
bullet is painted over and obliterated. But all this
time you nervous II you have never been In the
butts before, for an unaccountabls and In.
dohnable sense OF danger possesses 20. yos
feeling very soon wears OIL however, and you are -
much at case in the butts as you would fool ~ the
nring points Here, when you have learned the order
which squads are shooting aud when thero are no
misses you can tell just as well how the match pro-
cceds II you looking at the narksmen.
In yesterdays match each team was represented oy
judge at each target but there WAS no nced Tor 40
umpire or cessation Of the shooting but once 70 desef
mine the value OF n doubtful shot The Judges onea
and Jest each other and bot glasses Of beer, oi
snort on each coming shot when toward the coz.
clnsion Of tho shooting at 900 yards yesterday the
Irish judges In the butts saw that defeat was -.
most inevitable though accepting tho result wish good
grace they regretted H. as they feared now beaten
would bo hard 10 get another team 10 come over or
some time While they Jcstcd aud chatted below, me
hot sputterng lead flew OIL the targets cracking she
sxyehls way that bctokcned trouble II they could
only lind their way cear to ones eyes, 0rcas caution
must bo observed the butts 70 avoid accident and
greater arna points 10 watch and obey she
signals at tho butts
ArrEa rHx SHOOTING
At tho conclusion of the shooting number OF the
members OF both teams went TO the rooms Of the Am.
ateur Rife Club Klens Century Hotel, where dinner
had been ordered In anticipation Tho Americana,
through Colonel Mitchell, captain OF the victorious
team, invited their vanquished guests In the most