The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-07
RIFLEMEN ON TIE RANGE.
TIE FOUR TEAMS PRACTISING AT
CREEDMOOR yesterday.
sketch Of tho Men from Australia
Americans In THIRD Place on the score
List-A Fnxorn bic DIV Tor the hhnniInn.


A sketch OF the Men from Au-traiia-The
| Americans in THIRD Place on the score
| List-A Favorable Day for tho shooting.
For the first time the four rifle teams
the Australians, Irish, Scotch, and American
fired at Creedmoor targets side by side yester-
day The dav was favorable for good shooting,
| the wind being Hight, aud the sun not shining
too brightly. At the extreme right were the
Irlsh eleven from which the team OF eight IL
soon to be chosen. Next to them were the gray
clad Scots, eight stalwart rnemen. The worst
that has been said Of them Is that thew shoot in
| the forward position, with one exception, and
| American rinemen think this not the best. But
the Scotch shoot well. The Australian eight
we're next the Scotch. THIS was the first days
shooting OF the team since its nnal formation.
Can't. J. McGarvoy Smith, who led the score in
the competition matches for position on the
team Is a native Of Sydney, New South Wales
He Is a genuine "Cornstalk," as the Australians
call tho natives Of New South wales, to distin-
guish them from tho "Gumsuckers," as the
Victorians are called But Capt Smith looks
very little like a cornst TX being short and ro-
tund, aud very Jolly, With full brown beard,
anp merry & , sws1 he made Ss
scores ever made In the colonies, with Enfield
artillery, good looking Englishman, from New
| south Wales. With full brown beard. He won
Tue NdIOHul ltluc AsSOClHtlOu ne0nl al M1mDio-
don with an English rifle, and Is ono OF the
crack shots Of the team.
Capt J, S. Lynch, the third man In tho team.
IL an Irishman, and Ia one OF the best small
bore shots IN New South Wales both ~ a target
shooter and sportsman. He has competed 10
more smaIl-bore matches than any member OF
the team, and has won tho largest money
prixes. Though only ~ wears old. he looks older,
Tor be wears a long gray beard, rapidly becom-
ing white.
Captain II. J. King, a straight, soldierlv look
Ing gentleman, with hne features. and brown
m "a IA ha m In
on the team. lie Is "A "eumsucker," no says
that is, native OF Ylctoria-and ranks as captain
and adtutant In the Fast Melbourne Artillery.
lie won the SargOod cup-(tns thousand yard
Australian prize) IN 1873 and 1874 and has taken
nrizes every year In the members m Itches In
the intercolonial small-bore matches. lie Ia
IS years Of age.
The hfth man is Major ]. G. sleep OF tho Mel
bourne Rifles, also long bearded. and who looks
vef, uluch like an Ametic N, though he ~
| Cornwall Enellshman. His reputation Is best rs
rge-bOfe iiheman. but he Ia a verv fine shot
with the small bore, aud ne won several prizes
At Win bledpn this season.
Mr.. j. j. Sldde Is an Engishman. rs years old.
with a tig brown teard. lie is slender and
let enh his eyegl asses give him scholarly
has pi ubably had more practice with the small.
bore rifle than any member OF the team In 1870
aud he has carried of all the leading prizes Ia
the tnterculOnial matches.
Lieut.. r. 4. Draper Of the Engineer Corps is
from Nictoni. He wop tue Sargood cup in 1875.
with score OF SO out OF n possible ~. He mas
taken many prizes in the iniercolunLd matches.
Nv ~ a -lutii " M Win "A dark. INll beard.
Can't u. j. Wardili Is a rusv-faced. Ight. haired
Ehgishinan with a sandy moustache. lie wa,
winner OF the Ssrzood cup IN ls72, with a score
OF t3 out Of o.. mitch has not been beaten. Hts
scores IN tho intercoloniA matches Of 1873 and
$50 were he hiKnc-t. lie also won the Mem
tiers match in 1873 and 1874, AMI has taken many
otcer prtzrs.
Capt Greenfield Is their adiutant aud referee.
MIR. Augustus Morris, the Centennial Commits
siOner from New South Wales. VINO has ueeu
cnuscn Their captain, will Join them on Froay
Mex To the Australians were the American
L. m. Their scores showed poor shooting, and
there seeu,- loo be q l,ck 81 harmony among tns
/ memhers. There T. more tad t,lking done than
good shooting. lhcit team total Is los, 10 td-
lng the Australians just one point hut they
had eleven men to ltrk the eight scores from.
IN" Australian teams score footed up Ht l.b21,
the Americans At Lass, and the Scots at l4ti
At noon Gen. Dakin entertained the Scotch
team Ia his tent, spreading an elaborate lunch.