Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-20
CREEDMOOR.
The Termination OF the Great Rifle
Match.
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Match.
New York Times. Is
At the opening of the battle, yes
terday the Scotch, it will be re-
membered, were four points ahead
of the Irish, and nine points in ad-
vance of the Americans. Here,
then, was so much disadvantage for
the home team to make mp, a mat
ter to which they addressed them
selves with great expedition. But
the Scotch are not apt to relinquish
a hard gain too easily, and they
also had some purpose in view, to
the carrying out Of which they ad-
dressed themselves with all the
GOODNESS and precision and stolid
disregard of surrounding circum-
stances which they had shown since
the competition opened. 1t was
said in the morning that the battle
lay between the Americans, Scotch
and Irish, for the Others had made
SO much "leeway," SO to speak,
that they were deemed to be prac-
tically out of the contest. But
stout hearts do not readily yield to
the pressure of adverse circum.
stances; it may be that they do all
the better for "clenched antago-
nisms," and on this account posi-
bly, the Australians, by the force Of
perseverance, found themselves in
a better condition at the close Of
the match. The keen contest be.
tween the Scotch and Americans
went on from the beginning. White
disc answered to white disc, and
an outside observer could not pos
sibly tell which team was sending
Some its bullets with truer effect,
The Irish, however, who were
deemed to stand as well as any
were falling off woefully. johnson
had forgotten his performance o
lodging fifteen shots clear on the
bulfs-eye, and had dropped to deeds
Of weaker worth. Sixty-one points
we're all he could put up agains
his splendid score Of seventy-fye al
the same range on Wednesday. Il
was so with the others. Fentor
made the top score of 6S. Ware
couldput onlyT1 points to his credit
Joynt Ga, Dyas So, Rigby G2, Mil
per 50, and Goff 56-their tota
amounting to 5O2. Meanwhile tht
Australians had been pulling VI
admirably, and closed with scor'
of 522. All the time a stubborn
battle had been going on between
the Scotch and Americans, ant
VIXEN the scores Were made up l
was found that they had tied at 525
thus leaving the Scotch the adyan
tage of nine points with which the,
h,sd started in the morning, "Now,,
said all, cit is between the Scotcl
and Americans" for the Irish wer
deemed to be in a bad plight, and
perhaps, if there was any prepon
derence Of opinion on the snbiect
it leaned to the side Of the deter
mined Scotsmen, who had held thel
own as well as they used long az
in Peninsular battles or on othe
fields of fame where duty or fealt
led them. Under such circum
stances the battle was renewed a
900 yards, and here came the greO
change. The Irish went from ba'
to worse, and although Dyas an
Others of the team were doing goo
service on X target, their unite
efforts could only reach the aggrt
gate of 4S5. The Australian scor
4 showed 494, a clear gain on tn
Irish; the Canadians were 465, an
the Americans showed the to
score of 513. The Scotch haC
however, in the parlance which bei
describes such an undesirable col
dition "gone to pieces their scol
falling to 462. ltwas now deemed
and rightly deemed, that all wa
over, yet as fortune had its Weiss
tudes heretofore, perhaps thel
might be some at the 1000 yard
1t argued great deal of credulit
to suppose such a possibility, bl
still the thing was worth a tria
When the teams came to the tirin
points at 1000 yards, the aggregar
uoOroo nf fha toonu etood 40 fOllOW