The New York herald., 1877-09-04
RIFLE CRACKS.

The Range Committee Of the National Rife Associa
on have thrown open the military distances at Creed
moor for the OF members Of the National Guard
who may wish to practice between now aud Inc fall
meeting, with the sole condition that officers and mon
nvang themselves Of this privilege shall pay for the
markers while using the targets.
There long range shooting yesterday at Creed
moor, and therefore a number OF tho gentlemen be-
longing to tho UNITED Kingdom team were enabled
10 visit this city. Messrs. J. X. Miner, +. Taylor
Piggott and Vernon X Armitage took look into the
Court General Sessions, and seemed TO be deeply
tercsted in the method of conducting criminal cases
there.
MrN. P. Stanton, Pr ,sident OF the National Asso-
cation was the bearer of invitations to the members
oil tho British rifle team requesting them to accom-.
papy The visiting Governors in their trip to-day
around New York bay and larbor but in consequence
OF this being practice day with the team OF the
marksDen who are competing Tor places Will be able
accept the invitation. Hence, only the ''walking
gentlemen" OF The BRUSH party will be with their Ex-
cellenclcs the visiting Governors.
The North Side Railroad s,il very successful IN
noyng riemep, who compelled TO Its trains
and from Crcednoor. The managers hat road Will
not put accommodation train between 'iour
seventeen" anu six lortytwo' oclock T. NJ. The con
sequence Is that man finishing his score at twcnty
minutes aftc: iour o'clock-as many oil them dds
obliged TO hang around the "reireshment saloons
until nearly seven O'Clock On this account men who
1--we IN distant parts of New York and Brooklyn can
home TIL after oisht O'Clock. They become
disgusted with Creedmoor, and the ranges suffer on
account OF the railroads. short sighted policy.
10 every person not national guardsman the
Long Island Railroad Company charges sixty two
the round trip ticket to Crcedmoor, while the
ctiZcn soldiers pay thirtyl cents for the same
commodation. Nobody finds fault With this arrange
mept, but II now transpires that the company is
short OF military tickets, and who did not lay
a stock Of them obliged to pay the regular fare
The company pockets the difference. Meanwhile It's
officers say that they are making arrangements TO
sell these National Guard tickets at their hunters
Point Office OF course, the "unusual pressure Of
business Will prevent them from completing their
rangenents until after the fall meeting OF the Ma
tlonaI RGe Association By that time the corporation
Will have pocketed a snug sum TO which 1t has no
right all aud thon, when 1t will not much matter
done IN the premises the company will find
time to sell the soldiers tickets.
To-day the American national rifle team, the British
team and the team representing the State OF Louisiana
will shoot the long ranges at treedmoor. The
days shooting will be very interesting the rival
teams arc likely to practice with good deal OF care,
knowing, they must, that The public anxiously
watching their performances. IL may be safely pre-
dcted that on Saturday last the British reached their
maximum scores. Ii they equal or surpass today
what they dId Saturday they IA far stronger
body OF inarksmen than many good judges in such
matters give them credit Tor being. IL can hardly be
expected that under present circumstances the British
will reach !, 600 points.