The New York herald., 1877-09-15
We HOLD THE PALMA
The British Team Defeated BY
Ninety-Two Points.
AMERICAN TOTAL SCORE...... 1884
BRITISH TOTAL SCORE......... 3,242
The Winning Marksmen Make the
Highest Score on Record.
GREAT BRITAIN WILL TRY AGAIN.
An Enthusiastic Gathering of
Interested Spectators.
CLOSING SCENES AT THE RANGE.
Speeches by General Stanton, Sir Henry
HaJfoM and General Dakin.
An Enthusiastic Gathering Of
Interested Spectators.
CLOSING SCENES AT THE RANGE.
Speeches by General Stanton, Sir Henry
NaDford and General Dakin.
THREE CHEERS AND A TIGER!'


strong hea. bright sky and little breath STIR
ring Yet the large crowd, in which wore hundreds
Of ladies' suffered considerably from want Of shade Of
cool wafer and Of convenient ssass.
.wo carried 1000 passengers yesterday" said Mr..
Poppenhauson OF the Long Island Railroad To-day
thsre arc Al least double tha, number"
THE RIFLE rIrs
The coolest place on the range was the rtfs pits
right In tho limo Of n.e. That rampant Of green sod,
ON whieh sill beam hold up the great iron
Targets and which again continued behind them far
up to dark gray fence, was undermined with . cor.
rdor OF sombproois al least hundred yards long
Then beneath tho targets row sf iaboring men,
whose basness It to mark and identity the shots
aud 10 Indicate them the targets that they could
be BY the rincmon and spectators
Of mile away committee Of Investigation from
each also hid In this cool subcrrancan dcn and
before the shooting tho HERALD writer allowed the
infrequen, privilege Of walking through the place
"whas arc you paid, boys. for shis kind OF work"
asked leAn mastsr-oi.fact Pat, who ono Of
the raised platforms under tho target Beside him
was an old, pipc-smoking fAtherly Nilssian.
"Wc bc's paid $35 tho month--works on the grounds
BY the month"
"And It's dangerous work, young gintsman." said
tho old man. "Every in these rife pits has boon
splattsrsd struck with lead. Nobody, bless God
has been killed, bu. poor fellow lost an eys"
"Look at that plate glass over my head" said the
young man. sits thick, ain't ~ Well, see IL al,
chippca and splintered By the reboundng balls"
s.And the turf outside Is ploughed BY bullets a.
tousanA Ground moles had broke out Of JAIL" said the
old msa .Nobody I'M hors dare pesp At that target
except sAsoagh the glass, because 20 look through
the sIis bsyant the glass; the lead chips aud barns
ys."
BosId1aaeh man, - hssal aEhsA -skaAv~sa wsa,sed
the srsas white iron frames above. six fee n,sA ~
nine wds was his dinner kettle, and ncsr his feet
wore swo tin pans OF white and black pant with In
genious prushcs which served Ut indicate and
10 erase. The back OF the brush red Or whisc
signal and therefore while the brstlcs dipped In tho
paint erased the mark OF the bau, hs dtssAlt spec.
tators circular red signal displayed against the
whte OF the target white signal against tho black
buils-cye.
''Show the ginslcmap, BLY, how ws do H. There,
sir when the target struck a all this lever worked
by hand, 80. IL puts mp rcd iron diamond In the
CORNER against tho white Of tho target. That means
struck II Il don't appear there's miss But yop
fellows don't miss often. Poor Humphreys missed
twice yesterday. Hts gun had sho colo, / suppose.
swell, sur continued the young man, 'rf the BULBS.
eye hit pokes up tns brcsh. and while out
The mark II shows white signal Outside the bulis.
eye puts mp the rod backed bresh and covers the
spot whore I'm wipiny out tho ht Aud, now, have
70 got bit Of tobakkyf"
Here for six long hours tho markers keep their
Seats never leaving them, except when reltsved or
when there 10 dispute about shot Then the rcd
flag Is poked up through ernco ~ the target; II IL
responded to ~ the irng point BY pair Of nsss IN
ou. TO the rampar, Everybody Is excited "what IL
nf' That 10 what they arc trying TO nnd ou, Az
length tho response goes by telephone to the nring
point.-'Jsckson, cipherl" Tho audience mu,tsr and
"Oh-h.h !" goes around dissustedIy.
THE ENGLISH.
The British team offered tho HERALD writer place
the single table beneath their shelter table
already uncomfortably crowded with guns, ramrods
and ammunition chests. Near by tho three English
ladies', Mrs. Fsnton, Mrs. Armitagc and Mrs Humph-
rsys werc scstsd-almost tho only adios within tho
rope enc osure They black silk dresses, white
iaco pclfsscs anu straw has- tisd xbove with bluo
wells, and kept tho tally with diiigcnt in.
tercs,. Tho Gnglish party paid lit.le ut
tention to the shooting ot the AmercanH and almost
the only words hoard tho directions the two
coachcrs Major Waller and Mr.. GrecnniiL They SAT al
the end OF their telescopes, and at the side OF each
MAS a with = miniature target of str Bristol
board, which he stuck with three button. .headed
pins, nm exact presentmens Of shot, when held up
light ot thoss targets showed duplicate
the target the extreme Isi every shot had
retained; the target other showed tue target
". In miniature target therefore, were $50 pin
pricks The coach, GresnhiII, Is nns looking, |
ncrvously quick man. He watched the great wind
vanc with clock face, which was planted 4 third Of
The way down the range on tripod ny this and HE
telescope fixed tho target he determined the degree
aud course oil distractions.
"Fcrguss0u, set your sight at fourtecpi Hold o n
now I'll this li,tIe pun Is A l,tls TOO high
Mllncri Where Is your gun set, Risbyi Pas m down
TO twelve There, rs struck TO the Iet." All Of
which no duly recorded In n printed book OF blank
targets To every shot tho condition OF the saht
Was appended, with notes on the wind. 10. Thus Q
history Of this match is preserved for fturc uss and
reference. Mr. Evans OF tho British team, wore
spcctaclcs, and the only rncman In si,her team
who used them. He is = smalIish, rod faosd man OF
quiet address, bucket Of lemonade was supplied 10
tho British team, and Sir Henry HaTiord spbed a
ii..c brown stout Tho smmuni.iop Ghosts Of tho
English were made of leather, nlA,d with WOOD and
the powder was contained In long vessels or gss each
containing . charge. The lesdsn conroat balls and
pssseboard rammersshs former sncsssd In shells Of
papcr-wcre In the Same box. All tho Rigby
rammsrs were tipped with wooden bali.
The English guns COST twenty-five guneas apiece.
Mr. Rsby, the Irish manufacturer. shot
his back, his gun resting the Of hts right foot
ana sssadicd ~ his len. lie 10 heavily bearded and
wears checked shirt The English msrksmen nearly
oil wore caAsimeie hats OF . bw helmet shape, with
rims before and behind Miner misscd about half
past three o'clock He looked little detected. No
body said word nor even looked up. but silently
recorded Tho fact very few Of the crowd uttered
one jssr and then subsidsd to slight sense Of sell