Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-14
THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH.

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Al the time w go 10 press the result
Of the great International Rifle Match
at Cresdmoor has been decided. II the
Americans have won. m the whole n
ton is ~anxiously hoping. We shall all
rejoice with au exceeding great Joy. It
would DO exceedingly humiliating to
see our Centennial trophy taken FROM
Us in this. the first year Of the new GEN.
fury. aud borne away to that land oar
victory over which II is intended to SYM
bolize. There is anything but eternal
ntness in such an occurrence. The
British team itself. should Il Be success
full in winning the match. could never
look upon its prize without having
aroused ssms Of that hostile feeling
which characterized Americans AMI
Englishmen q hundred years age. We
are friends now; the best Of trends. and
the selection OF the Centennial trophy
~ . prize to be shot for by an slclu'
sivsly British team was. TO say the
least. injudicious. We wish to excel
our English cousins in the use OF tho
rifle. II possible: but II they beat US. 1t
seems rather hard that they should DO
rewarded by q trophy which can only
recall to their minds the humiliating
defeat OF their own country.
The probability. however. is that they
will not DO subjected to any undue MOI.
tifcation ON that core. At the coneln.
sion Of tho shooting yesterday after
noon, the Americans were &c points
ahead. ten on the eight hundred yard
range. ten ON the nine hundred. and six
on the thousand. Twenty-six points
are hard to make up Of themselves. and
the dsmonlizing effect Of their loss will
not make the hands OF the British team
stsadier nor their eyes surer. Each
team has fifteen shots ut each range to-
day. and unless the English score a total
Of twenty.ssvsn mort than the Ameri-
cans. We shall have won the fourth
grand international match. The targets
are changed to-day. the British team
shooting at those used by the Americans
yesterday. This will not help them in
tho match. for the ground will he com
pAraiivsly new to thsm. while the Amer
leans, who take the targets used by the
British yesterday. will be as much a
home ~ ever. Everything Is. indeed,
in our favor. and unless some remarka'
bly, poor shooting is done by our boys
We shall beat the foreign team by FROM
thirty to hfiy points.
There are many we'll. intentioned. hui
uureiscting persons. who sneer at rifle
practice and ask impaiisntly. "of what
use Is Il ?" The question Is q silly one.
4, il tru. that In the din and confusion
Of battle. absolute accuracy Of eye and
precision Of aim is not essential. In u
large army q bullet IA very sure to reach
some victim. even whom iired at random.
But has Il never occurred to our readers
that death Is not the only mission oil
the ride THAT legitimate practice In
peace on that instrument Of destruction
in war. betters tho man. physically AMI
mentally. Whether it has occurred Il
them or not. il is 4 fact which canno
~ ignored. Rias-shooting Is not onl,
a gsntlemanly sport, u physical recrea
ton . II Is a school in which minds ar
trained to habits Of precision. and thu
body is brought into complete subj-c
ton to the will power Of tho man.
Rife practice Is tn the body wha
geometry Is to the brain. Not one in
hundred marksmen ever expect to b
engaged In battle; not n in Il thou
sand Who study geometry ever expect T.
become surveyors. And yet our son
and our daughters are supposed to un
dsrsiand the principles Of the science
and to-day II 10 taught in all the highe
grades OF the public schools. Tn,
reason is that II disciplines the mind
and teaches the scholar to ~philosoph
ically reason n every abstruss PROPOSE
ton. Bihspractiee disciplines the body
To make u good score the nerves mus
bepsrfcctly subjected to tho will. the ey'
must be trained to see with accurate pre-
cision; the wind must be eorrectl,
gagged. so that its obstructive force ma,
DO overcome; the qualities Of light an,
shade. and their relative effect on thu
target must be thoroughly understood
There are n thousand little things 10 bs
studied and mastered in order to becom,
Q good rifismsn. and the man who
studies and masters them has achieved
. great victory over himself and III,
laws Of nature.
Rife shooting is not = useless anuse-
msnt. 1t il a grand science. and II
more attention WAS given to II in this
country We should have q nobler and
letter race Of men than We y nov
boast.
BRIGHAM YOuNG'~ MOTHER.