Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-13
THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH To-


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The INTERNATIONAL MATCH To-
DAY.
To-day and tomorrow the great In
tsrnational ride match. between . picked
British and American Team Of eight
each, will be shot at Crssdmoor. Long
Island. II will BE- the Fourth Intsrna-
,ional match. and is looked upon with
more than ordinary interest. because
this time the Americans have to cope
with q distinctivsly British team. In
the three previous contests the teams
from Great Britain have been from some
special locality; this time the members
come from each Of the three divisions oil
the Queens dominions across the SEQ
England. Ireland and Scotland. In the
three previous contests the Americana
have been victorious. which 10 certainly
q great honor. considering that the
British marksmsn had been lookedupon,
until We vanquished them. asths champ
ions Of tho world in ride shooting.
Their tsams aere composed mostly oil
Lords and gentlemen Of leisure, who
had nothing Ia do but practice for sport
The men whom we placed against them
could only practice after a hard days
toll. or on Sundays. And yet wo have
~yspauished them thus far, which goes
10 show tina, Americans are tho best
m.rksmen in the world to-day. To-
morrow they may be forced to take the
second rank. hut their prnctice.shooting
during the past two weeks gives no in
diea,ion Of such a fate.
The British team arrived in New York
two weeks ago last Saturday. and since
that time the mon have been continually
practieing under the immediate super
vision Of Sir Henry Halford. their Cap
tain. The esntlemsn who came are Sir
Horny st. John Hslford. Lieut.. George
Fsnton. Lieut.. Col. James Fsnton. X.
T.. Humphreys, X. s. Greeuhill. G.
Grant P~e,srkin. ]. X. Miner. Vim.
Hisby. Sergeant n. X. Ferguson. Arthur
NJ. Frazer. =. Taylsr Pigsott, Capt. A.
l.. Bowiby. II. savills Ward Evans, Ser
ssant wm. II. Glider and Col. G. Lemon
Peel. From these gentlemen the team
Of eight and two reserves will be select
ell on the grounds to-day by their Cap
tain. The American team was made up
some two weeks since. and consists oi
the following riismen II. 5. Jewell,
/. l.. Allen. W. II. Jackson. L. Weber,
Frank Hyde. T. s. Dakin, l.. c. Bruce
and G. Z. Dlyj,nburg. with l.. l.. Hep
burn and s. Lamb. Jr.. reserved.
The conditions Of the match are ID,
same as those which governed the thres
preceding contests. Any rifle may b
used. The match Ia to last two days,
and thirty shots are to 10 fred ut each
range. The targets. marking and scor'
ing are to be in accordance with the reg
ulaiions Of the National Rifle Associa.
ton. The highest possible individual
score is 40. making the highest posi-
BILE score for . team 5000. Az fifteen
shots will be fired by each man at each
distance to-day. the highest possible
score for each man to-day will DO 225,
aud for each team 1880. The prize ID
the Centennial Trophy, won for the first
time by the Americans last year. when
they contested with picked teams from
Australia, Canada. Scotland and Ire
land. I, would be very notifying to
see this trophy leave America. and The
American team have no intention Of al
lowing 1t to do so.
The American and British teams fred
in practice. at Creedmoor. on Angus
eth. ihs EnsiiSh team 'o'a'' out OF
field Of thirteen mafksmen' was i'of'
out OF q possible l.sOO. q showing equa
"a an individual average o. 1921 out o.
N possible 225. The American team
total. out Of 4 ii.ll Of ten marksmen,
wa. I,G40 points out OF a possible 1900.
the individual average being 2O5 out Of
rs. On August Goth they again
met on the range. eight OF the English
scoring l.512 out Of a possible I 800. the
individual average being 1867. The
eight Americans scored i,62s points,
the individual average being eo3H.
Another practice DAY was August Goth.
The aggregate score made by the first
eight OF tho British team Was i.oi2
points, tho individual average being
lo2'.. The eight Americans scored L.
GO points. the individual average being
202.. The American team did mol
practice on tho first inst.. but the Brit
- lib, o,,l., l.x a.oI GOO na;nt.