The New York herald., 1877-09-15
Speeches by General Stanton, Sir ncnry
HaIiOrd and General Dakin.
THREE CHEERS AND A TIGERr'

The second day OF tho match At Crscdmoor was
ring Yet the large crowd, in which wore hundreds
Of ladies' suffered considerably from want OF shade Of
cool water and Of convenient seats
"wo carried 1000 passengers yesterday" said Mr..
Poppenhauson, OF the Long Island Railroad. .To.day
thsro arc Al least double thu, number"
THE RIFLE PITS
The coolest place on the range tho rtne pits,
right In Ito limo Of n.e. That rampant Of green sod
on which sill or beam 10 hold up the grea. iron
targets, and which again continued behind them far
up TO dark gray fence was undermined with . cor.
rdor o bombproois al least two hundred yards LONG
Then beneath tho targets q row Of sboring men,
whose buEiness mark and identity the shots
aud TO indicate them the targets that they could
DO BY The rncmon and spectators three
ot = mile away. committee OF Investigation from
each team also hid In this cool subtcrranoan don ana
before the shooting tho HERALD wrcr allowed the
infrequent privilege OF walking through the place
"whas arc you paid, boys for this kind OF work {"
we asked lean, mattsrof-act Pat, who sat OF
the raised platforms under tho target X. Beside him
an old, pipc-smokins. fatherIy Milssian.
eWo be's paid $35 tho month--works on the grounds
BY the month"
"And It's dangerous work, young gintieman," said
tho old man. Every man in these rife pits bscn
splattersd or struck with lead Nobody. bless God!
hos besn killed, but poor fellow lost an eye"
I.ook nt that plate glass over my head" said the
young man. sits thick, ain't u, Well, see it al,
chippcd and splinterod BY the rebounding balls"
And the turf outside Is ploughed BY bulle.s a. II
tousand Ground mOes had broke out oil JAIL" said the
old man. "Nobody In hcre dare pcsp 1t that target
except through tho glass; because II 20 look through
tho slit bsyant the glass, the lead chips aud barns
ys."
Bosldo each man, - hssal N hA -slsar~nd wsssbed
tho ereat white frames above. six feet n,gh By
nine wide, his dinner kettle, and near his feet
were two tin pans OF whi.o and black paint with in-
genous brushes, which served ut 10 indicate and
70 erase The back Of tho brush was red Or a whi.e
signal and therefore while the bristlcs dipped In tho
pant erased the mark the bsu yhs d,ssast spec.
tators circular rcd signal displayed against the
white OF the target whitc signal against tho black
bulrs-cye.
"Show tho gintlemap Billy, how we do H. There,
SIR when tho target struck all this lever Il worked
by hand, SO. II puts mp rod iron diamond in the
against tho white Of tho target. That means
struck II don't appear shere's miss But yop
fellows don't miss often. Poor Humphreys missed
twice yesterday His gun had tho colo, suppose.
"Wel sur continued the young man, 1f the BULBS
eye Is hit pokes up this brcsh, and while out
The mark It shows white signal Outside tho buiI's-
eye puts up the rod backad bresh, and covers the
spot where I'm wiping out tho hit And, now, have
ye got \ bit OF tobakky ~
Here for six long hours tho markers keep their
seats, never leaving them, except when relieved or
when thcre Is q dispute about shot Thsn Tho rcd
Nu~ 10 aLalv 4 throuo n
responded to at the firing point by pair OF nsss IN
front OF each team. Markers and committeeman rush
out to the rampant Everybody IS excited. What Is
~" That Is what they trying TO 1nd out Al
length tho response goes by telephone to The firing
pont:-"Jackson, cpherl" Tho audience muttsr and
"Oh-h.h ~ Rocs around ssustedly.
AMONG ENGLISH.
The British team offered the HERALD writer a place
at the single table bone ith their shelter tcnta table
already uncom fortably crowded with guns, rAmrods
and ammunition chests. Near by tho three English
ladies', Mrs. Fenton, Mrs Armitagc and Mrs Humph-
rsys werc scsted-almost the only adios within tho
rope osure They wore black silk dresses, whito
lace pclisscs anu straw hars, tisd above with blue
wells, and kept tho tally with diligcut in.
tercs,. Tho English party paid ilIe ut.
tenton to the shooting OF the Americana and almost
the only words hoard the directions OF the TWO
coachcrs, Major Waller and Mr.. Grccnhii They sat al
the end OF their telescopes, and at the side OF each
MAS 4 man with a miniature target of sim Bri.toi
board, on which he stuck with threo button .headed
pins exact presentmens OF eacn shot, When held up
light oil these targets showed tne duplicate Of
the target the extreme ls every shot had been
retained the target and the Other showed tue target
W. In eacn miniature target therefore, were $50 pin
pricks The coach, Gresnhill, is A nne looking
nervously quick man. He watched the grca, wind
vanc with clock face, which was planted third OF
the way down the range tripod ny this snd his
telescope nxed tho target he determined the degree
aud courso oil distractions.
'Fcrgussou, set your sight at fourteen! Hold on
now u this littIe pun In over A lnte too high
Miner! Where IL your gun set, Kigbyi PUt - down
TO twelve There, rs struck TO tho Ieit.n All Of
whlcn no duly recorded In n printed book OF blank
targets To every shot tho condition Of the sight
was appended, with notes the wind. 10. Thus q
history OF this match Is preserved for uturc nne and
reference Mr. Evans, OF tho British team wore
spcctacles and was the only rncman In si,her team
who used them. He is q smallish, rod faced man. OF
quiet address. bucket Of lemonade supplied to
tho British team, and Sir Henry Hariord s,pped
lille brown stout. Tho ammunition Ghosts Of tho
English were made OF leather, inla,d with wood and
the powder contained long vessels or gzss each
containing . charge. The lcsden conroat balls and
passcboard rammersshs former sncassd In shells OF
papcr-wcro In the samc box. All the Rigby
rammers were tipped with a wooden ball.
The English guns COST twenty-five guneas apiece.
Mr. R'sby, tho Irish manufacturer. shot on
his back his gun resting the Of hts right foot
ana steadicd by his len. He 10 heavily bearded and
wears checked shirt Tho English marksmen nearly
all wore cassimeie hats Of = bw helmet shape, with
rims bciors and bohind Miner missed about half
Hs i,n nd n NIL ed NO-
body ssid word looked mp, but silently
recorded tho fact A very few OF ths crowd uttered
jssr and then subsidsd 10 slight ssnss Of seli