The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-14
a PROTEST.

Club OF Scotland, read -
No. 81 WKsr REcENr STREET,
,iLAsGoa, July ~ M. (
GsoHcs :. scnERnKnuoRs, Jr, secretary ~ H. A.. New
DnAg slnI was duly favored with yours April
containing OF resolution OF your noard a. Directors
ana LleurcnanJ Colonel Macdonald, Edinburgh. also ios
wardcd TO your Ictter to hm tne subject
OF waiting III general annual meeng issued
asnmous ,epy was against sc tand competing this year
but many Of them The h9ge that ous eoane nay
arrange ior Scotland competinf ia iS1O
Aner ,hc iu s,se"sso both PRIOR 70 The malen .s
teams ana others al Pnsdepa our club settled
beyond all doubt that under the constitution or rules ~
would call Imperial british team to eonpev, Neither
by the crcar % ia year NOR OF TINS year Is such team
invited have given tue notice by tho 1st
o jane last The council OF this cub are. therefore,
psto year WIN scotch aud irish getting
III socaled british team and pngose competing t,is
year II ar council Thought IL would not prejudice tn
sigs and interests oi Scotland they wonld have OBI
British team competing nov tne right Of aeotland here
Of the British being successful would be ae"ied They
have have sassoa e ,o or sSap 'sn ssa, 'o p"
Tor scotland last year. "ni on behalf OF that
any ,ocaed British team ,ens allowed TO compete Tor the
Amsreaa veensi trophy ms aIopy our sonne eea
srust specially 70 carry out the inention OF the
ton and rules the match which been already
peIed and acted upon aud that are acting
Ills r"st viii be ia,hfai,, iaasd but c,nsidering the
strong aud preuaced views expressed by the OF
the BRUSH toa council csnsidrr doubtful whether
this trust wound bo ihai~ily executed by them should
success impose " upon them.
10 prevent misander standing the council have in
struced 10 sead this letter and protest TO sir
shall feel obliged Wy communicating To the
captain OF ihe american te Of last s. dear sir,
yours iuithlnny. *. RENTDs. Hon. secretary.
President stanton remarked that the protest should
have been sent astycar, when tho American team an-
nouucod their decision OF coptestlng with any team
that should como over, Irish, Scotch, English or
mixed Such telegram sent TO England in Jan
uery, 1876 On motion Of Colonel Wingato tho CON-
municaton was LAID ON the table.
Tho letter from SIR Henry ualiord concerning tho
reception OF tho English team was referred 10 the
president with power. General Dakin said that IL
seemed 10 be The idea OF tho English that thcir
practice was To be restricted TO two days week. He
tho mover oil tho resolution from which they de-
English mcmbers should be allowed no less than TWO
days week Tor practice. On his motion II was de-
cided to allow The members of the British cam prac
tsc whenever the range was IN condition to be used
Tho new regulations OF the National RHO Associa-
ton were unanimously adopted. They contain numer-
changes from those Of last year. oi the most
important being the shape or targets. Tho
scented nj tho meeting OF the Reception COMMITTED
to-day.
Tho following committee on the fall meeting was
then appointed chairman, N. L. stanton; General
Woodward, General Wyho. Major Fulton, and mem
Der OF the Prize Committee not YET Designated. rho
O'Clock, 10 complete tho programme Tor tho fail
meeting The Reception Committee will meet to-day Al
O'Clock
The Executive Committee then adjourned