The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-18
OUR RIFLEMEN.
AT FROGMOOR YESTERDAY.
Brilliant Scores by Our Home Rifemen

brilliant Scores by Our Home RiIemen.
Now that we are on the eve Of an international
rifle contest more interest is shown in the prac-
| tice OF our crack shots than ever before, and
from the scores made this interest ID justified.
The Creedmoor rilemen In New York, as a rule,
fall to make targets that can compare with those
made by the Crescent City Club. and the aver
ages here are much higher than there Yester-
| days third competition for position on the
team brought out all the latent energy OF the
competitors, and the consequence was that
, score was made that we may we'll be proud of.
Mr.. Dudley Belph, to whom the Washington
Artillery presented that handsome rifle. after
making the brilliant target OF 2O7, ohrstened his
gun "Upidee," in honor Of the boys of tho bat
terry.
The wind durisg tho shooting WIS fresh and
changeable, varying from 2 to o'clock on the
Indicator, nscessita,ing constant changes in the
wind gauges. The light Was clear and bright,
but few clouds obsourng the sun.
The following are
The Scores.
DUDLEY sErpH.
300 yds, 8 s s 8 8 5454555 554-72
900 yds. 4 s 8 s s 54355 35 5-67
1000 yds. 3 4 s 8 s 5 5455 s 3-G3-2o7
II. q. EYRIoH.
800 yds, 5 5455 5554555 555 I'll
1909 yds. A 8 8 554555 3-G9-2o2
COL. JNo. aLyNN, JR.
800 yds. 8 8 43 s 8 5555445 5-Co
900 yds. .5 5 5 4 8 4 6 5 4 5 4 8 5-67
1000 yds. s 8 4 8 s A s 4 s 4 4-G4-20O
JOHN X. RENAUD.
800 yds. g 4 4 5 4455 545555 SO
vii A A < A X
1000 yds s 8 s rs s 6 8 5 4 4-64-194
MAJOR VIM. ARMS.
800 yds. o 54555 55 1854 5-63
900 yds. Is 8 8 4 5445545 456 s SO
1000 yds. A 0 55 543 5 s 4 5 8 5-5s-100
A. d. BABBITT.
500 800 y yds'.s 5455945sa4455
1860 o yds. IDS 5 Q 1 55sosss554 S-So-175 s
e.. MANNING.
800 yds. 3 4 5 33554354 SCI
300 yds. IS 0 8 s 8 "a 4355 552-57
1000 yds. % 0 5000 442545 8 5-50-171
L. u. DAporTE.
800 yds. a 8 8 43455 53 IS 8 543 0-5G
900 yds. % 4 5 5 8 8 5 B 8 0 4 4 5 2-55
1000 yds. s . 8 o. 30 8 4-53-1Gi
JAS. BUCKLEY
300 yds. 4 0 0 8 O32O33 2225-32
900 yds. a 6 8 8 o 8 8 s 45 5443-5G
1000 yds. a s 5 4 8 s 4 3 8 O-57-l45
The New OrIenns Rifle Club.
The members OF this club assembled in full
force for the third competition Of the champion
ship badge Of the State, which was the event of
the day. Mr. l.. A. Jung being the winner.
We publish below letter received from the
Sharp's Riffs Company, presenting the club very
handsome rifle, to be competed for Off hand. Tho
committee in charge f same proposes to put it
up for competition at 200, 300 and 5OJ yards, Off
hand, when some very fine SCORES may be ex-
pected, as the entries for competition have been
quite numerous:
BRrDoEponT, Conn, June /, 1877.
MIR. John =. Rainey, II Carondelet street, New
Orleans, La:
Dear S5-We sent you yesterday. per steamer
from New York, one OF our sporting guns, built
expressly for short range target shooting, which
we take pleasure in presenting to the New Or
leans Rhs Club through you, its president as
prize to be shot for by its members.
We make no conditions but suggest in view of
the brilliant scores you are making at 500 yards,
and the fact that the gun is intended for short
range shooting, that il be competed for at not
over 200 yards. We remain, yours most truly,
SHARP'S RIFLE CO.,
e. G. Westcott, President.