The New York herald., 1877-09-13
CREEDM .
Third Day Of the Fall Meeting of the
National Rife Association.
THE GOLDEN STATE WINS.
Fulton Takes the Champions Trophy
Selph Captures the Wimbledon Cup.
A BRILLIANT ASSEMBLAGE PRESENT.

Beautiful weather. as on the previous two days.
favored the riaemen who attended Crcedm0or yester.
day. SO far as wind, light and temperature wenI the
conditions for shooting wero about the same
Monday aud Tuesday. larger number Of spectators
was present than appeared on cithor OF the days
before Many ladies out to witness tho shooting
"A lne, display OF bunting from the marques OF
Generals Dakin and wyhe, and tho different camps Of
the rcgmcntal teams, gave lively appearance 20 the
usually dull and unncrcstng isave to rlnemen) spot
where the ranges are located. The which came
oil yesterday were the Interstate military MATCH the
and third stages othe champions match and tho
individual long range competition for the Wimbledon
Cup Shooting commenced when the gun fred, soon
aer nnc O'Clock, simultaneously In the second stage
OF the Championg match at the 600 yards ranges and
In the Interstate competition az the 200 yards butts;
she former being on tho old ranges and the latter
The new. The first stage Of the Interstate match
closed at hapast eleven O'Clock and tue second stage
OF the Champions match finished At noon, alter
which thcro hours intcrmission. Tho
third stage Of the Champions match was called
in front of the 1000 yards firing points O'Clock
and terminated little before three The Wimbledon
cup individual oompett,on) was announced Oh tho
programme 10 begin at the 1000 yards distance one
o'clock, but the firing points occupied at that
hour by the marksmen competing for the champions
prizes, the Wimbledon match did commence before
quarter after three O'Clock, and tho last gun was
1red In II at hai-past lve O'clock
THE CALIFoRNIANs WIN
AS everybody expected tho California team won
the Interstate MATCH and no ono grudges them the
honors which they have captured. They came about
as far to shoot the match as tho British have
contes. the great event which is 20 begin to-day,
that the fine craftsmanship and pluck and
enterprise displayed by tho men OF the
q tAnfn hclie ttat
Haughton got miss when he should have been cred.
iicd with oulls eye At 500 yards New York led of
strongly, recovering OF thcr losses, when
Cropsy got bulls eye tho wrong target. Tho
shooting was extraordinarily good all sides. At
large number OF lanics aud gentlemen, the
teams checred each Other and General McComb
toam had beon excellent He aso added that by CON-
pairing the scores reported from Crccdmoor with what
had been done in California he expected his team
win: but was surprised to find Now York shooting IN
the match fifteen per cent above the usual reported
average. word or two Us TO tho weapons OF
She respective teams California and Connecticut
have adopted as the regulation infantry those
States rife whose bore Is forty five calibre. New
York uses fifty calibro arm The system upou which
tho adopted by this State IS constructed is as
good any usc out the calibre OF the weapon and
tho ammunition employed for 1t throw all the advan-
tage into tho hands OF men using the smaller bore.
Tic ammunition used yesterday BY tho New York State
team was OF the samo quality as would have
boon served TO them In actual campaign Such Is
tho case with the Calornans; thoy smaller boro
Than We do, which 10 in Ilsct immense advantage
only commence here. General McComb said last
night that his cast their bullets tested the
powder which thoy used alleged the lead the proper
degree OF bnrdnoss loaded and prepared their
muniti0n, some OF them using different quantities and
different samples Of powder. However productive Of
good practice this my be, snch doings put tho match
outside the bounds OF q military competition and
make 1t private match among SO many riffsmen all
shooting different kinds of cartridges A military
match requires that the and ammunition issued
by the government to the troops and other should
be used. General McComb seems to think that he
could exchange weapons with the New York men and
beat them. The experiment, some OF our
think, would DC worth trying General McComb anu
received congratulatory messages from the Golden
Gate city. Tne team went last night TO their old
main for few days In the course OF eight or ten
days the party, having visited tho chief ctcs the
East, Will assemble in Chicago on their way home.
THIS INTERSTATE MATCH
BY the conditions OF this match 1t open to one
team OF twelve mon from each State or Territory in
tho United States. chosen in such manner may be
prescribed by the military authorities OF such State
&C., from any ono or more OF the regularly o.
ganlzcd regiments, batallons or companies OF the
uniformed militia Each tcam to be provided
with certificate from the Adju.ant General
Ut the State Territory they represent
certifying that each of their number is and has bocn
the LIST oil June last, regularly enlisted Tor
commiss!onca) member of the uniformed militia.
They shall appear in the uniform Of their corps Dis.
tahces 200 and 500 yards; position, standing at tho
former and any at the latter range; weapon the au-
Guard Of the State or Territory which the team
represents. In cascs where the State has
adOptcu no particular mOucI (Whtcn must b.
ccr,iIed by the Adjutant General), the will be
allowed to use the rIic IN use by the regular army
Of the United States, or by Tho uniformed militia OF
any other state Ten rounds at each distance. En-
fec. 81 per man. The prize Is the ''sodIer Of
Narathop,' IN bronze, presented by the Commander.
clici on behalf OF the state OF New York be shot
Tor annually at Creedmoor and to be held during the
year by the Aduant General of the State whose team
may win II. Tho piece Is valued $500 There were
four entries to the match. California won on u mag
ncent score OF 800 out oil 200 points. The following
The scores OF the inter State Match;-
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