The New York herald., 1878-09-18
MARKSMEN'S DAY.
Sixth Annual Fall Meeting Of the Ma
tiOnaI Rife Association.
BEFORE THE BUTTS.
Record OF the Scores Made and
Prizes Won.

The ars, days shooting IN ne anss ssnaai prise
fall meeting Of the National 4 ne Assoei-tscn casss
on yesterday st Creedneor fbe xeathsr ~ss
al that could be cesired for ths sport A bsighs
umosphere, clear SKY ana soIs hshi
though somewhat changeabls wisa. snords1 me
best possible conditions lor maEing gsea
scores There we're no nes Features ana
recognized faces 10 Oe the ranxs4 A@sus
the gentlemen present wsre NaIer csnera n . nef-
ron, OF the Ninth regimeSii ersssisr Seswrai Dsn
mis-, OF Rhode Island; state scnator a. A o@kJ, sishs
Assistant Acjatant Gsa.rsi A. A. ruyer. coioasi J.
X. Lowre. commanding ,hs nrtlah forces "a
Nova Scotia, and number Of etEsr lovers oi rae
shooting Tho railroad accsn mocstioss wers very
poor Tho two trains desitnassa .apee.aL" s'srssa.
Tho one at elgbt and the other 81 eleven o'reck soa
those who missed the formsr -no cosia nsf wat
for the latter were obliged 30 ~ ~ va ~
Queens IN order TO get cut tins 70 10 Be
lore the buus when called. IAe o'cioek usiH.
which let Hunter's Point for Qssens teek oat saps
eighty rinemen. the greater part OF whom hsa 10
carry their arms aud heavy boxes Of smmGnitlca,
under tho rays u a burning sun. 10 ths Altar
undergoing the fatigue OF the Journey ,hsy wers Ia
poor form to commence Their score@ ON the way
home tho two which loft crecdmoor AZ eaarsef
to seven O'Clock were crowded
AT
Inc ranges were. Tor tse most part, ecsapisa bT
In uniform. II Was, in most respects. military
day, and the lew people no could be ps'
dress number OF the competitors "a me ucd.
short range aud champion matches There ~srs
hardly any visitors present; and that raelsea
OF the people the grounds who caGe
merely to witness the sport could bs counted
on mans nngcrs. The military marksmen
comfortably quartered In a long row OF tents which
filed anglo In the side OF enclosure
Beginning at tho entrance and passing along We bne
OF tents toward the west and north. regime ntai
camps noted wero in the iolloxing teala regi
meni, Rochester; Ninth, Now Jersey; sevsnty nrsi,
New York Calling battery, Brooklyn; Forty seventh
regiment, Brooklyn; Fourteenth. Brooklyn; Twenty
arst, Pougnkeepsie; Iloth battalion, Eimirs Twea-
tieth Separate Company, Bingham,on; Ninth regi-
mcnt, New YORK; Fiftyarst, Syracuse; sixty-nlntb,
New York; Second, Connecticut; First, Connecticut
Separate Troop ID, Filth brigade, brooklyn, washins-
Ion Grays Troop, New York.
The arrangements Tor Carrying out the details OF Tie
shooting conndod to tho following representa-
tves Of the National Rife Association :--Execative
OMcor, Captain J. g. Storey; Statistical oaicer.
Colonel H. A. Gilderseeye; Financial oncsr. General
d. ID. Wylie; Range officer, Colonel q. ID. scott;
Surgeon, DIR. Moreau Morris Tho president ana see
reary OF tho association were absent, aud tho tsnt
OF the former iunctionary was deserted. There
very widespread dissatisfaction with the way IN
which things connected with tho shooting man.
money from the country TO pay ior their firing
tickets In advance OF tho meeting could not
get them yesterday morning. because The ''sma boy"
IN Office OF the association had forgotten ,hon IA
New York. Win regard to tho marking Mr. W. ~
Farrow claims that be mado two bus' eyes which
were plainly enough by his held glass, and 10Y
marked him Two inners, thus deprviny him OF four
was scored miss Mr. George II. Ford, Of RahwSy,
challenged one OF his shots, winch no believed gave
HIM HIM more points than were marked on MS score.
anu the mistake corrected. Corporal Johu Canaugh
asserts that mis- last shot In the Judd match snond
have boen bui's eve. AL the spectators
who him shoot said 1t was SO, Jet tho
marker signalied nesning, and he was given a
he Appealed TO tue range o1icor and the
get examined, and, although tins had been done In
another case It would not Dc permitted in HE.
There were no accidenis to mar tho pleas OF the
sport, drunkenness, AM, as TAR could ascer-
tanned, the accommodations In tho WY OF meals ON
the grounds were satistacor
Win slight In ntermission In tho middle OF tho
day the shooting continued rom nine Ia NC
III six O'Clock in tho evening As will be seer nom
the OF the matches, winch given below a
good day IS work was accomplished aud some excel
lent scores placed on record But although The shoot
ing was good, It cannot be SAID that tho general
average OF the scores Will go higher tnaa the two
throe years. meetings last past
The absence OF foreign teams the ground seemed
TO take away all interest from the meeting lar
tho general pubic Is concerned. 10 give an idea OF
the small mum ber oil outsiders the field, II be
stated that only about 500 taken the gate the
admission being fifty cents, aad large Of this
sum was paid by miIitameu, not members OF the
NatIopai Rifle Association.
THE JUDD MATCH.
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prize meetiug account OF It's conditions lnos
great favor with those VINO pull military triegcr IL
lance, 200 yaras; POSITION siaudins seven rounds
without any sighting shots. Entrance fec 81 There
were twenty prizes varying ~ value from trophy
worth $50 10 premiums OF So each. There IL
bntries The shooting com nenCed ut niue O'Clock
sharp md The match closed Ut The following
b. Mcsorley, SO; G. Van Uroen, 81; r. G. Post 81;
Wiiiam Robertson, 81; Charles Hilton, 81; ). y. Nc,
Hugh 80; $. G. kinginan. 80; Frank T.. Wright 80;
y. {. Pinney so; Harry Nichols 80; f. W. whiIock,
30; Lieutenant Colonel q. v. Houghton, 80: J. i.
stetson, 80; j. II. Baison, 30; j. II. feaose 80; Cap.
tain A. r. Decker, 20; C,Ionci Jay +. storck. 20; w.
J. Underwood, Jr., 20; s. s. Bumsiead, 20; d. +.
Davds, 20 and pol Others who inferior records
THa SHORT RANGE MATCH
The short range match. which has always boen n |
very popular competition, also commenced ut nino
Tho rules; distance, 200 yards; seven rouads |
Tn sss i5s T~.nsj
prizes, differing in amount from special military
scores which the following. do come up IN |
general excellence to what done IN preceding
q. D. MiIlis %; J. l.. paulding, 80; F. j. Rabbe,h,
81; j. H. Bols'an 81; George /. FOLEY. 81 W. Il. |
Tsss k.s,s S,s1si; 49, s W arasla
A. Devrin 80; j. T.. stetson, 30; William III nu 80; A.
Howle., 80; j. Q. r Burnside, aoi l. l. Alien, so;
son, 20 aud lS7 others who madc Of lesser
ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL xAvcu :.
The Army and Nary Journal match was open TO |
teams OF twelve IRON all regularly organ zcd corps IN
the United Statcv, including the Regular Army, Navy
and Marine Corps; compititors to DC regui iary en-.
listed members Of tho organization when thoy may
represent, aud TO have been for three |
months previously to the competition; to
shoot IN uniform; weapon. any regular military arm
dls,.ncc 500 yaros; seven rounds position, anything
within the rules. Entrance lee, 81 per man.
the prizes were three; Grsl, u siver trophy |
vniucd at 500; second q bronze bust OF |
Albert Ddrer, $l10; third, a sla,uet,e OF the
''Dyng Gladiator, Ss2 There we're twenty entries.
Tho following are ,he scores The first rrz, was
wou by the United States Engineers Corporal John
Cavanaah. 81 Lieutenant Wiiiiam Black ~; Private
Robert kohri, u; Captain A. NJ hnler, ~ Cor porai
Martin Dooan, u; Lieutenant ". l. F,ss, 20; Rich.
ard Soils 20; John Frazcn 20; Charles Barrett, 70;
Sergeant Joseph Turner 70; Aipin krebs, ~; John
j. Weber, - Total, $40
Tho Foity eighth regiment, New York, won the
second prize on 305 points, and the seventh rcgi-
mcnt New YORK. took tho third, making