The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1881-04-12
EXPERT PISTOL SHOOTING.
Crack shots Driving Tacks, Hitting
Swinging Bullets and Cutting
the Spots from q Ten of
Spades,
New York World.


pistol shooting has been in progress at
the shooting gallery of j. S. Conlin, No. |
1922 Broadway. The pistol used is Of
twenty-five calibre, with barrel ten or
eleven inches long, and very light trig.
ger.pull-in fact dueling pistol of the
old saw-handle style, except for the hair
trigger and large bore. The shooting,
according to the conditions of the tour
nament. which closed last evening, was
strictly off hand, was open to all corners
and was divided into ten stages of one
week each, with different sort of tar
get or mark every week. Among the
competitors were Colonel H G. Lltcb-
field. the bead of the department. Of ri.
de practice on General Hancock's staff;
Colonel J. j. Dunn, the champion pistol
shot; and Colonel H W. Wickham, DR.
E. T. T Marsh, Wm. NJ. Chase. the
artist; D. A. Davis, of the New York
club; ex-Jastice Smith, Pierre Lorillard
Jr.; Captain L W. Bruce, the holder OF
the best long range rife match record,
and r. S. Clifford. The first week a
measurement target was shot at and Mr..
Chase was the winner, his ten shots at
10 yards aggregatiug 81 inches of dis
tances from the center of the bull's.eye,
at Is yards St inches and at 20 yards
81 inches-or for the entire thirty shots
205 inches, which means that every one
of the shots would have hit trade dol
r. The target of the second week was
a quarter inch bullet, Or small buckshot
hung by thred at twenty-one feet dis
tance. In ten shots D. A. Davis hit
seven Of The pellets. At thirty feet ten
bullets, each one half an inch in diam
eter, were similarly suspended and Mr..
I Davis hit FIVE. At fortv-6ve feet the
bullets we're three-quarters of an inch in
diameter and he hit three.
4 The third week was devoted to shoot.
ing sat the word," 10 shots at 10 yards
at ready measurement target. The
marker calls out: 'Fire-one-two-
three" at half-second intervals, and in
the II seconds thus covered the marks.
man must raise his pistol, aim ana FIRE.
DR.. Marsh made the winning score Of
ST inches total measurement for the 10
shots, the whole 10 shots in each case
coming within the compass Of a silver
: dime. Mr.. Chase's score was So inches
and Colonel Dunn scored ST inches. Mr.,
:. Lorillard's score was Z inches.
In the fourth weeli the shooting was
at wooden ball. swung through an arc
, Of ten feet chord The marksmen stood
: thirty feet off. Dr.. Marsh hit IA con.
, seeutively and Mr.. Lorillard IL. The
. 9th weeks work was at I inch bullets
suspended ten yards of, before q white
background. In twenty shots each, D..
A Davis and Dr. Marsh were tied at II
hits. Wm. c. Southwick, OF Dey street,
, scored IL. The next week the marks.
) men drove tacks. A row Of twenty or
dinary tacks were stuck into white
, painted board. DR.. Marsh drove in 13
and Dunn IL. The seventh week was
| employed 10 making holes in cardboard
targets OF the Wimbledon pattern, re.
| ,luced for ten yards distance, Mr.. H.
W. Wickham and DR.. Marsh each put
; nine shots into the inch bull's-eye, but
! Dr.. Marsh's tenth shot was 1 of an inch
away from the black center, while Mr.
T Wickham's tenth shut was but Lie
, away, and the la ter won. The eighth
week was variation OF the ffth. The
, a-inch bullets we're set swinging at least
eighteen inches from aide 10 side, while
tho marksmen stood twenty-one feet of.
DR.. Marsh in twenty shots bit sixteen
, bullets, Mr.. Wickham fourteen and Mr..
Davis eight For the ninth week the
{ target was ten OF spades, and Mr. Da-
, Wis cut out nine OF the spots succesaively,
; but a tremor from passing omnibus
, sent the tenth shot less than one-eighth
/ inch of the remaining spot. J B. Mil
Ter scored five hits and DR.. Marsh hit
seven spote. Last week was devoted to
, shooting at fifteen yards at Creedmoor
: target with one-inch hull's.eye. Marsh
Z and Davis tried at 4S, each having eight
3 bull's-syes and two very close shots.
DR.. Marsh, however, had won the cham.
. pionship.