Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-16
BEATEN BY THE BRITONS
END OF THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH
Tho americans OutsIlot at Every Range
An Easy Victory fur the English
Team by lSO Points.

Team by 40 Points.
A strong northwest wind blew over
Creednloor and upset every calculation as
to scores Friday. 1t blew the flags straight
out on the poles and sent stray newspapers
scudding over the ranges. The tall
weather-vane shifted occationally between
0 and II o'clock and never remained long
in any one position. The sky was very
bright and there were few clouds. 1t was
a day which would try the skill of marks
men long familiar with such winds,
and this skill the Americans did not
have. In their fifteen years OF prac.
tice the British had tried ali kinds
Of weather, and they were ready for
just such emergencies. They Outshot the
Americans at every range, and beaten them
ISL points at three ranges. Colonel Bodine
ard Sir Henry Haiford tossed up for choice
of targets, and this time the British won.
Sir Henry Halford selected tie targets On
the east. 1t was hard to understand why
he made this choice, as the smoke of the
American rifles was blown across their
line of fire. The British targets were
designated by "V' and \ ''star.' Tho
American targets were "T'' and "H."
A "knock-down'' target left vacant
space between the sets Of targets. At II: 80
O'Clock the two teams and the officers Of
the National Rifle association dined to-
gcther in tho headquarters tent. At 1880
o'clock the cannon was fired to announce
the hour for the match.
The guard of honor had drawn up in
front OF the tent, under command Of Cap
tain George Breck. 1t led the way across
the range, with the British team following
ana! the Ariavica:. team i'll military order
brimgin. up tho rear. The msn fired in
the same order as they fired Oh the pre-
yious day. Lieutenant Heap fired his
warning SHOT at the 500 yards target at
12:44. 1t was said that he was ill. Four
minutes later Parry fired on his target and
scored i. Heap followed with ). Good
ear made tho first bulls eye and Boulter
duplicated it.. 1t was plain that tho Brit
isll had mastered tho targets at tho very
start. On the American siio Kinds
started ont with q 0, Dolan followed
with 9, Ogden made aid Adler 4. This
was painfully bad. There was no i'm
provcment, and it was soon evident that
the Americans must abandon all hope of
oyertaking their antagonists. The British
were not without reverses. Their crack
shot, Heap, made three misses iii success
sion. 1t was said his illness made him ill
natnred and that he had refused to take
advice from his coach. lie scored only
ten points Oh the range and this cheered
tho Americans slightly.
Sir Henry HalfOrd said if this continued
his hair would turn gray. A few more
misses on the American side, however,
sufficed to restore his composurc. On this
range Hinds, Shakespeare and Uinman
made two misses each and Dolan. Pauld-
ing, McNevin and Howard made ono miss
each. Dolan and Shakespeare, two of tho
best long range shots in the team, made
tho low score Of 1G each out Of q possible
81. On the British team Heap maio four
misses, Oliver two and Pumphrey, McVit
tie and Caldwell one each. Excepting
Heap, the lowest British score was Hum
phrcys' 81. His wife, who was spotting
for him, looked ut him very gravely.
Tho Anne: lean score was $50 and the Brit
ish score 29S, showing that the British had
added 36 points to tho lead, making thei:
total lead 81 points. 1t WAS now evident
that the American team had no chance Of
winning and tho faces OF all tho men be-
came very gloomy.
They improved somewhat ON the 900
yards range, but were still far below an
average score. A number Of ladies had
appeared on tho grounds and they We're
seated on benches near tho ropes.
| The American team marched brayely to
tho slaughter at the 1860 yards range.
Tho relocated British were awaiting
them, and poured in such i; shower Of
bulps-eyes that the Americans were
driven into the desert. Tho unfortunates
began to lay by a nest Of goose eggs, as
follows Kinds gathered four, Alder
three, Shakespeare and Atkinson two each,
and Dolan, Pauldjng and lehman one
each. Even the standard bearer, Smith,
had succum5ed to tho tasta for eggs.
lie got two. Among the prominent
gentlemen Oh the range whose faces
reflected settled gloom were Major
General w. S. Hancock and staff, Judge
Gildersleeve, Judge Stanton and Colonel
Jewell. On the British side misses We're
made by Godsal, Bates, Heap and Dods.
Fine scores were mado by Humphrey 80,
and Parry 81. About one hundred Eng
lishmen were gathered behind tho British
team, and those greeted every bulls eye
with applause. The team seemed to have
relaxed their discipline and smiled pleas
antly in return. 1t was evident by their
actions that they considered the contest Us
virtually ended. Tho Americans made
23G points and the British 800. gain Of
73. The total scores Of the British team
for both days was 1,915 points, and the
score of tho American team was 1. sos, an
overwhelming defeat by 40 points.
REFORM Is NECESSARY.
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