New-York tribune., 1882-08-17
FOR PLACES ON THE TEAM

SECOND DAYS SHOOTING All OhIi-D-,Ia Oi1"l -,coyvs
uopr FAVORABLE CONDITIONS AND fhi i' NAME
MADE THAN on TUEsDAN-Ihh '
THUS FAR. onnetinc at
rh N,tional Guarismen who are conn "a 80,
Creeamoor for the honor of places o" nv - srne,i
that next month will contest for the p'i f,.ored
,;tb = team Of BrltishV VolunteerS'"oiV 40 n
Yesterday with perfect day. Inc ran, s-ashorod
in the early morning cooled the eli LIGHT
,be air and ouickcned the grass On 'Ae ,Lo Uobt
clouds tempered the glare oi the SUM- '"N A.. ove
was even steady ana II during
- blew all day, ana u"iit
ia, II vccred around from one quarter
III. 'no 90 us opposite At the outset II blew IRON
.n hn,ts and before the close of the hrlne III 'no
,onoest range il was blowing diagonaly across '"o
ro,,ce almost from the rear; but 1t was WY
light breeze-not at all puiy-and 1t gave 'n1 li-o
men very little concern. There was slsi, Nv.
ahout noon but il did not interfere WIFI 'iio ~
petition ~. ..oor;no away of
,ho ne,vonsness incident TO the first DAY ol q 'o
for team membership, and greater Iani''i''''' "
,bo men who are using new Ilfies wlth inelA "0"P
osnted in considerable Improvement OIL 'n'
If the first day. Eleven men made the qu"iiiS ing
score of l52 or more, ont OF possible -lo' "s'''
60, men ON Tuesday and the leading score was
ruiS Sa1
tered around the score which only one man
reached then. The two ends of the hst
were unchanged by the days work. oelsc""'
ya, Uensen. of Company b, 18th Regiment, new
York maintaining the lead by putting up III. hiio
score of 81 and Adiutant Williams, OF -
bringing up the rear with score VI o., go on,
five points less than he succeeded i'll hahink s ~
Tuesday Between the two extremes theIe w
some very lively huctuaton. D. L. fau9liS, "a H. -, ~
Shakespeare Frederek Adcr ana v, f. ;be fonrtocn
men who if fortune favors them, are 10 coHlpSc .
team managed 10 get on the other sac Oh ,nu @ ln0
yesterday, crowding out \: ~ Mal4 o 10 1Teatrst Im
d A. Morris and c. W. Human Inc sreac3su ~ ini e
movement was manifest in the case OF MI AluoI' VI
The 7th Regiment who ADVANCE nns,oEGoT ns SGoIe
from 1874 on TUESDAY toonth 10 io' in the list
10 sixth There are several very formldaDle ncn
near the end of the list who have been unfortunate
will not exchange positions with men nearer tne
ton before tomorrow night. FarroW, OF the Now
port Artillery, and Hinman, OF Boston, lave lave
neirher of them come near the eApectatioii
which was justified by their records anu
there are others who feel that they are the ylc-
TINS of an unaccountable dlspensatioh Vi hii9ioi
There were two full scores made, Yesterday
one al 500 yards, by Laurlzen, OF the NatIonn NatIo;iG
Rifles Washing on. and one at 500 yards oN Smi,n'
OF the 9th Regiment. New-JeIsey. Laurltzen' VINO, WIG,
like sevelsl others, Is experimenting WIN
a new gun, began the day well. but 1hiSheu III =
very duapmre of lll-luck At 200 yards DC scoIed
two bnIIseyes and string of five centres; at 5oO
Yards he reached the bull's-eye every time. Then
hls trouble began ; he made % M 600 yards laling
once TO lind the target l 3 at 500 yards, missing
the target twice; lS at on,H 1000 miss s.
rno Yards reaching the target only
,y,tb his seventh shot Smiths record was more
consistent, and advanced him from tenth place TO
hfth IN the list Its credit was heightened, 100 py
tbe fact that me is shooting while suffering from
rhcuma,Isn so severely that he mps to his position
and has had to forego good deal OF recent practice
because unable TO reach the range foilo"lhg is
the score of Yesterdays shOotlng: