New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-16

with warm feelings on the other side. and # only be-
hooves put shoulders to the wheel ana gee WHAT
We can do In another match. LOAD nppItusC'J
The toast to Queen Victoria was responded to by
Colonel Walrond who IL member OF Parliament
The colonel. with marked English accent. ex-
pressed his appreciation of American regard Tor ne
Sovereign of England and referred TO the
sympathy shown by the Queen during President
Gariield's dying hours. Toa-ts were then drunk I'd
british victories" and The teams at wimbledon
next year At this point the hour for the last
train from the range had nearly arrived ana Officers
and men left tho tables and FASTENED TO the cars
Colonel BolIne was asked by TRIBUNE report r
what he thought was the chief cause OF
the defeat of the Americans. The Colonies
lace was very grave when the question
was put. He answered slowly, 1--WE have had to
shoot under very adverse circun stances, but we
have done the very best we could. Some of he men
had their rifles IN use only six weeks and others
only ten days Then we had to shoot against the
picked men of the British Empire, they have
themselves acknowledged. They have been fsmil-
lar with Ong-ranGc shooting for years while as 10
the American team their experience with TINS style
of shooting has been much brefer. Then too,
VIC never shot on any day under such
unfortunate conditions as to-day The wind never
blew 50 strongly across the range on any practice
day, and Yesterday also the wind was very much
against The result of the match could have
been loresccn under the circumstances l have mem
toned
When Sir Henry Haford's opinion as to the
causes Of the Americans defeat was
asked he SAID; at Was due partly
to guns and partly to lack OF practice me
Americans under OOk larger contract than they
could fiji. lOu make Il mistake III using The match
rifle and in cleaning your guns while we Shoot
them dirty. No fault could be fOuud win Co'ohet
BOdnc, who Is an excellent man tor the position OF
captain; but the match WAS decided under the en-
cumstances b tore II began"
Is English practice more severe AT Wimbledon
than American practice ut treedmOOrT 800
No. but practice all the year Tonnd, when
makes all the difference in the world. Tbs match
was only chilu's play Tor u.s.
,f ,,4 Vvt'l bp
dcrcd reception at the I'm Regiment Arn0ry' ana
on Monday ne British team. as guests OF thT Ma
tlonal Rite ISOLATION, will enjoy sail to west
Point on the steamer n. h Hopkins.
TABULAR RECORD Or THE CONTEST.
Similar tables to those published yesterday
which showed the record of the first stage OF shoot
ing III the international military match, will be
found below giving tho scores and records
Of the second days work. In addition, how
ever. will be found summary Of the
scores made by each member of the conteSting
teams the six ranges, the names beng put IN the
order of the record made by each man for the two
days shooting. For convenience Of reference. also,
the team records and the running record arc gwen
for Thursday s rs well as yesterdays work. Many
interesting features can be developed by an analy-
SIS Of the various tables.
In tine team record tables it will be noticed
that the British made 81 more bulls"yes
than the Americans, and p more
centre shots The visiting team scored fewer misses
than the Americans By 20 cut of a total number oil
misses for the two teams of %. The British re-
corded the largest number of bnllseyes at the 900
yards range and the next largest at the 600 yard
range. In shooting at 900 yards, however, they
scored four more bulscyes than at the oO0-yard
range and six more than at the 900-yards range
,r I,,I. made bx then
at 900 yards. On the contrary, the Americans
recorded the smallest number of such shot'
at the longest range, the record a
the 200 and 90O-yards ranges being the same, anc
hc largest at the 800, and the next largest at the
6OO-yarls range The lowest record in bulseyes mad,
bv the British was 10 shots more than the same
record for the Americans the highest record of the
foreign team exceeded that of the home team by
only 8 shots. More misses were made by The
| Americans mt the longest range than Of any other
| their smallest number of misses recorded
at the 200 and the GO0-yards ranges
The british MADE more misses at the SOO-yard
range than at any other and the next largcs
! number at the ,000-yarlS range while their low
est record Of misses was when shooting at 600 yards
| The average of the British teams shooting wa
highest at the 5OO-yards range, but their average
the longest range WAS larger than ut the sOO-Yard
range. The team average at the shortest and at Tn
| GOO-yards range was practically the same. Ih
| Americans also recorded the highest team avera9
| at 800 Yards bus it was lowest AZ the l,OOO-Yar!s
rance. Their team avcra was higher at tn 900
than at the 500 and higher at the 600 than at TN
200 yards range.
As 10 the running score it will be noticed in TN
| the table that in the second days shooting tn
| British lead did not fall below 80 points ION TIN
twenty-sccoud and the twenty-fourth rounds.
| which was 10 points above the highest lead c.
| points on the twentieth round obtained during tn
| first stage Of the match. After the twenty four
round the British made steady progress in iuclea-
ING their lead until it had risen to 80 points by h
| ,b;rtv.frst round; it fell to 70 point
| On tLe next round but by the tmr'y-tOurth hlt
| recovered to 81. After that the VISITING
| team steadily increased their lead. the American
| sncc, cding in reducing II only by l point on n
forfy-fr-t rcund-'hc next 20 the last round-whcl
left the British lead 10 points. Aiter passing NJ
| the 800 yards-range. the table shows thht th
| British lead made IN almost uninterrupted ln'Ie"s
The rcrap.ulation Of the individual scores show
some curious changes III the relative records ol t
men ut the first stage and When IN
| match had closed. On the Brtisl
sile Sergeant Dods was s'cond at re frs
stage bu he stand, ,iXth IN the tWo days record
The first stage to the twelfth on the two days shoot
| inc Prlyate Boultcr and Corporal Caldwell main
famed their relative rank fourth and nth reSpcc
| lively. on the list AZ both stages: Major Pearse
! who ranked seventh at the end OF the hrst stage
| comes out first at the end OF the match
| private McVittie standing second, where h
! headed tho British record on Thursday
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