New-York tribune., 1882-08-16
COMPETITION AT CREEDMOOR
SHOOTING FOR PLACES ON THE TEAM

CONTEND WITH BRITISH voLUSrEEas-Ay Az
MOVING wIND-THE SHOTS MADE By THE COM
PETITORs
The four days competition among National
Guardsmen for places tho American
| Team who are to shoot against the British
Volunteers in the International Military
Match next month began yesterday at
Creedmoor. The effect of the drouth was seen in
the parched appearance Of the field, which, with
It's almos: complete absence of shade and its excel
lent capacity for rejecting heat was hardly an n-
vrtIng spot, except to those whose in
| terest In rtte practice was suli clent to induce
them to make light of sunburn and attendant dis
comforts The Crodmoor mosquito, too a pestifes-
GUS creature with hunger as cruel ani persistent
that of the Coney Island species greeted all
| ers at the railway station and gave them enough
to occupy every moment of attention which they
could spare from the butts The attendance Of
rihemen and National-Guardmen. aside from
| those who had entered as competitors, was
not large and the day passed off in an
| uneventful manner, enIivened by some
good-natured chaff among the contestants, and
dgnified by tho earnest and Interested supervision
of General Wingate; no one seems to have a keener
appreciation of tue value of the coming match than
| he.
The competitors numbered twenty-six men, the
| great majority of whom came from outside this
| State. All OF them had qualified by
scoring the required 152 points out of possible 21O
| i'll preliminary practice With the exception of two
or three they wore their military uniforms, some OF
| the officers meeting all the requirements OF the
match concerning dress down to the sword
belts. Most of them, however, with an
eye to comfort rather than appearance,
exchanged their civilians attire for easy fatigne
dress on their arrival at the range Their number
| 20 he
| of the match. but among them were most OF
| the good shots among the rtlemen connected
| with the militia. and the impression
prevailed that they will yield team
that will crcditable tilt with the British Vol
untcers. This Judgment, however. is based upon
| what they have done heretofore rather than upon
| what they did yesterday, when their performances
| through natural causes fell considerably short OF
their known capability. The competitors we're
| Frederick Alder private, 9TH Regiment, New York;
d. Il. Atkinson, captain 18th Regiment, Pennsyl-
vania Isaac r. Denman major First brigade, New
Jersey T. j. Dolan, sergeant 18th Regiment, New
York; w. Milton Farrow, private Newport Artil-
lcry; f. w. Griffith, captain 9th Regiment, New
| Jersey: NJ d. Hinds private 10th Separate Com
| many. New-York: C.. w. Hnman, private 1st
| Regiment. Massachusetts,; &. Z. Z. How
ard. licutenant-coonel First Brigade,
New-Jersey; Samuel L. Irlan. 3lst Separate Com
pany, New-York w. b. Johnston, private National
| Rifles Washington ID. c.. George La Barnes leu-
tenant I'd Regiment Connecticut; +. }. Lau-
ritzen, private National Rifles; j. n. Lower,
private Governors Guard, Colorado y.
A Morris. private 20th Separate Company
j. McNevIn. sergeant, 18th Regiment New-forK;
d. II. Ogden, private 20th Separate Company.
New-York; J. L. Paulding sergeant 18th Regi-
ment New-York; ]. VI. Pollard private, National
Rifles J. L. Price, captain 9TH Regiment, New
| York; f. o. Shakespeare, major and Ade-de-
Camp Governors Staf, Pennsylvania; John
Smith, private 9TH Regiment, New,Jer-
sey; GsoTse r owydEE TyGgy b Bryyals yaa Henssn nofh
sergeant 18th Regiment, New-York n; d. Ward,
private 0th Regiment New-Jersey; j. X. Nilliarns,
| Adiutaut lst Regment, Connecticut.
Ne shooting began at the 200 yards range
sfS5y sRsd at alter the 1000 yards 1ss asS%:
Of five and six to target and fired
RAPIDLY III rotation the rules of the match forbid
ding the cleaning OF guns except alter % sven snoss
| coaching and tne restriction was almost il,er-
ally observed brisk breeze blew
1cGJ Gsb-tailH brccze the riiieInen said, and
was exceedingly troublesome because OF It's lrreso-
lutte and unstable character, when MADE IL dihcuit
to gauge either ITS strength or direction It veeIed
| continually now the lett aud again TO the night,
and its fcLlencss called out many mutIered I'M
prccaiion from disappointed mirNSmen; mar "1s
Gor El"'' ,ho"tng' and if the conditions are
~ iayorable today as they were, all things con-
~idrrel YESTERDAY IL is confidently expected tDat
fine scores will show q handsome PERCENTAGE OF I'M
p" The st day of competition for places Oh teams
, il always a poor one" SAID General Nlnglte al;er
, ! the men ceased firing ~ tie short range,
, land to-day Is exception why, there
ore four or five men there on whom
/ vouid have bet odds that they would score -
and - at 200 yards, and they stuck 3t - and 20
| Ihrv get nervous over the Importance OF the AZ
fair and don't shoe. anywhere near thelT average.
I}uC they always retrieve themselves on tic other
davs They'll d. better at the long ranges too
""3 Tins IL where the Englishmcn feel confident
tLev'll beat MS Dut think they VIII De mite as
tnni .hod wien thcy tiud what we cau do there"
| Said another gentleman; Il NE. lriehu the
| other day who had Just returned iroin England
| WhI1e mere ne spent considerable time
! ~ Wirnbledon aud pIcAed up tho
Rrtish gossip about the match. They expect
that our men viii beat them az 200 amt 800
vards but think that they will more than make up
ib. difference on the long range. They say that
| thcr, are three reasons why the Amencans can't
w,n First they ha yen, the rifles; second, they
h1vctit rhc men third, if they had the rifles and
man they wouldn't have time 10 &C.. n team into
| form The prospects thai they Viii have rude
| aHwaIenlng when they arrive here and sec our
| scores" .,..,.
! That the men did not shoot up to Their average
Yesterday was evident from the fact that the TOTAL
| scnr.s shaved that only seven men had reached the
| ~,aI,f,,,ur IJ2 points, which all had made IN piac-
| tce Ia, following the scores made at all dis
, tance5: