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

The toss-up for position yesterday having aGai IL
been won by Colonel Bodine, the British took their
positions at targets and star OF the east OF the
range and the Americans at / and II on the west
side. The spoilers and scorers covered the targets
with their telescopes and everything was made
ready for the shooting of the second stage OF the
match The men shot in the same order and in
the same squads they did on Thursday The
mcmberSof each teamcareiully examined their guns
and cast frequent glanceS at the sky and the WIND
gauge. Among the British quiet air of satistac-
tiOn and confidence seemed 10 prevail. The Amen-
cans looked little anxious and expressed the opin-
ion that the wind and light were both in favor of
the visiting team or as they expressed it, that it
was a Wimbledon day" Colonel Bodinc was as
usual too diqnfcd to express any sort Of emotion.
Sir Henry Haford looked hopeful and contented.
The first SHOT fired by Parry
of the British team. who scored 4.
Scarcely had the smoke from Pa!ry's rifle blown
away when there was a shot from the American
side and Kinds made a miss. Boulter then tired
from the British side and scored bullseye. Kinds
fired again, and again he missed the target. IL was
m unpropitious opening. Colonel iodine imncdl-
ateiy consulted with Kinds and his coach and cX-
amincd his rife. The result was that when Kinds
AGAIN fired he made bullseye, and the dropping
spirits of the Americans rose. Meantime ogden ha1
begun with . but made builseycO on his second ana
confirmed shooting well. When it came the turn
of Heap of the British team. to shoot. he made s.
following it by three misses. This caused great
astonlshmcnt TO everyone, for be was expected 10
do something fine, and this was phenomenaliy bad.
Heap took his seat on bench alter his thlrd bliss
and shook his head sadly. There was revival of
hope for the Americans. one explanation OF Heap
bad shooting was that he did not get elevation
rL.r ltn
average instead of one point above his highest,
the elevation which mad been given him.
Another explanation was that he was sick, and had
on the night before been obi ged 10 call IN ply
stefan. This il was said he had carefully con-
cealod from Sir Henry for fear he would not be
allowed to shoot yesterday. SIT Henry lialiord
was disturbed and consulted for some time with
Heap When Heap shot again, however, he made
a bullseye and it was thought that he would redeem
himselfj but his sixth shot was again miss, and
in his seventh and last he scored only 2, making
his total only ten for the range The
Americans shot moro slowly than their
opponents. At 1:20 o'clock Kinds and Ogden
had finished on the American side, with an average
of % each On the British side. Heap. boulter,
Parry and Goodcar had closed. and
although Boulter had done some hne
shooting. tie small score male by Heap
as the American. Dolan, who was the next to fin
ish of the home team, did poorly making only l6
1t was hoped that Alder would do something to keep
up the average but his ~ though very fair consider
ing the circumstances not sufficient T. prop No
the sinking fortunes of the Americans
The common opinion that tho home
team allowed too much for the wind. When Major
Shakespeare came to shoot he at first added
another to the large number of misses already made
on both sides. When he got his elevation he did
better On the British side Godsal started out with
4 1 and Humphrey with a for their first shots.
The Americans worked carefully. but the dim light
and the high wind could not be successfully over
come by them and the shooting at the oOO-yards
range closed with the British 80 ahead. The Bat
ish finished first, Humphrey and Godsal beng the
last 10 shoot on that side. Smith, OF the American
team. who was the last man to shoot, was watched
with much interest. He shot calmly and delibrr-
ately. and did well. The shooting at this range was
over at 2:40 o'clock.
As soon as the teams and their paraphernalia
could be got in position at the 900yards range the
shooting was begun there. Parry led off on the
British side with H. and was followed by Kinds on
the American side with 3. The position of the
men when shooting was as general thing, lying
on their backs with their guns held between their
knees. Caldwell had trick of winding him
self around his rifle and supporting his head
bv holding his coat-slceve in his teeth.
Heap started his shooting at 900 yards with an
other miss and looked rather cTcsiallen In conse-
ouence 1t evident that he was going to pieces
and could not be depended on for any good shoot
ing The Americans tried hard to make good scores,
bnt the struggle was useless they steadily fell be-
| hind their competitors Colonel Bodne went to
one of the telescopes and for about the twentieth
| time scanned the targets Then he walked among
his team questioning them as TO their elevations and
sights and examining their guns. The clouds III
the sky had now so increased that even Smith, who
Is supposed to have an eve accustomed 10 the dark
DAYS usual at Wimbledon, complained that there
was not enough light. McNttie was shooting
finely making frequent bullseyes and wiping out
the memory of the miss at the sOO-yards range
when he Int tho wrong target. The British were
through shooting at this range first. and when all
their men had shot, Shakespeare and Howard, Of
the American team. still at work Shake
speare made a buseyo on his first shot, but for
some reason missed on his second. He came
in with 4 Immediately afterward
however, and Oh his fourth shot made another
bullseye His shooting was watched with the
closest interest 10y everyone Howard shot rather
poorly and the range closed with the British 43
more ahead. ,
Then the l 200 yards range was prepared for the
final shooting There was no hope OF winning the
match now for the Americans, bur they gathered al
the hiring point with resolve TO make good score
on the long range aud break the fall much a.
| possible. One or two of the men were
nervous and showed it both In their
manner and i'll their shooting. Smith, OF the
American team, was "A strong contrast to the two or
three nervous ones. lie was calm if shooting
pigeops for an afternoons sport, and shot finely.
Howard Dolan and Human also did very we'll On
the British side, bullseye after bulseye put ill.,
and they drew further and further away from the
Americans. The first shot was fired, usual. by
Parry. who put in bulseye Poor Heap then fired
| and made only 2. This more than counter
balanced. however, by Kinds opening on the Ameri
car side with, a miss and following it
| However, on his third shot, having got his
| elevation and wind right. All now waited for Og-
| don 10 make somethlng lie did. II was s. A