St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-17
TEE SHOOTING ENDED.
Prize Winners at the Last Day o
the Militia Competition.

Prize Winners at the Last Day of
the Militia Competition.
For the last day of the rifle tournam ent
it was confidently expected that Nature
would do something handsome, but SOME
thing handsome proved to be exactly what
that Cleopatra-like maiden particularly
insisted on not doing. The Skinner match
was the first event of the day, and it began
at a. N. in strong, tickle wind. There
were twenty-One entries.
The conditions were: No Is, open only to
the Minnesota National guards, seven shots
each. at geo. 500 and 600. Springfield rifles,
regular army positions and targets; en-
trance, 81.
The first prize is a military championship
gold badge and the championship of Min
nesota. but it must be won three times be-
fore tie badge or the championship is
completely given. 1t is offered by Lieut..
C.. NJ. Skinner. who won 1t himself in a
tournament of the Western Rife asso-
citation. This is the second year it has
been contested for. Last season
it was won by Corporal S. A. Walker. Sec
ond regiment with score of 50. Yester-
day it went into the hands of the First reg
iment being won by Lieut. /. W Castle. First
regiment. with the score of So. This is d
splendid score. equaling the famous one of
Mr.. Robert MeVtty. of the English team
at Creedmore. There were Is other prizes
distributed as follows:
Lieut.. |. w. Castle. LIST reg. Skinner badge IS
Private c. Maudlin, LIST reg. Sl2.............S5
Private j. II. Revel LIST reg. Sl0... ...,... 81
Lieut.. {. Tear, 25th inf. S.. -. ......... rs
Sergt. J. H Bacon, 1st reg. IS ..........76
C0rPl. A. r. Paine, III eg..............76
Lieut.. E. " B I'd INSPECTOR of rifle practice 70
n = , -
Sergt. c. H. Carpenter, I'd reg............72
Lieut.. A. Z. Chanter. LIST reg...-..........71
Pat c. S. Williams. lSt reg. .................70
Private J. b. Dodd, I'd reE....6 SO
Private W. w. Chandler, I'd reg.........67
Private - Shahdren, I'd reg. 81
Private j. W. Wright, 1st reg.............57
Sergt. {. b. Shaks. &c Observation-Disclosures Sc
This match occupied the entire forenoon.
and after dinner Nature took a new grip
and blew lively air for the last act before
the curtains fall. This act was an interest
ing one, both from the excellent shooting
and the amount of money involved. Nine
contestants put up 50 each with Secretary
Williams. and then banged away at 200,
800 and 500, to see which four of the nine
should take it all. Seven shots were al
allowed at each range. Bird, Wright.
Bacon. Martin. Blakely, Shandrew, Chand-
Ter. Tear and Gordon were the contestants
The men at the head, with the amounts
won, were:
Sergt. ]. II. Bacon, Company, H,
First regiment. s6 81 20
Private \. c. Martin, Company H,
First regiment. ................. 50 40
Private W. W. Chandler, Second
egiment.......-.-...... SO. 81 so
Private J. W. Wright, First regi-
meht- ........--. .----...-... fo gu
A protest was made against allowance of
first money to BacOn-the ground being
that he used sling Paragraph 4, of the
rifles, however, says that sings MAY be
used.
The last and most interesting match of
the whole series was finished as darkness
feil-the famous newspaper match.
Twenty papers and magazines were offered
by their publishers for the best off-hand
scores of fifteen shots at 200 yards. The
score stands as follows: