St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-31
CHAOS AT SMELLING,
The Elements Put a Stop to
the Department
Shoot.
American Cricketers Secure
! a Long Lead on the I:
Manitobas.
Bad Starts Detract From the
Sport at Brighton
Beach.
MM00rhead Wants a Race
Track, and Will Have
One.

4 The third days preliminary practice
in the department competition was
begun at Fort Smelling this morning.
The feature was skirmish firing which,
owing to there being twelve targets and
ninety-four contestants, required eight
runs to be made to complete the score in
the contest. At the completion of the
second run, and when but twenty-four
men had fired, storm of wind and
rain, which had been threatening all
the morning, broke with exceeding vio-
lence upon the encampment, and
made such havoc with it as
will take several days to fully
repair. The tent of the department.
inspector of rifle practice that used as
camp headquarters; two tents to the
right of the one occupied by Maj, Miles;
the mess tents of both officers and men;
and three tents occupied by enlisted
men were turned completely over, torn
into shreds by the wind, and their con-
tents thoroughly drenched by the rain
and distributed over an area of about a
mile of the reservation. The individual
losses of officers and men will
R oss OF c0n yassbe rec waIs T sha
entail much clerical labor and delay in
their restoration. The storm lasted for
quite forty minutes, and all firing for
the day was at an end.
The weather permitting, the skirmish
firing Will be resumed this morning.
The following score shows the record of
the two runs made yesterday:
Sergt. McKeivey First cavalry ..... ..... %
Sergt. Mitchell, Third infantry. ........ SO
Sergt. Farrell, Twentieth infantry. 20
Lieut.. Bruce, Twenty second infantry. 60
Lieut.. Gerhardt, Twentieth infantry $50. 81
Private Sautter Eighth cavalry ........... So
Lieut.. Cook, Twelfth infantry ........... So
Sergt. Drake, Third infantry .............. 4S
Capt. BOutele, First cavalry ............. AZ
Private COkeley, Twenty-second infantry. A
Private Mclaughlin, Third infantry 81
Private Stoltz, Eighth cavalry ........... 30
Capt. Mansie, Eighth cavalry ............ Is
Corp. Vogt, Twenty second infantry. 6
Sergt. Doyle, Fifteenth infantry. ......... As
Corp. Fegan. Third infantry 49,. ...... a.
Corp. Guthrie, Twenty infantry. 40
Corp. Lutzow, Twenty-SecOnd infantry. 40
Sergt Cuttings, Twentieth infantry ....... "a
Sergt Hillenbrand, Fifteenth infantry. 80
Private Smith, Twenty-tifth infantry. 70
Sergt Kotrba, Twelfth infantry. ......... II
Corp. Miller. Twelfth infantry ......... 8
Private Casey. Eighth cavalry. ..........
The following list will show the pres
ent standing OF the first twenty-three
competitors:
Sergt. Mitchell, Third infantry. .422
Lieut.. Bruce, Twenty-second infantry. $40
Lieut.. Clark, Twelfth infantry. :. ...379
Capt Boutelle, First cavalry
Sergt. Farrell, Twentieth infantry .......37S
Lieut.. Gerhardt. Twentieth infantry. 1872
Sergt. Drake. Third infantry. ........ $40
Private Sautler. Eighth cavalry. 354
Corp. Lutzow, Twenty-seeond infantry. 351
Sergt. Cuttings. Twentieth infantry. 49,. .351
Corp. Fegan Third infantry ...... .....349
Sergt. McKelvey, First cavalry ......... 347
Corp. Guthrie, Twenty-second infantry. -343
Private Mclaughlin. Third infantry 80. 81
Corp. Mansie. Eighth cavalry. ........... 81
Private Cokely. Twenty second infantry. 1888
Sergt. Doyle, Fifteenth infantry. .337
Private Stoltz, Eighth cavalry ........3 1913
Sergt. Hillenbrand, Fifteenth infantry. 1913
Corp. Fogt, Twenty second infantry. 80
Corp. Miller, Twelfth infantry -. BOT
Sergt. Kotrba, Twelfth infantry. 3O6
Private Casey, Eighth cavalIt ............ 29s
Tomorrow, ''bull's-eye" shooting,
open to all officers and enlisted men.
The permission of the commanding
officer at Fort Smelling, has been OBJ
tanned for two rifle competitions which
will take place on the department RI
f1e range during the latter part of Sep
TENDER. The first will be between Sc
lected marksmen of the Minnesota Ma
tiOnal Guard, and the other between ri
fiemen of the Northwestern Rifle asso-