Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-05


but he realized this morning how much it
meant to him to have = try for the handsome
gold medal that tbs EVENING STAR
put up TO be shot for by the guard.
great deal of interest has been
and the chances of the various ones who had a
good chance at it have been talked over at
headquarters and around the different ar
mories for weeks past Today was the day set
for the match and one member Of the guard
now has good cause to be prouder man than
ha was yesterday. Any man in the guard would
give good deal 10 wear that gold star on the
breast of his uniform. but the winner earned
the right to it today by good work at the
range. rH.1
THE ENTRIES. E..s
The following entries we're made for the
match: Col Clay, commanding second regi-
ment; Maj. ]. III. Pollard, inspector general of
rifie practice; Capt. W. l.. Cash. inspector
hrst regiment; Capt Jas. E. Bell. inspector sec
ond regiment; Lieut. Geo. H. Harries. inspector
second battalion; Lieut. F. L. Graham. in
spector fourth battalion; Lieut. W. l.. Vale,
inspector sixth battalion; Lieut.. w. Z. Farqn-
har. company c, fifth bat;alion; Lieut. W. IL.
Johns'one, company A, fifth battalion; Color
Sergt. r. ID. Smythe, fourth battalion; Color
Sergt. W. A. Edwards, fifth battalion; James
NJ. Stewart, company A, fifth battalion;
Sergt Thomas L. Doyle, company A. fifth
battalion; Sergt. Daniel Freeman. company A.
seventh battalion; Corp. Walter S. Cash. COM
pany &, fifth battalion; Corp. A. q. Hutterly-
company A. sixth battalion; Corp. James Fitz-
hugh, company b. fourth battalion: Private +.
n. Wells, company Is, first battalion; Private II.
Abel, company b, fifth battalion. and Private
J. j. Roberts, company c, fourth battalion.
There were twenty contestants on hand to
take part in the match. The illness Of Private
J. NJ. Stewards mother prevented him from
taking part in the contest today. This WAS
greatly regretted by all the rest, for it was
generally known that while he might not have
sure thing today he stood a first-rate show of
carrying off the honors.
READY TO BEGIN.
BY 1890 all the contestants were on the
range and ready to commence work. There
was not much Of an audience to witness the
match though number of officers and men
from the post came over to see the citizen
soldiers pile up good scores. There were few
young colored men on the grounds TO see how
Sergt. Freeman OF the seventh battalion would
hold up his good record as "a marksman
Lieut. Bennett, third artillery. acted as the
officer OF the range, and Was practically in
charge of the match All the men were soldiers
from the start to the end, and his directions
were followed to the letter.
WIND AND SUM-
The conditions today were by no means favor
able to good scores. The wind came up tho
range strong and with occasional sharp gusts
across the grounds. that kept the marksmen
guessing on the subject of wind gauges. Then.
too, as the range Is almost due north and
south, the sun was directly in the eyes Of the
men as they faced the targets. which were pale
yellow, making them rather indistinct at dis
lance. But, Notwithstanding these disadyan-
tages, the shooting was extremely creditable
and any number Of good scores were piled up.
The match was at four ranges-20O 800, 500
and 600 yards, seven shots at each dis
lance. This made li0 the highest
possible score. 1t was prophesied before the
match that the winner would have to make at
least 1875. but that was before the wind came
up and the sun shone so bright
There were four targets III use today and the
gardsmen were divided mp into squads OF two
at each target, with scorekeeper for each
target
THE SHOOTING.
Maj. Pollard, who has shot in many a match
before, was the first man to pull the trigger at
the eco yard range today. His first shot Just
grszed the bulrs-eye, starting him out with a
4 to his credit From that time on he piled up
5s and As with a regularity that made the
others squirm. Capt. Cash and Lieut. Graham
were right after him all the time and the
fourth man was not far away.
At the last range Maj. Pollard weakened q
bit IN his scoring and Capt. Cash caught up
with him and won the match.
Not long after the firing began Gen. Ordway
appeared on the range with the much wanted
medal in his pocket, ready to present il to the
winner directly after the conclusion of the
match. He was warmly greeted, and almost
all of the men on the range went up to pay
their respects to their commanding officer.
As the match drew toward the close the in
terest heightened. There was good deal Of
mental addition INDUCED in and the marks
men, who knew that they had good scores to
their credit were all the more careful at GOO
yards. When the last shot was fired and the