The sun., 1890-01-12
FANCY SHOOTING OF 1888.
Proofs OF the Prov wess OF New York Cracks
with the Ride and Revolver.

Proofs OF the PFoWess OF Now York Cracks
with the Ride and Revolver.
Indoor practice with the revolver and rife
was INDUCED In by the shooting cracks oi
Gotham last year to a greater extent than ever
before. and the year was q notable one In
shooting annals. especially for the superb
scorss made at the targets designed to perfect
the marksman in the art Of fancy shooting.
and In swiftness and accuracy OF aim Hun
dreds Of pounds OF powder and ball were con-
Sumed IN the practice at Conlin's gallery at
Broadway and Thirty-hrst street. and the vet
Gran marksman has framed many OF the tar
gets as proud evidence OF tho proyess OF New
are an interestins mi @ hstorioaI review f0h Of the
years Improvement They begin with the best
sSc1Tes at The standard dec desimal target with q 3
go, to make which 1t Is necessary to hit inside
OF circle e Of one psJnn bali LIN inch hdword
have each a porfect score. A. A. Cohen and
Th geGt RHs r. Of e 80
g. Charles +. StaGG las 81.
S!dsF yery dIis%i isst TiIf i.oIS ihs TSsvSlysr
sEotSst; St ]; II. l. 5@hIns. i Sonsec%tiysa II! u il
II, II. Swift, 5 consocutives in 6 shots,
On the Massachusetts target the bull's-eye
Which, R.fn in Order rs 10 sSe %aSe u scors saa 0a Is
necessary to hit a circle OF fve-eiGhths of an
INCH. tho star scores OF the year We're:
shots nj IL yards j. T. b, Collins and sGeorge
T. Garrignes II out of q possible ~; Major ".
ett have 70 each; Edward Wassormann has 10.
What Is possible in eTpsrt workmanship
following ,feas, each shot being fatal at z
yards. II hr-d AZ a man: A. A. Cohen and Will
RS% RId Kent ys shots in Of sssf second asOEEe
1--WE shots In | second.
The spectacular feat Of splitting the edge of a
@ sraCks To- T. try : their skill. THIS is sRSotns | at
the word, and II i feat that few believe pos
dSS Of st Hfs how sxpert ars
at 1t. however, can be inferred from this record.
K v Il. Schuyler succeeded in splitting ten
Gsotee Bird NJ Bixby. and ". X. Grifin have
has seven consecutive eghts In Ten shots i.
II. Males and Fred sands have seven each; J.
shots. TIE eG sso Of tEo baet used Is ron of
an inch. With he revolver the feat IL more
dinicult' as the marksman has only the use of
less maze with smith Wesson 44-ealibre
te deorgs @ @ Elld splt 10 cards in 70 shots. A. A.
Cohen made score oil consecutive In IA
shos. There was fine shooting, too. at the
j. = toniin 70 give an exact lea Of What could
be done with tie American weapon in the
hands OF a good shot ihe diameter Of the tar;
counts one: the second ring counts two. and Is
the size OF u hfty cent pieeo: the third counts
three. and II the size OF q twenty -flYe-cent
piece; the bull's.eye counts four, and is the
size Of ten cent piece. Inside the bull's-eye
piece counts Ave. On this target at dis
lance OF 100 feet the following gentlemen have
lowing number OF times; II. g. Starkweather,
S5; W. Z. Althoqse and Cha9 Mehllg 2s; e =
L, Potter each. With revolver this same OBJ
ject has leen hit by Geo, Bird. Edward Wasser-
mann, W. i. Pryor and A. A. Cohen times In
6Ehots each.
The oxpert target. which is designed for very
close work with rifle ard royolN or, was favored
target are 22.l00o OF an inch apart. The best
Ellio records on thi5 target are: n. l. Le9i 9S:
Z. C. Hiscoe, 9Si Major D. Croker aud II. C.
Starkweather. 81 ;CsF. Rfagg. Geo. Rlrd, Major
w. H. FryoT, aud N. q. Alth0use, w sgoh.