Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-01

Mention OF this preliminary practice brings
20 MIND the fact that JERSEY has done more for
Washington in that line during the past week
tn'h VIII be done for the Dilcrams when thew
reach Creedraoor. Ordinarily the management
oi such meetings as are held at Sea Gi-t and
CreeomoOr IS intent principally on making
every possible dollar, but there the regular
! INGENIOUS did not prevail At Creedmcor the
Oi4E practice team can get will be at pool tar
| gets and In individual matches and Won will
| please bear in mind the truth that pooi tickets
ana match entries for eighteen men cost good
ueal OF money. At this place the Washington
/ boys have been allowed to Use the ranges AS
frequently as was practicable without any other
| expenditure .han that of time and ammunition:
generosity unlocked for and unusual but
thoroughly characteristic Of Jersey soldiers.
CAPT. PAAMESTER's PROGRESS
| Capt. Parmenter, the team quartermaster,
| has developed unexpected ability az a rifieman.
a, Heretofore whenever the captain went on the
| home range to shoot for qualification it has
/ been his universal custom to close both ewes
and blaze away, but association with lot of
men who are ravins maniacs the subject of
\ rIne compC NtlDn has wrought n marvellous
! change. Lieut.. Farrabee did not figure ON this
met'morrhosis when he challenged the quar-
term.'ster 10 match at 200 yards. Now, the
/ lie dten2ut Is an inspector Of rifle practice and
I PeiItcr who was abou. his own size. That.
however. was not the sort of man the lien
tenant was locking for; he wanted somebody
I he could get away with This is what things
! locked like when the shoot was over:
Capt. IaTmeptor 4 4 q so
Lieut. tarEabee....... 3 O 0-16
Lieut. FaTrabee would give as much as 50 10
10 haNe the foregoing statement and score sup
/ pressed. The quartermaster sincerely regrets
! now that lie did no. enter the Schuetzen match
here some Of the scores he has made would
| have taken prize in that competition. 1t was
gone
Today has been cold aud stormy. Rain has
\ talien almost continually since the close of the
me citing last nj hit and the roar of the breakers
Is increasing every hour. Many OF the team
mad figured on spending Sunday at Ocean
urove or Asougy Park. but the gale deferred
/ iheLn end they have been III camp almost con-
| tinuaily- Most of the men spent a couple of
| hours on the beach and one OF them, Lieut..
stewart. allowed The Wild waves to carry away
one OF his Ie6gings.
Maj Pollard went TO Freehold last night. He
viii rejCin the team in the morning
| Capt Cash left last night for Washington.
Especial courtesies were tsndered both Maj.
/ iolard and Capt, Cash by the management Of
the assoeiation. More may be said of that mat
| ter tomorrow.
Col. Clay. Capt Parmenter, Capt. Bell and
Lieut.; Harr!es ate their Sunday dinner with
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The Trophy Presented.
August 81.
Let Col Moore and all the rest of the first
regiment rejoice and be glad and, incidentally,
II any one else desires to be jubilant why they can
come right in. The big bronze trophy of Alex
ander and BUcephalus is actually in the pos
session of the six men who won it. Thepresenta-
ton was made on Saturday evening; yesterday
NnNa
group. and in an hour or two it will be on its
way to Washington. If the first regiment
sh&rpshooters can have their way it will stay
there for an indefinite period. Capt. Cash was
called home Saturday afternoon by business
! that could not be neglected, so the command
of the team devolyed upon Lieut. Harries
when the hour came for the ceremonial COM
pletlol OF the victory All the other District |
u Columbia soldier boys were invited to Join |
the parade, anu at o'clock, with the rain |
drilling it had been all the evening the |
little column trsmped up the gravel road
To the association headquarters. Gen. Spencer |
with number of other staff officers |
greeted the visitors and soon as everybody !
had found place III which to stand couple of
the Jersey officers lifted the trophy to CEN
trally-iocatcd table. where everybody could see
II aGd indulge their artistic senses. Then Gen !
Spencer made a speech. dryly humorous but
complimentary effort, which evidently wasn't
Columbia in general and the first regiment in
particular for the line exposition of rifle shoot
Ing The winners had given, said that all jersey
Gncluding himselG was glad the prize had gone
southwark and hoped next year to see three or
four teams at sea Girt from the national capi- |
tai Lieut. Harries accepted the trophy, ex-
Gov. Green OF New Jersey delivered a brief
address. Col Clay said several things and Capt.
Bell offered excuses for the failure Of his excel
lent team to get there.
LIEUT.. HlRRIEs GETS THE RIFLE
At this stage of the proceedings Col A. R. |
kuser handed to Gen. Spencer the very fine |
special military rife given by the colonel as a |
prize for the competitor making the biggest |
aggregate in three scores of seven shots each at
800 yards. That stirred Gen. Spencer up to |
masking another speech, funnier, perhaps than |
his frst, and when he was through with his |
| oratory he handed the gun to Lieut.. Harries, |
whose total of lOi out of a possible los had |
given him clear title TO the gun.
I;gEs refreshments of a LIQUID nature were
then dispensed. and II was just there that Gen.
Spencer said he had discovered the source OF
hGshlngton's shooting strength; nearly one
hd4f OF the men declined to drink intoxicants
and were, therefore, provided with sufiiciency
of lemonade.
Al about IL o'clock the washingtoniaus went
over TO Gen. Spencers tent and there those
who had won money prizes who were
possessed OF bull s-eye tickets secured the cash
that was coming to them. Three cheers were
given tor Gen. Spencer and three more for
Jersey; then everybody went to quarters and to
bed
FAIRNESS AND COURTESY.
Two Of the most pleasureable things to be
remembered in connection with the meeting
just closed the absolute fairness with which
the management treated al competitors and
the special eourtesies extended the Washington
team Maj. Pollard WAS executive officer nearly
al OF Erluay and Capt. Cash enioycu the same |