The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-11-08
WON "THE HERALD" PRIZE.
Lieutenant Farrabee the Successful
Marksnan-The Other Contests.

Lieutenant Farrabee the Successful
Marksnan-The Other Contests.
The second annual shoot of the District
National Guard, which closed yesterday after
noon, was eminently successful. The entries
IN all the matches were numerous. Though
the results may have been disappointing to
individuals they were on the whole very
won.
Lieutenant L. L. Farrabee, inspector of rife
practice for the Fourth Battalion, was the
winner OF the handsome prize medal donated
by the proprietors OF The SUNDAY HERALD.
Every one was well pleased with the result
and Lieutenant Farrabee was heartily con-
graduated for his luck in obtaining this beau
tlful prize. He deserved his reward for the
conscientious hard practice he did. A more
popular winner could not have been selected
IHE HERALD match was shot on Thursday
afternoon. The day was cold and rainy, but
the contestants braved the weather to win the
honor and medal. In the beginning.o of the
match, Lieutenant Farrabee's chances did not
appear too great, but as it progressed he i'm
proved and finally won by the excellent score
of 3d. Private Rollins score was also S3, but
at 600 yards he only made "A, while Lieu
tenant Farrabee scored 26. The scores
OF the other contestants were as follows Corp.
Blazer, 50; Lieutenant Harries, 81; Private
Himeburgh. 81; Rotramel, 70; Salmon, 7S;
Page, 73; j. s. Fitzhugh, II; Kimmel, II;
Major Campbell, 70; Rawles, 70 Pless. 70;
Appleby, 60; Lang, So; King, 66; b. B. s.
Phillips, 63; I. J. McAnally, so; Hough, |62;
Landyoigt, 6S; Shields, 81; Click, IS; J. N.
Walsh, 81; Gibson, Sc; D. X. Fitzhugh, SO;
Schultz, 81; Carraway, 81; Speer, so; Good
win, 40; Crawford, 45; Baden, AZ; Tallmadge,
3S.
The shooting began early ON Thursday
morning under the management of Major t.
A. OBrien, range officer, at the Washington
Barracks range. In the opening match for
the Boleter-M r-Magruder-Tappan prizes, there
were over eighty entries. When each contest
ant had fired his five shots, and the scores had
peen made out, 1t Was folnd that Lieutenant
Harres had won the Magruder medal with a
score OF A. Major j. M. Pollard, the Tappan
revolver, with As, and Captain James E. Bell
the B0teler group, with 43.
On Friday the first match was for the ar
tistic and costly medal donated by the pro-
prietors of the Egening Star. Major M. j.
Pollard scored the highest, and thus won the
splendid prize. Those who scored so or more
were Major Pollard, Sc; Corporal Dickey, S3
Sergeant Hutterly, SO; Lieutenant Johnstone,
81; Private Appeby, so; Sergeant Laird, so;
Lieutenant Graham, so, and Lieutenant
Harres, 80 After a brief rest the Battalion
prize was contested for, and as last year, was
again won by the Fifth Battalion with score
of 1913.
Yesterday the shoot opened with the Sena-
torial contest, to decide the championship of
the District. At 2 p m. it was concluded,
with Major Pollard the champion by a score of
III. The scores that reached $50 or more were:
Sergeant Huttery, 167; Private Himebaugh,
167; Private Walter Cash, 1853; Corporal
Dickey, 1863; Captain j. E. Bell 16l; Lieu
tenant e. ii. Harries, 1874, and Private Appleby,
The final contest was for the Merchants
match, in which eighty nine were entered for
the twenty-one prizes, list of which appeared
In last Sundays HERALD. Only enlisted
men were eligible. The match was fired over
the 200 and 300-yard ranges. The results
We're as follows: Private Dlckey, A; Private
Himebaugh, 43; Private e. l., Phillips, AZ;
Sergeant B. B. s. Phillips, Al; Private Asher,
Al; Sergeant Rotramel, 40; Private Ferry, 40;
Sergeant Laird, 80; Private Page, 80; Sergeant
Hutterly, 80; Private Roberts, 80; Private
Freeman, 80; Private Rawles, 49, Corporal
Speer, 3S; Corporal Edwards, 38; Corporal
Russell, 3S; Corporal Landvoigt, 3S; Private
Ratclitf, 81; Private Phillips, 81, and Cor
porai Lang, 3d.
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