Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-07
BRONZE HORSE TO REMAIN
The Engineer Corps RiAemsn Won Their
Hsteh.
Results of the Shooting at Sea Girt
Yesterday-The Second Regiment
of the District Was second.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
CAMP WERTS, SEA GIRT, N. J.,

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
CAMP WERTS, SEA GIRT, NJ,
September g. 1894.
The big bronze horse-the thoroughbred
Jersey horse for which SO many teams of
riden.en have struggled. and which for
three years has resided at the national cap
ital-will continue for a while longer to be
a decorative feature in the engineer corps
headquarters. The total score of the en-
ginecr's half dozen was ], 439, made up of
51f at known distance and OBS in skirmish
Close behind the winners came the second
ID. c.. with an aggregate of 1,413, the
nown-distance total being sol, the skirm-
ish total Oh. Team No. 6 in the finishing
order is that from the first Alaska cavalry
la organization that has its headquarters
In Washington-the aggregate being 1890.
The eighth team was that of the first d. c.,
with I,226
Extremely Warm COmpe titiOn.
Never since the trophy first shot for
and won by the first d. c. infantry team
In 1891. has there been such an extremely
warm competition as closed this afternoon
Throl gh the greater portion of yesterday
teams from New Jersey, Maine, Georgia.
Connecticut. Pennsylvania, the District of
Columbia and the first Alaska cavalry
wrestled with annoying atmospheric condi-
tions and put up the required scores at the
known distances-3OO and 500 yards. Today
those same teams trotted up and down the
roundj of ammunition at the inanimate
things that were supposed to represent
human beings, whose continued existence
might be regarded as inimical to the bodily
welIare or the skirmishers. Diminishing Is
not yet an exact science, even when the
man and the gun and the cartridge are all
as nearly perfect as may be, but when a
strong wind sweeps across the range most
those have bo
renee are ready to testify that there Is room
for all sorts of surprises. The wind was
mere today. and there was also slight
sprinkle of rain, anything like the phe-
nomenal records of a year ago could not
reasonably be looked for From the time
OF nag-drop at the 200 yards firing point
Yesterday the engineers were the favorites
although members of the ID. q N q he
neved II to be quite likely that the team of
the second regiment would do very much
better than ever. AMI might even come out
For this belief there was apparently
sound foundation. Capt. Bell having done
ms utmost to build up winning aggrega-
ton, but unexpected weakness cut the
total looked for and victory said farewell
10 the representatives of the second and
wandered once again into the camp of the
engineers But that is not cause for sad
ness even among the second regiment
crowd; everybody is rejoicing because the
nonors have been captured by their COM
Iaues, even though they be of another por-
ton OF the command than that to which
the defeated belong.
LieutG.B. Young, the engineers team cap-
tain has been heartily congratulated and
cheers have been exchanged with a liberal
ity that has threatened the soundness of
many threats. and the exchange continues.
The victory is unquestionably a big one.
for there were thirteen teams in the
match and many of them were good teams.
too. Maine was quite confident of get
ting there" and Georgia and some of the
Jersey teams were full of hope but none
OF the combatants were anything like equal
IN point of ability to either the engineers
or the second regiment boys and live of
them We're evidently inferior to the hastily
ment
Results of the Shooting.
The positions Of all the teams is as fol-
lows: .-t asr- p~~- -.