The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-19

! The following telegram and letter re-
ceived per r. M. S. Warrimoo, shows
that interest in the international shoot
is very much alive at the Denver end.
1t will also be noticed that Captain
| Lower seems full of confidence in his
teams ability to give good account
| of itself This they will do, without
| doubt, when it is considered that the
team includes some of the best marks
men in the United States, among them
famous matches of years gone by at
Creedmoore, while others have given
a good account of themselves in ma
tional and international matches in
Europe.
One of the team; Mr.. John P. Lower,
on his SD birthday, fired so shots from
a Sharp's military rifle at 200 yards,
in twenty minutes, and half of the
shots were bullseyes, none being far
ther out than 4.
Other members of the team have
made enviable records, but the data
is not at hand for them, but this will
give the Sharpshooters and their
friends an idea of the sort of oppo-
nents they have In this match, and if
defeat should be their portion they will
at least have the satisfaction of having
met it at worthy hands:
DENVER, Colo, Sept. 26, 1896.
William H. Bell, Honolulu, H Mail
via San Francisco, CAL:
Will shoot match on October eight
eenth. Particulars by mail
JOS. N. LOWER.
The following letter, received by the
same steamer, conveys some informa-
ton which will be of interest to the
Honolulu rifemen:
DENVER, Colo, Sept 20, 1896
William H Bell, Honolulu, H. l.:
Your letter of the 9th inst, and also
Captain Dodge's of the 1st, received to-
day, and everything is satisfactory,
with the exception of the dates, which,
regret to say, are the dates for the
Colorado State Rifle Association shoot.
This takes place October 18th and 18th,
but the range will be turned over to
the visiting teams on the 10th for prac-
tice; so under these circumstances we
will have to postpone the Honolulu
match one week from the 18th, making
the date October 18th, which 1 hope
will be satisfactory to the Honolulu
team. On that date we will shoot the
match, according to agreement, and
Immediately thereafter will mail you
a choice assortment of bullet holes on
two Blunt targets, punched therein ac-
cording to the best Of our ability, and
under the strict supervision of the
Honolulu teams representative here.
1 herewith enclose the names of the
team, with alternates:
THE DENVER TEAM.
Geo. c. Schoyen, c. w. Dennison,
]. A. Kicker, L. Simmons,
D. w. King, Jr. A. w. Peterson,
]. n. Lower, o. E. Adamson,
H. A. Willis, J. P Lower
ALTERNATES.
H. B. Gilbert, J. H. Dean,
c. c. Ford, W. Rhodes.
1 did not consider it necessary to
telegraph this to San Francisco, as
there will be mail leaving there on the
30th of this month, and this will reach
you in plenty of time to make all ar
rangements. 1 will attend to your
wishes regarding scores, photos, etc.
You must let this letter answer Cap
tain Dodge's also, as it would be only
a repetition of it to him, and with this
letter l consider everything arranged
and will proceed to let her go Gal
lagher on the 18th of October, A. D.
eighteen hundred and ninety-siX.
In conclusion, will say that you are