Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-04

ON TROPHY.
| cerned, but his faith in the ability of the
districts REPRESENTATIVES did not waver.
| Col. Mosher, the Districts adjutant gen.
| eral, was roofing and figuring and hoping
| and praying, until he really did not know
| which he was doing. There was look of
| anxiety on every face except the faces of
those team men. whose captains discour-
! aged anything that tended toward excite
| ment. Everybody was partisan, the wo
| men more so than the sterner sex.
| Five minutes ahead of time Lieut.. Gra-
ham fired the last shot for Washington.
AS he and Maj. Harries arose from their
| places. the Districts team captain said,
| I'VE have been beaten" He knew that the
| local score was low as compared with the
scores of other years, and he reasonatl y
| supposed that Georgia had maintained its
lead. he notified Adjt. Vale to assemble
| the Districts detachment in rear of Geor-
gas firing point, SO that when the winning
team was announced there would be cheers
| for the vctors.
had two shots to fire, and that if they were
both fours, the Hilton trophy would go
| Way Down South in Dixie
| Bang" went Austins last cartridge ard
| up hohbed the three disk; that meant that
! Or. Wilson must make ulrs-eye TO win.
/ The doctor did his best, while the crowd
refrained from breathing
The Last Shot.
| 'Bang!". went his last shot.
The excitement of lifetime seemed to
be crowded into the two or three seconds
consumed in charging the targets. Then
the yells Of exultant Washingtonians min
gied with the groans of disappointed Geor-
| gians as the four disk marked the spot hit.
A Georgia lady burst into tears, and Would
not be comforted. Men Rugged each other
or looked their disappointment, just as the
| case might be.
| Maj. Harries called upon his team and
| their adherents for cheer for the competi-
| tors who put up such a galli ant fight Geor-
| ga dld not propose to be outdone, so its
| team got in its cheer first, after which the
! local crowd got in its deadly work with
| great effectiveness. Congratulatiols and
| commiseration were freely ex changed and
! in d little while there was no evidence of
| the tension that had for several hours been
| clearly apparent The Hilton match was
over, and the brigade team of the District
Natlonal Guard retains the worlds cham
| pfonship.
| The ReEimental Match
In the interstate regimental match. the
scores OF which We're announced yesterday
| evening, the lst Georgia has the first place
with the District of Columbia Engineers
second. The totals We're: 1st Georgia. l.594:
District Of Columbia Engineer Corps. 1854.
| LIST Pennsylvania, lap; I'd District of Co.
lumbia, 1852; I'd New Jersey, 1.:os. Is,
District OF Columbia, 1913 Sd New New
Jersey, LIB; 18th PENNSYLVANIA. / o2o. ad
pennsylvania 1,2l1; 9th New Jersey. 1852
Receiving the victors.
Although no information on the subject
| has as yet been received here. IT is unite
| probable that the brigade rife team of the
| District National Guard will return home
| Monday evening, delaying the departure
| from Sea Girt until MONDAY in order that
the memfers OF the team may participate
| IL they SO desire, in the individual rifle
matches scheduled for today and tomorrow
Both Gen: Ordway and his adjutant gen
eral, Col. Mosher, are away from the city
| but nevertheless, no doubt exists that the
| victors will be acco rded a proper reception
| orders Will probably be issued tomorrow
| calling out two battaions of the District
| Guard, to be commanded by the rankinp
Lieutenant colonel, to meet the team at the
| depot and escort it to the armory In addi-
| ton there Will probably be several volun-
| ieer companies in the parade. Last year
! the organizations ordered out to meet the
team were the LIST Battalion and the 5th
Battalion, and they were commanded by
! Lieut.. Col. Walton of the 1st Regiment
The first company to announce its inten-
! ton to welcome the team is Company A. I'd
| battalion (Morton Cadets. AS soon as the
cate and hour of the arrival of the rife
men are announced Capt. Shilling will issue
the necessary orders to his men.
The Hilton Trophy.
| The prize wen by the brigade team of the
District of Columbia National Guard at
| Sea Girt yesterday is u trophy presented
by Henry Hilton of New York, to be shot
| fer annually at Sea Girt. The conditions
which govern it are that it shall be neli
| during the year by the head of the corps
| or organization whose team may win it
| and must be returned to the New Jersey
! State Rifle Association at the close of the
| T.. Is
IN addition, bronze medal, made by
| Tiffany of New York, is presented to eacn
member of the winning team.
Inc District first won the trophy in 1890,
with score of 1,O17. 1t was brought to
| Washington again in 1893, the score being
| l,OoS Last September, with 1887, the
worlds record, the District brigade team
| once more gained possession of the coveted
! trophy, and yesterday demonstrated its
| right to hold the prize for another year.
Others who have won the trophy are as
follows: 1873. New York, score, 1.04I: 1879,
New York, score, 1,o43; 1880, Division of
1881. New York. score. oil; 1882. Pennsyl-
vania, score, 9s6; 1883. Michigan, score,
| LOSS; 1884, Division of the Atlantic, u, s.
Army. score, LOIS; 1885, Division of the
Massachusetts,, score. LOLA; 1887, Massa-
| chusetts, score. 1895; 1888, Massachusetts
score, 1850; 1889, Massachusetts, score
1,057; 1891, New York, score. 1865; 1892,
| sylvania, score, LOSS.
| The score yesterday, 1,O1O, is the lowest
In the record of the District for the Hilton
match. that fact being due to the gale of
| progress. The trophy is at present on ex-
| hibtion In the hallway on the second floor
| o. the National Guard Armory, 446 L street
| northwest
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