Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-04
District Rihemen Have Good Chance
in All-Oomers' Match.
HAVE 50 OUT OF POSSIBLE 70 POINTS
Major Harries Will Get Up Team
to Go to BisIey.
GOSSIP OF THE CANE
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

Special From a STAFF Correspondent.
SEA GIRT, N. J., September 4.-This is
the closing day of the Sea Girt rifle meet.
| and the principal contests in progress are
| the Wimbledon cup match at 900 yards
| and the Presidents match for the cham
| pionship of the United States.
! The weather is fair and the wind and
| other conditions for craftsmanship above
| the average.
| rogress had not reached a stage that
threw any light on the winners Of the
matches mentioned
! The best chance for the District seems
! to be in the all-comers' match, Lieutenant
| q. b. Young of the Engineers leading with
| 60 out of a possible 30. Most of the visit
| ing rifemen have departed for their re-
| spectiye homes and before tomorrow the
remainder will have gone
| Inc columbia match, the first prize being
! trophy presented by the District of CO.
| lumbia and open only to teams of New
Jersey guardsmen, won by the Attn
| Regiment, with total of TO after shoot
ing all Gay and well into the cleaning.
| georgia yesterday finished victorious in
the iaSt OF the team competitions, the
| famous Hilton trophy match, that the Dis
| trict did not er ter.
| The winning score was 1,OS6-so that the
worlds record of 1,O97 established by the
| District of Columbia in 1895 stands firm
and fast; this, too. in the face of the fact
| that the targets in use yesterday were the
| dead easy silhouette design. The New
| York team took second place, with 1,O63,
| while the only other competitor, New Jer-
sey, scored OU3 At the conclusion of the
| firing Georgia cheered for New York the
| latter for Georgia and both for New Jer-
Sey.
More About National Team.
| Major Harries last night discussed his
! p1 oposition to organize an American rifle
| team. and went over the details with Gen.
| Spencer, New jerseys Inspector general of
| rifle practice: Gen. Kirby. the inspector of
New York: Capt. Williamson, who COM
| nands the Georgia rifle team, and several
other riffemen of note.
He also Chatted with Gen. Wingate. The
sentiment is unanimously favorable to the
! formal ton of a national team, and the
| result OF the several caucuSes that have
| been held Mai. Harries will proceed at once
| to enter officially into correspondence with
| the adjutants general of every state and
| territory in the Union and with the
| thorties of the British National Rifle AS
ISOLATION. An understanding has also been
| reached to the general characteristic of
| the rifle and ammunition needed by the
team The probabilities are that the num-
| Der of men from each state will not exceed
| five. The other details agreed upon are
| substantially the same as heretofore exclu-
sively stated in The Star.
Reason for High scores.
| 1t is probable that the general public
! will not understand why the scores re-
corded in the matches at the meet Just
closing are so much larger than those of
former years. The difference is easily eX-
planned. The silhouette figures now in use
are about three times the size of the bull g
eye of the oval targets that the markSmen
| faced heretofore 1t has been demon
| strated that with a little practice rifle
nen firing at 200 yards can score pos
| houettes.
Gen. Ordwny Improving.
Washngtonans, Jerseymen, New York
erS, Georgians and all others at Sea Grit
are mitch delighted at the news brought
| from Washington to the effect that the
geons who have been dia gncsing Gen.
Ordway's disease have announced their
! belief that the generals case is clrabie,
! and have sent him to Wiesbsden for treat
\ ment. There dre many please memories
| of the general at Sea Grit, and there has
been a unanimous expression of hope that
| the general may return to Washington
| fully restored to health. 1t the con-
| SenSES of opinion at an assembly of officers
| here yeSterday-there were several gen
erals and colonies in the croWd--that Gen.
Ordway has no superior anywhere as an
| officer of volunteer troops.
| Every member of the Washington party
| has been a specially invited guest of the
| New Jersey State Rifle Association during
| the week The commodious and hand
| somey appointed club house of the aSso-
| citation has been at the disposal of the
| visitors at all times. c. F. c..