The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-16
RICHMOND WON THE MEDAL.
BIELE ASSOCIATIONS ANNUAL
SHOOT A GREAT SUCCESS.

&, :. Ricbmond's Score Was Sc Ont
of a Possible 1901. C. PosteI Made
Order-Members Contested in Four
CIasses-MednI Was the Prize in
One and in the Others the Winner
Got Winchester Rife-Light Was
Good at the Range and the Shoot
was Greatly Enjoyed by All Who
Attended-ScOres the Rinemen
Made.
The annual shoot of the Savannah Rifle
Association was held yesterday afternoon
al The range. Many of the members were
cut 20 try their hands at the butts, and
ahe shooting was clearly enjoyed from the
first to the last shot. Not only the men
behind the guns found it entertaining, for
laoSers-on were no less pleased. The men,
hers who. were not shooting found salts
faction in watching the others run up
ghe scores. Run up" is too fast to de-
scribe what some few did however.
The shooting was not up TO the standard
Of the association. Some of the cracks
were complaining about one thing or an
other Nearly everybody had some reason
or other why their bullets couldn't connect
with the bullseye. 1t was the wind the
light. lack of practice, the failure of the
markers 10 watch for the holes their shots
stuck in the bullseye or some other ola
reason. II was readily dscernab.e that
it was through no fault of the men behind
the guns 1t was a successful shoot.
though, and everybody had a good time.
The experienced riflemen said the light
was excellent for shooting. The sun was
obscured, but the clouds were not too
thick to prevent plenty of its mellowed
Hight streaming through. The wind was
very much on the variable order, and
blew all the way from until o'clock in
half-dozen minutes. 1t kept the rife
men guessing, and constantly fixing their
windlge. Some one remarked that il was
"sait wind a that. and thai the Gle
varon would have to be raised on account
Of it, He escaped with his life
Mr.. c. s. Richmond captured the medal
with his CreedmOre rine. Mr.. AbTam
Minis viii turn it over to him, as Mr.
Minis won il at the last annual shoot
Mr.. Richmond played trick on himself
that filed him with disgust and had the
other rihemen laughing at him. 1t was
more than too much for an old warhorse
ike himself, the hero of an hundred con-
tests, to shoot al the wrong target. That
is a trick that usually rests with the raw
recruit M Richmond was guilty of it,
however. He had a big O marked to his
credit at the 200 yards range, when it
would have been a four otherwise. He
mad thai much on the target he should
not have shot at.
Even with the drawback of a goose egg
Mr. Richmond was not Vanquished. Capt
J. g. POstell ran close second however
Uipg the score of S. Mr.. Richmond won
on The inverted order, having beaten Capt.
Nsteli at the 300 yards range.
When Capt PoStell came TO the railing
for his second five shots at 200 yards he
found he would have to make five bulls
eyes 70 beat Mr.. Richmond's score of &C.
The five would give him 81 for his entire
score and the medal. He tried a sight
ing shot and made a bullsyeye. With
an exclamation that il was always his
luck TO get bulls on a sighting shot, he
started in 10 shoot for his record. Twice
7he marker indicated bullseyes, and the
captain looked like a winner. Then he
hred again Right in the center of the
bullseye' the captain eXultantly eXclam-
ed but Subsided when he saw the red
disc show up four. That queered him
Tor The medal, but he was determined
10 make the last two bullseyes and did it.
mus making the best score for five shots
al the 200 yards range. Ii was made under
strain of knowing that he had to have a
Gean score to win, and in that fact Mr.
hehmond found matter for congratula-
IONS TO- the gentleman who had come SO
nearly defeating him.
The shooting was at the 200 and 300
yards ranges. Ten shots were fired at
each, though five were fired at one time
ana five at another. At the 200 yards
al the 300 yards range the sitting posture
was allowed. President w. W. William
son divided the members into four classes
tne medal class, and first, second and
thrd classes
following are the scores for all classes:
Medal Class