The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-06
The CANADIAN RIFLEMEN WIN.
RIiT AMERICANS ron P4LMA
TROPHI ~ ~ FONTS.
Home shooters Hold Their N Fairly We'll
81 short Rangrs Visitors SHOW Great
Perm NJ IonE-Dtstance shooting
KsseN Troop Wins tarbine Match

50. Gar. Sept = After holding for many
wears the Palma trophy. emblematic al tbs
championship ~ rife shooting. the United
States to-day Wa, obliged to relinquish 10
to the Canadinn rfemen They outshos
tho American team - points the total scores
being I.S7s 90 Let On the $40 and aoo-yard
targets the Americans held their own very
well. but when the two teams moved back
TO the thousand-yard range the vistors
walked away from their opponents. This
was not surprising to many. IN view OF tbs
fact that the Canadians have always been
recognized a. fne lons-ranFo shots.
The Canadians came t. Snl Girt this year
a. the urgent request OF tho National Rife
Association Other foreign rfcmen were
also invited 10 shoot. but the Canadians wers
the only ones h respond They arrived on
Sunday and spent the three days from thAe
time until th. match to-day almost erclu>
slNcly on the long-ranec target. The Amer-
can team had not been idle by any means.
sud put In much 81 their time az practice,
doing good work. The Canadian team thst
shot to-day Was selected from twelve ct
~" beet shots In that country Major Mason
knew that all the men we're crack rnemens
aud 10 select eight from among the numbef
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he American team was chosen by Gem
BIRD " SPENCER after a severe competitive
Il The rS'" arr from the pt.1rict Of Solumbis
and the other three ara Jersey mon. New
York La4 Hu representative on the team.
o. the disappointment ~ many persons.
hut not one of its uarksInen competed In
IN" trial shoot, and consequently no ono
could be selected from the Empire state.
IN" two teams kent pretty well together
all through the nr~t stage, and when u was
over n Was seen that the visitors had q lead
ot only ; points. Lieut. ". ". Cookscn
- Mashiu gton. who l. considered one OF the
best All-aTouut shots IA the country. had
iAri luck His first string ~ fifteen shots
bad two goose sggsintt. This wss considered
strange aHd was attributed more to faulty
ammunition than poor shooting The scores
at ia" end % the irst stage we're. Canada.
81. America. SO.
Then tho two teams moved back 20 ths
poo-yard hriug line. followed by, hundreds
Of IcrsoHH Nearly every one hoped Tor
an American victory. although they were .
little doubtful about Il A. each shot was
fred telescopes were trained on the targets.
Many Kept individual scores and followed
the teams closely 80 cheering was allowed
during tho match When four men had
shot on each team IN the second stage Of
The match. the canadians had Increased
their lead To ~ points Nv careful coaching
and steady hrng tho Americans cut this
down. until at The finish OF the second stage
tho Canadians led by Only 7 points, the same
majority they had az the close OF the hrss
stage
Ions range shooting wa. generally re-
gArded a. Tie Canadians forte and they
Justified all predictions. Gradually they
increased their majority. pepperins buns~
. O'Clock tho last shot had been fired and
when the scores weT. computed II was seen
that tho ranadlans had Won by - points.
The scores follow