The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-31
IRISH ARE GOOD SHOTS
YANKEE RIFLEMEN MUST LOOK TO
THEIR LAURELS
Fine Work Done by the Ulster Rifle
Association Team on the
Range Mt Sea-
girt, N. j.

SEAGIRT, n. j., Aug. 50.-The National
RIne, AssOclat ton of America began a ten
days shooting tournament on the New
Jersey state camp grounds at S5aglrt ~
j., today which promises to be one Of
the most important sporting events held
on this side of the Atlantic ocean Two
matches of international character wi l
be decided before the close of the meet
ing. These events will be the special
challenge match at SEQ, 500 and 900 yards
between representative teams from the
Ulster Rife AS sociation of Belfast, Ire
land, and the New Jersey State Rifle as
ISOLATION, and the wOr DIS championship
team contest for which only two teams
have entered, making it match between
Canada and the I'm ted States
Today the Ulster men and several of
the American shooters from whose ranks
Gen. Bird w Spencer will select the N.
J. R. A. team, monopolzed the long
ranges. beginning at the 500 yards range
and going back to the 800 and the 1 600
yards, each man shooting eleven times
at each distance
A large gathering of civilian and mill
tary experts as Wei as many visitors
watched the work or all the men, and
the most interested spectator during the
greater part of the day was Gov. Foster
NJ. voorhees,. who c0mplimented John
II.
wonderful performance of his men. AT
$50 yards John Morgan, of Ireland, scor-
ed ten Successive bulls eyes, and out of
mis- first twenty-five shots he made TWEEN
" bulls eyes at the 500 and 900 Yards
When each side had finished the round
OF three distances, Morgan had 135 points
out o. possible l50 and Robert Dun
can, another Ulster man. had a similar
score. There was only a light wind in
dlTNf hill
the shorter ranges. but when they began
at 1,C00 yards there was a ftful. puffy
wind, which bothered them, and the
scoring became irregular. J. r. Williams
or Belfast, made the top score Of 10 out
OF possible 80 at this distance and his
total for the three ranges was 1874.
The next best work was done by Mai.
j. K. Millner, whose name has been iden-
thed with international rifle shooting
since 1874, when the Irish team first visit
ed CreedmOor. While he has not been
at his best for some months. he shot very
Wen today, and his aggregate score was
1872
Among the American representatives
who participated on the long range work
were DR. Hudson, William Dew Foulke
Capt. Whitaker. H. NJ. Pope and MANY
other members of the New Jersey Rife
association. They all acquitted themselves
cTeulJaDIy. None of the scores Of the
American contingent was made known
but it was generally understood that
While their shoot ug was not as good as
that of the visitors their results were
very satisfactory. Many additions to the
ranks Of the state military riaemen were
made today, as two teams arrived from
Boston. Squadron \ of New York sent q
team. and lac this evening several Penn
sylYanla representatives arrived at the
camp.
The only other important matches de-
cided today were the Columbia trophy
and Inspectors match s. The former
was confined to teams Of six men. each
from New Jersey safe T giments and
naval reserves. Five teams entered with
the following result:
Fourth regiment. Jersey City, won with
a total of 24S; First regiment. Newark
2SS; Third regiment, Camden POI; Second
regiment Trenton, 207 and First bat
talon, naval reserves. New Jersey 2o5.
The inspector match, open to all in
spectors of rife practice either BY com
mission or by detail. was won by Capt.
Stebbins. Twelfth reg ment. New YORK.
with Sc points; Capt. Martin Second regi-
ment New Jersey, was cond. with 81
points; Lieut.. w NJ Farrow, Second regf-
ment. District Of Columbia, third q
points, and Gait Srringstead. Fourth
regiment, New jersey. fourth. 50 points.
The principal event on tomorrows pro-
gramme will be the shoot for the VIM
bledon cup. for which there is a Iarg-
entry. The conditions are thirty shots per