The Washington times., 1901-09-03
DISTRICT MARKSMEN WIN.
Capture the Hilton Trophy at the
Sea Girt Range.

| New Workers Take the Lead mt the
Beginning of the Contest, But Are
| Forced Into Second PInce-Cheers
| for the Victorious Guardsmen.
| SEA GIRT, Sept 2-By a narrow mar
(, gin of five points New York lost the Hill
| ton trophy match to the District of CO.
! lumbia today. At the end of the first
stage, at 200 yards, New York led by
eighteen points, and 1t was generally pre-
dicted that the Empire State Marks
men would win The close of the second
stage. at 500 yards, found them only niro
points in the lead. and this was wiped
out altogether in the last stage, at 600
yards. The Canadians were third and
Pennsylvania fourth.
1t was beautiful day for shooting and
when the sharpshooters. went to the butts
at 200 yards the conditips were almost
perfect. The Hilton trophy match was
won in 1899 and 1900 by the New Jersey
team. and General Spencer selected
twelve of the best marksmen in the State
to defend the trophy. There was much
interest all through the match. Eleven
teams were entered.
At least 500 spectators were at the zoo
yard firing-line when the eleven teams
match. General Spencer called the team
commanders together. and insisted that
each team should send a representative
into the pit, that there might be no sus-
picion of the fairness of the marking.
New York sent Major Parker, District OF
Columbia, Captain Swigart; Pennsyl
vania, Lieutenant Darte: Rhode Island.
Lieutenant B0wies; Maine. Capt. w. H.
Watson; Ohio. Captain Magnuseii; and
Massachusetts. Captain Force. Capt.
Charles Parker, of New Jersey, is acting
as range officer in the pit. To Majoi;i Kir-
by's enquiry concerning the credit % be
gwen ricochet shots, General Spencer
directed that any bullet going through
the target should be counted. The Cana.
dians used the Lee-Enfield gun. They
were, of course. handicapped by the
standing position at 200 yards. At home
they shoot that distance kneeling or
prone.
The New York team won with ease the
N0-yard stage of the Hilton trophy match.
1t defeated the District of Columbia
team by eighteen points and New Jersey
by twenty-one. The exhibition of fine
shooting given by Colonel Thurston's men
attracted the attention of the other teams.
who gathered back of the New York
scoreboard. the New Yorkers shooting
with deliberation. and being the last to
finish by five minutes. High-sc pre- man
of the whole 132 in the contest vas Ser
geant H.. Daube, who made 3S. Corporal
w. b. Short, Lieut.. j. Lauchlin, and
Lieut.. ]. Hunter scored %. New York's
total was 1863. and the District Of Col
umbia's 345; New Jersey finished a close
third with 5i2; Massachusetts fourth. $40;
Pennsylvania fifth, So; United States Ma
rine Corps sixth, 22335 and Canada seventh,
334
The totals of the New York team were:
Sergeant ]. Fl. Doyle. Is: Sergeant H
Daube, SO; Corporal K K. V. Casey, %;
Corporal w. B. Short, 81; Private ID. C.
Meyer, Is; Sergeant F. ]. Lauchlin. 81;
First Sergeant w. F. Leushner. =; Lieut.
]. Hunter, 81; Capt. F. A. Wells, 20; First
Sergeant C. NJ. Smith, 30; Sergeant w. s.
Lamb %.
Capt. W. +. Whittemore, of Hoboken.
led the New Jersey team with 81 The
other scores We're: Private p. T. 0'Hare r
80; Private ]. c. Miller. 3; Sergeant j.
f. McGrann. IS: Capt. Charles H. SPRING
xted IS; Capt. w. B. Martin, q; Private
Adam Subschmidt, %; Lieut.. W. \. Bry-
ant. Is: Sergeant Franklin Phillips, q;
Col. Charles A. Reid, Is; Major Henry
Lohman, jr., IS; Capt. W. F. Whittemore,
81; and Private w. C. Hudson. 70.
The first stage pleased the New York
sharpshooters, and no one could figure
out how they could be beaten. The Wash
ington boys said nothing. but it was evil
dent that they We're not going TO lose
without putting up a hard fight
The interest was now centred princi-
pally in the three leading teams. but it
was seen that New Jersey was losing
ground. Keen attention was attracted by
New York and the District of Columbia,
and when the second stage of the match
was over the New Yorks were nine ahead
of the Washilgtonians.
Even then it was believed that the New
York men would at least hold their own
at 6I1 yards. When the first six men of
the District of Columbia and New York
teams had shot, the latter had lost the
lead of nine points and had fallen behind.
The match was finished at 6 oclock.
When the scores were counted and 1t
was seen that the District of Columbia
had won three rouSing cheers were pro-
posed for the team
New York would have tied the score
had not Captain WIS shot on the wrong
target. He got a bulseye. but IL did
not count. Bu' even had the score been
tied New York could not have won the
trophy as its score was lower than the
District of Columbia on the long range.
Following were the scores of the DistticG
of Columbia men: