The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-06
CANADIANS GET TROPHY
WIN INTERNATIONAL RIFLE CON-
TEST AT SEAGIRT
Yankee Team, Using Kras-Jorgen-
sens, Lose by % Points to Their
Competitors With Lee
EnfieIds.


and American rifiemen had long session
today on the state rife ranges at Seagirt,
N. j., in the contest for the American
Centennial Palma trophy, emblematic Of
the worlds Championship and the Ca
nadians won by a margin of % points,
The utmost good fellowship prevailed
during the match, Which was very close
up to the last stage. Two of the mem
bers Of the U1ster5 Rifle association Of
Belfast, Ireland--W. T. Brithwaite and
Thomas Robertson-aeted as coaches for
the Dominion representatives, and the
Americans had Gen. b. w. Spencer, with
some of his officers attending them in a
similar capacity az
The conditions of the contest called for
the use Of the national arm of the coun-
try represented by the teams, so that it
was practically a. duel between the
American Krag and the English Lee En-
field weapons. 1.-THE Canadians used
orthoscopic sights while the Americans
had service sights. The shooting done by
at least one Of the American team was a.
revelation to their opponents. Many Of
the Ulster men who saw 1t had nothing
but the highest praise for the exhibition
given by Lieut. Leisar, of Washington,
D. c., who made the highest collective
and best individual score in the match
which was shot in three stages 300, 800
and 600 yards.
Each Of the teams of eight men has
Is shots at each of these distances and
beginning on the shortest range, Lieut..
Leisar made 6S.72 and 60 respectively,
making total of 203 points.
Capt r. ]. Davidson, for the Canadi-
ans, made 70, 68 and 81, a total of 202 out
of possible 225. In the first stage the
visiting team led by a margin Of seven
points, their scores aggregating 532 as
against 525 for the home team. On the
900-yard ranges, each team made 519
points, the Canadians still leading by z
points. als{E seI
During the earlysstage a sea haze hung
over the butts and targets, but in the
afternoon the light was better and the
conditions nearly as good as could be
desired. A
There were several misses recorded dur
ing the three stages. AT 800 yards Lieut..
Cookson and Capt. Martin, Of the Amerf-
can team, had two and one respectively
and Private Paupst scored the only
cipher for Canada. In the shooting on
the 900-yard range Maj. Young and Lieut.
Bell had miss each, but Private Elem
ing, of Wanda, offset these by making
two in his string.
At 1000 yards Capt. w. A. Davidson,
Private Fleming and Private Paupst
missed one each, and Lieut.. Ross failed
to find the target twice. On the Amer
lean side Maj. Young, Capt. Martin, Capt
Shringstead and Lieut.. Shaw had one
each and Capt. fWhittemore had two. 1t
was nearly dusk when the final scores
Canada 1,522; America, I, 49Awere put
on the blackboard, and then Gen.
Spencer, gathering his men about him,
eheered the winners heartily. Maj.
Mason, captain, of the Canadian team,
and his men responded with three times
three @r
The next contest for the Palma trophy
will take place in Canada.
The carbine team match was won by
the men from the4 First troop Of the
national guard of New Jersey, which Is
known as the Essex Troop and they cele-
brated their victeryf royalty. This match
was shot over the 200 and 5O0-yard ranges
and resulted in q tie between the Essex
men and the Pennsylvania squadron,
each having a total of 205. But as the
Jersey rifiemen had the better aggre-
gate score over the longer range, the
Pennsylvanians had to take second place.
Squadron "a" Of New York, was next
with 1874, and Troop A, of Maryland,
fourth, with $780, In the Schutzen match
at 200 yards range, W. D. Hudson has top
score of 216 out of a possible 225 on the
German ring target and Is tied with
Harry M. Pope, of Hartford, Conn, and
Michael Dorters of Jersey City, each hav-
ing 1879 out of a possible $50 on the
Standard American target.
The special challenge made at $50, 900
and 1000 yards, between teams of eight
men each for the Ulster Rife Associa-
ton Of Belfast, Ireland, and the New
Jersey Rife association, will be the big
attraction tomorrow and the men will
occupy the long ranges during the great
err part Of the day The result will not
be known until late in the afternoon.
Following is a summary of the Canad-
ian-American match and the leading
scores in the Schuetzen contest;