The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-21

gets would be placed, and, while the
line of skirmishers yet waited for
marching orders, this spy, to whom the
keeping of "Georgia's honor" had been
delegated by you, returned and was
overheard to tell the members of the
two regimental teams from Savannah
only that the figures are 100 yards
beyond where we thought they would
be-" thus giving to the Savannah
team, even after the change of posi-
ton of the targets by the management,
absolute knowledge of all shooting dis
tances, which every precaution had
been taken to prevent their knowing
and to which knowledge they had alb
solutely no right.
Savannah Team Was Behind.
At this time the known dis
tances in this match had all
been shot, the leading Savannah team
being q points behind the leaders IN
the match on the known distances, and
this skirmish was to complete the
match. Was it the wild waves or just
"Georgia'S honor" in another form
which suggested to our men (the Horse
Guard team that it would be a good
idea for us to desert our own targets
and shoot on the targets assigned to
the individual members of the leading
Savannah team, so that Georgia (Sa-
vannah) would win this match? Well,
you won it, but without at least a
part of the assistance you sought
the Horse Guard team.
oh, "Georgia's honor!" Into what
hands have you fallen, Can it be pos
sible that you are still able to main
tain your self-respect in the eyes of
the good people of Georgia" after this
close relation with such company?
HsItou
AS to the Hilton Trophy contest in
1882 in which you claim you were
robbed:
This match was shot after the match
just discussed and while the manage
ment of the range was in full posses
sion of all the facts relative to it. 1t
is true that you asked for representa-
ton in the pit in this match, which you
say was refused, but what reasons
were assigned for the refusal? First,
because the rules provided that repre-
sentation, if desired, should be placed
in the pits before the beginning of the
match, while as a matter of fact you
requested representation only after the
second stage of the match had been
shot and the 600-yard, or last stage Of
the match was about to begin. Second,
because the match had continued until
1eAlG III lIlc dllGIIlOO anu udI hllSSo w cS
RAPIDLY approaching, and the probable
ity then was that the last men to shoot
would be hurried to finish before night,
AND that if representative were placed
in the pit at that time, at least Is min
uteS of the valuable daylight
remaining would be required in
which to do so, during which
period all firing on the range
would have to cease. If you felt that
you had been denied the privileges of
the rules. that was the time to have
acted, and withdrawn your team from
the field-but you didn't do this-you
shot the next and last stage of the
match in the hope of winning-but you
didn't win!
Savannah Cheered Winners.
You were satisfied you had been de-
frauded-yet every man of you with
one or two notable exceptions cheered
the victors when they were announced.
You protested the match; you were
given a hearing; we are informed that
after the decision was rendered against
you, you were invited to dinner with
favor on the protest. and you accepted
this invitation, at which time the mat
ter was referred to by you as closed .
So far you had acted like thorough
sportsmen. The baby act came on
after your return to Georgia. Instead
of sending a team back the following
year when you knew what would be
necessary to properly care for your
interests and protect yourself against
fraud, and then showing your superior
shooting, you must needs stay at home
and roast everybody and everything
suggesting Sea Grit to you. The baby
c what COLL oOY-fc Y,1i a :,
We don't have to say here that we
don't agree with you in your inter-
probation of the term-that's patent
and, the vast majority of the good
people of Georgia" will agree with us.
So much for Sea Girt in 1899.
Badly Treated in Savannah.
Your mention of the fact that we
did not attend your shoot at Savan-
nah in August of this year recalls TO
mind the unfair and discourteous treat
ment accorded us on our last visit
to your range in 1900, most notably in
the carbine contest. Our team had
decided to give its entire time on the
day this match was to be shot to the
preparation of our five-man team for
this event. Your management desired
to have a regimental team match with
ritles-ten men-and you didn't have
enough teams to make the match in
teresting without team from the First
Regiment of Cavalry, to which both
the Horse Guard and the Hussars are
attached. The Hussars we considered
our most dangerous opponents. Your
management solicited us to join with
the Hussars and put in a regimental
team, which we refused to do for fear
of fatiguing our carbine team, thus
giving the Hussars an advantage over
us in the carbine match. After per-
suasion, however, our team captain
consented to enter his carbine team
(Which was to oppose the Hussars later
in the day in the carbine MATCH, as
half of the regimental team, if the
Hussars would enter as the other half
of the team the five men they
were to use against us in the
carbine match, and If the management
would give us a recess of at least two
hours between the regimental and the
carbine matches.
On a Parity with Sea Girt.
Both the Hussars and the
management agreed to these stipu-
lations and we entered and shot
the match. In less than half an hour
after the regimental match was com
pleted we were ordered into the car
bine match by the management, and
the Hussars, a Savannah company, in
stead of standing to their agreement
as we had done and using the same
men who had shot for them on the
regimental team, substituted either
two or three fresh men to shoot against
our jaded ones-and won the match,
but not on known distances. All this
after your kind invitation to us to at
tend your shoot!
This dispensatlon of "honorab able"