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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
NATIONAL TROPHY.
First Prize-National Match.

262; Sergt. Stiles, Maine, third, with 259,
and Lieut.. Col. Richelderfer District of Co
lun bia, fourth, with 251. After the severe
storm that ragged yesterday and last night
this an ideal day the range.
military band from Paterson. N. j..
gave concert in front of the club house
during the dining hour and another one
th evening. Visitors by thousands f1ocked
to Sea Girt and seemed to be deeply in
terested in the work of the rif1emen. espe-
cially in the skrmish runs. Twentyfour
competitors participated In each of the
eight skirmish runs that were made late
today. In view of the weather conditions
that prevailed yesterday and today the
scores recorded are considered above the
average. The light for shooting yesterday
was poor, and the rain that fell was another
serious handicap. While the light today
was good the wind was unusually strong,
blowing at the rate of twenty miles an
hour during the forenoon.
The majority OF the troops and teams In
camp will attend the church services at II
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the real articles, but HecoX has been there
before, and in the face of opposition mas
gone ahead and won some very clever
races.
The building bee is still buZZing in the
heads of the board of governors of the 20
tomac Boat Club and plans are being ma
tured for the new quarters that the club
has In view.
In speaking of the recent regatta at Balu-
more the Baltimore Herald has this play
at the expense of the Potomacs: There are
some people who don't believe in hoodoos
but Eugene Herman hasn't stopped 10 thlnk
it over-about the Potomac Club. He
brought the fellows over from Washington
to row in the regatta, and touted them up
as the real thing before the placid waters of
Spring Gardens had felt the touch of one
of their oars They were housed at the
Raleigh, and Mr. Herman was. in a sort
host He made then feel bully, and all that
sort of thing, and then they went out and
rowed That's all they did. They just
rowed and came back again, and Satur-
day evening Mr.. Herman said a lot of ex-
cessively impolite things to them at the Rs
leigh. What's lobster? asked the stroke.
But it's easy enough to explain. There
were just thirteen of the club, and they
dined in private dining room b. When they
ate there were thirteen at the table. On the
register they were thirteen solid, in a little
block of chirography. When they went
down to Spring Gardens 1t was party of
thirteen. And they began business on Fri
day. What could a fellow eXpect?
a dual regatta between the Arundels OF
Baltimore and the Virginia Boat Club of
Richmond, Va, will be pulled off at City
Point, Va, Saturday. There will be three
races, foar-oared SHE'LL four-oared gig and
an eight-oared shell. Mr.. c. r. Zappone
will referee the races.
Mr.. Bocock of the Potomac crew of 1904.
who for the past year has been In Salt
Lake City, is home again.
The launch Georgetown has not yet been
returned from Baltimore. 1t is said they
are awaiting the arrival of the crew
Messrs. Gordon and Kengla, but they have
failed to show up.
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Ailsa to Remain Abroad
special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, August 20, 1905
The famous Fife yawl Ailsa, owned by
Henry s. Redmond of the New York Yacht
Club. and one of the contestants in the ocean
race across the Atlantic in competition for
the kaisers cup, will never be seen In Amer
lean waters again. This determination was
reached by Mr.. Redmond before he left
England to return to America, and he
placed the boat in the hands of Summers
& Payne Of Southampton to be laid up
for the winter. In speaking of his purpose
Mr.. Redmond said:
1T is my intention now never to bring
the Ailsa back to this country. I had good
racing with her at Kiel. and can
have as good on the other side as / can
have here-probabiy better in view of the
AiIsas class. l expect to race her in the
Kiel and other foreign regattas next sum-
mer, although it is long way ahead to
plan, and do not know what shall do
with the boat after that. / had fine sport
at Kiel and won three out of six races, and
feel well satisfied with her trip, both from
the standpoint of the ocean race and the
season following It.
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District of Columbia
Man Among Leaders

ment here have passed and the opening
event of the meet remains uncompleted.
When cease firing was sounded at &
O'Clock this evening about three-fourths of
the competitors in the national individual
match had finished shooting in the slow
fire and rapid fire stages of the contest and
1872 more Of the six hundred competitors
had made the first of the two skirmish runs.
1t is doubtful If the match can be COM
pleted by Monday evening.
When the firing ceased this evening, it
was learned that Capt. Corwin of the list
New York Regiment had retained his place
at the head of the list of competitors, at
least he was in the lead of those who fin
ished work in the slow and rapid fire stages.
Capt. Corwin won the gold medal and SO
in cash provided for the competitor making
the highest aggregate score in slow fire in
this match.
Capt. COrwins total for the slow fire and
rapid fire stages is 266 out of a possible
500 Sergt. Scott of Illinois is second, with
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Iowas on Warpath.

The Iowa Athletic Club base ball team
yesterday defeated the Ascension Church
team by a score of to 4. and the Phelps
Athletic Club team by score of to g.
The Iowas claim the championship of the
District for teams averaging seventeen
years of age. and would like to arrange
double header for Labor day, the games to
be played on the Iowas' grounds. Chal-
lenges may be sent to d. Gordon, 112l s
street northwest.
The Second Iowas would like to arrange
games with all teams averaging fourteen
to fifteen years. Bloominedsles preferred.
Send challenges to Thomas Ahern. 1903 L
street northwest
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would be sure to blow out and extend itself.
Still, there is room for very many more
bunkers yet, and L. for one. hope they will
be made, that the erraticS may very sell
dom escape their due punishment.
Another criticism leveed against the new
bunkers is perfectly just one so far as it
goes. 1t is that they force the players to
drive more and more into each others face
as they go out and in, respectively. That is
true, but il is almost too obviously true to
be worth saying: for avowedly the bunkers
at the sides have for their object the mar
rowing of the course. and where the out
going and ingoing play is the same
course this inevitably means that players
drive more directly at each other as they
go out and in. In the days of the old whns
for which the new bunkers are not wholly
sufficient substitute, the driving at each
other was even more constant. And the
third point of outside criticism adverse to
the bunkers is that they are too much of
the nature of pot bunkers-that you do not
see them from the tee. But this again Is
criticism that seems to imply some ignor-
ance of the classics. Pot bunkers-bunkers
that do not rise above the general level
always have been characteristic of ST. An
drew's.
I'm defense of the 'pooty nature of the
hazard st. Andrews will tell you that
bunker which has not this kind of forma
ton is apt to be no bunker at all, for often
a man having a good lie in 1t will escape
without penalty whereas the penalty ex-
acted by pot bunker is fair and constant
man can almost always get out of 1t. and
the getting out of it ought very rarely to
cost him more than a single stroke. That
is the theory of the St. Andrews bunkers,
and there Is surely something to be said for
it. When the bunker is near the hole 1t is,
of course. possible that Ii may cost the
player nothing If he is skillful with his nib
lick: but that is another story. And as for
the bunkers being out of sight, st. An
drews answer to that is that II you do not
know her intimately enough to know where
her bunkers are she declines to regard you
as a person whose criticism of her features
has any value.
so there are these two distinct points of
view; and am not concerned now and here
with estimating which is the better. But
when man who has not known ST. An
drew's of old comes forth to critcise, and
criticises from the standpoint of what he
deems to be the ideal in golf, then he is
criticising from standpoint entirely differ
ent from that from which the new bunkers
were made. They were made primarily to
act substitutes for whns that the mas
worn away; they are attempt to revert
to the old classic conditions, and accord
ingly they succeed in restoring that
loved ii appreciate them. Ideally, 1t would
perhaps be best to go out on the old course
and come in on the new, but for my own
part / would prefer to go out and in on the
old and take my part in the bombardment."
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Governor Stokes Present.

Gov. Stokes of New Jersey has honored
the tournament by coming here and taking
up his residence in the Little White
House. to remain until the matches are
thing of the past Next week he will en-
terrain Brig. Gen. Frederick D. Grant, u.
s. A, commanding the Department of the
East.
The Little White House." for many years
has been the official summer residence of
Jerseys governor 1t will soon give way
however, to much more pretentious struc-
ture. In that connection. Col. Lewis L.
Bryant, secretary of the New Jersey COM
mission to the St Louis exposition is
very busy man at present. He is making
arrangements for the erection here of the
New Jersey building at st. Louis. which will
take the place of the humble cottage The
outline for the foundation of the building
has been staked out on Robin lawn. west of
the present cottage. Some of the material
for the new structure has been carted to the
site and 1t is intended that the building
shall be completed by next December
Private Edward c. Trafiin of the citizen
soldfery OF the sovereign state of Maine is
a distinguished individual, and like the Jer-
sey mosquito and the Sea Girt fly is in a
class all by himself. Traiin so far as is
known, Is not life saver, nor a hero OF
that type. He doesn't wear a medal of
honor for gallantry in action, nor even carry
certificate of merit. His distinction is due
to the fact that he is a private
To be sure he is not the only private on
the range, for there is considerable force
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sentative Mondell of Wyoming. a member
of the House committee on military affairs.
bill providing for appro-
priation for a national shoot every, year
and for a national trophy. The bill was
referred to the. adjutant general of the
army. who placed his Endorsement thereon.
Next. 1t was reported favorably by the
committee on military affairs, but held
up in the House by the committee on rules.
In despair. Representative Dick. now
senator from Ohio who was chairman of
the committee on militia: Representative
Mondeil and several others proceeded to the
Senate wing of the Capitol in the hope of
the support of Senator Dryden
of New Jersey. While at luncheon the
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he sent for several OF th. officers of the
National Rifle Association of America and
announced:
Il want to provide "A trophy that will
perpetuate this rifle shoot on the Sea Girt
range
AFTER inspecting several designs Senator
Dryuen gave an order for a trophy. to he
contested for annually. that cost 81 400 In
ADDITION he gives a cash prize OF 500 each
year TO accompany the trophy. and has ar
ranged that the contribution shall De, con-
tlnued IN the event of his death. In recog-
milton of his generosity the senator was
elected director of the National Associa-
ton for life.
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sr.-l,l From star Correspondent.

Special From Staf Correspondent.
RIFLE RANGE, SEA GIRT. n. j., Au-
gust 2G-Lieut. Col Rechederfer. LIST
Regiment. National Guard of the District
of Columbia with the conclusion of todays
work in the national individual match, is in
fourth place, among field of more than GOO
competitors. Private Il. l.. Pile OF the Dis
trlct detachment stands number six on the
list. Sergt. Jackson Norris fifteenth and
SerRt. W. Milton Farrow. jr.. eighteenth.
The other WashingJonians are by no means
tar down. considering the length of the list
All this augurs we'll for the success of the
District men in the national team match.
No words Of rcprooch ana no expressions OF
dissatisfaction are being heard tonight in
that portion OF the big camp occupied by
the crack shots from the District of Column
bia Most of Mai. Bells party expect to
take day off tomorrow and Visit the near
by coast resorts.
The scores ut the District of Columbia
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Among the Oarsrnen

The rowing season of 1905 Is going out in
a blaze of glory. The year now drawing rap
Idly to close has been by far the most pro-
pitious in the history of this sport. The en-
thusiasm that has stirred the whole country
ends with the middle states regatta, which
takes place at Philadelphia on Labor day,
and In letter received from Commodore
Milligar 1t is learned that there Is no doubt
1t VIII be record breaker in point Of en-
tries of crews. Every prominent rowing
center has had a regatta during the year.
and each has been success from an oars
mans point of view. To close the season
II is now proposed that every section should
send one or more crews to attend the mid
die states regatta and Commodore Mill
gan says the responses from the outside
have simply amazed the local management
To show that the association is getting
stronger each year 1t is only necessary to
state that nine of the best clubs of Phila-
delphia made application for membership
at the meeting on Tuesday. The list of en-
tries from the neighborhood of Philadel-
alone. Pennsylvania Barge Club, will make
total of twenty entries. while the vespcrs
and Maltas will nearly equal them.
1t is considered unfortunate that the Po-
order to send them over to make try at
the senior race, but this, club members
say. was impossible, because several of the
crew went away vacation trips while
others wanted to row In different classes
than sweep. AT the regatta last year the
Potomacs won the middle states Champion
ship, and it was felt they should have gone
to defend the title. The Potomacs expect to
have starters in at least five of the various
races, Junior and intermediate souls and
Junior, intermediate and senior double
SOULS.
In the junior sculling matches Joe Daily
will start, and 1t is rather probable that his
mate. Dick Redington. will also enter to
row In the same race. They have been work.
ing pretty lively since the national regatta.
and DAILY says he is going faster than ever
before. In the intermediate sculling race
Dan MCGOWAN. who did not finish at the
national owing to foul, is very anxious.
with the sanction of his club, to take an
other chance in fast company. in order II
possible, to retrieve the fiasco at Baltimore.
In the Junior double SOULS DuGanne and
Herman have entered into an agreement to
pull together, and nightly they are afioat,
going along with Clearance Hecox who is
giving them the benefit of his coaching
They are rowing strong together. and get
in and out of the water in fine style. They
will also enter the intermediate sculls
In the senior double SOULS Heeox and Du-
Came will start, but it Is only conjectural
as to results, as they will be up against
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ON THE RIFLE RANGE AT SEA GIRI

sequen;ly arose a controversy over the
question of rifles used by the Americans.
and rather than rest under the impGta;i0n
of unfairness. the trophy. which came to
America with thc team. was rcturLcd To
the British National Rifle Association. The
next contest will therefore take place at
Bisley. possibly in 1866
The Dryden Trophy.
Next in Importance to the national team
match. so far as the District of Coiumbit
IS concerned, is thc Dryden trophy match.
1t viii lie shot the I'd OF September. In
connection with the Dryden match an ia
teresting story is recalled During the shor;
session OF the last Congress number ~
persons were In Washington pressing the
matter of a national Competition. Repre-
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right some compression VIII remain in the
cylinders, and any time within an hour or
two 1t should be possible to start the mo-
tor by throwing the spark ahead keeping
the throttle closed. The spark lever should
be brought back quickly, however, to
avoid back kick in the motor. This trick
can be performed only on cars having.
jump spark ignition
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Great Neck Ahead.

NEWPORT. Il. l., August 26-The sec
ond match for the Newport cups at the
West Chester Polo Club today won
by the Great Neck team by a score of
14a. to for Point Judith. The crowd
was the largest of the season. and the
sport was excellent.
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OF the United States of America to be
snot for in international competition by
the rlfemen of the world This trophy was
valued at $1,000 1t was to be contested
for by teams of eight men from any coun-
try with any rifle, at 500. 800 and eco
yards. thirty shots per man at each d.s-
lance, The match was arranged to last
two days. 1t was first shot for In 1876 the
centennial year, by teams representing
Scotland, Ireland. Australia, Canada and
the United States of America 1t was won
by the American team with a score of
3.l26 points. The second contest for the
Palma occurred in 1877 between teams
representing Great Britain and the United
States of America respectively: it was
3334 points,
1t was shot for by the American team
only in 1873, there being no other contest
ants. The score; 1926 points with seven
teen shots to fire
After that interest in international COM
petitions with the smalIbore match rifle
waned, and the great Palma trophy after
resting while in the National Rifle Assoc
cation rooms, was stored. The rent for
storage accumulated, and that account was
adjusted by a few patriotic American rifle
men, and the trophy was transferred to the
Museum of Military Service at Governors
island, New York harbor. where it remain
ed until the Spanish war began, when the
museum was taken by the United States
ordnance department as a Storehouse and
all relics We're packed and stored in New
York city. Later it placed in the mill
tary museum, and in 1900 the surviving
members Of the National Rifle Associa-
ton claimed it. and contest for it was
among the events at the Sea Girt meeting
in that year.
American Team Alone.
No foreign team entered the competition,
but an American team shot for the trophy
alone. The score was 2,755 This score was
shot with military rifles; all previous scores
We're shot with Investigated match rifles.
In 1901 the Dominion of Canada confessed
against the United States for this trophy
winning it with a score of 1,J22 points
The conditions of the match We're, how
ever, changed, each man firing fifteen shots
at each range in place of thirty Shots as
formerly. or forth five shots to a man. pos
sible, 225; team pAssible 1.S00, instead of
$500. This match was also shot with mill
tary rifles, the Canadians using LeeEn-
field rifles. 1903 caliber the United States
using L. S. magazine rifles, 80 caiber.
The match of 1902 was held on 1.-The Ca
madam range located near Ottawa and was
participated in by teams representing the
United States, England and Canada The
English team were victors with u team
total of 1,450. For the first time in its his
tory the Palma contested for on the
famous range at Bisley, England. July IL,
1903, and while the score made by the
American team, 1,51o was the top score
and they declared the victors, there sub
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
Starting the. Motor From Seat.

To start the motor from the seat of an
automobile Is a trick that every driver is
trying to learn, and on almost all good cars
1t is easy to accomplish. When the car
comes to stop the driver should open the
throttle wide and then shut off the spark
quickly. If the mixture and valves ara
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
AUTOMOBILE RACES

Automobile races will be held at Benning
Labor day under the auspices of the Gen.
trail Labor Union, for which the official
sanction of the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION was secured nearly a month ago.
A large committee has been busy prepar-
ing for details.
The work Of preparing the race track
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27
Buelmont-Atlantic Game.

The Bueimont Athletic Club base ball
team will meet the Atlantics for the third
time Monday evening at s. 30 o'clock at 18th
and Florida avenue northeast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27

O'Clock tomorrow morning Capt. Hare,
chaplain of the Sd New Jersey Regiment.
will officiate. Later the rifiemcn VIII visit
Asbury Park and other nearby coast re-
sorts
Scores of the Leaders.
The scores of the leading twenty-efght
competitors in the slow fire and rapid fire
stages of the national individual match
follow:
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Their Use.

From Life.
Papa are jails only for people who get
caught?'
Dear IRE. no. They are only for those
people who get caught and who haven't
money enough to stay out.
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men. both those that finished ami those
who did not. follow:

Capt. Corwin Still Leads.
Ey Associated Press.
SEA GRIT. N J.. August 26.-The first
three days of the big military rifle tourna-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27

the real articles but HecoX has been there
before. and in the face of opposition mas
gone ahead and won some very clever
races.
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The American centennial trophy. Palma
was created in the year 1876, in the name
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-14
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
ACCUSED Of DISHONESTY
LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE
CARTER CASE
Attorney Stone Declares Certain Check
Stub Books Were Seized and
Everything Favorable to Cause of
the Defendant Destroyed
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1S.-Charges OF dis
honesty against government officials
connected with the investigation of
Captain o. M. Carter's affairs as q
government engineer were made today
by Attorney Stone, counsel for Captain
Carter. Attorney Erwin for the gov
ernment had asked Captain Carter to
produce certain check stub books.
Thereupon Attorney Stone declared
the stubs had been seized by the gov
ernment some time ago and everything
favorable to Carters case was de-
stroyed while the unfavorable docu-
mentary evidence was served.
I'VE did not get the stub book in
question" said Attorney Erwin, land
Captain Carter is known to have re-
ceived it from r. F. Westcott, his
father-in-law, so Captain Carter must
produce it."
"The stub books" answered Attorney
Stone, "were in a box which was seized
and we want you to produce it,
1--WE intend to show that they were
in Carter's possession after the box
was seized" said Attorney Erwin, "and
he must produce the documents"
Carter was then asked concerning a
contract which bore his signature and
that of his father-i -in-law, showing that
Carter had paid S63,020 on certain prop
erty in Orange, N. ]. Carter declared
that he signed the document believing
it merely meant the deciding of $61 900
worth of property to him by his father
in-laW as a present.