The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-03
SEVENTH RTFTEIIEE IN LEAD.
THIRTY-FOUR POINTS AHEAD or
QUEENS WEsTMTNSTERS.


Great Bh0otlng IN First Hal9 oe match Ger
str Howard V~inocnt's shield -Y0ung
MAFksnban fulton Of vIEitorp makes
Coed Showing Score. ssS 70 100.
The second rife shooting match for the
shield given by Sir Howard Vincent began
yesterday at Crssdm0or. the Seventh Regl-
mont and Queens Westminster teams meet
ing again at the butts. This time the Seventh
men were shootiRs on their grounds and
they showed up In splendid form. At tho
end Of the days shooting at tho 500 and 60
yard ranges they led the Englishmen by -
points and unless there Ia a wonderful change
In the form show " by the marksmen yesterday
the shield will remain in this country In Gus
tOdy Of the Seventh Regiment for at least q
year. It has been In the custody Of the
Queens Westminster at Buckingham Gate
since the last match.
The six mon on each side began th0Ir work
at 1885 yesterday afternoon under ideal
conditions. There was what was called In
shooting parlance q 2 O'Clock breeze. It
| swept across the range at about six miles an
hour. Early In the morning the sky had been
overcast. but after noon the clouds cleared
away and the sun shone out bright and warm.
Everything was run on with military pre-
cisiOn and In four hours thai shooting for tina
day ended.
The men began at the short range, 500 yards.
and with the first pair OF each team the
-. ~ =, ~. Ssroatn .has.,m- a. 80
target and two Of the Queens Westminster
~ S"S = - ~ . !" hs
suoes tne oevenCn ieu oy ' pom.s. AICe, Shss
yards range had been shot. and then tho
Westminstsrs made q slight gain.
At the 500 yards range the score was Sew
cnth. 422; Westminster. 100. 80 that with one
quarter OF the match over the seventh led
oy ~ pohus.
At the 600 yard range the SCORES were
Seventh Gac. al il. w; s.T.n;s s.,s Sos; .. that s.,., a.
~ totals Ior Sns Say were seventn; sss;
match half over the Seventh Regiment has
a lead OF "a points
The exhibition of shooting was a wonder
f Ha U msch S Sott.r Teams sSsS we, Tsre an n n f.s form apo 20
me mSocn snot az blsley tne eeventn led ~
the 500 range by . points. AZ the go YARDS
S beat .H the Sew ssV. nanO by y"p IS points int WINNING s'' the
match by ten points. At the 500 yard range
last year the scores were: Seventh. 800; West
minister's, 3s7. 80 that the Seventh had beaten
their score by 80 and the Westminster had
oeaVen 'neus ny !" ~ tnS ~ '~N ie"se
SHe - I'VE TIM V Wo.tmSnstsr. D Sad Sss'sr tSsirs
by "a.
vinosn, oonmsntsd On the ,mnrovsmsnt
made by the two teams and thought il was
somethIng 20 be very proud o.
The Englishmsn were the nrsC 10 arrive
at the butts. They went to CreedmOor on
an early tram ana sPenS me m0rnthg gest,ns
Ieeoy Ior we ms1cn, t,hhse S Svo ana tns
soon as they reached me grounds the omcials
EoS u wSan 'eoWWs ens TSsrins y Rns
E RSssp% Tsf. sesD sslle @H no, UMPIRE esr snd captains q | sGs;
the targets: scoring aTrrngements and
Mnoh: The Seventh men m the IShG uss
~ VnS seven'S -"sS heS""e"''
'n kftsS lunch Maior-Gen. Roe had both teams
caIec uoseIneL WIN tneH rSspsctiVe 9mSess
and the umpTesi Soi: topsrt /, lowe.
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umpire ior me VIee6 westm nsters and
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Sevsntn-osPi Be9jsmlH p, MSAiTsn; SGm,
Sem. FsaH ss., <. c 0,CSTHOT 4. CSC %T5ST. S {; sem.
Tn .vloT eo1mnSny ma PTtyate STenn NJ sssscTh,,
JT' Company II. Reserves-SerEt Edmund p.
FoxleT. Company n. and Private Daniel c. Meyer.
Company c.
Queens notwithstanding Marksman Ed
mund TyrrcIl. Corporal Marksman A. q. Fulton.
Marksman Frederick G.. sheppard, Marksman 9.
GIN, Bugler Marksman W. A. Halls and Marksman
Scout Frank C., Thompson
n, de Rupe Roche and Aarksman Stocker'
Major General. Roe then calied attention
to the rules "a printed and asked II all agreed
to them. Captains Shattuck and Mel can
answered for the two teams saying they
were perfectly satisfactory. He then told
the marksmen that the referee, umpires and
captains had inspected the butts and found
tn en- satisfactory. Gen. Roe then told the
| ca ptains to inspect the rifles or the teams:
Capt. Mclean announced that he was satisfied
with the Westminsters guns without any
inspection and Capt. Shattuck said IL was
unnecessary to inspect the seventh guns.
Then, said Gen. Roe. we will proceed with
the match and may the best team win"
The men marched to the ran es. The
Seventh we're to shoot on n gets FL and rs
and the Westminster on tar gets 20 and32.
The conditions OF the match were that each
man should shoot fifteen shots at each range,
500, 900, 800 and 1000 yards. The national
military arm Of the country the team repre-
sents was 70 be used. Rifles Of private manu-
HaCture might be used. but they must con-
form 70 the regulation pattern and bear the
oftoial marks. The Seventh used their
KrAgs and the Westminsters used Lee En-
fields. The men are allowed to shoot in any
position without artificial rests. Regulation
sights are used. Orthoptios may be worn