New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
AMERICAN SWEEP
ON BISLEY RANGE
SHOOT WAY TO DOUBLE
VICTORY.
Triumph scith Rife and ReuolUer-
English Marksmen Yin
Second Place.

rife contests. has been by America and the
American marksmen thus become the champions
Of the world. The American 2,53l. that Of
the British 2.ss5 and that Of the Canadian marks
men 2.sss
Starting with q lead at the end Of the first range
the Americans displayed splendid skill They
displaced. and with the exception OF the con-
the eGo-yard range they higher totals
for each OF the distances than the finest teams
that Canada and all Europe could put in the field.
In the individual aggregates also the Americans
always prominent first Lueshner and then
Martin leading all the worlds crack ri7emen
Many experts consider the outcome victory not
only fer the but for the rifles They declare
that the American short barrelled Springfield
rife proved itself a better than the
short barrelled Lee-Enheld in use in the British
service.
The magnificent performances OF the Americans
throughout the entire contest made them popular
favorites. II dull with a variable wind, the
enemy Of all Tnarksnen.
When the last bullet had sped its target
Lord Cheylesmore rushed forward General
Drain and warmly congratulated the captain of
she American team. The Crown Prince of Sweden
came up while the general still proudly point
ing out the members Of his who had made
particularly brilliant records, and he also
sfrafulated the general.
For quarter Of hour the general held
a reception on the range; everybody wanted to
congratulate the visitors from who
hsd led the way from start 10 finish. The Ameri-
can rnarksmen Were individually surrounded by
little groups Of Englshmen and foreigners includ-
anE many British army officers who closely ex-
arnined The new Springfield rife with the greatest
interest. They expressed admiration for the many
good points OF this weapon.
General Drain said he not at an surprised
,at the curiosity of the British marksmen- 1
have the greatest faith in Springfield rife and
the ammunition We use' he said ''and I certainly
think our rifles and powder gave US an ad-
vantage over our rivals: but if you ask what 1
consider was chiefly responsible for our grand
victory I say IL good men, team work and
rifles and ammunition.
From the beginning we felt in consequence OF
Che lack Of skill Of the Continental shooters al
the long ranges that the real contest would he
among the Canadians. the Englishmen and our
selves We felt that II could only hold our
own on the shorter ranges We could lick everybody
al the long distance.
~ cannot say too much Of the sportsnnanlike
attitude of the competing teams. All. Of course.
were anxious to win. but all were desirous that
every other should he given an equal oppor-
furty.
.I consider the English combination 10 be one
x,f +ha strongest teams ever known The weather
conditions were extremely difficult, and am an
soluteIy confident that the English and American
seams in normal weather. would have shattered
every worlds record made by service rifles over
the distances shot. The arrangements Tor 'he
,o-nne,itions gave us great satisfaction We were
afforded every facility for practice ana everything
was done to make comfortable
n
highest individual SCORE goes to W T. Iueshner,
~ New York who scored a greater number OF
points up to the longest distance than Major W.
a Martin Of New Jersey. who tied him on the
Thousand yards range
~. Americans increased their lead to 15 points al
$40 yards scoring 4ss thus bringing their aggregate
score for the four distances uP 10 LIZ. The EhE-
Iish team maintained secord place by scoring 80,
.7stinE an aggregate Of liza CANADA the 'hin
-earo on the list made 4s4. hut the team lost so
that It's
distances was only 1873
The shooting OF the Americans ar the So-Faro
range was most brilliant and evoked the greatest
,-.t.a None ~ them made the highest possible
xoc-e hut no fewer than five six men scoren
- -,,:1a Eastman got q. This splendid showing
rave the Americans a total for this range OF 4S7
rut Of possible $50
-ber ~ the eoe-vard range scoring 4o7 for this dis
vance while England made 3"9 and CANADA o67'
b. greatest interest was being shown in the shoot
,srK Of these three teams. and when they Went
x,,e- n the ona-vard range and the large scoring
boards the big events AZ Bisey Were ralseo
s1oft it was seen that the American board was
ecorate5 with the eagle and the Stars and Stripes
done IN chalk
large crowd surrounded the American shooters.
.nd many American women. who had journeyed
flown TO Bisley cheer their countrymen helped
i.o swell Il The calm and the confidence or the
.A-nericans were a matter OF general remark
fsntatn Casey, Of Delaware, did not DO so well
xst the sooyard range finishing with 81 but Winoer
,,e7t up his good shooting and scored p The other
sndfr1dual totals Martin, a; Lueshner and
s1zas.nnan g. and Benedick, 81. The total for the
,-anxe Srs was a pretty serious falling Of. The
1s,se 1as general among all the teams. however.
lsnd less marked the OF the Americans thah
tsuv other The aggregates OF the other teams at
i.he end OF this range were: France lsSo; sweden
Is ga: Norway, lSS; GREECE LII ant 1ei'hl"A'
ess.
The team firing at the last range. one thousand
rz-as onened under favorable auspices. The Amer
ls-sn and British each had around them a
sss-re crowd OF admirers and Interested spectators
g-r7e Crown Prince Of Sweden. who was visitor at
t,,e cannp watched the work Of The Swedish marks
s,,en for p while and then. walking down the range
Is 5socornpanied by the Swedish Minister ana Loro
b<hevesnore president Of the National flfie Asso-
rotation he took up position behind the chair OF
General Drain. the leader OF the American team
iron, this point he followed with obvious interest
she fortunes Of Casey and Winder, the only two
Americans who were then shooting They were
both steadily hitting the buseye. While the BRUSH
f.esn their nearest competitor. was losing ground
vinder and Casey finished with SO each. as against
the score Of e5 and e7 made by the nrs- TWO Eng
,ish -narksnen to finish.
The aggregate scores Of the other competitors
were as follows: France, 2,27Z' sweden Z'Zl"'
rSoruay. a1s2: Greece 1885. and Denmark. 1903
The British team finished before the American
g-Yhe last man 10 fire at the American target was
Benedick who made the lowest aggregate for the
team z07 The other individual aggregates for the
team were Martin and Lueshner, with 430 each
constituting the highest individual score of the
rnatcll-win6er with 42s. Casey with 423 and East
with Az.
In the revolver competition which occupied
most Of the day, the Americans scored another
splendid victory They defeated the teams
posed OF four each. OF the United Kingdom.
sThe American revolver team composed of Cor
Imam, Axteil, Calkins and Dietz