July 36, 1888.1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Bll 



scattering target, and evident,]}- was 



ling or both, 

 range was fired bv Young, who made 



Smith on Hie American side, who also 

 wllli another miss for America The 

 get on the target, recording four 



and in their first Ihirtv-tivc shots the 



lissos. while the British marksmen In 



3 hod hut two misses. 



tell of lN-:ihy 15 point; 



i wonderful array of 

 Ids seven shots on the 

 iair of hulls Walter! 



niaaas, and the 

 UtsBR. slab. s. 

 lottdid as well. 

 ■d the hull but 



bnllscye. Y 

 bewildered i 

 The first b! 

 a miss. He 

 missed Jo! 

 Americans 



The i."""v! 



Ill.irl.--iii.iti w 



with only am 

 otherwise keg 

 care, but be t 



the target 8tl 



seem able to 

 had weather 

 Pollard has a 



him. and three linllsevsii 



finely. Oouldsmtth has fa 

 nately. Penrse almost but 



two misses, was not up to I 



t.ir^'.-l. hut verv much out 



target of which he is. no d 



deem it. Godsal, with tin-, 



ilenl.lv not. disconcerted. Huinphray wound up his match work w 



showing three bullscyes. Lowe placed half his shots in the bull, bur. 



it is a very uncertain target. Young closed with a hull, but to miss 



the inajnfliv of his shots is hardly worthy of a picked team man. 



At the close of the match the Earl Brounlow made a speech com- 

 plimenting the American team and trusting that the bonds of affec- 

 tion between England and the great country they so worthily rep- 

 resented iniirht Ion- ,'oiitinue. Then three vigorous cheers were 



|iiitcE"t into the hull. Bates, with 

 ual form. Dods got six shots on the 

 e and elevation. McVittie shows a 

 far from proud, yet the two hulls ra- 

 ises, yet got two bulls. Ho w; 



dded: 



"Wi 



,-hav 



sed on (he field to-day that 

 ailed to snatch military laurels 

 rent an international match be- 

 idiatelr after the termination 



liged to bow his ackn 



. An elegant cri 

 oess's aeeoinmodatiou. 

 o the place of honor, 

 can team, which pres- 

 It watt greeted with 

 itinera of the massive 

 he Duchess, were scv- 

 eps of the dais to re- 

 xlby the Britishers. 

 3 sparing as possible of 

 reserve the warmest 

 When Van Heusen, 

 isitors' Cup at the con- 

 oid receiving his prize 

 even the winner of the 

 before 



lid I 



tight a flood of c 

 t the 



which e 



>ult. Tliei 



lent. It cannot be 



edit 



'. Intel 



imong 



itested 



ird that the event 



hut this apparent, 



' stronglj 



aid that; 

 more doggedly. It is curious to have also 

 created hut little tinman! enthusiasm in I 



apathv of the metropolis lo (he interna 



characteristic of the ways of its people, and arises not so much from 

 a lack of interest as the absence of its outward manifestation. All 

 who were on the ranges during the second day's contest, while the 

 Storms Of rain swept over them, driving the spectators huddled to- 

 gether beneath umbrellas, and blinding the competitors, were loud 

 in their appreciation of the nerve and pluck with which the match 

 was shot. 



The Ktiglish had an uphill task, which tie;,- confronted with un- 

 daunted pluck, 'the Americans struggled with equal determination 

 lo avert defeat, and so well that even on the last range victory 

 seemed possible to them. When the first part of the match was con- 

 cluded on Frf av it was conceded by those best calculated to know 

 here that it was a very open affair' It was generally predicted by 

 British riflemen before the match that the Americans would be in 

 front at short range, but that the Britishers would win at the finish, 

 and soil. proved. 



For some years past shoulder shooting at 200yds. had become 

 almost a lost art among the volunteers of England, and it is only 

 within a short time that it has been resumed. It was no surprise to 

 I hem. therefore, to find themselves beaten by representatives of your 

 National Guard, whose style at "off shoulder" is considered at Wim 

 blodon as the beau ideal of what it should be. Therefore, the slight 

 lead of the Americans on the first day's shooting did not in any 

 material manner dismay the British team, all of whom were trusty 

 shots, especiallv at the long distances. 



There was. besides, the good off chance of climatic disturbances 

 willi which the Americans were unacquainted, hut to which Englisb- 

 These disturbances certainly prevailed. English 



in w 1, 



The 



who! 



vith then 

 such I 



s :lag 



■hfcli 



. . truthful indication to the shooters. _. 

 was at tho end of the 900yds. ranges that the real interest and excite- 

 ment of the match culminated. The Americans were then ten be- 

 hind, and it was quite an open question, or, to use a sporting phrase, 

 "anybody's match,*' how the result would be. 



The last range was commenced in a storm of rain blowing in the 

 race of the competitors, Accompanied by almost a gale of wind. 

 Under such circumstances it was naturally expected that the scoring 

 would be poor. Smith and three others started with misses, as did 

 the pilotof (he Knghsii team, and when eight shots had been Bred 

 the Americans had only made ten points against eighteen by their 

 opponents. The rain came down so heavily now that by mutual 

 agreement the shooting was stopped fora few minutes. It was nearly 

 impossible to see the targets. Soon the storm passed over and the 

 sun again came out. right in He faces of the riflemen, while targets 

 wcra in darkness and obscured by haze rizing from the damp grass. 



Now, the value of the orthoptic sights used by the Americans was 

 seen, and it seemed for a short time as though they were going to 

 win easily. The total of each round of the rival teams as fired is of 

 no value m calculating their relative positions, as, whUe the Ameri- 

 cans fired their rounds four men at each targel . the Englishmen pre- 

 ferred shooting in pairs, as being what they were more accustomed 



to. Besides this, they 



After the storm the A 

 an I 'v.iii on making a 

 ih.ir shots well in II 

 were missing and getti 

 fitter about twenty 

 Americans hadactuall 



ogether, as a team and 

 ich circumstances best, 

 ad much the best of it, 

 isfortunes, by piling on 

 . while the Englishmen 



lots had been fired - 



either side the 



ed the lead. The faces ot the Engujsh- 

 thev found themselves unexpectedly 

 characteristic tenacity thev stuck To 

 The light was most misleading and 

 Itering. thus necessitating « constant 

 nsultations ensued. I he result of which 



the Americans were deteriorating iii 



and Lieutenant Scott missed. Joiner 

 tor the fourth lime. The light, kept. 

 i was another heavy shower, though 

 The Englishmen had, however, got 



nol t 



■ deui 



it,,- British, am 



were gained In 



it is the opl 



riflemen that o 



idle disk was constantly ascending, the 

 aes of the register keeper calling a mi 

 linous black disK denoting au outer in t 



terionns had lost their touch and cou 

 Almost every shot gave a further lead 

 ■won by forty-live points, all of nhii 



here, as the demc 

 can team, while 

 added to the inf., 

 who fired, and no 

 do, found the tai 



fact that the Art 



McVittie, Botes, Oodsal a 



six Bhooting 



the match out ot ine in 

 knew nothing of one ano 

 day before the match, an 

 tain was a matter of she 

 hud to take a high place. 

 is undoubted, hut that Mi 

 shooting under such pet 

 used and I., which Aliieri 

 aim 



id Lowe-only c 



act pairs put on 151 poi 



i -vfce.. Young, Pearse, 

 led 103, while Iheother 

 <, and fairlv snatched 

 that the English team 

 rere only selected the 

 te coaching by a cup- 

 individual judgment 

 ! with pluck and nerve 



The 



•cly if e 

 i tci 



l did 



111'. 



were clearly out weighted under the cxtraordin 

 finish of the match. 



THE PERSONNEL Ot 



In regard to the men whom the American team met it may be said 

 that all of them have won the highest honors on many a well-fought 

 field. Out of the twelve no fewer than seven— Pearse. McVittie. 

 Parry, Dods, Bates. Oodsal and Humphrey— fired at Creedmoor last 

 year, the first three named making the highest scores on that occa- 

 sion. 



l the Queen's prize in 1875, and has 

 3 has also lied Tor the silver medal. 



Major Pearse, a Devon r 

 taken his counts medal fi 

 and has fired In the Ehglii 



Major Young. Twniy-ii 

 man, and in his volunteer 

 the Eleho shield ; has been i 



Middle; 

 reer of 

 the Qui 



lilies, is bv birth an Irish- 

 «■ years has fired often for 

 s»- » sixty twice ; won the Albert 

 twice, the Cambridge Cup for long range, the Snyder Association 

 cup and many hundreds of other prizes. 

 Quartermaster (loitldsmith. of Bristol, a volunteer of old standing 

 ~ iglish twenty, is a steady shot, but he 



;nd member o 



t Wtmbledm 



•orps. 



■idy i 



•nty-t 



•' vet 



s of 



■olunteer t' 



i of the maker of the Sh-i 

 o years. Ill 1882 lie was in 

 of Cambridge's prize and 

 us venrs by Knrrow. Scott 

 fled both for the 



il also won the Duk. 

 . i in the three previoi 

 and Hyde, of America. This year he wi 

 American match and for the English eight 



McVittie, of Dumfries, is the only Scotchman and the veteran of 

 the team, ne has absolutely won thousands of prizes in all quarters. 

 He is the onlv man who has ever taken seven (Jin-en's badges. He is 

 a winner of the St. (leorge Challenge Vase, the Grand Aggregate of 

 Wimbledon twice, and has enough decorations to nearly cover him. 



Captain (iodsal has won most of the great, .small bore contests at 

 Wimbledon, and three times made the highest score in the Eleho 

 match with an American gun. 



Private Lowe, of the Queen's Westminster, is an old volunteer and 

 was silver medallist in 1878, and highest scorer in the national trophy 

 match fired at the beginning of the week. 



Corporal Parry. Second Cheshire Volunteers, has for years been 

 noted as one of the most reliable military shots in England. 



Wattleworth, of the Fifth Lancashire, has only shot within the 

 past two years, during which he has taken his county medal and 

 otherwise made his mark. 



Major Humphrey, of Cambridge University, has taken nearly all 

 the distinctions that rifle shooting can give. In 1871 he won the 

 Queen's prize, and since then has taken the Duke of Cambridge's 

 prize, Grand Aggregate of Wimbledon, Any Kitie. Cup and has fired 

 in the English eight and Ktiglish twenty for years. 



Against such a team of celebrated men to carry off victory would 

 have been a triumph of the first order, and to bo beaten by them im- 

 plies no disgrace. 



Of the twelve nien who represented America in the match, five 

 shot in tho contest at Creedmoor last year : in the British team seven 

 riflemen had been among those who won the first military match. 

 The scores of the Americans when compared with their shooting last 

 year show a considerable improvement. The following tables give 

 the records of each of the twice-tried men: 



200 



John Smith 30 



J. M. Pollard 29 



C. W. Hinman 30 



T. J. Dolan 25 



fl. L.Paulding 27 



200 



AMBRICAKS- -IE 



AMERICANS— lfi 

 500 



600 1,000 Totals. 



600 800 900 1,000 Totals. 



17 



10 



149 



John Smith 2g 



J. M. PoUard 80 



C.W. Hinman.... 29 35 32 27 86 19 168 



T.J. Dolan... 31 30 23 28 26 18 150 



J. L. Paulding.... .31 29 30 31 23 17 161 



Total scores of the five members of tho team of 1882 781 



Total scores of the five members of the learn of 1883 787 



Increase in score of 1883 . . 



200 



Orearse 28 



K McVittie...- 31 



C J Parry 88 



JWDods 31 



HBates 28 



PTGodsal 29 



A P Humphrey — 27 



500 600 800 iWO 1,000 Total. 



500 600 



800 



900 1,000 Total. 



200 



G Pearse 27 



K McVittie 29 31 29 24 80 20 163 



C J Parry 28 83 28 26 26 29 170 



JWDods 28 23 30 32 21 21 155 



HBates 28 33 30 29 28 20 169 



PJGodsal 27 33 32 28 28 16 164 



A P Humphrey.... 26 28 30 27 13 24 148 



Total scores of the members of the team of 1882 1,173 



Total scores of tho members of the team of 1883 1,1 38 



Decrease in score of 1883 85 



The match at Creedmoor was, so far as arrangements were con- 

 cerned, the same as at. Wimbledon, hut that, the Americans, by virtue 



of constant practice, their score by over one hundred 



points, the following tables will show: 



it 1882. 



Team. 200 



British 340 



American 331 



Team. 



British 340 



American 352 



TOTAL SCORES 1 



1,000 

 307 

 236 



Total. 

 1,075 



1,805 



71 



^70" 



1,000 



Total. 



254 

 219 



1,951 

 1,908 



35 



45 



. D. 



■Ittle; 



irth 



200yds 5 4 4 5 5 4 5—88 



BOOyds 3 5 4 5 S 5 5—32 



690yds 4 5 5 3 3 5 5—30 



800yds 554 454 5—82 



900yds 3 4 4 4 5 5 2—27 



1,000yds 4 3 4 3 5 5 5-27—180 



G. C. Gibbs. 



200ydS 2 4 4 4 4 3 1 -25 



500'yds .5454 5 6 5-33 



600yds . ,..,88 i fi 6 fi 4—84 



800yds 4 3 5 3 3 4 5- -27 



900yds 3 3 5 5 4 5 4—29 



' ',, J 5 3 fi 3 3 fi-2S— 176 



C. G. Parry. 



200yds 4 3 4 4 I 5 4—28 



500yds..-. , .5 ,-i 5 fi 5 fi -1—32 



BOOyds 3 4545 8 5—20 



800yd -i 5 3 4 3 4 3-2<i 



BOOyds - ..-125583 4— 2(i 

 1,000yds 9 5 5 3 5 5 4— 29—170 



■1IIK AMERICAN SCOHE. 



S. I. Scott. 



200yds 4 4 3 5 5 4 4—29 



500yds 5 4 2455 5—80 



BOOyds 5 fi fi 5 3 4 4-31 



BOOydS 5 5 4 5 5 4 5-33 



900yds 345 4 45 3-28 



1,000yds 2 5 3 5 3 4—22—173 



C. W. Hinman. 



200yds 444445 4—29 



BOOyds 5 5 5 5 5 5 5-35 



800yds 5 3 fi 5 5 4 5-32 



800yds 3 3 5 4 3 5 4-27 



900yds 5 4 4 5 5 3—26 



1,000yds 3 5 2 5 4—19—169 



A. B. Van Heusen, 



200yds 4 4 5 4 4 4 4—29 



500yds 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 82 



600yds 5 4 6 .j 5 5 it-.'s 



BOOyds 5 4 45 5 4 3-30 



900yds 5 3 5 5 8 3—2-1 



1,000yds 3 2 3 4 2 2 4—20—164 



H. Bates, 



200yds 4 4 4 4 4 5 4—29 



SOOvds 5 5 4 5 5 5 5-31 



600yds 4 5 4 654 3-30 



800yds 5 3 533 5 5-29 



BOOyds. .. .3 4 4 5 5 4 3 28 

 1,000yds 4 5 4 5 2—20-170 



S. S. Gouldsmith. 



200yds 5 4 5 4 4 4 5—31 



500yds 4 5 4 fi 3 5 5—31 



60n"yds 8 4 5 5 3 3 5—27 



BOOyds I 3 I 5 :■, 5 5- 31 



900yds 4 4 34 53 4—87 



1,000yds 2 4 8 5 2 5-22—169 



II McVittie. 



aooj-ds 4 5 4 I 5 3 4—29 



BOOyds 2 5 5 5 5 5 4—81 



690yds 3 3 5 4 5 4 5—29 



SOOyds 4 3 1 5 3 5-24 



900yds 4 5 4 3 4 5 5—30 



1,000yds 2 5R 3 3 6 2-20—163 



J. P. Godsal. 



200yds 3 4 4 3 5 4 4-27 



500yds 4 5 5 5 4 5 4—82 



OOOyds 5 4 5 5 5 8 8-82 



800yds 3 3 I 4 5 5 4 28 



900yds 4 4 5 3 5 4 8-28 



1,000yds. ...540005 2-16-16K 

 G. Pears.-. 



800yds 3 4 5 8 45 3-27 



SOOvds 3 5 5 5 5 5 5-33 



600yds 2 5 4 4 5 5 4-89 



BOOv-ds 3 5 4 5 3 3-22 



OOOyds 6 5 5 3 4 4—26 



1,000yd*. . . .208444 4—81—168 



J. II. Dods. 



800yds 4 4 4 4 4 4 4-28 



500yds 5043524 23 



BOOyds 5 5 5244 5—30 



800yds a 4 4 5 4 5 5-32 



900yds 5 4 4 3 2 3-21 



1,000yds 4 8 5 8 4 2-20—155 



E. Lowe. 



200yds 4 4 4 4 4 4 4-28 



500yds 5 6 5 5 5 6 5—45 



OOOyds 4 4 5 4 2 4 3-26 



800yds 4 6 344 4-24 



900yd8, ... 3 4 2 3 8 5—22 



1,000yds 00645 2-16-151 



A. P. Humphrey. 

 800yds 3 4 4 43 35 26 



son'vds. 



rum'vds 

 1, 000yds. 



..485443 4—27 

 ..B0 8 2 28 3-13 

 3 3 5 5 5 3—21—149 



C. H. Young. 



200yds 5 4 4 4 5 4 4—30 



500yds 5 5 4 5 4 4 4—31 



600yds 4 2 4 4 5 5 4-88 



800yds 3 5 3 5 5 4 3-28 



900yds 24 4 22 2 4-20 



1,000yds 2 3 5-10—147 



1,951 



W. Scott. 



300yds 4 4 14 5 11 29 



fioiiyds .'. . . 14 4 3 5 4 3-87 

 600yds ..."> I 5 5 3 5 5-32 



.oo'v.ls •-• 5 fi 4 5 4 4-32 



OOOyds 3 5 4 5 3—30 



1.000yds 3 a :< fi a 1-22-162 



J. H. Brown. 



200yds 4 5 5 4 4 4 4-30 



500yds 5 6 4 I 3 fi 3 -29 



BOOydS 5 3 5 5 3 5 5—31 



800yds I fi 3 8 3 4 3-25 



(HIOvils 8 t a » 3 2 10 



1.000yds ...,5 58 8 84 6-4W 181 



J. L. Paulding. 

 200yds. . . .4 ■"> .". 4 I 6 4-31 



fitMyds 4 .1 fi 1 fi 8 5-2!i 



BOOyds . . 5 3 5 4 r, 6 8- 80 

 800yds. i I -• I 4 r, 5-31 



OOOyds 3 3 2 8 3 fi fi 23 



1,000yds. . 4 4 4 8 2 0-17-ir.j 



M W. Bull. 

 SOOyds I I 2 I 4 5 fi— 28 



BOOyds fi I fi 1 3 I fi .10 



OOOyds.. .34 fi 5 fi fi ;,- 32 



SOOyds 5 4 4 5 fi fi I 32 



900yds 15 4 5 2 20 



1.000yds ... 330450 0-15-157 



T. J. Dolan. 



200yds 4 4 5 5 5 4 4-31 



SOOyds ... 4 4 5 4 4 5 4-30 

 fiOOydg., ..4 54 4 024-23 



800yds 3 4 4 3 4 5 5-28 



OOOyds 4 3 5 5 2 4 8-25 



1,000yds 3 3 5 4 4—10—156 



0. Joiner. 



2011yds 5-1444 4 4_29 



SOOyds 4 5 5 5 5 4 5—33 



BOOyds r, fi t ;, .-. :, :, 34 



BCOyda 2 5444 54-28 



OOOyds 2 2 5 a 8 S 20 



1.000yds. ... 1 3 4 3—10—154 



J. M. Pollard 

 800yds . 1 I fi I I fi t BO 

 BOOyds .8 I fi :• 5 5 4-31 



(SOOyds 2 5 4 4 4 3 4—26 



800yds -it r, :, 3 3 5-^29 



900yds 25 33230—18 



1.000yds 2 3 3 3 5 3-19-163 



J. Smith. 



200yds 44 44 4 4 5—29 



500yds . I 6 5 5 5 5 5-31 



OOOyds 5 5 fi 4 4 :, I- 32 



SOOyds 4 3 5 4 4 8 4—27 



OOOyds 3r 2 3ifi 11 



1,000yds 4 4 2 0-10-149 



W. L. Cash. 



200yds 4 4 3 4 5 1 I 28 



SOOyds 443 5 33 4-86 



BOOyds 5 5 5433 3-28 



800yds fi 5 4 4 3 3-84 



900yds 3 5 3 3 2 3 3—22 



1.000yds 4 3 44 8 2—19-147 



1,906 



THE RUNNING RECORD. 



720 

 . 780 



614 



SIX HUNDRED ya 



... 900 772 



... 960 888 



..1,020 880 



. .1.080 935 



...1,140 980 



...1,200 1,031 



...1,260 1,073 



..1,320 1,122 



...1,380 1,173 



...1,440 1,226 



...1.500 1,870 



..1,560 1,325 



...1,620 1,375 



...1,680 1.424 



...1,740 1,464 



...1,800 1.502 



...1,860 1,544 



...1,920 1,574 



...ljlBO 1,1113 



...3,0-10 1,650 



...2,100 1,686 



1,109 

 1.156 

 1.205 

 1,254 



t .303 

 1,340 

 1,400 



1.427 

 1,470 

 1,520 

 1,564 



36.-- 2.160 1,710 1,725 



37 2,220 1,740 1,764 



38 2.280 1,775 1,795 



39 3,310 1,812 1,837 



40 2,400 1,849 1,870 



41 2,460 1,873 1,911 



42 2.520 l,90(i 1,951 



AVERAGES. 



Americans. 



At 200yds 29W 



At SOOyds 30g 



At BOOyds 30 



At BOOyds 38 5 6 



At 900yds 21 11-12 



At 1,000yds 18J4 



Totals 158 5-6 



AN ANALYSIS OF THE SO linos. 



