FOREST AND STREAM. 



133 



m target every opener was a bull's-eye. Oa the 

 JJritish side, when they began shooting some time offer with 

 i. lie openers were, bull's, but two 

 by Ool Fenton and Humphry brought the two rounds 

 teams still stood on their scores of the day be- 

 The men on both flanks were shooting with the great- 

 re; and when, as it not uufrequenfly happened, three 

 were up along the line, of targets, blotting out 

 three bull's-eyes, a cheer greeted the happy coincidence. At 

 -rid round an additional point of lead was added to the 

 of the Americans, aud at the next round three points. 

 Tlie home squad made a pair of perfect rounds of forty 

 joints each, while the Britishers made but one. 



By 11:30 the wind had dropped down to 7 o'clock cm the 

 dial, and if was evident that the day was to be a duplicate of 

 preceding. II differed, however, in the light. That 

 peculiar glistening light which seemed to hold over the range 

 during the first day was succeeded by an ordinary sun-glare, 

 and the mirage from the surface of the range was very great. 

 To lie down and look at the targets, as the riflemen did, 

 close along the ground's surface, was to see a, dancing bull's- 

 eye and a generally shaken target, as the heat currents set up- 

 ward This peculiar appearance the majority of the specta- 

 tors failed to catch, looking as they did over the range at a 

 higher elevation. As the. 800-yard stage progressed the wind 

 edged around until it blew directly from the o'clock point, 

 and then the Americans watched it and kept in the centre, 

 while the Britons did not do so as closely and suffered with 

 Miners. Of the shooting at this range its superb excellence 

 may be judged in I he fact that of the 120 shots fired by the 

 American squad, all but one were within a four-foot six-inch 

 circle. The. British riflemen were not so fortunate, and al- 

 lowed eight of their shots to wander out of the centre circle. 

 The result was that the Americans gained a. further lead of 16 

 points, and the gap on the Bggr 'gate widened from twenty -six 

 , at the close of the fir si day, to forty-two points, and 

 then the. teams went oil to lunch, or rather the American team 

 had gone off to an easy rest at 12:30 v. M., leaving the wind 

 at the 4 o'clock point. But it was not until 1:15 that the last 

 Irish slow coach, as Rigby was called, had fired his last 800- 

 yai'd shot. In fact, the "slow marksmanship of Rigby was 

 «ing out of the common, and on one shot by watch he 

 consumed fourteen minutes between the tiring of the pre- 

 ceding shot and the discharge of his own. 



At 1:45 p. m., the gun sounded the assembly for the mid- 

 rmge firing, and at 2 promptly the signal to recommence the 

 fusilade was given. The shoofiDg here was much more rapid. 

 by the Americans, particularly, and at 3tl0 the last shot from 

 tlie right wing of the field was tired. The day previous 547 

 points had been the very excellent effort of the home team, 

 but it finished yesterday on 554 in the possible 600. The ma- 

 jority of the shots were bull's-eyes, of course, but Jewell got 

 a miss plump in the centre of his score, the bullet dropping 

 about four inches below the centre of the target and entering 

 the wooden sill. It was unaccountable, unless Major Jewell 

 is willing to own up to a "pull off." Allen played with the 

 feelings of the. great crowd, which now filled the space back 

 of the score black-boards, by getting up a run of twelve bull's- 

 eyes, and then, when eveiybod.y expected to see the rarity of 

 a perfect 900 yards total, dropping to a nipping centre outside 

 of Jewell's miss. Five inners were the total of the American 

 failings from the true & rtre. On tlis British target things were 

 getting rather down, Lieutenant Pent on got two outers, ac- 

 tually surprising himself and his squad by wandering several 

 inches off into the barren places of the outer darkness, and 

 conjuring up the black disk. He kept up his reputation of 

 never getting off the target in a match, but committed what 

 some think tlie more egregious error of getting off beyond the 

 inner lines. Eleven inners tell also the story of "the poor 

 shooting here. It was simply wild compared with the vVineri- 

 can work, but still most excellent. Milner wound up with a 

 miss, a square, fair hit somewhere else than on the target. 

 None upon the field were more surprised at the lapse than 

 Milner himself, but he was too good a rifleman to rant about 

 it. The markers came out, but failed to detect the bullet 

 mark, and were compelled to do nothing and allow the miss 

 to go on the record, and instead of the 71 he had a right to 

 i. at this range Milner got bet 66 points; 534 to 536 told 

 the lead upon lead which the Americans were gathering. 

 Eighteen points more secured a grand total of 60 in advance, 

 and it was little wonder that the Britshers fell back in almost 

 sullen aeteruiination to finish up the match at the 1,000 yards 

 range. The Americans some time before had found time to 

 retire to a few moments rest and coolness under a tent. Of 

 course they were out at gun-fire, while the other team had 

 barely time, to fall back and recommence work without the 

 resting spell. The crowd grown now among the tens of 

 thousands was unanimously of opinion that the chances of a 

 British victory were entirely gone, and this opinion of 

 the non-shooting spectators was shared by the riflemen 

 present. 



The opening on target K by the extra-careful Rigby secured 

 a ricochet miss. This was due to false coaching. The his- 

 tory of this target and of the British team during the 1,000 

 yards range was a tale of demoralization, and the visitors split, 

 too, upon ttie same rock where the Scotch team wrecked its 

 chances a year before. Relying upon a single scorer and spot- 

 ter and coach combined, when that prop became shaky, the 

 rallying-post of the squad was gone and they scattered into 

 medium scores. Milner was getting flurried, and a miss was 

 again credited to him. Fergusson on the same target followed 

 suit in another miss. Halford also put in one of the unac- 

 countable variety between bull's-eyes, and Humphry followed 

 a bull's-eye with a miss in an unwarranted manner. The 

 misses were not accidents, but were merely the result of having 

 the loose team system, or rather no system at all, under which 

 tlie squad shot. The moment they lost step, as it were, and 

 began to scatter in their style, there were no means, no rule, 

 no order by which they could be brought again into line and 

 their confusion checked. Probably not a single member of 

 the British team was sanguine enough to suppose that the 

 match could be secured against such shooters as the Ameri- 

 cans were showing themselves to be. The thing was possible, 

 but most remotely probable. But even this feeling should 

 not be used to explain so bad a drop as from a 1,000 yards 

 total of 534 on the first day to 518 on the second, the Ameri- 

 cans meantime gaining 10 points on their first day's record, 

 and that, too, with an unaccountable miss on the part of Gen 

 eral Dakin. The remainder of the team, however, shot most; 

 uniformly. Jewell fired the closing shot for the Americans 

 at 5:36, adding another bull's eye to the list, and at 5:45 the 

 match was over with the closing bull of Evan's, and with the 

 totals of 3,834 against 3,242, the great match was over. 



"Ninety -two ahead" was shouted from end to end of the 

 field as soon as the firing ceased. All barriers were broken 

 down, the two teams were surrounded by a frantic: mob just 

 outside tlie ropes and cheered to the echo, Judge Stanton, 



President, of the National Hi lie Association, mounted a chair 

 and formnlly announced the victory of the Americans, and 

 proposed three cheers for the British team. These were given 

 and repeated, and then Sir Henry Ibdford, in response to loud 

 calls, took the Judge's place and said : "It is no disgrace for 

 the British team to have been, beaten. Such shooting has 

 never before been known in the history of the world. If I 

 were to say that I do not regret the result I would be telling 

 a lie. I do regret it, and very bitterly, and I will strive an- 

 other year to avenge our defeat. [Cheers.] I congratulate. 

 you ou the team you have brought into the field against us. 

 and I thank you heartily for this reception. [Cheers, and 

 calls for Dakin.) 



Geu. Pakin, in response, spoke as follows : Gentlemen: I 

 thank you for this expression of your good will toward me, 

 but I never was a hand at speech -making, and it would be im- 

 proper for me to detain you when so much remains to engage 

 the two teams of handshaking and feasting in the President's 

 quarters. I can only say that When we came into this contest 

 we came in to win. [Cheers] We knew we. had to contend 

 against the best metal the Old World could produce. [ Cheers J 

 When Sir Henry Halford started from England he meant busi- 

 ness. [Cheers.] The good and splendid result of the shoot- 

 ing of both teams is, as' has been said, a subject of congratu- 

 lation. Our competitors are. to be congratulated on the scores 

 they have made ou these grounds. When they have come 

 back to us again, however, we hope they will come a little 

 stronger, so that we may have an inducement to strengthen 

 ourselves. [Cheers and laughter] 



Calls were next made for Blydenburgh. Ho said : After 

 the work of the past two days I have not much nerve left for 

 speaking. 



Bruce was the next speaker. He said that everybody knew 

 he was not a speech-maker. ITc had done, his speaking, and 

 told his story at. the target. [Laughter and applause.] 



The two teams hurried over to the. President's tent. When 

 all were assembled Judge. Stanton said : Sir Henry Hal ford 

 and Geu. Dakin, captains of the respective teams who have 

 been engaged during the past two days in the great interna- 

 tional contest, I congratula'e you both on its successful ter- 

 ii. We of tlie Rifle Association have endeavored from 

 the first to conduct it so that at its conclusion each party 

 would feel as thotigh they had had fair play. I have been 

 assured on behalf of the. separate teams by their Captains, and 

 especially by the British team, that they feel that such has 

 been given them. Now, as we have but a very few moments 

 to remain, I will be brief, and simply thank you for meeting 

 here to take a social farewell and a glass of wine with us. 

 [Applause.] 



Sir Henry Halford here stepped forward and said : lean 

 thoroughly indorse, every word that has been said about the 

 treatment of the teams and the conditions of the match. We, 

 at any rate, must acknowledge that, we have been beaten hon- 

 estly and thoroughly. [Applause ] It is not singular that such 

 should be the case, however, under the circumstances. We 

 have been treated throughout with the greate-t kindness, and 

 every facility has been extended to us that iay in the power of 

 the National Association to grant. [Applause.] I can only 

 say that although we were beaten and we regret it, we will 

 return home with feelings of enjoyment of our trip and our 

 t reatment, I, for one, will he happy to come back again to this 

 country, and will ever be pleased 'to call those whom I have 

 met here my friends. [Great applause.] 



Lieu. Dakin was the next speaker. He said: I am not a 

 speech-maker, and will confine myself to a few words. I am 

 quitjs in accord with all that has been said about the incidents 

 of this year's match. I am satisfied, and I believe our late 

 competitors are, that everything was conducted as it should 

 lie. I have yet to hear to' hear' the first word to the contrary. 

 j Applause,] " I may say that my rifle, shooting in public is at 

 an end, and that my appearance in matches is finished 

 [Cries of no, no.] In the future I will shoot only formy own 

 amusement, and I wish that to be distinctly understood. I 

 have been successful in my scores thus far, but to-day after 

 seeing what our younger men can do, I think it about time 

 to back out while I have a record left. [Laughter and ap- 

 plause.] 



Three rousing cheers were then given for Sir Henry Hal- 

 ford and the British team. Col. Fenton called for three cheers 

 for the American team, and the Englishmen responded v\ i ,li a 

 will, and the party scattered. The team work was over, and 

 until the experts shall once more be drawn up in fighting ar- 

 ray the team men were lost in their several private personali- 

 ties, ready for extra exertions when an 18-inch carton shall 

 enable finer marksmanship to be properly appreciated. 



THE SECOND DAYS' SOOEE- 



AMERICAN TEAM. 



L C Bruce, Sharps Creed. 

 55555555545555 5—74 

 55555444555555 5—72 

 .5 5554455555555 5—73 



Total 219 



C E Blydenhurgh, Rem Creed. 

 55 5 55555554555 4—73 

 555545455554 5 4 5— Ti! 

 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 3 5 4 5—71 



Total 216 



L Weber, Sharps Creed. 

 5555455 5 555 5 55 5-74 

 5544555555S555 5—71 

 35355554555555 5—70 



Total 215 



Isaac L Allen. Rem Creed. 



4 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5—70 

 5555555555 5545 4-73 

 55554 5 45455535 5—70 



Total .213 



HS Jewell, Item Creed. 



5 5 S 5 4 5 5 E 5 4 5 5 5 5 4—72 

 4 5 44555 545455 5-455 

 54 5554555 55555 fi— 73 



Total 210 



Frank Hyde, Sharps Creed 

 i 5 4 5 5 5 4 B 5 5 5 B 5 5 5—72 

 4 J 5 5 G 3 3 5 & 5 5 5 4 5 5—6S 

 •154 45 345555454 3—65 



Total 205 



W B. Jackson, Rem Creed. 

 455 4 5 5554 5 4545 5—70 

 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 B 4 3 5 5-flti 

 15 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 4—67 



Total 203 



T SDaldn, Rem Creed. 

 455454 4 555 5 654 5—70 

 I 5 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 5—67 

 4555355464 5 038 5—61 



Tot-.C... 



BRITISH TEAM. 



Sir Henry Halford, Metford. 

 555 5 55355 5 5545 5—72 

 534554 5 4 555555 5— 69 

 24555555555550 5—06 



Total 207 



I1SW Evans, Metford. 

 55455553555555 5—72 

 454355445545455 -07 

 4544456544454* 5—66 



Total 205 



Wm R'gby, Rlgbv Rifle. 

 55 5 555555455 4 5 5— 72 

 55544435455555 5—69 

 04534554545454 5— 62 



Total 208 



Lieut G Pen i on, Rigby Rifle. 

 5 5 4 4 3 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5-69 



4 5 2 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 2 5 5 4 3—61 

 B6455553555&45 4-70 



Total 308 



Lieut Col Fenton. Iiiebv Rifle. 



3 5 5 4 6 5 5 5 .5 5 5 4 4 5 5—70 



5 4 5 5 3 2 4 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5—66 

 335535 5 54 5 4 554 5-66 



Total 202 



Wm Fergusson, Rigby Rifle 

 5 4 f, 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 5—70 

 55 4 5 4455533 5 54 5—67 



4 3 4 5 3 6 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5—63 



Total 200 



J K Milner, Rigby Rifle. 

 5445 4 545 5 55455 5—70 



4 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 0—66 



5 454 3 05454G454 5— 62 



Total 197 



A P Humphry, Metford. 

 3 54385664 5 4554 4-64 

 5 4 5 5 4 3 5 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 S— 68 

 5 4645503455553 5—63 



Total ,...,..«?, 



The combined scores of the team men for the twe 

 at tlie several ranges rims as follows : 



AMERICAN TEAM. 

 800 yds. 



OB Blydenburgh 147 



LC Bruce • m 



1, Weber 143 



I L Allen 141 



H S Jewell U3 



F Hyde 143 



W H Jackson 139 



TSDakin 148 



yds. 



1,000 yds. 



139 



113 



145 



136 



144 



136 



139 



139 



131 



145 



138 



133 



135 



133 



130 



127 



Totals 1,143 



1,101 



1,090 



TotaL 



4-. 9 

 425 

 421 

 419 

 419 

 414 

 407 

 400 



3,334 



Average per man ■ 208% 



BRITISH TRAM. 



II Halford 



H s w Evans. 



wm Rigby 



Uoiit.enaiit, Fenton 



,T K Milner 



Win Fergusson 



('(lionet Fenton 



A I' Humphrey 



143 



143 



145 



134 



142 



142 



141 



127 



132 



137 

 134 

 VH 



136 



13+ 

 128 

 J i,S 



129 



130 

 181 



123 



412 

 412 

 410 



407 

 407 

 40fi 

 400 



::ss 



Total 1,117 1,073 1,052 3,242 



Av e r ag e p er m an - 202 % 



Since the introduction of the present target with its round 

 three feet bull's-eye, there have been six important matches 

 fought between international tennis of eight men per side. 

 These were the Eleho Shield matches of 1874 to 1877 inclusive, 

 and the competitions for the Centennial trophy, h. eluding that 

 of the present week. This included in all a record of twenty- 

 eight team scores by as expert a body of rifle shots as the 

 world can produce. 'The matches were fought under -various 

 conditions of weather, with various arms, ou the grounds of 

 Creedmoor or Wimbledon. A glance clown the columns of 

 range totals presented will show that, the American score of 

 Friday was not only in the aggregate far above anything 

 which has been heretofore accomplished the score of the 

 same team on the day previous being the only one approaching 

 it, but on the range totals as well the scores of the memorable 

 September 14, outranked anything on record. The fact was, 

 that having beaten everything on the books in their score of 

 the day before, the American team set to work shooting 

 against their own record. Nor can the British team complain 

 if comparison be made with the work of previous shooters. 

 The totals which the British team, under Sir Henry Halford, 

 have shown at Creedmoor ore in excess of anything on this 

 champion list, excepting, of course, the American total of the 

 same two days. The Scotch total of 1,586, of which Colonel 

 MacDonald "felt so proud in the midst of bis defeat last year, 

 has been left far behind by the British score of last Thursday 

 and Friday. At the ranges the totals of the Halford team on 

 Thursday held place next to the Americans, while the score 

 of 534 at 1.000 yards falls but a point behind the spurt score 

 of the Irish at 1,000 yards on the closing day of the (Jcntennial 

 match last year. 



Out of a possible 600 at each range, or an aggregate of 1,800, 

 the figures show : 



800 yds. 903 yds. 1000 yds. Total 



ElchO,lS74.. 



f-tcot 



. -I English 485 



icotch 5114 



-, Englis 

 (.Irish.. 



(Irish 502 



Elclio. 1875 < scotch 49S 



(EtagUBh 515 



(English 489 



Klcho, 1876 J Scotch 5114 



Ijrish 479 



(Scotch 535 



Centennial Trophy, | Iiish 535 



1876, i American.... 550 



First day I Australians. .531 



[Canadian 521 



American ...525 



Irish 502 



Second day { Australian... 522 



Scoich ,525 



Canadian. ...492 



flrish 543 



Elcho, 1877 - Engl isli 513 



(Scotch 530 



Centennial Trophy, 1877. ( American... .&GS 



First d*y 1 British 558 



, , C mer!ean..57-> 

 Second day } British 639 



473 



427 



490 

 503 

 449 

 528 

 524 

 . 618 

 524 

 476 

 515 

 485 

 494 

 462 

 465 

 517 

 478 

 470 

 547 

 637 

 354 

 536 



445 

 460 

 440 

 477 

 494 

 4S4 

 4S4 

 451 

 454 

 523 

 523 

 609 

 490 



535 

 501 

 490 

 4T6 

 508 

 473 

 439 

 540 

 634 

 5SO 

 618 



1.437 

 1,405 

 1,378 

 1,506 

 1,503 

 1,502 

 1,463 

 1,468 

 1,882 

 1,586 

 1 582 

 1,577 

 1,545 

 1.490 

 1..549 

 1 ,522 

 1,617" 

 1,477 

 1,433 

 1,668 

 1,404 

 1,489 

 1,655 

 1,629 

 1,679 

 1,613 



The scores, when analyzed, show that for the first time the 

 Americans have won an "important match without scoring the 

 greatest number of misses. Against a total of four misses by 

 the Americans, all low shots, the British record shows eleven. 

 In outers, Bruce's opening shot at 1,000 yards on the first 

 day is the only instance, while the opposing team show seven 

 of these stragglers. In inners and centres the foreigners show 

 a large majority, while in bull's-eyes the home team show an 

 advantage of "thirty-nine. Evans was the only one of the 

 Britishers wtto got "through his ninety shots without outer or 

 miss, whereas three of the Americans were equally fortunate. 

 THE ANALYTICAL RECORD. 



AMERICAN TEAM. 



First Day. Second day. 



C E Blydnnburgh 



L C Bruce 



L Weber 



HS Jewell ! 33 



IL Allen 



v tiyde 



Wu Jackson 



TSDakin 



To'als 266 



BRITISH TEAM. 



Sir H Halford 



H S W Evans 



W Rigby 



(i Fenton 



JK Milner 



Wm Fergusson. . . 

 Lieut Col Fenton. 

 AP Humphry 



Totals.. 



sa 



7 



4 



I 



1 



:W 



6 



2 



1 



1 



68 



13 



fi 



1 



si 



s 



S 



t 



i 



27 



16 



2 



ii 1 



59 



Ml 7 



(i 



Bi! 



H 







( 



li 



29, 



1 3 



2 







1 



61 



21 7 







Sitt 



14 



2 



1 







31 



4 



4 



2 







!» 



22 6 



3 



86 



6 



3 



ii 



1 



"ri 



|:l 



o 











fi.!. 



1ft 



& 







91 



10 



3 



II 



n 



".1 



10 



6 







l 



fill 



80 



3 l 



24 



16 



4 



1 



ii 



30 



fl 



6 



1 







54 



24 



10 1 



SO 



1 



5 



1 



.! 



26 



11 



7 



II 



1 



r,.i 



18 



18 



























24 



,:: 



81 



i 



! 



...-. 



ss 



So 



■1 



B 



181 



tflO 



61 



7 



The annexed running record, showing the standing of tho 

 teams at the end of each round, is interesting in showir.: 

 from the start the battle wag an almost steady progress; i 



