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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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had to another referee, who is to sit in calm judgment on a ques- 

 tion where it is doubtful whether the principals will agree to any 

 one basis of fact. 



The Creedmoor rule is the very convenient and elastic one that 

 pistols or revolvers must have practical sights, which may mean 

 very various things under various conditions. 



Entirely apart from this unfortunate finish or non-finish of the 

 match, it can be said in full praise that either of the marksmen 

 is a worthy example of a first-class reliable man with these small 

 arms. The shooting dnring the four days when there was a real 

 contest was capitally well sustained, and the targets are worthy 

 of going upon record as models of fine work under the somewhat 

 adverse conditions which the men created about the shooting 

 staaid. 



Further, in a goneral way and of interest to every one of the 

 rapidly increasing army of revolver experts, is the exhibit made 

 of the degree of exactitude which has been attained in the manu- 

 facture of this class of arm. They were revolvers of an ordinary 

 type big enough for effective work, strong enough for general 

 usage and not mere machines for turning out high scores. The 

 shoot took place in the open air, and a range long enough to 

 serve as a fair test of all just demands to which a revolver may be 

 subjected. The loading, too, was done from boxes of factory- 

 filled ammunition, and the seemingly complete accord of weapon 

 to charge was evidenced in the steadily sustained high soores 

 these men were able to show. 



There was a time, and not half a docade ago cither, when such 

 a showing could not have been made. There were revolvers but 

 they were crude affairs, and the ammunition put up for tise in 

 them was evidently elaborated on the old notion that the bigger 

 the charge the better the work. The manufacturers were shrtwd 

 enough to watch the work done in such galleries as Oonlin's, 

 where the art of marksmanship is studied out intelligently, and 

 the result, is seen in such packages of ammunition as wero sup- 

 plied to Messrs. Paine and Bennett during this great test. 



Below will be found in detail the scores and the story of each 

 day's doings: 



Springfield, Mass., June 4.- The first day's shooting at Hamp 

 den Park between Chevalier ira A. Paine, of Providouce, R. I., and 

 "Fred E. Bennett, of Boston, for the revolver championship ot the 

 world and f2,000, rrstilted in Paiue's securing an advantage of 30 

 points over his opponent* to be counted in the final result. Paine 

 scored 867 points and Bennett 837 out of a possible 1.000. According 

 to agreement the shooting was done with Smith & Wes on's .44- 

 calihcr Rush an model revolvers, on an American standard 200-yd. 

 ride target, at 50 measured yards. The weather was bad for good 

 shootim , as there was a string and gusty wind blowing, and the 

 scudding clouds and a peculiarly bright hi no skv made sudden 

 and frequent changes of light and shade w hich ba filed all attempts 

 at sight regulation. There was an attendance of from 200 to 300 

 interested spectators. Myron W. Bull, of Springfield, acted as 

 referee, and New ten N. Dexter, of Piovidenee, was judge for the 

 chevalier, while J. N. Fellows held the tame position for Mr. Ben- 

 nett. 



The rule was that each marksman fire 10 shots at a fresh target 

 provided for him, and then make way for his opponent. Chevali r 

 Paine was the first to lace the bullseye. A coin had been tossed, 

 and tie, bavin* won the call, chose to have the opening shots. No 

 sighting shots were allowed, so when he first raised Ills .41-caliber 

 6J^in. barrel Smith & Wesson revolver above his head and low- 

 ered it into position, he was ready to let go. His attitude was 

 very graceful. With his right hand holding the revolver in posi- 

 tion, His shoulders well back, feet spread about a yard apart, and 

 his left hand straight down by his side, the S^lb. trigger pull was 

 given. Then there was a flash, a bang, some smoke, and a hole in 

 the bullseye of the target. Then his score of 10 shots was summed 

 up and found to make 81. 



Withont delay a new target was put in position, and Mr. Ben- 

 nett assumed his firing attitude. He lifted his arm as did Paine, 

 held it almost out at full length, took aim, and dropped his arm 

 again. Then he lifted it once more: and with his feet about 30in. 

 apart, his left arm hanging by his side, his body held erect and 

 his head thrown slightly forward, he pulled the trigger of his pet 

 pistol. The lead was outside the bullseye. He showed slight 

 signs of nervousness, but was steady in a moment. Then he 

 slowly took his nine other shots, and a summary of his first string 

 snowed that he had scored 82, and was, therefore, one point ahead 

 oi the man from Rhode Island. 



During the shoot, widen lasted 3 hours and 35 minutes, the many 

 brilliant shots made by both men were frequently applauded. At 

 the commencement of the sin ot both contestants showed signs of 

 nervousness. Bennett being the worse off. Paine's nerves soon 

 quieted, while Bennett seemed to grow worse and worse on every 

 10 shots after the third. The low scores made surprised every one 

 present, except the marksmen themselves. Paine averaged less 

 than five minutes on every 10 shots he fired, while Bennett, who 

 seemed to sight the target twice each time before firing, took 

 longer. The score of the first day stood: 



Paine 8 98786796 10-81 



77 10 88878 10 10-84 

 8 8 10 8 10 9 10 8 9 7-86 

 989 10 10 8789 10-88 

 10 10 6 10 9 8 9 10 10 7—89 

 10 8 8 10 9 9 10 10 10 9—93 

 7 10 10 9 9 7 10 S 10 8-88 

 10 8 8 10 10 10 10 7 7 9—89 

 88799 9 998 7-84 

 87 10 10 89987 9-85—867 



Bennett.. 



. 6 8 



8 7 

 10 10 



9 9 

 9 8 

 9 9 

 8 9 



8 9 

 7 8 



9 7 



S 8 



9 9 



7 10 

 9 9 

 9 9 



10 7 



8 6 

 8 9 



8 6 



9 6 



9 10 8 9 7 9-82 



6 7 8 6 9 10—79 

 8 10 9 10 10 8-93 



8 9 7 9 9 10-88 



10 9 9 8 9 6-86 



8 8 10 7 9 8-85 



8 8 10 9 8-80 



8 9 6 8 8 8—81 

 10 7 9 7 7 10—79 



9 8 10 8 9 10 - 85-837 



Springfield, Mass., June 5.— The second day of the great 

 revolver match be. ween Chevalier Ira A. Paine, of Providence and 

 Frederick E. Bennett, of Boston, resulted in a day victory for Ben- 

 nett by a score of 887 points to his opponent's 879. This reduces 

 the lead of 30 points which Paine secured Monday to 22, the score 

 for both days now standing at 1746 for Paine and 1724 for Bennett. 

 The day see'med to be perfect for shooting. Not a cloud affected 

 the light all the afternoon, but the hot sun shone steadily down 

 on the face of the target and brought every line out clearly and 

 distinctly. There was a slight breeze, but hardly enough to affect 

 the result of the shots. Bennett was in prime spirits and seemed 

 to have more confidence in himself than on Monday. Paine was 

 in the same -cool condition that the smell of powder always finds 

 him. He came out into the field to look at one of his targets, 

 which was a rather poor one for him, and after looking at it tor a 

 moment he exclaimed, "Well, I am shooting like a 'chump' to- 

 dav." The attendance was no better than on Monday, but the 

 match was fully as interesting, as it looked first favorable to one 

 of the great marksmen and then for the other. Bennett was on 

 the ground in the forenoon for a little practice and succeeded in 

 making one target of 98, which is as high as the best ever scored 

 on a 200vd=. American association rifle target at 50yds. with a 

 Smith & Wesson B iisslan model revolver. Although the younger 

 man was in excellent form, he exhibited the same hesitation in 

 shooting, which is rather exasperating to the spectators. He will 

 stand and take deliberate aim and when one has concluded that 

 he is long about tiring, he will lower his arm, go back, take a 

 towel and wipe his hand. Then he will walk up to the line and 

 perhaps go through this operation two or three times before scor- 

 ing, it was rather noticeable, too. that when this maneuvering 

 was carried to the greatest extent, he madf a poor shot. The old 

 Chevalier, on the other hand, had alw ays the same Delivery. A 

 firm position, deliberate, steady, confident aim and a score. It 

 was like clock work. A poor shot did not make him take longer 

 aim the next time. It took Paine about 5^ minutes to shoot a 

 string, while Bennett used up rrotn UVS to 13 or 14 minutes. Ben- 

 nett led off with the first string and had. as the result of Monday's 

 score, 30 points to contend against. The 87 points made to Paine's 

 85 gave him a lead which he kept all through the afternoon. At 

 the end of the. second inuings he stood 8 points ahead on the day's 

 result. The next made 3 points more for the Boston man. Paine's 

 score of 96 points in the ninth innings made it look as if he were 

 not going to lose by the dav, but he weakened on the final string 

 and came out a points behind. 



Paine. , . . 9 10 8 10 7 10 7 8 10 6-85 



9 10 10 8 7 10 9 8 6 10-87 

 789899 10 98 10—87 



10 10 10 8 10 9 8 9 9 8-91 

 10 9 8 8 7 8 10 10 10 10-90 

 77 10 9999 10 9 7-86 

 7 7 9 8 10 10 10 6 10 8-85 

 8989 10 94 10 7 10-88 



10 9 10 10 10 10 8 10 9 10-96 



10 



S 6—84—879 

 9 10 9-87 

 9 10 10-93 

 7 10 10-90 

 7 7 9-86 



9 10 9 7 9 



Bennett 9 9 7 10 8 9 7 



9 10 9 10 10 8 7 



9 9 10 9 8 10 8 

 10 9 7 10 8 10 9 

 10 10 9 10 7 8 9 10 10 10-93 



9 10 8989799 7—85 

 7 10 9 9 10 10 9 7 10 7-88 

 77989 10 989 10-86 



10 9 9 9 10 7 9 8 10 10-90 



6 10 7 10 10 10 9 10 9 8-90-887 

 Springfield, Mass., June 6.— The third day's shooting on 

 Hampden Park this afternoou in the Paine-Benue.tt revolver 

 match for the championship of America resulted in 866 points for 

 Frederick E. Bennett, of Boston, and 860 for Chevalier Ira A. 

 Paine, of Providence, R t, which added to the previous scores, 

 makes 3,606 points for Paine and 2,590 for Bennett. Paine led 



until nearly 7 o'clock. Bennett challenged the pull of Paine's 

 revolver before the match began. The articles of agreement 

 specify: "Revolvers to be Smith & Wesson, .44eal., Russian 

 model, with a Slbs. pull and not over 6J^in. barrel." The cheval- 

 ier's piece was tried and failed to stand the test. He then pro- 

 duced another revolver which withstood the 31bs. weight, but it 

 did not have the usual sigh t of this make of revolvers, bu t Referee 

 Ball decided that nothing had been said about sights and allowed 

 it, when Bennett's friends entered a protest. The sight, on the 

 second revolver was the simplest sort of an adjustable one. If 

 Paine shoidd win the match now the protest would be carried to 

 the secret ary of the National Rifle Association, who would decide 

 the matter. There was a strong west wind blowing all the after- 

 noon, and although the light was good, this was enough with the 

 feelings over the decisions and protest, to make a decidedly dull 

 afternoon. ^Nothing contributed more to the tediousness of 

 watching the sho ting than the exasperatingly slow way in which 

 Bennett shoots. He was over 20 minutes in shooting each of the 

 first two strings. If the two men should tie on a score, many 

 who saw the match could not help deciding that the chevalier is 

 the best marksman, for promptness is part of the art of shooting. 

 Paine lost 3 points on the first string, brought back.2 of them on the 

 second, made 2 more on the next and then 1 more, standing 3 

 ahead at the fourth. The fifth string gave Bennett 3 points again, 

 and then Paine ran 3 back and 3 more in the sixth, only to lose 

 the lead in the seventh, and in this way it went all afternoon. 

 Bennett stood 10 ahead at the end of the ninth string. The men 

 took the train for Providence in the evening, where the last three 

 days' shooting will be done. The score: 



Paine 10 7 8 7 10 



10 9 10 10 9 

 9 g 10 8 8 

 6 8 



10 9 10 10 

 6 8 9 10 7 

 8 9 8 8 10 

 Bennett 9 9 10 8 



7 8 8 7 10-83 

 9 8 9 7 9—90 



8 6 10 7 8-83 



9 9 10 8 9-87 

 10 10 8 6 9 9 10 8 8 7-85 

 10 9 10 8 10 8 10 10 9 8-93 



9 7 10 10 7 7 5 10 7 10-83 

 9 7 7 9 9-88 

 7 9 10 8 9-83 



7 10 10 10 9- 89-860 



8 8 8 8 9—85 

 7 9 10 10 10 7 10 10 6 9—88 

 7 10 9888877 8—80 

 889888 10 10 8 9—86 

 7 10 10 10 10 8 7 9 9 10-90 

 979 10 88699 10-86 

 7 9 9 7 10 10 8 10 10 8-88 



10 9 10 9 10 8 8 8 9 7-88 

 899 10 79 10 99 10-90 

 77 10 8 8 9 9 8 9 10-85-866 



Providence, R. I., June 7.— The fourth day of the revolver 

 match for $1,000 a side and the championship of the world between 

 Chevalier Ira Paine, of this city, and F. E. Bennett of Boston, at 

 Narragansett Park, to-day showed a gain of seven points for 

 Bennett, which left him only nine points behind. The first three 

 days of the match at Springfield showed fine work, but to-day's 

 was fully up to it. 



The day was all that could be desired, the light steady and 

 strong and no air to speak of stirring.* The train for the track 

 left the city at 2:10 and carried a fair-sized party, but there was 

 by no means a crowd in attendance. The shooting was done 

 directly iu front of the grand stand, the men standing in the pad- 

 dock there, while the target was placed in the inclosure across 

 the track, 50yds. from the firing point. One thing to which those 

 present objected was that the men could not be seen when at 

 work, as the filing was all done from a shed or shooting-box 

 covered over, so that their positions could not be seen, and those 

 who expected to learn something from witnessing the match were 

 sorely disappointed. There was no reason why the men should 

 not step out boldly and fire, for there was no wind to bother them, 

 and even if they were desirous of having the side walls of the box 

 they might at least leave the roof off and let their aiming and 

 positions be seen. Mr. Paine was perfectly willing to do this, and 

 on the opening day of the match it was done, but since then Mr. 

 Bennett has refused to shoot in the open, and the box has been 

 used. The audience were kept in the grand stand and when the 

 reporters asked permission to sit on the. band stand beside the fir- 

 ing point, Mr. Paine and his judge, Mr. Newton Dexter, cheerfully 

 granted it. Mr. Bennett refused to allow them to stay there and 

 they were forced to go to the grand stand and get their informa- 

 tion as best they could. The National Rifle Association rules 

 governed the shoot, but they were not observed on the time limit, 

 one minute for each shot, by Bennett, nor were the rules in regard 

 to cleaning after each string, for Bennett cleaned his pistol when 

 he pleased, usually after each five shots. The hour for beginning 

 the shooting was 3 o'clock, and the crowd waited patiently until 

 3:20 and then begau to express dissatisfaction in various ways. A 

 few minutes later Mr Dexter announced that the referee had for- 

 gotten his trigger test and that the shooting would have to he 

 delayed until one was secured. The test is a lump of load sus- 

 pended from a hooked wire, the whole weighing a little less than 

 31bs., and when that can hang on the trigger the pull is all right. 

 Bennett was very anxious about Paine's triggtr pull, and called 

 for a test of it about every time he made a bullseye, which delayed 

 the shooting considerably. 



At a few minutes of 4 o'clock the test arrived, the referee, Mr. 

 M. W. Bull, tested the trigger pulls, and at 4:01 Bennett took his 

 place and began the match. He was nervous at first, and made a 

 9 an 8 and a 7 in order. Just as hts marker was covering the last 

 shot Paine's revolver went off: he was sighting at the target and 

 did not know it was loaded. The bullet went uupleasantly near 

 the marker's head, aad counted an 8, which Bennett claimed as 

 his sftiot, and it was allowed, so he gained one point in the string. 

 Cleaning his revolver after the fifth shot he braced up, and made 

 5 straight bulls, ihe most that were made in succession during 

 the day's race. He was twelve minutes making the 10 shots, two 

 minutes over the time limit, and scored 91 points. Paine then 

 fired his 10 shots, and in five minutes equalled the soore of 91, and 

 honors were easy. The second string proved to be Bennett's 

 poorest one, and in eleven minutes he only succeeded in scoring 

 81 points. This Mr. Paine easily beat by 4 points, 3 of which 

 Bennett gained back on his next string and on the next one 

 gained 4 more, which put him 3 ahead. On the fifth string Ben- 

 nett gained another point, making his lead 4, which Paiue cut 

 down in the sixth string to 3. The seventh wa-> a tie, each scor- 

 ing 87, but in the eighth Bennett did some wonderful work, mak- 

 six 10s, a 9 and three 8s, a total of 93. Against, this Paine made 

 his poorest score, 84, which put Bennett 11 ahead. The ninth 

 string was a tie on 87 and it was 6;15 when Bennett began his last 

 10. He opened well with a 9 and three 10s, but then tell off and 

 two 6s and a 7 brought his score down to 87. Paine then started 

 his last string as coolly as if shooting for fun. Bennett's man- 

 ager and friends had been sitting just behind the firing box mak- 

 ing remarks about the shooting and Bennett's chances of win- 

 ning, but they did not succeed in making the Chevalier nervous, 

 and he made 9s and 10s with ease until he finished with a score 

 of 91. leaving Bennett's lead 7 points on the day's work. 



On this point ot annoyance the Provindece Telegram says: 



"There was one unpleasant thing about the match, and that 

 was the ungentlemanly and unsportsmanlike behavior of some of 

 Bennett's friends, who sat immediately behind the marksmen, 

 and tried in every way, by aggravating and insulting language, 

 to make Paine lose his head, and thereby lose the match." 



Not until Paine came out m the ninth inning, and with cocked 

 and leaded revolver faced them did they desist. 



The times made by the men in shooting each string were: 



Bennett— 13 minutes, 11, 8, 9, 11, 7, 10, 7, 7 and 5. 

 Paine— 5, 5, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 and 5. 



At the target Mr. O. C. day marked the shots and called them 

 off. The style of the two meu in firing differs materially, Cheva- 

 lier Paiue is easy and graceful; he raises his revolver well in the 

 air, lowers it steadily until in line with the bullseye and then 

 pulls. No time is wasted, and no sooner is the shot' announced 

 and the bullet hole covered than he Is ready to shoot again. Mr. 

 Bennett on the other hand, raises his revolver, sights, then drops 

 it, and repeats this two or three times, wipes his revolver bar- 

 rel, and finally after holding a long time on the target pulls the 

 trigger. Ouo of his party excused his poorer shots to-day by 

 Baying they were due to poor ammunition or lack of powder, 

 but their location did not bear out this theory as his 7s and 6s were 

 generally to the right or left. 



Following is the score: 

 Paine 9 10 10 7 10 8 9 10 10 8-91 



8 8 10 8 10 10 7 9 7 8-85 



9 10 10 8 9 6 7 10 7 10-86 

 9 10 9 10 9 6 8 9 10 9—88 

 879998 10 8 10 7-85 

 9 9 9 10 6 10 8 10 7 10-87 

 9 8 8 8 8 8 10 8 10 10-87 

 !) 9 9 9 8 10 7 8 9 7—84 

 9 10 88 10 9998 7-87 



9 10 9 10 9 8 10 10 8 8-91-873 

 Bennett 7 9 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 10—91 



7 9 6 7 7 10 9 10 8 8-81 



8 9 10 8 10 7 9 13 8 10 -89 

 10 9 10 8 9 10 8 9 10 10-93 

 10 10 9 8 7 10 7 8 10 7-86 

 10 9 7 7 9 7 10 10 7 10-86 

 10 789899 10 9 8-87 

 10 9 10 8 10 10 10 8 10 8-93 



99 10 899 9 69 9-87 



9 10 10 10 6 10 6 7 9 10—87-879 

 Providence, R. I., June 8.— The Paine-Beunett match came to 



a sudden end, so far as a contest was concerned, at Providence 

 yesterday by Panic entering a protest and withdrawing from the 

 match, while Mr. Bennett shot out his 10 strings of 100 shots and 

 scored 878 points. Mr, Paine said that he had objected on former 

 days to the sights used on the revolver, and at last w T as compelled 

 to make a formal protest and call for military sights, such as the 

 articles of agreement demanded. He also protested against Mr. 

 Bennett's exceeding the time limit in firing. In accordance with 

 thes-> views, his judge, Newton Dexter, gave the following protest 

 to Referee Bull: 



Providence, R. I., June 8, 1888. 

 Myron Bull, Esq., referee in the Painc-Bcnnctt revolver match now 

 in progress: 



Dear Sir— As judge for Chevalier Ira A. Paine, I hereby state 

 that my principal is prepared and ready to go on and finish this 

 match with strict military sights, such as the articles of agree- 

 ment call for. If Mr. Bennett refuses to do this, Chevalier hereby 

 withdraws from the match, and claims the stakes on account of 

 such, refusal, and on his protest against the persist eut infringe- 

 ment by Mr. Bennett of Rules 5 and 15 of Section 10 of regtdations 

 of the National Rifle Association. Newton Dexter, 



Judge for Chevalier Ira A. Paine. 



The referee held a consultation, in which Mr. Bennett's judge 

 stated that his principal was using the sight made by the Smith & 

 Wesson people, and the one that came on his revolver, and had 

 no other ready. Referee Bull, at 3 o'clock, read the pretest, and 

 gave his decisiou that, as he had allowed the sights on four days 

 of the match, he could not order them changed on the fifth day, 

 and he then ordered the men to proceed with the shooting. He 

 said that under the articles of agreement the protest would go to 

 the secretary of the National Rifle Association. Mr. Paine de- 

 clined to go on, and Mr. Bennett, at 3:10, began to shoot his 100 

 shots, finishing at 4:35. 



Referee Myron W. Bull, of Springfield, claims that Paine has 

 neither used a "strict military sight" during the contest nor pro- 

 duced one upon the ground. Both men had used pin head sights, 

 Bennett's beingsmaller and the supporter lighter. Bennett pro- 

 tested against Paine's "exaggerated sight" on Wednesday, but Mr- 

 Bull would not allow it to stand. Mr. Bull clai as that under the 

 agreement governing the shooting the men may take as much 

 time as they like at their strings. 



The day's score stood: 

 Bennett 8 10 9 10 10 9 7 7 7 10—87 



8 10 98 10 9898 9—88 



9 10 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 7—87 

 6 8 10 10 7 9 10 8 10 10-88 

 79879 10 89 10 10-87 



8 10 8 7 10 9 10 10 10 7-89 



9 10 10 8 7 10 10 8 8 9-89 



8 6 10 10 8 10 6 6 9 8—81 



9 7 10 10 10 9 10 8 8 10—90 



9 8 10 10 10 7 10 9 9 10-92—878 

 Providence, R. I., June 9, 1888.— F. E. Bennett went out to 

 Narragansett Park to-day and shot off his last 100 rounds in the 

 Pair. e-Bennett match. The score: 



Bennett 6 9 9 9 9 10 7 9 8 8-84 



6 10 86 10 8767 6-74 



7 10 8778967 10-79 

 6 6 7 10 6 8 7 9 10 6-75 



8 7 10 10 7 10 4 7 7 6-76 

 878597887 9— 76« 



9 10 8 10 88989 7-86 

 896 10 648 10 5 4-70 

 6855 4 095 5 10-68 



4 8 7 9 4 5 8 4 9-58-746 



Bennett says that he will shoot Paine on the same conditions, 

 allowing him 20 points in the 1,000, for from 81,000 to $5,0„0. Man 

 and money ready at auy time. 



The Boston Herald, stakeholder iu the match, says: "It has been 

 reported that Chevalier Paine protested Mr. B nuett's sights on 

 Monday last at Springfield when the shoot commenced, but if 

 such was the case a Hcruld man, who at no time during the firing 

 was more than 50ft. from the target, heard nothing about it. 

 After the shoot was over he talked at least 15 minutes with Cheva- 

 lier Paine, but that gentleman said nothing to him about sights. 

 The Herald man was on the grounds for the special purpose of ex- 

 amining the sights if called upon to do so. When tbe match was 

 made Mr. Bennett showed Chevalier Paine the sights on his re- 

 revolvers and asked if they were all right. Chevalier Paine sa ; d 

 he had no objection to them. After Mr. Paine left the office Mr. 

 Bennett showed the sights on his revolver to the writer, saying at 

 the same time that they were the sights Chevalier Paine did not 

 object to, and he (Bennett) wished the writer to remember the 

 sights in case a question arose as to their use. When the writer 

 took a casual glance at Mr. Bennett's revolver at Springfield on 

 Monday the sights he saw he considered the same as those shown 

 in the Herald office, but will not be positive till he takes the re- 

 volver used by Mr. Bennett in his hand and examines it. But the 

 Herald has no decision in the matter other than that it will hold 

 the stake money until released by one or the other side, or that 

 both sides agree to draw it. Mr. Paine has protested its paying 

 over, as was stated in the Herald Friday. 



Saturday afternoon a telegram was received at the Herald office 

 from Referee Bull. It read as follows: 



Providence, R. I., June 9, 1888. 



To the Editor of the Herald: In the match for 000 shots with re- 

 volver between Mr. F, E. Bennett and Chevalier Ira Paine I de- 

 declare Mr. Bennett the winner.— Milan W. Bull, Referee. 



Though Referee Bull decides Bennett a winner, that does not 

 settle the matter, as can be seen by the following extract from 

 the original articles held in the Herald office: 



"If the referee's decision is disputed, the secretary of the Na- 

 tional Rifle Association shall make a decision which shall be 

 final." 



Chevalier Paine disputes Referee Bull's decisiou. He also says 

 that the National Rifle Association must decide the question at, 

 issue. The Herald will pay over the money according to tne de- 

 cision that Chevalier Paine asks, which is l ight, according to the 

 articles of agreement. It is taken for granted that Chevalier 

 Paine's protest is only issued pending the decision of the national 

 secretary, and that should that official decide against him, he is 

 willing to have, the stake money paid over to Bennett. Should the 

 national secret iry decide against Bennett it is taken 1 for granted 

 that he is willing to have the stake money paid over to Paine. 



NEWARK. N. J.— The directors of the international Sharp- 

 shooters' Union at their last session let the contract for the new 

 shooting stands and houses to Henry Hardy. John Coppersmith 

 was appointed chairman of a committee on short-range or gul- 

 lary snooting, and was authorized to organize a committee from 

 among members of those clubs which intend to parti ipate in 

 this class of shooting during the festival. The scale upon which 

 this shooting will be conducted will depend entirely upon tbe 

 interest displayed by tbe members of clubs. The main responsi- 

 bility will be assumed by the Shoeting Society, while the number 

 and value of prizes, team and individual, as well as the distance 

 to be shot, the number of ranges to be er cted and style of tar- 

 gets to be used will be left entirely with the clubs. 



