Sept. 15, 1892.] 



FOHEST AND STREAM. 



S3 7 



vania, had 47 in t:he All-comers' and 101 in tlie Kuser, while IG was 

 top score in t he Perrine. 



When the shooters retired they did so with the firm conviction 

 that on Friday they would have their usual dose of bad weather 

 in which to shoot the Interstate and Hilton trophy match. About 

 10 P. M. them came down afair-3ized shower lasting about a half 

 hour, this being toUowed a couple of hours later by another 

 sprinkle. After this, however, the stars began to peep through 

 and all signs of a storm disappeared. 



FriMy, the Btg Day 



of the meeting, opened with a clear sky, au east-north-east breeze 

 and a cool air, with .lust enough moisture to keep the rides In 

 good form. Early in the morning visitors began to reach camp 

 and at 10 o'clock when the Interstate match was opened at ^OOyds., 

 there was a big crowd present. The Interstate and Hilton trophy 

 matches, those time-honored contests of the National Rifle As- 

 sociation, shot here for the first time, bad each four entries, 

 representing the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania. New York 

 and New Jersey, the latter being a team chosen at half an hour's 

 notice. The New York team also was picked on the Hy on the 

 previous day. It was expected that the contest would bp hot be- 

 tween New York and the District team, the Jersey and Pennsyl- 

 vania teams not being considered at ail. This was good .judg- 

 ment so far as the .Jersey team was concerned, but Pennsylvania 

 proved to be "very much in it," before the day ended. 



The 200yd. shooting in the Hil'on followed the Interstate, Penn- 

 s.vlvauia securing a lead in both matches. After dinner shooting 

 was begun in the Interstate at SOUyds., the Keystone contingent 

 Hgain showing their siiperiority and winning the "Soldier of 

 Marathon" by .59 points over New York. 



Iq the Hilton trophy match the Pennsylvania team beat New 

 York 5 points at each range, winding up with 1,058 to New York's 

 1,041, District of Columbia's 982, Jersey being "out in the cold." 

 This was the second time in the history of the Hilton that Penn- 

 sylvania had been victorious, its previous win having been in 

 1882 when its score was 986. The same year it won the Interstate 

 on an aggregate of 9S9 points. 



Below are the detailed scores of both matches; 



INTBR-STAXE MrUTAKT MATCH. 



Open to one team from each State or Territory in the United 

 States, consisting of twelve members of the regularly organized 

 and uniformed National Guard or militia of such State or Terri- 

 tory, including the District of Columbia. Distances 200 and .500yd8. 

 Position, at SOOvds.. standing; at .500yds.. prone. Weapon, any 

 military rifle which has been adopted, authorized or issued as an 

 ofBcial arm by any State or government. Ammunition, any. 

 Prize— To the team making the highest aggregate score, a large 

 bronze "Soldier of Marathon," presnnted by the Commander-in- 

 Chief, on behalf of the State of New Y^ork, to be shot for annually, 

 and to be held during the year by the Adjutant-General of the 



Col. A'' an Valbk. 

 Brio.-Gen. Spencer. 



Col. Owens. 



State yfioRB team may win it. Value, PSO. Also a medal to each 

 memberof the winning team. 



Pennsylvania. 

 200rds. 



Sgt Watkins mimm-in 



Lt Sfillwell 1.53.54 45454-4.3 



Sgt Cullen 4233445345-39 



Opt Pratt 3445445445—43 



Cpt Chase 5444555544-45 



Priv Ynung 4344444445—40 



LtCol HoTton 3444444444— SSI 



Priv Abbett 5345ii454.54— 44 



Sgtaiehard 5545.: 55445-45 



Priv Sbonert 444446.ii55— 44 



Oorp Millar .54444.5344.5-42 



Priv Weagraft- .55.54.5.54444-45 



515 



5(X)v^l8, Aggri 

 3554545485-43 88 

 54.5444554.5—45 

 4455443555—44 

 5535444554—44 

 42545.5545-44 

 4445455454-44 

 445.5,545*44—44 

 5nni.')a54c4-4T 

 4.'i445545!i5-46 

 4545554435—44 

 454W44445-44 

 555554,5544-47 



5.Sa 1051 



New Y'^ork. 



Cpt Shepherd 4.5444,55.544 — 44 



Man De Forrest 5454485444-42 



Cpt Macauley 4444444345-40 



Pr Corry ,5444445?.55— 45 



Lt Underwood 4434444554—41 



Pr Kalloch .54,5555.5444-45 



Pr Dunn 4444454353-41 



Sgt Findley 4455444444-42 



SgtMcNevin 34444404i5— 36 



Pr Doyle 4444544435-41 



Lieut Wells 34.54.545544-43 



Sgt Stuart .5544444543- 43 



'502 



District of Columbia. 



Cpt Cash 5.55544444,'!— 43 



Lt Harries 3444444454-40 



Cpt Bell 5.5445,54444-44 



Sgt Laird 4443544.544-41 



Pr Wftherald 434-53454,5,5-42 



Corp Young. 4454544354—42 



Lt Stewart 4454444334—38 



Pr Hinebaugh 4444454443—40 



Pr Scott 44444.54444-41 



Sgt Hutterly 4344344345—38 



Lt Graham 4445444445-42 



Sgt Dickey .3454434454-41 



492 



New .Jersey. 



ColVanValen .5445444483-40 



Cpt StoU 5244443445 - 40 



Gol Ku3ei- 4535454413- 41 



Sgt Smith 3444444544-40 



Sgt Chinn 3,5.534,54444-41 



Pr Ranaon 544444-5.544- 43 



Pr Hartman 4414445444-41 



Cpt Dfcker 4344444354-40 



Corp Deitrich 444544444-4—41 



Cpt Lohman 4434444444-39 



Col Owens 35:^4445444- 40 



Corp Graham ,...4344444444-39 



344555.5344—42 

 54534444,55 -43 

 3545.545454-44 

 54344.14653-42 

 4243353554-35 

 0534544545-39 

 3340555435-37 

 4455.'i45444^44 

 35.'i0454555 -41 

 .33.52544444—89 

 45.55556554— 4S 

 .534445,5.534—42 



4433454544 -40 

 44.524'H554-40 

 3545454444—43 

 345455fi454— 44 

 .'44443545.5—41 

 4445544335- 42 

 456,555443,5—45 

 4424533454-38 

 5435554443-42 

 4434245444—38 

 4445454444-43 

 4454.535355-43 



4544354.544- 42 

 3455244454—40 

 5i 44354445—38 

 4454444455-43 

 34343454.55—40 

 4455555435-45 

 540042''444-.3O 

 4 ■54433243-81 

 2424444434-35 

 0430302053-21 

 3453435443- 37 

 42554r,5235-35 



HILTON TROPHY MATCH. 



Open to teams of 12 men; distances, 300, 500 and GOOyds ; munds, 

 7 nt each distance; position, standing at 200yds., any at 500 and 

 (300yde.; weapons, any military rifle which has been adopted, 

 authorized or issued as an oflicial arm hy any State or Govern- 

 ment; ammunition, any; entrance fee, $3 each man. Prize— A 

 trophy presented by Hon. Henry Hilton, of New York, to he shot 

 for annually a,t Creedmoor or such other range as the National 

 Rifle Association of America shall select, to be held during the 

 year by the head of the corp? or organization whose team may win 



PAN TALK AND fHOOT. 



it, to be returned to the N. R. A. at the expiration thereof, value 

 $3,000; also a medal to each member of the winning team. 



Pennsylvania. 



200vds. 



500yds. 



eOOvds. Aggre. 





-31 



4455455-33 



4444454—29 



92 





-29 



325545-3-27 



r344535-24 



80 



4344345- 



-37 



5553544-31 



43.55455 -,31 



89 





-31 



5555.545-34 



44434.53-27 



92 





|l 



34.55355-30 



33,34254-24 



85 



4434354- 





3455545-31 



.5445454-31 



89 



54544 5- 



-31 



44,54355-,30 



2453353-25 



86 



444,5445- 



-30 



4454555-.32 



5354534 -29 



91 



.4445445- 



-30 



4545534-30 



4333450-32 



82 



.4335534- 



-29 



4455555 -.33 



,5335554-30 



93 



.3444-545- 



-29 



453=555-,3l 



.5353444—28 



88 



4454545 



-31 



3453545-29 



4454445-30 



80 





,356 



370 



330 



1056 



New York. 



Hpt Sh eph erd 5455334-29 4444455-30 0345554—26 



Ma.i De Forest ..44458.S6-2S .5.543545-82 454,5445-31 



Opt Macauley .5344544-29 44S5555-.33 3.5,34,545 -29 



PrOorry 444444.5-30 23.5,5455-29 0454544-26 



Lt Under wood 4.5415.54-31 ,55434.54-30 .542.5445-30 



Pr Kalloch 45444.54-.30 4444.554 - 30 4543444 28 



PrDunn 4345434-27 44544-54—30 3444323—26. 



Sgt Fiodley. 55.54354-31 44555^4-33 444.5455-31 



Sgt McNevin 4454.554—31 5434443-27 2033244-18 



PrDovle 4434444-27 •4.555544—32 43.55523-27 



Lt Wells 4.3444.54-28 3,5.5;i454-29 3335354-26 



Sgt Stuart 444.5,544—30 4244.545-31 444.5334 - 27 



351 865 ,325 



District of Columbia. 



Cpt Cash 4.5.544.54- 31 .5.544444—30 



Lt Harries 4454.544-30 544453'^— SO 



Opt Bell 4444444-28 554554.5-33 



Sg t Dickey 3445445—29 4545384—38 



Pr Wetherald 4444.5.54—30 4544054—26 



5450484—25 

 4404434 -23 

 554554.5-33 3444402-20 

 0354230-16 

 2342445-34 



85 

 91 

 91 

 ,'^5 

 91 

 88 

 S3 

 94 

 76 

 86 

 83 

 88 



Corp Young .')443433— 26 4.5154545—31 3455544-30 87 



Lt Stewart ■....'.5.5,54444-31 .5.54.544.5—32 4443354-27 



Pr Hinebaugh 4544444-39 5024444-2S 



2.324542-22 

 4534344-27 



Pr Scott 4444445 -29 4238455-26 



Sgt Hutterly 54.54444-30 3425454-27 3.34-S355-26 



Lt Graham .5444444-29 34544.55-30 3544r44-24 



Corp Smy the 45.5.3445-30 5353.54.5- 80 3r2,5433-20 



8.52 



;^46 



ICIBMISR LINK. 



New Jersey. 



Col. VanValen 4345444-28 4445545-31 34485r3-21 80 



CptStoll 4 34444-28 445.3.543—28 4483r35-23 78 



SgtChlnn 3454144-28 2424545-26 0533343-31 75 



PrRanson 4434544-28 43,542.55-28 3365344-37 83 



Oorp Deitrich 4445134-38 444452.5-28 £030335-18 74 



CptLohman 4434455—29 035.5445-26 4658244-27 S3 



Col KuBer 4454554-31 44424.53—26 32283,53-21 78 



Lt Smith 4444444—28 483.5544-28 1120444-3—17 73 



Pr Hartman 4443435—27 43,54436—28 4344335—25 80 



Cpt Decker 4555553—33 ,5244344 -26 4444335-27 85 



Col Owens.... 454445.5—31 4335423-24 3334535—26 81 



Cpt Graham ^334445-26 4335483-25 4444233 -24 75 



344 324 377 945 



While the ahove contests were being fought out on the mid- 

 ranges, half a dozen exponents of long-range work were pegging 

 away over the thousand-yard range in the attempt to "^apture the 

 coveted Wimbledon cup, which was won in 1S90 and 1891 bv Major 

 Chas. H. Gaus, Inspector of Rifle Practice of the Third Brigade. 

 N. G. N. Y., who CI me down to Sea Girt to defend his claim to the 

 cup. \Vith the existing weather conditions, on a range where 

 cedar groves, sand dunes, ocean currents, etc.. do not combine to 

 worry the shooter. It would have required a big score to win the 

 cup; but here they had the above combinations and Major Gaus 

 had an ea,sy victory with a total of 123, his nearest opponent hav- 

 ing 112. Major Gaus used his .45-95-550 special Remington. 



Among the entries in the cup match were Col, Cecil Clay, the 

 onp-armed commandant of the Second Regiment. D. O. M.. who 

 is never happy except when shooting; Capt. H, B. Oilly, also of 

 the D. 0. M,; Ch*s. E. Dverbaugh. of New York, the oM Centpn- 



nial team man, who has not flred a shot at long range for many 

 months previous to to-day; Col. A. R. Kuser, of the staflE of Gov- 

 ernor Abbett, also entered out for some reason failed to shoot his 

 score. 



WIMBLEDON CUP MATCH. 



Open to all citizens and residents of the United States; distance, 

 l.OOOyds.; 30 shots; weapon, any rifle within the rules; cleaning 

 allowed: position, any without artificial rest; entrance fee. $2. 

 First prize: The Wimbledon Cup. presented by the National Rifle 

 Association of Great Britain to tne National Rifle Association of 

 America, to be competed for on conditions to be decided upon by 

 the National Rifle Association of America, and to be held bv the 

 winner till the next fall meeting, when it will be shot for on 

 the same conditions. Value, S500: 



Maj Gaus, .45-95-5,50 Bem.5444344453'40 4454544435-42 532335.55.56-41-123 

 H B Frey, .40-76-370 AVin.45.52053254 35 ,54r6155,534-39 0454355453-.38-112 



Overbaugh .37 31 withdrew on seven leenth shot. 



H B OiUey, Springfleld L5 15 17-47 



Col Clay, Springfield 28 38 15-66 



Hardenbrook, .Springfleld 21 U 14—65 



Whether it was politic or not to include the Wimbledon cup 

 match in the programme is an open ciuestion. The shooting on 

 the l,000yd8. target is done diagonally acrnss the short a,nd mid- 

 ranges, the short ranges (ten targets) having to bo closed while 

 the match is in progress. The Wimbledon match yielded the As- 

 sociation |14. While match was being shot (it lasted from 1:30 to 

 5 P. M.) Wm. Hayes and August Begerow of Newark, L. P. Han- 

 sen of .Jersey City, Ernest Fisher of Uoboken, and several otheis 

 who had come down to .shoot in the Schuctzen match were obliged 

 to wait until after 5 P. M. before firing a shot, beside which, no 

 one could shoot in the Members', Pen ine or All-Comers' matches 

 at 200 yds, 



In the evening, soon after the military matches were ended the 

 New York team left for home as did the team of the First New 

 Jersey. 



The Pennsylvania boys had a quiet jollification at the Beach 

 House, and after their return to- camp tliey received the hearty 

 congratulations of the other team members. 



SaUirclaii, the Final Bay, 



was rather quiet, the District team leaving for home at noon and 

 several of tne .Jersey teams leaving the camp in the morning. 

 During the afternoon W. B. Chapman, of the Thirteenth Penn- 

 sylvania, started in to fight Robling'a and Horton'.< totals of 101 

 each in tne Kuser match, and succeeded in getting an aggregate 

 of 102. This gave him the handsome Maynard rifle presented by 

 Col. A. B. Kuser. The rifle, which has a .2Z and a .2.5cal. barrel, 

 waj- packed in an elegant plush-lined case, and along with it went 

 100 .2.5cal. center-flre cartridges. Col. Kuser himself started in to 

 win the association member's medal and succeeded by rolling up 

 24 points in 5 shots at 200yds. with a Springfleld rifle. Clapt. Sfock- 

 ham's 47 in the Perrine Memorial match, and Sergt. Frank Rob- 

 ling's 47 in the All-Comers' remained unbeaten up to 3:.30, when 



BirQI.RH MTLLUirBN. 



"cease firing," sounded by Sergt. A. C. Millburn, announced t at 

 thp meeting was at an end. 



Immediately alter the call was sounded Gen. .Spencer and his 

 ast-istants figured out the winners in the various contests, and 

 before 5:30 every man who remained on the grounds had received 

 whatever prizf, if any, he had won. This was an entirely new ex- 

 perience to a number of the contestants, who were formerly 

 obliged to wait several days before ascertaining whether they 

 were winners or losers. 



Below will be found, full detailed scores of all the individual 

 matches: 



5IEMBERS' MATCH. 



Two hundreds yards, open only to members of the New .Jersey 

 State Rifle Association, round« 3, msition, standing weapon, any 

 military riflp; entrance fee $1. Prize, the members' champion- 

 ship gold badg^. shot for annually and held by the winner dur- 

 ing the year. To be shot at any time during the meeting. Won 

 in 1891 by Col. A. B. Kuser: 



OoJ A R Kuser 55545 -24 Capt R A Reed 44454—20 



Capt Ed Gould 54454 —32 



THE KtrSBB MATCH. 



Seven shots at -SOOyds-; position, prone, head toward target: rifle, 

 any militarj ; open to all comers; entries, SI each, or three for S3 

 if taken at one time. Prize— A Maynard sporting rifle with two 

 barrels, one ,22 and one .26cal., presented by Col. A. R. Kuser: sec- 

 ord prize, 25 per cent, of the entrance money; third prize, 10 per 

 cent, of the entrance money. All prizes to be won on the aggre- 

 gate of three scores: ties in totals decided by the next best score or 

 scores; 



W B Chapman 5555.'>45— 34 ■5.5.55,545 -,34 4655555—34—103 



FRobling ,..5-5.5.5,5,55-35 .554.54-55—33 5455545-33—101 



Lieut-Col Hnrton 5555.5,55-35 54.55545—33 5555345-33—101 



S B Wetherald 5654655—84 655".5.53— 33 55-5.5463—33— 99 



Jas Stewart 546,554.5-33 5555446—33 4544555-33— 98 



HJMehard-. ,5645565—34 4-.5.5.5£4— 33 4544455 —81— 98 



C J Weagraff 6.555544—38 .5-555585-33 4556454—33— 98 



Sergt Cullen 5 J46565-;33 4654655-33 4445365—30— 96 



EJDalrymple 35.5o556— 33 345645.5—31 585444,3—31—95 



OA Hutterly ..4.545445—81 5.58.54-54—31 544,5463—30— 93 



Capn. Miller 81 31 29-91; Capt. Ed linuld 33 29 29—90; A. W.Diekey 

 33, 39, 38-89; Col. Cecil Clay 30, 28, 27-85. 



ALL-COMEKS' MILITABX MATCH. 



Open to everybody; distances, 200 and .500ydp.; position, standing 

 at 200, prone, with head toward the target, at .500; 5 shots at each 

 distance; entrance fee, |1, or three tickets for $3, if taken at one 

 time. Rifles, the U. S. Springfield, or any military rifle adopted 

 and issued by any State, Prizes: First, 10 per cent, of entrance 

 money; second, two of 5 p^r cent, of entrance money; third, ten 

 of 2J4 P er cent, of entrance money; 



FRobling 56585— 23 .55645-24-47 



Wetherald 44545-22 45-5,55—24—46 



G Harries 445,54 - 23 54665-24—46 



S J Scott 46455—23 446.5.5—23- 46 



,Jas Stewart -54545-23 54545—2-3-46 



Lt Stillwell 545.55—24 ,64.544—22—46 



Cot Lohman .55444—32 544.5.5—23—45 



H J Mehard .54445-22 .54.564-23-45 



R B Smythe 44551—22 5-5855-23-45 



,1 O Owens..., 44544—21 54-564—23—44 



W W Y^oung .54454-23 44455-23-44 



Aug Deitrich oMi6-82 l5m-^22^U 



Opt Chase , 45544-22 Um—2!2-U 



