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long intervals.’ 
The members of the team were banqueted at Edinburgh 
by our consul, Mr. Robeson, and from there each appears 
to have followed the bent of his own inclinations, as Colo- 
nel Gildersleeve is reported to have said that nearly all the 
members of the team will reach London in time to take 
part individually in several matches at Wimbledon on .Sat- 
urday. 
A dispatch from London dated the 12th instant says that 
Mr. Parsons, of the National Rifle Association, in a letter 
to the agent here of the New York Associated Press, con- 
firms the statement of the Telegrajdi's Wimbledon corre- 
spondent in regard to the willingness of the council to make 
» match bet weep the four eights, and says.- “Rut consider 
Our Riki.kmkn Auroad.— The American team arrived 
in Belfast on tho 6th instant, and met with quite as enthu- 
siastic a reception as that awarded them at Dublin. The 
Mayor of the city met them at the depot, and they were 
escorted to their hotel through streets festooned with ban- 
ners and lined with crowds of people. Arrived there, the 
enthusiasm of the populace was so great, and the calls for 
the Captain of the team so urgent, that the Mayor intro 
duced Colonel Gildetsleve, who received round after round 
of applause. Major Leech also made a speech. 
In the evening they attended a file given in their honor 
at the Botanic Gardens. On their way to the place of fes- 
• tivity they found the streets crowded with people, whose 
enthusiasm was irrepressible. The gardens presented a 
gala appearance. Fifteen thousand persons were present, 
and repeated cheers were given for the Americans. It was 
remnrkcd that no such demonstration of popular cnlhusi 
asm had occurred in Belfast for twenty years. 
On the 7th the Mayor and Citizens’ Cup was shot for on 
the range on Lord Dufferin’s estate. The distance was 
1,000 yards, five shots each. All the members of the team 
and reserves took part, and the contest was very exciting 
up to the last shot. The scores were annouuced as fol- 
lows:— 
Gilderslccvo. American IfliBmcc, American 17 
Lee, of Belfast PhMcKenua, of Dublin 17 
Fnhon, American 17 Wylie 16 
Johnson, of Dublin 181 
In shooting off the tie at threo shots, Messrs. Gilder- 
sleeve and Lee again tied, each making two bullseycs and 
a centre, and bringing the excitement up to fever beat. 
On the final round Colonel Gildersleeve made three bulls- 
eycs, scoring twelve to Lee’s ten, and was pronounced the 
winner. In the course of the shooting for the cup, Bodiue, 
Dakin, and Coleman, of the American team, made misses 
and were obliged to retire, in accordance with a rule which 
requires the withdrawal of any man who misses the target. 
A considerable number of the Irish competitors also re- 
tired under the rule, including Wilson, a crack shot. 
After the contest the members of the American team 
and friends, accompanied by the Mayor, aldermen, and 
other leading citizens, made an excursion on Belfast Lough. 
The party were entertained at Clandeboye, Lord DulTeriu’s 
country residence. Mayor Lindsay proposed the health of 
Lord and Lady Dufferin, which was drank with enthusi- 
asm. Captain Hamilton, the brother of Lady Dufferin, 
responded, expressing his pleasure in receiving the gentle- 
men of tho American team. 
In the evening a banquet was given to the Americans in 
the Town Hall, when the usual speech-making and expres- 
sions of good fceliDg prevailed. 
While at Belfast Colonel Gildersleeve received letters 
from the Secretary of the National Rifle Association, invit- 
ing the Americans to shoot on the 17th instant, at Wimble- 
don, against a team of eight picked from the United King- 
dom, the range to be 1,000 yards, aud each man to have 
thirty shots. 
Colonel Gildersleeve has replied, declining the proposi- 
tion. He says the Americans have determined to adhere 
to their original plan of engaging in only one team match 
on this side the Atlantic. lie thuuks the Secretary for the 
invitation. 
A letter -of a similar character has been sent to Mr. Par- 
sons, Adjulant of the English eight, in response to his 
letter of July 5th, proposing a match between the Ameri- 
cans and a team of eight selected from the four nationali- 
ties of the United Kingdom. 
The learn reached Glasgow on the morning of the 10th, 
and Edinburgh the same evening. Everywhere they re- 
ceived the most marked attention, and were to have started 
for London yesterday. 
Mr. Hamilton, of the Irish team, has written to the 
Standard as follows:— 
“I have shot against the American team both in the Uni- 
ted States and Ireland. I can say with confidence there 
Dever has been any team in this country able to beat them. 
I don’t mean we have not as good individual shots, hut 
their organization is simply perfect. Discipline will always 
beat superior individual strength in such contests. The 
members of the American team have shot together for over 
a year. If one member by accident gets oil t be target, 
another is able at once to put him ou again. Colonel Gil- 
dersleeve has assured me that men only win by the minut- 
est trifle in America. The Irish made a higher score than 
the best they ever made for the Elcho Shield, and yet, 
although it is true by accident, were beaten. The follow’- 
ing week, when competing for individual prizes, they made 
fifty-two points more than the Americans over the same 
course. The Irish score at Dollymount on June 29tli was 
again better than any they ever made for the Elcho Shield, 
while the Americens averaged 161.16, which is higher than 
the best individual score made at Wimbledon. Yet, in the 
Abercorn Cup match, for the selection of the Irish eight, 
six Irishmen headed the list, the Americans following at 
luntr iritnrnnl j ** 
ing Colonel Gildcrsleevc’s declination final, they, at a meet- 
ing on Saturday, resolved that a cup of tho value of £100 
should bo given as an individual prize, to be shot for by the 
Americans and the representatives of the three British 
eights of 1874 and 1875, on the afternoon of Saturday next, 
each man to have twenty-five shots at 1,000 yards range. 
There will he a special meeting on Tuesday to confirm the 
resolution. This match will be very interesting as exhibit- 
ing the finest long range shooting in the world. We have 
resolved to be prepared next year with an imperial team, 
tion, any; woapon, any rifle within the rules; rounds, five 
with privilege of two sighting shots; entrance fee.il; to 
ho won three times (not necessarily consecutively) before 
becoming the personal property of the winner. 
American Rifle Association.— This organization has 
at last secured a permanent range. It is situated at 1VI- 
hainville, within ten minutes’ walk of tho depot, ou Ur 
line of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Huilr- 
It requires only thirty-live minutes to reach the range fr 
the Grand Central Depot, Forty-second street and Fotlh 
ready to try conclusions with any other nation, and we | avenue. The ground admits of shooting up to 1,000 yard 
hope another gallant band of Yankees will come and give j The rftnges up lo s j x hundred yards have been staked out 
to or take a lesson from Jolmny, Sandy, and Paddy. They j a ,,d work commenced upon them. The formal opening of 
will have a hearty welcome, a fair field, and no favor.” 
The Nevada Badge. — We give herewith a out of this j 
badge, valued at $ 1 , 000 , which is now in possession of I 
Colonel Church, of the Army aud Nary Journal. This j 
beautiful trophy is a present from the National Guard of 
Virginia City to tho National Guard of the State of New ! 
upon them. The formal opening of 
the new range will take place in about two weeks. 
The Saratoga Riki.k Club.— This association hold a 
meeting on the 5th instant, the competition being fora 
badge of honor. The distance was 500 yards, at. Wimble- 
don targets, fifteen shots each, under rules of the N. R. A. 
The rifles used were all muzzle loading. Mr. A. Fluns- 
York, and is to be shot for under the following conditions, I was ** 1C winner, making a score of 00 out of a pos- 
as prescribed by Colonel Church, in whoso hands the mat- 75. _ H ,e lollowiug are the scores: — 
ter was placed by Brigadier General Ballcrmnn, command- 
ing ollicer of the donors: — 
I. Any company in the State possessing the minimum 
number of ollicers and men required by law (40) may com- 
pete for the badge, but all the men arid ollicers required for 
a minimum must compete. 
II. The scores must be shot under the personal supervi- 
sion of the regimental aud brigade inspectors of rifle prac- 
tice, certified as correct by them, and countersigned by the 
division and State inspectors of rifle practice. 
III. They must be shot with the Stale military weapon, 
unaltered as to sights, save by blackening, with a minimum 
trigger pull of six pounds. The ranges will be 200 and 
500 yards, five shots each range, with two sighting shots at 
each range. 
IV. All scores must be sent in ns required by November 
1st, and the winning company will be entitled to hold the 
badge as champions for one year. The scores will be ad- 
judged by Colonel Church. 
V. After one year the badge will be held subject to chal- 
lenge under the same conditions. 
VI. The scores will be adjudged by the average per man 
of the njmber shooting, be the same more or less. 
Name. 
Score. 
Total, 
A. Klnn*bnrgh 
1 8 1 l 1 5 I ft H 4 t 6 1 8 8 
00 
W V 1 Inward 
2 « 2 4 0 8 1 n .1 1 5 ft 8 n 2 
)>r W. II ltodgman 
2 0 (l 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 4 0 5 0 5 
2 ii 
G W Ainsworth. 
ft 4 4 4 3 8 1 4 6 I 3 ll 1 n 
52 
A. F Mitchell 
6 -* 4 3 3 5 8 8 6 6 0 8 ft 5 a 
52 
\\ . 1*. Carpenter . . 
0 0 3 5 0 2 4 4 0 3 2 0 2 2 4 
31 
O. II. Cromwell . 
.1 5 4 4 3 4 5 3 1 ft ft 4 1 u ll 
II. W. Ilnys 
.2 2 4 4 3 1 3 1 U II ll 2 ft 4 t 
41 
O. J Win a 
.8 5 2 4 < 3 0 2 3 2 3 5 5 t 1 
Joel Hays 
5 1 4 3 0 i 5 5 4 4 8 5 5 4 5 
ft!) 
Odell Gates 
.3 4 04 4 504 5 3420 4 8 
45 
The shooting is to he under the direction of the Inspector 
General of Rifle Practice. Our space will not permit of a 
detailed description of the badge, but the trophy itself is 
now on exhibition at the store of Messrs. E. Remington A 
Sons, No. 281 Broadway, where it can be seen by those in- 
terested. 
—The first contest for the new Turf, Field and Farm 
badge occurred at Crcedmoor on Suturday last. The rules 
under which this match is now shot have been so modified 
as to allow each competitor ten shots instead of seven, as 
before; any rifle allowed; distance, 200 yards. Mr. W. II. 
FarweJI was tlm winner, scoring 48 points out of a possible 
50. Appended are the scores of those making 35 points 
and better: — 
—The members of the llolyokc Rifle Club competed for 
the possession of its gold badge on Saturday last, under 
the rules of the N. R. A., the conditions being seven shots 
at 400 yards. Mr. II. White, who used a Maynard rifle of 
9fr pounds weight, and who shot iu a standing position, was 
the winner. The scores were as follows: II. White 21 D. 
K cl ton 18, S. Chapman 18, A. Knight 17, 8. 8. Chapman 
17, R. McDonald 16, A. Mungcr 14, F, R. Norton 14, and 
II. E. Nash 11. Mr. White was also successful at the 200 
yards range, same number of shots, scoring 29 out of a 
possible 35. 
_ _ „ New Lisbon, Ohio, July 5th, 1875. 
Em-ron Fouemt and Stiieam:— 
Please give your opinion of the inclosed diagram of three consecutive 
shots made with a muzzle loadlug sporting riite at 225 yards, off hand. 
The rifle was manufactured In Syracuse, N. Y , We have a number of 
good allots here, and thluk of organizing a shooting club. We are a I 
glad to hear of the success of the American team, and hope for their 
success Su England. g 
[One shot in the diagram is in the exact centre of bulls- 
eye. The other two measure about la inches from centre. 
We cull this extraordinary shooting. If you organize a 
club of marksmen like the one in question, then are laurels 
green in waiting. — E d.] 
—Among the foreign competitors at Wimbledon this 
year, says the Volunteer Service Gazette , will be Major Mu- 
retta, of the Japanese Army, who has entered for all the 
open prizes. Although, we believt^jhi, will he Mujor 
Muretta’s first visit to Wimbledon, lie is an old member of 
the N. R. A. through the Yokohama Rifle Association, 
lie is not unlikely to take some subslantiul remembrance 
of Wimbledon home with him, foi we are informed that 
the other day at Bristol, while trying some rifles with Mr. 
Gibbs, the gunmaker, lie made twelve bullseyes out of fif- 
teen shots at 1,000 yards, standing. ^And at Yokohama it 
is recorded that he once niude 139 bullseyes out of 200 
shots at 200 yurds. 
This is most rcmuikahle shooting, and our representa- 
tives will have to look well to their laurels to keep in the 
front rank. We have always imagined that Asiatics, Chi- 
nese or Japanese, for instance, after once mustering the 
science of rifle shooting, would make excellent marksmen 
when furnished with the most approved style of weapons. 
Their diet being mostly vegetable, ami their habits strictly 
temperate, render them, as it were, without nerves lo shake 
and give unsteadiness. Of course this remark applies to 
target practice; in presence of an enemy the want of nerve 
tells against them. Not but that the Japanese are a brave 
race; they are fur more so than their neighbors, the China- 
men. 
Willard B. Farwell 43|R. Rutlibnne dS 
J - J - OJtdly I'ijCiipt. II. B. Smith "88 
" J. 8. I.iiltimcr ,)7 
A. Andersen n 
C. Hcizmun ;o 
J. T. 13. Collins 40 
E H. Sanford. 40 
Col. Wingate A\ 1 
G. It . Erie :i:i 
Col. Valentine 
J . W . S . Stewart 
G. II. Raymond 
T. I,. Camerden 
F. Carpenter 
W. S, Smith, ... 
E. Barton ... 
J. W. Oardeuer as 
Gen. F. F. Milieu ;37 
O. W. I. into w 87 
J. \„ Price ' "37 
’ 'opt. W. C. Clnrko 37 
Col G D Scott 37 
,F. B. Scrymisor 33 
. . .8U A. Wood 33 
. . .«* F. II. Holton 33 
•J*j|-f. N- Cowperwalthu ’ 33 
■ 30 . II, Wood 33 
-.swig. w. smith ::•£ 
8*|.I • G. Meenroio 33 
88 iC. Sharp .. .ii 
— On Saturday, 17th instant, at half past two o’clock, 
the Luther Badge will be competed for at Creed moor by 
members of the Amateur Rifle Club. The conditions of 
the match arc; Distance, 80 J, 900, and 1,000 yards- posi- 
find (£tm. 
GAME IN SEASON IN JULY. 
Woodcock, Snipe, Curlew, and Bay birds. 
Our correspondent “Teal” writes us from Salem that 
woodcock are nowin order in that vicinity. A flight of 
robin snipe are daily looked for, and shooters are overhaul- 
ing their toggery. 
—A few woodcock are being killed on the Rancocas, and 
some fine birds reach Philadelphia from the lower counties 
of New Jersey. 
-A new iportsmcn’a club was organized on the 1st inst. 
at Minneapolis, Minn., to be known as the Trap and Field 
Club, one of the principal objects of which is to see that 
the game laws of the State ure enforced. Mr. F. L. Morse 
is Secretary. The club starts with a membership of thirty- 
four, many being among the leading citizens of the place. 
They held the first pigeon match on the 7lh inst., but the 
scores have not reached us. 
The Bakersfield Californian says that the quail threaten 
to overrun the country it they do not import more sports- 
men. I hey are out with their first broods, and are to he 
seen everywhere 
