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1 shots was established, and all other conditions of the 
; matches were governed by the rules of the National Rifle 
Association of Great Britain. 
The individual match was scheduled for July 10, and 
the team match for July 11. 
1 Eighty competitors, representing eight nations, entered 
the individual match. The ranges were open from 
7 A. M. to 9 P. M., with an intermission of one hour 
, for lunch. Mr. Gorman was among the last to finish in 
the individual match, and was shooting very strongly 
with a large gallery of spectators around him. When 
his sixth target reached the firing point the range officer 
: could see only five shots in it, counting 44. The target 
was carefully examined and a claim entered for a double 
shot_ in the 9-ring. Gorman then finished his score, 
making 485, not counting the shot claimed. The Olympic 
( Council examined the target later, but were unwilling to 
render a decision, and finally referred it to the captains 
of all the revolver teams excepting those of Belgium 
and the United States, the two latter being directly in¬ 
terested in the result. The team captains examined the 
target separately and recorded their opinions in writing, 
which were unfavorable. Mr. Gorman’s score was there¬ 
fore officially declared to be 4S5. 
■ The order of the high men in the individual match 
was as follows: 
1st 
P 
Von Asbruch. 
... 490 
2d 
R 
Storms . 
... 487 
25 
R 
Storms . 
... 487 
3d 
T 
E Gorman. 
... 485 
4th 
C 
S Axtell. 
... 480 
5th 
s 
Wallingford . 
... 467 
6th 
M 
Barbillat . 
... 466 
7th 
W 
A Ellicott. 
.England. 
... 458 
8th 
I 
R Calkins. 
... 457 
9th 
J 
A Dietz. 
... 455 
And 71 others. 
The team match took place the day after the individual 
match. It was decided that the four highest United 
States competitors in the individual match of the pre- 
. vious day should constitute the United States team, 
i The team thus finally selected consisted of Messrs. Gor- 
\ man, Axtell, Calkins and Dietz. The result of the match 
: was as follows: 
1st United States: 
J E Gorman, San Francisco, Cal. 501 
I R Calkins, Springfield, Mass. 473 
John A. Dietz, New York. 472 
C S Axtell, Springfield, Mass. 468—1914 
! 2d Belgium: 
P Van Ausbrock . 493 
Paumier du Verger . 462 
Reginald Storms . 477 
Rene Englebert . 431—1863 
3d United Kingdom: 
W Ellicott . 435 
Sergt.-Maj. Wallingford . 477 
Paymaster Coles, R N. 456 
Capt Lynch-Stanton . 446—1817 
' 4th France . 1750 
5th Sweden . 1732 
6th Holland . 1637 
7th Greece . 1576 
Italy did not shoot. Most of the foreign contestants in 
I both the individual and team matches used special hand¬ 
made pistols, finely sighted, with heavy barrels up to 
1 12in. in length, and hair triggers. _ The United States 
team shot ,22cal. S. & W. pistols with lOin. barrels and 
21bs. trigger pulls, except Mr. Axtell. who used a ,38cal. 
S. & W. military revolver in the individual match. The 
special weapons of the foreign contestants were an un¬ 
doubted advantage under the conditions that existed in 
! these matches, but the superior skill of the United States 
j team won the match. 
The committee appointed by the United States Revolver 
Association, in charge of the team and authorized to 
pass upon any questions in relation to the contest, con¬ 
sisted of Messrs. R. H. Sayre, chairman; I. R. Calkins 
and C. S. Axtell. Lieut. R. H. Sayre was appointed 
1 team captain, and made a detailed report to the Asso- 
1 ciation, which will be read at the next annual meeting. 
In this report Dr. Sayre states that the British officials 
did everything in their power to make them comfortable, 
; and conducted the match in a scrupulously fair manner. 
1 The following is a complete list of the contributors to 
the fund raised for the purpose of sending the United 
I States team to compete in the Olympic games: S. B. 
: Adams, W. Almy, F. H. Bilderbeck, Jas. Bowen, T. E. 
' Bowlin, W. A. Briant. W. P. Brigham, W. L. Buchanan, 
; C. H. Burgess, C. H. Chapman, W. T. Church, F. H. 
Clay, F. G. Colbv, J. B. Crabtree, C. C. Crossman. R. B. 
Dawson, W. N. Dickinson, T. A. Dietz, G. E. Doll, A. B. 
' Douglas, L. Dupont, W. M. Fawcett, R. E. Fox, Jr., 
Robert Garrett, B. Glaser, Geo. Grenzer, J. L. Griggs, 
H. A. Groesbeck, P. Hanford, Wilfrid Hartley, II. E. 
Hasty, L. R. Hatch, M. Hays, G. P. Herrick, H. A. 
Hill, A. L. A. Himmelwright, C. L. Holmes, L. C. 
Hopkins, J. T. Humphrey, E. L. Isbell, Fred Keller, 
, T. H. Keller, Theo. Kytka, T. Le Boutillier, G. H. 
Lehle, W. F. Leushner, W. H. Luckett, W. M. Mac- 
Naughton, J. T. Moore, M. R. Moore, T. P. Nichols, 
O. I. Olsen, R. P. Prentys, R. M. Ryder, G. P. San¬ 
born, R. H. Sayre, J. E. Stillman, G. H. Smith, W. T. 
Smith, N. Spering, C. E. Tayntor, A. A. Tenney, W. 
P. Uhler, H. B. Vanderveer, W. M. Wadsworth, Victor 
\ Wilbour* J. Willms, Y. M. G. Club (New Orleans), W. 
S. Young. 
U. S. R. A. MEDAL COMPETITION. 
; In addition to the medals awarded in this competition, 
I the Association is • now offering bars for each ten ad¬ 
ditional targets sent in scoring the same as the original 
| targets which won the medal. These bars have been 
• adapted to both the deliberate fire and the rapid fire 
i meaals. 
Since the publication of the 1906 report, medals have 
been awarded to the following members in this compe¬ 
tition: 
1 Deliberate fire medals: 
! F H Bowman, Lynn, Mass. 80 .. 
J Geo R Decker, Dayton, 0. 80 85 
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