| Show Tsrget Shooting at the National Drill WASHINGTON May 27The competitive com-petitive rifle practice at the national drill l grounds was completed this morning i morn-ing with firing at 500 to 600 yards ranges The prizes were a god med land l-and 100 for the nest man silver medals ud 75 each to the three next best and lionze medals and 50 each for the four next best The highest possible total core was 200 and the highest possible score at each of the four ranges50 The total scores of the eight prizewinners i at tie four ranges are FIrstLieutenant Pollard Washington Washing-ton Light Infantry 172 second Captain Cap-tain Second Maryland 167 third Private Crossmany Company C Second Iowa 166 fourth Private j Jloriug Virginia Blues 165 fifth Private Cash Washington Light Infantry In-fantry 161 sixtn Lieutenant Hobart I First Michigan 161 sixth Private j Johnstone Washington Continentals 151 eighth Private Falk Company A First Minnesota 160 The remaining sores ranged from 159 down to 76 WASHINGTON May 27The most entertaining en-tertaining feature of the days pageantry page-antry was tne individual company drill Sixty competitors were selected the men temg two from each company Thtdtill was exceedingly severe four keeneyeu arm officers conducted it The excitement rose to fever heat when only four men were left standing to three of whom the prizes must fall Abel Knap rifleman was the first of the5eto go down and the final struggle lay between a San Antonio rifleman Washington Light Infantryman and the sergeant of the Louisville Legion The Texan finally won the first prize The contest between the remaining two resulted in giving the second prize to the Washingtonian and the third to the Louisville man TLe victors in the contest are Private H G Staack San Antonio Rifles Charles T Conrad Company B Washington Light Infantry In-fantry and Sergeant J R Waggner Company A Louisville Legion Milwaukee Light Battery gave a fine exhibition sabre drill The Chicago Zouaves and Keck Zouaves protested today against consideration of the drill of the Memphis Zouaves because of their dropping out of the procession on Wednesday on account of the proximity of negro troops The protest pro-test has been referred to the captain of the Memphis company for explanation |
