Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-08-19 | Page 9 | Captain Casey Makes Remarkable Score

CAPTAIN CASEY MAKES H REMARKABLE SCORE H CAMP PERRY. Ohio. Aug. IS. WhaA. Is said to have been the most extraor dlnary long range rifle shooting over seen , in America was accomplished today by i Captain K. K. V. Casey, of the First Delaware. In the D. Leech and Wimble KH don cup matches, both of which he woe ( by record-breaking scores. In the Leech match for the cup pre- , sented by Captain Leech, of the Irish JM team which visited New York in 1S71. a 'H match of S00. 900 and 1000 yards, Casey scored 104 out of a possible 105. In the Wimbledon 1000-yard match he scored 97. beating tho match record of 91 made by Captain Richard of Ohio In 1903. Casey mmm won tho Wimbledon here last year by tho score of S8 under very unfavorable clr- cumstunces. Today tho conditions were as nearly perfect as could be desired. The first sevon shots counted for tho -IH Leech score nnd the next eight shots for the Wimbledon cup. About 275 riflemen mmm participated in this event, the largest of the Individual contests conducted by tho national ritle association. The Wimbledon , contest was open tn all companies. JH i The high scores for the Wimbledon cup I IH were as follows: ' iH Captain Casey. First Delaware, 97. 1 jH Stewart, First Oklahoma. 93. Immm Captain Nash. Second Maine. 93. H Lieutenant Foruham, Fourth United ffH States infantry. 93. 'fl Lieutenant Burns. Massachusetts, 32. 'liH Lieutenant Ilcidcnrlch, District of Co- 'lH lumbia. 93. 'ZmmW Sergeant Whitney, United States Ma- "H riue corps, 91. -H Captain Scott, Oregon, 91. Captain Wolf, Fourth United States in- mM fautry. 91. ,,, .1. W. Ilesslan, Dupont Rifle associa- 'll Uou. 91. il Sergeant Schwart.. Oregon. 91. Sergeant Lund, United States Marine 'H corps,' 91. , JmM The 1000-vard range stngo of the regi- IH montnl championship was not shot today. JH At the end of the GOO-yard stage the immm leaders ranked as follows: !H Second New Jersey. 520. 'H Second Massachusetts, 514. a . Second Ohio, 512. . .'. H Fifth Maryland. 50S. ' I'nited States navy, No. 2, o0i. mmm Third Oregon, 507. jH Fourth Oregon. 501. JH