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THE RIFLE.

Yesterday's Work at the Range.

TWO INTERESTING MATCHES.

The Cody-Daniels Short Range Match

As was announced in a portion of our last evening's edition of the Cody-Daniels rifle match resulted in victory for the man from the Plains. The contestants were Hon. Wm. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and Mr. L. C. Daniels of Portland, Mc. The match was for $100 a side, ten shots each, at 50 yards, off hand.

The match attracted considerable attention, there being a crowd of several hundred people at the range near the Lake at 2 1/3 o'clock P. M. when the work was begun. Considerable time was spent in practice shots and in arranging the preliminaries, Each contestant had a target to himself, a black surface three feet square and a white bull's eye four inches in diameter. The judges were Mr. Frank Wesson of this city, for Daniels, and Mr. Ike P. Austin for Cody, with Mr. G. W. Davidson of Providence as stakeholder and referee.

The shooting was not remarkable, which is accounted for by the chilly weather, and the fact that both men used new Wesson rifles with which they were not familiar. The score in detail was as follows, in inches and sixteenths:

Shots. Cody. Daniels.
1..................2- 8 2-11
2..................2- 6 3- 4
3..................0-13 1-11
4..................2- 8 0-11
5..................1- 0 0- 11
6..................1-10 5- 8
7..................3- 7 0-11
8..................2- 4 3- 15
9..................3- 3 3- 12
10................1- 1 0- 8

Totals...........20-12 23-6

Mr. Cody was declared the winner, his string being 2 and 10-16th inches shorter than his competitor's. A glance at the score will show that Daniels made the four best shots of the day, but he also made the three worst shots, which made bad work with his average. The targets of the two men are appended: -

CODY'S TARGET.

DANIELS'S TARGET.

A curious fact is made plain by these targets, that Cody habitually shot too high, all but two of his ten shots marking above the centre, while Daniels erred in the opposite direction, all but two of his shots being below the centre.

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