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Flatol Shooting Match lor OncThot.^^.iCo!]ar* a Side, r*TJie great pistol shooting match for 81.000 a side, between John Travis and Samuel V. Suydam, which has for several weeks, pa-t kept the sporting world on the qai cia. cam oft'on Tuesday evening at Academy ilai;. Broadway, in the presence of Jrom six liui -died to eight hundred persons. Among those present were a lerge number ul the- sporting gentry and the personal friends of Travis and Suydam. At the end of the stage was placed a large iron plate, on which was drawn the ordinary sized figure ot a man. In a few minutes after the hour announced for the commencement of the sport, the parties with their judges appeared 011 the stage, and were received with loud applause. The distance, ten paces, having been measured, the terms of mutch were announced. Kach j artv was to have forty shots, and the one making the most hits at. the target to be the winner. li!L\ were not raise the pistol till the word fire/' and not shoot till alter the word ‘‘one. 1 he preliminaries having 1 een arranged, each party fired six shot, by the way of getting his hand in and gaining a knowledge of the pistols to be used on the occasion. J hose shots. 011 both sides, were excellent and received applause, the gieat match was then commenced—Messrs. Lawrence and Brent acting as Judges, the former for Suydam and the latter for Travis. Gen. W heat, of lenncs.sec, acted as referee. Mr. li:i\i took his position, and amid almost h:e itnles silence, John Britton gave the word, ; Are you ready ? ” Fire.” One!” Thus the first twenty* shots were fired, onlv nineteen of which were counted as hits, theg been ruled out as after time. After a brief respite. Mr. Travis fired his second round, putting every shot on the target. lt;11 (Iris round lie rang the bell on the twelfth and fourteenth shots, and placedfoui snots on the line*. IIi*» success wasgreeted with tumultuous applause.Mi. Suy 1 am next took his position, and fired his tirst twenty shots, one of which being 01!' the target, was of course ruled our, and the judges announced the parties as evenon tlu* first round. I* our of tfie shots were on the line. Loud applause greeted his success.Alter the lapse of a few minutes, order wasagain restored, and Mr. Suydam commenced his second round favorably. O11 the fourth shot ho rang the bell and was applauded.—1 he filth slot not hitting the target, lie handed the pistol to the 4i loader,” and tuld the judges that lie did not desire to shoot any more, ihus the match terminated, and the* judges announced Mr. Travi* as the winner. The firing was made thus va\ id on account ' of the great skill and proficiency of tl e parties with this patent weapon—the hair nigger duelling pistol. The match was one* f unusual interest, both par lie-; being acknowledged as among the very best pistols shots in the country. Travis is a professor of the arf, and for nearly twenty year has practiced it, having given kssons’to thousands of pupils. He has performed ti e most daring feats, as that of shooting an orange off a man *, head. Suydam is a very rapid and dexterous shut. Some tine * years since ho shot a match for .Sl.Outj that he would hit the ordi-miry sized figure of a man at ten paces, ninety consecutive shuts, at the word “fire !‘ One! and he won it. After the nil eA* shots were fired, he bet 8100 on ia?hiho'$ tint, he would comp’etj S' 100, but misled on t ic* 03d, though he succeeded in hitting the target 'JO times in 100 shots.
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Saint Paul Weekly Minnesotian
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sat, Jan 10, 1857
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