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Creedmoor
and the
International Matches
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J. Bodine (1826-?)
1874: Member of
the USA team at Creedmoor, USA.
1875: Member of the USA team at Dollymount, Ireland.
1876: Member of the USA team at Creedmoor, USA.
New York Mercury,
27 September 1874
"Colonel John Bodine is 48 years old. He lives in Highland, Ulster
County, N.Y. He was formerly colonel of the 19th New York Militia, now
commanded by Colonel Dalkey. He is over 6 feet high, well proportioned,
and straight as an Indian. He shoots in the face-downward position,
taking deliberate aim, and talks but little. He has the finest collection
of firearms, perhaps, of any gentleman in the state."
Harper's Weekly,
10 July 1875
"Colonel John Bodine, a native of Ulster County, New York, is about
forty-nine years of age. He has been an enthusiastic riflemn since his
boyhood. When the team of 1874 was selected, Colonel Bodine was chosen
without any previous practice, which his business engagements had forbidden,
merely on account of his general reputation as a good shot. His performance
on the day of the International match justified his departure from the
strict rules laid down for the selection of the team. In appearnce Bodine
is a tall, wiry man. He has a gray eye and light hair, and when shooting
has always clung to the prone position. Colonel Bodine is one of the
few attendants at Creedmoor wo are proficient in both long and short
ranges. He was the winner of the first Amateur
Club badge at 500 yards, winning it three times with scores of 25,
27, and 28 in a possible 28. In the International match he held third
place on the American side, with a score of 158 in a possible 180. In
that contest he fired the last shot, knowing, as he did so, that upon
that effort depended the success or failure of his side. His steadiness
on that occasion is one of the memorable incidents of Creedmoor."
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