Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-27
PToPosed IptevuatSopaI Rifle Match
IN Wash1ngtOn.
ACTION OF THE NETTING OF CITIZENS


ACTION OF THE NETTING OF CITIZENS
LAST NIGHT.
A meeting Of citizens interested In the
organization Of q national rife club in our
city. and In having national rifle match In
Washington the coming fkll, TO which the
tennial match az Creedmoor, in SeptersSe
rs well as all American rifle teams, shall be
invited, Was held last night at the Board of
Trade rooms, Mr.. Jas. E. Bell in the chair.
Col. J. o. 4. Burnside stated that the rife
club OF this city had been struggling along
without much encouragement, and had en-
countered obstacles In the way Of procuring
pad examined many grounds, And had finally
Obtained q good range 1t the National race
course, over Benning's bridge, where i've
arTsDgements made for ot more set e1t R,
range. He then detailed q plan which he and
others had devised, OF inducing the foreign
rire teams now In New York to visit this
city, and entering into o general contest with
al teams which might desire TO enter. From
correspondence he had with Col. Henry
practicing In New YORK. he thought there
would be no difficulty In making the ar
rangements. The teams now In that city are
the English, Scotch, Irish, Australian, Ca
madam and American, embracing the crack
marksmen of the world. The plan proposed
was TO get up three prizes, of $1,000 in gold,
vided as follows: One prize Of $500, one OF
$500. and one of 500. AS all of
these teams are under heavy expenses
this would be an tnducement for a contest
A reasonable entrance fee from spectators
would pay all expenses except for the prizes,
which could easily be obtained by subscrlp-
but simply to AWAKEN interest," Ts P in tS,s t;ni
OF sport. He had no doubt but that Colonel
EnIion could be prevailed upon 10 supervise
this enterprise and that it would he q grand
success Colonel Fulton is the agent for the
bennington guns and several other approved
arms, and would no doubt be glad OF this
opp9 is Ts to display their respective
city Is also very desirable. The teams con.
sist OF eight men, with four waiting men,
making four in all: hotel proprietor had
offered to pay for the privilege of taking up
this project and carrying it through on a
speculation, but he was opposed to this, and
thought II good opportunity for the rife
doubt enterprising citizens OF the District
would aid them In q substantial way.
The chair (Mr. Belly said he was much
Col. Burnside, and when the plans are ma
tured there would be no difficulty In getting
these foreign teams interested, as they will
Mr.. j. c. McGinn suggested that the mill
tary organizations throughout the country
ne invited 70 compete, and organize teams
1t was suggested by some one that the mil
itary practice only the mid-range OF 500
Colonel Burnside stated that the military
companies of this District should be Invited
to take part In this enterprise, and through
this the interest might be extended over all
the states. He had much rather the military
organizations OF this city leaf of In this en-.
terprise. The project was q good one, and
met bis unqualified endorsement. The in
vttett0n should be extended to all mill tary
organizations, rs well as others outside, but
the great feature Of this plan was to get the
presence here Of these foreign teams.
A motion of Colonel Burnside, that q COM
m1ttee OF nve be appointed to take the
whole subject under consideration and re-
port the feasibility Of the project, and such
details as seemed advisable, at the next
meeting, was agreed to, and the chair ap-
pointed the following: Col. j. 0. p. Burn
side, Col. w. g. Moore, COL X 1. Fleming,
I. r. Roesselle, esq, and Captain Donald
McCathran as the committee.