The New York herald., 1877-02-07
NATIONAL EIFLE ASSOCIATION.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF pmEcroRs-PRE-

MEETING or THE BOARD or DmECToRs--PRE-
PAIRING YoR THE YEARS SPORT.
The Board Of Directors OF tho National Rife Associa-
tion mot yesterday afternoon in their onices No ~
Park row. There present Hon. n. r. Stanton
President; Colonel George W. wingate Vice President;
General d. wyic, Treasurer; Mr.. George s. schcr.
mcrhorn, Secretary Major General Alexander shaIcr
Major General John B. Woodward, Major General
Thomas s. Uakin, General NJ. T. McMahon Hon d. w.
Judd, Judge H. A. Gdersccvo. Colonel G. d. Scott
Colonel John Ward Mr. r. II. Sanford, Major Joseph
Holland. Major Henry Fulton, Captain W. c. Casey and
Alter disposng of routine business The following
standing committees Tor the present year were ap.
Erecus,re Committee--Hon. " +. Stanton, Colonel
George W. Wingate Mr. George ). Schermerhorn, Gen
s,s wys Gpee t,n M1r as Gsns
sleeve, General W. g. Ward lelectedl
Range Comminee-Coionel George ". wingatc, Colonel
G. ID. scott. Captain J. G. Story
Finance Commttee-Hon. d. W. Judd. Mr.. +. H. San
ford, General q. Ward.
Prize Committee-COi0nel John Ward, Captain WILL
lam c. Casey Major Joseph Holland
TIM INrER-srArE MATCHES.
The resolution which Is given below was adopted at
the suggestion OF Gcnerai woodward
Resolved. That the secretary he instructed to commun
.s w ~ a nG to & IL each
erStae rifle matches to DO shot al Creednoor tho
Resovod That thc Executive Committee bc directed to
prepare the terms and conditions Of such matches.
Complaints about wretchcd railroad accom- modations
were very strong last year, especially during the lat
ter part OF the season, when tho Long Island Rail
road Company considerably raised The rate Of fare
TO Crcedmoor without augmenting either the iacil-
tiles Of transportation comfort o. the passengers
So strong, indeed, was tho feeling upon this
Important matter that on several occasions a
number of lie members Of the National Rife Associa-
ton suggested the propriey of taking steps looking
toward the removal Of the Associations ranges either
10 staten Island or Wcstchcstcr county The meeting
yesterday expressed decided opinion upon tho sub
ject in resolution requesting the Treasurer 10 ut
once call upon the officials OF the Long Island kairoad
Company reference to the tickets TO Crccdmoor
the coming season, and endeavor 10 have the ratio
fixed low or lower than last years price, and TO
have tickets sold in packets at reduced rates.
The Secretary reported having made arrangements
for the publication OF 1000 copies OF last years annual
report General wylic, the Treasurer, reported tho
sum which he had received from General Mcmahon,
his predecessor office, to be sl15a 80; he dsbursed
altogether since coming into Office tho Of $220 A.
leaving 1891 SO now IN the treasury.
COMING INTERNATIONAL MATCH.
good deal OF interest was manifested by tho meet
ing MS to tho proper steps which should taken with
regard 10 the international long range matches that
ARE expected 70 .,r sk9 pssS mex. ' Some
would, perhaps, bo thought mat apropos
challenge Others opined that It would be emnently
proper for foreign rtemen TO understand that America
rivalry The champion riiemcn OF other lands. Gen
eral Dakn, who Is in correspondence with Mr.. Met
lord. the London gunmaker was understood to say
that he would like to aid IN bringing about meeting
between the British ''United Kingdom team and the
Americans, Mr.. Sanford thought that after the ex-
perience which was had last year the best thing tho
Association could do IN this direction would be 10 let
"impcrial tcam'' alone. Colonel George W wingatc
offered resolution which had for its object that OF
taking or the purpose OF liking the condi-
tons upon which the great international trophy match
would DO this year. and also TO extend nvi-
tations to foreign teams who might he DESTROYS OF
tering the lists against America
Mr. Schermerhorn stated that the National Rife AS
sociaton had received communication either from
Major Lecch behalf Of the irish ri1emcn. from
any other foreign rifle club touching tho subject OF an
international match this year.