The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-28
GOVERNOR GREENS SCORE
The Enthusiastic Targeteer Makes
the Best Record OF the Sea-
son = State Practice.
S, ecial % the Jer.cr cltr Ne,s,.

SEE GIRT, July 2s, 1sgf.-Vice Chan
ceilor Green is one of the four honorary
members Of Company II, Third regiment.
as are also ex-Ssate Treasurer Toffey and
ex-Comptroller Anderson. The ex-Gov-
ernor is an enthusiast on target shooting
and takes great pleasure in it. He was
at Sea Girt on Friday and punctured the
target at both 2U0 and 500 yards. bis
score at the former distance was 81 and
at the latter %, making a total OF Al out
OF possible 50. the best record made on
the camp ground this summer.
Ii was raining quite hard at the time
ex-Governor Green faced the target, and
| Surgeon Charles B. Leavitt. who has
| been assigned to duty at the range on
alternate weeks. stepped up to the shooter
aud profered shelter under his um br ella.
but the former declined, with thanks, on
the ground that the shade OF the rain
| diverter would interfere with his sight
\ ing He also loosely remarked that
rain would do HIM good and make bin
grow, and added that he ought TO have
had 1t when he was younger he then
stood out in che drops and put no the
| best score of the season.
A METHOD OF HIS OWN.
Ex-Governor Green has mis- own meth
DDS to shoot and his position while shoot
/ ing at the 600 yards target, is different
from that of any other marksman who
ever shot on the range at sea Girt. At
200 yards target the rules prescribe tnat
the marksman shall erect and take aim
without rest or support OK any kind, but
at the 500 yards target the shooter
| is permitted to take any position
in chooses for the purpose OF
getting the best rest for his rifle. Most OF
the narksmen lie prone on the breast
Ex Governor Green uses two stools. He
sits in one and uses smaller one under
! his left foot, so as 10 cause a sufficient ele-
walton Of that knee to form rest for the
left elbow. The rifle is then placed TO his
shoulder and on the rest so made. some
the target in this position. but the ex-Gov-
ernor got there in admirable style.
/ GEN. SPENCER ON RIFLE PRACTICE
"At the close of this year" said General
Bird w. Spencer to a reporter few days
| ago, "New Jersey will be 1t the head In
| the matter OF rife practice"
Judging from the present outlook the
/ hard working General Is correct. The
ranges at Sea Girt were never in better
| condition aud never was better corps OF
instructors on hand to instruct the youn
| idea how TO shoot. All the clnss praotic-
| ing now is at 100 aud 800 yards, this being
the third class practice for men who nave
previously failed TO qualify.
The first day of drst GLASS practice Will
be August 8. Every facility viii be
O1ereQ Tor QunlucaJl0u uuTlux tue sea
son. ana the officers and members should
show their appreciation Of the work OF
the Department. of Ritie Practice by at
tending practice on the days set Tor their
respective commands.
outside OF the regular class practice big
inducements will be offered. Governor
Leon Albeit has offered a magnificent
medal of solid gold, valued at
$50, to be known as the Gov
ernor's Champion Marksman's Badge"
TO be awarded for the best score
made in special competitions during the
season The conditions are fiye shots for
each at 200 and 500 yards, no sighting
shots allowed. Scores made in this
match will count as qualifying scores.
Contestants VINO fail 10 score twelve
points or more at 200 yards will be de-
barred from shooting at 500 yards. Rifle
inspectors or those who have held the
position Of rifle inspector. either by COM
mission or detail, Will be handicapped
three points on the aggregate score
The match has already begun, and Will
be continued on the following dates:-
August7 12. IS, a. 15 IS, 20, 2l, %, "a, 70, 70,
rs and 49, If tie should result in the
total score it will have to be shot o II
under the same conditions as govern the
match National Rife Association rules,
by which ties are usually decided, Will
not apply In this match, as tne OBJECT Is
TO award the badge to the best MARKS
man, regardless of the order OF his shots.
LIVELY SHOOTING.
From August "a, 10 20 inclusive the
range will be the scene OF some OF the
liveIiest shooting ever wiEne ssed in this
section OF the country. fhe complete
programme is not arranged as yet, but
will be made public in few days The
plan as outlined Is for an interstate
match. open to teams Of twelve men each
from any State or Territory, each man 70
fire ten shots each at 200, 500 or 600 yards,
IL /, fTafA nd ar
There will also be contests IN skirmish
firing open to teams and indi-
yiduals: Individual contests at short
range and others at short and mid-range;
company teams and regimental team con-
tests. and possibly a contest Des"eeh
teams from the First and second bri-
| cades. Besides these, there will be the
Governors Badge match open each day,
and there Is some chance also OF con-
test being arranged on the ring target Tor
Schueizen riflemen. For the Interstate
| contest General Spencer has assurances OF
entries from Pennsylvania, District of
Columbia. Maryland and Delaware. New
| York. Massachusetts and Connecticut
NAV also be represented. The ether con-
tests will he modelled after regular army
regulations.
that an Interstate Military Rifle AssocIa-
tion will be formed somewhat after the
| pIau of the Military Rife Association of
the Northwest. organized by Lieutenant
Philip Reade, U. S A., several years ago.
An association of this KIND is very much
needed in this part Of the country, and
with such men rs General Spencer OF this
State. General Ordway OF the District of
| Columbia, and Colonel Hart of Della
| ware. at its head il is bound to be grand
success. IL is certain that no finer range,
either as regards location or equipment,
exists than that at Sea Girt, ana it IS but
/ nroper that the Interstate Association
shouid have its start from there. Cover
nor A Dbett, Ex-Governor Green and other
prom inent Jerseymen are heart and soul
in the movement.
Is fnIS AN UMBRELLA TRUST?