The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-02
TO SHOOT FOR PRIZES.
The Interstate Meet at Whoelmen'S
Park Friday and Saturday.

Teams From South Carolina's Dis
banded Military Expected to Par
ticipate-The Shooting Committee to
Make Final Arrangements With Re-
gard to Handicaps To-Eight-An
Extensive Programme Arranged
and Some Lively Contests Expected.
The First Meeting Of the Savannah
Pistol Club.
The interstate military contest and
rife shoot to be held at Wheelmen's park
range Friday and Saturday promises to
be one of the most interesting events Of
the season.
1t will be the first ann ual meeting of
interstate crack shots and rifemen from
different cities in this section, and the
contest will not be limited to military,
but will include also sporting rifles.
The ranges at the Wheelmen's park
have been equipped equal to any any
where in the south. There are 200 800
and GOO yard rife ranges, and fifty yard
pistol range, with all the modern APP
pliances for signaling shots. With all
these conveniences the two days contest
promises to furnish some interesting
sport for those concerned in crack rife
shooting.
The shooting committee, composed of
Messrs. G. S. Richmond, George T. Cam,
J. NJ. Bryan, J. G.. Postell, A. s. Eich-
berg, A. Nice. Duncan, William n.
Nichols, j. F. Brooks, DR.. Martin, s. E.
Theus, e. A. Cults, w w. Williamson
and DR. F. c. Wilson, will hold meeting
tn-pirbf or tho % Of C-aorotovvr =
Eichberg to make the complete and de-
tailed arrangements for the programme,
and the accommodation OF those from
other places who will attend
SOUTH CARoLINIANs COMING.
The indications are that the disbanded
military companies of South Carolina to
whom invitations were extended to par
ticipate in the meet were extended by
the association, will send over well
equipped teams.
The trouble anticipated on this score
was the fact that the guns of these COM
panies and all other arms had been taken
away by authority OF the governor That
can be remedied, however, as the military
companies of Savannah have offered to
lend guns to any teams which are sent
over from that state. The companies
who were considering the matter OF send
ing over teams from Charleston and Co
lumbia have been informed of this fact,
and the committee will probably have
answers from some of them when it meets
tomorrow night.
Teams from Macon and Augusta, as
well as other places in the state, are ex.
pected, and the Pooler Light Infantry
will send down a picked team to partici-
pate for the honors of the range.
THE LOCAL CRACK SHOTS.
Besides the members of the association
it is understood there will be a picked
team from each company of the Savan-
nah Volunteer Guards to participate in
the events, and the other military or
CARNATIONS will probably send out repre-
sensations, individuals at least, if not full
teams.
The committee which will make the
final arrangements will also have before
it the matter of handicaps, the military
rifles generally being allowed the ad-
vantage of two points in five over the
sporting rifles, the latter being so much
more accurate. The exact amount of
handicap, however, has not yet been de-
cideG, as letters have been written to
similar associations in the north to find
just what standard handicap in such
cases is allowed.
Two hundred, 800 and 600 yard ranges
will be shot at Friday, which will be the
first day of the shoot. Entries can be
maze Dy Teams OF nVe from any volunteer
military organization in the United
States. The second day will be given up
to the all-comers match to individual
shooting and to the pistol contest. The
prizes are very liberal and the contests
are expected to be well fought.
THE PISTOL CLUB.
The Savannah Pistol Club. which will
have its first meet during the early part
of next week, has been presented with
handsome gold medal by Mr. B. H. Levy,
which will be contested for at this meet
ing Many of the members of the club
are in frst-class practice for the fifty
yard or any other regulation range and
they issue a general challenge to any out
side crack shots, individual or in teams.
Some of the members have expressed
desire to meet picked team from the
guardians OF the city's property. Some
of them could, no doubt, teach the police
a thing or two in the way of pistol shoot
ing.
Picked teams will be chosen from the
rifle association to compete with all others
who enter the matches, and the develop
ment of some splendid crack shots is
looked for.
THE TANKS MUST COME.