The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-04
NOW FOR ASTRUGGLE
Great Interstate Contest of
Rif1emen at Sea Grit
This Week.
CRACK SHOTS FROM ALL OVER
New Jersey Is Well Represented
Yesterdays Shooting Poor
Because of Fog.
CRACK SHOTS FROM ALL OVER

The fourth annual meeting of the New
Jersey State Rifle Association began yes
terday at Sea Girt, where long distance
marksmen from every State in the Union
competed for honors. These matches are
really national in character because of
the military organization represented.
Washington sent twenty-five men under
the of Major Harris. and today
more men will come. During the week
General Ordway, c-omnandant of the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard, and
Colonel Mosier, his Adiutant General,
will be ON the grounds to aid in looking
after the interests of the team. The
Washingtonians who will shoot, have
been on the ground nearly a week, ana
have been practicing every day. R
Beside the Washington men New York,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut have a few
representatives, but have promised to
send each a competing team. Georgia
has sent a body of men under the COM
mand of Sergeant ]. c. Hostel, and from
these men great scores are expected.
Those who are upholdlng New Jerseys
honor at the range are:-General pence
Colonel A. R. Kuser, Colonel Decker,
Colonel Owens, Captain Croft, Captain
Reid. Captain ~Springstead, Sergeant
Ch;nn, Sergeant Dietrich, Sergeant Hall,
Seryeant Mccain, Lieutenant Fairhurst,
Private Ransom, Private Zennger, Fri
waite John Kuser, Private Theo. Beck,
Private William Hays, Captain Brown
and Major Curry.
Another lot OF men on the grounds is
from Maine. representing the National
Guard of that State. There arrived in
camp fourteen of them on Friday morn
ing, in command of Colonel Harrington:
With the party is Inspector General
The PRIZES TO BE SHOT FOR.
For this week there are eighteen events,
Members match, 200 yards. Z shots.
Prize, members championship gold
badge. Kuser match, 500 yards, z shots
Prize, sporting rife; second prize, %
10 per cent. of entrance money.An
corners military match, 200 and 300
yards. Z shots at each distance.Tnlrteen
prizes. 10, > and 2hs per cent of entrance
money. The Schuetzen match, 200 yaras,
z shots-Sixteen prizes. %, 10, . and gsa
per cent of entrance money; first prize
lowed four points. Hayes medal match,
300 and SEQ yards, Z shots at each distance
First prize, Hayes sharpshooters medal;
second prize. 10 per cent. entrance
money; third prize, ) OF 21a per cent Of en-.
trance money. new Jersey National
Guard team match, regimental team
match, the Perrine memorial match, 200
and 300 yards, seven shots at each dls-
lance, Trenton cup match, 3VO ana bVD
yards, ten shafts at each distance, seven
prizes; department of rife practice match,
~thirty-two prizes; revolver matcn, thlr-
ty yards, five shots. each prize; Presi-
dents match for military championship
of Uuited States, 200, 300, 500 and 600 yards.
ten prizes; Trenton Interstate Fair match
200 and 300 yards, three prizes; pool match,
three prizes.
The pool shooting will be continuous.
The Wimbledon match will be shot on
Saturday, the Hilton trophy match on
HNtncdaN and tho InTGrGf2f6 v1i1flFV-
match on Tuesday. The other matches
will be shot according to weather:
TOO MUCH WINE YESTERDAY.
Yesterdays foggy, windy day interfered
with good scores, but yet some good runs
were made. The entire morning was
taken up in shooting off pool matches
In these events some remarkable scores
were made. The distance was 200 yards,
ten shots each. The highest score was
made by Private Stout of the Thirteenth
Pennsylvania Militia, he making 4S out
of a possible so.
The following scores werethe highest
and received priZes:-
Georgia State Militia Eichberg and
Hunter, As; Wilson A.
Pennsylvania State M~ilitia-Stout, 4S;
Britt, As; Jones, ~; Shonert, 49, Youngs,
District of Columbia-J. NJ. Stewart,
IS; Westerald. 43; Appleby, Al; Young, 40;
Crist. 81; Kirk, 81.
Milburn. As; Finger, 43; DIETRICH, 40;
Hayes, So; Gaff, 80; Colonel kuser, 46;
J. l.. Kuser, 45; Mccain, a; Fairhurst,
A.; Ransom. As; Reid, 4S; j. l. Kuser, 43.l
Colorel Decker, 40; Brown, SO. :
Colonel Kuser of New Jersey made As
at 500 yards. Captain Robertson of Maine
made A; MeMurray and Cookson of the
First Maine Regiment each made 46 out
of a possible so in ten shots.
Governor spent two hours on the range
during the afternoon, but did no shoot
irg. 1t was a little too chilly and too
windy to try his hand. General Meaney
and Colonel Van Cleef had a friendly con-
test and it aroused much interest in
the race. They shot on the three hundre
yards range, and General Meaney made
81 ard Colonel Van Cleef 80. They will
shoot again today.
Should the storm that is threatening
break today, the contests will, go on,
unless a. hurricane blows, for some of the
marksmen prefer a storm to clear wea-
Their and stiff breezes.