The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-28
SEA CHRIS COMING EVENTS.
The Interest of Military Marksmen
Everywhere Conferred There.

Everywhere Conferred There.
The interest Of military marksmen all
over the country IS conferred IA the Sea
Grit matches 20 be shot next month
savannah marksmen are especially in
Z terested. The soldiers OF NearathOn
trophy is now held here. and savannah
will send a team fully able 20 defend IL.
The competitions are 10 be many and va
ried. and the cash prizes liberal while
the holding OF the national associations
matches Is enough Ia itself 20 make range
a center OF interest for citizen soldiers.
Among the matches TO be shot may
be noted the All-comers' Military. the
schuetzen, the Kuser. the Hayes medal.
the Meany. the Trenton Interstate Fair
and the Summer. The New Jersey troops
have for themselves two trophy matches.
each for teams Of six and there is
members match Tor their rife assccia-
uon- The association also offers trO-
pny match and there Is a special match
iof inspectors OF rife practice. The pres
iuents match for the individual military
championship. which Sergt. Boyle Of New
1ofh won last year, appears as usual. and
Two interesting team matches viii be the
company and the carbine. for teams of
AVE- the former open to any company
OF the National Guard or the army. and
TIE AdkltA Eor cavalry leans ne inter
state Regimental match is TO be repeated,
az customary. There are prizes for the
best individual diminishing, and there
are prizes for the best aggregate score.
There Il revolver, and also a military
revolver match; and, Of course, there are
pool matches. while bulls-eye targets
are 10 be kept open all the time.
The New York Sun In writing for the
matches says:
Comparing this programme with that OF
previous meetings. IL is conspicuous for
the number and novelty of its events,
while keeping up familiar matches. Still,
the browning interest as usual. will be
the matches of the National Rifle Associ-
alton for the Hilton trophy, the Inter
state Military and the Wimbledon cup.
Last year the District Of Columbia team
broke the record for the Hilton trophy,
its score of 1907 surprising by one point
that OF Massachusetts nine years ago. and
by nine points that of Pennsylvania made
In 1884. The coming competition will be
the nineteenth. and the winners so far
have been New York and Massachusetts
four times each; Pennsylvania and the
District of Columbia. three times each
the Division of the Atlanta. twice, and
Michigan and the division of the Missouri
once each.
A still older annual match is the Inter
State Military, Of which the bronze sol
der OF Marathon is the trophy. Georgia
won II last year over four competitors,
although 1t was only her second year of
trial for It, Her victory was popular one
ana should encourage her to try to repeat
II this year. The coming match will be
the tWenty-second for this coveted en-
blem. New York is In the lead, with six
winnings of IL: then come Pennsylvania
and Massachusetts. with four; New Jer-
sey with two; California, Connecticut the
District of Columbia Georgia, and Michl-
gam with one each.
The Wimbledon cup, a much-prized in
dividual trophy calling for thirty shots at
1000 yards, has been held by many famous
marksmen. Some years ago DR.. Cans Of
Albany won II several times in succession
but at length, in 1893, Private Scott of
Washington secured II, lost il the next
year to Private Finnegan OF the Sixty
ninth New York. and last year recovered
IL by the remarkably good score OF 1876 out
OF a possible $50 Last years meeting at
Sea Girt was enlivened by the presence Of
a goodly number of states, and there were
also some regulars. Georgia's rifiemen
reaped full reward for their enterprise
in coming so far, where they took, besides
the Soldier of Marathon, the Kuser
Meany, and Trenton fair medals, and the
nrst prize in the revolver match The best
wish, next to favoring weather, for the
coming meeting, is thatoa still greater
number of states and of organizations
may send their representatives, and that
sea Girt may show itself still more near
~ what 1t deserves to become, namely. a
national rife range