The Washington times., 1901-10-26
NATIONAL GUARD AFFAIRS
The National Rifle Association
Meeting at 0rdway Range.
MINOR james L. BcII Wins the Dis
tiuruishcd Mnrksmen's hhtch-
lieutenant Farrow Loses the ter
,tcnberr Trophy on Technicaltty.

Lieutenant FarroW Loses ihe wv
.tcnbcrr Trophy on Tecbnicality.
Little of general interest has occuhIsu
in National Guard circles during the past
week outside of the rifle matches at th'
Ordway Range Arrangements VIII De
made so that the marksmen VINO nave
been fortunate enough to win prizes Will
receive them at once The sharpshooters
badges and crosses will be procured as
soon as possible and distributed.
FarIy next month gallery practice VIII
be again commenced at the range IN the
| Centre Market Armory. Practice, Doth IN
| November and December, viii he devoted
| to the completion OF ordered practice ana
| the making up of gallery shooting uh-
| finished last fall. Capt. Thomas ). hlns'
the range officer, will soon have the sai-
| lery in first class shape. The regular
matches will begin as usual IN FepTuary'
1t is probable that preparations VIII
soon be made for a reception or II DAN
uuet to the crack ritiemen, who rejected
so much credit on the Guard III the
matches at Sea Girt The intended oVa-
tion to the victorious teams upon their
return to Washington was postponed at
tbat time. on account of the critical con-
assassinated while the boys were at Sea
Cirt. 1t was rather generally understood
at that time among the officers and mem
bers of the Guard, who had planned 10
give them a royal welcome. that the DEM
onstration should be postponed until
later date. Inasnucb more time may
now be given To preparation, it IS likely
that the reception banquet, or whatever
al ia 70 W
on a much larger scale than would have
been the impromptu reception upon the
return to Washington of the star trigger
pullers.
The fifth annual meeting of the Ma
tional Rifle As, ociation was brought to a
most successful close at the Ordway
Range yesterday. \ hign wind, which
lulled but little in the afternoon, played
havoc with yesterdays scores. The
matches on the card. among them the
famous Gcrstenberg Trophy Match and
the Distinguished Marksmen's Match, at
tracted the best rifiemen OF the -associa-
ton and of the District National Guard.
Lieut. f. W. Holt won the Gerstenberg
match on a technicaIity. Lieut.. w. II.
Farrow nade the highest score. 133, but
was ruled out because he did not shoot
the various distances in the proper order.
Lieutenant Farrow did not begin TO shoot
until the other competitors had reached
the 6OO-yard stage. Private f. J. Fink
made the second highest score, 127, but
he was ruled out for the same reason.
Lieutenant Holt, therefore, was the win
er. with a score of 119.
The veteran rifeman, Major James E.
Bell inspector general Of rifle practice,
won the great event, the Distinguished
Marksmens Match. hy the narrowest
kind of a margin. Major Bell, Lieut. II,
NJ Bell and Private Maurice Appleby each
scored a total of 75 points. The winner
was only determined by comparison of
the scores at the greatest distance, 500
Yards. This resulted in the placing OF
the competitors in the order above named.
Major Bel made splendid record OF Y
at 800 yards.
Lieut.. w. NJ. Farrow garnered the
Members Match although rather hard
pushed by Private c. w. Dickey.
The other matches contested yesterday
were the revolver match and the Asso-
citation Match. Both provided excellent
The meeting will compare quite favor
ably with any held in previous years.
Strong winds on each of the days were
detrimental to high average scores. No
accident occurred, nor have any since
the establishment of the Ordway range.
The work OF the range OIilSeTS mas DeGii
most efficient. The summary:
Gerstenberg Trophy Match-For the
trophy offered by Ernst Gerstenberg- Six
hundred and 500 yards: fifteen rounds at
each distance Won by Lieut.. +. w. Holt,
1l9; second Capt. A. p Robbins, lis;
third Lieut.. G. G. DenniSon. us; fourth.
Major James +. Bell. III Other scores:
Lieut.. II. NJ Bell, 115; Private r. l. Pile.
113; Private c. w. Dickey. 10; Private l..
N Jackson. 10; Capt. Alexander Sum
mers, I09; Lieut. Thomas f. McAnnally,
vate C. l.. Bode, 103; Major q. b. Young,
lG2 and Private c. II. Morgan, 6S.
Distinguished Marksmen-2G0 COO. S0l,
and 800 yards: five rounds at each dis
tance. Won by Major James E. Bell,
lg - %: total, 10; second. Lieut. Horace
NJ. Bell-23. 10, II. 1e: total, IS; third. Prl-
vate Maurice Appleby-i9, q. 10, l6; total,
70, fourth. Lieut.. h. II. LII, III -, ,
IS, 10; total, Il; fifth, Major G. B. Young
2e Is. 8, q; total, 81
Members Match; 200 yards. 10 rounds
Won by Lieut.. w. Nj. Farrow, 81; second,
Private c w. Dickey 50, third Lieut.. y.
w Holt. 63: fourth Private E. ]. Fink,
81: fifth. Major G. b. Young 45.
Revolver Assoc iation Match; 30 yards,
10 rounds-Won 10y Lieut. f. w. Holt 81;
second. Li,ut. H. II. Leizear, So; third,
james E. Rell, 60. Other scores, Lieut.. j.
c Dennson. 6s; Lieut.. A n. Allison. 65;
Capt. Sheridan Ferree, 81: and Capt. Alex
| Summers, 30.
Association Match-Won by Major G. b.
Young. 15T; second. Lieut.. +. W. Holt. 1872;
third. Lieut. A. N. Allison, 126; fourth,
Major James E. Bell, $50.
A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.