The Jersey City news., 1902-08-28
AT SEA CIRT
RIFLE RANGES
Three Famous Tournaments
Open in Conjunction To-
morrow With Great
Entry.
NEW JERSEYS SHOOTERS
Will Be Conspicuous in All
Events Practice of Early
Arrivals Promises
Fine Sport.


country are assembling at Sea Girt to
participate in the thirteenth annual
meeting of the National Rifle Asseeia-
tion, tile eleventh of the New jersey
Rifle Association. and the third of the
United States Revolver Association, all
of which open in conjunction at the fam
Gus camping grounds tomorrow morning
and to continue until Sept. 6.
The general impression is that this
years shoot will be more strenuously
cepting perhaps only the memorable Hill
ton trophy battle in 1899. While there
will be no international match this year.
that lack will be compensated for by the
presence. for the first time in the his
tory of Sea Girt matches of large rep
resentation of the Regular Army. For
years the officers of the National Asso-
citation have sought ito interest the Gov
eminent in the annual matches, but not
until this. year has the War Department
teams here. The Department of the East
will send teams from the infantry and
cavalry and perhaps the artillery; the
War Department mas detailed Captain
0, M. Lissah of the Ordnance Depart-
nlent; Lieutenant u. t. Smith, of the
Ninth Infantry, and Captain Frank l..
Graham, of the Porto Rico Infantry (pro-
visionaD. Colonel Frank Phipps, of tile
Sprintield Armory, will also be here tc
study the experiments in rifing and am
munition, and the War Department has
written General Bird w. Spencer, the
president of the National Association and
executive officer of the range, acknowl-
euging that Sea Girt excels the Govern
ment in getting results in rifle shooting.
TO PERFECT ARMS.
BY special action the National and
New Jersey Rifle Associations have or
dered that, to assist, if possible in per
fecting the arms and in giving opportun-
ity for testing the present riding of the
United States .3Ocalbre rifle compared
WITH the best private makes, rifles fitted
with barrels by private makers will be
admitted, under certain specified condi-
tions, to all the Individual matches. ex-
cepting the Presidents.
For preliminary practice the teams
have arrived earlier than usual this year.
Yesterday Massachusetts,, New Jersey.
pennsylvania, the United States Marine
Corps. the Old Guard Of New York and
the advance guards of the District of
Columbia team were busy experimenting.
The entries for the great Hilton and in
terstate military matches are besides the
regular army, the following:=United
States Marine Corps, New York, New
Jersey, District of Columbia Massaehu-
setts, Maryland. Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Porto Rico. Maine may get here. IL
linois has withdrawn on account of the
lack of funds. The entering of the Porto
Rlcans has created a good deal of in
terest. They are listed, not as colonial
troops nor as troops from foreign
country, but as part of the United
States army.
For this years tournament the range.
has been immensely improved in several
respects and there are more targets.
VI GANtl\NT EN EINI.
The shoot will open with the Columbia
trophy and New Jersey National Guard
matches, both open only to Jersey regi
mental teams. On Saturday will come
the Inspectors and the Wimbledon cup
match for the $500 cup presented by the
National Rifle Association of Great Brit
ain. The carbine team, revolver team
and interclub contests will take place on
Monday the Hilton trophy on Tuesday
for the $4,000 trophy presented by the
late Hon. Henry Hilton of New York
the company team and regimental team
on Wednesday; the interstate military
and tyro company team, Thursday: the
skirnlish team and Leech cup, Friday.
and the Presidents match for the milf
tary championship of the United States
on Saturday.
Two more teams reached the range
yesterday evening, Ohio and Maryland.
From Ohio there are fifteen men, in COM
mand of Colonel Henry Taylor. Last
year the Buckeyes were tail-enders with
the old Springfelds This year. with the
Krag and several Weeks practice, they
hope to do much better rrhe Maryland
aggregation, eighteen in number, include
d State team. the Fifth Regiment team
and the Troop A carbine team.
The Canadians, who wanted to start
the Palma match at Ottawa on Septem-
her 13 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
have granted the urgent request Of the
National Rifle Association to start it in