Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-08
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Competitions at Sea Girt.

For q month to come interest in military
circles will center on the interstate shoot
ing tournament, including the thirty-f1rst
annual meeting of the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION Of America. the twelfth annual
| meeting of the New Jersey State Rifle AS
ISOLATION and the fourth annual meeting Of
the United States Revolver Association to
be held at Sea Girt, N. j., from September
to September II. inclusive. The District
National Guard will send brigade team
and score or more Of other riflemen to
participate in the several contests. Most
important of these is the national match
| to be shot September s and 8. 1t Is open
| to teams Of twelve men from the army,
t me navy; the Marine Mar Corps and the Ma
600. 500. 900 and 1000 yards, ten shots by
each competitor at each range To the
team making the highest aggregate total
the national trophy. authorized by act of
Congress, and $500 in cash. The team
making the second highest aggregate total
Will receive the Hilton trophy and 500:
the team making the third highest aggre.
gate the Soldier Of Marathon and 500:
the team making the fourth highest ag-
sregate total $3.50 in cash; the team max
Ing the fifth highest aggregate total 500
IN cash. and the team making the sixth
highest aggregate total $50 in cash. A
meoa! Will also be presented to each mem
Der or each of the prize winning teams
Inc matches of the National Rifle Asso-
cation include the Wimbledon cup match.
the Presidents match, the members match
me Leech cup match, the Seabury long
the West POint-Annapolis match
Ihe competitions Of the New Jersey State
Rifie Association include the members
maIch' the al-comers' military match. the
hayes match, the General E. P. Meany
match the New Jersey State Rife Assocta-
ton trophy match. the consolation match.
the Perrine memorial match, the inspectors
Enatch' the Spencer match. the Reading
tol,a
ven,r medal match, the carbine team match,
the company team match, the New Jersey
National Guard match, the Columbia trophy
match, the company team match the reei-
mental team match, the skirmish team
match, the kuser trophy rapid-fire match
the national marksman's match the vet
eran organization team match and the Dry
den trophy match, for trophy presented
by Senator Dryden of New Jersey
The usual revolver matches are also in
cluded n the program.
The indications are that the tournament
Will be the biggest affair of It's kind ever
held In this country, and that at least
twenty-five state teams will compete in the
national trophy match.
From British Point of View.
Commenting on the International Palma
Trophy match, the Field of London, among
other things, says:
THE particular feature of the Palma
match consisted in the fact that it had
to be shot -or with the national arm of
the country the teams represent being in
all respects of the pattern adopted and is
sued to the troops for service It would
seem as though this rule may be interpret
ed In very broad sense, for while all the
teams except the United States used wea-
pons Of a strict service pattern, the mem
bers of the American team were armed
with rifles which had been fitted with spe-
cial barrels having rif1ing making one
complete turn in eight inches, whereas this
figure Is ten inches for the official service
rifio. 1t is not Tor us TO object to a dcvia-
ton from the rules of the match which
has been allowed to pass without comment
by the council of the National Rife Acoo-
citation, but it is necessary to mention tho
circumstances in order to correct the i'm
preston that it was the United States
service rifle which won the match. The
service rifle was there bar the barrel and
1t cannot be denied that this is an i'm
pOrtant part of a military weapon"