The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-25
OLD "SEA CRITTERS" ARE
AGAIN AT THE TARGET
Georgia's Team Will Be Composed of Several OF
the Former Trophy Winners.

States navy team has been at work
steadily since May. The United states
Marine Corps, which has been going
over every range daily since the mid
die of June, is regarded as possloie
dark horse. It's scoring has been
high-grade. Its commander is Lieut..
Holcombe, a member of the Palma
team. and high man on the team which
went to Canada for the Palma trophy
last September.
Besides the national match, there
are a number of other new contests.
OF these the most attractive is tnat
for the "a 900 trophy presented by sen
ator John +. Dryden of New Jersey Tor
teams of eighteen shots at 200, 800,
and 1000 yards. Under the auspices Oh
the National Association is the Sea-
bury long-range military rife matcn
for 500, presented by George J. sea
bury of New York, former secretary OF
the association. In the New Jersey
Rifle Association list, which now in
cludes thirty contests, are the kuser
Trophy match for the trophy presented
by Col. Anthony r.. Kuser of Trenton,
N. j.; the national marksman's matcn,
open to all male citizens of the United
States between Is and As years of age,
and designed to build up a riational
reserve of marksmen, and the revolver
team match for the trophy given by
Robert S. Hale of Boston.
Mirrors ms Sights.
The newest of the matches, however,
will be that with the hyposcope, the
invention of William Youlten of Eng
land, by which the flrer can aim by
mirrors while remaining completely
protected behind the embankment.
This match is at 500 yards, for which
a sandbag embankment will be erect
ed. 1t is possible that there will also
be a Calling gun match with the hy-
poscope.
New York is this year going after the
regimental team match. From, practice
at Creedmoor, she will send no less
than eight regimental teams besides
that from Squadron A, which will con-
test in the carbine and revolver team
matches. The regiments to be repre-
sented are the Seventh, Eighth, Ninth,
Twelfth. Thirteenth, Twenty-third,
Sixty-ninth, Seventy-first, and Seven
ty-Sourth. Among the companies which
will contest in the company team
match are B of the Seventh and three
or four from the Seventy first
Georgia Returns.
The Georgians, who left the 1899
tournament when New Jersey won the
Hilton match from them, are to re-
turn this wear.
A half dozen Of the Australians who
tried at Bisley for the Palma are COM
ing, including Capt. <Overshaw, Capt.
Sherwood of the Canadians will also
try his skill with the Yankees once
more
OF the Improvements at the range
the most important is the addition of
seven 1,000-yard targets and three 600
yard targets. The camp will this year
be shifted from between the club
house and the stables over to the CEN
ter of the field behind the 1000 yard
firing line
That the members of the winning
Palma team who compete in the tour
nament will have no advantage by
using the special barrels they used
in that contest, all other competitors
may be assured, for they will not
use those guns. They have been pack
ed away for use by next years Palma
team.
; Bull's-eye shooting has been abol-
ished. This change has been made at
the instance of Lieut.. A. s. Jones, Sec
rotary of the National Rifle Associa-
ton. In place of bull's-eye matches
have been substituted such cheap con-
tests as the souvenir and the national
marksman's, for which the entry fee
is the same as 1t was for the bulls
eyeS-25 cents s