Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-09

prizes are the Soldier Of Marathon" pre-
scented by the commander-in-chiefo on be-
half CT the state of New York, and $500
cash; fourth, $3.50; fifth. 500; sixth. $50.
Each member of the winning team will
also receive a handsome medal in honor of
the event. The three trophies to be
competed for annually.
The company team match. which was
postponed from Monday, will be finished
tomorrow. the remaining teams number
ing over dozen. which did not finish their
scores owing to darkness. The other
matches scheduled for tomorrow include
the tyro team match, veterans match and
carbine team match.
The tyro team match is open to teams of
three men from any company, battery or
troop of the organized militia of any state,
the UNITED States army. any ships COM
pany of the naval reserve or the United
States navy or marine corps. Only men,
bers of teams will be eligible to shoot who
have never been on winning team at
Sea Girt previous to the present meeting.
Five shots at 200 yards and the same num-
Der at 500 are the number allowed team
members. The prizes are the Peters trophy,
given by the Peters Cartridge COMPANY of
Cincinnati, Ohio, valued at 500, to become
the property of the winning team The
second prize is SIS; third. $40, and fourth,
S.. Each member of the winning team is
also presented with a medal
Carbine Team Match.
The carbine team match is open to teams
of five men from any regiment, squadron or
troop of cavalry or any military organiza-
ton armed with carbine of the army, Ma
tional Guard or any foreign government
Seven shots are allowed at 200 and 500
yards. The prize is for the winning team,
$50 and a medal to each member of the
team, and second prize, $25
The veteran organization team match Is
open to teams of six men from any veteran
National Guard or organization Of any
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being allowed each man. The prize is a
handsome trophy to be held by the winning
team for one year.
The interclub match Is for the champion
ship Of the United States among rifle clubs
and is open to teams of five men from any
club or association in the United States.
The distance Is 200 yards, ten Shots with
any military rifle. The prizes the cham
pionship banner and a medal to the winning
team of gold, and silver and bronze medals
to the members of the second and third
teams.
The National Match.
The largest and most important rife
match ever arranged in this country was
the big national match. the first three
stages of which were shot yesterday In
this match the largest number of teams
ever entered gathered together to compete
against each other. participa ted. breaking
all records for previous matches on the Sea
Girt range This Is probably due to the fact
that the match was arranged, planned and
carried out under the direction of the War
Department and the range turned over to
officers of the regular army to make the
match success.
Through the national government the ex-
penses for subsistence and transportation
was paid and in addition to this the men
paid for their services while competing In
the contest. Heretofore the expenses were
borne by the respective states which sent
teams to compete. AS a result several Of
the states declined to send teams owing to
the great expense. but now that the matter
is in charge of the government and Con-
gress has made the necessary approprfa-
lions covering this point teams were pres
ent and took part in the shoot yesterday
which had never been represented hereto
fore.
The trophy, which was presented for this
match by Congress, Is valued at 81. 600. and
in addition the winning team receives $500
in cash. The states represented nearly
every section of the country, and also the
regular army. navy and the marine corps.
This is the first time in which all these
three branches have been represented In a
match. The regular army and the marines
have participated in matches within the
past two years, but this Is the nrst time
that team has been entered representing
the navy.
Shoot Opened Promptly.
Promptly at $50 o'clock yesterday morn
ing Maj. j. F. Guilfoyle of the 18th United
States Cavalry announced the opening of
the meeting, and at the sound Of the bugle,
commence firing" the crack of the rife
started and continued until dusk last even
ing. Previous to that hour Major Guilfoyle
appeared on the grounds and completed
all of the arrangements for the marking
of the targets and posted the scores on
the firing line. The captains OF the teams
represented were ordered to place their
ammunition on the firing line and have 1t
inspected. This was done in order that the
chance for using other than regular gov
eminent ammunition would be eliminated
and every team have fair play. 1t was ru-
mored on the grounds that one of the
teams was coming prepared with special
ammunition. loaded In the government car
| tridges and sealed in the same boxes as
issued to them by the government.
The inspection OF the ammunition was fol-
lowed by a detail Of regular army officers,
who weighed the trigger pull On every con-
testant's gun, and when this was completed
the last step for the opening Of the match
had been taken.
The drawing for targets took place. and
lumbia drew No. IL. The regular army
team drew target No. 10. but this did not
seem to cause any uneasiness among the
members of the team
Opened for the District.
The first two men to open firing on the
District team were Private Maurice Apple