The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-08-16
WIEN InEI OnUUl
Kansas Marksmen Are Gather
ing in Topeka.
Will Leave Tomorrow for Great
Government Tournament.
ONLY THE VERY BEST.
Each State Selects It's Own
Prize Winners.
Many Trophies Are offered by
Uncle Sam.
ONLY THE VERY BEST.

Members of the rife team which will
represent Kansas at the Sea Girt shoot
are arriving. The team will leave To-
peka Thursday morning, and it is nee
essary for them to get to Topeka in
time to draw their supplies from the
state arsenal.
The shoot does not begin until August
a, but the Kansas team will put in
three days practicing on the govern
ment ranges at Sea Girt. At this pre-
hminary shoot on August 81, % and %,
the II men who will represent Kansas
will be selected from the Is who are
taken along in the party. Of the six
who do not get into the team three will
be alternates, and three will hold down
the jobs of captain, coach and spotter.
Sea Girt. N. J.. is the scene of the
biggest ShOOt-feSt in the country. In
connection with the third annual gov
eminent matches, under the direction
of the national board for the promotion
of rifle practice, which is an exclusive
ly military affair there will also take
place the twenty-third annual matches
of the National Rife Association of
America and the fourteenth annual
matches of the New Jersey State Rifle
association
It happens that several of the best
rifle shots in the state of Kansas are
not eligible for the Kansas rifle team
this year, owing to their short enlist
ment in the K. N. G. Two Of these
crack shots will accompany the Kansas
team at their own expense for the pur-
pose of participating in some of the
events which are open to all
There are only three matches under
the direct charge of the government
The big one is the National Trophy
Match, for which the government offers
a solid gold plate, appropriately ernboss-
ed and engraved, together with $500 in
cash as the first prize. There are six
other similar prizes. The second is the
Hilton trophy and 5000 in cash; the
third is the Soldier of Marathon" a
fourth, fifth and sixth prizes are $1O0,
SIS and $50 respectively. Each member
of winning team is also given a
medal.
The national trophy shoot is open to
one team from the o. S. cavalry, one
from the U. S. infantry, one from the
navy, one from the marine corps, one
from the Military academy, one from
the Naval academy, and one from each
national guard of the several states and
territories.
Three kinds of shots are fired in the
national trophy match, and the match
extends over three days. August a. %
and 90. The three kinds of shots are
designated as slow. rapid and skirnish.
In slow firing. the marksman is given
20 seconds for each shot. He has ten
shots at each of the following ranges:
200 yards, 900 yards, 800 yards and 1000
yards. From the 200 yard range, he
must shoot standing up. From the 9th
er ranges, he must shoot lying down,
with his head toward the target
For the rapid firing, the procedure is
given as follows in the regulations:
THE magazine is filled five cartridgesl
one cartridge loaded therefrom, and the
piece then held at position ready At a
signal given at the firing point trumpet
or Telephony the target appears, re-
and 80 seconds at 500 yards. then dis
appears. The competitor attempts to
fire his five shots. emptying the maya