Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-24
THE TARGETS.

petition will not be finished before to-
morrow evening. Each competitor fires
ten shots each at 200. 300, 800 and GOO yards
slow fire and similar number at 200 and
GOO yards, rapid fire, and participates in
two SkirmSh runs.
large number of spectators were in at
tendance.
In the national team match that will
open Saturday it has been decided that hits
only on the paper silhouette shall count;
that every shot in the national team match
shall be marked without challenge; that
at 800 and ,OO yards the time limit per
shot shall be l minute and Is seconds. in
stead of minutes and that communica-
ton between firing partners while actually
shooting shall be allowed. Coaching from
behind the line. however, Will not be per-
mitted.
Col. Federico De Mondeverde, military
attache of the Spanish embassy at Wash
ington Is guest on the range He Is
deeply interested in the work of the rife
men,
National Individual Match.
The national individual match. in prog
ress today, was open to the army. navy.
Marine Corps the organized militia of the
states and territories and the District of
Columbia. and to members of the National
Rifle Association and affiliated clubs. mill
tary or civilian. The kinds of fire are SLOW
rapid and skirmish. The distances are:
Slow fire-200 300, 500 and coo yards; ten
shots. Rapid tire-2OO and 800 yards; ten
shots. Skirmish fire-two runs The prizes
are as follows:
First, gold medal and SEQ; second gold
medal and $50; third, gold medal and $50:
fourth, gold medal and S45; fifth. silver
medal and $40; sixth, silver medal and $50;
seventh silver medal and $780, eighth, silver
medal and S25; ninth. bronze medal and
500 tenth. bronze medal and SIS; eleventh.
bronze medal and So and twelfth, bronze
medal and So
Additional ,,r;,ac. .,ola
cash prize of $50 to the competitor making
the highest aggregate score in slow fire
gold medal and cash prize of 500 to
the competitor making the highest aggre-
gate score in rapid fire.
gold medal and cash prize of 500 to
the competitor making the highest aggre-
gate score in skirmish fire
Expert Rif1emen In Attendance.
The District of Columbia's detachment of
expert riiemen is in good company
Camped with the National Guardsmen from
the nations capital are crack shots con-
shutting the representative teams Of the
cavalry branch and the infantry branch of
the United States army and the United
states navy, the United States Marine
Corps, the United States Military Academy,
the territory of Hawaii, and Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Georgia. New Jersey, Connect
cut, Massachusetts. Maryland Texas,
South Carolina, New York Rhode Island,
Vermont Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Maine Michigan, Florida, Iowa, Wis
consin, California, Oregon, Kansas, West
Virginia, Nebraska, Montana Washington,
Minnesota and Missouri
The officers Of the national board for the
promotion of rifle practice express disap-
pointment because of the failure of the
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis
to send a team to compete in the match for
the cadet cup. This cup was offered sew
arnJ 10 fnr 49, 1n
from Annapolis, West Point and military
colleges and universities. All members OF
the teams. 1t was provided. should be un-
dergraduates in attendance at the schools
represented by the teams. 1t was not I'M
til this year. however. that sufficient in
terest was aroused among the colleges to
admit of the holding of the match. but 1t
is declared, teams were promised Tor this
occasion by Annapolis. West Point, Cornell
and Princeton. The West Pointers arrived
here several days ago and are expected to
make a fine showing, not only in the cadet
match, but also In the big event OF the
tournament-the national team match.
Princeton and Cornell will also be repre-
scented, but the Annapolis authorities have
failed to send a team
In view of the fact that the United
States navy and the United States Marine
Corps are strongly represented to oppose
the army and the National Guard in the
strife for glory and prizes. naval omcers
who are here and everybody else for that
matter do not hesitate to express regret
that Annapolis is not going to compete
with West Point in the cadet match and
the other competitions in which such teams
are eligible.
Dark Horses in the Field.
The latitude for speculation as regards
the winner of the national team match Is
without limit. Nobody seems to know any
thing about anybody else. There are SO
many dark horses in the field today that
the pickins Of the winner is, more so than
ever before a matter of conjecture. Each
team is keeping strictly to itself the results
of its practice work. and not until the con-
illusions reached in the national team
match will it be possible to intelligently size
up the capabilities of any of the teams.
The team from Hawaii, for instance, Is