Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-11-14
NATIONAL RIFLE
MATCH in Ohio
fF STATE CAN SATISFY BOARD
THAT ACCOMMODATIONS
ARE AMPLE
SEA GIRT LAST YEAR
Fewt as&sy Mas Prominent csnGa-
date for canssgs-Ne*er Before
Held In Central States

Washington. Nov Ia Although
the national hoard for promotion ot
rifle practice ill asss decide upon Ina
range wh*ee st~ ne&& national match
h IN b. shot uu*lg next January, tha
matter ~ exciting much interest
amanng rt*l~n4*n Tr~4e are always
two candidates, Svn CIR. New 1ege
ses. and Fart Riley. Kansas. with
Cr~edu4m,r. N%w Yogk. In The bach
ground But this yrax Ohio In I'm the
lead and il sn@ ran satisfy the hazard
that her acs~.elas @iatis:,& ate ample,
- stesna% rssess Isk%ly. "at- wiil pTUt%
ably g~s~t.Ise the honor Never has
the Rational match been shsa In th~
central kRAses. unless Fuva Riley ~
considered In that territory Thu"
presence 1T 0sat. Thousand maEksunen,
competing fn- rich psI2&.s aud hoDssE
ed trophies, ls calculated 40 give tn"
sport an in11sesms throughout the ter
II Is therefore thought that If they
ara he'd In Ohio next August and
September IL win encourage the
practice In that. and the ~neiehbor'
Ing states, as nothing els" would do.
1t would also stimulate other states
to construct ranges on which the ma
tl0nal matches a be shot.
The board IL In receipt Of interest
Ing information concerning the new
Ohio range. II IL located near Port
Clinton, Ohio. and faces north with
the target butts at the lake front.
The water IL comparatively shallow
at this point. which would prevent
boats getting In close enough TO be
In the danger o The Lake Erie
shore at this point has % of the
finest bathing beaches on the Great
Lakes. The firing IL toward the
north, so 1t can be continued through
ont the dav with the maximum light
ON the targets all the time.
The range Is % miles from Toledo.
10 from Sandusky and so from Cleve"
land. %putin.Bay. the celebrated
Lake Erie resort, IL only twelve miles
across the lake and Ii visible from
he range, while eight north of the
range IL the scene Of perry's famous
victory. There are many other re-
sorts within easy distance of the
range. 10 there will be no lack of re-
creation for the shooters. Some hold
tha Idea that the fewer the outside
attractions. the more closely the
marksmen attend t business. While
this is partly true, IL Is nature To
combine q business with pleasure
where possible. and the more attrac
tive the range the larger the attend
ance, Next to the range the ONO
Rifle association has purchased about
thirty acres and by next August eS
meets to have a fine club house on
the order CT the one at Sea Girt'
All riflemen will be interested Ii
knowing that the Ohio range IN &c
laid out that there will be fifty tar
gets at each of the long. mid ant
short ranges. thus enabling eact
team in the national match to have
a target of It's own and to fire at I'M
same time and under the same con
ditions as the others. There will d.
a telephone for each battery OF tel
targets. the wires being laid under
ground. The latest type of the sig
nal corps telephone will he used an
the conduits are ready for ins'alia
tion. The skirmish field will accom-
mediate fifty men on a run "hic'
number can be doubled by runnin.
on the long range. Over one-thir'
of the concrete wall for the butts
has been completed, and over hal
the targets are on the ground. h
are being erected as rapidly as pos
sible. The Aiken target, an al
steel apnaratus. Is being instaite
throughout the range.
One of the most important feature
IL the complete system of unde'
ground water supply and sewerage
Col f. r. Miller. assistant quartz
master general, writes that his a.
,artment means to make this Tea
ure of the camp grounds a mode
The water from Lake Erie will
thoroughly filtered, and the sewe
will be disposed of by filtratio
in An especially prepared filter a.
proved by the state board Of heait'
The entire range will be lighted h
electricity. As Ohio has new ten
age for sixty-five hundred men, thel
will be no lack of accommodation
although 1t IL expected the atten
ance next year will be much lars'
than It was this year.
The matches of the National Riff
association viii probably precee
those OF the National Board for Il
Promotion of Rifle Practice.