Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-01

The good work was continued in the
Wimbledon cup match for the Lagrange
championship; Out Of field of PA com
eighth place with score of 43 out of a,
possible 90.
To indicate just how close was the finish,
Private Appleby of the District finished
Horace Bell, formerly of the District won
fourth prize, and Capt. Graham Of the
army, for many years District guards
man, finished fifth.
The winning score was 49, First, second
and third prizes were captured by Ohioans.
Many here predict that Ohio will capture
the national trophy. Other District rifle
don match were: Stevens. Byrnes, Wether-
and McNaiiy.
Gen. Harries has departed from the range
week. Col, Brett. adjutant general of the
District militia, arrived here late yester-
day. The Districts team in the Dryden
match consists of Heidenreich. Robbins,
Magruder, Reichelderfer, Cookson
Groome, Leizear and Appleby.
AT the 2OO-yard stage, with strong wind
blowing, Groome made AZ out Of a possible
90, the highest score Of any competitor
shooting.
Interesting Portion Of Range.
Perhaps the most interesting portion of
the range, next to that wherein the firing
Is conducted, is the section allotted as the
camp of the rifiemen and Of the regular
troops. 1t Is in the form Of square, with
broad avenue in the CENTER crossed by
about twenty-five streets. In passing along
the avenue streets have been named after
the states whose teams occupy the tents
fronting on the same, beginning with the
order of the admission Of the states to the
Union.
Each state detachment is plainly marked
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Of each team the standard Of the team
floats in the breeze. Scattered over the
range are red danger flags. marking the
limits of the firing zone. A stiff breeze is
snowy canvas and futtering remnants pre-
sents a beautiful and inspiring sight when
the sun is shining.
Promoting the Cause.
"Those who have been foremost in pro-
noting the cause Of rife practice have
reason to congratulate themselves because
of the marked improvement as seen by the
results so far at this meeting" Mr.. Will
liam Wolf Smith of Washington, who is
connected with the national board for the
promotion of rifle practice, said today. LAS
an example l may cite the fact that not
only was the record in the Leech cup
match broken, but it was smashed by all
five prize winners. This time-honored con-
test was instituted in 1874. During the
thirty-two years that the cup has been in
competition there have been many excel
lent scores, which makes the results this
year all the more gratifying. Another in
stance Is the Hale match, in which the
winner made ten consecutive bulls eyes.
at coo yards-a perfect score.
The meet now in progress is notable Mr..
Smith went on to say, because of the in
creased attendance of teams and individ-
uals. and for the unusually large number
of cups and cash prizes. The latter appeal
strongly to individual marksmen, but it is
significant that they are regarded by the
teams as secondary to the honor of pos
sessing trophies for purposes of display as
an evidence of prowess. The fees paid by
state and company teams to enter the
matches and for the individual members,