The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-20
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& Target Shoot at Sea- Girt! Will VII
Be the Greatest il 81
~ History.
VERY ATTRAcTlv PRIZES.
THE General Interest Is Conferred
iii thesNationa Team
", Match.

ig IA SEA J1Rr NJ. j, \ August 2o.--Late re-
Y ports received here are to the effect
4 that ii nearly every state of ftlie Union
A tho flower o. tho expert rifle shots,es-
pccialy those connected with8the MILF
tnry establishment. are deYotirg amucn
& OF their 3ottcntion and time to prepar n Y
i lions for participation lin the great target
competition to be hold here, beginning
Il August Tth.I It is already assured that
b the coming meet viii be the occasion, Of
i the largest gathering OF military rifle
u shots ever. held In this country. The
Il meet will be Under the auspices Of . b,
National Board for tho n Pronotion ot
& Rifle Practice, the National Rifle AS
b ISOLATION OF America and the New ] ersey
u State Rifle Association. "a It u ID expected
VI that at ca s i forty teams $of lively men
III each, representing u the several 8 States,
the army, 4 navy and marine corps and
i island .poHsesslons55 will compete In tho
a national team match alone. In the ma
e tional individual match g modest esti-
q mate Is that the competitors will NUM-
Il Der fully one thousand mem Is n ss iS
Attractive Prizes.
The national individual "A ma tch Is at.
trnctlng attention TO an unprecedented
4 degree this year BY reason OF the attrac-
tive prizes offered. The match Is shot
nndcrsthe auspices OF the National Board
% for&the Promo don OF Rifle Practice. and
n. Congress has provided four gold medals,
F four silver medals, four Y bronze medals
& ana 1880 IN cash. for prizes. Private par
5 ties, however, have contributed s., 0lo adj d.
ditional making total OF q, 400, the
4 largest sum ever offorOA In this country
fl forlca prizes In n rtl3e competition.
First Sprizefiss 81 900 in caBh and the gold
Il medal provided by Congress. That almost
4 approximates the King 81 prize, presented
Il BY King Edward to the National Rifle
81 Association OF Great Britain, which
amount To 1920. and which Il ls 4 accom-.
y panied by q gold medal and 2 }S gold
Y badge. "a Sis i fJs 81
"a General interest Is centered on tho.
{ national team mat oh, also aut horized
& 81 Congress, ana conducted Under The
f auspices OF the Ma tlonal Board for the the
Promotion OF Rifle Practice. This COM
petition Is opcngto teams OF twelve mon
each from the army, Il ma Wy, ma rlne corps.
* ttn$militnry and naval acad les %of ne
United States and the Ma tional Guard
or each State and the District Of Colum-3
4 bia. NJ. 935 53.s5it x BIZ
& teams, one Representing the Infantry and
the other the cavalry. Neither West
& Point nor Annapolis will compete I'm the
match this year. First prize Is ! ne y - a
tIonal Trophy, $500 In cash and gold med
nls Tor the ten ii nernl,c rs. a pre- yid t
~ Congress-. There arc five OF her prizes
including the Hilton Trophy . and ne ,li.,
4 bronze Soldier OF Marathon,
5I Under the supervision OF the National
h Rife Association OF America "a large
number OF competitions will be shot. In
I. Guiding the Presidents match. Tor Z. tne
s military championship OF the " United
States and the Wimbledon Cup Match g. CHI
Dryden Trophy Match.
NJ The most Important OF the many con-
+ tests under the auspices OF the New
E Jersey# state Rifle Association ~ III be
the Dryden trophy team match. the
leading prize Is an unusually cosLi y tr =
r phy. presented by United states SEM l3 tor
dryden, OF New y ersey !, Y, !. + 81
The tournament will begin with the
matches or the National Rifle 7Asso 't;las
4 tion Of America and OF the New Jersey
Il Rine Association. Il They will 5he In pro- q
& 3rresy ali "a en- tire week. The natlona!
matches are scheduled to start La 20 r
"a Day, Monday, September Sd, and 10 I
continue through to Thursday 9 9 s tn nat
B week. and probably longer. 81. !, 5$t
gT&SThe order OIL 6VeHlS
4 lumbia trophy match, and company team
match Monday, August 81; the syeter "a!
match, Hale match and Leech cup D ma lcll;
x TUESDAY; tho company tyro match ana
Wimbledon cup match, " dnesday;...t z.
cnrbine match, on hand militaryz ma tcl,;
\ ideaI. reglmental 4 mat and 5regi mentaii
skirmish match. Thursday; the res menu IN,
team match and inter-col leglate1 match q,
e friday the Dryden match, Press mate e.
and revolver team match, SATURDAY. t -,
4 President 8 match and inter-clu bj ,nlalcn,
& Monday. September the national. I .eam
match, Tuesday September 4, and Ny y, "a
nesdny. September s; and the national y, m
q diyidual and national pistol m Z!
Thursday, September 9. which vii con !
Y In the national team match there VIII
B be GLOW. "a Did and skirmlsh fire. with Two
siEhting shots and ten shots for record a 7
zach range The United States service
rines and carbines. with mot less than 9
a three pound trigger pull, WILL be used, as
81 we'll az the service cartridge ms &mann-
fact,,red and Issued by the. ordnanc q de-
Z. partment OF the United States army
En- Miss Smith Appointed.
Il Miss NJ. *. Smith, formerly OF ST
4 ynke's Hospital New. y ork and lore. ro @
centlySof st. Luke's Hospital. San FRA =. !,
tsaa' i,o y haen fappoint ed directreSs OF