Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-22
BIC SHOOT AT
SEA GRIT RANGE
Program of the Annual Meeting
Next Month.
INDIVIDUAL PRIZE OF $1,000
Competitions Conducted by Authority
of Congress.
APPROPRIATION FOR TROPHIES
Army, Navy, National Guard and
Civilians Interested-Executive
officer From Regulars.
APPROPRIATION FOR TROPHIES

lion or Rlne Practice, the thirty-fourth an
nual matches of the National Rife AS
ISOLATION of America and the sixteenth an
nUaI matches of the New Jersey State Riff
Association at Sea Grit, n. j.. from August
~ to September 6 inclusive, has just been
prepared and Is OF interest not only to
national guardsmen, but to other local rifle
men.
The Sea Girt meet this year will be the
most elaborate of its kind in the history
OF the United States. A change in the or
der OF events has been made. The national
team match. national Individual match and
national pistol matches will conclude the
tournament. Such arrangement Will
give the competitors the advantage OF
practice to be derived by shooting In the
preliminary ma tches, to better their train
ing for the national contests. The change
was also made owing to the large number
Of entries I'm the national individual match
last year. 1t was expected there would be
about 1O1 entries. but nearly GOO competi-
tors appeared. Several days were required
to complete the match. and disarrange-
ment of ates resulted.
The order of events will be: The Columbia
trophy match. and Company team match,
Monday August 81; the veteran match.
bale match and Leech cup match. Tuesday
the company tyro match and Wimbledon
cup match, Wednesday: the carb!ne match.
off-hand military match, ideal, reSimental
match and regimental skirmish match.
Thursday; the regimental team match and
inter collegiate match, Friday; the Dryden
match Press match and revo.ver team
match Saturday; the Pres, dents match
and inter-club match. Monday, September
3; the national team match, Tuesday, Sep
tember T. and Wednesday, September ., and
the national individual and national pistol
matches, Thursday, September 6, which
will conclude the program.
National Team Match.
The national team match is open to teams
Of twelve men each from the army of the
United States: two one cavalry and one
infantry: United States navy. one; United
States Marine Corps, one; United States
Military Academy, one: United States Ma
val Academy. one; the National Guard or
uniformed militia of the several states and
territories. including the District of Column
bia, one team from each state, territory
and the District of Columbia. the members
of each team to be officers cadets, midship-
men or enlisted men of the corps or or
ganization which they represent and TO
appear In the service or authorized uni
form. There will be slow, rapid and Skin
mish fire with two sighting shots and ten
shots for record at each range. The United
States service rifles and carbines, with not
less than three pound trigger pull, Will be
used az well as the service cartridge
manufactured and issued by the ordnance
department of the United States army. The
distances will be: Slow fire. 2oO, 600 500
and LOCO yards: rapid fire, 200 yards; Skin
mIsh fire one run. The prizes for this
match will be the national trophy. to be
competed for annually, and 1900 cash for
the team making the highest aggregate
total. The team making the second aggre
gate total the Hilton trophy presented by
the late Henry Hilton of New York. to be
competed for annually, and 500 In cash;
the team making the third highest aggre-
gate total. the bronze soldier of Marathon.
presented bv the commander-in-chief on
behalf Of the state of New York. to be
competed for annually, and $50 in cash;
the team making the fourth highest aggre-
gate total 500 in cash. fifth, $40: sixth,
SO, and also a medal to each member OF
the six winning teams.
The national individual match Is open to
the army. navy and Marine Corps, cadets
OF the United States Military Academy,
midshipmen Of the United States Naval
Academy. the organized nslitia of the
states and territories and the District of
Columbia and members of the National
Rifle Association OF America and affiliated
clubs The distances are 200 yards. slow
fire; coo wards. slow fire; 500 yards, slow
fire: POO yards rapid fire. one skirmish run;
1000 yards, slow fire.
Prize of $1,000.
Valuable prizes will be presented in the
national Individual match The winner is
to receive not only the $50 and gold medal
provided by Congress. but $40 In cash in
untary contributions. which makes the prize
for the man who lands in first place 81. goo
and gold medal. The prize is regarded as
exceptionally attractive, being the largest
ever offered in individual rife match
In this country. The second prize is a
gold medal. $50 appropriated by Congress
and S345 from voluntary contributions.
The prizes In addition to the above are as
follows. Third prize. gold medal and 500;
flrt- mi .nI NJ
prize, silver medal and 500; sixth prize.
silver medal and ST5; seventh prize, silver
medal and $85; eighth prize, silver medal
and So. ninth prize. bronze medal and $50;
tenth prize bronze medal and S45: eleventh
prize bronze medal and $40: twelfth prize,
bronze medal and s35; thirteenth prize
$50, fourteenth prize, 50; fifteenth prize,
$50; sixteenth prize. SIS: seventeenth
prize, S14; eighteenth prize, S13: nineteenth
prize, $40: twentieth prize. S11: twenty-first
prize, $40 tweuty-second prize 50; twenty
third prize. IS; twentyfourth prize. 81:
twenty-hfth prize. 50. and twenty-sixth
prize. s.. One gold medal and a cash prize
Of so Will be given 10 the competitor max
Ing the highest aggregate score In slow
ire. one gold medal and cash prize OF
$50 20 the competitor making the highest
aggregate score In rapid fire and one gold
medal and a cash prize of 500 TO the COM
petitor making the highest aggregate score
In skirmish fire.
In the national pistol match the distances
and classes OF FIRE are; Slow Are. twenty
seconds 10 each shot. ten shots rs yards:
no sighting shots. Time fire. twenty Sec
ouds 10 each score OF five shots, ten shots.
p and so yards; no sighting shots. Rapid
tire. eight seconds 20 each score of five
shots. ten shots. Is and d yards: no sight
Ing shots. Shots to be fired in scores of
five at each distance at each range. The
prizes are: -Four gold medals and cash
prizes, sos "a gold medal to each OF the
four competitors making the highest ag-
gregate scores, and cash prizes In the
der OF merit as follows: $50 s2S. so and
s2,. Four silver medals and cash prizes
SEQ. a silver medal to each of the four
competitors making the highest aggregate
scores after the gold medal scores and
cash prizes OF SIS each Four bronze
medals and cash prizes. $40 "a bronze
medal 10 each OF the four competitors
making the highest aggregate scores after
the silver medal scores and cash prizes OF
$40 eacf) One gold medal and a cash
prize of so to the competitor making the
highest aggregate score In slow fire. One
gold medal and a cash prize of Sl5 to the
competitor making the highest aggregate
score In timed fire. One gold medal and
SIS cash prize 10 the competitor making
the highest aggregate score In rapid fire.
National Rifle Association Matches.
The matches of the National Rife Asso-
citation OF America are:
Wimbledon cup match. long range cham