Evening star., 1907-08-19

shots. slow fire. Prizes: $50 s15, $40 IS.
First Brigade match-unsquadded com
petition 600 .S yards. ten ten shots. slow fire
Second Brigade match-Unsquadded COM
petition, 500 yards, ten shots, slow fire.
Prizes: s25. $50. SIS $40, So.
Buckeye match-Unsquadded competition,
$50 and medal, $50, sl5, SIS, $40, $40. S.,
S. S. So
All-comers' .22-caliber match-Unsquad-
ded competition, 800 and 800 yards. "a
target ten shots and two sighters at each
range. Prizes: SO, $S. ST, $4, 81 and five
prizes 81 each
Egg pooI-6OO yards Target. three-inch
black disc in the center of the bull of a
"B'' target. A competitor hitting the egg
will be given So.
Revolver Shooting.
Du Ponr tyro match; distance 500 yards
seven shots; open to those who have never
won first, second or third prize in any
individual match of the National Rife AS
sociation; prizes, 500 given by the Du
Pont Powder Company, distributed as fol-
lows: SO. ST. s15, s12 $40, IS, 81, Sc, $5.
Match A; so per cent medal; five shots at
either 200, 300, SEQ. GOO. SEQ. 900, 1000 yard
ranges; any competitor making total or
20 or more on any one ticket will receive a
bronze medal A special prize of SO will
be given to the competitor making the high
est aggregate in this match during the
meeting.
Match B; 30 per cent medal; ten shots at
either 200, 800, eco or 600 yards; any COM
petitor making a total of 45 or more on any
one ticket will receive silver medal. A
special prize of s25 is also offered in this
event to the competitor making the highest
aggregate during the meeting.
The revolver and pistol matches include
a number of interesting events In which the
crack shots from the District WIFI be given
an opportunity to display their expertness
with the smaller arms. The all-comers' mil !.
itary revolver match is an unsquadded COM
petition at 90 yards, five snots slow fire on
United States target A. The prizes are:
so. s15. $40. IS. So.
AE-comers' long-range military revolver
match; unsquadded competition; 75 yards,
slow fire, on United States target A, five
shots. Prizes. SIS. $40. s.. s..
Cavalry revolver match; unsquadded COM
petition; distance fifty yards; timed fire;
Prices $40, So s..
Rapid-f1re revolver match; unsquadded
competition; twenty-five yards: ten seconds
to each score Of five shots. Prizes. gold
medal and SO, So So
Revolver championship; to the competitor
making the highest aggregate totals in the
all-comers military revolver match; all
corners iong-range military revolver match;
cavalry revolver match and rapid-fire re-
$16
Business Meetings.
At o'clock tomorrow morning the IA
nous Presidents match will be commenced
and the interest in this match promises to
be the greatest in the history Of rifle shoot
Ing. The match is a squadded compel; ton
and is open to the army, navy Marine
Corps. United States Naval and Military
academies organized militia of the states
and territories and the District. The match
VIII consist Of one skrmish run of twenty
shots; two sighting shots and ten shots for
record, at 800 yards, slow fire: two sighting
shots and ten shots for record at COO yards,
slow fire. The fifty competitors having the
nlghest aggregate score at the first stage
OF the match will shoot in the second stage,
put any other competitor not coming with
IN the first fifty, and dt string to continue in
the match may do So upon the payment Of
an additional entrance fee.
The second stage will consist of ten shots
at 2OO yards. rapid fire: two sighting shots
and ten shots at $40 yards; two sighting
shots and ten shots for record at 1000
yards The second stage will continue i'm
mediately following the first stage.
The prizes in this event will be as fol-
lows To the competitor making the highest
aggregate score, $50: second $40; third. $40:
fourth. $50; fifty. $10 FIVE prizes Of $5 each
Tor the next five lest scores, $25: to the
competitor making the highest skirmish
1un, S2o; to the competitor making the high.
est score at rapid fire, SO In addition to
the above to the competitor making the
highest aggregate score in this match and
the national individu II match will be given
the gold medal emblenatic of the individual
military championship of the United States
and the Presidents autograph letter In
the event that the match is not completed
tomorrow. firing will begin at the same
hour Wednesday morning until the match
is concluded.
The annual meeting of the National Rife
Association of America for the election of
twelve directors to fill the places of those
whose terms of office expire January l next
will be held at the clubhouse of the Ohio
State Rifle Association Thursday evening at
o'clock Those whose terms expire this
year are Gen. Lawranson Riggs. command
ing Maryland National Guard; Col Edward
L. Miller. assistant QuartermaSter general
Ohio National Guard: Maj Gen. P Farmer
Wanser, commanding New Jersey National
Guard; Maj E. Claude Goddard ordnance
officer. 1st Brigade. Pennsylvania National
Guard: Mr.. ]. A. Haskell New York city;
Revolver Club; Lieut.. Albert S. Jones. Ma
tional Guard, New Jersey, retired; Mr
Nathan Spering, president Philadelphia
Rifle Association: MIR. William Hayes, New
ark N. j.: Mr.. Thomas H Keller New
York city; Capt. E. B. Bruch, list Regi-
ment, National Guard of New York and
Brig. Gen. Arthur Fridge, adjutant gen
eral, Mississippi!
A working quorum Of the executive COM
mittee of the National Rifle Association of
America will be present during the tourna-
ment and any appeals from the decision of
the executive officer must be submitted to
the secretary within twenty-four hours of
the decision complained of, otherwise no
appeal will be considered 1t is proposed to
dispose of all appeals within forty-eght
hours after the close of the meeting.