Arizona republican., 1908-08-12
SHOOTING TOURNAMENT
 Al CAMP PERRY RANCE
The Greatest Meeting of Fiflemen
 Ever Seen in this Country.

Camp Perry Range Ohio, Aug. g. Special Correspondence of The Re publican) Jon Monday morning the greatest military shooting tournament ever seen in this country will be in augurated on the ohio state range. Already hundreds of contestants are on the ground and during the next ten days they will be constantly arriving for the National Team match. The great shooting event does not begin until two weeks from tomorrow. Meanwhile. however. there will be an abundance of exciting sport to keep the contestants and spectators inter ested. for the next two weeks will be fully occupied by the matches of the National Rifle association, the Ohio National guard and the Ohio State Rifle association. The Ohio matches will be shot first and will consume Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Those of the Ohio National guard will be open only to members of that organization. but all of the Ohio Rifle association will be open to mem bers of thl Ohio National guard as well as of the association, while many will be open to all regimental team match. for teams of twelve, and will be followed by the Company Team match, the state individual rifle match, company pistol match and individual pistol match. The matches of the Ohio State Rifle association to which entrance is limited. are as follows: The Hall Medal match, Bryant Novice match. Sixth Inrantry Novice match, Second Brigade Trophy Novice match. Experts short range, Experts 600-yard, Experts S0O- yard, Experts 1,OOO-yard Lilley medal, Clement medal, Naval trophy, Novice Aggregate and Expert Aggregate matches. Other matches of the Ohio State Rifle association to which the entrance restrictions do not apply are the All-Comers offhand, All Corners 600-yard, the Hale, the Peters trophy, O. s. R. A. trophy, All Comer's 300-yard. Buckeye match Q,0OO- yard). due Pont Tyrh. so per cent medal 90 per cent medal, Individual Rapid Fire, All-COmers Mil-range, Second Brigade, All-COmers Short Range aggregate, All Corners Range aggregate, Grand du Pont aggregate. AllComers Long Range aggregate. and the Her rick Trophy match. There will also be a number of revolver matches. among them the so per cent medal matches at 9, 50 and 75 yards, Rapid Fire revolver match, All-Comers Milf tary revolver match, automatic pistol match cavalry revolver match and the championship service team match.
 Of these the most important is the Herrick Trophy match for the trophy presented by eX-GOvernOr Myron T.
 Herrick of Ohio This is an immense and unusually handsome solid silver loving cup costing about s4,500 and phesented by Gov. Herrick for annual competition on the Camp Perry range. It is shot at 500. 300 and 1000 yards. F shots per man, and is open to teams of eight from the army, navy, marine corps. military and naval acad- emies and the national guard. It is accompanied by S20O cash and medals to the winning team, with other cash prizes of s100, $50 and $25. In the other matches there are numerous medals, trophies and cash prizes az gregating several thousand dollars.
 On Arguest 14th the annual matches or the National Rifle association will begin with the Championship Com pany Team match. the Inter Club. Life Members, State Secretaries and the Press match. The prizes in these in these matches consist of medals and cash with the exception of the Press match. which is the feature of the day. In this the prize is a handsome silver loving cup presented by the press committee of the N. B. P. R. F.,