Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-10
interest IN RIFLE
PRACTICE IS GROWING

WASHINGTON, d. G.. December Q.
While not even the most optimistic
of those Interested in rifle practice
expect 1t TO rival baseball and foot
ban as an attractive feature OF
student life at the larger colleges and
universities, nevertheless the increase
of interest manifested in rifle prac-
lice. work both outdoors and indoors
at the colleges and universities has
l"en highly gratifying. Some three
or four years ago 4 beautiful trophy
was secured for the intercollegiate
Rifle Match This is shield OF
bronze mounted on oak. The inscrip-
ton is in the center and at the bot
tom is book Of loosely opened
bronze leaves on which the name OF
the winning college is inscribed. to-
gether with data concerning the team
and its record. This trophy was
won in 1905 by Princeton University
and in 1865 and 1908 by George Wash
ington University of Washington. ID.
G. There was no contest fer 1t in
1907. There is great difficulty in Sc
curing the attendance of many teams
al the intercollegiate Match be-
cause it is impossible to hold the
same outdoors in the winter and III
the summer time the students are
scattered and i, is impossible TO Sc
cure teams from any large number
of colleges. 1t is expected that dur
ing the present winter correspon-
dence matches will be held among the
nd 10 a fHli1fH6 with
the National Rifle Association, which
may sbe shot OH indoor ranges. Thc
government is greatly interested IN
the enct uragement of rifle practice
among such students and it has been
frequently recommended that the
War Department should furnish
medals for competition among the
students. In not a few cases govern
ment arms are furnished and an al
lowance of ammunition is made
Among the Universities and colleges
which now have rife clubs organized
under the rules of and affiliated with
the National Rifle Association. are
Columbia University. Harvard Univer-
sity. Cornell University. NJ .ssachl-
sets Institute Of Technology. Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania: the College OF
St. Thomas, St Paul; Marist College
of Atlanta: University of Idaho. Uni
versity of Nevada. Yale University,
and George Washington University.
"A hulls-eye is bulls-eye" is an ex-
preston frequently used in conneC-
ton with rifle shooting, but those I'M
familiar with military rifle practice
as at present conducted have little
conception of what is meant l% a
bulls-eye on the regulation targets.
The ranges at which shooting now
takes place are POO, 900. $40. 60". 500.
900 and |, 90 yards. For these ranges
three targets are employed. The
FIRST is target A, which is used at 700
and 800 yards 1t is six feet tall and
four feet in width. with a bulls-eye
in the center eight inches in diameter.
This is surrounded by a circle %
inches in diameter. Inc hnlls-eye
counts ;: a shot in the inner circle.
{: in the outer circle. and on the
remainder Of the target. .. The b
target which is used at 500 and 1000
yards. is six feet square. 1t las
twenty-inch bulls-eye and the FIST
circle is 81 inches and the second cir
Gle 53 inches in diameter. The value
of the shots is the same as on the
A target The c target Is used at
500. 600 and 1000 yards. This is
rectangular in shape. being six feet
high and twelve feet long. II is d.
vided into three sections by vertical
lines three feet from each eni. In the
center is a Sc inch bulls-eye surround
ed by a 81 inch circle A shot in the
bull counts ): between the bull and
the rim of the circle. 4: anywhere
outside Of the circle but within the
six foot square ,. and at either end
of the TARGET but out side Of the square.
the shot counts two points.