Arizona republican., 1908-12-10
A DIVISION 0F H0NORS
The Promoters of Rifle Practice Hope
 to Interest Colleges in Shooting.

Washington. D. C., Nov 30-(Spe- cial correspondence of The Republi
 can. .)-While not even the most opti
 mistic of those interested in rifle prac
 tice expect it to rival baseball and
 football as an attractive feature of
 student life at the larger colleges and
 universities, nevertheless, the increase
 of interest manifested in rifle prac-
 tice work both outdoors and indoors
 at the colleges and universities has
 been highly gratifying. Some three
 or four years ago a beautiful trophy
 was secured for the intercollegiate
 rifle match. This is a shield of bronze
 mounted on oak. The inscription Is in
 the center and at the bottom is a book
 of loosely opened bronze leaves on
 which the name of the winning college
 is inscribed, together with data con
 corning the team and it's record. This
 trophy was won in 1905 by Princeton
 university, and in 1906 and 1908 by
 the George Washington university of
 Washington, D. C. There was no con
 test for it in 1907. There is great diff
 ficulty in securing the attendance of
 many teams at the intercollegiate
 match because it is impossible to hold
 the same outdoors in the winter, and
 in the summer time the students are
 scattered and it is impossible to se-
 cure teams from any large number of colleges. IL is expected that during
 the present winter correspondence
 matches will be held among the col
 leges and universities affiliated with the National Rifle association. which
 may be shot on indoor ranges. The government is greatly interested in the encouragement of rifle practice among such students and it has been ire quently recommended that the war de- partment should furnish medals for competition among such students. In not a few cases government arms are furnished and an allowance of ammu- milton is made. Among the universi- ties and colleges which now have rifle clubs organized under the rules of and affiliated with the National Rifle as- sOciation are Columbia university. Harvard university. Cornell university. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. University of Pennsylvania, the Col lege of St. Thomas. St Paul. Marist college of Atlanta, University of Idaho. University of Nevada, Yale university and George Washington university
 "A bull's-eye is a bulFs-eye" is an expression frequently used in con nection with rifle shooting, but those unfamiliar with military rifle practice as at present conducted have little conception of what is meant by bull's-eye on the regulation targets The ranges at which shooting now takes place are 200. 300. 800, 600. 500, 900 and 1000 yards. For these range three targets are employed. The first is target A, which is used at 200 and 300 yards. It is six feet tall and four feet in width. with a bull's-eye in the center eight inches in diameter. This is surrounded by a circle 26 inches in diameter. Another circle is 46 inches in diameter. The bulIs-eye counts ,; a shot in the inner circle, 4; in the outer circle, 3, and on the remainder of the target, 2. The B target which is used at 500 and 600 yards, is six feet square It has a twenty-inch bulTs-eye and the first circle is 37 inches and the second cir cle 5 inches in diameter. The value of the shots is the same as on the A target. The c target is used at 500, 900 and 1000 yards. This is rectan- gular in shape. being six feet high and twelve feet long. It is divided into three sections by vertical lines three feet from each end. In the cen ter is a 36inch bulls-eye surrounded by a 54inch circle. A shot in the bull counts 5; between the bull and the rim of the circle, 4; anywhere outside of the circle but within the l six foot square, 3, and at either end | of the target but outside of the | square, the shot counts two points.