The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-04
FINISHED EIGHTH
IN LIST OF STATES
Their Marked Improvement
Brings Praise From PreSi-
dent Of Association

In his report 10 Admiani General
Frank NJ. Canton covering the opera
items of the Oklahoma Rifle team in
the national shooting contests at Camp
Perry. Ohio Colonel Roy V. Hoffman,
commanding the First regiment, Okla
homa National guard, says.
Hon. Frank NJ. Canton. the Adiutant
General Guthrie. oklahoma
Sir. Complying with your request
10 furnish You brief report OF the work
9f our rifle team at Camp Perry. TO be
followed with more extended report
later ! have the honor herewith to
submit,
We arrived at Camp Perry, OHIO
and established camp on August lst.
1898 We carried our own D .ess outfit
and cook and waiter which We found to
be OF great advantage. both in the mat
ter of expense and in the quality OF our
table fare. Messing facilities at the
range are YET very poor and quite ex-
pensiye. We lost no time In getting to
work and the days routine from the
time OF our arrival until the beginning
Of the matches was as follows:
First call $50 a. m.
Setting up exercises varied by an oc-
cAsional plunge in the lake, three quar-
ters OF a mile distant. $40
Breakfast, a. NJ
Work on the range began at 100 p.
m continuing until II a. m.
Mess at ~ N.
Work On the range again began al
1880 D. m, continuing until $50.
The boys kept steadily al work un-
der this program and the discipline ana
morale were excellent
The Association matches began on
August nth In the championship
regimental skirmish match our team
Of six took fourth place with a score oi
3T7, leading all the states and me oi
the army service teams.
In the Wimbledon cup match, which
Colonel Nc Cormick, of Indiana was
called to the discrepancy in the score
al the time and he promised to correct
it but failed to do so. The card was
not corrected until three days after
ward upon a hearing by the executive
beard AS corrected Burns score was
/ 03, the same as Stuarts but Burns had
one more r5" than Stuart which gave
him fractional point higher grade
tius outclassing him and giving hin
second place. There .ere ten prizes il
this event aud Stuart was given third
prize As all the best shots in the
country. both militia and army, were
competing II was a mark of signal dis
.inctlon of course for ug TO cCme any
where IN the money, or even to hay,
been among the number who were hon
orably mentioned There We're abOu
five hundred entries OF the best shotl
IN the country The first prize was tax
en- by Captain Casey. professional
SHOT in the employ OF the Dupont Powd
er company, and pronounced the bes
marksman In the world. The first prizl
was the Wimbledon cup yalaed at iiy,
hundred dollars presented by the Na
tlonai Rifle Association OF Great Brit
ain 20 the National Rifle Association o
America, and a gold medal Ia TN
Wimbledon cup match We had seyera
other Shots honorably mentioned
among whom. weio Captnl McCo.
whose score was 30 lIeutnRaut CulH
son With a score OF 81; Sergeant Wai
ner Nith sc9ce of Sc; Lieu enanl Had
wigeF with a scora Of S. Sorgean
pItter with a score 5f 81, aud lieuter
ant Foster with a score OF S. tn
lhlghest score p0ss BILE TO make was l1'
Casey made l7. Casy YN this EN-
last year also with high score Of SS
so you see everyone Is shooting bette
this year than alst
In The Leach Cup contest Captain
Mccoy was fifteenth with. d score O
SO, Thirteen of those above him ha
only made one or two points more. $
that three more points would hay
! made him second This shows no,
close the shooting ran In this con
test Captain Blake and lieutenan
J llludwiger received honorable meniio
: with scores OF 81 each
{ Ia the Peters Trophy match Ser
geant Pratef took seventh place Wit
} q Sc re OF 81. First prize was won b
ll.ieuienapt Shaw, OF the Infantry, viii
a score of 9S. In this contest We ha
several honoraby mentioned, bui jus
{ below prize money These We're fiei
tenant Foster with a score OF u. Sc
/ geant ziegler With a score OF 20. Cal
6 tain Alley with a score of 73 and Cal
/ tain Blake with scgre OF GS
{ In the Herriek Trophy match "
} were twelfth With three states. Massa
Z chusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania an
} the army service teams ahead. on
) score was 1866. as against hig
! score made by the United States Nj
Z rise corps 40. 4. Of ie47 The priz
{ In this case was q magnificent froph
: presented by the governor OF the stat
, OF Ohio.
The National Team match bega