Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-07-15
THE NATIONAL
RIFLE MATCH
DUE IN MONTH
More Than 1000 Crack Shots
Will Gather at Perry, Ohio,
Eary in AuguSt-Camp to
Be Established.

WASHINGTON, d. c., July 14.-Iu
one month the great National RIne
match will be in progress on the beau
tiful range at Camp Perry, Ohio. Ly-
ing on the banks of Lake Erie, across
from Putin Bay, adjacent to San
dusky, and within easy range OF
cleveland, Toledo and Detroit, Camp
Perry is the most accessible of all
large rife ranges, which fact augurs
well for the attendance on these
matches. Ii is expected that more
than one thousand of the crack militia
ny shots will be in attendance who
with the twelve hundred Officers
scorers, markers, guards, etc, will
make a camp of about nearly twenty
five hundred men.
1t is assured that these matches
Twill be the largest in point Of attend
ance ever held in this country, and
perhaps will be the best OF the ma
tiCaal matches TO be held, at least
for some years to come. Indications
point to a change in the method Of
determining such contests. It is rep
, resented chat the attendance on these
matches is so large as to necessitate
from two to three weeks shooting, Of
v hich ten days are devoted to the
national matches alone. Many shoot
/ ers are unable to take this time to-
gether with that necessary for home
/ practice and competitions for places
/ on the teams. The question of ex-
Dense is also entering largely into
/ the calculations of the state authori-
/ ties. 1t costs some of the states as
/ much as FIVE thousand dollars to fit
/ out a team and send it to the national
matches which is a very considerable
! item to the smller states, especially
when they are trying to buy and equip
ranges of their own out of the Oppro-
priation for rife practice. Accord
iingly, the project of dividing the
country into districts, and having
| district competition, instead of one
| great meeting, is being seriously con-
/ sidered with the possibility of being
finally approved. The winning teams
could then be brought together at
some central point and a national
competitions, would be saved much
expense and the time consumed would
be considerably shortened.
The principal match of Camp Per
~ will of course, be the National
/ Team Match, for which congress has
| twelve, open to the army, navy, ind
rine corps, military and naval acad-
emies, and the national guard of the
various states and territories, includ-
| ing the District Of Columbia. In this
match there will probably be forty
entries. The second team receives
| the famous Hilton trophy and -"
third the Soldier of Marathon, while
IL, .-fr- hn al
| highest teams. Each member OF the
winning team receives a medal. Next
| to importaEce are the National InGi-
vidual Rifle and the National Pistol
! Matches. in both of which there are
number of cash and medal prizes.
Last year there were CAS- competitions
/ in the individual rife, and $50 in the
pistol match, and more are expected
to enter this year.
OF the National Rife association
matches the most important is the
/ Regimental Team match. in which
there are fOrty-seven teams entered
I last year. The first prize in TINS
match Is a handsome championship
! trophy. valued at $500 Il has been
won twice by the Sixth Regiment
! Massachusetts, Volunteer Militia, and
liz this team is again victorious, the
1 trophy becomes its property. Next in
/ interest is the Company Team match.
in which the prizes are cash and med
/ ais. OF tle individual matches it is
difficult to determine which is the
most interesting, the Leech cup, the
1 Wimbledon cup. or the Presidents
match. They are shot under different
i conditions, the I.eech Cup match be-
lug seven record shots at 500. 900,
and 1000 yards, and the Wimbledon
cup twenty record shots at 1000 yards,
while the Presidents match includes
everything from the skirmish to the
Z 600 yagd stage. Both the I.eech
and Wimbledon cups are historic, and
the winner Of the Presidents match
receives an autograph letter from the
president in addition to a substantial
cash prize. There are medals and