Evening star., 1909-08-30
At LONG RANeE TODAY
COMPETITION OF RIFLEMEN AT
CAMP PERRY.
District Participating In Shoot for
Wimbledon Trophy-Winner
in Leech Match.

Long-range craftsmanship held the at
tention today of the rinemen at the tour
nament of the National Rifle Association.
The card calls for the Wimbledon and
the Leech cup matches.
The Wimbledon contest for the 500 cup
presented by the Rife Association of
Great Britain is shot at only the longest
range, 1000 yards. With any ammuni-
ton and any rifle the contestants
fire twenty shots. The winner also gets
q gold medal and 10 per cent Of the en-
| trance fees. All of the entrance fees are
returned to the competitors in prizes. The
match was shot late today with 153 COM
petitors.
Capt. X. X. V. Casey, then of Delaware
but now inspector of small arms prac-
tice, I'd Pennsylvania, captured the cup
here year ago with 81 and in 1907 with
Ss Capt. Frederick II. Heidenreich OF
the District was sixth last year, with
a3.
The contest for the Leech cup present
ed by Arthur Blennerhassett Leech, cap
tain Of the Irish team that same to Creed
more in 1871 is seven shots over each Of
the long ranges-S00, 900 and 1000 yards.
with the record score of 1O@ Capt Casey
took this match also last year. DR..
George Il. Cook then of the District
Guard. was the 1904 winner at Sea Girt.
| There We're 163 Of the most skilful long
distance shots of America who took the
SO0-yard range, to compete for the cup.
District in the Wimbledon.
The Districts representatives in the
Wimbledon match are Capt. Heidenreich.
Capt. Cookson, Lieut.. Alderman. Lieut..
| Holt. Lieut.. McAnally. Lieut.. Hodsson.
Lieut.. Caldwell, Lieut.. utnam. Lieut..
Clausell. Sergt. Brown, Corp. Schrivcr
and Private Clauser. OF these, all but
Capt. Heidenreich and Lieut.. Hodgson
are in the Leech match.
The Laech match was won by Lieut.. J.
G. P. Lappham of the 18th United States
| Infantry, who scored 10S. Lieut.. b. n
| Rittenhouse of the 18th Cavalry and Capt
c. a. Romeyn OF the I'd Cavalry got third
and fourth places. respectively. OF the
District contestants in the field Of 1866
| Lieut.. Clausel did the best 9s
| II the District did not shoot up the
| camp this year, it did its hard work with
| less fuss and fewer motions than per-
! haps any other team. unless 1t be the
| Marylanders. who have adopted the Dis
| Every other team that could buy or lay
| hands on enough pieces OF lumber to
| make gun-cleaning rack made one,
! and when they break camp they leave
| they have rammed through their weap-
ons, saturated with various sorts of
| dope One service team left a bushel
| of them, and another service team has
| a respectfully well stocked chemical lab
oratory. Gun cleaning is their strenuous
gymnastics morning, noon and night. But
all of this has been absent from District
OF Columbia street. The men had not
cleaned their buns until they came here.
Some of them have not done so all sum-
mer They do not need cleaning The
kOOO lubricant which the District
marksmen are using renders all that
work unnecessary. and other teams aAd
individual contestants are trying it.
Second Lieut.. l.. a. Clausell Is now
First Lieut.. Clausell. His commission,
after going to Boston and back, has ar
rived at Camp Perry.
| Lieut.. Frank W. Holt was not able to
| fire in the matches Friday or Saturday
on account Of a slight illness.
Capt. eidenreich Is arranging for a pri-
| vate car for the team from here through
! to Seagirt.