Evening star., 1909-02-15
PUBLIC SCHOOL
LADS TO SHOOT

An interesting competition for school
boys has been arranged by the executive
committee Of the National Rifle Associa-
ton. 1t will be known as the "interscho-
lastic rife MATCH" and will be for the
lnterschool gallery championship Of the
United States. to be shot this year for
the first time The match will be shot
on the galleries of the various schools
which enter. the shooting taking place on
any date between April IL and o.
1t will be open to teams of ten pupils
from any public school, preparatory high
school or private school not conferring
degrees Where the school has a club
affiliated with the National Rifle Associa-
ton no entrance fee will be charged
Other schools may enter teams on the
payment Of 81. The distance will be fifty
feet and the n. r. A. target with a one
inch bulfs eye will be supplied by the
n. r. A Each string will consist OF five
shots, and ten shots will be fired in a
standing position and ten in a prone po-
sition. with two sighting shots for each
position. Any % caliber rifle may be
used which has sights in front Of the
hammer; any ammunition may be used
The competition Is open to bona fide
scholars only and a certificate to this ef-
feet must be filed with Lieut.. Albert S.
Jones' secretary of the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION Of this city, which organiza ton
will designate Judge to represent 1t at
each school. The prize will be a hand
some new championship trophy" to be
held by the winning school for one year
and medals to the individual members Of
the teams. The National Rifle Associa-
ton now has affiliated with 1t about thir-
ty-fve schoolboy clubs. all of which are
expected to enter the contest.
The intercollegiate rifle match for the
1909 gallery championship Of the United
States will be shot on the local ranges at
any time between March Is and q. Tar
gets will be furnished by the National
Rifle Association and the distance will be
fifty feet. This match is also for teams
Of ten bona flde students, with twenty
shots for record. Of which ten shall be
shot standing and ten prone. two sighting
shots allowed for each position The Ma
tional Rifle Association will appoint a
Judge to be present when each team fires
The conditions regarding rifles and ammu-
milton are the same as for the schoolboy
match. The trophy Is the championship
trophy presented by the Forest, Fish and
Game Society Of the United States. to be
held by the winning university or college
for one year and to become the perma-
nent possession Of the institution winning
1t three times It was won in 1908 for the
first time by Columbia University of New
York city.
Colleges having clubs affiliated with the
National Rife Association will not be
required to pay any entrance fee but
other teams will be charged 81 Colleges
which are eligible by reason of aff1liation
are: College Of st. Thomas (St. Paul. i;
University of Nevada. University of Ida
no. Washington State College. Marist Col
leRe, Atlanta, Ga: University of Califor-
mia, University of Pennsylvania. Delaware
College. State University of Idaho. George
Washington University. Columbia Uni
versity, Cornell University. Harvard Uni
versity, Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology and Yale University.