Arizona republican., 1909-03-22
THE GREATEST EVENT
 IN RIFLE MATCHES
THE MEET AT CAMP PERRY NEXT
 AUGUST.
Number of New Matches to Be Added to the Associations List.

WHICH VIII De Itclu tl 1dillP i-iA ' ..
 Ohio. next August, will be the greatest
 shooting event which this country has
 ever seen. The eompleted program in
 cludes the matches of the National
 Guard of Ohio. the Ohio State Rifle
 association. and the Department of the
 Lakes Rifle association. to be held
 prior to August 20. August 20 and 21
 will be set aside for practice for the
 Great National Matches which are
 conducted under the auspices of the
 War Department and the National
 Board of Promotion of Rifle Practice.
 The National Team Match. in which it
 is expected there will be more than
 fifty teams representing states, terri
 tories and the regular services. will be-
 gin on Monday, August 22 and will be
 followed by the National Individual
 Rifle Match and the National Pistol
 Match. The tournament will conclude
 with the matches of the National Rifle
 association. which will immediately
 follow the National Match and which
 will continue for from six to ten days.
 The whole program will cover about
 three weeks solid of solid shooting.
 This will be the occasion of the first
 meeting of the Department of the
 Lakes Rifle association, for which
 matches several valuable trophies and
 prizes have been secured. The ohio
 State Rifle association has raised more
 than S4000 for cash prizes in it's
 matches. Congress has appropriated an additional s40O0 for the use of the
 national board for the promotion of
 rifle practice. the bulk of which vii!
 be utilized in increasing the prizes in
 the National Match. II is estimated
 that next August the prize list will be
 greater by $7000 than that of any pre- ceding national meeting
 Among the interesting features of
 the new arran gements is the action taken by the National Rifle associa-
 tion. Heretofore its matches have been conducted by the state association where the matches were held and the N. R A received 20 per cent of the gross receipts. This year the N. F. A. will conduct its own matches and will
 pay back in the form of prizes all money received from entrance fees. with the exception of the necessary expense of operating the range. which will be very small as the war depart ment. will supply regular troops for marking and scoring. the same as it does for the National Board matches.
 A number of new matches will be added to the National Rifle association list. The most important will be that for the marine corps trophy presented by the officers of the United States marine corps. This will be a squadded individual match open to everybody, with any military rifle, any military sight. any ammunition and any posi- tion. There win be 20 shots for rec ords at 600 yards and 20 shots at 1000 yards, with two sighting shots at each range.
 Another new match is one for an nual members of the National Rifle such membership having been provided for at the last meeting of the board of directors. and there will also be a new individual match for rapid fire. The conditions of the Revolver Team match have been so that any organization in the regular or volunteer service. armed with the pistol, and whose unit is not larger than a squadron or battalion can enter the match. and regiments may enter teams composed of commis- stoned and non commissioned officers. The Inter-Club match has been re- stricted to entries from civilian clubs and military companies which are members of the National Rifle assOcia- | ton. Members of state teams are barred.
 To enter the National Rifle Press match more attractive to the profes- sion, members and alternates of state l teams will be barred from participa- l ton. This match was established for | the benefit of working newspaper men | who take an interest in rifle shooting | but who have not the advantage of l practice and ammunition incidental to | on state teams. The per | manent press trophy is a magnificent | silver loving cup and there are a num- | per of other prizes, including life mem- | Dership in the National Rifle associa- | ton and cash.
 Col. John Jacob Astor of New York. | a life member of the National Rifle | has given the association | . trophy for the Interscholastic Indoor | Championship match, which will be ! shot on the galleries of the various | school boy clubs in April The match | will be confined to schools not giving | l degree, except that permission has | been given to the Central High school | Df Philadelphia to enter a team. This | school is authorized to give degrees | by a special act of the Pennsylvania | legislature and is the only public high | school in the country which does so. | It is expected that between twenty and | thirty schools will enter teams for this | match. The Astor trophy will cost | $500 and will remain in competition For twenty years. at the end of which | time 1t will go as permanent trophy | to the school which shall have won it | the greatest number of times. It is expected that it will be later accom- | panied by an endowment fund of 5000 | 10 furnish the medals for the match.
 Through the courtesy of the state )f New Jersey the Inter Collegiate Outdoor Championship Rifle matches will be held on the famous Sea Girt range sometime in June This contest Is for teams of six, the prize being a trophy in the form of a shield. It was won in 1905 by Prince .on university and in 1906 and 1908 by George Washington university. There was no contest in 1907. In 1908 it was shot on the Massachusetts range