Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08

| cup match: Tuesday the DUPONT tyro
match. with s4cO prize money divided
| among the first forty-three competitors.
will be shot; Wednesday. the 18th. will
see the Herrick trophy match. and Thurs
day the governors match. Through
this period there will be numerous other
matches. SO the range Will be fuiiy oc-
cupied at all times. One of those which
| is attracting attention because of its I'M
usual character is the novelty skirmish
match. in which competitors will be start
| ed with fifty rounds of ammunition and
will skirmish from GOD to 200 yards. max
ing the usual stops at co., 500. 400, $40.
200 and 200 yards. At each firing point
the targets will be displayed at unknown
intervals of not less than ten seconds or
more than thirty-five seconds. Each COM
petitor can fire as many times as he
pleases at each range, but the usual
commands of commence and cease firing
will not be given. the appearance and dis
appearance of the targets governing the
firing.
August 10 and u will he set aside for
practice for the national matches. which
begin on the following Monday and which
are expected to be finished by August 26.
They include the national team match,
the national individual match and the
national revolver match. On the follow
ing Friday, August -, the matches of the
National Rifle Association will begin. to
continue until the program is concluded.
During the coming week the contests
will be confined principally to the Ohio
National Guard SO the influx of outside
talent is not expected until next week.
The range will be manned by the Ohio
National Guard until the regular, army
takes hold August ~. after which Lieut..
Col r. K Evans. the officer designated
by the War Department will have charge
until the end of the National Rife Asso-
citation matches. Under him will be ap
proximately 100 regular army officers and
Loco men to act as markers. scorers.
statisticians etc The total attendance
during these matches is expected to aver
age LOCO rif1emen. representing practi-
cally all the states and territories.
Among the important matches that will
be held under the auspices of the Ma
tional Rifle Association at. Camp Perry
will be the Marine Corps match This is
an individual match, made possible by
the contributions of officers of the United
States Marine Corps
The trophy to be presented to the win
ner in each annual competition is a
handsome solid silver loving cup.
The Marine Corps match will be open
to everybody Any military rifle. any
military sight or any ammunition may be
used. Two sighting shots and twenty
shots for record will be fired at both the
to the trophy the winner gets a cash
prize of 10 per cent of the net entrance
fees. There are four other prizes of 10
per cent of the net entrance fees. and 80
per cent of the total net entrance fees
Is divided into ten-dollar prizes for the
next highest competitors in order of
merit.
From Camp Perry a large number OF
the state and regular service teams will
go to Sea Girt, n. j., to compete in the
matches of the New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania state rifle associations,
which will be shot simultaneously from
September to II. inclusive. Those who
have visited the range are looking for
ward with pleasure to the ten days to be
spent there, and those who will make
their first pilgrimage have much in store
for them. The north Jersey shore is at
it's best the first days of September and
the advantageous location of the Sea Girt
range, which is only six miles below AS
bury Park. makes it easily accessible to
all points along the coast to Atlantic
Highlands. Twenty years, much money
and unlimited patience and care has been
expended on the range to make it the
model that it is, and no comfort or pleas
ure is lacking for the rife enthusiast.
Gov. Fort will open his summer home for
time during the matches. and there will
be the usual number of distinguished
visitors. The Association of American
| International Rifemen, which is limited
to members. alternates and officers of in
ternational teams. will hold it's annual
banquet during the matches. and there will
be other social functions at the clubhouse
of the New Jersey State Rifle Associa-
ton, both of formal and Informal char
acter. A historic match will be revived
this year under the auspices of the Inter-
national Rifiemen. who are the creme de
la creme Of the shooting world.
1t is the Nevada match, which has not
been shot for fifteen years. In the early
seventies some Nevada enthusiasts put
up a trophy for long-range shooting at
600. 900 and 100 yards. 1t is composed
of Nevada's products. gold and silver,
and cost $500. with sentimental value
far in excess. For some reason the
match was abandoned in 1894, after hav-
ing been regularly shot from 1879 to that
date. Since then the old Springfield rife