Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-04

" equal 20 the second rrke IN Ciafs ~ ana
the first prize IN Glass c is more than
the second prise in Glass p. the second
prine in Class n being equal to the fourth
prize IN Glass A. and the second prize in
Class G being the same as the fourth prize
IN Class B..
II might be expected that occasion would
arise when a team in Glass A might try a
little jockeying in order to land 4 better
prize in Class y than II could in Class A
or in Glass c than it could in Class n.
This has been provided for by the adop-
ton Of a rule that no team shall be eligi-
Bile to win a prize In a class lower than
the one in which IL shall have been rated
for the year.
Thus a team classified in c can win any
prize in the match; those in class B are
eligible to the prizes in classes A and b,
while those teams which stood among the
first fifteen at Camp Perry last year can
shoot only for the prizes in class A. Teams
In classes b and C making a total score
sufficient to win any prize in a higher
class must take the place and prize in the
higher class to which such total score en-
titles them.
one Prise Per Team.
No team shall be eligible 10 win more
than one prize in the same national match.
Hereafter each year the teams competing
In the national match will be reclassified
upon the basis OF their standing In the
national match Immediately preceding.
Any team which drops out a year or two
will. on again entering the competition, be
given a serial number according to its
standing in the last national match in
which Il shot.
As a further preventive OF possible
jockeying. the order of fire has been ma
teFially changed. Last year the 9O0-yard
rapid fire Immediately followed the 200
yard slow-fire. and the skir1nish run came
in between the S00-yard stage and the
1.0o0-yard stage, with which the match
ended. This year the order OF fire viii
be as follows: Two hundred yards. slow
fire; 600 yards, slow fire; 500 yards, slow
fire; 1000 yards. slow fire; 200 yards, rapid
fire; a skirmish run. Owing to the posi-
bilities in rapid fire and at skirnish
the interest will thus be maintained until
the last shot in the match Is fired, for
many a team will change its standing in
the final stage Of the match and every
team will go into the skirmish run with
the possibility Of winning any one of the
twelve prizes, for Of the highest possible
total score of 400 points. 100 of them
can be made in the skirmish run.
Change I'm Rules.
In accordance with the action OF con-
gress in limiting entrance to the national
matches to members of the National guard
and of the regular service, the national
board has changed the rules OF the ma
tional individual and the national pistol
matches by eliminating therefrom members
of the National Rifle association and af-
fillated clubs.
The order OF fire In the national indi-
vidual match will be the same as last
year. In this match the skirmish run and
rapid fire are shot first, In the hope OF
eliminating from the match after these
stages such competitors as are evidently
out of 1t. Heretofore the prizes have been
thirty-six medals, being twelve each of
gold, silver and bronze, with gold medals
and so each for the highest aggregate
score In slow-fire. rapid-fire and skirmlsh.
The twelve gold medals were accompanied
by cash prizes ranging In value from go
down to IS. This year there will be twelve
additional cash prizes of IS each to accom-
pany the bronze medals.
Contests with Pistols.
In the national pistol match the prizes
heretofore have been four gold medals, fouf
silver medals and -four bronze medals, with
special gold medals for slow-fire, time
fire and rapid-fire. all being accompanied
by cash. This year there will be sight ad-
ditional bronze medals to be accompanied
by IS each In cash. The aggregate amount
OF money to be distributed in the national
team match. the national individual match
and national pistol match is N,11o. There
are no entrance fees to any Of the national
matches.
The National Rife association matches
this year win include several new and very
Interesting matches. the first of these to
be known as the Evans Service skirmish
match. taking It's name from Lieutenant
Colonel r. X. Evans, U. s. A., VINO will
provide a silver trophy. The conditions are
absolutely unique, being different from
those of any other rifle match in the United
States. 1t will be open to teams composed
Of members Of companies, battalions, regi-
ment, hrigades or divisions or authorised
organizations OF the National Guard, army,
navy and Marine corps, provided that teams
will not contain any member who 10 not a
member OF the organization or OF the Ma
tional Guard OF the state from which the
team is entered. The teams will consist
OF one captain and two squads Of one cor
poral and seven privates each. The Officers
and members Of the team may be of any
rank or grade.
Kneeline siIheuette.
The target will be the kneeling silhouette
figure mounted on a B target and sixteen
targets will be assigned each team. The
teams will be shot In pairs. Each man will
be given forty rounds OF ammunition and
the start will be made from a point more
than 100 yards from the line Of targets.