Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-03

..,,i,.. , bronze medal the design Tor
fr. three classes being dinercnt The
total prize money in the hhu2uet
,...t.b fs thus Increased from $50
fo $4,000 and the number on pree
winning teams is Increased from slN
tu twelve. 10 VIII be uouceu ,''.t
fro Grst prize FOR class is cQuhl ~
tre .e.1nd prize in class a ana the
ar.f prIge In class g. is moro than INC
..rord prIgc in class B. the secunu
rrIz. in class B being equal 70 lue
fourth prize in class a. ana the sec
oud prize In class g. hcing INC .'ilt
Ii t6e fourth prize in class Is. ~
,--..-ft nr esnerted that occasion would
lri-s when "a team In class mlsht
tl., a little iockeyinE in order 70 ial9
Il I.ttcr prizp in class - than II coulu
fff GLASS A or DO class q than 100 'lHN7
III This has been provided TOT py
tho adoption OF a rule that no team
shall Doe eligible 70 WIN pI.ltt ~
"a elias. lower than the one M Wnich
IN shall have been ruted for the year
Thus "a team classified Boo C. can WIN
ANN prize ln the match. those 10
class Is are eligible Co prizes IN claS7t7
a and b. while those teams Mhlch
stood among the hrst 10 az O"lilp
Perry last year can shoot only TOT
ne nrlzfs i'm class a. Teams lh
classes b and making total score
sufficient 60 win any prize I'M hlkne'
GLASS must take the place ana prize
iD the higher class 60 which su,h
total score enuues them. no Team
shall Doe eligible 20 win more ln@n
one prize in the same national Ina''".
CLASSIFIED EACH YEAR.
Hereafter each year the teams com
petius I'M the national match VIII 20
II4ssided upon the basis Of their stahq-
ing Iu the national maicn linille,ll'','l
preceding. ANY team which drops o"'
v.ar on two will. on again enteflut
the competition, be given fe'ih'
number according TO us stahQlne D.
the last national match In when "
Asa further preventative Of possible
iockeying The order OF hre mas pee.
materially changed. Last year the IVY
ward rapid fire Immediately IoHoW S'
Inc 200 yard slow nre ana the skll
u,isb run came In between the hN9
yard stage and the 1000 yard stag
win which the match ended. rms
| ,.pnr the order OF IRE viii be as tol-
| lows. 500 yards slow fire. 500 yaIus
/ slow fire. 1000 yards slow IRE. 1VV
| Yards rapid fire, surmlsn run. Wv
/ ing 10 the possibilities In rapid hre
I ana nd sklrmish the interest Will thus
h. maintained until the last shot 10
tbe match is fired for many team
viii change lts standing in the hnal
stage Of the match and every team
/ will 20 into tho skirmish run win
/ the possibility Of winning any one OF
| the y prizes. for Of the highest pos
! sible Total score Of 1900 points, 1000
| of them can be made in the skirmish
I'm accordance with the action Of
| Congress I'm limiting entrance 10 INC
national match 10 members Of tht
| national guard and OF the regulal
4 aHH LHIHI aHN hIE ~ . N
ed the rules Of the national indlVi-
| dual and the national pistol matches
| bv eliminating therefrom members 0l
| the National Rifle association ana al
| huated clubs
INDIVIDUAL MATCH
The order OF FIRE i'm the nationa
| Individual match win be the same a.
| last year. In this match the skirmisi
| run and rapid fire are shot first u
| the hope Of eliminating from the
| match after these stages, such com
petitors as are evidently out OF u
Heretofore the prizes have been 81
medals, being ~ each Of gold, sllNe
and bronze. with gold medals ana 81
each for the highest aggregate scor
! lu slow fire. rapid fire and skirmlsh
! The ~ gold medals We're accompanied
hv cash prizes ranging In value iron
SEQ down 70 50. This year there WI
! be- 10 additional cash prizes or
| each 10 accompany the bronze medaE
In INC national pistol match the prize
heretofore have been four gold medals
! four silver medals and four bro 2
3 / medals. with special medals for slo'
| fine. timed fire and rapid FIRE, all beln
p ! accompanied hy cash. This year hel
81 MIN be eight additional bronze medal
3 to be- accompanied by s. each, in casi
! Tho aggregate amount Of money 90 b
distributed I'M the national team mattel
? th. national individual match ana n1
: { tiou1l pistol match is Nllo There h
7 ,.., entrance fees TO amy OF the nation.
. matches
I THE National Rife association mattel
d. Z Ga tbis wear WIN Include several me-
Il and very interesting matches, The hr