Arizona republican., 1909-07-26
COMPLETE PROGRAM
 AT CAMP PERRY FROM AUGUST g TO SEPTEM- liS BIER 4. There Will be Five Distinct Tourna-
 ments.
There Will be Five Distinct TOurna

will be in constant use. Five dis tinct tournaments will be in progress with thousands of marksmen, scorers and attendants in camp on the range. The program includes the seventh annual matches under the national board for promotion of rifle practice: the twenty-seven annual matches of the National Rifle association; the sixth annual matches of the Ohio State Rifle association, the first an nual matches of the department of the Lakes Rifle association, and the regu- lar annual competition of the Ohio National Guard The Ohio National Guard matches are for members of that organization exclusively. They will begin August 9 and number five | matches. Immediately following comes | the matches of the Ohio Rifle associa- tion which are open only to its mem bers and members of the Ohio Nation al guard, thirteen matches in all. l Next in order are the matches of the | Ohio State Rifle association which are open to all corners. They will number twenty eight, making the | total number of matches of the O. l $. R. A. forty-one.
 The matches of the department of the Lakes R. A, which will be shot | under the direction of the O. s. R. A, | number six. They will be confined to teams and citizens from Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Kentucky, which states comprize the Department of the Lakes.
 Preliminary practice for the Ma tional matches will begin on Friday, August 20, and continue on Saturday. Sunday the range will be closed. On Monday, August 23 the National Team match will be opened, to be followed by the National Individual Rifle match and the National Individual Pistol match. These matches should be completed by Friday August 27. when the National Rifle Association matches begin. They include seven teen matches.
 During the period from August s tO 20 the targets will be manned by d brigade of the Ohio National guard. and shooting will be in progress from 8 to 11:3O am. and from 1 to . o'clock in the afternoon. During the matches of the national board for promotion of rifle practice and the
 
 will be officercd and manned by the U. $. army and the National guard Markers and scorers will be furnished by the army, q regiment being de- tailed for duty at the range Teams entering the National match will either subsist themselves or be sub sisted at the mess hall. Congress has appropriated s12,OOO for the messing of competitors during the National matches.
 Each competitor is entitled to a cot and mattress and necessary camp furniture. such as stool, wash h-basin. water-bucket tin cup. brooms. etc. and ample tentaCe will be furnished. all through the courtesy of the state of'Ohio. Competitors will be expected to supply their own blankets and bed ding other than mattresses.
 A careful estimate of the number of men expected at Camp Perry for the matches includes 100 reguiIr army officers; 1000 enlisted men. U. $. A. team contestants and officers 900; National guardsmen not attach ed to teams and civilian rifle club members, 800 to 800; brigade O. x. G.. 500.
 The prize list at the matches at Camp Perry next month is very at tractive to rflemen as the money will be largely in excess of any here tofore divided and the prize lists will be much larger. In the National Team match the prizes are as follows: Class A, S450, $35O, $500 and $25O; Class B. S35O, $25O, $225 and S2OO: Class c. $500. s2OO. 175 and $50. In addition there is a trophy for each class and every member of the twelve teams will receive a medal In the National Individual match there will be thirty-nine prizes amounting to $390 with the same number of medals. In the DuPont Tyro match shot under the auspices of the O. s. R. A, the prize money amounts to $400, divided into 42 prizes. The ohio matches all carry from four to twelve or more prizes. As the matches of the National Rife association will be conducted on a percentage basis it is impossible to tell how much money will be divided or the number of the prizes in the big matches. It is cx- pected, however, that in some of the great individual matches like the Leech Cup match the total prize money will approximate five or six hundred dollars and perhaps more. All the entrance fees less the actual expense of operating the range will be returned to the contestants in the N. R. A. matches. For the National Matches congress furnishes the prize money.
 As far as known the Press Cham pionship trophy for rifle shooting, which is contested for each year at the National Rifle matches, is the only trophy of it's kind for which newspaper men strive as representa- tives of their publications and not personally. There are many working newspaper men. who are members or eX-members of the National guard and not a few have seen service in the army or navy in the Spanish war. Among them are some excellent shots and while restrictions surrounding he Press cup are such as to prevent members of state teams fom compet- ing and thus the number of con testants is curtailed, the contest is keen and it takes a good score to carry off the cup. This annual con- test grew out of a merry jest at Sea Girt some years ago. Each year they