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begin work In the autumn and q team OF
75 or 100 will be selected to practice until
shortly before the match is shot and
from that number team OF fifty will
| be finally chosen.
i The committee which verified the scores
made by the Americans consisted OF
Lieut. Col. R K. Evans, U. 8. A: execu-
tive officer Of the national matches for
1907. 1905. 1909; MAJ. James -. Bell. 8.
A. p, National Guard. District OF Column
bia, and Lieut.. A. s. Jones, secretary Of
the National Rifle Association.
i Rifemen look forward to the coming
season as the most successful which the
Sea Girt range has ever seen. During the
summer the New York and New Jersey
troops will use the range amost constant
ly, while the marines from New York,
Brooklyn and Philadelphia will receive
their instruction there at the hands of
Capt William c. Harllee and his assist
ants. The New Jersey, New York and
Marine teams will be made up from the
men shooting on the Sea Girt range. The
season will end with q tournament. in
which the states Of New Jersey, New
York and Pennsylvania have combined to
oner a program OF unusual attractive
ness 1t will continue from September 8
TO September III. and with 1t will close the
rifle shooting season of 1903. as far as
outdoor work is concerned
The principal match Of the New Jersey
State Rifle Association will be the Dry
den match for teams Of eight at 200. 600
and 1000 yards. with $500 cash and the
Dryden trophy. For teams of six there is
Briggs. to be shot at 200, 600 and 1000
yards With this goes $11O in prizes. The
Marine Corps, which won the match last
year is ineligible this year, the match be-
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organizations. The company team match
for teams of five carries medals for the
| three winning teams and cash prizes. The
distances are 200 and 800 yards. The
| company team match (tyro) will be shot
! at the same distances, and the winning
team will receive the Peters trophy and
gold medals with medals to the members
Of the second and third teams. The Co
will be shot at 200, 500, 600 and 900 yards.
with five cash prizes and medals, and the
trophy to the winning team. The cavalry
team match will be restricted to teams of
Of Cavalry. Signal Corps or Engineer
Corps, or the division or brigade staff, or
any regimental field and staff. Here again
the distance will be 200 and 500 yards.
medals to the members OF the winning
team In the Gould rapid fire match
the conditions call for a skirmish run and
ten shots at 200 yards. This match Is
1 open 10 IedlQS OF SIX men, ana Iner9 Will
ne five cash prizes the Gould trophy and
medals.
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| Unusual interest attaches to the
Nevada trophy match, which will be
| shot for this year for the first time in
years. the match having been revived by
the Army and Navy Journal. in whose
| custody the trophy has been for a long
time. It now seems as though It would
be the first match In America In which
the modern rifle will be used at 1000
yards. The conditions cali for 10 shots
at 600. 300 and LOO yards The winner
| will receive the Nevada trophy and a
prizes. The Spencer match has also been
| moved back to 1,2O0 yards to encourage
| long-distance shooting. It calls for 10
shots per man at that distance, and
carries gold medal. presented by Gen.
Bird w. Spencer. and eight cash prizes.
/ 1t will attract a large field Of cracks
who are anxious to get at the 1900 yard
| range. Another new match Is entitled
the Swiss trophy MATCH" the prize for
which will be bronze figure presented
by Hugo Neuburger Of New York and
Zurich. a rifle enthusiast. 1t will be
shot at 500 yards. probably the easiest
| distance on the range. and will thus
serve its purpose Of attracting as many
contestants as possible, even among am
ateurs, as 1t Is open to everybody. The
Swiss trophy match will carry eight cash
| prizes.
Other matches are the veteran organi-
zation team match: Seagirt championship
| match. for which the medal is given by
| Gov. Franklin Fort. and which has fifteen
| cash prizes; off-hand match with four
cash prizes; Hale match. for trophy and
| eight cash prizes: Press match, for
trophy and three cash prizes; officers
and inspectors match, with badge and
ten cash prizes; individual rapid-fire
match. with five cash prizes: Hayes
Meany match. gold badge and six cash
prizes; N. J. s. r. A. trophy match.
for prize and five cash priz>-. Reading
match. for gold medal and eight cash
American flag and cash prizes, together
with souvenir medal and various revol-
yer matches.
The matches Of the New York State
Rifle Association include the following,
all prizes being on the percentage basis:
Company team match, three prizes; Nc
Alpin trophy. at 200. 600 and 1000 yards,
trophy and two prizes; Cruikshank trophy
match. 200. 500 and 600 yards, trophy and
three prizes; list Regiment trophy rapid
fire and skirmish match, trophy and two
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200 yards, trophy and two cash prizes:
Thurston match, open to all. 500 and
800 yards, five prizes: New York
State Rifle Association match, 500,
800 and 1000 yards, seven shots, gold
medal and five percentage prizes; Wingate
all comers' match, 200 yards. Wingate
trophy and number Of guaranteed cash
prizes: Rogers all comers' midrange
match, 600 yards, Rogers cup and eight
guaranteed cash prizes: Roe all comers'
match, ten shots at 1000 yards. the Maj.
Gen. Charles F. Roe cup and eight guar
anteed cash prizes; rapid-fire match at
200 yards. with three guaranteed cash
prizes: members match. for members of
| the n. Y. S. r. A. only; membership
match and revolver team match.
The matches Of the Pennsylvania State
!, Rifle Association, which have never been
shot at Sea Girt before, include the fol-
lowing: The Maxim long-range match,
which Will show something new to the
rifle world, as the conditions permit the
use Of the Maxim silencer, the match
calling for ten shots at 1000 yards; the
Keystone long-range match, ten shots at
800 yards; midrange match at 500 yards,