Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-31
TR|-STATE RIFLE
MEET OPENS SOON
Camp Perry Marksmen FIoCking
to Sea Girt for Next Big
Tournament

Now that the great national matches
at Camp Perry are thing of the past.
the eyes of the shooting world are
turned upon Sea Girt, N. j., where
the matches of the New Jersey, New
York and Pennsylvania state rife as
sociations will be held, beginning Sept.
l, and lasting until Sept. 10.
These three state rifle associations,
which have combined their meetings
for the past several years, always Of
fer an attractive program, and the
matches this year will be participated
in by as many If not more teams than
ever before. Every rlfleman is familiar
with the beauties of the Sea Girt
range. 1t is now the oldest national
guard range in the country, and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars have
been expended upon 1t by the state of
New Jersey to make 1t the most beau
tiful range in the United States. 1t
extends almost due east and west,
which is rather a disadvantage, as the
targets are on the brink OF the ocean,
and the early morning hours the shoot
ers must face the sun. But this con-
dition does not last long, and during
the remainder of the day the light is
excellent. Although the equipment of
targets is not as large as that at Camp
Perry, where the national matches have
been held, there are nevertheless abun-
dance of targets for a meeting such
as that of the three states mentioned,
and the state of New Jersey has
plenty OF equipment in the form of
tents and bedding for all competitors.
Although the season is supposed to
end on the Jersey coast with Labor
day. which this year falls on Septem-
Der 8, every one knows that the coast
Is at its best in the early part of Sep
tember, when the air is cool and brac-
ing, and yet the water is warm enough
for bathing.
AS for many years past the executive
officer and post commandant during the
coming tournament will be Brig. Gen.
Bird w. Spencer, inspector general of
rifle practice of New Jersey and Ssayor
of Passaic. He will be assisted by Col.
Charles A. Reid, for New Jersey; Lieut..
Col. N. b. Thurston, for New York, and
Major Claude Goddard, for Pennsylva-
mia. The revolver and pistol range will
be in charge of Lieut. r. H. Sayre. N.
@. N. T.; Lieut.. Claude e. Lanterman,
N. G.. NJ. j.; and Thomas Keller of the
Old Guard of New York city. Major
Winfield S. Price, N. G. N, j., will again
be post adjutant, and Lieut.. Col. David
M Flynn. N G. N. j., and Capt. VIM.
H. Palmer. N. g. N. Y, the statistical
officers. The post Quartermaster will
be Capt. Clarence H. Sleight. N. g. n.
J., and the post surgeon, Lieut.. Col. w.
G. Schauffier. N. G. N. ].
The more important matches Of the
tournament include the Dryden trophy
match for teams of eight, which will be
shot September 8. This will afford the
contestants ample opportunity for prac-
tice In the preceding matches. The
Dryden trophy was presented by ex-
Senator John r. Dryden, New Jersey,
and is regarded as one of the handsom-
est trophies In the United States. The
competition for It is always very keen.
for the Briggs trophy will be shot on
the same as in the Dryden match-200,
600 and 1000 yards-but the Briggs tro-
ply is for teams of six. The Columbia
trophy match for teams of six, repre-
senting regiments or similar organiza-
tions, Is the first match on the program
September /. This trophy was present
ed by the District OF Columbia national
guard to the national guard of New
Jersey. Some of the more interesting
individual matches are: Thurston
match, at 200, 900 yards, Is shots; Swiss
trophy match, September 3, 500 yards,
miss and out; Spencer match, Septem-
Der s, 1900 yards, Is shots; Libby match,
September 9, 1000 yards, miss and out.
The Nevada trophy match for the his
toric trophy presented many years ago
by the state of Nevada, which is shot
at 600, 900 and 1900 yards, will be shot
for September g. Altogether there will
bestwenty-nine set rifle matches, in ad-
dition to the souvenir medal and similaB
events and the revolver matches.