The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-28

issued. and each member will be re- quired to subscribe for at least one These bonds will be. repaid out of in come, and financial estimates based on the working of these clubs abroad warrant the inference that the club will be able to repay all the bonds: in less than 5years. The club in come will be mainly derived from the sale of ammunition at a profit, annual dues, rent of lockers, rifles, from competitions and other sources All ammunition used on the range must De purchased from the club at 50 cents per 100. but no charge is made for targets.
 The annual subscription is $3 pay able in two insta1ments or $2.5O if paid down in the month of January.
 Rifles Provided. E TO avoid the Initial expense of equipment, the club will lend to mem bers the best possible rifles obtainable for the purpose at a charge of cents for each day they. use them, to cover the cost of cleaning and renewal
 It is expected to keep the ranges per week. There will be an attendant in charge so that any member with an hour to spare can drop in, fire 100 rounds and get home again with very little interference with his usual pur- suits
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 The cost to 9 member who borrows a rife from the club and fires 100 shots, including his subscription would be 91.o3 per week. To fire the same number of shots in any public shoot ing gallery would cost $1.65. It will be seen theEefore that the club is pro- viding not only the most comfortable and attractive. but the cheapest shoot ing facilities obtatnable anywhere
 Shooting instruction will be given free to those who desire it. Members.
 Men and women of IS years of age upwards are eligible as members and special arrangements will be made so that ladies who desire 1t can have the range to themselves during certain hours every week Boy scouts and other similar organizations will be admitted on special terms and allowed to shoot under the control of their own officers.
 Competitors and Matches. A Individual and team competition will be run continuously. so that there will always be some material interest in practice.
 Handicapping.
 Moreover. with very few exceptions all competitions will be on handicap terms so arranged that experts and novices alike will have equal chances pr winning.
 Club AFrangenaeIlt
 TheTclub will be managed by a com mittee elected by it's members. Why You Should Jodr
 ou may or may not be interested in shooting at present, but as a cit izen you may wish to contribute your mite towards providing facilities for a new and charming sport. ~ If you are militiaman or fond Of hunting, you will find that practice with snnaIlbere rifles on such a range as that described sTill make you a. mere profcient Tnarksnnan at a much cheaper cost than shooting under any other circumstances.
 eMoreovers this kind of sFooting isea clean sport which does not involve killing anything and is free from gambling. To excel demands tenn fperance and the exercise Of all those virtues which make for prosperity in any walk of life
 The rifles used make very little noise. have no kick, and carried on under the club conditions, shooting will be found a really charming sport v llic{zs can be enjoYedl by sasH, drre- sPectfFe of age esorz Sex g sst Aass = Now is the Time to Join. At the moment about 60 members 1 have been enrolled; with 40 more 4