Bisbee daily review., 1914-11-05

rue euoOl4uk lo SD laplulN m G creasiug that there can be little
 Q question but that within very sL-.t tlme it win have taken leading place among the favorite sports Of America. There are a good many req sons for this remarkable growth. As a sport. rifle shooting possesses several unique advantages. in addition to the general benefits Co those practcing it which it shares with other forms Of recreation. lt is sport for evening ar well as the daytime for winter as weu as summer. It's inexpensiveness has helped make it attractive to people both in city and in country. In this sc in many other respects. small bore rife shooting is exceedingly demo cratic.
 The present interest in this fascinat- iur sport, which develops skill and character, encircles the globe. How ever far one may travel one is sure to encounter frequently the rifle club idea The interest is not merely local CT national. but international The rman bore (22 caliher) rifle is used, as hest adapted to short range target shooting purposes.
 c Shooting Around the World.
 Across the water meaning both the Atlantic and the Pacifc-this kind of rife shooting hns attained a remarka- ple and constantly increasing popular tty in tbe different civilized countries, having as loyal a following in the Orient aa in Europe The Japanese have taken 1t up with the seriousness that might be expected from that nation. Ln tho British isles there are now at least 5000 rife clubs sporting organ izations. not military the membership figures reaching half million. Swift Eerland has 3,6OO shooting clubs, with a total membership of 214OO0. Other continental countries, like Germany. France and Austria. have also shared largely in the results Of this worldwide sporting movement, aud throughout Europe in summer or winter, day or night, the crack of the 22 calibers is heard at the ranges Beyond the equa- tor conditions are the same. South Africa and Australia are equally inter ested in the sport and the distance between 6their rife ranges is short. Go down to that wonderful country. Argentina and you will Gnd there that rife shooting is esteemed in the front rank among the national sports. 2 OHere in our own country it is finding favor an' thekwaygfr from coast to coast. Four thousand lads fin the bi@n gcbpnH- of New York city are now shooting enthusiastically under equally enthusi- ustic instruction The Young Mems Christian Association in many places has made rifle shooting a part of the training which it gives to boys iu tbe formative period of their lives This has not been a difficult step, especially as first class range can be installed for S1JO and after the snull initial gN- penSe has been provided can bc made to do considerably more than pay its own way. Especially in the smaller towns the idea has developed and borne fruit.
 In country communities it is usually very easy to secure, at hardly any cost a suitable location for an outdoor range, and where. as is the case in most of such places, the opportunities of recreation are limited the young neo- pie in more than one instance have taken up the game almost as matter of social self protection. We hear good deal nowadays about social en- gineeIing" The social engineer-th man who helps a community to regen- crate itself-has learned that he can make valuable use in this direction by organizing rife club But, of course the real reason of the popularity of rife shooting lies in its inherent at- uactiyeness as a sport, pure and sim pie.
 How a Discovery Was Made.
 It is much easier to organize such club than is generally supposed to loo the case. This is Illustrated by nr following incident: Something like a year ago, on Saturday afternoon a company of young men were louuc,uc at their club The town afforded scant opportunity in the way or rcrrea- tional amusement. There really seem ed to be little else to do but to idle and play cards. one of the young men at the card table finally tirrl Of list- less game and said. Come on, fellows; rlst do some shooting" Tho shoot was pniled off in an open field htland a harn. with a target tackled Go a fence Which.ran along the foot Of a hiIL and tle half dozen compebtors took turns using the only two rifles aYaiIahIct
 These younR men made a discovery. They discovered the fun of rifle sloot- ine. its possibilities as au amusemeut. a recreation, a sport. That Saturdays evtemporized contest was the begin ming of rife club which now numbers 400 members
 Eventually every town in the country y9fl have its rife club-in many towns. indeed, there will be several clubs. rep resendng the different fraternal organ nations and similar bodies For ride shooting makes an appeal to yirile rcd blooded men. and such are its peculiar characteristics that no other sporl conn be substituted for it.
 Where the "Dub" Is Never "Dub"
 Shooting is not confined 10 person. who have more leisure than they know