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Sea Girt Rifle Tournament. 
The great Sea Girt shooting tournament of 1906 af¬ 
forded varied competition with rifle, carbine, revolver 
and pistol. The greater number of matches had military 
conditions and significance, yet there was a number of 
interesting matches open to all comers. 
The programme consisted of the fourth annual matches 
of the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, 
the thirty-fourth annual matches of the National Rifle 
Association of America, and. the sixteenth annual matches 
of the New Jersey State Rifle Association. The dates 
were Aug. 27 to Sept. 6, inclusive. 
The matches of the National Board for the Promotion 
of Rifle Practice were termed National matches, and 
were as follows: The National twelve-man team match, 
the National individual match, and the National pistol 
match. 
The matches of the National Rifle Association of 
America were as follows: Wimbledon cup match, Presi¬ 
dent's match, members’ match, regimental championship 
team match, championship regimental skirmish match, 
intercollegiate match, interclub match, National marks¬ 
man’s match, championship revolver team match, and 
Leech cup match. 
The matches of the New Jersey State Rifle Associa¬ 
tion were as follows: The Dryden trophy match, com¬ 
pany team match, company team match (tyro), Columbia 
trophy match, carbine team match, Veteran Organiza¬ 
tion team match, “Ideal” regimental team match, in¬ 
dividual rapid-fire match, all comers’ military match, 
Hayes match. General E. P. Meany match, N. J. S. R. A. 
match, Spencer match, members’ match. Reading match, 
Ivuser trophy rapid fire match, consolation match, sou¬ 
venir medal match, Dupont tyro match, grand Dupont 
aggregate offhand match. Hale match, Press Match; and 
the revolver and pistol matches, entries unlimited, were 
the novice military revolver match, all comers’ military 
revolver match, all comers’ rapid-fire military match, any 
revolver match, pistol match, disappearing- target re¬ 
volver match, and Bobber match. 
The excellent shooting by Mrs. A. Topperwein, of 
San Antonio, Tex., was a feature of special interest. She 
qualified on the second day for enrollment as a member 
of the National Marksman’s Reserve, with a score of 59 
out of a possible 75, at 2C0, 300 and 500yds. Mr. A. Top¬ 
perwein, the famous fancy rifle shot, also did excellent 
shooting, but owing to the restrictions governing the 
shooting, he had no opportunity to display his marvel¬ 
ous skill at his specialty. With the shotgun, his wife is 
also an expert, a recent performance in Texas being 
a general average of 485 targets out of a possible 500, in 
competition. 
The annual meeting was held on Thursday evening, at 
which it was decided that the tournament of 1907 shall be 
held at a more central point geographically, and Fort 
Clinton, O., was fixed upon in that relation. The elec¬ 
tion of directors was warmly contested, there being two 
tickets. A large number of proxies were rejected, which 
had a material result on the election. It was claimed 
that the directors should be more widely distributed as 
to domicile. The successful ticket was as follows: For 
term expiring 1909: Maj.-Gen. J. Clifford R. Foster, 
Adjutant General, Florida; Brig.-Gen. Wm. T. McGur- 
rin, Adjutant-General, Michigan; Col. C. A. Kelley, As¬ 
sistant Adjutant-General, Colorado; Gen. Wm. E. Finzer, 
Adjutant-General, Oregon; Capt. John Caswell, Inspector 
of Rifle Practice, Eighth Infantry, M. V. M.; Brig.- 
Gen. J. W. F. Hughes, Adjutant-General, Kansas; Col. 
Joseph G. Ewing, Inspector General of Rifle Practice, 
Delaware; Brig.-Gen. Carl Wagner; Inspector-General, 
Michigan; Lieut.-Col. Joseph Van Holt Nash, Ord¬ 
nance Officer, Georgia; Brig.-Gen. George H. Harries, 
Commanding District of Columbia, N. G.; Lieut.-Col. 
Thomas Talbot, Commanding First Corps Cadets, M. V. 
M. ; Maj. Ernest L. Isbell, Second Infantry, Connecticut 
National Guard. 
To fill vacancy caused by the resignation of R. H. 
Hale, term expiring 1907, Gen. Arthur Fridge. Adjutant- 
General, Mississippi. To fill vacancy caused by Col. 
Coney not accepting election, term expiring 1908, Lieut- 
Col. J. Hollis Wells, 71st Regiment, N. G. N. Y. 
The opposition ticket was as follows: Gen. Geo. W. Win¬ 
gate, Gen. Bird W. Spencer, Gen. Geo. H. Harries, Gen. 
Geo. E. P. Howard, Maj. James E. Bell, Lieut.-Coi. 
N. B. Thurston, Lieut. R. II. Sayre, Capt. Wm. H. 
Palmer, Gen. Carl A. Wagner, Gen. J. F. Wade, Gen. 
W. P. Hall. 
The weather as a whole was unfavorable for good 
scores, and especially so for comfort. There was much 
cloudy and rainy weather, with all the attendant varia¬ 
tion of light and its absence, and the cqnsequent poor 
performance of many excellent riflemen. 
The long list of programme events were generously 
supported, a number of them having very large entries. 
The Columbia trophy match, twenty-three contestants, 
was first on the programme of the first day, Aug. 27, 
and was for teams of six men from each regiment, troop, 
battery, and separate company of the National Guard, or 
battalion of the Naval , Reserve of New Jersey. Condi¬ 
tions: 10 shots at 200, 600 and 1,000yds., and one skir¬ 
mish run of 20 shots; service rifle and Government am¬ 
munition. To first, the Columbia trophy, a medal to 
each member of winning team and $100; second, $50; 
third, $25. 
The weather conditions were a cross, wind, variable 
light and rain at intervals through the day. The team 
of the Fourth Regiment, N. J. N. G.. won first with a 
score of 967. The team of the Second Regiment. N. J. 
N. G. was second, with 964. Private Minervini made 
high individual score, 188. 
The company team match was open to teams of three 
from any company of the U. S. Army, a ship’s company 
of the-U. S. Navy, and Marine Corps.; the U. S. Mili¬ 
tary and Naval academies, and the National Guard of 
any State, Territory or District of Columbia. Condi¬ 
tions: 7 shots at 200 and 500yds. Company H, Sixth 
