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Card Record of Scores. 
A ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT. 
In cable and post matches indeed in all shooting rifle 
clubmen should make rigid adherence to the rules a 
point of honor and wholly discountenance anything in 
the shape of swindling or sharp practice. 
UNLIMITED ENTRY HANDICAP MATCH. 
The monthly unlimited entry handicap—io shots at 
twenty-five yards. Aggregate of best five targets plus 
handicap during the month. Open on the ist and close 
on the 30th. Entry fee Five cents per target. 
1 Prize. 40% of entry fees ] 
z Prize. 30% “ “ “ I Less 20% deducted for 
3 Prize. 20% “ “ “ [ Club expenses. 
4 Prize. 10% “ “ " J 
Simultaneously with this may be run precisely simi¬ 
lar events at 50 and 100 yards. If the handicapping 
system suggested which is based upon average is 
adopted it will be necessary to reduce all handicaps in 
unlimited entry events 50% as it is only the best of 
many scores which count arid the best scores even of 
medium shots are too close to those of experts to en¬ 
able the latter to have the same handicap as in single 
entry competitions. 
AN INTERESTING TEAM MATCH. 
Capital sport for holidays or when a good number of 
members are present is team shoots at breakable clay 
discs 2 inches in diameter and colored white, at 100 
yards. 
Several teams, say of four men each are selected and 
drawn to shoot in pairs, the team breaking all its 
discs first wins, the losing team is knocked out and the 
last team in wins the match. This is not only ex¬ 
citing fun but splendid practice and affords interest 
for spectators who can see the targets broken. 
A GOOD INDIVIDUAL MATCH. 
A similar match for individuals is a 50 yard knock 
out pool. Each competitor subscribes say ten cents to 
the pool and a breakable target (a clay pipe for each 
competitor) is put on the butt at 50 yards. On the word 
“fire” competitors shoot at each other’s -dpes and when 
a competitor’s pipe is broken he must cease firing. The 
competitor owning the last pipe up is the winner—and 
takes the pool. This should be in the standing position. 
IMPORTANT. 
It should be observed that the main source of in¬ 
come of the Club is profit on the sale of ammunition 
and moreover the very object of the Club is to promote 
shooting, all competitions should not only require a 
good lot of shooting but the Committee should always 
keep plenty of competitions in progress, continually de¬ 
vising change and variety of conditions, observing re¬ 
sults and cutting out those which do not succeed. 
The club membership is divided into teams of say 
seven men (giving each team a name). By keeping a 
record of all scores made by members* on a card sys¬ 
tem it is a simple matter to determine the average abil¬ 
ity of each member. Care should be taken in selection 
so that the total ability of each team will be as nearly 
equal as possible. Schedule should be arranged so that 
each team will shoot against every other team at least 
twice during the tournament. The total of the five 
high scores on each team shall count as the team score. 
Such a tournament will permit of various competi¬ 
tions for which prizes can be offered. This will keep 
up the interest of the medium as well as the good shot. 
First: Individual prizes can be given to the members 
of the winning team. 
Second: Prizes can be offered to the man making the 
highest average on each team other than the winning 
team. 
Third: Individual prizes should be offered to the 
man on each team who makes the best increase in his 
average during the tournament. 
INTER CLUB MATCHES. 
Special matches, particularly shoulder to shoulder 
matches, with neighboring clubs are interesting and 
furnish an indirect motive for practice, inasmuch as 
the honor of shooting for one’s Club is generally cov¬ 
eted. Telegraphic and piail matches are a somewhat 
less interesting substitute for shoulder to shoulder 
matches. 
Match teams are usually selected and controlled by 
the Club Captain who should be elected annually. Un¬ 
selfish enthusiasm, and a suave temperament are more 
essential qualifications in a Captain than great skill in 
shooting, indeed it is on many grounds preferable that 
the Captain should not himself shoot in matches. In 
selecting a team he should give preference to con¬ 
sistent shots rather than to those who are in the habit 
of alternating more brilliant performances with bad 
smashes and when meeting weak opponents should take 
the opportunity of encouraging the more promising of 
his improving members by including them in his team. 
The Captain will generally settle the conditions of the 
match with the Captain of the opposing team, arrange 
the order of shooting, and agree the scores, and as a 
rule, will be better employed in coaching his own team 
than in shooting. 
IMPORTANT. 
Wrangling over scores should be avoided. When it is 
really difficult to agree the value of any hits they should 
be marked as doubtful. Then the doubtfuls ol one 
team’s targets should be set off against the doubtfuls 
of the other allowing the higher value to both. 
As a matter of tactics an astute Captain with a good 
team will stipulate that the whole of his team’s scores 
shall count for the match, but if his team has a weak 
tail he will agree to count out one or two of his lowest 
scores. 
Young clubs with weak teams often hesitate to shoot 
matches for fear of being badly beaten. A very good 
plan under such circumstances is to agree to shoot say 
ten a side, each member of one team shooting an in¬ 
dividual match with a member of the other team, a 
victory counting one point. The club having the great¬ 
est number of victories wins, but the individual shoot¬ 
ing scores are not necessarily published. 
