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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Feb. 13, 1909. 
THE RECORDS OF 1908 
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THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, won by Fred. Harlow. 
THE PROFESSIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, won by Fred Gilbert 
HIGH AMATEUR RUN—253 UNFINISHED, made by Joe Kautzky 
HIGH PROFESSIONAL RUN—363 STRAIGHT, made by W. H. Heer 
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And the Entire Program Broken Without a Miss on Four Separate Occasions 
J. R. Taylor, Pearl Beach, Mich., 150 straight on July 23. 
V/. H. Heer, Arnold’s Park, la., 200 straight on August 26. 
Fred. Gilbert, Council Bluffs, la., 200 straight on November 17. 
Joe Kautzky, Jewell, la., 200 straight on November 28. 
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teams in the first division will be eligible for only the 
prizes in that division. If the plans laid down are car¬ 
ried through, there will be about $4,300 in prize money 
for Ibis match, the prizes being graded downward, so that 
the highest prizes for the second and third divisions will 
be slightly_ less than the lowest prizes for the first and 
second divisions respectively. The prize money last year 
amounted to only $875. In addition, the members of the 
winning teams will receive appropriate medals. 
This action of the Board cannot fail to hearten those 
States who for one reason and another have felt that 
they were out of the race before they started. Under the 
new plan no team will be assured of a trophy or prize 
until the last shot in the match is fired, and the in¬ 
creased prize money and increased chances will have a 
wonderfully stimulating effect on the preliminary practice 
as well as on the match. 
Another important change will be the substitution of 
the B target for the silhouettes in the skirmish run. 
The silhouette group consists of two figures representing 
a man kneeling and a man prone, the latter exposing 
the head and shoulders. Hits on the prone figure count 
five and on the kneeling figure four, and shots striking 
elsewhere count nothing. The B target is divided into a 
bullseye with a ring and parallel lines, the shots count¬ 
ing 5, 4, 3, and 2, so that the contestant will have a 
chance to benefit from what is known as a “close hold.” 
The change in this rule will undoubtedly profit the State 
teams and greatly tend to equalize the difference be¬ 
tween them and the service teams. 
For years the claim has been made by the manufac¬ 
turers of ammunition, and by many marksmen, that the 
government ammunition is inferior to the private product. 
For the 1909 matches the ordnance department will in¬ 
vite proposals from each ammunition company to furnish 
a million rounds under certain specifications, among them 
being one that the ammunition must be machine loaded. 
The ordnance department will also manufacture a million 
rounds under similar specifications. An exhaustive test 
will be held in the spring, and the ammunition which is 
adjudged to be the best will be adopted, whether of 
private or government manufacture, and will be issued 
for the preliminary practice as well as for the match. 
There will also be some important changes in the 
matches of the National Rifle Association, which will 
probably be shot just in advance of the national matches. 
The officers of the U. S. Marine Corps have joined to 
present a magnificent trophy for a new match, to be 
known as the Marine Corps match. It will be an in¬ 
dividual match with two sighting shots and twenty shots 
for record at 600 and 1,000 yards, open to everybody, any 
military rifle, any military sight and any ammunition. 
All the money for entrance fees, less 30 per cent., is to 
be distributed as prize money. Another trophy has been 
offered by Frank Stanton, of Atlantic Mine, Michigan, 
for a new long distance match at 1,200 yards, the first 
in this country. At the recent annual meeting of the 
National Rifle Association steps were taken calculated to 
greatly extend its influence and membership. Additional 
directors were provided by adding the adjutant-general 
of each State and Territory, one from each State Asso¬ 
ciation and three to be appointed by the Secretary of 
War, representing the Infantry Cavalry and General 
Staff, and two by the Secretary of the Navy, representing 
the Navy and Marine Corps. Provision was also made 
for annual members at $2 each, to receive all publications 
of the Association. 
On invitation of the Governor of Ohio, the National 
matches will be held on Ohio range, at Camp Perry, dur- 
ing August next. 
Taunton Indoor Rifle League. 
Taunton, Mass., Feb. 3. —The relative standing of the 
teams was but slightly changed in last week’s contests. 
The Whittenton and Taunton rifle clubs postponed their 
match to some date to be announced later. The Bel¬ 
monts defeated the Spanish War veterans; the Ninth 
Company defeated the Y. M. C. .4.; the VVampechos de¬ 
feated the Highlands, and the Tauntons defeated the 
.\htanums. as lollows: 
Belmont Rifle Club. 
Rogers . 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5—47 
Henry . 555444454 5—45 
Lewis . 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4—44 
Thresher . 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4—45 
Woodward . 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4—45—226 
Spanish War Veterans. 
Danforth . 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 4—42 
Broadhurst . 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5—49 
Robinson . 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4—44 
Murray . 444554544 4—43 
Totten . 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4—40—218 
Wampecho Club. 
M B Dean. 454545445 5—45 
P C Taylor. 454554455 5—46 
E H Dean. 544444454 4—42 
A T Dean. 545454554 4—45 
Bliss . 4 4 4 5 3 4 3 4 5 4—40—218 
Highland Rifle Club. 
Hopkins . 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 5—42 
Syvertsen . 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5—40 
Hewitt . 4 5 5 5 3 4 3 4 5 4—42 
Davis . 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4—40 
Atwood . 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4—44—208 
Taunton Rod and Gun Club. 
Cushman . 5 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 4 5—43 
Scudder . 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 4—42 
Hill . 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 3-44 
Rivard . 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 4—43 
Dummy . 42—214 
Ahtanum Club. 
Wood . 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4—38 
D Taylor . 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 4 4—42 
Moran . 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4—44 
Eddy . 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4—42 
She^rd . 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5-47-213 
