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live work fell to Mr. Barney Zettler, the shooting master, 
and Mr. F. Kecking, the secretary, who worked quietly 
through the long grind. The task of viseing, counting 
and| recording each target through the eight days was 
far from being like a saunter on a pleasant May morning. 
A gratifying feature of the tournament was the number 
of young men who took part therein. Such aWdition to 
the competition is material evidence of the good work 
accomplished by the small-bore target contests among 
the boys of the high schools. J. Ehrlich, of Morris High 
School, who recently won the championship of Greater 
New York at Madison Square Garden in the week end¬ 
ing, March 6 , made the score of 2415, but was surpassed 
by his former opponent, J. H. Byrnes, also of Morris 
High School, with the excellent score of 2444, the thir- 
C. Oltman’s winning bullseye target (i/^ size), 7% degrees. 
feenth in the list of the competition, and thereby holding 
a higher place than many of the seasoned veterans. The 
performance of . C. P. Fay, Jr.‘, 2405, was also very 
superior for a young man to record, and some of his 
targets were near perfection. Thus, as to age, there was 
every stage represented, from the enthusiastic boys up 
to the grizzled, sedate veterans, yet all alike were on 
the same plane as to opportunity and equality of con¬ 
ditions. 
The adoption of the telescopic sight, which was quite 
in common use, accomplished wonders in raising the 
One of F. C. Ross’s targets (% size) in Championship 
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standard of performance, and in establishing an equity 
as to opportunity for all. When a man’s eyesight is 
dulled by advancing years, it is impossible to sight a 
rifle with the nice precision so essential to sustained 
scoring in a prolonged contest, yet he has as much right 
to supplement this natural defect as other contestants 
have to supplement some other natural defects, as shown 
by the use of the palm rest, the Swiss butt plate, etc. It 
is noteworthy that there are now very few clubs so apathetic 
concerning the progress in rifle shooting as to look with 
disfavor on one of the greatest aids to perfection in 
rifle shooting, namely, the telescopic sight. Taking the 
combination of the modern gallerj; rifle, the telescopic 
sight and the gallery ammunition, it may safely be said 
that they have potentials to shoot closer than the rifle¬ 
man can hold. 
A novel and useful invention in the form of an electric 
motor and necessary wire mechanism for carrying the 
targets to anid fro in the ranges, was shown by Dr. A. A. 
Stillman, of Syracuse. The motor was about the size 
of an ordinary dress suit case, but had power enough 
to send the targets from_ shooter to the end of the range 
and back with astonishing swiftness and noiselessness. 
The advantages claimed for it are that the slow, labori¬ 
ous manner of adjusting the targets is eliminated, and 
each shooter can attenld to his own targets simply by 
pressing a button, thereby economizing in expense of 
assistants, and the jarring consequent to the turning of 
the crank, incident to the present method, is eliminated. 
The latter consideration is quite important. If a marks¬ 
man is aiming his rifle at one range, while the rifleman 
at an adjoining range is turning a crank, quite a bit of 
jarring is communicated to the floor by the swaying 
forward and back of the one turning the crank, much 
to the annoyance of the marksman who is aiming. 
The distribution of the trophies and the many prizes 
followed the close of the tournament. Mr. Louis Maurer, 
the venerable president, introduced this function with a 
short but appropriate speech, which was much ap¬ 
plauded. Mr. H. D. Muller made the presentation 
speeches in his usual felicitous manner, and each of the 
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