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the Lakes Rifle Association, which will be shot for the 
first time. The amount of prize money will thus be in¬ 
creased by $ 6,000 to $ 10 , 000 , and the whole programme is 
the most attractive ever offered for military rifle shoot¬ 
ing in this country. The State of Ohio has generously 
placed at the disposal of the various organizations the 
magnificently equipped and extensive range, with more 
than two hundred targets, without further cost than the 
necessary expense of operation. It will also furnish tent¬ 
age and camp equipment to competitors. 
A most striking change has been made in the pro¬ 
gramme for the national team match. Heretofore the 
teams have been entered as one class, with six prizes of¬ 
fered, of $300, $200, $150, $100, $75, and $50. This year 
the teams will be divided into three classes, to be 
known as A, B, and C, respectively. The classification 
will be made on thei standing of the teams in the last 
national match, the first fifteen teams constituting Class 
A, the next fifteen Class B, and' the remainder Class C. 
States and Territories entitled to representation, but not 
so represented in 1908, will be added to Class C. There 
will be four cash prizes in each class, as follows: Class 
A—First, the national trophy (given by the Congress of 
the United States), $450 in cash; second, $350; third, 
$300; fourth, $250. Class B — First, the Henry A. Hilton 
trophy and $350; second, $250; third, $225; fourth, $200. 
Class C—First, the Bronze Soldier of Marathon, pre¬ 
sented by the Commander-in-Chief in behalf of the State 
of New York, and $300; second, $200; third, $175; fourth, 
$150. Every member of a prize-wdnning team will re¬ 
ceive a bronze medal, the design for the three classes 
being different. The total prize rrioney in the national 
match is thus increased from $875 to $3,200, and the 
number of prize-winning teams is increased from six to 
twelve. It will be noticed that the first prize for Class B 
is equal to the second prize in Class A, and the first 
prize in Class C is more than the second prize in Class 
B, the second' prize in Class B being equal to the 
fourth prize in Class A, and the second prize in Class 
C being the same as the fourth prize in Class B. , It 
might be expected that occasion would arise when a 
team in Class A_ might try a little jockeying in order to 
land a better prize in Class B than it could in Class A 
or in Class C than it could in Class B. This has been 
provided for by the adoption of a rule that no team shall 
be eligible to win a prize in a class lower than the one 
in W'hich it shall have been rated for the year. Thus a 
team classified in Class C can win any prize in the 
match; those in Class B are eligible to the prizes in 
Classes A and' B, wdiile those- teams which stood among 
the first fifteen at Camp Perry last year can .‘'hoot only 
for the prizes in. Class A. Teams in Classes B and C 
making a total score sufficient to win any prize in a 
higher class must take the place and prize in the higher 
class to which such total score entitles them. No team 
shall be eligible to win more than one prize in the same 
national match. Hereafter each year the teams compet¬ 
ing in the national match will be reclassified upon the 
basis of their standing in the national match imme¬ 
diately preceding. Any team which drops out a year or 
two will, on again entering the competition, be given a 
serial number according to its standing in the last 
national match in which it shot. 
As a further preventive of possible jockeying, the 
order of fire has been materially changed. Last year the 
20 (.'yd. rapid fire immediately followed the 200 yd. slow 
fire and the skirmish run came in between the 800yd. 
stage and the 1000 yd. stage with which the match ended. 
This year the order of fire will be as follows: 200yds., 
slow fire; 600yds., slow fire; 800yds., slow fire; 1000 yds., 
slow fire; 200yds., rapid fire; a skirmish run. Owing to 
the possibilities in rapid fire and at skirmish, the interest 
will thus be maintained until the last shot in the match 
is fired, for many a team will change its standing in the 
final stage of the match, and every team will go into the 
skirmish run with the possibility of winning any one of 
the twelve prizes, for of the highest possible total score 
of 4200 points, 1200 of them can be made in the skirmish 
run. 
In accordance with the action of the* Congress in lim¬ 
iting entrance to the national matches to members of 
the ^ National Guard and of the regular service, the 
National Board has changed the rules of the national 
individual and the national pistol matches by elimin¬ 
ating therefrom members of the National Rifle Asso¬ 
ciation and affiliated clubs. 
The order of fire in the national individual match will 
be the same as last year. In this match the skirmish 
run and rapid fire are shot first in the hope of elim¬ 
inating from the match after these stages, such com¬ 
petitors as are evidently out of it. Heretofore the 
prizes have been thirty-six medals, being twelve each of 
gold, silver andl bronze, with gold medals and $20 each 
tor the highest aggregate score in slow fire, rapid fire 
and' skirmish. The twelve gold medals were accom¬ 
panied by cash prizes ranging in value from $60 down 
to $5. This year there will be twelve additional cash 
prizes of $5 each to accompany the bronze medals. 
In the national pistol match the prizes heretofore have 
been four gold medals, _ four silver medals and four 
bronze medals, with special medals for slow fire, timed 
fire and rapid' fire, all being accompanied by cash. This 
year there will be eight additional bronze medals to 
be accompanied by $5 each in cash. The aggregate 
amount of money to be distributed in the national team 
rnatch, the national individual match and the national 
pistol match is $4,110. There are no entrance fees to 
any of the national matches. 
The National Rifle Association matches this year will 
include several new and very interesting matches, the 
first of these to be known as the Evans service skirmish 
match, taking its name from Lieut.-Col. R. K. Evans, 
U. S. A., who will provide a silver trophy. The con¬ 
ditions are absolutely unique, being different from those 
of any other rifle match in the United States. It will be 
open to teams composed of members of companies, bat¬ 
talions, regiments, brigades or divisions or authorized 
organizations of the National Guard, Army, Navy and 
Marine Corps, provided that teams will not contain aiiy 
member who is not a member of the organization or of 
the National Guard of the State from whieh the team 
is entered. The teams will consist of one captain and 
two squads of one corporal and seven privates each. 
The officers and members of the team may be of any 
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