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ceive 10 per cent. each. The remaining 40 per cent, 
will be divided into $10 prizes, of which it is expected 
there will be a large number. 
Last year 317 men entered the President’s match, in 
which the entrance fee will be this year as follows: To 
annual and life members of the N. R. A., $3; all others, 
$5 post entry, $2 additional. At the end of the skirmish 
run all entries are eliminated except the first fifty; but 
any competitor not in the first fifty can continue upon 
the payment of an additional entrance fee of $ 2 , which 
was paid by a large number last year. It is estimated 
the prize money in this match will be from $1000 to 
$1500. In addition to gold, silver and bronze medals, the 
first five competitors will receive 10 per cent, each; the 
next five, 5 per cent, each; the next ten will receive 2 V 2 
per cent, each, and 25 per cent, will be divided into 
$10 prizes. It is possible that there may be as many as 
fifty prizes in the President’s match. In order to en¬ 
courage the taking out of membership in the National 
Rifle Association the entrance fees in a number of 
matches has been reduced to annual and life members. 
In the revolver team match the entrance fee will be 
$7.50 to organizations affiliated and $10 to others. In 
the championship company team match the fee will be 
$5 for organizations affiliated and $10 for others. In the 
championship regimental team match the fee for affili¬ 
ated organizations will be $ 10 , and for all others it will 
be $20. In the Leech cup, Wimbledon cup, individual 
long range tyro. Marine Corps and military champion¬ 
ship matches the entrance fee will be the same for all, 
but the entrance fee for the President’s match will be 
$3 for annual and life members of the N. R. A., while 
others will have to pay $5. 
The annual meeting of the National Rifle Association 
for the election of twelve directors and other business 
will be held at Camp Perry Friday evening, Aug. 27. 
William Wolff Smith, Sec’y. 
St. Louis Central Sharpshooters’ Association. 
St. Louis, Mo., March 30.—With an attendance of over 
sixty shooters, the St. Louis Central Sharpshooters held 
one of the most successful and' the largest attended prac¬ 
tice shoots they have had in years. The boys are greatly 
interested in the coming tournament, as is shown by the 
heavy attendance at every weekly shoot. The shoot on 
Sunday was entered into by the shooters in a way that 
shows that the St. Louis shooters mean to make a show¬ 
ing for themselves next July. 
The Sweitzers Shooting Club of South St. Louis were 
the guests of the Centrals and a friendly contest between 
a team of six men from that club and six men from the 
Centrals centered the interest of those present. The 
boys from the Centrals proved to be the victors by 
scoring 1103 points to their adversaries’ 1038 points. 
In shooting for record scores nineteen men took part 
and F. J. Spaedy again took the lead with a score of 224 
points to his credit. Here are the scores: 
Individuals: 
F T Spaedy. 
2‘>4 
219 
F Stohler . 
. 199 
191 
P Teickmann ... 
. 218 
216 
R Baum . 
. 199 
196 
T M Watkins_ 
. 217 
208 
A Mende . 
. 195 
189 
T L Wiget. 
. 213 
208 
L Bulander . 
. 195 
171 
A Baumgartner.. 
. 213 
191 
W A Alexander. 
. 189 
184 
E D Ekstedt.... 
. 211 
211 
C Nuessler . 
. 182 
141 
C W Bauer. 
. 211 
211 
J Hasfuiter . 
. 180 
177 
N Matheis . 
. 210 
198 
E C Von Eitzen.. 
. 160 
142 
Wm Sandman ... 
. 206 
193 
Sam Gassard .... 
. 160 
149 
A Herzig . 
. 202 
185 
• Team scores: 
Spaedy . 
224 
Wiget . 
202 
Bauer, Jr . 
202 
Stohler . 
199 
Eckstedt . 
185 
Baum . 
196 
-Alexander . 
184 
Hasfuiter . 
177 
Sandman . 
166 
Cassard . 
149 
Von Eitzen . 
, 142- 
-1103 
Nuessler . 
115—1038 
For some time there has been considerable discussion 
over the merits of the new U. S. Springfield rifle as to its 
aecuracy, so to settle the argument, one of the militia 
marksmen from the First Regiment M. N. G. was in¬ 
vited to bring one of the rifles down for trial. In the 
rnachine test it threw a bunch of ten shots in a 10 -inch 
circle, and the best scores of ten shots made with it were 
195 and 205, so it vvas proven to be no match for the 
regular schuetzen rifle, but everybody admires its action, 
and there is no idtoubt but that it would make a fine 
target rifle if fitted with the Pope or Spaedy ,32-40 barrel, 
firing the regular charge of 30 grains of good black rifle 
powder and a priming charge of smokeless. 
On next Sunday will be held the first prize shoot of the 
season, and as the system introduced by Lieut, Watkins 
will be used for the first time, a great deal of interest is 
being shown by the members and a large crowd is ex¬ 
pected to attend. The club has invited rifle shots from 
St, Louis and vicinity to attend, and a goodly bunch 
of visitors will undoubtedly be present. 
NAnhattan Rifle and Revolver Association. 
New York, April 1 .—At 2628 Broadway to-day score 
were made as follows: 
Revolver, 20yds.: T. P. Nichols 89, 87. 87, 84, 83, 83 
E. Schnitzlefi 80; J. R. Ryder 91, 86 , 83, 82; W. Ma( 
Naughton 86 , 80; H. A. Reitzenstein 79, 78; A. Knowlso 
80; Dr. J. R. Hieks 88 ; A. L. A. Himmelwright 87, 8 £ 
S Scott 88 , 87, 85, 83, 80; J. L. R. Morgan 90, 86 , 8 ! 
81,1 80; P. Hanford 87, 85, 80; G. Grenzer 85, 84; J. I 
Silhman 86 . 
Jos. E. SiLLiMAN, Treas. 
Rifle Note. 
Lieut, "^bias M. Watkins, St. Louis, , Mo., writes us 
that the Davenport Shooting Association has fixed on 
dates as follows for shoots: May 2, June 6 , July 4. Aug. 1, 
Sept. 5 and Oct. 3. The King festival is to take place 
on Aug. 15 and 16. 
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