June 5, 1909 ] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
913 
BALLISTITE EMPIRE 
(Dense) (Bulk) 
1909 WINNINGS 1909 
At the Kansas City Shoot, Feb. 16th-20th.—Interstate Amateur Championship out of ten contestanti, 
five tied for High Score. High and Second High Amateur Averages on Targets. General Higk 
Average on Pigeons. 
Harry Hess, of Nanticoke, Pa., won Pennsylvania State Championship atLive Birds, at a shoot-off, Feb. 26. 
Frank D. Alkire, of Williamsport, O., won Championship of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Score, 24 ex 25. 
GRAND PRIX, at Monte Carlo, February, 1909. 
Fred Stone Gnn Clnh Shoot, Denver, Colo., February 22d. Fred King won Handicap. 
The State Challenge Trophy of the Harrisburg Sportsmen’s Association was won by F. Colemu, 
Pottsville, Pa. 
C. A. Bender, Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23d, killed 50 straight in a Live Bird Match. 
F. Hendrickson, of Trenton, N. J., on March 8th, Live Bird Match. Score, 96 ex 100. 
Fred Schwartz and George Cohlentz, of Philadelphia, both killed 25 straight in a Live Bird Match. 
Metropolitan Championship, at Montclair, N. J., won by George K. Kouwenhoven, on April 7th, 
score, 94 ex 100. 
New Jersey State Championship, at Orange, N. J., wonby Chas. Day, Jr., April 17. Score, 47ex50. 
National Board for Promotion of 
Rifle Practice. 
Sea Girt, N. J.—Riflemen look forward t’o the com¬ 
ing season as the most successful which this range, by 
far the most beautiful, if not the most commodious in 
the United States, has ever seen. During the summer 
the New York and New Jersey troops will use the 
range almost constantly, while the marines from New 
York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia will receive their in¬ 
struction here at the hands of Capt. VVm. C. Harllee and 
his assistants. The New Jersey, New York and marine 
teams will be made up from the men shooting on the 
Sea Girt range. The season will end in a blaze of 
glory with a tournament in which the States of New 
Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania have combined to 
offer a programme of unusual attractiveness. It will 
continue from Sept. 3 to Sept. 11, and with it will close 
the rifle shooting season of 1909, as far as outdoor work 
is concerned. The Jersey coast is at its best at this 
time, and the attractions of Sea Girt and the vicinity 
are known to all riflemen. 
The principal match of the New Jersey State Rifle 
Association will be the Dryden match for teams of eight 
at 200, 600 and 1000yds. with $300 cash and the Dryden 
trophy. For teams of six there is the Briggs trophy, 
presented by Senator Briggs, to be shot at 200, 600 and 
lOOOyds. With this goes $110 in prizes. The Marine 
Corps, which won the match last year, is ineligible this 
year, the match being confined to regimental and bat¬ 
talion organizations. The company team match for 
teams of five carries medals for the three winning 
teams and cash prizes. The distances are 200 and 500 
yards. The company team match (Tyro) will be shot at 
the same distances and the winning team will receive 
the Peters trophy and gold medals, with medals to the 
members of the second and third teams. The Columbia 
trophy match, for teams of six, will be shot at 200, 
500, 600 and 900yds., with five cash prizes and medals, and 
the trophy to the winning team. The cavalry team 
match will be restricted to teams of five regiments, 
squadrons or troops of cavalry, signal corps or engineer 
corps, or the division or brigade staff or any regimental 
field and staff. Here again the distances will be 200 
and 500yds. There will be three cash prizes with gold 
medals to the members of the winning team. In the 
Gould rapid fire match the conditions call for a skirmish 
run and ten shots at 200yds. This match is open to 
teams of six men, and there will be five cash prizes, 
the Gould trophy and medals. 
Unusual interest attaches to the “Nevada trophy’’ 
match, which will be shot for this year for the first 
time in many years, the match having been revived by 
the Army and Navy Journal, in whose custody the 
trophy has been for a long time. It now seems as 
though it would be the first match in America in which 
the modern rifle will be used at 1200yds. The con¬ 
ditions call for 10 shots at 600, 900 and 1200yds. The 
winner will receive the Nevada trophy and a medallion, 
and there will be nine cash prizes. The Spencer match 
has also been moved back to 1200yds. to encourage long¬ 
distance shooting. It calls for 15 shots per man at this 
distance and carries a gold medal presented by Gen. 
Bird Spencer and eight cash prizes. It will attract a 
large field of “cracks’’ who are anxious to get at the 
1200yds. range. Another new match is entitled the 
“Swiss trophy match,” the prize for which will be a 
bronze figure presented by Hugo Neuburger, of New 
York and Zurich, a rifle enthusiast. It will be shot 
at 500yds., probably the easiest distance on the range, 
and will thus serve its purpose of attracting as many 
contestants as' possible, even among amateurs, as it is 
open to everybody. The Swiss trophy match will carry 
eight cash prizes. 
Other matches are the veteran organization team 
match; Sea Girt championship match, for which the 
medal is given by Gov. Franklin Fort, and which has 
fifteen cash prizes; offhand match, with four cash prizes; 
Hale match, for trophy and eight cash prizes; press 
match, for trophy and three cash prizes; officers’ and 
inspectors’ match, with badge and ten cash prizes; in¬ 
dividual rapid fire match at 30()yds., with five cash prizes; 
all-comers’ military match with five cash prizes; Hays 
match with six cash prizes; Gen. E. P. Meany match, 
gold badge and six cash prizes; N. J. S. R. A. trophy 
match, for prize and five cash prizes; Reading match 
for gold medal and eight cash prizes; Lehmberg trophy 
match for American flag and cash prizes, together with 
souvenir medal, and various revolver matches. 
The matches of the New York State Rifle Associa¬ 
tion include the following, all prizes being on the per¬ 
centage basis. Company team match, three prizes; Mc- 
Alpin trophy, at 200, 600 and 1000yds., trophy and two 
prizes; Cruikshank trophy match, 200, 500 and 000yds., 
trophy and three prizes; 71st Regt. trophy rapid fire and 
skirmish match, trophy and two .cash prizes; Old Guard 
trophy match, 200yds., trophy and two cash prizes; 
Thurston match, open to all, 800 and 15 shots at 900yds., 
five prizes; N. Y. State Rifle Association match, 800, 
900 and 1000yds., seven shots, gold medal and five per¬ 
centage prizes; 'Wingate all-comers’ match, 200yds., Win¬ 
gate trophy and a number of guaranteed cash prizes; 
Rogers’ all-comers’ mid-range match, 600yds., Rogers’ 
cup and eight guaranteed cash prizes; Roe all-comers’ 
match, 10 shots at 1000yds., the Maj.-Gen. Chas F. Roe 
cup and eight guaranteed cash prizes; rapid fire match 
at 200yds., with three guaranteed cash prizes; members’ 
match for members of the N. Y. S. R. A. only; mem¬ 
bership match and revolver team match. 
The matches of- the Pennsylvania State Rifle Associ¬ 
ation, which ha.ve never been shot at Sea Girt before, 
include the following: The Maxim long range match, 
which will show something new to the rifle world, as 
the conditions permit the use of the Maxim silencer. 
This match calls for ten shots at lOOOyds. The Key¬ 
stone long range match, 10 shots at 900yds.; mid-range 
match at 500yds; and a members’ match. 
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Cbamplonslilp Medal, O. C. S. A. Gun Club. 
J. H. LAU (Sl C0.» Agents, 
Trophy won by Joseph 'Wagner, Utica, New York. 
75 Chambers St., N. Y. City 
The New Z/iarlin Trap Gun 
Continues Its Record of Wins 
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Marhn trap gun was high over all in the regular events, winning 
high general average and high professional average with 
268 ex 280-95?^ % 
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