Dec. 12, 1908.] 
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National Capital Rifle and Revolver Club. 
Washington, D. C.—The first match of the series of 
five that have been arranged between the National Cap¬ 
ital Rifle and Revolver Club, and the Baltimore Revolver 
Association was shot on Monday night, Nov. 30, on the 
range of the club at the Armory, L and Fifth streets, 
N.W., Washington, D. C., and resulted in a victory for 
the home club on a score of 1530. The conditions of the 
match call for ten men to a team, each man to fire 20 
shots, with a timd limit of one minute to each shot, the 
teams to shoot on their respective ranges, each team hav¬ 
ing a representative present. Regulation .38cal. revolvers 
were used, all shooting at 20yds. 
The conditions under which the match was shot could 
not have been better. The club has sixteen targets avail¬ 
able, and each target has an individual electric light, so 
that the targets are very well lighted. The lights at the 
firing points were not used. The steel plates back 
of the targets were painted black, and this made the 
targets stand out clear and distinct. There is plentv of 
room at the firing point, so that there is no crowding, 
and each man held his target until he finished his 20 
shots, which were in two strings of ten. 
When the first round of ten shots had been fired it was 
seen at once that the scores would be above the average, 
and when the match was finished and the targets were 
scored it was found that the total of the ten men was 
1530, which is 39 points better than the high score of 
the matches last year. 
High individual score was made bv J. C. Bunn. He 
had the good score of 168. Capt. P. Whitworth was 
next with 161. Tt must be said for Lieut. Ralph Aider- 
man that his revolver went on strike at the beginning of 
the last 10 shots, and he had to finish with a borrowed 
gun. The secretary of the club immediatelv called up 
the Baltimore club by phone, and it was Col. Charles 
Gaither at the other end of the wire who announced 
that the Baltimore total was 1454. 
Cant Sheridan Ferree. 32 76—158 
I C Bunn . 34 84—168 
Col L H Rechelderfer. 79 68—147 
Lieut R Alderman. 60 74—134 
L A Clausel . 74 85—159 
Cant M B Atkinson. 76 75—151 
F W Holt . 73 73—146 
Capt P Whitworth . 80 81—161 
H T McDonnall... 83 73—156 
Lieut. M. W. Farrow. 72 78—150—1530 
F. J. Kahrs, Sec’y- 
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The St. Louis Revolver Club members were defeated 
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Springfield team. 1968 
Dr M R Moore. 40 46 46 48 45 39—264 
Chas M Barnard. 43 45 45 38 43 40—254 
S E Sears. 46 44 42 39 39 43-253 
Paul Frese . 41 42 40 39 42 30—243 
M Summerfield . 36 42 37 38 46 43—242 
W C Ayer. 41 38 37 44 37 37—234 
T M Borcur.:. 38 43 30 35 39 42—227 
W L Schrader. 43 30 32 36 41 39—221—1938 
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A crooked pole within my hands, 
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Jest waitin’ for a bite. 
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From mornin’ until night, 
An’ I shall stay the same old way 
Until I git a bite. „ 
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