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[March 12, 1910. 
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National Board for Promotion of 
Rifle Practice. 
Detroit, Mich., March 5 . —Considerable interest has 
been aroused in the matches of the Department of the 
Lakes Rifle Association, which will be held on the 
Detroit range, beginning Aug. 1, in conjunction with the 
annual matches of the Michigan State Rifle Association 
and the Michigan National Guard. The D. L. R. A. 
is composed of the States comprising the Military De¬ 
partment of the Lakes, including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, 
Michigan and Kentucky. Although organized only a 
year ago, the Association is in possession of five hand¬ 
some prizes, and the sixth, to cost $600, will be added 
this year. It holds its tournament alternately in the 
States comprising the Association, the first being at 
Camp Perry, Ohio, last year. Michigan is making great 
preparations for the visitors at these matches. Among 
the improvements for the Detroit range are a concrete 
mess hall with a capacity of three hundred men; con¬ 
crete kitchen, incinerators and an increased water supply. 
An effort will be made to secure the fleet of naval re¬ 
serve vessels on the Great Lakes to move the competitors 
from Detroit to Camp Perry, Ohio, immediately after 
the matches, the Camp Perry matches following close on 
the Michigan and D. L. R. A. matches. At the latter 
place the matches of the Ohio National Guard, Ohio 
State Rifle Association, the National Rifle Association 
and the national matches under the direction of the 
National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice will be 
held. The latter matches will probably be moved next 
year, and the shooting world is relying on the Depart¬ 
ment of the Lakes Rifle Association to maintain interest 
in rifle practice in the Central West after the national 
matches go elsewhere. 
Los Angeles, Cal.—On the Pacific Coast, as well as in 
other parts of the country, the sentiment in favor of 
schoolboy rifle practice is making headway. It is dif¬ 
ficult to make headway under the discouraging con¬ 
ditions presented as the United States Government can 
do comparatively little in this direction, but it is hoped 
this state of affairs can be remedied. Much good work 
is being done by the Harvard School, of this city, under 
the direction of Irving Hague. Mr. Hague recently 
communicated with seventy-two rifle clubs, asking for 
matches, and has arranged an attractive program. As a 
result, he has a rifle club with 150 members and a waiting' 
list and much enthusiasm on the part of the boys. The 
school has recently been put on the list of government 
institutions, and received a number of Krags, some .22 
gallery new Springfields, and has ordered some new 
Sprmgfields for outdoor work. ‘The matches of the 
Indoor League, which includes some clubs throughout 
the country, are being shot on the Harvard school range 
by. the Los Angeles Rifle and Revolver Club, and the 
Triangle Cadets of the Y. M. C. A., both organizations 
belonging to the League. A movement has been started 
to organize a league among the schoolboy clubs, to shoot 
weekly matches by correspondence, as is done among the 
civilian and university clubs. 
oea <jirr, in. j.-mi interesting event of the shooting 
season on the New Jersey range here will be the first 
international rifle match with Canada, which will be 
shot about Sept. 10 if the challenge issued to the Cana- 
d'.^ns by the Americans is accepted, as it is expected it 
will be. The challenge comes from the Association of 
American International Riflemen, which is limited to 
those who have represented America in international' 
contests such as the Palma trophy and the Olympic 
games, and includes a number of the foremost military 
shots of the country. Brig.-Gen. Bird W. Spencer, oF 
New Jersey, for so many years president of the National 
Rifle Association of America, has given a handsome 
trophy for perpetual competition between Canada and' 
the United States, the match to be entitled “the North 
American match.” According to the terms of the chaK 
lenge, the match is to be shot alternately, first at Sea 
Girt and then at Ottawa, between Sept. 1 and Nov. T 
each year. The teams are limited to six principals and' 
two alternates, all members to be citizens of the country- 
they represent. They are to use the military arm of 
their respective countries with any ammunition and mil¬ 
itary sights. It will be the longest range international' 
nnn as in , clu ding fifteen record shots- 
a *- “vt' f!’ J 0 and 1200 yards. At 200yds. the targets of 
a™ J 9 r SSL B , ritai ? wil1 be used - and also at 
900yds.; at 600 and 1200yds. the targets of the N. R. A., 
of the United States will be used. Another novel’ 
feature of the match is that the shooting will be done in- 
a prone position at all ranges. The match will cover two 
days. 
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A five-man team contest took place on Thursday of 
last week, between Harvard and Pennsylvania, the lat¬ 
ter winning by a total of 432 to 459 
The conditions called for 10 shots at 50ft. standing, and 
10 shots at 50ft. prone. Rifles of ,22cal. were used and 
lin. bullseye was the target. The event was held unde 
N. R. A. rules --- r " 
The scores follow: 
Pennsylvania. 
G A Smith. 
4Q 
Q7 
C M Stubbs. 
4Q 
92 
91 
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T F R Scott. 
49 
R D Scott. 
47 
45 
H R Seeger. 
89 
J Murdoch . 
Harvard. 
4fi 
459 1 
on 
E St. Tohn . 
E P Carver. 
J T Hayes. 
S S Kingman . 
46 
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43 
41 
89 
88 
86 
79 
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