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Arms vase, four of the members met the issue. Whi'e 
the scores were only ordinary in spite of the weather 
conditions, which were perfect, nevertheless, they_ were 
all bunched—Harrison with 39, Peck 38, Gross 36 and 
Johnson 33. Chester Johnson’s gun was inclined to 
balk during the shooting at pairs, which accounts for 
his score, otherwise he woujd have been right up with 
the leaders. Handicap. 
'Rifle Range and Gallery . 
At Camp Perry. 
Camp Perry, O., Aug. 9.—On the morning of the 15th 
the first of the great ride matches of the .National Rifle 
Association of America will be shot. It is the Wimbledon 
cup match for the famous cup presented to the associa¬ 
tion by Major Henry Fulton, of England. The match 
is shot at 1,000 yards, and each contestant is allowed two 
sighting shots, anu twenty shots tur record, making the 
highest possible score 100 points. Any rifle and any 
ammunition may be used, and the match carries with it 
a gold, silver and bronze medal, together with certain 
cash prizes. 
The Wimbledon cup was first won in July, 1875 by 
Major Henry Fulton on the famous Wimbledon range, 
from which the cup takes its name. It is a massive 
piece of solid silver in the form of a tankard, standing 
about twenty inches high and with a capacity of several 
gallons. It is a happy custom for the winner to fill the 
cup and pass it around on the night of the match. In 
the front the cup bears the following inscription: "Chal¬ 
lenge Cup, presented by the National Rifle Association 
of Great Britain to the United States for competition 
at their annual meeting,” and another inscription to the 
effect that it was "received from the hands of her Royal 
Highness, the Princess Louise of England, by Major 
Henry Pulton, the first winner, at Wimbledon, July, 
1875.” The cup is also engraved with the names of the 
winners and their scores. 
The conditions of the match having been changed 
several times, the first scores do not agree with the 
latter scores, but eliminating them, the winners of the 
cup appear as follows: 
1876, J. L. Allen. 
1877, .Dudley Selpfi. 
1878, Frank Hyde. 
1879, C. H. Laird. 
1880, William Farrow. 
1881, F. J. Rabbeth. 
1882, W. Budwortli. 
1883, H. T. Rockwell. 
1884, 1885 and 1886, J. W. Todd. 
1887, T. J. Dolan. 
1888, W. M. Merrill. 
1889, 1890, 1891 and 1892, Charles H. Ganz. 
1893, S. J. Scott. 
1894, Peter Finnigan. 
1895, S. J. Scott. 
1896, George Cann. 
1897, F. C. Wilson. 
1898, No contest (.Spanish War). 
1899, F. C. W ilson. 
1900, Wm. D. de V. Foulke. 
1901, Wm. B. Martin. 
1902, K. K. V. Casey. 
1903, W m. H. Richards. 
1904, George E. Cook. 
1905, William Tewes. 
1906, John C. Semon. 
1907, 1908, K. K. V. Casey. 
1909, V ictor H. Czegka. 
The list of contestants on Monday includes many of 
the former winners of this historic trophy and a num¬ 
ber of marksmen who have been trying to capture it for 
many years. 
The matches open with the skirmish run of the Presi¬ 
dent’s match at 8 A. M., Monday morning, and simul¬ 
taneously the \V imbledon cup match of twenty shots 
at 1,000 yards will be shot. These will be followed by 
the 200-yard stage of the President’s match and the 800- 
yard stage of the Leach cup match. In the afternoon 
the match for the State secretaries of the National Rifle 
Association, the regimental match and the press match 
will be shot. The regimental match is a team match 
open to teams of six from the army, navy, organized 
militia, military and naval academies and cadet organi¬ 
zations of educational institutions, and is shot at 200, 
600 and 10000 yards. For this match a new trophy has 
been presented by Brig.-Gen. Frank A. Rumbold, Ad¬ 
jutant-General of Missouri, the former trophy having 
been won three times by the 6th Massachusetts Infantry 
and thus becoming its permanent property. It was 
won last year by the 1st inlantry team from the Colo¬ 
rado National Guard, which thus has a leg on the new 
trophy. An important change has been made in the 
press match. X here will be no entrance fees this year 
and no cash prizes, but a silver cup will be presented 
to the winner, and the second man will receive a life 
membership in the National Rifle Association valued at 
$125. In addition a handsome solid silver trophy, known 
as the press trophy, will go to the publication repre¬ 
sented by the winner of the match to be held for a year, 
f he trophy has already been won by representatives 
from several different publications whose names and 
papers represented are inscribed on the trophy. 
file program of the National Rifle Association matches 
for luesday includes the first stage of the Evans skirm- 
n 1 Which begins at 8 A. M., and will continue 
all day. This is the most spectacular rifle match in 
America^ and \vill arouse the greatest interest at the 
camp The trophy is a handsome silver cup given by 
Col. R. K. Evans, U. S. A., who is serving his fourth 
successive term as executive officer of the National 
matches. It is open to teams from the army, navy, 
marine corps, military and naval academies and educa- 
tional institutions having military departments and the 
organized militia. The teams consist of one captain and 
H i-™ en ' ."W ^Pernors start from a point beyond 
tne i.W-yard line and carry forty rounds of ammunition 
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