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54 THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SUNDAY, MAY 31. 1908. MFLEPOIIOTION Will SendRifle Team to Olympic Game GOVERNMENT RIFLE USED The U. S. Cartridge Company's Gen erous Offer to Pay Entire Expense of Team Schoolboy Rifle Practice Received Impetus at Washington. r). "i v .-. . WASHINGTON, D. C, May 30. Arrangements are being completed by the National Rifle Association of America for sending a rifle team to London to complete in the Olympic Games. The U. S. Cartridge Com pany has come forward with a gener ous offer to pay the entire expenses of the team which will consist of six members with probably two alter nates, a captain and quartermaster. Gen. James A. Drain, president of the National Rifle Association, has been selected as captain of the team and in this manner a double purpose will be served for while in England, Gen. Drain will meet the representatives f all the foreign governments com peting in the rifle matches and make arrangements as far as possible for the Palma Trophy Match to be shot in this country in 1909. Should the plans of the N. R. A. be successfully executed, as no doubt they will, the the names of the winning le;un and the details of the contest. This trophy has been won by Princeton ami George Washington Universities. The Wakefield range has been placed at the disposal of the N. R. A by the Massachusetts Rifle Assoc lion. It is the range on which the N'ew England Rifle Association holds its annual matches and is within thirty minutes ride of Boston. A number of universities and colleges have rille clubs atTilliated with th. X. R. A. and a good attendance is ex pected. THE LATEST FASHION NEWS The movement for schoolboy rifle practice received a powerful impetus from the schoolboy matches held in Washington recently. The National Capital Rifle and : Revolver club, small but energetic organization and numbering among its members sonic of the best pistol shots in the covin try, undertook the task ot conducting the tournament. The newspapers co operated heartily, the Evening Star and Washington 'limes giving hand some silver cups to be competed for annually until won three times. There were company, battalion and inter school shoots, with competitions on the sub-target gun and competitions for officers and for individual prizes. Speaking of the competition secre tary A. S. Jones in his report to the National Rifle Association, says: "The National Capital Rifle and Re volver Club ranges arc the best I have seen for contests of this nature. They are located at the end of the drill hall and are 16 in number. Rec ord shooting is carried on iron tar gets but for this shoot the Meyns system of overhead trolleys to carry the target to and from the backstop was installed and gave tniick and cf- Palma Match of next year will be the greatest contest ever held for this j ticent service. The shooting was all Tenowned trophy, now in the posses-! done at fifty feet and on the N. R. A. sion of the United States. Letters have been sent to the ad jutants general of all states and ter ritories, to the heads of the official military establishments, to civilian clubs and others, notifying them of the preliminary contests to be held for places on the team. These will probably be held on three ranges in targets with one inch bulls eye. All matches were shot in strings of ten shots for which a charge of live cents was made. The new 22 caliber U. S. Army rifle was used and again dem onstrated its efficiency. It carried a .22 caliber short cartridge, of which all the different makes were used, the elevations being the same. order to attract the largest possible j "Alout 3,000 targets were used and number of competitors. The ranges 1 30,000 rounds of ammunition cxpend- 400 boys participated and itied as Junior Marksmen and Mass. A number of the best shots i received medals. So much interest will be selected from each competi- was created by this shoot, which was BY JUDIC CHOI.LETK ATTRACTIVE TRIFLES. Stunning Black Hat Tha New Fans. Flowtrg Lead In Millinery. A smart uiul piquant lint Is that of black straw. Its crown Is surrounded by a fancy baud of .the palest npplo green, wtilto tbo military looking plume Is of the came shade. It Is cer tainly an attractive hat and suits well a certalu type of girl. In bat trimmings there Is much va riety. Flowers nud follago take first CHIC STYLES. A Novelty In Mourning ValltBatlaU Boltrot. 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The team will probab originally designed for the white companies of school cadets, that the colored schools took it up and matches between the two colored high schools were held extending over four nights and under the same auspices. A list of prizes was secur very favorably with that for the white I schools and the scores were about j the same. The prizes for the white j schools were presented at the close j of the match but the colored schools , arranged a special meeting for the: j exercises, which was attended by j representatives of the club, tthe N. R. A. and the War Department. Gen. James A. Drain presented the ly be accompanied by a number of , prizes in both instances. Boston i enthusiasts on rifle practice as was arranging for a schoolboy tourna the case when tthe Palma team went i ment in the fall and Denver has been abroad some years ago. In addition to the team match at 200, 500, 600, 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, there will be a team match at 300 meters and an individual competition at 1.00(1 yards, to which the entries are limited to 12 from each county. The match es will be shot on the famous Bisley range. The National Rifle Association has extended an invitation to the leading universities and colleges to partici pate in an intercollegiate rille match to be held on the Wakefield (Mass) range during the third week in June. There is an exceptionally handsome trophy for this match, comprising among other features an open book on whose bronze pages are inscribed conducting one although not unde the auspices of the N. R. A. Th Denver City Troop furnished th medals and the match was shot on it i rane. A large number of the cadet and national guard officers were pres ent as spectators and the interest ex ceeded that anticipated by those pro moting the shoot. 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