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Show til mm Fwt fj. ihijwbE Entrance Aloiioy Is io I nldt?.'' to Prizes lor All Mafrhes. tKha, PREPARATIONS ARE ON " 'itfS AN ELABORATE S('AI,Eg Best Marksmen in America ilijjf Meet at; Camp Perry, B ' Ohio. Sporlnl to The Tllbu'im. WASHINGTON, IX P.. April in. j4 n(1 Official announcement is made of tlnifr programme for the national riflcfrilt11 ' mutches under the auspices of the Natfjj$n t tonal Board for Promotion of Uiildjrt a! Practice and those of the National lUftgirdy Ho association of America, which w. life-Burl be held on the Ohio slate ranyc itpftyr t amp Perry, O., in August nx:t. Tlirj preparations for these -matches are ofd NE a more elaborate .scale than cer IrjT nt fore and it is believed that the attend " nin-o will exceed that of any prcv'nn:.-' match. Lieut. (ol. K. K. Evans of tliehTOl United States cavalry, who is on dutv&l wr with the general staff nud who liasi ho.r been executive oiliecr of the iuitiotiulVam h matches for the past two years, hasjlT been detailed by the war licpartuicutLjiiid for Ihis duty in connection with tluijjt be? coming national matches and tliia yean Time, will also net as executive oiliecr t'ur llnj $nd National Rifle nssorialiou matches. IlolitbuT will have an enlarged personal staff uiulli approximately 100 regular u Hirers ofnd the army will be assigned to dulv iujjtlt. 1 connection with the tiiatcli. About lOOu jime, enlisted men will bo on dvty at tlni'jjjnd range. JVit ( Fifty Rifle Toams. i j:2l. It is expected thar at least ftf tv land teams representing the states and terrifiA-torics, terrifiA-torics, the infantry, cavalry, utivy nmlfck marine corps and the naval academy will be eutered in the national matcliM? ( Kadi tenni is entitled to-twelve shoot; fee. ing members and three alternates, anfJ1,,P aggregate of HOO. They arc also entialofo tied to throe oflicers and arc usiually ae-ia" A omnpanicd by more. In addition, there! will bo a large attendance of unat-Mj jj lachod members of the national guard and civilians who will participate in the 1 individual matches, as well as teams from regiments, companies and rifle andJDE revolver clubs drawn to the range byjrac tho matches above mentioned and thosojjj iwi of the Ohio Stale Pitlc association nn&csvlvi Dcpartmoni of the hakes Eiflc nssociaYale 1 lion and of the Ohio National guanlTj a 1 which will immediately precede the najlw. tion team match. trtws Congress has appropriated SIS.OOfliWrjim, mossing the competitors in tho national niin team match, which will be done in tMy ma magnificent new concrete mess hafeic erected bv the slate of Ohio in whicltwv 1000 men can bo fed at one sittinp.tt,a(,( Congress has also very materially ip-kjinf creased the amount of money for prizessprj, in the national team match, tho nationals n individual match and the national pisjajlki tol match. Rotum Entrance Pees. gWO p The National -"Riflo association haswe h adopted the. policy of returning to thewof competitors Iho entire amount of the! entrance fees, less tho nctual cxpen?t either in the form of medals or cnsjfcpubl prizes. The Ohio Stato Itiflc a?sociich lion will have a pri.e list far in pc5, of previous years, and there will be tlisc,1 ji new matches of tho Department of thLrai Lakes Rifle association, which will btffc!nto shot for the first lime. Tho amount pj prize moncv will thus be increased byj Var from 6000" to -rlO.000, and the wholeU, programme is tho most attractive ever) A offered for military riflo shooting inkaof this country. , t'-t?';,1;'' The state of Uhio nas generousi1 placed at the disposal of the variousfiLw organizations the magnificentlyj equipped and extensive range, withfe more than 200 targets, without furtherhUe , cost than the necessary expenso ofjfa. operation. It will also furnish .tontagaj and camp equipment to competitors. 4o Three Classes. A most striking change has boen madeVfiftv. in tho programme for the national team (UaW match. Heretofore tho teams have been; gnri entered as one class, with six prizes of-. M-fcred. M-fcred. of $300, ?200, $150. $100. $in and SuO This vear the teams will bo omJ' vided into three classes, to , .knS as A. B and C. respectively. This clasjftgj fificalion will be made on the standinfi'W of the teams in the last national matcnisftfo, the first fifteen teams constitntingf---class A. the next fifteen class B andjte the remainder class C. States and terri;W torics entitled to representation, but noH a represented in 1H0S, will be added tc ol.nVs C. There will be four cash prizes fl in each class, as follows Class A .first , the national trophy (given by the com fa, cress of the United States). 0 in; nl 5.1h; cond. $350; third . $300; foiirthj f j S230. Class B, first, the llenrv A Hil H ton trophv and $350; second,' ?.'0 t third, $225; fourth, $200. Class C. first; j. the Bronze Soldier of Marathon. preM sontcd bv Ihe commander-in-chief W he-j half of 'the slate of Isew ork, ana. So- second, $200; third. $175; fourth Ben I 5I.-1O: Kvorv member of a prizr-winuin (lo team will receive a bronze modal. jM,,, I design for the three classes being aif-TPUke remit. Tho total prize, money 1 n ftH0, national match is thus eJXJ, -S75 to $3200. and tho number of PCtfl(l winning teams is increased from six to 11., |