Deseret Evening News | 1891-08-22 | Page 1 | An Achievement in Rifle Shooting |

Type	issue
Date	1891-08-22
Paper	Deseret Evening News
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	An Achievement in Rifle Shooting
Type	article
Date	1891-08-22
Paper	Deseret Evening News
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	1
OCR Text	Show All Arhletrliisul lu Itllls aitoollni. tfi'iiinofiiciii, III., August SI. An achievement In rllle shooting was ao. complMied to-day In thn skirmish run of Captain ltolert it. Aiken, lustfctor of title practice of thsHlith Infantry, Illinois National (Juard, at the Hlate nils range. Tho skirmish was run under un-der the United Hlatea army regulations upon silhouette llgures, and Captain Aiken made a clean score, phclui; every shot upon the prone figure, making mak-ing the highest possible sivre that eoul I li made. This Is the first time this fiat has ever been accomplished. The run coutlstcd of twenty shots, ftrel at 30-tooond Intorvals at unknown un-known distances from MX) to 200 yards sad return, double time, and ten halts Ulug made. Captain Aiken is a reel-diot reel-diot of Chicago, and captain of the Ktalerlllo team.
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