Deseret Evening News | 1908-09-04 | Page 2 | Want Long Rifle Range

0 WANT LO JG RiflE RANGE Utah Arc lC io to Begin Preparing lug ing In ut mit Once for fOl Next Xex years ll BI lug Shoot At t the national shooting ment Utah paid the thic penalty of being the newest state to have a team rep represented represented resented and of sending a It team to compete with willi men perfectly familiar familial with wilh tIle the range and anti with tho tile wind In Inthe Inthe Inthe the country of the competition This is It the lIe way tray wa that William JS B 1 Kneass first lieUtenant io of Company B First Infantry N G C U ws the shoot shout from which team returned yesterday afternoon Mr 11 Kneass is a II of or if the tho Philippines and anti tin excellent rifle shot ahot Vo V are arc elated at nt tho result and amit tho lie hope for next year IlI It has given gen us jul nIl all Important lessons In Iii the tho handling of o a It rUle rifle ami and tho the getting of results on the tho range The Ihn stores b ores by Utah were excellent In the tIme short ranges but wo we fell down on time the thousand yard arl range as unIte none of UH ott had bind practised for that range and knew little of ot thu th and un fall fail of a n gun for that distance Tho The skirmish run roll firing too was hew to tous tou tous us u and brought up UI problems not be bo foro lure encountered Taking It all nil in lIt all introduction to tIme tho shooting shoo tins ex cx exercises exercises was such as to make malte every overy member of o the tho team cain an am enthusiast for or next season Maason and to guarantee a It team Will thil go down for fOI that shoot hoot pre pro prepared prepared pared parti to climb away aVit up Imp along alon the line We Ye o hardly expected this season lIea on to tobo bo hut far from tile the bottom and anti In imi that we e were not disappointed A A thousand yard range should ho bo provided ut at ut once on c and shooting exercises C x regularly car carried carneil neil ried out Iu lu preparation for next season Tho The long range and anti the skirmish run runis runis is la where practise e should heul bo be concen concentrated