Show RIFLES feihe ON THE england is disgruntled over lost palma trophy attention Is called to vindication of america in british newspapers new york june 2 referring to london reports in relation to the palma trophy shot last year at bisley england general bird W spencer president of the national rifle association cia tion in a statement today calls attention to the publication last year of similar reports which he says were at that time fully cleared up there was acome correspondence between the national rides association of great britain regarding an articles published in the washington evening star july 29 1903 in which it was stated that the american team had used non regula tion arms and foul play waa charged against the american team colonel druce who waa captain of the american team reported in athla connection at the meeting of the directors of the american association last january that the rifles used was abor understood by every team cap aln and no objection whatever waa that all known makes of rifles were to bo used by the american team that the rifles in question were freely passed over to officers and members of other teams to the officers of the competition and to others tor examination and trial if desired and that the rifles used were fully and publicly sanctioned by the national rifle association of america general spencer quoted from london papers describing the american rifles and stating that the matter had been carefully gone into by a selected corn of the naf rifle Ass ocla lion of great britain and that the rl left were unanimously permitted to be used mexico june 2 V F clarke a well known mining superintendent clipped on a trai beading from minas cuevas nuevas to labama day and fell a distance lit fully 2000 feet being instantly killed |