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POPULARITY INCREASING
Target Pistol Shooting Growing Rapidly
Throughout the Country.
From Membership of Forty In lOOO
iiiiil'i' hai Crown to Over Four
Hundred at Ireent.
report of President
Ilitnmelwright,
JJ President of the United
ni i states uevoiver assocki
S!H tion. shows that target
pistol and revolver shoot
ing i rapidly increasing in popularity
throughout the country. He says that
from less than a dozen expert shots in
this country, twelve years ago, the num
ber has now grown into the hundreds,
and he thinks this increase is due largely
to improvement inarms and ammunition.
The numerous devotees of the sport
and the conllct of rules and regulations
in different localities, made it desirable
some years ago to forma national organ
ization with power to formulate practical
anil rational rules to control revolver and
pistol shooting throughout the United
States. The necessity of such an organi
zation was apparent in 1000, says Mr.
lliimnclwright, when the pistol shots of
Fnim-e challenged those of the United
States to an international revolver match.
There was no national body to receive,
accept or decline the challenge. The
I'nited States Revolver Association was,
however, quickly organized and the
challenge of the Frenchmen promptly
accepted. The match was shot under
the auspices of the new organization,
June 1)5, 11)00, and was won by the United
States.
Willi the prestige of conducting and
winning an international match, the
I'nited States Revolver Association soon
enlisted the confidence and support of the
revolver and pistol shots throughout the
country. From a membership of forty in
1 !()(), the Association has grown until it
now numbers more than four hundred
active members, scattered throughout
thirty-one States and territories.
The Association holds annual open
championship matches providing suitable
trophies and medals which are awarded
tot lie winners, and has made rules and
regulations governing these contests.
These rules and regulations have been
accepted and adopted as standard by all
the active revolver and pistol clubs in
tlic United States. Practice under uni
1,!'in rules and regulations makes the
condition favorable to conduct the an
nual matches in different parts of the
I'nited States.
The Association is not connected or
filiated in any way with the National
K'He Association, but co-operates with
hitter association whenever possible
in 1 he promotion of revolver and pistol
footing. Its affairs have been managed
c.l;,;oivatively from the beginning. All
s and all sections have been con
Sii"i"ed, it being the policy of the Associa
t,ou t0 he truly national in its scope.
1 niancially the association is more
"wu self-supporting and is in excellent
condition. During the last three years it
lias paid oil the indebtedness incurred bv
the purchase of the trophies, and is now
accumulating a surplus which will be ex
pended in furthering the objects of the
association : "To foster and develope re
volver and pistol shooting, establish and
preserve records, classify arms, encourage
and conduct friendly matches between
members and clubs in our own country
as well as with our brother shooters
abroad."'
Among the definite things that the as
sociation plans to accomplish in the near
future is to provide a team trophy to be
competed for by teams of five men and
the establishment of individual State
championships, the latter to be deter
mined by the scores made in each State
in the annual championship matches.
At the annual meeting of the Associa
tion held in New York recently the fol
lowing officers were elected : President,
A. L. A. I Iimmel wright, New York, N.
Y.; Vice-Presidents, Paul A. Becker,
San Francisco, Cal. ; . F. Wilder, New
York, N. Y.; E. L. Harpham, Chicago,
111.; Secretary-Treasure r, J. 1. Crabtree,
Springfield, Mass.
IBOYS BOWLING HATCH.
Karl AUhott and Guy l'arkliurst are
Prize Winners.
A handicap bowling match, the first of
a series of events arranged by the recently
formed Students Association, took place
Saturday morning and resulted in an in
teresting contest which Mill doubtless
lead to others of a similar character. Carl
Abbott won the first prize with 408 and
Guy Parkhurst, second, with 355. Other
participants were Albert Crockett, 289 ;
Parker Hansel, 275; Levi Jones, 259, and
Randolph liunyon, 247.
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Mr. Iteluibergr lleturiiH.
Paul Pehnberg, of Huntington, Conn.,
is at The Carolina with an attractive dis
play of jewelry and novelties. ; Mr. Pehn
berg has been a visitor here for many
seasons, spending his summers at Maple
wood, N. II., and his patrons include
guests from all portions of the Village.
EASY FOR SIR THOMAS.
Dick Sir Thomas Lipton says he has crossed
the ocean so often that he can recognize the
waves.
Daisy I wonder how he does it?
Dick By their crests, I guess.
The ORAPTON Washineton, D.C,
a WA CONNECTICUT AVE.
. nrilE GRAFTON Is situated
x on the most fashionable
thoroughfare In Washington,
very convenient to all point
of interest and within five
minutes' walk of the White
House, State, War, Navy and
Treasury Departments, and
Corcoran Art Gallery. Cars
passing the door run direct to
Capitoland depots. The house
and furnishings are new. The
rooms are arranged both
single and en suite, with pri
vate baths, and is conducted
on the American plan. Rates
$3.00 a day and upward. Long
Distance Telephone in every
room. Especially attractive
for ladles traveling alone.
HARRINGTON MILLS
PROPRIETOR.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA.
The Princess Anne Hotel, one of the most delightfully situated hotels in
the south, only 300 feet from the ocean waves. The gulf stream which is near
by makes the climate mild in winter, average temperature Feb. to May 60 de
grees. Here you avoid the enervating effects of the climate further south.
Great pine forests skirt the beach. The mingling of the salt air with the ozone
of the pines makes this the most charming of resorts.
We conduct our own farm and dairy, plenty fish and oysters, thus assuring
our guests the best of everything for the table. Beautiful drives through the pines
and along the beach. Splendid golf course. Best wild fowl shooting in Amer
ica. You cannot come to a spot where you will be more charmed than here.
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JAMES S. 'GROXES, President and Manager.
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Are now on Sale at the Pinehurst Hotels, Store and
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