There are 3,400 private golf clubs in the U. S., but there are more than 3,500 civilian rifle clubs. Last week, at Camp Perry, on the shore of Lake Erie, the cream of the country's amateur gunbugs shot it out with soldiers, Marines, Coast Guards, policemen, in the National Rifle and Pistol Matches.
Sixty-seven years ago, when the National Rifle Association held its first tournament, sportsmen ran the show. But in 1903, when Congress recognized the N. R. A. and appropriated funds to help stage a bigger, broader tournament, the national rifle and pistol matches became the War Department's baby. Today, through...
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