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...article published in your last number on the project of forming a rifle club meets with the hearty approval of many among the undergraduates, and as lover of field sports I am glad to see that the small spark of interest in shooting seems in a fair way to being rekindled. Let me suggest, however, that a club be formed which shall devote some of its attention to the class of students whose skill lies in the use of the shot-gun. Many of us are in the habit of devoting a part of our summer vacation to brush-shooting...
...seems strange that America, the very birth-place of rifle-shooting, should be outstripped by England in the adoption of the sport by colleges and schools, yet it is a well known fact that, at the great annual meetings of the National Rifle Association of Great Britian, the teams from Eton, Harrow, and Rugby roll up excellent scores, and make a most creditable showing on the score cards...
...Massachusetts this sport has always been exceedingly popular, and every Saturday the range of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, at Walnut Hill, is occupied by an enthusiastic gathering of gentlemen, whose rivalry for high places on the score sheet results in the production of magnificent scores...
Perhaps it is best to put forth the strongest argument for this pastime at the end of our article; here it is, and it ought to appeal directly to every Harvard man,-rifle shooting is a self-sustaining sport, there are no subscription friends required to foster and keep it alive, and though the victories of a rifle team could bring credit to the college; yet, to play for those victories, the college would not be obliged to subscribe a cent in addition to its already too numerous burdens...
...hoped then that the few words here written may arouse some interest in this manly but semi-forgotten sport, and that some other student-rifleman may contribute some suggestions for the formation of a club, to these columns...