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1907 National Matches, Camp Perry, Ohio
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When Camp Perry opened, the Krag Jorgensen rifle was still king of the range. It was not until 1908 that enough of the Model 1903 rifles were available that they could be set aside for use in the National Matches. Of interest in this photo from Perry in 1907 is the use by the shooter in the foreground of a Pope sight micrometer, attached to the rear sight elevation leaf. Harry Pope's micrometers, unlike most of the several varieties that were made and sold, were intended to be left in place while the rifle was being fired.

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Traveling to the 1907 National Matches
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"Camp Perry ... is a place of magnificent distances. One of the things needed there is a light trolley which will take contestants and spectators from point to point around the range. Tom Keller of Peters Cartridge Co., known to about every man in the shooting fraternity, a man full of invention, quickly perceived upon his arrival at the celebrated range the neessity for a better means of locomotion than was afforded by his sturdy, but rather short legs; so he ... acquired by lease, theft or purchase a white quadruped, adorned by the appropriate amount of ears, hair and tail, to which was attached a light one-seated buckboard. In this rig Tom was able to get around to see the multitudinous individuals of his acquaintance. Wherever he went his good nature prompted him to invite some one to ride with him. His horse was not properly introduced to Tom, and for a name each new beholder chose the one which suited him best. Mrs. Drain called the animal Fido. Why, no one knows, but perhaps because it was such a doggoned poor horse ... Tom himself gave to his treasure the euphonious cognomen of Sweet Marie. General Riggs thought the best name was Beau Brummel. The last day of the meeting inquiry of the alleged owner brought out the information that the real name of the horse was Alice."
—Arms and the Man, 1907
—Arms and the Man, 1907