In the current number of Forest and Stream is a communication from a college graduate on the subject of an inter-collegiate rifle association. This writer favors the formation of an association of American college clubs, which should hold an annual match either at Creedmoor or at New London during the race week. Another point which he advocates is the admission of graduates to the association on an equal footing with the undergraduates, this action of course making them eligible for places on the college teams. Unfortunately he mistakes the strength of the few college clubs which now exist, and overestimates the amount of interest taken in shooting among American students. At present the clubs for shooting which have been formed are leading a precarious existence, or are altogether dormant, and they cannot be at once aroused from their lethargy. It is significant, in this connection, that Harvard has been so long without a shooting club: and now that one has been formed at last, it can only be made to succeed by the most careful management. In course of time we may hope that a series of matches may be arranged between college teams, but we must be contented for the present with keeping alive what little interest there is, without endangering the whole project by trying to do too much. As to admitting graduates to the college clubs on an equal footing with the students, it would seem that this course has little to commend it, for it would be hardly just to allow older and more experienced shots to compete with men who are getting their first training during their college course. Moreover, graduates of a college might with as much justice be allowed to form a part of a crew, nine, or eleven, as to hold a position on a college shooting team. Now that we have a shooting club, it is to be hoped that all who have experience in rifle shooting will come forward and practice, for already many enquiries have come to hand as to the chances of our putting a team into the field this year, and many clubs stand ready to shoot against us if challenged. There is no reason why we should be unable to form a most excellent team of four, six, or even eight, from the material at hand, and if this could be done we might gain laurels for the college in a new and untried field.