The weather this mornit was a close imitation of that of Tuesday, thick with cloud and a drizzling rain falling. The wind, however, had gone half round the and now blew across the range ight instead of the left, as on Notwithstanding this repeti discomfort, four of the English and three of the Scotch had put in an appearance by o'clock, to compete for the International prize." 1t was impossible, however, then to commence the competition, the target being invisible owing to the falling arizzlo, and it was in consequences thought by several that the target was not there, for the loom of the butt could be seen plainly enough, and one of the squad went to seo if it was in its place. difficulty having been solved satisfactorily it only remained to wait for clearer w ther, and fortunately the dem patience was but short, for at about eight o'clock the weather cleared sufficiently to enable the shooting to begin, In the meantime, messengers had been sent for the missing men, and at the time named, shooting began with five English and four of the Scotch on the ground, Aa the missing Scotchman, Pr had not appeared when the thi first range, Lieut. Sim, who was looking after the scoring, shot as a substitute for 'At the Grst range, as will b the English led by 4 points, the practice all round being fair. At 500 yards, however, the shooting of the Scotch' team improved, while that of the English fell off considerably; some very good scores wore made here, Sharp making 18 out of a possible 20, and Carnie and Sim 17 each on the Scotch side, while for England, Bishop reached 17 ind Tucker 15. The Scotch gained 14 points at this range, placing them 10 in front.
At 600, the English shot very well, the leading scorers being Tucker and
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