The rifle shooting match between teams from the Kobe Rowing and Athletic Club, the Hongkong Volunteers, and the Sli hai Volunteers, took place on Thursday the different ports, The Shanghai team, as we have already mentioned, consisted of the highest scorers in the recent Spring Rifle competition, and was undoubtedly the best the Model Settlement could produce. The conditions of the match were seven shots at the 150, 200 and 300 yards ranges; the competitors to fire standing at the 130 yards range, and in any position they liked lat the two other ranges, The target was the same as used at Wimbledon for short ranges, and the scoring was like-the same, namely, tive for a bull's-eye, four for an iminer, three for a magpie, and two for an outer. Each competitor had to pay an entrance feo of $2, to go towards providing a cup: to the individual who made the highest score in the match, which was of itself a contest for "honour and glory."
'Phe Shanghai team' assembled at the range at six o'clock in the morning. Major Commandant Holliday was in command, and Sergeant Anderson, of No. 2 Company, and Sergeant Bois,'of Nu, 1 Company, acted as umpires, 'The weather was favourable, light yood, with no glare, and little wind at the first two ranges, but at the 300 yards range it fresh~ ened and now and then came in gusts. 'Phe targets were duly proved by' th umpires and then the shouting commenced. 'The standing position is new to our volunteers, being only imperative in the first period of the class firing. The scores made at the 150 yards were not as good as had been made' in practice, only 181 being made out of a possible 280, which is but a little better than an average of magpies. Sub-Lieutenant Lanning made the highest total at this range, 20 out of a possible 35, while Lieutenant Tucker, who on the previous day made six bulls': eyes and an inner at the same range, was next with 27, while Private Dunman, the champion shot in the Spring competition, had to be satisfied with 20, the lowest score of the team with the exception of Corporal Vineent's 18, But at the 200 yards range, where the competitors could Shoot in the position they are accustomed to, there was a decided improvement, the total of 236 being twelve better than an Corp, Vinosnt, 2252282
236 210 630 The total of 630 is 70 in excess of the total made by the Shanghai team that compoted in the last match against Kobe, and one less than the Kobe score on that occasion. The following is each competitor's average per shot Average por shot.
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