The friendly shooting match between teams Mr. Chiarin yg arrived here on Friday vf ten selected from S. Sapp re and last, lost no giving his first enter-the Shanghai Volunteer Corps too} ce on tainment, which took place on Saturday Tuesday morning, at the 200 and 500 yards night. The weather was anything but ranges. Though the teams attended with favourable, and rain was falling at 6 p.m.5 commendable punctuality at 6.30, yot, owl to the dense fog which prevailed, and which however, at 8 o'clock it had cleared up, but was still unsettled. Neverthe-effectually obscured the targets oven at 200 less a large number of people risked yards' distance, the firing could not be a wetting to see the Circus and iment commenced till nearly an hour Inter. The agone. Arrived ut the locality, it was two teams shot in pairs, the Navy men selecting the right mound end the Volun-seen that the Circus was a blaze of light, which on nearer inspection was found teers firing from the left,—an advantage to proceed from six electric lights. The slightly in favour of the Navy team, for menagerie presented a few new attractions, their being then but slight wind, and that including a gigantic Japanese bear. This from the right, the smoke from the rifles animal which was presented to Chiarini by hung about the left mound. The firing at the Mikado, is said to weigh 2,000 Ibs. It the 200 yards was completed about 8.30, is in a large cage with another but smal-the result being that the Volunteers ler bear, and is continually on the move, had gained on their opponents by 36 points, while the other one appears to pass most of its time in sleep. A young tiger whelp (especially considering the weather) of 284 having made the ery creditable, total occupies a cage all'to tacle, and ix as frisky points, oF an average of over 28 (or centres) as a kitten, and as docile asa dog. It is per man, while the Navy total was 248, or very fond of the lion tamer, Mr. James nearly 26 points (3.5) per man. At thi Frame, and cries when he goes away from range Lieut. Little made the excellent score it, 'There are some small bears, one being of 32, putting on four ' bull' in chained to a post which it appears to de-succession. By the time the firing was light in gnawing. The elephants with their commenced at 500 yards, a little wind had friend the Bunmoso bul, are again together sprung up, which enabled a closter view to and have improved in condition, since be had of the targets, but as it blew for the they wore last here. The monkeys still greater portion of the time from varying points (right, rear, and left), to kee enjoy themselves in their cages, and if the frequent repetition on Saturday night the ' bull's-eye" was no easy matter. How-of the refrain of a recent popular sung ever, Corp. Gould managed to run up the meant anything, there ought to have good score of 31, and Seryt. Cameron (with been a large addition to Chiarini's "Zoo." three successive bulls") and Leading Sea-We would mention in passing that some man Lloyd registered $0 to their credit of the animals on the right-hand side The Volunteers, on the whole, did not of the menagerie are tuo far from the light, shoot so well at 500 yards as had been and cannot be seen very well. We do not expected, the Navy being but half the Bumaber of points behind: them st this advocate bringing the animals any nearer the spectators, but if the lamps were hung alittle range that they were at 200, and, as the lower down, probably more light would be appended scores show, it was not owing to thrown where required. Inside the Circus improved shooting on the part of the latter. we found the seats pretty well filled. All It is noteworthy that the only "miss" the dress circle seats wore occupied, as were made in the Volunteer team happened to most of the boxes and all the stalls and be the last shot fired. The match resitting gallery, there not bei inthe sulted in a victory for the Volunteers by sanding galley. "OF cause the Chinese
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