The first series of the ~-snnual:\: meeting of the S. V. C. shooting competition was held on Sunday and, on Saturday at the Rifle Rango—four more series of events will'Bp fired off on consecutive week-anda. Col, W. F. L. Gordon, Commandant, was "present during' the entire." affair, and commented on the esprit de corps of the entire of ganization... Assisting " the Com: mandant were:—Maj. A. J, Stewart, Capt. W. J. Brown, Lieut. W. Jv! Baldwin, Lieut. A.' K, Ward" and Sergt.-Maj, Stewart, Recorder and' Official Secretary.
Event No. 1 was a knockout com~ petition between sections, fired at' 200 yd, in which six flower pots (water " chatties) were Whenever a pot was hit numbered man in the opposing section dropped out. The sem finals were close and the final between the Japanese No. 4 section and the Shanghai Scottish No, 6 section was won by a single pot, by the former.
Event No. 2, consisted of skirmish, ing from 400 yd. to 900 ydi, and firing two rounds in 15 seconds, tov be repeated at 200 yd. and at '100: yd. Of, the highest possible score: 380, the Chinese Ca. No, 13. scored: Ca, No. 2, second with Ca., No, 1 British third' with 105.
Events 3, 4 and 6 consisted: of shooting at' 300 yd. (rapid), 800 ydv (snap shooting) and 500 yd. (deliberate), contestants being cor-sergeants and officers, res-peti ively. No. 3 was won by the ai nese Ca, No. 1 team, score 124, Shanghai Scottish second with 118 and Chinese Ca, No. 1, third with, 109, No. 4 was won by "A" Ca, score 118, Japanese Ca, No. 3 team, second, score 94, and Chinese Ca., No, 1' team third with 90.
Machine Guo Ca. team, consisting of Capt. W, C. Bond, Capt. W. J. Brown and Lieut. R. B, Roach, wont first place with 105, the Field Artillery Battery being second with: '91 and the Portuguese third, scor~ ing 87.
Event No. 6, composed of throd (22 rounds) for the 10 was won by the Chinese Ca,, conditions being fire at ranges winning from 100 to 600 yd., in prone, kneeling and standing tions. The team was composed off:—Lieut, Z. Y. Chen, Lieut. ¥. 0.
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