Celebration in'Shanghai on Son-day: The Annual Rifle Contest "Sunday being the national day of Switzerland, the local Swiss com. munity eelebtated it in what hab now come to be the' time-honottdd custom in Shanghai, It is trio lat formerly the progtammie' nied" 86"be more varied, arid included jvdlver and miniature rife sheotitng, But' it has for long" been obvious Dhiat this is not the time of the year for attenipting to cary though a series of events lasting through the' heat of the: day; atid accordingly the balance of the'shooting is now held-over until October. commenced at 6
Range where the annual competition was held for {the Tell Statue—a trophy presented for the occasion by the Swiss community. The range was 200 yards fand consisted of seven shots the prone position, seven kneeling Jand seven standing: In all 21 com= petitors, including the Acting Consul, participated, and the arrangements, which were in the hands of AL. Mottu, were well carried through, The Tell Statue was won by C. Lu-[thy with the score of 90 points out Jof 105. This was an excellent per-[formance considering the conditions of the competition and the difficulty in accurate shooting caused by the wind. A. Egli won the high gun prize for the prone position with a score of 32: 0, Erzinger was first in the kneeling position with 32: while Luthy was first standing, his total there being 27.
Subsequently the members prow ceeded to the Swiss Rifle Club in Lucerne Road where during the morning they were at home to the whole Swiss community. At night a largely attended dinner was held fon the club lawn, and in the course of the subsequent proce: Dr. }F. Kaen, the Acting Consul, pre: sented the prizes to the successful competitors.
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