There are hong competitions for golf and lawn tennis and rowing, all of them exceedingly popular, and there need be no surprise if in the near future we see a hong shooting competition. Probably the competitions of an inter-hong nature were evolved first of all out of nothing more than a. friendly teeting, end if so such has had 2 noteworthy effect in guiding the sport of the community into its present lines. One such meeting has taken place at the Rifle Range, when on Sunday a competition between sides representing L. Moore Ca. and Weeks & Ca. was shot off. All the men engaged were members of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, which is as it should be in such a ease, and the precedent created is undoubtedly very good. A considerable number of rifle competitions already take place every month, but we fancy that next to international events and those between units of the 8.V.C., nothing could be more popular than one between hongs, on_ the lines of Sunday's event. One point about it may be emphasized. The doings of a considerable section of the community are largely bound up with the Voluntcers—an excellent spirit which is capable of a very great development—and the present offers a very great chance to attain that end. The Volunteers have just concluded one of the most popular competitions held during the present football season, ani while we understand that, it is the intention to carry on with something equally interesting in the summer, the idea of a hong rifle competition under S.V.C, auspices should not be lost sight of.
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