THE VOLUNTEERS.
The artillery fired their first eompclition for Company Uepresentatives in the Colonial prize firing this morning at the Anderson s iJav Kango, upon the following conditions, viz.—Five shots at ranges of 200, 400, 500, and GOO yards Hythe. position at the first range, and any position at the others ; Wimbleton targets, and no sighting shots. A strong gale blew across the range the whole of the morning, and the scores are in consequence very poor. I. cut. Muir and Gunner Cato headed the li t with 51 points only. Subjoined are the totals of the 12 highest scorers: —
yds. yd 3. yds. yds. •200 ‘400 500 600 Total Lieut. Muir 10 18 12 11 51 Gunner Cato 14 17 14 6 51 Slathiin 11 11 13 12 47 „ D. Leid 12 .16 15 3 46 „ Lull 12 10 i:i 44 fjapt. Macfarlaml 10 16 9 8 43 Gunner Pell 12 io 11 9 42 Brundoll 0 12 13 8 42 „ Lilly 9 () Clayton 13 0 14 15 14 11 0 41 41 Kettle 0 16 15 4 41 „ T, Muir 11 13 11 4 39
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Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2754, 14 December 1871, Page 3
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187THE VOLUNTEERS. Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2754, 14 December 1871, Page 3
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