The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-06-28 00:00:00

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r*llarr VOLnings AssocienoN.
l'oridth• tenth time !ha volunteers of the eountY have
.te• of Prun
bun/11z competition for the handsome
es offered by the Dorc,t Volunteer Aseoeic
mon. and
m th "
e eo— '-
oat comm.._
"""Isalt as usual wss attended with she
upon this-c" "tapas', thanks to the care bestowed
--altementa by the Honorary Secretary.
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manner C°°"bs' Dorchester corps, and the expellent
artertou in which their wgre carried out by Battalion
guter T. Newman. We may 'tetanal,' be
Pasted to think wall of Dorset,
unlit, where
eacth ea but we know of no other
got through immense amount of shooting is
e ail la one day, and certainly not one
whet, it le "ftenCliehed with that race and utisfaction
to all
Itbichia 00, of
the prise nu will. of
of our bestmanaged insiitu
Moos, and each you it, success increases. on tip.
present occasion it was &nen ed that the oomPettl'ra
ie each of the Rate ahould nig ce and continue tbeir
firing to the end. This leveed mmeunch time, and enabled
the competitors
an astraordinaryt°tesiretttinothrs7g h their work quickly. Ac
to the accuracy of the cal.
calalkas loads seta the time the shooting would occupy
we can't refrain •
trom noticing that it was arranged to
e,,eenele,eee` 9.30, and did so ; it wu timed to finish at
.'l; tan" 'oat " the bight soundrd "mese firing" for the
as
Perty. the
indicated 8 dial fixed over the shed at the butt.
o'
would occupy
*lack I That the time the competitions
indicate,should have been reckoned pc; precisely
whi.h sret the jfrsthaught and knowledge of the work
ght into exercise for the benefit of the
muociatiou. Concluding the meeting in one day is of
caanss a (twat advantage for the volunteers—it saves
time
and laatt•Y too, and enables those to compete who
would be There tumble to do so if it occupied two days.
Colonel s!" It„ ens attendance of officers, including
• mufti l,
Major gindereley, Capt and Adjutant
,I;l`netti Hon. • A esistant Quartermaster Itayr, Battalion
‘4llextertaaatert Newman, Captain Sir H. IL NrDese,
Clia Q6edit?iss&Sain Coombs, Ensign Williams,
a
~„--ePtalawaastt Thresher, n Calder, Lieut. Johns, Ensign
. Lieut.
•
Leach. of Deshwood, aid lion...Assistant-Surgeon
the rides Lieut. Legs and Lieut. Andtews,
al the artillery. and Captain Griffis, of the seomanry.
The "%this was beautifully fine, and the heat till the
latter part at the day was intense. The glare of the
lua wile Yell greet, but there was little complaint about
that, for our volunteers have now become accustomed
to all the sictuitudes of sheeting, and the screens which
wad to Scorn eonsploo ly at the aiiier meetings are
now no more seen, it being eonitis.-red—•oa very
properly—that such adventitious aids to shooting are
unworthy of the foroe. The arrangements for marking
were eiorilar to those in former years, and the entire
business of the meeting was parried through without a
hitch, an unkind word, or, we believe, a thought of
dissatisfaction. The volunteers of all classes were loud
in their expression of admiration at the nature of the
arrangements made, and the way in which they were
tarried out.
There were very few civilians present during the
day; volunteer meetings seem to have entirely l
that gala ehanwiter which distinguished them at the
begitning, greatly to the advantage of the fen" no
doubt, and these assemblies are vow so thoroughly
twasineuolike, that there is no room for hrliday maker,,
tibia it is • right pleasant gathering of volunteer:rico:iv;
land the grand event before temp of the year of boreal Battalion. Mrs. Dunn, of the Junction Ho
as usual, catered admirably forth, volunteers, and ttlio.' nro
was no lank of creatore comforta. From thsJu
too, auriages and omnibuses ran during ,the
heday for r the
conveyance of the competitors from
Maiden Castle and back.

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Th. mooring and decision of ties were u at the
Wimbledon meeting, 1869.
COLIPITITION A.—The High Sheriff's prise of 20 guineas
and t3O given by the Association. To be competed
for by enrolled volunteers of all chime in the county,
St 200, 500, and 600 yards. Fire rounds at each.
There were 112 competitors.
200 yds. 600 yd.. 600y0.. Tot.
Lieut. Good, 14 - 84333-10 22.t4—15 03233-11 42
Annourer King, 811, - 3422-12 44323-16 33232-13 41
Corporal tlaiTts, Ott. - =43-14 33334-10 22420-10 40
lellidgn Calder, 71h - 24323-15 33922-13 22430-11 M
Private Mks, 2nd - 02322 V 23443-10 42603-13 38
X4l.•lllertrgar,lllll 33323-14 32233-13 02M4-11 38
, 6th 13239-13 23343-15 40204-10 98
Col.-Serst. Fanner, 4th v 33311-14 44242-16 22202 8 38
Private Soppltt, oth - 32222-11 20242-10 23423-15 36
Private Elliott, eth - - 23233-13 2220-10 43402-13 311
Private Hoeg, 3rd - - 2242-12 23322-12 32430-12 36
Prlirme Kendall, 12th - 22233-12 46.32-13 23.33-11 36
Sergeant Parsons, 12th- 93922-14 243 0-12 33220-10 36
Corporal Brown, Silt - 33433-16 82320-10 24.2.-10 36
Pvt. W. hop.. (lim.) 3423.-10 324:0-11 043-2. 9 36
Private Edward., 11th =44-15 34239-15 33000 6 36
Serimant Hine. Ist - 22430-11 02433-12 a 3432-12 35
Col -flew. Greg. ry,3rl 23343-15 0323 a— 8 32:22-12 35
Private Corm, 384 33123-13 20243-11 30422-11 35
Private Green, 11th - • 233.19-13 32304-12 03304-10 35
Private Serridge, 6th 33323--14 34033-13 3243 8 1 •
Sergeant Wareham, oth 33232-13 321.22-12 22303-10 36
Private Pitman, 12th - 24322-13 31202-11 22330-10 34
The unsuccessful competitors moored as follows—
No. of corps. 200 600 600 tot.
Private Roe - - - - 8 11 15 8 94
Col.-Sergeant Curtis - -12 14 13 7 34
Private Jeffery - - - 3 12 10 11 83
Sergeant Roberta - 6 17 6 10 33
Private Kendall - - - - 1 13 14 6 33
Sergeant Sudden - - - • 6 13 13 8 11
Corporal Dover - - 7 15 10 8 33
flergaun Sherren - - - 2 12 10 10 32
Private tanim - - - 2 15 9 8 32
Private Wareham - - 4 13 6 13 32
tMpt. F.1,a.ee.....7 12 11 9 32
Sergeant Groves - 8 12 12 8 32
Lance-Corp. Marston - - 4 13 17 2 32
4.M. &meant Away - - - 12 14 0 8 22
Sergeant Cress - - - 3 12 8 11 31
Col.-Sergt. Lee - - - 6 11 10 10 31
Corporal Stubblnp - 7 14 9 8 31
Private Dart - • - - 3 6 12 22 30
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