The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-07-16 00:00:00

THE WIMBLEDON MEETING.

NATIONAL RIPLII ASSOCTATION.—The interest of the
Wimbledon display reached its culminating point on
Wednesday Inst. What could be more appropriate on
the Queen's birthday than chat marksmen of her domi-
nions should hold their final contest fur the proud dis-
tinction of the Queen's prize? The order of the pro-
ceedings was as follows :—Each of the 40 competitors
for the Queen's prise shot finally with Whitworth rifles.
at SOO, 1100, and 1,000 was range. The Whitworth
rifle wilt aslop.e.s at the, loug .angel pi ty because it
is more re liable than the Enfield at all distances above
IM yards, awl j artly b, cause, tieing is weapon new to
most volunteers. the prectice they were enshlml to make
with it would h.. so additional
.test of thdr skill nal
judgment. One of the competitors lean,: idrent, the
rentaaiiia :19 sere formal into two alma. gal tired at
different targets. Five of the candidates retired during
the contest, sn-1 the interest of the mat( h lay practically
with the following gendemen, who all made cam 11,..i5t
acmes —Mr. Jailing (211,1 South Middlesex), Mr. Bing-
ham (11r,toB, Lori Bury (Cisil &race), Mr. Brooks
li2th Middlesex), snit Mr. Itowe (Ist Devon). Mr.
lagg ill slid Mr. Mo,r, Who at shorter ranges were the
forourites in public estimation, Ml completely behind ;
but it is right tc state that Mr. Duggan had never pre-
viously fired at a tare exceeding 600 yards. In the
last round the interest wine keenly exti!eil to discover
whether the five leaders would retain their foreland
places. Mr. Brooks and Mr. Ileac etch lost a point,
and were thereby reduced to the con:i rank ; buttime
Alter tone the signal flsgs responded to the shots of Mr.
.Is,ming, Mr. Bingham, mul Lord Milry. anil At tie: close
if the match their scores exhibited a triole " tie" of 18.
In the earlier stages the points obtained by these gentle-
men were :—Joislin, 20 ; Bingham, 12 ; Lord Bury, IT;
and Rowe, 11. These added to the pAnta obtained at
the longer ranges, placed Mr. Joplin the highest en
thy list, and the prize was consequently award,' to
lola—The firing for prizes was concluded on Friday.
The winner of the Prince Conss r:e was Major Moir, of
Stirling, who obtained 21 points in five rounds at 800,
000, and 1,000 yards each. That of the Duke of Cam-
bridge was won by Mr. Ross, non., by one point, after a
eery close contest. The most important prise was the
Rifle Derby, Ur which there were :100 entries and up-
wattle of 170 competitors. The shootirg was very
good. TI. SlllO2 highest were Serge:int Gibbs, Bristol,
20; Mr. 11 w, Cambridge University, 26; and Mr.
Ityrie, 2nd Cumberland, 25. In shot-tin; off Sergeant
Gibbs beat Mr. ROSS and they because the winner of
half the entire entries, about £lBO ; Mr. lions, SR second
prizeman, received three-fifths of the other half, and
Mr, "lyric, two-fiftlia. The Association Cup was also
won by Mr. Ross, stn. The Duke of St ellington's
prize, which produced the worst firing of the slay, was
WOO by Sergeant Potter, of Blythe, with the low score
of 7 pointe ; and Lord Dudley's gift was won by Mr.
Roe, lst Devon