The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-08 00:00:00

weapon, that he at once ordered one to be made for
the next deer-stalking season. Before leaving the
ground his Royal Highness stated his intention of
visiting the ground again, most probably on the,
13th, to witness the match between the Lords and
Commons, and the contest for the Alexandra Prize.
The match to which the greatest amount of inte-
rest attaches, from its affording a sort'of standard by
which to judge of the progress which the highest
class of rifle-shooting is making in this country, is
the international competition between the eight
picked shots of England and eight of Scotland, The
ranges are the longest at which, even in these days
of long range. competitions ever take place ; while
the number of shots fired makes it next to impos-
sible that anythirg but steady good shooting can
succeed. The distances are 800, 900, and 1,000 yards
N —l5 shots at each range. Last year the average
marks of the English eight reached 111.25, the
highest score being 121. On the Scotch side the
average was only 90.50 marks ; Captain Horatio
Ross's score of 113 being the highest. The efforts
made by the Scotch to attain a better result this
year, and by the English to maintain their positiejc,
has led to an improvement in the shooting, which
appears likely to leave last year's shootie g far be-
hind.
England,
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rigorous competitive trials of skill, which have re-
sulted in the selection of the following for England;
Viscount Bury (exofficio), Earl Ducie, Capt. Heaton,
Mr. Martin Ridley Smith, Lieut.-Col. Halford, Capt.
Hawker, South Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, Mr. A.
Ashton, Capt. Rowland, 55th Regiment, and Mr. A.
Salvia, as a reserve candidate. On the Scottish side
the choice has fallen on Captain IL Ross (ex officio),
Captain Ed. Ross, Mr. Farquheason, Mr. C. Ross,
the Master of Lovat, Mr. Colin Boss, Mr. Hercules
Ross, Mr. Maxwell, and Mr. Henry as a reserve.
The recent shooting of some of these gentlemen is
said to be the finest on record. Some idea of the
splendid shooting which is likely to take place may
be gathered from the following qualifying scoree,
each competitor shooting twice over the ranges :
Captain Edward Ross
Mr. Farquharson
Mr. Colin Ross
Master of Lovat 278
Mr. Henry
259
Mr. Maxwell ................
For the competition for the Middlesex laronze
medal 36 competitors mustered in front of the coun-
cil tent at one p.m. yesterday, and were told off into
squads. Captain Flood Page, previously to their
marching off, announcing that the Middlesex Shoot-
ing Association, which had been formed under the
auspices of Earl Grosvenor, was prepared to give,
four prizes of £5 to those making the highest scores.
Though competition commenced at 1.45, it had not
concluded early enough to allow of the scores being
verified for publication. It is believed that Capt.
Field, Hon. Artillery Company, a member of the
36th, and Private Richards, of the Ist City of Lon-
don, made the highest scores. To-day the details
will be known.

The county competition, any rifle, any position,
10 shots at 600, and 10 at 800, resulted as follows :
GLO-UCESTERSHIRE,
Total points at
600 800
yds. yds. Total.
Earl of Dude, ...
.. 30 33 63
Ist Lieut. Penny, Ist Gloucestershire Ar-
tillery
.. 33
Gunner Hyde, Ist Gloucestershire Artillery 31
Ist Lieut. Hanson, Ist Gloucestershire
Artillery, G
19
Gunner Hansoru, Ist Gloucestershire Ar-
tillery
22
Sergt. Gibbs, Ist Gloucestershire Rifles 33
J. Baker, let Gloucestershire Rifles
G. Miller, Ist Gloucestershire Rifles 35
Colour-Sergeant Clutterbuck, 6th Glou-
cestershire Rifles
Sergeant Holloway, sth Gloucestershire
Rifles
30

T0ta1....

Average
_ .

Sergeant M. Smith, V.R MIDDLESEX..
36
Lord Bury, Civil Service 32
Captain M'Gregor, London Scottish..
Private Private Porter, Queen's
Private Mills, V.R.
Sergeant Thornbury
Lieut. Hawker, South Middlesex
Corporal Pell, Inns of Court
Sergeant Brooks, 12th Middlesex
Captain Oxley, 19th Middlesex

Total 282
Average
LANCASHIRE.
Sergeant Kemp, 3d Manchester 34
Captain Fenton, 24th Lancashire .. 33
Ensign Brazil, 61st ditto
Private Halsall, 21st ditto
Capt. Heaton, 3d Manchester
Capt. Maxwell, Liverpool R,B.
Private Ashton, Liverpool R.B 34
Private Sprott, Liverpool R.B .. 3D
Private Formty, Liverpool R.B ... 32
Private Blanche, Ist Lancashire.. 33

28
25
29
3L

271
56.6

283
56.5

50
58
62
66

666

565

66
71
46
71

Total
Average 63 6
COUNTIES IN ORDER OF MERIT
Lancashire
Gloucestershire 56 3
Middlesex
56.5
The match between the City of Edinburgh -and
the City of London, for which accommodation could
not be provided at Wimbledon, came od at the
range of the city of London Rifle Brigade at Plais-
, tow, last evening-12 men on a side—the Wimble-
don ranges, 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots at
each. After a very closely-contested match, the
registered scores gave the victory to the City of
London Rifle Brigade by 3 marks. Verification,
however, of the target at 600 yards showed that 1
mark had to be subtracted from the English tar-
get, and 3 added to the Scotch, making the Edin-
burgh competitors the winners by 1 mark. The fol-
lowing were the competitors, with their gross
scores : On the Scotch side—Corporal Good, Capt.
Smith, Ensign Millidge, Private Itobt. Bruce, Capt.
Nl.Gibbon, Private Neilson, Lieut. Kinnear, Pri-
vate Ferguson, Private Walters, Sergeant Yorslon,
Private M!Leod, and Private Thompson. Gross
score, 392 marks; average, 32.6. On the English
side, Sergeants Stuckey, Heath, Albiston, Cotkibe,
Drape, and W. Walker; Privates Mackenzie, Win-
ser, Frere, Young, Foster, and Butler. Gross score,
391 ; average, 32.58. The English aide lost the
service of two of their best men, who were compet-
ing at Wimbledon for the Bronze Medal; the Scotch
fired under the disadvantages of a long journey and
a strange range ; the result showing that the com-
petitors were very evenly matched.