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to certain puffs of wind, both shots flew wide of the
target, and he fell back to a mere place among the
60 best shots. In the end his disappointment was
less bitter than he had imagined, because 47 points
were made by two competitors in the afternoon, a
I total which he must have made centres to equal and
bull's-eyes to beat. Northamptonshire has every
reason to feel satisfied with its position in the list.
Not only are three of its representatives included in
the roll of foremost shots, but of these one is Lord
Spencer himself. He did not content himself, as he
might have done, with his position, of Lord of the
Manor and member of the Council of the National
Rifle Association, to the duties of which office since
the commencement of the meeting he has devoted
unceasing attention, but as major of the Ist North-
ampton Regiment, he entered the lists with the rank
and file of the Volunteers, and gained the fine score
of 41 points, which entitles him to one of the
badges, of the Association, and in virtue of this to
compete in the second stage of her Majesty's
Prize. Some • time before the conclusion of
the firing it was announced that Mr. Ed-
ward Ross, of the London Scottish, the well-
kn-own first winner of the Queen's Prize, had made
the excellent score of 47 marks. He was tied, how-
ever, by Captain H. Holme, of the 18th Somerset ;
but, by the plan adopted this year for deciding ties,
namely, giving priority to the competitor making
the best score at the longest range, Mr. Ross was
declared the winner. The following analysis of the
scores last year will, by comparison with the sub-
joined scores, enable the curious in rifle shooting to.
see how closely the best results in both years ap-
proximate. In 1864 the first thirty competitors
were made tip of three scores of 47, one of 46, four
of 45, six of 44, twelve of 43, and four of 42. The
second thirty consisted of 16 scores of 42 each, and
14 of 41 each. The remaining forty, to make the
100, who took prizes in connection with the first
stage of the Queen's, was composed of 1( scores of
41 marks each, and 24 of 40 marks each.

The competition for the £5O cup given by the
Daily Telegraph developed some admirable shooting
with the Government weapon and ammunition.
Two competitors made 19 each, or only one mark
less than the highest possible score—shooting that
would be no disgrace to a small-bore. There were
several 18's, and numerous 16's and 17's. The
Volunteer Service Gazette Prize, at 800 yards, was
intended originally to show what the Enfield would
do at that range ; but improved ammunition has
been allowed, and the shooting has been propor-
tionately improved. Mr. Bass's Prize for volunteers
not hitherto successful at Wimbledon or at
county meetings was very warmly contested,
and the result showed that the want of suc-
cess of the competitors up to the present had not
arisen from want of skill. Some excellent shooting
was made in all the other competitions, as the sub-
joined list of official scores will show :

FIRST STAGE, QUEEN'S.
Private E. Ross, London Scottish 47
(Winner of silver medal, Rigby rifle, and. £5O).
Captain Hohne, 18th Somersetshire
Private Frears, 2d Cumberland
•.• ... 45
Corporal Geule, 3d Somersetshire
Private Meakin, 2d Derbyshire ... ••• •... 45
Private Getley, Ist Cheshire
Private Dawson, 4th West Yorkshire ... •... 45
Sergeant Mackereth, 6th Norfolk ... ..• ... 45
Private Ingram, let Lanarkshire ... ..• ... 45
Corporal Walters, let Edinburgh ... ... 45
Colour-Sergeant Graham, 2d Wiltshire ... 44
Corporal Danger, sth Somersetshire ... 44
Sergeant Montgomery, 30th Middlesex ... ... 44
Ensign Scott, 3d A.B. Renfrewshire ... 41
Corporal Ferguson, Ist Inverness-shire ... 43
Colour-Sergeant Churchill, Ist London ... ... 43
Private Brown, sth Dorsetshire ... 43
Private M'Lean, Ross-shire ... 43
Private Dame, Victoria ... ... 43
Sergeant BeHis, Bth Shropshire ... 43
Corporal Boynton, sth East York ... 43
Corporal Saxby, 6th Herefordshire ... 43
Sergeant Little, 3d Gloucestershire Artillery ... 43
Private Homerton, 12th Middlesex... ... 42
Corporal Forrest, 2d Roxburghshire ... 42
Ensign Norcombe, Ist Devon ... ..• ... 42
Private Robins, Ist Wiltshire ... ••• ... 42
Private Mercer, 2d Somersetshire ... • • ... 42
oSergeant Anderson, 221 Middlesex ••• ... 42
Captain Hadden, Ist Nottinghamshire ... 42
(Each winner of a Rigby match rifle, the N.R.A. badge,
and £5.

Sergeant Allcock, Ist Warwickshire ... 42
Sergeant Atkinson, sth Lincolnshire ... 42

Sergeant Holland, Victoria ... ... 42
Private Kelsall, Ist A.D.8., Staffordshire ... ... 41
Major Earl Spencer, Ist Northamptonshire ... 41
Ensign Black, 22d Middlesex ... 41
Sergeant Goldsmith, 4th Sussex ... 41
Sergeant Peasland, 22d Northamptonshire 41
Private Sharman, 4th West Yorkshire ... 41
Private Cawcutt, sth Essex ~. 41
Corporal Beach, 6th Monmouthshire ... 41
Corporal Young, 7th Somersetshire ... 41
Sergeant Edwards, let A.D.B. Staffordshire ... 41
Corporal Edwards, 11th Cornwall 41
Lieutenant Fowkes, 6th Lancashire ... 41
Sergeant Mellor, 6th do. ... 41
Sergeant Loof, 17th Kent ... ... 40
Private Chower, Ist Northamptonashire 40
Private Bell, Bth Lancashire
Private Hutchinson, 3d Roxburghshire ... 40
Colour-Sergeant Wodley, let Warwickshire ... 40
Private Hamwell, 11th Middlesex 40
Lieutenant Murdoch, Ist Edinburgh ... ... 40
Ensign Gray, Ist Lanarkshire ... ... 40
Private Southall, 3d London ... ... 40
Private Marsh, Ist London ... 40
Private Thurston, 29th Middlesex ... ... 40
Corporal Wiskar, 2d Essex ... 40
Lance-Sergeant Chaloor, Ist West Yorkshire ... 40
Private Green, 4th Cambridgeshire... ... 40
Each winner of the N. R. A. Badge and .£5.
Private Seaman, 27th West Yorkshire ... ... 40
Private Carter, Victoria ... ••• ... 40
Private Haywood, 3d Herefordshire ... 40
Private Medcalf, 4th Shropshire ... ••• ... 40
Corporal West, 47th Lancashire ... ••• •.. 40
Sergeant Barker, 19th Middlesex
10
'Private Wright, 80th Lancashire ..• 40
Gunner Clarke, Ist Staffordshire Artillery 40
40
Sceorrpogearnalt J.
Sergeant Agnew, 3d Wigtonshire 40
Death,li‘B e6atnh' S2udssEelxgh.l.. 40
Corporal Ewen, 23d Middlesex 40
Lieutenant Green, Ist Warwick 40
Lieutenant Fowler, 19th Middlesex ... 40
Ensign Hitchcock, 7th Wiltshire ... 40
Lieutenant Pollard, 13th Cornwall.,. 40
Sergeant J. Mills, 14th Suffolk
Corporal Baillie, London Scottish 40
CAdCaptain o o u r Morrie,Se r
Colour-Sergeant g ea t 9
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. Bdatß.,aFt., Renfrew-
shire lintshairre ... 40
shire
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••• 39
Private Morgan,lst Leicestershire ... •• . ••• 39
Private Barker, Hon. Artillery Company ~. 39
Private Frost, 14th Cheshire ... 39
Private Brow; Ist East Yorkshire 39
Private Baxter, 22d Middlesex ... ••• ••• 39
Private Adams, Ist Hereford 39
Private Naughton, sth Norfolk ... 39
Private Pace, 26th Kent ... ... 39
Private Peach, 15th Lincolnshire ... ... 39
Sergeant Willoughby, 23d Surrey ... 39
Private Stabler, 15th Durham . „. 39
Private Dimbleby, 14th Worcestershire ~. 39
Private Doe, Victorias 39
Sergeant Cunningham, 18th Middlesex ... ... 39
Ensign Sprott, sth Lancashire ... 39
Private Fidler, sth Isle of Wight 39
Sergeant Booth, 12th Derby... . . ... 39
Major Holloway, 11th Norfolk ... 39
Private Stacey, 2d Middlesex ... 39
(Winners of £3 each.)
ENFIELD ASSOCIATION CUP.

HIGHEST SCORE.
200 500
yards. yards. Total.

Lieutenant 11. F. Dickins, Vic-
toria Rifles ... 17 ... 19 36
"DAILY TELEGRAPH" cur.
HIGHEST SCORE.

Points.

Corporal Little, West Middlesex ..• 19
"VOLUNVER SERVICE GAZETTE" PRIZE.—
_

WINNER.
Sergeant Forbes, 6th Aberdeen ... ... 23
HIGHEST SCORES, FIRST STAGE, ALEXANDRA.
200 Yards.
Sergeant J. Butler, Ist Wilts
•••
Sergeant A. Deane, London Nile Brigade
Sergeant G. Toogood, 25th Devonshire
Corporal E. Lea, 3d Salop ,„

... 18

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