The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-02 00:00:00

who hits this is lucky, but, on the contrary, he who 1
hits the haunch, has at once to pay down a shilling,
which goes to the association. There were plenty
of " haunch"-hits yesterday, but only a few bull's-
eyes; in fact, nearly an hour elapsed from the
commencement before the first was made, and
singularly enough the lucky marksman immedi-
ately made a " haunch," and paid his shilling amid
the laughter of the spectators. It was probably
owing to a desire to avoid the ridicule which awaited
those who hit the haunch, which led competitors to
aim rather in front of the bull's-eye than behind it,
and no doubt it was a desire to have as steady a
mark as possible, which led them to reserve their
fire until the deer was nearly at the top of the rise,
and close into his lair, when his speed has consider-
ably decreased. This was done in almost every
instance, and yet few hits were made, proving
apparently that, however good our volunteers may
be as marksmen with stationary targets, with
moveable objects they are at present, to use a
sporting phrase, nowhere.
Amusing as it was, this practice was brought to
an abrupt termination for the day by the occurrence
of two accidents. A bullet, glancing from the "run-
ning deer," struck the soldier who was on duty in
the " lair" at one end of its range, on the forehead,
and then glancing thence on the leg, injuring him
in a way which, although not very serious, rendered
it necessary at once to remove him to the hospital
tent, where he received prompt. attention. His
place was taken by a comrade, who had, however,
hardly entered upon his duty of securing the deer
and turning and starting him afresh, when another
bullet, glancing in the same manner, struck him on
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at the running-deer target—which was accordingly
done.

The leading features in yesterday's programme
were the Middlesex Competition for National Rifle
Association Bronze Medal, and the Lancashire v.
Middlesex Competition, each of which gave rise to
a spirited contest. The following are the results o"
the competition :

200 yds. 500 yds. 600 yds.
Pts. Hits. Pts. Hits. Pts. Hits. Total,

Mackenzie, 15th Lon-
don (Scottish) 7 5 4 3 9 5 33
Sergt. Cunningham,
18th Middlesex .. . .11 5 9 4 2 1 32
Lieut. Hooper, 9th
Middlesex 7 5 4 3 7 4 30
Ensign Osborne, 20th
Middlesex 7 5 5 4 7 4 32
Sergt. Hamilton, 21st
Middlesex 6 4 6 4 9 5 31
Private Porter, 22d
Middlesex
Corporal Herries, 23d
Middlesex ..10 4 8 5 2 2 31
Captain Salter, 39th
Middlesex 9 5 8 4 2 2 30
Sergeant Bridgman,
West Middlesex ll 5 6 3 9 5 39
The tie between Sergeant Bridgman and Private
Porter was shot off at 600 yards, and decided in
favour of the former, who made a point at his first
shot, while the latter failed to do so.
LANCASHIRE AND MIDDLESEX.
Ten rounds at 200, 500, and 800 yards.
Lancashire. Total score. Middlesex. Total score.
Heaton
Sillem B3 Mariner B6
Bland 63 Pell
Lothbury •• • • ... 88 Deighton
Turvey
Dougan
Wood B2 Fellowes
Sprott B5 Brookes 9l
Kemp
Tormby.. 9O Smart B3

862

Lancashire winning by eight points.

The shooting did not terminate till 8.15, a strong
desire having been expressed by the competitors in
the above match to determine the competition, in
preference to its being postponed till Wednesday,
which was contemplated.
The shooting today will embrace The Queen's
Prize (first stage), The All-comers of All Nations,
The Association Cup, and several minor extra prizes.

INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS.

The interest which attaches to this gathering of
chess players seems to increase with each day's en-
gagements. Yesterday, the second of the series of
public matches which are to be continued until the
end of the week at St. James's-hall, under the
auspices of the British Chess Association, drew
together a crowd of notable chess players from all
parts. Among the chief of those present were Lord
Lyttelton, the president of the association ; Sir
John Blunden, one of the vice-presidents ; Sir John
Trelawny, M.P., Marmaduke Wyvill, Esq., M.P.,
Albany Fonblanque, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel Hardy,
J. Heathcote, Esq., M.P., the Chevalier de St. Bon
(of the Italian navy), A. Mongredien, Esq., Pro-
fessor Anderssen (of Breslau), Herr Paulsen (from
Lippe Detmold, Germany), Herr Lowenthal, Capt.
Kennedy, Rev. John Owen, Herr Steinitz, L W.
Hannah, Esq., Herr Falkbeer, N. Strode, Esq., S.
Newham, Esq. (of Nottingham), G. Walker, Esq.,
J. F. Gillam, Esq. (of Worcester), S. Ries, Esq.,
R. F. Hunt, Esq. (of Dublin), M. E. Carpentier
(correspondent of Le Sport, Paris), S. S. Boden,
Esq., A. S. Pigott, Esq., A. Cohen, Esq., &c.
In the course of the day the Rev. John 0 wen and
A. Mongredien, Esq., played a drawn game, this
being one of the series of the grand tournament, in
which fifteen players take part. Herr Steinitz
played against Mr. Barnes, and, after a most inte-
resting game, proved successful. This was the
fourth game which Herr Steinitz has played in the
grand tournament, in three of which—namely,
against Mr. Blackburne, Mr. Macdonnell, and Herr
Anderssen—he had been beaten. His non-success
had produced an unfavourable opinion of Herr
Steinitz's skill among those who had not watched
his play attentively, but the manner in which ho
contended with Mr. Barnes has not only re-estab-
lished his reputation, but raised it still higher than
before. It required the science of a master to do as
he did in this instance, for he gave up piece after
piece without hesitation, in order that in the end
he might combine those which remained in an over-
whelming and resistless force; and although Mr.
Barnes had fought his opponent with his usual in-
genuity, he was obliged to succumb to him, even
when he outnumbered his adversary by two pieces.
The drawn game between the Rev. J. Owen and A.
Mongredien, Esq., lasted through the best part of
the day. Mr. Owen is the only English player in
the present tournament who has been fortunate
enough to triumph over the redoubtable Anderssen
and Mr.Mongredien is the president of the London
Chess Club. An excellent contest was sustained
between them. Mr. Mongredien adopted the open-
ing known as the Fianchetto, a style of play much
in vogue at present, and said to be favoured also by
Mr. Owen. The commencement of the play proved
the perfection to which these gentlemen had at-
tained in this style of opening, and throughout the
game they exhibited great skill and nicety of action,
so much so, indeed, that after a most severe battle
the game had, as we have seen, to be drawn. Nothing
weary, they commenced again in the latter part of
the day, and were deep in conflict when this report
left. Between Mr. Deacon and Mr. Roby there was
also a clever game in the grand tournament of yester-
day, in the course of which Mr. Roby declined to
accept the king's gambit pawn, by playing instead
his king's bishop to queen's bishop fourth. Mr. Dea-
con is well known to have devoted particular atten-
tion to this mode of attack, and chess chronicles dur-
ing the last twenty years speak decisively of his
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