Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-22
The "Eady-Shot., at BIsley,

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 Thank God, she's not in the Queens, n was the spontaneous feeling and no doubt the unanimous feeling of the marksmen who witnessed the splendid shooting of Miss Leale yesterday; and if the young lady can maintain the high standard of her skill, they have cause to be thankful that they are not called upon to compete with her for the biggest and most coveted prize of the meeting. It was in the contest for the fifty guinea silver cup given by the proprietors of the Graphis that Miss Leale distinguished herself, the conditions of shooting being seven shots st 200 yards and an equal number as 800. At the first distance she made twenty-seven out of a possible thirty-five, and probably would have done better, as her after performance suggests, but for the fact that the seven shots had to be fired with two minutes. Anxions lests she should overstep the time limit, she discharged bullet after bullet with great rapidity, and when she had finished had nearly twenty-five seconds to spare.
 The novelty of one lady competitor hay ing the temerity to compete against a coup le of thousand of the best shots the coun- try can produce, attracted crowd of spec tators to the firing -point-that is to say, a crowd for Bisley. There were st least a hundred present-not 8 very magnificent throng in point of numbers, but still quite sufficient to cause one to note that the camp is Hooking up." Miss Leale was neatly dressed in 8 fawn-colored dress, with a dust cape over her shoulders, and wore a straw sailors hat. In shooting, she again occupied the sitting position in which she has been accustomed to practice at the ranges of the Guernsey rife association and in handling her Martini Henry she equalled any man on the common. Having completed her score, she was warmly eheered by the spectators and heartily con- graduated by her personal friends An hour and half later she resppeared at the firing point, accompanied by her father and some ladies, in order to fire her re- maining seven shots at the increased dis tance; and, as the bulk of the work else where was now over, regulars, volunteers, and visitors (of whom there was more yes terday) clustered around the resister keep CT to witness her craftsmanship. Bisley had become interesting at last, and that on account of the unforeseen advent of lady. Even the services of the police had to be cAAAbbS0 to cAEtE- ness of onlookers. At the J00 yards Miss Leale adopted the prone posture, and as no time limit was imposed she was able to exercise that deliberation which character izes most of her shooting Slightly flushed with excitement, but otherwise perfectly self possessed, she reclined upon the grass, and patiently awaited her turn, rife in hand. Her first, or sighting, shot from which marksmen are enabled to judge the allowance to be made for wind and other conveniences, was a magpie counting four, and then came the first towards the com pletetion of her aggregate. It was bulls eye, and was followed by two others Then there was slight falling off with a msgpie and an outer, leaving two shots still to be fired. Both were bullseyes, bringing up her score at 500 yards to thir- ty-two, and her aggregate to fifty mine Loud cheers were raised when the final bull was signalled, and veteran marks men expressed their astonishment at Miss Leale's performance.