GALE ON THE RANGE
I This morning's heavy wind increased till it was blowing gale, force this afternoon when the marksmen; went to the ■■900 yds .mound.' Shortly after firing started there were fierce rain squalls, and condk tions were about as bad'as they possibly could be. The weather is sure to have a detrimental effect on the scoring. "Rocking badly, and whipping quickly," was how one'competitor described it. .The eccentricities of- the wind were such that it changed while the marksmen ■tyere pulling, the trigger, . ' ' . H7 V. Croxtoii (Ktirbri) shot a 44 out /of a:possible ,50. He secured six successive, '■bulls/: inissed,,.tho target, scored' two, more ."bull's," • and finished, with :a i. Under the circumstahccs it- was' a very ■ :fine performance. . ■ ": ■■' • ■'..'
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 11
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122GALE ON THE RANGE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 69, 23 March 1931, Page 11
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