Major THOMAS SUTTON : Bull's Eyes '
THE TALK this evening is on rifle shooting on ranges, and all that concerns it ; from small rifle clubs to the shooter's Mecca, Bisley ; from adjustment of sights to the kind of clothes to wear, and the getting down to it.' But the kernel of the talk is undoubtedly the visit of the British team to the meeting held in Spain last June-a team which Major Thomas Sutton captained.
He will tell of their adventures and experiences. The glorious beauty of Granada, the hot sun, the covered firing points, the dancing, blazing light. They shot with small bore rifles at 50 metres (roughly 50 yards). The continental system is so slow and deliberate that it took competitors one and a half to two hours to fire 40 rounds. Imagine it. And imagine this handicap to a veteran in that turgid heat.
Yet Henry Longhurst , aged fifty-six, not only endured it, but shot like one inspired. Bathed in perspiration, but indomitable, he scored 396 out of a possible 400 points, and put up a world's record.