The King's Prize at Bisley
A commentary on the final stages of the competition by Captain E. H. Robinson and S. J. de Lotbiniere from Bisley Camp
This is the last stage in the shooting for the King's Prize, the most coveted individual trophy competed for at Bisley. The competition is open to any British subject of either sex--it was won in 1930 by a woman, Miss M. E. Foster-and it attracts entries from every Dominion.
Those left in the competition today-the final day-are known as the King's Hundred. Among them last year were competitors from as far afield as Australia (no fewer than seven), Natal, Johore, and British Guiana.
There are four butts and fifty targets-competitors shoot two on one target. They will have fired ten shots at 900 yards and will have dropped back to the 1,000 yards' firing line when the broadcast begins. At this stage the best scores should be about 215 out of a possible 225. The. commentators will be stationed just below the firing line to describe the last 15 shots in this very close and exciting competition, and eventually to tell listeners the name of yet another King's Prizewinner.