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successful years was 1893, when he was a veteran of 

 sixty-five. His shooting at Bisley was splendid. He 

 took the Bass Prize with 145 out of a possible 150 at 

 900 and 1,000 yards, and scored 74 out of a possible 75 

 at 1,000 yards. He also carried off the Albert Cup for 

 the second time with the fine score of 168 98 out of 

 100 in the first stage at 800 and 900 yards, and 70 out 

 of 75 in the second stage at 1,000 yards. I doubt whether 

 Sir Henry ever shot better in his life than at that meeting. 

 In the following year, too, in 1894, at Bisley, with the 

 303 rifle, in the Doyle competition, he scored a highest 

 possible, seven consecutive bull's-eyes, at 900 yards. 



One of his peculiarities was that he was an inveterate 

 smoker, and almost invariably had a pipe in his mouth 

 when he was target-shooting. Once, when he was 

 shooting very badly in the Elcho Shield competition, 

 a friend came up to him and said, " Why, Halford, 

 what are you doing without your pipe ? No wonder 

 you can't shoot." " Happy thought," quoth Sir Henry, 

 and forthwith filled and lighted his beloved briar-root. 

 Instantly he got on the bull's-eye, and was seldom off 

 it for the rest of the shoot. 



Of the Martini-Henry rifle Sir Henry Halford had 

 a pronounced abhorrence. He called it "a beastly 

 weapon," and so long as it was the Government arm 

 he refused to compete for any of the prizes in which 

 the Martini- Henry was the rifle used. With his life- 

 long friend Mr. Metford he was largely responsible 

 for the introduction of the Lee-Metford, and his joy 

 was great when at last the War Office adopted that 

 weapon for the Army. 



