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TARGET PRACTICE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



power is employed ; on small ranges man or horse power can 

 be used to operate the windlasses or capstans on which the 

 wire rope is wound when the targets are moved. The targets 

 represent infantry, cavalry, and artillery advancing, retir- 

 ing, moving to the right or left, according to the situation it 



Fig. 19. 



is desired to depict. They are fastened to permanent bases 

 bolted to the sleds, at right angles to the runners to show 

 advancing or retiring troops, and jjarallel to the runners for 

 targets moving to the right and left. When in position ready 

 for use, the sleds are placed so that the edges of the targets 

 are turned to the firing point, and at the pull on the rope 

 when first put in motion the sled swings around, bringing 

 the target into view ; at the end of the run the sled is again 

 turned, causing the target to disappear. Another plan is to 

 have the targets folded down on the sled, raising them when 

 it begins to move. The sled runners are curved at the ends 

 to facilitate movement over uneven ground, and two sizes of 

 sleds are used, depending on the size of the target to be car- 

 ried. The targets are constructed of light frames suitably 

 braced, covered with cloth, and they can be enlarged laterally 

 by extension pieces. The small sled can be used to carry tar- 

 gets showing skirmish lines of 8 figures, a close line of 17 

 figures, and 7 figures of mounted men ; the large sled carries 

 targets of 11, 23, and 11 figures, respectively. A target show- 

 ing a side view of gun and horses is carried on two small sleds 

 joined together, the first carrying the figures of the two fore- 

 most horses and riders, the second the third horse and rider, 



