CYCLISTS AND RIFLEMEN.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] have read " X.'s " letter in the Spectator of Augast 11th on " How I Formed a Rifle Club " with interest, and am sorry we have not the good luck to possess a similar club and range in our neighbourhood, and as energetic an organiser as " X." The only chance a town artisan has of getting a shot is at the now almost extinct shooting-galleries at the local fairs. It is a common thing for a few of our cycling club members to make a point of visiting them, when possible, to enjoy a shoot. I think if there were a few rifle clubs amalgamated with some of the cycling clubs, with ranges say' eight or ten miles distant, they would become popular among cyclists. What greater amuse- ment could one get than a ride out on a Saturday afternoon to a range to spend an hour or two practising P Now one takes a ride out and sits and idles an hour or so away before returning home. Lots of cyclists do not care to join the Volunteers ; but, as cyclist-riflemen, they might be very useful in time of need. Again, what more mobile organisation can one wish- for than a company of cyclists who are good shots? They never need fear of tiring their steeds, and could cover the ground in as quick a time as the mounted men.—I am,
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