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 Second Experiment

Range 1,000 yards

-+-+-      |              No. of Hits. | No. of +-++-++ shots. | Figs. | 5's. | 3's. |  Total per cent. |           Remarks. |      |      |       |   of figs. hit. | -+-||-|+- 30   |   9   |  11  |   4   |        60        |  Line of sight was 3 ft. below 30  |  12   |  17  |   7   |        80        |    top of obstruction. All |      |      |       |                  |    shots over. -+-++-++-

Third Experiment

Range 1,200 yards

-+-+-      |              No. of Hits. | No. of +-++-++ shots. | Figs. | 5's. | 3's. |  Total per cent. |           Remarks. |      |      |       |   of figs. hit. | -+-||-|+- 30   |   2   |   2  |   5   |        13        |  Line of sight was 3 ft. below 30  |   4   |   5  |  13   |        27        |    top of obstruction. All 0  |   8   |  11  |   9   |        53        |    shots over. -+-++-++-

It will be noticed no 1's were made. Assuming the height above the ground of the average mounted soldier as 8 ft., had a troop of cavalry mounted been 200 yards in front of the machine guns in the third experiment, the line of sight would have struck about the backs of their horses, and all bullets would have gone over the riders with at least 4 feet to spare, as proved by the experiment The troop mounted could have moved forward to within 100 yards of the target and would not have