1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

PROGRAMME AND RULES FOR THE COMPETITION.The chief work of the Shooting Committee was the drafting ofthe programme of the shooting competitions — a task which provedto be by no means one easy of solution, for it was necessary tomake a list which, without being too heavy, did everything possibleto satisfy the various wishes and tastes of the nations taking part inthe competition; the requirements just mentioned being, necessarily,widely different both as regards their nature and character.However, after the Committee had determined to follow, in themain, the arrangements made for the English Shooting-Programme atthe Olympic Games of London 1908, which had, with honour, stoodthe test they were then put to, and had proved capable of satisfyingall reasonable claims, it was felt that firm ground, so to say, hadbeen reached. In accordance with this principle, then, the Shootingprogramme was divided into the 3 following principal groups:I. Shooting with army rifle, and shooting with any rifle;II. Miniature-rifle shooting; revolver and pistol-shooting:III. Clay Bird shooting and Running Deer shooting.There still remained, however, a great deal to do before the programme,as a whole, with all the rules for the competitions andother detailed regulations, could be fully drawn up, in consequenceof the desire, briefly mentioned above, to satisfy, as far as possibleall the various wishes and points of view which the shooting clubs,etc., abroad, kept sending in to the Committee, and which gave rise tovery extensive correspondence. The work progressed in spiteof all this, however, and so quickly that, in December 1910, it waspossible to issue the programme, printed in Swedish, English, Germanand French.SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR SHOOTINGRANGES, ETC.Besides this, the Shooting Committee had a great number of othertasks, of the character of which it is not necessary to give any detailedaccount here. It will be enough to state that various arrangements,repairs and work of various kinds were carried out at the rangesat Kaknäs, for the competitions in shooting with army rifles of anytype, at distances from 200-600 metres. The Committee was alsoobliged to procure a suitable place for the competitions in miniaturerifleshooting, and revolver and pistol-shooting, as there existed norange for these types of competition. After a spot, excellently suitedfor the purpose, had been chosen at Brunsängen in the north partof the Kaknäs district, and permission to use the place in questionhaving been obtained, it was then necessary to enclose the ground678