COLONIAL TEAMS COMPETING.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12852, 10 July 1907, Page 7

COLONIAL TEAMS COMPETING.

Unit*! Preii Aiftociation—By E lee trio Tei»ifr»i<li—Copyright. LONDON, July 8. The, Uifiley shooting meeting opened nidi largely increased entries. Teams from lndiu, Uganda, end Rhodesia are among thitso wno will coniuoto for tho Kolaiioro Cup. Tho Kolaporo Cup, for which, among others, Australia hue sent a team, is tlio Colonial Klue Kiband of tho meeting. it ie « cup, or rather a pair of Titles, presented i>y tho Rajah of Kolaporo in 1871. It is open to one team troin the volunteers ol the Mother Country, ono from Canada, Australia, or any other Uritish colony of protectorate. Tho distances iired aro 200, 600, and 000 yards, and last year tho teams competing represented Canada, Mother Country, lndiu, Malay States and Guernsey, «nd iiniehod in that order. Now Zealand competed in the Koluporo Cup in ISU7, when tho team ww beaten by three points, 1903, 1904, . when New Zealand won, end 190(3. iiinco its institution the trophy has been won by tho Mother Country 23 times, her list win being in 1901, Canada 8 times, Australia (including i Vktorin) 3 times, New Zealand onoo, / Guernsey once. q MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING. LONDON, July 8. An English miniature rifle teem defcutnl a South Australian team, each firing on their own range, by 7559 to 7409.