CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION'S. MEETING.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15243, 3 April 1915, Page 11

CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION'S. MEETING.

OPENS TO-DAY. An'.-n-; 'ho=e -vho will take p3rt in the Cai-.e.- v ,u-v Military Rifle Association's Meeting whrh opens at. Rcdcliffs this morn,l*. ar- some of tho moat prominent ehota in New Zca'and, including Arthur Ball—{.t O'etonc) and D. Roots (Patca), Dominion champions.- It is' probablo tii.it 1". .lamei (Okawn) will also bo n com-olitor. H. Hunt, of the Wollinjrton ."-.-luiirl— '..fie Chili, considered by many to !•<• the most brilliant shot in the Dominion, »rd aho has the Championships of Wellington and T,.ranaki to his credit, . .11 Ko a competitor, also roem- ,►-., of the Karori, Suburbs, Petone, and Oraki Club*, as well as tome from the ptincip'l Taranaki clubs. Auckland, the K-.ng Country, W'auarapa, and Hawke's Bay ■a.i'l lie represented, as well as most of the t ittlicrn rifle dubs, while Wain—l© is sfcnd.it , t strong contingent. Of the individual 1-rn at the meeting ArtbiiT. Ballingcr stands <--t .ibo\o "11. He is thrice champion of > "'V Zealand, and winner of, the Champion Brit outright. Tho belt wn e .{riven buck to to*. Dominion Rifle Association for a permanent challenge belt, and cannot be won r ?ht out again. Arthur Ballinger has repreX rented the Dominion on foreign ranges more JL . ften t'.un any other rifle shot in New Zeajß, h.id. and 1i..-, ulnays been close up to tho ""_■*- tj.ji o- the Ji-t an representative matches. |__B A tl-oii'.-h not so reliable aa he was six years ,-ctu. his great experience often carries him. ,'. tblou-'h. i)/"Roots, of-"Patoa, is'perhaps tho finest long range shot in New Zealand, if-not >n Australa-ia He is steady and consistent," feidom putting up a bad score. He has ic-liror-ont-cd Ne.v Zealand at Bisley .and in Australia I' James, ofiQkawa, is one of tho i>io*t 'brilliant all-round shots in Australasia, lie- uh\ a.s has to be reckoned with in a match, and !u< many of the best prizes of New Zealand, Victoria, and New South Wale- ta his credit. Of the local men it is only necessary to mention Wood, Sandford, and Henry to show that.'tho -North —land<Ts 'vill not ha.c it .aU tfreir.own way. Aljeadv there arc about '200' entries for tho 111 sene.-, wh.ch takes place on Monday and Tueidaiy, and this number-will be increased before the shooting .starts. : -»